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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-18

with q bridage Of sharp shooteru, q
battalion Of infantry. four batteries Of
artillery and largo body OF native
When the order for the general ad-
vance OF the Spanish column was given
the advance guard discovered several
thousand Moorish mountaineers con-
ceaied in the Irregularities of the
ground. A hotilla OF military aviatora
was sent to reconnoiter. BY means Of
nag signals the aviators guided. the col
umn of Spanish troops.
A heavy artillery fire was opened by
the Spantards without effect. The avi-
ators then ascended to an altitude out
OF range Of rifle fire anr flew directly
over the places where the Moors were
In the greatest numbers. Then came
what the dispatch to the Spanish war
onice described as q '.veritable rain Of
bombs tossed by the airmen into the
midst Of the Moors."
After this bOmbardment the Span1sh in
fantry charged with the bayonet and dis
lodged the Moors from their positions.
causing them to flee In great disorder.
leaving large numbers Of dead and
The Spanish troops also lost q consider-
able number of men as the rifle fire OF the
u1oesmen was very accurate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-18
Jersey SPECIAL" !"
Northeast Kansas Folks Want
It Retained.
Rock Island Seeks to Discon.
tinue Daily Service.

- Validity Of the Kansas law permit
ting the public utilitiG commission to
order the restoration of train service
where such service does not meet oper-
ating expenses. will probably be tested
by the Rock Island in a controversy
over an order made by the commission
today to compel the re-establishment
Of the daily passenger service between
Phillipsburg and Goodland. The train
was taken from the Rock island serv-
ice several weeks ago and the COM
mission today ordered that the old
service be resumed.
The. Jersey was the only daily
passenger train between Phillipsburg
and Goodland, a distance of 139 miles.
According to reports filed with the
utilities commission, the Rock Island
contended that the train had never
paid expenses and that by changing
their service they could reduce the ex-
pense without seriously crippling
service. Patrons of the road between
Phillipsburg and Goodland, however,
have filed numerous petitions asking
for the old service and the utilities
commission today ordered the train
restored.
There is a question as to whether
the commission can enforce an order
of this nature where 1t is shown that
the train service has not met operating
expenses. At the offices Of the utili-
ties commission today there was q
well defined opinion that the contro-
versy over the Phillipsburg-Goodla
service would be checked up TO the
courts for a decision on the Kansas
law.
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VOTE IS CLOSE.
But Hitchcock Amendents to Currency
Bin Are Tabled Steadily.

Washington. Dec. 1S.-Another
modification Of the currency bill to
permit clearing house associations to
continue their present systems OF bank
Examination and report has been
agreed on. Protests from clearing
h0,,se associations in several cities
that usefulness Of the associations
would be destroyed under restrictions
Of the bin caused the change.
Hitchcock's proposal to increase the
gold reserve from IS to As per cent
was tabled by a vote Of AZ to 40. Sena-
tor Bristow asked whether the Demo-
crat managers had decided to drop
deposits guara ntee. Senator Owen re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-18
STOPS A CRASH
Automatic Derailment Device
Used on . Freight.
Sends Train Into Ditch and
Prevents Q Collision.

Joliet. Dec. 1s.-Automafic derailment
apparatus saved q Chicago-bound ex-
press train from q head-on crash into
a runaway freight train near here to-
day on the Chicago. Rock Island & Pa
cific railway. Air brakes on the
freight train. which was composed of
coal cars. failed to work and the train
became q runaway after 1t had passed
the second stop signal The derailment
switch automatically was opened and
the runaway freight was shot into the
ditch Just in time to let the passenger
train by.
The Frisco flyer Of the Rock Island
passed the scene OF the wreck ten min
'utes later. The freight engine was
overturned and John T. Sutherland of
Rockdale, Ill, engineer, and Henry
Bausell. fireman, were buried beneath
tons of coal. A rescue crew dug the
men out with picks and shovela ana
found them uninjured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-18
PROBE MILK SALES.
Board of Health win Insist Upon Only
Healthy Animals Being Used.

Kansas City, Dec. 18.-An investiga-
ton of the alleged promiscuous sale
of milk among the foreign population
OF Kansas City, Kansas, near the
stock yards, was begun today by rep
resentatives OF the Kansas board Of
health, acting under orders of Dr. S.
J. Crumbine. secretary of the board.
DR.. Crumbine said he had received
Information that women Of the foreign
quarters had been visiting the stock
yards and milking every cow and
goat they could find without regard to
the animals condition of health. and
that milk SD obtained was peddled
amcDg the foreigners. The object of
the investigation Is to provide that
only milk from healthy animals be
used .s-s-t.-.'----
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SYMPATHY STRIKE.
Is Under Consideration by Cleveland
Federation Of Labor.

Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. ia grievance
committee of the Cleveland Federation
of Labor. empowered last night by the
central labor body to call general
strike If necessary, met today to con-
slider the advisability of ordering all
union employees of Cleveland hotels to
walk out in sympathy with the strik-
ing cooks and walters. If a general
strike is ordered 1t will call out union
musicians, BARRIERS, electricians, car
penters, painters, teamsters and bag
gagemen employed at the hotels. Union
bartenders are already out.
The Statler, Hollenden and Colonial
hotels entered the third day of the
strike crippled in walters and cooks
forces.
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Resisted Order Of City Marshal
and Posse to Surrender.
Lived in City Hall Building
Wife Handed Him Gun.
MARSHAL AND One INJURED
Wife Barbados Door After His
Fall-POsse Breaks In.
Hunted Man Was First to Be.
gin Firing ON Officers.

Bonner Springs, Kan, Dec. 18.-
Rolla Harvey. an alleged bootlegger,
was killed and two other men were
wounded here today in a battle that
ensued when a posse of fifteen men
surrounded the city hall building. on
the second floor Of which Harvey was
suspected Of conducting a Joint"
More than fifty shots were fired.
w. r.. Easling, town marshal, at
tempted to arrest Harvey and q COM
paniOn on the street early today on q
boOtlegging charge. Harvey fired two
shots at Easling and with hts COM
panion fled. Both shots missed Eas-
ling then went about town awakening
citizens when he had recruited a
heavily armed posse.
Harvey lived with his wife and two
children in three rooms on the second
floor of the City Hall building on the
main street. The posse men took po-
sitions on the four sides of the build
ing. In response to a shot Harvey ap-
peared at a rear door.
Surrender" shouted Easling. Were
Is strong. You don't want your fam
lily hurt" Mrs. Harvey. who had fol-
lowed her husband to the door, handed
him revolver and retired. Harvey
opened fire. Before a shower Of bull
lets brought 1im down, he had shot C..
H. Weber through the right leg and
had dazed Marshal Easling with scalp
wound.
The posse swarmed up the steps to
the door anG found the body Of Har-
vey lying on the porch riddled with
bullets and charges from shotguns.
Mrs. Harvey barricaded the door but
this was soon broken down. The Har-
vey children were found hidden in
closets.
Before the battle was over, half the
population of the town had gathered
around the city hall. Harvey was IS
years old. He was a laborer employed
in a, cement mill. Mr.. Weber, the only
posseman seriously wounded by Har-
vey's bullets. Is a retired real estate
dealer, 60 years old.
The shots at the city hall aroused the
whole tou'n. Many believed it a bank
robbery. Others were afraid to venture
out until the trouble was over. Har-
Vey,s companion was arrested this
morning. He is a laborer at a cement
mill. The authorities said he will be
held on a bootlegging charge.
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The temperature took q tumble, too.
The minimum at Topeka was 26 de-
grees at 8 O'Clock this morning-the
lowest point touched by the mercury in
ten days. But at that the temperature
today is above normal for this date.
"A fog OF unusual density spread over
most of Kansas and western Missouri
early today, greatly hindering transpor-
patch from Kansas City. rramc
here, in ST. Joseph. Mo-. and in
Hutchinson, Kan, was 4demoralized
for several hours. In low lying
regions along rivers the thick
white mist hung low until well into the
forenoon.
I'm Kansas City this was the fourth
States weather observer who with his
corps of assistants, was kept busy at
the telephones answering the queries
of the alarmed, ascrfbed conditions to
a general sluggish condition of the at
mosphere and little change in baromet-
rical pressure This seasons fogs here
are unprecedented SO far as weather
bureau records of 25 years go.
"Street car and vehicle traffic was
almost at a standstill for several
hours. Motormen were unable to see
through the mist more than Is feet
ahead. Strong search1ights front and
back on the cars were Of little avail
and all attempts at running on sched-
ule time were abandoned. In the
downtown district lights and electric
signs were kept going well into the
forenoon and merchants kept their
stores lighted as at night. Several
minor traffic accidents were reported.
Traffic conditions similar to those here
were reported from Topeka and
eph, Mo. Topeka dispatches told of
the heaviest fog ever known there
A report from Pittsburg reads: "A
heavy fog which enveloped Pittsburg
and vicinity this morning was clear
ing away at 9 O'Clock. The fog was
less dense than one a few days ago
and the traffic on the trolley lines in
the district was not interfered with
at ALL
According to Sunny Flora, the local
weather observer. there has been rain
in all sections of Kansas in the last
48 hours although the precipitation was
not generally heavy.
The shortest day of the year will be
next Monday, December %, and that
real winter season. The sun will reach
the furthest point south at o'clock
next Monday morning. The sun will
rise at 1888 O'Clock and will set at 5:04.
The period between November 1 and
the present time has been the warmest
corresponding period in the history of
the local weather bureau. Thus far
this month the temperature has aver
aged 10 degrees above normal This
constitutes no record, however. as the
temperature for the entire month of
December one season averaged II de-
grees above normal
Fog Has Cleared Away.
BY O'Clock this afternoon the fog
had for the most part cleared away,
and Indications, according to the local
observer, pointed to fair weather to-
night becoming unsettled Friday.
The shippers forecast: Protect 80
hour shipments north against tenn
perature of rs degrees; east, south
and west no. lower than 80 degrees. u
At Topeka the mercury is expected to
barely reach the freezing point The
winS Is blowing at the rate OF five
miles an honr from the southwest,
The hourly readings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-18
CHAINED TO THE FLOOR
A Parent Is Found in His SONS place
Of Business.

