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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19
PLACED ON TRIAL
Mrs. Carman Is Arraigned in
Court ON Charge
OF Numbering Mrs. Bailey in
Freeport Last June.

Mineola, N. Y, Oct. 19.-Mrs. Florence
on trial today for murder. She was
charged with Staying Mrs. Louise Bailey
of Hampstead on the night of June 3O
last. while Mrs. Bailey was in the office
Of DIR. Edwin Carman, the defendants s
husband. whittier she had gone for
medical advice.
gressed swiftly during its opening hours.
A throng of men and women stormed
the court house in futile effort to OBJ
tain seats in the tiny court room. Few
were admitted.
Mrs. Carman appeared to be self
possessed but became increasingly nerv-
Gus as the proceedings progressed. She
whispered often to her husband and
counsel during the selection of the Jury
William Bailey, whose wife was the vic
tim, sat within ten feet of her but ap-
parently she did not see him.
Before entering the court room
Mrs. Carman handed many trinkets
to the matron and requested that they
be distributed among the other pris-
oners. The men and women in the
jail shouted good luck as she passed
their cells. One woman gave Mrs.
Carman a metal swastika
DR.. Carman occupied a seat at the
counsel table opposite. Mr.. Bailey
Mrs. Carman was dresse in the blue
tailored suit she wore when she an
peared at the inquest in Freeport. A
stylish Partisan hat with a white
feather topped her blonde hair mar
celled with painstaking care. She
looked as if she might have stepped
into the court room from a stroll on
Fifth avenue.
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They Are Hammerfng ON To-
ward Dunkirk and Calais.
PUT IN SOME HARD KNOCKS
Belgians Again Heard From In
Vicinity of Lille.
Russians Stop the Attempt to
Cross the Vistula.

London. Oct. 1e.-From the point
of view of the allied armies so far as
could be learned from the dispatches
reaching London today. the SITUATION
in West Flanders and in France as 1ar
south as Lille seemed on this, the
seyecty-seventh day of the war, per-
haps more hopeful than at any time
since the German advance on Paris
was checked.
Though the news reaching England
is meager and to an extent delayeo,
all tiding seem to indicate the Ger
man advance from Osteno on tns
French coast towns has been blocked
temporarily, at least while further
south in a region that was week ago
the extreme German right the invaders
have been again compelled to give
ground before the allies wedge force
which has been concentrating on
Lille.
mans have withdrawn from this town.
but this is not confirmed, nor is the
report that they evacuated Courlai,
nearly 80 miles northwest. 1t seems
plain that the menace here grew
marked and that the Germany army
operating along the coast of Flanders
found itself in peril of being cut off
they met along the sea is only guess
work for it has never been disclosed
in Great Britain what forces the allies
have or at what point they touch the
coast. ....-..........
Germans Quit Ostend- 49,
All reports seem to agree that the
city of Ostend is practically clear OF
Germans who, apparently, are reform
ing to the south with reinforcemeMts
and the siege guns used to batter the
Belgian forces and they now propose
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HER CRY FOR help
England's Appeal to Portugal
Raises Confidence in Berlin.
Russia Also Is Having Trouble
With RebelliOus Subjects.

Berlin, Oct. 19.-"Great Britain's cry
for help to Portugal" the chaotic sit
uation" in South Africa and the ''re-
volts in India,'' according to announce
ment made in Berlin today. all are
tending to raise German confidence,
Reports received here from CONSTANT
nople declare that Great Britain has
sent three active battaliOns from Malta
to India.
Russian troops from Bessara bia
have been sent to the Caucasus where
revolts have broken out.
The Russians are finding difficulty
in creating new military organizations.
In spite of their numerical superiority.
officers and non-commisisoned officers
are lacking a Warsaw.
1t is expected in Berlin that Ge: .ral
Won Hindenburg, the German COM
mander in Russian Poland, will be VIC
toriOus
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Germany Sends Four Torpedo
Boats Into the Channel.
Turning Movement No Longer
Possible to Kaiser's Troops.
Belgians Repulse Attempt to
Cross the River User.

