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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-25
GAMES IN WI. TODAY.
Governor to Pitch First Ball in Den
vcr-TOpeka Contest.

Denver April 25.-Bright sunshine
practically cleared Broadway park by
9 o'clock of snow that fell last night
and the field promised to be in good
condition for the opening of the West
ern League season here this after
noon, with Topeka. Governor Am
mons was to pitch the first ball to
Mayor Arnold. Schreiber was sched-
uled to pitch for Denver and Reynolds
for Topeka.
Des Moines. April 25.-Fair skies
marked the opening of the Western
League baseball season here this after
noon with st. Joseph. Governor Clarke
was to pitch the initial ball to Mayor
Hanna behind the bat. Tonight there
will be a civic parade and fireworks.
Sweet, for Des Moines. and Chelette,
for St. Joe, were pitching selections.
President Norris L. O'Nefl will be
among the guests.
Lincoln, April 25.-With bright
skies and warmer weather the Lin
coin and Wichita baseball teams of
the Western League here prepared to
clash on the local field this afternoon
IN the opening contest of the season
IN this city. The pitching of the first
ball by Governor Morehead will pre-
code the commencement of play.
Sioux City, April 25.-Sioux City will
open the Western league season at home
with Omaha this afternoon. After a two
days rain, the skies cleared last night.
the sun shone brightly this morning and
the grounds were in fair condition. Mayor
smith was to pitch the first ball
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-25
U. S. HAS FULL RIGHTS
This Country Can Fix Panama Tolls.
Says Richard OIney.

Washington, April 25.-The United
States as owner of the Panama canal
has the right to fix such terms as II
pleases and the neutrality of the wa
terway applies to its users and NOT +ba
United States This was the view ex--
pressed today by Richard OInev. forp,e,.
secretary of state, whose speech We
read before meeting Of the Aneri-
can Society of International law NJ,
Olney did not attend
1T is clear" Mr.. OIney-s snaeol, o,,,
tinued, that a nation or \ sta+a 49,.
not convey away its property or go
er1gnty except by terms thar aro c1ss
and susceptible OF no other r,eari,,e,.
and that where the meaning can he -
zen to favor the United States !.
ehe clear right of the United S+o+a
urge that 1t be held that the yoor6s,
all nations do not mean to incJ,,9a
the United States. However II is r-,+
necessary to rely upon this nras1,,IIr7 ~
ton as the United States is Owner Is
can fix such terms as it pleases
II the question is submitted 20 -,
bitratiOn it should not be sI,bn3i++oa -
Ine Hague but to a special trib,,re
4he Hague would be partial as. ad-
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find 115 BODIES
Death List Increases Daily at
Cincinnati Mine.
Special Train of Dead on Grief
Stricken Trip.
ENTRIES CH0KED WITH ROCK
Miners Found Buried Under
Fallen Roof Debris.
Federal Officer Blames EN-
plOyees for Disaster.

Pfttsburg, Pa, April 25.-Rescue par
ties working in the ruined Cincinnati
mine of the Pittsburg Coal company,
where an p1osion occurred Wednes-
day afternoon today brought thirty
three additional bodies 10 the mouth
of the slope. These were placed on a
special train and taken to Monongahela
City, where they were prepared for
burial. While no official statement of
the dead has been given out by the
company the loss of life is placed by
those at the mine at 115.
AS the force from the bureau of
mines, supplemented by trained
miners from the district worked during
the night they were able to ascertain
the extent of the damage. Whole en-
tries were choked with fallen rock.
The bodies recovered were found
buried under the fallen roof, and the
opinion was expressed by some of the
men that all bodies that will be recov-
of rock. 1t may therefore be several
days before the exact extent of the
loss can be determined.
Employees Held Responsible.
Fourteen bodies were located shortly
before noon. They were some dis
tance in the mine, and will not be
brought out until night. This makes
to the coal company's statement made
this morning there are about q more
bodies to be recovered.
Chief of the state department of
mines, James E. Roderick, who has
been at the scene of the disaster since
yesterday said today:
Il think it will be found that the
explosion and the resulting loss of life
was caused by far more than care
lessness. I don't like to censure dead
men. 1 believe that certain dead en-
ployees who held responsible positions
are to blame"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-25
BAN ON AUTO RIDES.
Catholic Clergymen Forbidden to Use
Automobiles in Treves

