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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-19
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interstate commerce commission today
acting on complaints of the public
service commissions of those states,
which sought to have the two cent
Interstate rate made the basis OF
through traffic charges.
The commission held that the de-
fendant railroads did not voluntarily
establish and do not voluntarily main
tain the intrastate passenger fare of
cents mile, and that basing interstate
passenger fares in those three states
on the cent rate was not unreaSOn-
able.
The commissions ruling is important
as the reduction sought would have
had a wide influence on passenger
traffic rates generally. Six states,
Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota, NebraS-
ka, Missouri and Oklahoma establish
ed two cent intrastate rates in 1907
and resulting litigation brought a rul-
ing from the supreme court that moth
ing confiscatory could be found to JUS
tify the railroads complaint.
In appealing to the Interstate Com
merce commission, the state commits
| sions sought to show that a reduction
of the interstate rate would stimulate
| travel, filing exhibits tending to sup
| port the contention that the two cent
| lntrastate rates had meant increased
revenues for the carriers. The COM
| mission thought other conclusions
might be drawn from other tables and
sustained the three cent rate. The de-
| cisiOn however, asserts that the ruling
| does not mean that, there may not be
force in the theory that a reduction OF
rate tends to increase travel"
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into THE RIVER
German Force Backed Into the
Meuse by French.
Carnage ut the Battle of Dinant
Was Terrible.

Paris. Aug. 1S.-Detials of the fight
ing at Dinant between the French and
German troops show that the carnage
was terrible. The first French COM
pany, although decimated, held a po-
sitfon until another company came up
with artillery. which destroyed a
bridge. The French cavalry then ad-
vanced and pushed the German at
tackers back into the Meuse.
Careful study of the military situa-
ton on the northern frontier leads
French military observers to the con-
clusion that the events transpiring in
Belgium today are the beginning of
operations on an immense scale.
Germany, i. is declared. is making
a fresh and mightier effort to break
into France through the comparative
ly open Belgium country. Govern
ment opinion in Paris, however, is
confident that the allies will be able
to meet this shock successfully and
Ireply to it crushfngly.
Germans Pushed Back.
London. 2:2O p. m., Aug. ia dis
patch to the Reuter- Telegraph COM
pany from Brussels says the German
tadvace posts covering the region be-
tween 0embloux and Jodoigne, are
being gradually pushed back before
the advance Of Belgian and French
forces.
The Belgian and French are now in
close junction and in contact with the
advance lines of the Germany army.
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NO BLAME ON
CROCERS HERE
Topeka Dealers Given Clean
Bill Of Health Today.
They Arc Not Involved in war
Time Prices.
EXTEND PROBE over KANSAS
o. s. District Attorney WIN Dig
Deep Into Prices.
Find what War Has to DO WITH
Advanced H. c. Of L.
Is. B. HOFFMAN rs 4 WITNESS
Well known Enterprise Miller
Gives Flour Facts.
Gives Valuable InfOrmattoa IN
Government Investigation.
o. 8. District Attorney VIM Dig
Deep Into Prices.
Find What War Has TO DO WITH
Advanced H. C. Of L.
Well known Enterprise Miller
Gives Flour Facts.
Gives Valuable InfOrmotfo4 IN
Government Investigation.