st. Louis. Dec. 1s.-Max Glaser. 50
years old was found by the police to-
day chained to the floor Of q room in
the rear Of a butcher shop run by his
son. Morris Glazer. The attention of
the police was called to the matter by
Mrs. Morris Glaxer who said her hus-
band considered his father insane and
did not want him placed in an asylum.
Morris was arrested. The police say
that he admitted that his father had
had neither food nor water for three
days.
The father was taken to the city hos
pita1.
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MARTIN SAILS TODAY.
He and Family VIII Bid States Good
by for . Time.

San Francisco; Dec. 1S.-Henderson 8.
Martin. of Topeka. Kan. newly appointed
vice governor Of the Philippines. arrived
here Wednesday en- route to Manila He
sailed today with his family on the
steamer Mongolia.
Mr.. Martin's position includes that Of
secretary of public instruction and In
addition he Will have charge of the bu-
reau of education, agriculture. printing,
nriaons and aupplfe4.
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BARkLEY MOVES UP.
To. Be Made General Manager OF st.
Joe Stock Yards.

st. Joseph, Dec. 1S-Announcement is
made that j. O.. Barkley. general agent
here of the Missouri Pacific railway. will
be made general manager of the St. Joseph
Stock Yards company at the annual meet
ing Of the company, January II. He will
succeed L.. d. w. Van Vliet. who will De
chosen general manager of the Union
the stock yards company. to FIJI the
vacancy created by the death Of John
Donovan.
a dinner In Barkley's honor December H.
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State Journal BualAing Postcard.
A postcard view In colors OF the new
State Journal building is now on sale
at many OF the postcard stands In the
city. II subscribers who receive the
paper by mail desire any of these cards
State Journal at the rata Of one cent
each
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-18

avenue 1t was
only possible to
distinguish t h 9
bare outlines OF
the b u 8 1 n 9 Q q
buildings. T h .
fore part OF
Wednesday night
was clear and
t h e r e W q 9 q
heavy frost. but
the clouds began
to descend this
morning. r h 1 9
makes the ninth
fog for Decem-
ber thus far
q n d t h r e 9 o +
them have been
a dense variety.
The fog was gem
eral over Kansas
and in places de-
moralized street
car aoHViCQ
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LEAvENW0RTH IS DRY
DawsOn's Appointment of an Assistant
Has Brought Order Again.

