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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-25
On the Spur
Of the Moment
By AoY r. MoULroN.

ColOring Matter.
The squadron meets q stern rebun.
From outlandish crew;
The sailors sigh-is 1t not enough
To make the Navy Blue?
Suppose the British win the war
The French no laurels giean'
The jealous Frenchmen will be sore.
Twill make all Paris Green.
The sultan's forces want to fight.
~ But c think what gore they'd n shea
We'd see all Turkey Red
The Russians beat it, then the Britcn:
The French skedaddled too;
The Servian scampered like q kitten
And then thu Prussian Blue.
Once Again.
Hear the old familiar howl.
Hear the old perennial growL
We have heard 1t oft before.
We have heard it DER and DER.
Never has a year gone by
But we've heard the self-same cry.
Now it's sounding far and near:
Turkeys will be scarce this year..
Uncle Abner.
There amt no Teller that knows more
than the Teller that don't know nothing.
Rem Binks. our station agent down to
the railroad depot, says he amt able to
-
red oil and has sent to headquarters to
git some more.
The gang down to the grocery store has
made up its mind that Wilson has made
q good president and should be reelected.
II anything kin defeat Wilson. this ought
to.
There amt no better way that know
Of to waste time than to agree with a
woman.
Whenever a town girl gets too proud
to marry a man with 100 acres of land
and 20 red pigs just because he can't
tell the tango from a sloe gin rickey.
you can set it down as a fact that she
will either die an old maid or marry
a S. a week clerk with a head full of
ozone and only, one change Of hole
proofs We would rather see you
hooked up to some fellow who wears
49c overalls and knows when to hit the
top of the market than be yoked to
some Cuthbert who plays the mando-
lin, smokes Turkish cigarets and lives
on his fathers pension. Still there's
no accounting for tastes. That's why
they are establishing courts of domes-
tic relations here and there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-25

Another conclusion that can be
drawn from the results of the recent
election is the likelihood that the re-
juvenated Republican party will be
the agency that will cause President
Wilson to observe the single-presiden-
tial-term pledge in the more or less
famous Democratic national platform
under which that party is working.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-25
Kansas Comment
WHORE REAL BEAUTY LIES:

WHERE REAL BEAUTY LIES.
The most beautiful thing in the
world 10 . good deed. and the great
est thing in the world 10 love. the
reflects that everything else that 10
beautiful 10 the symbol of q deed. For
instance. beautiful words are more -
less imperfect signs for recording -
actions that inspire them. &c. toQ
landscape or seascape painting rel "a
sents some form Of action and the r.
OF light and shadow. Yet 1t IL the -
and not the symbol that possesses -
real beauty. There IL q good delfA
that truth to encourage one for Il 49,
cannot write q stately poem, or S48So|
a statue, or paint q picture, he cnMxo&,
least appreciate them. And thtkos II
this also to be considered. that 60
is as beauty does" and that llG1mQ
everything. what II one cannot 80
poetry. or paint or carve. he ctr l9v4
the beautiful life and that IN r1OGt ~
the purpose.-Spring Hill New Era.
%
THE HUMBLE PUMPKIN. 3 y y
The pumpkin figures neither - IT,
board of trade. nor crop aen41Ie1e4
Scientific agriculturists do not tectIto
about 1t. and railroads do not CONF
upon the pumpkin crop AZ 1ko1y ~
cause car shortage. The uoWpGm
occasionally wins prizes In ooNqev
fairs. but it excites the hunl0Gouo III
lcTcSI VI lIc iayIlAn TAtnSI
wrapt attention of the experts Re
pumpkin grows between corn rvs
without any particular atte0&66n. I'D
is seldom harvested. MOI NG rs
would sooner charge a thirpt$ 3y4y6yer
for a drink from the well III s1ofb Out
a price on pumpkin that 43fs4end
from town might crave. OF all hum
BILE vegetables Of the field, the pump
kin is the humblest. but when a skill
full housewife cuts up a yellow pump
kin. bolls its tissues. mixes with the
mass some molasses and adds spices
then bakes it in a pie plate she pro-
duces q dish the odor of which is
sweeter than were ever ambrosial per-
fumes to the gods Of Olympus, and
the taste of which would delight a
palate wearfed with the tabled pas
tries of Arabia Nothing is SO good as
pumpkin pie. The only thing that
prevents it from becoming a staple ar
tice of food is the failure of the
United States government to valorixo
the pumpkin crop.-Beverly Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-25
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal n q member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report Of that great news or
ganixation. for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news 10 received In Tho State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur.
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-25