There Is nothing - Indicate any im-
proper activity ON tho part OF the To-
peka retail grocerS in the matter Of
1ncre asing prices, 30 far an the federal
inquiry has shown.-Fred Robertson.
United States district attorney.
The mill at Enterprise during the
milling year beginning juno I, 1915
made a profit, from all sources. averAG-
ing % cents for every barrel OF hour
make such a showing. There are prob
ably Is or 20 mills in Kansas which
have made good interest on their in
vestments.
The price list issued by c. v. Top
ping Of Wichita. secretary OF both tho
Southwest Kansas Millers' League and
the Southern Kansas Millers. club. has
nc influence In determining prices of
larger mills. 1t may have some effect
in encouraging the weak kneed breth-
rem in holding UP their prices. We try
to have the smaller mills get az much
money for flour as we do 20 they will
not interfere with our sales. We use
this means Of 10 doing.-From state
ment OF &C. B. Holman. manager of
the Enterprise mill and director in the
Kansas Flour Mills company.
The retail grOcers of Topeka, with
| the number who bel0ng to tho ReteN
+ Gropers', aanOciation, were e1veus 3
tcieln bin ef hee3thai4 the .mAktef q
| O. Snttnin8 to raise the psseeA Of tx
As$esnities of life on the streneth ot
| Robertson. United States distTict II.
| torney, today. 9
| After he had concluded the exami.
nation Of e. Montgomery, secretary ol
| the Organisation. who was the last o1
a number OF witnesses questioned re-
garding its operation. Mr. Robertson
! said:
There is nothing to indicate thai
!, the Topeka grocerymen are In any
way combined to increase prices 81
! things they sell. I do not believe and
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came into port today on the lips of
American refugees from the continent.
aboard the Red Star liner Finland.
Many of the Americans aboard were
without money or baggage; some had
been held as spies; others had made
their way on foot from the interior OF
Belgium to Antwerp amid the scenes
and dangers of warfare and nearly all
had stories Of hardships encountered in
their flight.
With a Dutch pilot aboard Captain
Barman steered his ship through a lit
tle-used channel Of the harbor Of
Antwerp to the North Sea where he
found the horizon smudged with the
smoke of British battleships. In his
perilous passage through the mine
strewn waters there were no buoys to
guide him. His way lay over the shall
lows and he had to tighten the ship Of
all her water ballast to make the course
without scraping the bottom. Time
after time the ship was stopped by war
vessels, although she flew the American
flag.
Paften's Experience.
James A. Patten Of Chicago and Mrs.
Patten, passengers. said they were in
Carlsbad when war was declared be-
tween Germany and Russia. They left
for Nuremburg in an automobile and
l IN Da~n
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the mother and also charged with be-
ing the father of his daughters de-
formed child-were characters in a
sOrdid drama enacted in the court of
Topeka today.
Charles Saum, 80 years old, who
lives near Shorey, was being given a
preliminary hearing on a charge of
assaulting his own daughter. Saum's
action toward his daughter was evil
denced by his own testimony.
II had to stand over her with a club
to get anything out of her." testified
the father under oath, referring to
work done by his daughter.
You do not mean that you actually
stood over her with club" asked
Capt. Joseph Waters, who is Saum's
attorney.
well. I had to whip her several
times in the field to get her to work
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PLAN TO BUY SHIPS.
An Appropriation of $25, 600, 900 Il
Proposed.

Washington, Aug. 19.-President Will
son today approved plan to have the
government buy number Of ships to
be used In taking American foodstuffs
abroad.
1t was tentatively agreed that an ap-
preparation Of SIS, ,0O0. 600 would be asked
of congress for the purchase of the
ships.
The president conferred with senate
and house leaders on the question OF de-
veloping and safeguarding the Amert-
can merchant marine and the purchase
of ships and passage OF bill under
which the government will undertake
the insurance Of war risks. were agreed
upon.
Bills carrying out the plans will be in
trcduced In both houses Of congress i'm
mediately
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SHOWERS IN STATE.


Western and Northern Kansas Given
Good Rains.
Heavy showers fell last night and
this morning in western and northern
Kansas with a soaking rain in Repub-
lie county. There was a light shower
at lola. but Topeka was entirely left
out of the distribution.
Government stations in Kansas re-
ported rain in the following amounts:
Dresden, SO of an inch: Hays, "A;
lola, .O4: Scott City, 10; Dodge City,
.5S; Hanover. .12; Liberal, .O2; Phil
lipsburg, .O8-
Tuesday night was not conducive to
sleep. 1t was the hottest night this
month with a minimum temperature
early this morning Of Is degrees. or
eight degrees above normal.
It is reported that electrical storms
are raging at Wichita and Hutchinson
this afternoon and a heavy windstorm
at Kansas City. KAN
SultFy Today.
The weather was sultry today with
good indications Of rain before night
At o'clock there were heavy clouds in
the southeast. The te nperature aver
aged six degrees above normal for the
day. There was light wind from the
southwest.
The hourly roadinv~.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-19