London. Oct. 19.-By reaching out
to the seaboard the allied forces have
established close contact with the
British navy, which IL now on the
extreme left of the line and seems
from the London view for the mo-
ment to block effectually further
German effort to turn this wing.
That the Germans may have
grasped this is perhaps indicated In
the otherwise unexplained appearance
Of four Of their torpedo boat destroy
ers Saturday OF the Dutch coast
southwark bound. 1t is suggested
that the object was for the destroy
ers to convoy submarines which would
DISPUTE the command Of the sea on
the Belgian littoral.
Should the German navy under
take this venture it would be con-
fronted with much the same propo-
sition as has met the British fleet
since the commencement of the war,
and it would assume the same risks
Of colliding with mines heretofore
faced by the British alone, because
the British mine field stretches right
along the Belgian coast from Ostend
southward, If, as the allies claim.
their left cannot now be turned. the
only alternative left the Germans Is
to hack a way through the trio OF
armies confronting them and Generai
Won Kluck or General Arn1em or
vhoever is in command OF the Ger
man right, seems in no way loath to
make the attemLt.
Allies Move Forward.
That they have made a forward
move is evident not only from the
newspaper dispatches but from con-
firmation of these dispatches In an
official communication from Paris.
which stated that the Belgians had
repulsed several attempts OF the Ger
mans to cross the River User, wnicn
is ten miles nearer the coast tnan II
the Thourour, Roulers and Aenan
line which they occupies on the pre-
vious day.
As an offset to this the British Of
ficial information bureau In one OF It's
rare comm unications says the alnes IN
the northern area have driven the Ger
mans back more than thirty miles Tne
precise locality is not indicated, but II
can be only some point on this west
ern wing. where the Germans are try
ing to resume their interrupted dasn
on Paris by way OF the coast towns.
These are only two points on the
human barriers which are facing one
another for hundreds of miles and con-
tinuing to sag forwards and back
wards without as yet being able to ef-
feet the t1tAntlC cIlmax which Will emu
the immediate phase of the great cam
paign. observers here think that this
climax cannot be far off and the Lon
don papers are quoting. though not in
the sense intended, the words attrib-
utted to Emperor William. who in ad-
dressing his troops somewhere in
France on October 8, is reported to
have said:
Before the leaves fall from the
trees here, we shall all be back in the
dear fatherland."
The probability that the emperor
never expressed this opinion does not
detract from it's value in the British
construction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19
TWO ARE DEAD
Epidemic of Diphtheria in Gas
Cfty-Many Ill.
Girl Dies Very Suddenly Sunday
Public Meetings Prohibited.

lola. Kan, Oct. 19.-An epidemic
of diphtheria has broken out in Gas
City, a town of 1900 Inhabitants
three miles east of here, and all
schools have been closed and public
meetings abandoned Seventeen new
cases were reported this morning as
having developed since Sunday. The
epidemic has been raging for ten davs
and two deaths are reported so far
One two-year-old girl died Sunday
so suddenly that the coroner was
called to ascertain the cause of er
death. 1t developed that diphtheria
was the cause. The board of health
has issued orders that everybody un-
der II years of age must stay at
home.
1t is said that th> disease was
spread by a family belonging to a re-
ligious sect which refused to call a
doctor when their daughter was
stricken. Instead, 1t is said they took
her to one of their meetings and
prayed over her, thus exposing others
to the disease.
Later Orders
Later the board OF health amplffied
their earlier order and forbade per
sons less ethan 21 years old leaving
the city limits OF Gas City and di-
rected officials of the railway to re-
fuse passage to such persons. 1t was
also announced that any one less than
II years of age entering the city
would be held there until the epi-
demic was over.
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Begins Talking Bright and
Early in Southwest.
|HE ANSWERS 7. R. CRITICISM
Flags Colonel for What He Has
Said About Peace.
Speaker Brings Personal Mes
sage From President,