Now comes The worlds Work with
the emphatic assertion. that General
Sherman never said it. though he did
his honest best to make war fit his
alleged definition. What he did say
was War is cruelty: and you cannot
refine it," Napier said. WAR is hell
ish work." Both. as The World 8
Work adds, understated the fact.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-25

Paying Teller Ito woman with check
I'm sorry. madame. but you'll have to
be identified by some one know" ''Oh,
very well; I have q friend waiting out
side in the machine. I'll bring her in
and introduce you to her.''-Iife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-25

Old General Winter appears to hold
the whip-hand in the military oper-
atoms in West Flanders and northern
France
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-25

England has evidently forgotten the
Boston Tea Party. One of her emer-
gency war taxes is a heavy levy on
tea.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-25

MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publisher As
ISOLATION.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13
SINK FOUR BRITISH SHIPS.
Report ThIrty-four Steamships Cap
tured by Beleians at Antwerp.

London.-A flotilla Of German tor
pedo boats penetrated the Humber in
let leading to the port OF Hull on the
east coast Of England and 10 reported
to have sunk four British warships
riding at anchor there.
Thirty-four German steamers and
two sailing ships were seized in the
port of Antwerp BY the Belgian au-
thorities Saturday. At Genoa. Italy, two
German transatlantic vessels, the
Moltke of the Hamburg-American
line and the Koenig Albert of tho
North German Lloyd, were taken in
charge by the Italian government
when the captains asked for a supply
of coal in excess OF what they needed
for peaceful voyage.
The German cruisers Goeben and
Breslau. which we're driven out of the
port of San Salvatore, Sicily, Friday.
have fled to the Adriatic sea. The
Austrian fleet refused them aid on the
ground that Austria had not declared
war on Great Britain whose fleet was
in pursuit of the German ships.
The German merchantmen, Sabine
Rickmers, was captured by Russian
warshirs at the mouth Of the Amur
river on the east coast Of Asia. The
Deike Rickmers, sister ship, after an
exciting run from Hong Kong found
shelter behind an island off of Shang-
hal. On the voyage she sighted a
British cruiser and forthwith ran up
British flag.
The same Russian fleet captured the
Austrian merchant steamer Stella.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13
PRESERVE NEUTRALITY
Will SON WARNS v. Q. A6AiNST
AIDING WAR NATioNs.
PoinGs Out In Proclamation Forbiddsa
Acts BY Americans Regarding
Service In Foreign Armiss-

western Newspaper uaios Hsss Service
Washington. Aug S.-President VII.
son has issued q proclamation OF neu.
trality. The procla nation said:
by the President Of the United
States of America . proclamation:
Whereas. as a state of war unhap-
PLY exists between Austria Hungary
and Servia and between Germany aad
Russia and between Germany and
France: and.
Whereas, the United States 10 On
terms Of friendship and amity with
the contending powers and with the
persons inhabiting their several do
minioas:
Nov. therefore. I. Woodrow Wilson.
President Of the United States Of
America. In order to preserve the neu.
trality OF the United States and Of its
citizens and OF persons within its ter
ritory and Jurisdiction. and to enforce
its laws and treaties. and In order that
all persons. being warned Of the gen
eral tenor OF the laws and treaties Of
the United States In this behalf. and
of the laws Of nations, may thus b.
prevented from any violation OF the
same. do hereby declare and proclaim
that by certain provisions Of the act
approved on the 4th day Of March. A.
D. 1909. commonly known ~ the penal
code Of the United States. the follow
ing acts are forbidden to be done, un-
der severe penalties. within the tsfrl-
tory and Jurisdiction o( the United
States. to-wit:
The prohibited acts then snumsr-
ated BY the proclamatioa includs):
Accepting and exercising . commits
sion to serve any Of the belligerents:
snlisting or entering the service Of any
Of the belligerents or hiring other per-
sons to take such action: fitting out
ships or increasing the force Of any
ship of war Of the belligerents; aiding
any military expedition from the terri
tory Of the United States against the
territories Of either Of the bellige-
rents.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13
10000 BRITISH TROOPS LAND.