Dawson left Topeka, he declared that
he would consent to no increases In
existing rates until 1t had been fully
determined that the company was
losing money on present schedules. He
expects a working agreement with the
gas company creditors before return
ing to Kansas
Decision in the case in the United
States circuit court of appeals Is ex-
pected at any time. Regardless of the
decision in the circuit court, General
Dawson believes the case will be taken
Immediately to the supreme court of
the United States. In the meantime
the creditors must furnish funds for
the running expenses of the corpora
ton and Dawson will demand the i'm
mediate payment to the state receivers
of a half million dollars with more
money to follow. An effort will also
be made to rearrange existing htiga-
ton between rival interests and to
permit the state to go ahead with the
restoration of the property as going
concern.
"Then they can litigate their rival
| interests 20 their hearts content" said
| Dawson.
! Wants a Half Million.
! Discussing the financial conditions
surrounding the affairs of the Kansas
Natural and his mission to Pennsyl-
vania, Dawson said:
| Il want a half million dollars now for
the property to make betterments and
extensions and 1 want definite fixed
! sum from time to time for the same
purpose 1 hope to get the creditors to
! agree tC that.
| They want me to agree to raise
| in rates. That, 1 tell them, I can't &c
and il would do no good If 1 did.
have pointed out to them that so long
as the property is in this interminable
mess, neither the public utilities CON-
mission nor the courts would give them
a raise. But if they will let us get loose
from federal interference and from al
uncertainty and permit us to run the
property in a clean, Straightforward
maEner for SIX months or a year II
the present rates. then If the business
shows a loss, a reasonable raise car
be expec cted."
Case to Highest Court.
That is the one term of compromise
offered by Dawson before leaving To
peka He wants the creditors to fur
rish money to continue the busines:
ard he expressed the confident belle
that he would get 1t.
81 expect q decision from the circui
court Of appeals any day." said Daw
scp. who added: II also expect th'
losers to go to the supreme court G
TIE United States"
It is probable that the. conferedc'
} with the gas company creditors ma,
continue several days and that Daw
son will not return to Kansas unr!
some time next week.
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Defeat BIC ARMY
Servians Victorious Over Aus.
trians $4,000 Strong.
Losses Are 5000 Killed and
5000 Wounded.

London, Aug. 19.-An official COM
munication received here from Paris
declares that confirmation is at hand
Of previous reports of Servian VIC
tory at Shabats over so, Austrians.
Shabats is in Servia, 40 miles west of
of Belgrade.
The Austrians suffered q severe de-
feat, with very heavy losses in men
and munitions. According to advices
from Rome their casualties amounted
to 5000 men killed and 5000 wounded.
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wilson Signs Shipping BIN.

Washington, Aug. 1S.-Preeident
Wilson has signed the amendment to
the Panama canal act. under which
foreign built ships may be admitted to
American registry for overseas trade.
The measure becomes effective at once
and is expected to aid materially in
handling American exports while
European nations are at war.
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SHORTAGE OF COAL.


London, Aug. 19.-The Venice CORE
spondent OF the Daily Mail states that
All kinds Of trades steamships and rail-
ways in Italy are suffering from q short
age of coal Nearly all the coal used
in Italy comes from England. and al
though the British government has given
permission for coal to be sent, the Eng
hsh shippers have not complied. probably
1earink that the ItAlians cannot pay.
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The Day in Congress.

BRYAN conferred with senate foreign
relations committee over Colombian
and Nicaraguan treaties Senator
Hitchcock introduced bill to prohibit
floating foreign war loans in the
United States Miscellaneous bills
taken up In h0uso.
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NEEDS MORE CASH
Funds of Kansas Natural Re-
cefvers Are Low.
Attorney General Dawson Goes
to Visit Creditors.
DEMANDS 4 HALF MILLION
With More Money to Come,
State Officer Says.
Won't Consent to Increase in
the Gas Rates.

John s. Dawson, attorney general,
left this afternoon for Pittsburg and
Philadelphia to demand Of creditors
of the Kansas Natural Gas company
payment of a half million dollars to
the state receivers to keep the giant
corporation on it's feet pending settle
ment of pending litigation. Before
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Charles Saum Charged With
Assault Of Daughter.
Girl Is IA Years, of Age-Baby
Is Feeble Minded.
She WORKED IN THE FIELDS
Parent Said He Held Club Over
Her as She LabOred.
SOrdid Drama Enacted In Court
of Topeka To-day.

An eight-months-old baby. delicate.
cross-eyed and with
both feet deformed: a mother who was
II years old the third day Of this
month, and who is well-developed and
both physically and mentally normal
or above normal; q father-father Of
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The Roman POntiff Has Suf.
fered . Sudden Relapse.
No Doubt That the Patients
Life Is In Danger.
SISTERS At HIS BEDSIDE
The Last Communion Has
Been Administered.
Candles Are Lighted Before the
Miraculous Image.