BY State Journal Staff Correspondent
Parsons. Kan.. Oct. 19-With a per-
sonal message from President Wilson
to uphold the hands of the national
administration by the election of Nee
ley to the senate, a full Democratic
congressional delegation, and Cover
Kansas today for a total of seventeen
speeches.
Large Crowds Out.
An early morning crowd Of twenty
five hundred heard Bryan's first Kan
sas speech when the Commoner talk
ed for 40 minutes in Columbus. The
Parsons crowd was at least thousand
larger than the Columbus crowd. '.The
Democrats in Kansas have a great
ticket this year." declared Bryan.
Their ticket is headed by candidates
with records that will help each other.
Governor Hodges has made an excel
lent executive. Both his personality
and his public acts strengthen the
party in this state.
"Neeley in congress has won the
honor that has been bestowed upon
him through the record he has made.
1t is not often t. at a member Of con-
short a time. 1t is important that
both Neeley and Hodges shall be
elected. Neeley is not only needed to
stand with Senator Thompson in sup
port of the president, but a Republi-
can majority Of one in the senate
would prevent any further remedial
legislation
Flags Roosevelt.
Bryan fiayed Roosevelt for his re-
cent sighting remark concerning the
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German American bank, co-operated
to deprive the heirs of J. B. Belts,
other than Mrs. Belts, from receiving
their just proportion of the Belts es-
tate, is the claim set forth in a case
now being tried before Judge George
H. Whitcomb in the second division of
the Shawnee county district court.
Lulu NJ. Belts is suing to quiet her
title to the Belts residence near the
governors mansion at S25 Buchanan
street. The house cost $25, 900. Mrs.
Belts claims the property both by right
of deed executed to her by Belts and
also under the terms of a will which
she claims Belts left. That Belts left
any will whatever, or that if he did
leave WILL the same was ever deliv-
cred, is denied by the defendants, who
claim that what is the pretended" will
of ]. B. Belts. deceased, is in reality
the will of Lulu M. Belts and Fred p.
Metzger. This was the declaration Of
Charles Cav, representing the de-
fendants.
The defendants are Freda NJ Belts
r. Myrtle Goodrich. Harry c. Good
rich. Joseph Warren Belts and the
United g -tes Mortgage and Trust
Of J. B. Belts and of Mrs. Lulu Belts.
while r. Myrtle Goodrich and Joseph
Warren Belts are her step-children
being children Of j. B. Belts first
marriage.
Signed When III?
In the opening statement to the
jury Mr.. Cav stated that the evidence
would show that the alleged Will was
signed by Belts when he was ill and
mentally incapable of exercising his
Judgment as a result Of opiates which
had been administered: that Fred p.
Metzger, who was living in the Belts
home at the time. and Mrs. Belts de-
MED admittance to the sick room Of
Belts to the other heirs; that Belts
was heavily obligated to the German
American bank, of which Metzeer
was president and in which Mrs
Belts was stockholder; that
Metzger made memorandum
Of things he thought should
be Incorporated in Belts will
and took 1t to Ed. McKeever. attorney
for the German American bank; that
Mrs. Belts is person of strong will
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privately Sunday on the unprepared-
ness of the United States in event of
war as explained by Representative
Gardner in his wake up America"
warning.
The hope expressed by officials
now is that the secretary of the navy
and the secretary of war will make
drastic recommendation to congress
as to increase of efficiency because of
the developments in the European
war and the important news which
army and navy men who have been
abroad have brought back here.
Nearly every one of these visitors
to Europe is writing out his views.
None of the experts, however, will
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GOES DOWN TO STAY.
Austrian Submarine Is Sunk by
French Cruiser.

Cettinje, Oct 19.-An Austrian sub
marine was sunk in the Adriatic today
by a French cruiser.
Two submarine vessels went out
from the Bay of Cattaro to attack its
French fleet which was making its
way along the Dalmatian coast. They
were quickly sighted by the French
lookout and a shot sent one of them.
the leader, to the bottom. The other
escaped.
The French fleet subsequently re-
commenced the bombardment of the
forts of Cattaro.
An Austrian aeroplane dropped sew
eral bombs in the neighborhood Of the
fleet but no damage was done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19
ADAY OF CHEER.
Ideal FAN Weather Warns Kansas
TOday-Nfore Tomorrow.

The weather is warm and pleasant
today. The temperature is such as IL
usually experienced in September.
This morning at o'clock the mini
mum temperature for the day was re-
corded-54 degrees. This IL nine de-
grees above the normal minimum for
this date. The temperature in the last
"a hours has been the warmest at To-
peka since Oct 9. The maximum tenn
perature Sunday was 79. The fore
cast: Fair tonight and Tuesday: con-
tinued mild weather."
The Kaw river is falling rapidly.
The stage today was 4.8 feet or more
than a foot below normal for October
The highest temperature recorded
on this date In the twenty-four years
that the local records have been kept
was 81 in 1924; the lowest was ~ In
1891. The greatest precipitation was
58 in 1908.
At O'Clock this afternoon the wind
was IA miles an hour from the south
west.
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MCCLURE At NEWTON
Noted Publisher Speaks TO Business
Men on City Government Plans.