Berlin, April 25.-Roman Catholic
clergymen are forbidden either to own
or ride in automobiles. according to
an edict published today in the Rhen-
ish Prussian bishopric of Treves. The
head of the diocese declares that the
use of automobiles is inconsistent with
the humility which should adorn the
clergy and Furthermore automobiling
has been the frequent. cause of the
financial embarrassment of priests.
Treves, situated picturesquely on the
Moselle river, is probably the oldest
town in Germany. 1t is rich in Roman
and in many monuments OF
the early church. 1t is a Catholic
of about $4,000 inha abitants.
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A POLLOCK RULING.
Sustains Objection to Evidence Against
Appeal to Reason.

Judge John c. Pollock today sus-
tanned a demurrer in the case of the
government against the Appeal to
reason at Girard. The case resulted
from an indictment against the Social
ISL publication returned by a federal
grand jury more than q year ago when
lIs editors caused the publication of
certain sensational affidavits and
CharSes against the management of
federal prison at Leavenworth.
The case has been pending in the
Fort Scott division of the United States
district court since the indictment was
returned. 1t was expected that the
case would be brought to trial some
time this spring. Before the trial,
however, attorneys for the late J. A.
Wayland, Fred d. Warren and c. D.
Phlter, owners of the Appeal to Reas-
on and defendants in the action, filed
a demurrer setting forth that the af-
IloaNltS as published were so broad in
their terms as not to constitute an of
tense against the federal law. Judge
POLLOCK held that this contention was
true and refused to further entertain
the case.
As a result of the publication of the
article more than Is months ago,
Deputy Warden Lennon was dis
charSed from the service at the pris-
on and was succeeded by William H.
Mackey, jr., former United States
marshal. The charges contained in the
artcle reflected on the treatment of
conNlcts by the prison management
and proved the wrath of Harry ].
Bone. United States district attorney.
who personally appeared before the
federal grand jury to ask for an in
dlctment The ruling of Judge Pol
lock today is considered unfavora BILE
TO Bone in the fight which has been
"aged between the United States at
torney and the Socialist paper. A per
sonal damage suit against Bone as a
result of this suit, was filed in the
Fort Scott division of the federal court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-25
FRANCE is ANGRY
Sudden Landings of German
Aircraft Arouse Ill Feeling.
Officers of Army Forbidden to
Enter Gordon Bennett.

Berlin, April 25.-Owing to the i'll
feeling aroused in France recently by
the landing of German aircraft at
Luneville and Arracourt, officers of the
German active army are notified today
by the war Office that they are for
hidden to participate in future in pri-
vate flights or competitions involving
frontier.
Major Won Abercron and Lieutenant
Voight have been compelled therefore
to withdraw from the German elimina-
ton contest for the selection of repre-
sentatives in the race for the Gordon
Bennett balloon trophy which is to be
held in France in the fall.
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Asks That Hague Handle Z. S.
England Disputes.
WOULD MAKE NAVIGATION FREE
DIR. TaIcOtt Williams Pleads
for Policies of Century.
Opening of International Law
Society Meeting.

