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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-28

cabin suffered the greatest damage
from smoke and the firemen's passage.
The handsome apartments of the sa-
loon were a wreck when the smoke
cleared away.
Despite the reinforcement of the fire
men, the flames gained headway. A
tug steaming slowly down the river,
reused the water front with it's siren.
Fireboats from New York, a fleet OF
tugs and another battery of fire en-
gines from Hoboken rushed to the
pier. heavy cloud of smoke swung
lazily over the vessel and settled down
on the water. \ dozen tugs floating
nearby. were held in readiness to tow
the ship out to midstream, as the flames
threatened momentarily, at their
height to destroy her.
Preparations were made to cut the
liners moorings when the freboats
began pumping water into the hold.
With 80 streams playing hundreds of
tons of water on the fire every min
ute the flames lost heart and the ves-
sci began to list. At O'Clock there
were only two streams on the blaze
and it was practically extinguished.
The second cabin presented a dismal
appearance when the smoke lifted. It's
walls and gilded fittings were smudged
and dark, it's costly rugs and carpets
sodden, its furniture Scared blackened
and broken.
The damage to the second cabin, ac-
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cording to hasty estimate was greater
than that to the provision room and
hold, although only painstaking exami-
nation could reveal the extent to which
the vessel had suffered. 1t was said
that the Imperator's sailing tomorrow
night might have to be postponed. She
arrived here yesterday.
One hundred Iongshoremen, en-
pioyed by the Ham burg-Americ
lire, the Imperator's owners, went on
strike As hours before the vessels ar
rival Their places were filled by men
from the Brooklyn docks and the
strikers were told they would not be
taken back. Officers of the line said,
however, they believed the strike was
in no way connected with fire. Some
body's carelessness, they thought, had
been responsible. The Imperator has
suffered several mishaps more or less
serious since her launching May %,
1912. Her maiden trip was postponed
from month to month, first because
she ran aground while on her way to
Hamburg, and then because of trouble
with her turbines. A benZine eXpio-
sion occurred on board the vessel
April "a, which caused the death of
two men and serious injury to six
others Reports in May from Har!-
burg said the Imperator had been
gravely damaged by vandals.
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In MS original instructions the presi-
dent of the United States of America
authorizes me to submit for the con-
sideratlon of the de facto government
in Mexico:
Lind's Proposals.
First, that the election called for
Oct 26, 1913. shall be held In accord
ance with the constitutional laws of
Mexico.
second, that President Huerta in the
manner originally indicated by the
president of the United States of
America give the assurance called for
in paragraph C of my original instruc-
tions.
Third, that the remaining PROPOSE
tiCns contained in my original instruc-
tlons shall be taken up later but speed
lly ana resolve as circumstances per-
init in the spirit of their proposal
The president of the United States
OF America further authorizes me to
say that if the de facto government of
Mexico at once acts favorably upon the
foregoing suggestions then in that
event the president will express to
American bankers and their associa tes
assurances that the government of the
Lifted States of America will look with
favor upo-- the extension of an imme-
dlate loan sufficient in amount to meet
the temporary requirements of the de
facto government of Mexico
1t is sincerely hoped that your ex-
government will deem it con-
slstent with the best and highest inter-
ests of Mexico Immediately to accept
these propositions. They are submit
ted in the same spirit and to the same
end as the original proposition but in
this more restricted form so that the
de facto government in Mexico may
act thereon without requiring the CO.
operation or concurrence of any factor
in the situation.
Permit me also, Mr.. Minister, in
this final suggestion from
the president of the United States of
to assure you of my deep per-
sonal obligations and of my innermost
sense of appreciation of the numerous
evidences of personal good will of which
have been the recipient at the hands
of your excellency of individual citi-
zens of the City of Mexico and OF
the provisional president
1T only remains for me TO renew to
your excellency the assurances of my
high consideration.
(Signed) JOHN LIND"
Troops to the Border.
San Francisco, Aug. 28.-At army
headquarters it was announced today
that a troop of cavalry would leave
the Preside at Monterey today for
Calexico, on the Mexican border
where the activities of constitutional
lists have threatened the water supply
Uf the Imperial valley.
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MURDOCH IN MAINE.
Urges the Voters to Send a Bull Moose
to Congress.