Rome, Aug. 1s.-The pope has had q
sudden relapse.
A bulletin issued by DR.. Marchiafava
leaves no doubt that the patents life
10 in danger.
The sisters Of the pope are convinced
q crisis has arrived. They have lighted
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UPH0LDS 3-CENT FARE
The 1. C. C. Sustains the Railroads in
Three States.

Washington. Aug. 19.-The inter-
state railroad passenger fare of three
cents a mile through Arkansas, Mis-
souri, and Oklahoma was upheld by the
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weather Forecast for Kan4nA,
Partly cloudy, with probably thun-
derstorms in the southwest tonight and
Thursday, cooler In the east portion Of
the state tonight.
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Americans Arrive Direct From
the Field of Liege.
Patten Saw Mines Laid That
Killed s,oee Germans.
Tells STORY OF TIE EXODUS
T. p. Shonts Is Among Those
Left at Carlsbad.
Chaunces -Jepew Sat for Hours
in Rain At Dieppe.

New York. Aug. 19s-Hffst hand tales
Of the fight at Liege and grim narra-
tives Of the war sweeping Europe
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FIERCE BATTLE Is ON
MERCHANT MARINE
OF THE WORLD

In 1858 American vessels carried
1871 per cent of our foreign COM
merce.
In 1913 only s.9 per cent.
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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1914-03-14
SMITH AGAIN
BEHIND BARS,

Sheriff LacosGe returned from
New Iberia Friday with f. j..
Smith, young white man, want
ed in Lafayette for breaking into
DR.. f. e Glrard's residence Wed.
nesday night aud stealing few
collars ia cash and gun, which
he sold to Mr.. A. N. Ballard.
Sheriff Lacoste recognized the
gun as the one he had given DR..
'Glra,d some ten years ago.
Smith is the same man who was
arrested about Two weeks ago for
breaking into the Peoples Phar-
macy, but released for want of
evidence. He had been employed
at the Majestic Theater as moving
picture machine operator.
This morning Sheriff Lacoste
received 4 telegram from Mrs. g..
Weiner of 739 Gate Avenue,
Brooklyn, N. Y, confirming iden-
Tity of her son, Oscar, held here
as Il. j. Smith. under charge of
larceny and burglary in the mat
ter OF entering DIR. + e. Girards
residences lasC week. Saturday
night about 3 O'clock Jailor Brous-
sard was called to the prison and
found young Welner III convul-
sioDs from the effects OF a large
dose of strychniDe taken with sui
cidal intent. DIR. e. r. Tolson
was called aud succeeded after
hard work in pulling him through,
although he is still dangerously
i'll. While suffering and thinking
death certain Weiner placed his
hand on his vest pocket and said
''Mother." Jailor Broussard drew
from the pocket newspaper,
bearing an advertisement by Mrs.
Weiner for her SOD, who dlsap-
peared from home some three
years ago, at the age of sixteen.
The Ad pleaded piteously for any
Ouo W WHO uio AOulIohonOn
mother" as to the whereabouts of
the runaway boy. Sheriff La
coste wired the mother and receiv.
ed an answer giving description
and saying photo would follow.
The sheriff feels certain that his
prisoner is the long lost SOD, as all
the physical marks given in the
clipping and telegram correspond
to those found on the young man.
Weiner, or Smith as he calls him
self, has been in Lafayette about
two months and was employed for
some time at the Majestic theatre.
The prisoner told Jailor Brous.
sard that his parents were
wealthy.-Lafaye cite Advertiser.
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DEATH FROM
HYDRoPHOBIA.

Died, at her residence on Jane
Street, Oh Thursday, March 12ih,
1914, at IL O'Clock p. M, Mrs.
Frederic Matz, aged G6 years, na.
tive of France.
Some weeks ago the yard.dog
at the home of Mre. Matz became
involved in fight with "A stray
dog, which wandered into the
premises. No special attention
was given the Incident at the time
and it was dismissed
The yard dog was usually claim
ed during certain hoHrs of the
day. On one occasion it was no
tlced that he had gotten his chain
aud a wire fence tangled up and
he was iii distress, being unable
TO free himself. Mrs. Matz went
to his relief and while attempting
to disengage his chain he bit her.
The bite was not a severe one
and at no time nd 1t assume u
threatening aspect. But on last
Sunday MRS, Matz was taken vic
lentIy i'll. Physicians were sum-
moned. The case was finally pro
nounced hydrOphO0ia and result.
ed III the horrible death Of the pa
tlent.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1914-03-14