Washington, April 25.-"The naviza-
ton of the Panama canal should be
Tree and open to ALL and ought to be
exercised on equal terms for all. This
Is a lofty point of view on which all
nations may concur"
This was the declaration of Gregers
w. w. Gram, minister of state of Nor
way, in an address here at the opening
session of the seventh annual meet
ing OF the American Society of Inter-
national Law. The minister came here
at the instance of his government. ex-
presSly to discuss the subject stha
international interest in the settle
ment of the Panama canal toll oues-
tlon. He said the controversy be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States over the question of tolls was
a proper matter for arbitration in the
event that diplomacy failed and urged
the taking of the issue before the
permanent tribunal at The Hague He
declared the seas were free to all
nations, whether great or small on an
equal basis and that any limitation on
the exercise of this right was imprac-
ticabe.
Entertaining as 1 do" he concIud-
ed, "a very high opinion of those
who are at the head of affairs in the
United States, 1 have no doubt the
decision to which the United States
Will come Will De consistent with the
lofty view with which the world has
been accustomed to see the United
States urge in the ordinary and act
ing practice"
Senator Elihu Root, of New York,
president of the society, who was to
have presided and make the opening
address, was unable to be present be-
cause of the death of his grandchild
yesterday. His address, a tribute to
Francis Leiber, the author of the code
of rules adopted by the United States
government in 1863 to govern the con-
duct of armies i'm the field, was read
by James Brown Scott, secretary or
the society.
DR.. Talcott Williams, director of the
Columbia School of journalism in New
York city, spoke on the share of the
United States and it's diplomatic action
in freeing the worlds waterways from
restriction. Speaking of the Panama
canal toll question, DR.. Williams said:
THE principle, the policy and the
practice of a century and a third.
which had freed navigation and forced
equal rights in all marine waterways,
now impose unequal tolls upon
the Panama canal. If treaty did not
forbid this, an honorable regard and
remembrance of a great past would be
sufficient bar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-25
FIRE IN FRICATE
Largest Wooden Vessel in
Navy Badly Damaged.
Built in 1918, Now Used as
New York Armory.

New York, April 25.-The 95-year-
old frigate Granite State, the largest
wooden vessel ever built for the Unite Il
States navy, which seemed doomed by
fire breaking out aboard her in the
Hudson river at midnight, was saved
from destruction early today, but not
until serious damage had been done
throughout the forepart of the frigate.
Dwellers in the hundreds of large
apartment houses skirting the Hudson
watched from their windows and roofs
the spectacle, for with smoke and
flames putting in the portfolios for
nearly three hours it was a realistic
reminder of the naval battles of Civil
war al d Mexican wars in which the
Granite State, formerly known as the
Alabama, and the New Ham pShire
took part.
Rooted over like a mammoth house
boat, the old warship has rested for
the last few years at a permanent an
chorage off Sixty-ninth street where it
was used as an armory for the First
battalion of the New York naval mil
itia. Seventy militialnen asleep in their
hammocks were aboard when the fire,
under great headWay, was discovered
in the paint shop.
Twenty-Five of the men plunged quickly
to the hold of the vessel and carried out
two tons of ammunition and then all
hands fought the flames. Ten men were
partly overcome by smoke and one was
forced to leap into the river when sur
rounded by the fire, but he swan ashore.
land and from a fireboat, finally checked
the flames.
The Granite State was built at Kittery.
Me, in 1918 and rebuilt in 1863 after she
ment in the civil war but she was soon
sent out of commission after the battle
betv- the Monitor and Merrimac had
demonstrated that wood ships were OBJ
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examination of X-ray photographs of
MS skull had shown no bone pressure
on the brain or other abnormaIity that
might provoke criminal tendencies.
Morris repeatedly has been arrested
Tor larceny He said he could not help
stealing and begged that experts be
appointed to examine his head. His
mother Joined in the appeal. She said
years ago when her son was 16 years
old he was struck on the head by a
brick and had been a thief ever since.
The examination of Morris skull was
conducted by "a corps of physicians ap-
pointed by Superintendent Castelar, of
the city hospital
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-25
THE A. P. DINNER
Kansas Represented by Three
Newspaper Owners.
w. Y. Morgan, Arthur Capper
and Frank p. MacLennan.