Oakland, Me, Aug. 2S.-An appeal to
the people of -aine to send Progress
sive to congress wa made here by Rep
resentative Victor Murdock of Kansas,
the first out-of-the-state speaker to
appear in the congressional campaign
for a successor to the late Congress-
man Goodwin. Edward NJ. Lawrence
is the Progressive candidate.
In his speech Mr. Murdoch said:
There is no hope for the party in
the partisan habit which persists in a
mechanical see-saw from one old party
to the other. There can be no prog
ress in the profitless trip from the Re-
publican frying pan into the Democrat
ic fire and back aga41."
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tinue until after Mexican elections in
October. BY some that was inter
preted as a concession.
A request for recognition as the
constitutional government ad in
terim' which was coupled with
the proposal for an exchange of
ambassadors was. however inter
preted by many officials as a prac-
tical reiteration of the original stand
of the Huerta government. Senior
Gamboa, Mexican minister for foreign
affairs pointed out that the demand
of the United States for the elimina-
tion of Huerta would be met by a pro-
vision of the Mexican constitution
which makes a provisional president
ineligible to reelection.
The Washington government, how
ever, desires assurances more definite.
John Lind. President Wilson's en-
voy, was authorized to return to Mex
leo City from Vera Cruz if ''in his dis
cretion it seemed advisable
1t is believed here he will go and
that negotiations over some of the dis
puted points, principally the retire
ment of Huerta. may be reopened.
President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan regarded the situation as ZEN
couraging'' and indicated they ex-
pected some change in the attitude at
Mexico City, after the presidents adj
dress before congress yesterday was
digested.
American consular officers through
out Mexico were rounding up Ameri-
cans, advising them to leave and pre-
pairing means to aid them in doing so.
Major General Wood. chief of staff
of the army, returned to Washington
to take personal charge of any military
measures to carry out.
Says Huerta Is Ineligible
Mexico Uity. Aug. 2S-The full text
of the answer of Federico Gamboa
Mexican secretary of state for foreign
affairs to the second note" sent him
by John Lind. President Wilson's con-
fidential agent in Mexico under date
of Aug. 25, was made public here today
1t contains several interesting
clauses. In one paragraph the Mexican
diplomat quoted Mr.. L4ind's statement
that President Wilson, IF Mexico acts
Immediately and favorabIy upon the
foregoing suggestions" would express
to American bankers assurances that
the government of the United States
would look with favor upon an imme-
diate loan to Mexico Answering this,
Senor Gamboa begs to be excused from
a direct reply for the time being other
than TO say that this suggestion ap-
pears to be an attractive antecedent
petty interests, Mexico should renounce
a right which incOntrovertibly upholds
the country at a time when the dig
nifty of the nation is at stake.
L believe" he added, that there are
not loans enough to induce those
charged by the law to maintain that
dignity to permit it to be lessened.''
In another part of his lengthy note,
referring to the insistence of President
Wilson that Victoriano Huerta bind
himself not to be a candidate for cleo
ton to the presidency at the October
elections. Senor Gamboa quotes from
the constitution articles from the Mex
lean republic to prove that under these
regulations the secretary of state in
charge of the executive power shall
not be eligible to the office of either
president or vice president when the
election shall take lace
This provision. Gamboa intimates,
prevents Huerta from being a candi-
date
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-28
BUYS BACK THE CALL.
John ID. Spreckels Will Make 1t an
Evening Paper.

San Francisco. Aug. @2s.-Announce-
ment is made that the San Francisco
Call. a morning paper, will appear on
September / as an evening paper NJ.
H DeYoung, proprietor OF the San
Francisco Chronicle, who bought the
plant of the morning paper. has sold
the equipment to the new owners, who
are announced as F. w. Kellogg, pub
Usher and president, and John d.
Spreckels, former proprietor of the
Morning Call
The new alignment of newspapers
leaves San Francisco with two papers
in the morning feld-the Chronicle and
Examiner-and four in the evening
the Bulletin, Post, News and the new
conner. ----
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ARE IN CONTEMPT
The MOunDayS Cited to APP
pear in Court.
John Marshall, Receiver, Asks
for Contempt Order.
JUDGE DANA is PROMPT
Deputy Sheriff Started Out To-
day to Serve 1t.
Charges They Concealed Prop
erty and Information.