Newton. Kan. Oct. 19.-S 8. Nc
Clure. editor of McClure's Magazine,
spoke to about seventy business men
of Newton Saturday. This was the
most successful MONDAY luncheon
ever held Ia this city and the talk
given by Mr.. Mcclure on the subject
of THE City Manager" was interest,"
ing as well as Instructive.
Mr.. Mcclure brought out the fact
in his talk that to make a successful
government in either city. county.
state or nation the government must
be compact body. There are too
many with their fingers in all the pie
in most OF the present day g0vern.
ment, he declared.
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the interstate commerce commission
for the eastern railways. in their ap-
plication for increased freight rates
based upon the world wide financial
exigency due in great measure to the
European war.
The needs of the carriers are
pressing and Immediate" he declared
1.-The actual situation has become ex-
tremely critical
The roads are seeking a fiat in
crease OF five per cent in freight rates
CContfn1,od m % Oo sTSv-o Z
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GERMAN TRAIN HELD UP
II Was Carrying Munitions Of War to
Turkey.

London. Oct. 19.-The correspondent
of the Central News at Rome says a
telegram has been received from
Bucharest, Rumania, which declares
that German train composed of $50
trucks laden with munitions and other
war material for Turkey has been
stopped by the Rumanian authorities
on the railroad between Bucharest and
Giurgevo on the Danube. The German
government protested, but the train
was not allowed to proceed.
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-FOUR MORE DAYS.
Topckans Have Only Short Time to
Register.

With two thousand voters in the city
who are not properly registered only
four more days remain in which the
books will be open in the commissioner
OF elections Office at the Auditorium
Saturday the total registration num-
bered 1856 persons. The registration
books will be open at Judge Kemper's
Office for the Eext four days. closing at
10 O'Clock Friday evening.
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SUMMARY OF TODAY'S
WAR NEWS IN EUROPE
Anti-Gcrman riOting in London was
by the police today.

Anti-Gcrman riOting in London was
controlled by the police today.
Torpedo boats are used in the ca
mails Of the north to e-I the allies.
An Austrian submarine was sunk
by a French cruiser in the Adriatic
today.
The German advance from Ostend
on the French coast towns has been
blocked.
This is the 77th day of the war and
the most hopeful for the allies since
hOstilities began.
The general situation in France is
unchanged. 1t is believed that an inn
portant movement is under way.
Around Przemysl the Austrians
have killed and wounded 10000 Rus
slams and have crossed the Carpa-
thians.
Japanese cruiser was sunk by
str1klng German mine near kiaO-
Chow today. Three hundred forty
Tour OF her crew were lost.
The British cruiser, Undaunteti, &C.
companied by two torpedo boat de-
stroyers, have captured German
mine layer I'm the North sea.
Heavy rains and cold weather have
hampered the movement of the
troops In France. The fields are ver
liable bOgs through which men and
horses founder
Ihe Germans have succeeded in
crossing the Belgian border near the
coast and are only ten miles from
Dunkfrk. 1t Is believed that the Ger
mans are preparing t. bombard tI,r
Dunkirk forts.
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The Day in Conrress.

Washington. Oct 19.-Senate not in
session. Meets Tuesday. War revenue
tax bill as amended. by the senate was
referred to the ways and means COM
mittee OF the house.
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Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Generally fair with continued mild
tonight and Tuesday.
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'sMrs. Belts Got Home, Metzger
a Watch, Heirs Nothing"
GUARDED OVER DEATh-BED
That Children Were
Not Permitted to Visit.
Sensational Case in Shawnee
District Court.

That Lulu NJ 3etts. widow Of J. B.
Belts, contractor and at one time state
senator from this county. and Fred p.
Metzger. formerly president of the
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President willard Presents Case
Before the 1. C. C.
PRESSING and IMMEDIATE
Is the Way He Describes the
Present Demand.
Calls Attention to Lower Reve-
nues and Higher Expenses.