| New York, April 25.-Kansas was
represented at the annual banquet of
| the Associated Press at the Waldorf
| hotel by Arthur Capper, publisher of
| the Topeka Capital, Frank MacLennan,
publisher of the Topeka State Journal,
and w. Y. Morgan, publisher of the
| Hutchinson News.
Henderson Martin, chairman of the
| Democratic state central committee of
Kansas, was present as the guest of
Mr.. MacIennan.
Fellows of the newspaper craft, pub
fishers and editors from all sections of
the country gathered at the banquet,
with the secretary of the navy,
Josephu3 Daniels, owner of the Raleigh,
On C) News and Observer, as the
principal speaker.
Just before the dinner began, Secre-
tary Daniels received the unwelcome
news from Raleigh that his newspaper
plant had been totally destroyed by
fire. The secretary said that as soon
as the banquet was over he would re-
turn to Raleigh, although he had in
tended to remain to attend the dinner
tomorrow of James Bryce, the British
ambassador.
More than 700 opponents of the
American Fourth Estate attended the
dinner together with a number of in
vited guests not engaged in journalism.
A vaudeville performance preceded the
speech-making.
Speakers, besides Secretary Daniels,
included:
Charles R. Miller, of the New York
Times POSTMASTER: President Charles
A Richmond of Union college; Charles
H Grasty, of the Baltimore Sun; Nor
ris G. Osborn of the New Haven
Courier-J Journal. Bernard H. Ridder. of
the New York Staats Zeitung. Frank L..
Greene, of the st. Adams Wt) Mes
senger, and George 'exander. chap
lain.
Not News Trust.
Charles H. Grasty, owner of the Bal
timore Sun, spoke of the very general
impression that the Associated Press
was gigantic money-making corpora
ton like the steel corporation, whereas,
he explained it simply was some hum
dreds of newspapers working together
in cooperation to gather and dis
tribute news at a maximum of eff
cheney and at minimum of cost.
For twenty years, he said, the same
group of men who organized the aSso-
citation to prevent the news gathering
Of the country from failing under the
control of private and commercial
ownership had devoted themselves to
maintaining this organization. There
had never been, in the speakers opin-
ion q finer example of public spirit
than had been shown by these trustees
of the common interest of journalism.
In closing. Mr.. GraSty pointed out
the worldwide influences of publicity.
particularly as shown in Japan, where
the printing press had made known
the arts of peace and war, and an
Oriental people had adapted and
adopted them in a single generation.
What we of the white race have |
given them without money and with |
out price, said the speaker, may at |
some future time raise up against us |
an enemy in a little yellow race, the |
men of which are scarcely five feet |
high and weigh scarcely a hundred |
pounds, but as fighters on land and |
sea are as good as we are, man for |
man.
There is only one big difference
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Good Roads Meeting.

Birmingham, April 25.-Numerous
workers for improved highways ad
dressed the convention of the Nation
al Federation of Good Roads here to-
day. Representative D. w. Shackel-
ford of Missouri. spoke on federal aid
for roads, and Mrs. 5. r. Bernardo of
Nome. Alaska, told of the develop
ment of Alaskan wagon roads and foot
trails
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SIR TOMMY WORRIED.
Challenger for Americas Yacht Cup
Anxious for Acceptance.

London, April 25.-Sir Thomas Upton,
who has been anXiously awaiting the re-
ply of the New York Yacht club to his
challenge for the Americas cup, is some
what surprised that its consideration by
the committee of the American club has
been put off for two weeks. He said he
quite understood that the usual course
was to refer a challenge to the committee
of the club but on the last occasion the
committee gathered on the same day as
the meeting was held and the reply was
sent that night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-25
Deny Lehigh Injunction.

Washington, April 25.-The COM
merce court today denied the appli-
cation of the Lehigh Valley Railway
company for injunction to restrain the
interstate commerce commission from
enforcing an order reducing rates on
anthracite from the Wyoming region
in Pennsylvania to Atlantic tide water
at Perth Amboy n. J.
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mittedly ali European powers are in
terested in the outcome.
Another speaker who compared the
relative interest of the United States
and Great Britain at the various stages
of the Panama canal negotiations was
Chandler P. Anderson, former COUNSEL
lor of the state department who in eff
feet declared that THE United States
is clearly entitled to exempt its own
vessels from the payment of tolls or to
refund such tolls"
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Arrest Industrial Workers.

Paterson, April 25.-Bench warrants
We're issued today for the arrest of three
leaders of the Industrial Workers,
charged with melting riot. Pending the
arrests the names of the men indicted
were not made public. Mayor Mcbride
has issued a formal statement prohibiting
the removal of the strikers children from
the city. The mayor said the city was
able to care for any families in need.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-25
IN ALASKA
Effort to Authorize Construction by a
Bill in Congress.