An accusation of contempt against
Don A. and l.. D. w. MounDay was
filed in the district court of shawnee
county, first division, by John Mar
shall, receiver appointed by Judge a.
w. Dana to take charge of the assets
non-eXempt of the MounDays and the
three corporations under whose name
they operated in the sale of land con-
tracts on lands they alleged to own or
control in New Mexico. Immediately
upon the filing of the charge Judge
Dana issued an order that the Noun
Days appear in his court Immediate
ly'' to answer the charge The papers
were served on the MounDays this af-
ternoon.
In fact the MounDays were given a
double notice to appear before Judge
Dana, for coincident with the filing of
the contempt charge by the attorneys
of John Marshall, receiver. an order
was issued by the court in behalf of
John S. Dawson, as attorney general
of the state of Kansas, commanding
that the MounDays be brought into
court and placed under bond for their
appearance and also commanding that
they file an answer in their behalf on
or before September to charges of
contempt.
The contempt charge filed by the at
T..
Voluminous and specific. They cover
twenty-eight typewriter pages and
begin by reciting the courts order ap-
pointing the receiver and the courts
direction that the receiver take charge
of the property of the defendants 1t
charges the defendants with withhold
ing information and conceaIing the
property in violation of the courts or
der, and contains a stenographic re-
port of the questions asked by the re-
ceiver and his attorneys in examina-
tions of the defendants and the defend
ants answers or refusals to answer.
together with the interjections of the
defendants attorneys. Copies of the
written refusals of the defendants to
comply with the orders of the court
are also included and state among 9TH
er things that it is not out of dfsre-f'
spect to the court. but because they be-
lfeve the court to be out of it's jurisdic-
tion that its commands are not com
piled with.
The State Journal called UP the Noun
Day residence. 921 Clay street, this after
noon, and was informed that Mrs. Noun
Day was in Kansas City and that Mr.
MounDay was too ill to talk even over
the telephone. At that time the deputy
who had the papers citing him for con-
tempt had not served them.
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STROKE TO W. W. MILLS
Topeka Merchant Suffers Light At
tack Paralysis in Colorado.

W. W. Mills, the well known Topeka
merchant, was stricken with paralysis
al Estes Park. Col, last Monday morn
ing just as he was preparing to re-
turn to his home in this city. Reports
today on his condition are to the effect
that he is much improved and expects
to be able to return to Topeka in
few days. His son. Dr. w. NJ. Mills,
has gone 70 Colorado to be with him.
Mr.. Mills was in pretty good health
when he left Topeka some weeks ago
on his vacation. The stroke came very
suddenly and without any warning or
symptoms. From the brief news of the
case available here it is believed that
it was a very light attack
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. o THE ZAl-PERATOR