Leavenworth. Kan, Dec. 1S.-The
appointment OF an assistant attorney
general for Leavenworth seems to
have had the desired effect the Post
says editorially today. THE city is
no longer in a turmoil over the joint
situation and there seems to be very
few joints. Perhaps 1t is the weather.
or the hard times, but the fact re-
mains that Leavenworth is quiet
now"
The assistant mentioned in the ar
ticle above is Malcolm MacNaughton,
appointed recently by John S. Daw-
son, attorney general. MacNaughton
was picked out as a Thoroughbred"
by Attorney General Dawson and was
given the duty of cooperating with
Mayor GRANGER in law enforcement in
the wayward village on the Missouri.
Apparently MacNaughton has loomed
up like a cyclone on the troubled
Leavenworth horizon. Anyway, Daw-
son is pleased with the results shown
by his assistant.
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SANTA FE PURCHASE.
Short Cut from South to Coast
Planned in New Line.

A cut across the state Of Oklahoma
to shorten the distance between cen-
trail southern points and the Pacific
coast is indicated in a purchase just
announced by the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railway. The road has tax
en- over the St Louis. Ell Reno &
Western line between Guthrie and Ell
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me Day in CouRreaa.

Washington. Dec. 18.-Senate met
at 10 a. m- Continued debate ON cur
rency bill. House met at noon. De-
bated q bill to discontinue the federal
government'c payment CT so per cent
of the municipal expenses Of the Dis
trfct OF Columbia Colorado and
Michigan rniners unions sent tele-
graphic appeals to the rules commit
tee Tor congressional investigates OF
strikes In those states. i
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SHOWER OF BOMBS.
spanish Military Aviators Cause Rout
OF Moorish Force.

Madrid, Dec. 1S.-A large force Of
Moorish tribesmen was routed with
heavy loss today by Spanish troops at
Muley Abselam, Spanish Morocco.
Spanish military avitors threw the
Aocrs into disorder with showers of
The sDaniards attacked the Moon.
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S A HEAVY FOG
TOpekans Grope ON Streets in
Early Morning.
Fog Is General From Kansas
City to Hutchinson.

Topeka was enveloped in dense fog
this morning. Glancing across Kansas
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(Contlnlod on Pago Two.D
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-27
Phone MESSAGE
STOPS KILLING


SAN JOSE. Nov. 27.-A threat over
heard in a saloon and a timely warn
ing over the telephone were prob
ably all that saved the family OF P. A.
Schultz of Roberts avenue, three miles
southwest of San Jose, from being
murdered in their home last night by
Joseph Johns, Greek farm hand. The
latter was arrested shortly after
o'clock last night while -crouchings
pistol in hand behind a raspberry
bush on the Schultz place.
Johns had been discharged by
Schultz some time ago, it Is stated,
and last night set out from San Jose
to wreak vengeance on the family.
He had discovered about half of the
distance when he stopped at the
saloon of Herman Richter in Mckee
road Here he confided that he was
armed and that he intended to kill
the entire Schultz family. After he
had left Richter telephoned. first to
the police and the sheriff's ONCE, then
to Schultz.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-27
-
OPERA HOUSE
ORDINANCE
CHANGED
Amended Measure to Be Sub
mitted to Mayor and
Supervisors

Mayor Rolph has not altered his
opinion of the opera house ordinance
nor his stand in the matter. but he Is
giving consideration to the compro-
mise suggestion made yesterday by
the supervisors public welfare COM
mittee. These suggestions emanated
from Supervisors Bancroft. Hayden,
Payot and Murdock. and depend pri-
marily on the consent OF the opera
house subscribers.
Rolph expressed himself this morn
ing as ready to favor new ordinance
provided all the clauses to which he
objected were eliminated
II want the opera house, he said.
'but want 1t right. 1t must be abso-
lutely legal and In conformity with
the charter. There must be no per-
petual rights to the seats and no self
perpetuating board Of trustees. hope
that we may have the opera house as
q gift outright.
WILL INVESTIGATE WHILE EAST
The mayor received word today that
District Attorney whitman Of New
York had begun an investigation into
the alleged sca1ping Of tickets 1T the
<-x-<s---a - No. . 1seur.x.~ 4 <zE
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-27
Grandson of General
Grant Enters Army

NEW YORK, Nov. a7.-Chapman
Grant. son of Jesse r. Grant and
grandson OF U. S. Grant, has entered
the Un&ed States army. winning a
second lieutenant's commission III
competitive examination.
IF there is going TO be war. I
want to be in it," said the young man
today. after receiving orders to join
the Fourteenth cavalry on the Mexi-
can border.
Young Grant has been assistant
curator of the Children's museum OF
Brooklyn Institute
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-27
Horsepower" Is Made
Requirement Of Girl
Printers Assistants
The Work. Demands Brawn, Not
Brains. Says Director Of U. S.
Printing and Engraving