Washington, Oct. 19--President
Daniel E., Willard Of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. chairman Of the
committee railroad presidents.
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eve Haven't Enough of Any
thing" They Say.
GERMANY COULD LAND ARMY
Officers Believe Invasion of q.
s. Would Be Possible.
Congress Will Be Asked to
"Wake Up"

Washington, Oct. 1s.-"We haven't
enough Of anything"
This is the keynote of opinions Of
navy and war chiefs who commented
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The German advance from Ostenl
on the French coast towns has beer
blocked.

This Is the 77th day of the war and
the most hopeful for the allies since
hOstilities began.
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Around Przemys1 the Austrians
have killed and wounded 10000 Rus
slams and have crossed the Carpa-
thians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19

The general situation in France is
unchanged. 1t Is believed that an inn
pOrtant movement is under way.
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Heavy rains and cold weather have
hampered the movement of the
troops In France. The fields are yer.
liable Dogs through which men and
horses founder.
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The British cruiser, Undauntedl. &C.
companied by two torpedo boat de-
stroyers, have captured u German
mine layer I'm the North sea.
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Torpedo boats are used In the ca
mails OF the north to e-I the allies.
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An Austrian submarine was sunk
by a French cruiser in the Adriatic
today.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-04-30
POOL HALL MEN WILL
FIGHT BOOTLEGGING

Kansas City, April 24.-Two hun
dred pool hall owners from Kansas
met at the Sexton hotel yesterday
afternoon and held the first meet
ing of the Kansas Billiard Protec-
tive League.
To put the crooked pool and bill
lizard hall out OF business is one rea-
son for the organization of the
league. In many cases gambling
and liquor selling in one pool hall
has caused the entire pool and bill
lard hall business in a town to be
closed out.
o. NJ. White, owner of the Nit
Way hotel. Emporia, Kansas, was
elected president of the organiza-
ton. Mr.. White told last night
of constant fight against pool hall
bootlegging in Kansas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-04-30
SEND 75 MEXICANS
AWAY FROM A TOWN

Bartlesville, Ok, April 2S.-Sev-
enty-five Mexicans, residents OF
Little Mexico" near Collinsville,
were rounded up by Collinsville cit
liens, marched to the Santa Fe de-
pot and forced aboard train with
orders to leave the country. Other
Mexicans who were hidden at the
time are now under the protection
Of the sheriff.
The Mexicans had been employees
of two smelters near Collinsville.
Saturday many of them were in
Collinsville, where war bulletins
were being displayed. They are al
legged to have made insulting re-
marks concerning Americans and
were threatened with violence.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-04-30
Americans Total Loss I'm Taking All
OF Vera Cruz
OCCUPATION is NOW COMPLETE
Advancing Bluejackets Meet With
Terrific Rifle Fire from the
H0usetops-Cruisers
Shell the Town

Vera Cruz, April 23.-Six Ameri-
cans killed and about 80 wounded
marked the complete investment of
Vera Cruz at noon yesterday by
the United States forces.
Vera Cruz, April 23.-Rear Ad-
miral Fletcher ordered a general
movement for the occupation of all
the town. A column of bluejackets
advanced and passed the uncomplet-
ed market place and naval college.
When they had reached the walls
of the college a terrific rifle fire
was poured in all directions from
the roof and the windows.
The bluejackets were helpless to
return the fire against the stone
walls and scattered. The Prairie,
Chester and San Francisco opened
with their and 6-inch guns and
shattered the walls.
The bluejackets reformed and adj
vanced against the fire, which had
diminished greatly.
BY 10 o'clock there was only de-
sultory firing from the inshore side
of the tower. Battalions of blue
jackets had made their way along
the water front to the southern
end of the town and cleared several
streets, but the sniping from houses
continued at intervals.
The scout cruiser Chester pound
ed buildings on the outskirts with
6-inch shells, firing over the heads
of the men ashore and showing al
most perfect craftsmanship.
The general movement from all
the positions began in the direction
of the main plaza. There was abb
solutely no organized resistance,
but from the very beginning of the
advance smart fire came from the
defenders on the house tops, which
drew merciless fire
from the advancing parties.