Second officer Gobrecht, who led the
crew into the hold to fight the flames,
was cut off from his men. enveloped in
a cloud of smoke and suffocated. His
body was found an hour afterward un-
touched by fire. and brought ashore.
\ seaman. identity not yet deter
mined. one of the party who went down
with Gobrecht into the bowels of the
vessel. also perished. A fleet of fire
lighting craft, augmented by apparatus
on shore. surrounded the ship and
Dorred tons of waite into her hold
When the re was checked at o'clock
the great vessel had listed fifteen de-
grees. The small army in the steerage,
aroused from their sleep by the crack
ling of flames, rushed, panic stricken,
for the pier.
Most of them ent the remainder of
the night hudGled in discomfort at the
shore end on the pier. None of the
Steerage passengers had been inspected
by the customs or health authorities
Because of this armed guards sur
rounded them. The immigration au-
thorities rushed them to Ellis island
at the earliest possible moment this
forenoon.
Discovery of the Fire.
The great ship was dark with all on
board asleep save the officers on
watch. when smoke ascending from the
provision room was discovered simulta-
neously by a seaman on deck watch
and a petty officer on the bridge. AL
most at the same moment the crack
ling of flames was heard III the steer
age quarters.
\ quiet alarm was sounded. CommO-
dore Ruesser. commander in chief of
the vessel. was among the first to re-
spond. The crew of 1.1S0 men were in
their places within a minute. The
complex fire fighting apparatus of the
vessel was set in motion. Every COM
partment was ordered closed except
those which it was necessary to leave
open for the steerage passengers to
get ashore
The stampede of steerage passengers
toward the deck checked for a moment
the fight against the flames. The ships
officers and hundreds of the crew, lined
up in two columns along the route to
safety. guided the terror stricken men
and women to the pier. With the ship
clear, the entire force turned its hand
to extinguishing the flames
For three quarters of an hour they
fought the fire with only the Impera-
tors own apparatus. Then. despairing
of success, the Hoboken fire depart
ment was notified and a general alarm
was sounded.
In the first sharp shirn7 with the
flames Second Officer Herman Go
brecht and Seaman Otto Struntz,
caught in the whitening breath of
blch of flame, We're cut off from the
door by which they had entered. Their
companions were driven back to open
air Although they stormed the flames
again and again, the wall of smoke
kept them from rescui-lg Gobrecht and
StruntZ.
When the fire was checl--d their bod
les We're found and taken ashore. Co
brecht and Struntz like the rest of the
fire fighting force were equipped with
smoke masks, hose and ropes which
served as guide line.
Dining Saloon a Wreck.
The wisp of smoke curl'-- into the
second cabin when the flames were first
discovered had by this time grown to
a cloud Through this cloud, the Ho-
boken hremen rushed, dra gging their
hose. The dining saloon of the second
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FROM Her HORSE
Presidents Daughter Found Uncon-
SciouS in the Road.

White River Junction. Vt. Aug. 2S.-As
DR. Charles w Worthen, of White River
junction, was on his way to visit a pa
uent at Plainfield, n. H, he came upon a
young woman lying unconscious by the
road. 1t proved to be Miss Jessie Wilson,
daughter of the president. who while out
riding with ner fiance, Mr. Sayre, had
been thrown from her horse.
-Ir. Sayre had been riding a little ahead
and knew nothing of the accident until
the riderless horse dashed past him. DR.
Worthen applied remedies and after about
half an hour Miss Wilson regained con-
SciOuSneSS.
Later she was taken to the home of
Fred Smith, nearby. and word was tele-
phoned to the Cornish residence of Presi-
dent Wilson: Miss Wilson was not seri-
OuSlV injured.
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sned) John LIND.
Troops to the Border.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE.
Gamboa's Second Effort Differs Little
From His First.

Mexico City. Aug. 2S.-The text of a
supplementary note sent by Federico
Gamboa, Mexican secretary of state for
foreign affairs, to John Lind at Vera
Cruz on the night of aug. 26 was made
public here today. 1t is as follows:
Yesterday I had the honor of receiv-
ing from your hands a note in which
you are pleased to state that although
you have no Instructions from the
president of the United States. from
the scope of YOUR instructions you re
ply to the note of this government Civ
en- to you through me, of the sixteenth
instant, you are pleased to report from
those same instructions the paragraph
which translated says literally:
We wish to act in the present cir
cumstances under the inspiration of
the most lively and disinterested
friendship. We propose in all that we
do or say by reason of this serious and
intricate situation not only to maintain
the most scrupulous respect for the
sovereignty and independence of Mex
ico-and we cOnSi .er ourselves obligat-
ed to that respect by all the consider
ations of honor and right-but as well
to give all possible proofs that we are
working only in the interests of Mex
leo and not for any person or group
of persons who might have claims re-
lating to themselves or to their prop
critics in this country and who might
consider themselves with right to de-
mand their settlement What we in
tend is to counsel Mexico for her own
good and in the interest of her own
peace and with no other object of any
kind. The government of the United
States would consider itself discredited
if it had in mind any selfish or utter
ior motive considering that the negotia-
tions in hand concern the peace, well
fare and prosperity of a whole people.
We are working not with selfish inter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-28
KILLING is JUSTIFIED.
Jury Acquits Man Who Slew AssaiIant
of Woman.

New York Aug. 2S.-A coroner's jury
acquitted VIM. Cuff for Staying Joseph
Borrandes on August 4 last, while the
latter was attempting to assault Miss
Mary Burns, a telephone operator, on
her way home from work in the early
morning Cuff, a stranger to the
young woman, responded to her cries
for help and knocked Borrandes down
The man died later of a fractured
skull The jury brought in a verdict
of iustifiable homicide.
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Missouri's New Capitol.