Washington, April 25s--The senate ter
ritoTy commission today began hearing
decision on Alaska railroad development.
Delegate Wiekersham and several men
prominent in Alaskan affairs were heard.
Government ownership or lease of the
roads constructed, route and other Ques-
tions upon which Alaskans disagree have
been put aside and effort will be made
to get the bill authorizing railroads
through congress as soon as possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-25
COBB SIGNS UP.
Premier Outfielder Attaches Name to
Detroit Contract.

Detroit. April 25.-After a conference
with President Navin this afternoon
Tyrus Cobb. centerfielder of the De-
trOit American league baseball club,
attached his name to a 1918 contract
The terms were not given out. APP
plication to the National commission
for Cobb's reinstatement was made
Immediately
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-25
TODAY'S GAMES.

Western.
Topeka at Denver, clear.
Omaha at Sioux City, clear.
Wichita at Lincoln, clear.
st. Joseph at Des Moines, clear.
National.
Chicago at Pittsburg, cloudy.
Cincinnati at st. Louis, post
poned, rain
Brooklyn at Boston. clear
Philadelphia at New York,
clear.
American.
st. Louis at Chicago, post
pOned, rain.
Cleveland at Detroit, clear.
New York at Philadelphia,
clear.
Boston at Washington, clear.
Association.
Milwaukee at Columbus, clear
Kansas City at Louisville, clear.
st. Paul at Toledo, clear.
Minneapolis at indianapolis,
clear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-25
BRYCE GOING HOME.
British Ambassador Guest at New
York Farewell Dinner.

Washington. April 25-British Amba ssa-
dor Bryce today laid down the office ne
has held here more than six years and
left for New York to begin his trip home.
Tonight in New York he will say mis-
farewell to the United States at dinner
of the Pilgrims society, and Monday he
will meet his successor, Sir Cecil Spring
Rice
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shreveport-Texas Rate Sustained.

Washington, April 25.-The com
merce court today sustained the orders
of the interstate commerce commits
sion in the Texas rate case.
1t was because of the earring of these
cases on the state rate case pending
in the supreme court that Attorney
General McReynoIds was permitted
last Monday. to intervene on behalf of
the government in the state rates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-25
GIVEN THEIR SIDEARMS
And This Is All Montenegrins Allowed
Turks Leaving Scutari.

Cettinje, April 25.-The spoils of war
taken by the Montenegrins when they
entered Scutari included 46 quick firing
cannon. II howitzers and a number
of heavy siege guns. The troops of
the Turkish garrison were allowed to
retain their rifles and side arms when
they marched out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-25
IT'S 0. K. WITH GEORGE
King Approves Celebration of Anglo
American Peace Treaty.

London, April 25.-king George this
afternoon gave his hearty approval to the
Anglo-American celebration of the cen
tenary of peace between the British en-
pire and the United States His majesty
received at Buckingham palace Lord
Weardale and the other delegates of the
British committee who sail for America
tomorrow on board the Caronia.
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between this whirlwindlike develop
ment and the slow processes of hun
and Rome, when civilization had to be
personally conducted in it's march
westward, and that difference is the
printing press and the associated in
fluepces of steam and electricity
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CANNOT BLAME BRAIN
Criminal vs.. Brick Appeal of *. C
Lad Does Not Find Support.

Kansas City, April 25.-Harry Morris
hopes that surgical operation would
lead him from path of crime vanished
today and the young prisoner in the
county Jail wept when informed that an
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MISSOURI WILL FIGHT.
Fire Insurance Companies Will Have
Trouble Leaving State.

Jefferson City. April 25.-"The fire insur-
ance companies will not be allowed to
leave the state without a fight said At
torney General Barker today. Il have
not decided what action L will take. but
as il seems from the reports of their
meeting at Pittsburg yesterday that they
are getting ready to try to pull out am
looking into the law to see what L can
do
The attorney general conferred with
Governor Major and Insurance Commis-
sioner Reville today on the insurance sit
uation
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Weather Forecast for Kansas.

Fair tonight and Saturday; frost to-
night.