The defeat of the special school
tax in Jeanerette was more OF a
rebellion against a further ln-
crease of taxation rather than any
expression of public sentiment
against public education. The
great majority of our people are
friends Of the public schools.
But, the tax rate is already high
and the taxpayers are paying
several special taxes; one for the
high school building. This to
yether with the fiEmly Implanted
idea, whether correct or not, that
In the past the New Iberia schools
have gotten the best of the other
wards, caused the defeat of the
tax. We sincerely hope the
School Board will find some way
of continuing the full school term,
az it would be calamity 10 close
the schOOls.-Jeanerette Herald
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restored to health.
Catarrh of the throat Is not only al.
annoying disease Of itself, but it ex-
poses the victim to many other dis
eases. We are constantly breathing
into our throats numerous atmos-
pheric germs. Disease germs OF all
sorts. This cannot be avoided. If
the throat is healthy the system Is
protected from these poisonous
germs. But if the throat is raw and
punctured with numerous little ul-
GERS, by catarrh, then the disease
germs have easy access to the system
Keep the throat we'll and clean.
This is the way to protect yourself
against contagious diseases. Gargle
the throat as explained in the new
Ills Of Life" sent free by the Peruna
Co.. Columbus, Ohio.
Mr.. Barnes says: II had throat
trouble and had three doctors treat
ing me. All failed to do me any
good, and pronounced my health gone.
! concluded to try Peruna, and after
using four bottles can say l was en-
tirely cured"
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DREAM Of A
MANLESS WORLD,

In commenting upon state
ment by DR.. Anna Howard Shaw
that men fail as street sweepers
the New York World remarked
rather sarcastically that meI
seem to be failing IN everything
that women want to do. And the
WorlG asked plalntively how long
it will be before feminist worlC
aholishes man altogether. The
question is answered with aston.
lsbing candor by Mary p. b.
Flower Of New York, who write.
"It may be sooner than you
think. Kindly take note thai
among the bees, which are IN some
respects more highly civilized
than human beings, it is the Gus
tom for the workers (females) to
sting the drones (males) to death
and pitch the worthless old things
out of the hives.
"Of course, male human beings
will never be disposed of in quite
the same way. But when women
set their brains to work IN the la
boratorles they will discover a
way of controlling the sex of chill
dreD before birth, aud that will
lead to a great diminution in the
uumber OF males jnst enough be.
lug tolerated to keep the race 60.
ing, all the work of the world is
done by women.
"ADd that it will be but the
prelude to the much greater dis.
covery that will enable the race TO
perpetuate itse f without the help
of the male. The male then will
be utterly supeIfiuOus and will
disappear.
"And then for a world without
saloons, without brothels, without
wars, without disease, without an
ger or passion, without selfihness
or dishonesty, where the only
love will be the sweet radiance of
pure and uncontamInaled mother
love. Is not that worth working
for?
"Sisters, to arDs9'
$50 this is the meaning of the
.femiDist movement" is il? WOm-
an is after mans goat! She's 60
ing to extiDgnish him and only
the female of the species wnl be
left on earth. There will be no
anger, no sel6hness or dishonesty,
no saloons, no wars, no disease
And by the same token, we sup
pose, there will be no beauty par
lors, no latest styles in dress, no
triumpbs in hats, no cnrls and
rats and marcelIes, no ronge, no
powder, diamond pendants, no so
iitaries, no novels, no slit skirts,
10 peek aboes, no tango, no Easter
parades, no marriage, no divorce,
no scandal, no gossip. Lord!
What will become of womeb!
But she says she is determined
to do 1t aud there is no telling
what she may not do.
Brothers, to feei!-Orowley Sig
nal.
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The protection of foreigners in
Mexico and the extension of the
New IBERIA JeaDerette lnterur-
ban trolley line seem to be mat
fers Of the indefinite future.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1914-03-14

Headaches that come from dis
ordered stomach or rsconstipated
bowels are permansdtly cured by
HERBINE. IL puri1ies the system
and regulates t4asbowels. Price SOC.
Sold BY ESIpRGE DRUG co.
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prompt attention. | am here to
serve you, and am always at yt ar
command.
E. 0. BRUNER,
Commissioner of Agriculture and
Immigration.