Jefferson City, Aug. 2S.-The state
capitol commission today fixed No
vernber as the date for opening bids
for the new capitol. The building is to
be finished by July, 1916. The main
building according to the estimate of
the architects, is to cost not more than
s., ,25O. 600 The foundation and power
house will bring the total cost to 81
500 900.
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Fatal Accident at Camp Perry.

Camp Perry, O., Aug. 2S.-The first
fatal accident to happen on the Ohio
ranges at Camp Perry occurred when
Francisco Zerarra BallOn of the Peru
Wan team was killed by one of his
fellow countrymen. Juan E. Zegarra,
who accidentally pulled the trigger of
his rifle.
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TODAY'S GAMES.
Western.

" eStern.
Des Moines at Omaha, cloudy
st. Joseph at Sioux City, clear.
Lincoln at Topeka, clear.
Denver at Wichita, clear.
National.
Boston at Brooklyn, clear.
New York at Philadelphia,
clear.
American.
Washington at Boston, clear.
Philadelphia at New York,
clear.
Association.
Milwaukee at Kansas City,
clear.
Minneapolis at st. PauI, clear.
Toledo at indianapolis, clear.
Louisville at Columbus, clear.
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tContinued on Page Two.D
to Turkish Mission.

Washington, Aug 2S.-President
Wilson today nominated Henry Nor
eenthau of New York to be ambassa-
dor to Turkey.
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Recognition of constitutional
Government Ad Interim"
MORE DEFINITE ASSURANCE
Is Demanded by the Admins
tratiOn at Washington
That Huerta Will Not Be a
Candidate in October.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-This was the
Mexican situation in brief today;
Huerta has withdrawn his request for
an exchange of ambassadors and asked
that the present diplomatic status con-
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IMPERATOR AFIRE
Largest Vessel AflOat Is Swept
by Flames.
Second Officer and a Seaman
Are SuffOcated.
PASSENGERS PANIC STRICKEN
Aroused From Sleep They Rush
to the Pier.
Tons of Water Poured Into
Big Ships Hold.
PASSENGERS PANIC STRICKEN

New York. Aug. 2S.-The steamship
Imperator, largest vessel afloat, was
swept by fire early today as she lay
at her dock in Hoboken. with her crew
and 1.131 steerage passengers aboard
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Up to 81 at Noon and Then
Drop of 6 Degrees.
RECORD BROKEN LAST NIGHT
Was so at Coolest HOur-NO
Rain in Sight.
But Nice Weather Promised for
Friday.

Relief from the intense heat of the
last few days is at hand. The tenn
perature at 2 o'clock this afternoon
-8S degrees-waS II degrees lower
than at the same hour on Wednesday.
The highest temperature was "a de-
grees at 1890 o'clock. There has been
a steady drop in temperature since
that time. The local weather observer
anticipates that the mercury will drop
to a point somewhere between 60 and
20 degrees by Friday morning.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon the wind
was blowing at the rate of 25 miles an
hour from the north. Notwithstand-
ing the drop in temperature the hourly
thermometer readings today have av-
eraged 8 degrees above normal for
this date.
There is no rain in sight according
to sunny" Flora, the observer. There
has been no precipitation in the Mis-
souri, valley in the last "a hours. Fri
day is expected to be a cool and pleas
ant day with less wind than today.
Il iT7er
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Wednesday night was the hottest
night on record at Topeka this late in
the season and the fourth hottest night
ever recorded at the local weather bu-
reau since it was established twenty
seven years ago. The lowest tempera-
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Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Fair tonight and Friday; much cool
II tonight.
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The wisp of smoke cur''~- into the
second cabin when the flames were first
discovered had by this time grown to
a cloud. Through this cloud. the Ho-
boken fremen rushed, dragging their
hose. The dining saloon of the second
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-28

The State Journal called UP the Noun
Day residence, 921 Clay street this after
noon, and was informed that Mrs. Noun
Day was in Kansas City and that Mr.
MounDay was too ill to talk even over
the telephone. At that time the deputy
who had the papers citing him for con-
tempt had not served them.