WASHINGTON. Nov. 27- Horse
power! That's what they have to
haveth those girls who work as print
ers' assistants. And horse power is
what we would make requirement
Of their appointment. It's no use put
ting race horse to draw truck. =
Director Ralph OF the bureau of
rinting and engraving gave this point
of view in explaining the investiga-
tion undertaken by DR.. BENJAMIN s.
Warren OF the public health service.
A physical examination. rigid enough
to determine the fitness Of applicants
for the labor required Of them as
printers assistants, will be directed
as part of the civil service require
ments 1t is Drawn, not brains. that
the labor demands.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-27
Silk Hats, No Tango,
For British Officers

LONDON. Nov. Fixing George is
following closely the lead of En-
peror William in regard to the strict
regulations for army officers. King
George recently issued a command
forbidding officers to dance the tango.
lin. and the latest is that King
George has informed all officers of
the guard that when not in uniform
they are to wear frock coats and silk
hats when they have occasion to be
in the vicinity of Buckingham palace.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-27
TRANSP P0RT
WITH 300
MARINES
SAILS
Dictator Knows He Must Go,
but Will Die Fighting, De-
cIares Official; Battle at
Tuxpam Imminent
BULLETIN

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 27.-
Thetransport Prairie with 800 mar
ines on board bound for Pensacola,
Fla, sailed from the navy yard here
today at 1880.
VERA CRUZ. Nov. PA battle is
imminent in the oil fields around Tux
pam. This viii impeFl toreign lives
and millions Of dolIArs Nprth Of
property owned by foretgners
Five hundred federals arrived here
from Mexico City today, and General
Mas announced he would send them
to Tuxpam at once TO attack the reb-
els there
1t is said General Aguilar has noti-
fed Rear Admiral Fletcher that no
harm would come to the oil wells un-
less he is attacked by the federals.
but, in case of an attack, he would
set them afire.
HUERTA is TOTTERING
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 27.-Huerta
and his dictatorship are tottering.
The beginning OF the end is already
in sight, according to diplomat who
enjoys the confidence. of Huerta- He
said today that Huerta himself had
little confidence in his ability to hold
on much longer, but had expressed
his intention of going down fight
ing"
MADERO's UNCLE ARRESTED
Leandro Gonzales Trevino, an uncle
Of the late President Madero. was
arrested today on the personal or
der of Huerta Trevino was seized
at the Lascurain as he was packing
his baggage for flight to Vera Cruz
after receiving warning that govern
ment agents were hunting him.
He was hustled to jail and held
incommunicado. The authorities re-
fused to tell the charge against him.
Trevino was recently brought here
from Monterey on charge of sedi-
tion but was released On bail. and
informed that the charge would be
dropped.
TROUBLE OVER CONCESSIONS
With the relations between English
and American oil interests in Mexico
already acute, a new danger was
added today to the situation involving
commercial affairs when officials of
the National railways protested
against the granting of a concession
to the Belgian syndicate for the con-
struction OF 5000 kilometers of track.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-27
LIFE BOAT
LOST WITH
RESCUE
CREW
Steerage Passenger Is Swept
Overheard; Sailors Craft
Is Swamped in Attempt
to Save Him

Four men were lost at sea last
night from the Pacific Coast liner
President during the heavy storm
off the Oregon coast. Wireless re-
ports of the disaster were received
in this city at noon today.
One of the men. passenger, was
washed overheard, and three MEM
bers of the crew were lost in a
swamped boat attempting to save
him.
THE LOST
Third class passenger, name not
known.
Fourth Officer ]. Shane.
Quartermaster o. Jarijheck.
Seaman H. Hansen.
The tragedy occurred at 7:s0
o'clock. The President left Seattle
Tuesday for this port with a full list
OF passengers.
OFF the Oregon coast the boat fell
into the heavy southeast storm.
The passenger who ventured on the
bow main deck was washed off by a
heavy comber breaking over the bow.
Captain Paulsen stopped the ship
and a boat was lowered with the
three members of the crew. It
swamped alongside the vessel and all
were drowned in the turbulent swells.
The President proceeded on her way
and is due to arrive here tomorrow
night.
BOAT NOT INJURED BY GALE
According to the meager wireless
reports. the boat suffered no damage
in the heavy storm.
Following the tragedy. Captain
remain inside until the storm SUBJ
sided