London.-One hundred years ago a
British army, led by the Duke of Wei
lington. landed on Belgian soil to stop
Napoleon's advance through Germany.
How well 1t succeeded the tale of
Waterloo tells. Saturday another
British army landed on Belgian soil,
this time to fight their former allies,
the Germans, and to help the French,
their former foes.
Twenty thousand of Englands best
fighting men landed in three divisions
one at Ostend. another at Dunkirk
and The third at Calais. They are
proceeding to Namur. where they will
probably form the center of an ad-
vancing column whose right and left
wings will be French army corps.
They will cross the field Of Water
loo, this time with their faces turned
to the West to drive back toward the
Rhine the same regiments, whose
timely assistance against the French
Emperor, saved the day for the Kings
troops century ago.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13
'OBREGON MOVES
T0CAPT TALeATES
REBEL LEADER DECLARES NJ
WILL STORM MEXICO CITY
IFIr 10 NECESSARY.
CARBAJAL TO EvACuATE
FEOERAts WILL MARCH OUT De.
FORE WcToRs AND AWAIT
NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
FL Paso, Tex. Aug. 1l.-OfficiS ad
vices received here from General Al
raro Obregon. commander OF the west
ern division of the constitutionalist
army. stated that his advance guard
was At Fl Salto. a village fifty miles
southwest of the national capital. OBJ
RECON declared that his troops would
push on to Mexico City and occupy IT
even though they must fight every foot
of the way.
General Villa. commanding the north.
ern division, remained in chihuahua
City Monday. according to reliable re.
ports from the south. There was moth.
ing to indicate he was preparing to
Join the combined revolutionary arm.
les In the advance on Mexico City. Ow.
ing to the condition OF the railroads
south OF Zacatecas, he could not reach
the goal In less than two weeks
Mexico City. Aug. 11.-Indications
point to q speedy termination of the
anomalous situation in which Mexico
has found herself since the enforced
resignation of Provisional President
Victoriano Huerta. The reins of gov
ernment. 1t is now believed, will be
peacefully transferred to a constitu-
tionalist government. while the federal
army Of some 10000 men will march
out Of the capital to a southern city
there to await developments. II
these latter are not forthcoming. tho
federal army leaders insinuate that
they will combat the new administra,
ton.
To carry out the new plan Provis-
ional President Carbajal will turn over
the government to Eduardo Iturbide.
the governor Of the federal district
and the head Of the rurales. The lat
ter will be used as a neutral force to
patrol the capital. Provisional Presi-
dent Carbajal will go to Vera Cruz
before the entry of the triumphant
army which is to be headed by Gen
eral Alvaro Obregon, who 10 now near
Tula with a force OF $4,000 men.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13
MRS. WILSON DEAD
LAST WHisPER WAS PLEA FOR
HUSBANDS WELFARE.
Prssident knssis sobbing At Bedside
es AsiPmeet During Final Hours
and His Grief at the End 10
Hear Reading.

western Newspaper Union Nsvs ssrvics-
Washington, Aug. Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson. wife Of the President Of the
United States. died at the White House
at O'Clock Thursday afternoon.
Death came after . brave struggle
Of months against Bright's disease
with complications. The President
was completely unnerved BY the shock
and his grief was heartfending. He
bore up well under the strain. how
ever. and devoted himself to his
daughters.
The end came while Mrs. Wilson
was unconscious. Her illness took =
turn for the worse shortly before
O'Clock In the afternoon, and from thea
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13
$4,000 LOSS At wHEATLAND.
CIoudburst Sweeps Down Slope Of
Laramie Peak.

Wheatland. Wyo-A flood which
swept down the valley Of the Cotton
wood, following a cloudburst on the
slope Of Laramie peak, covered the
valley to depth Of ten feet for a
quarter Of a mile Of its width, de-
stroyed fences, drowned live stock and
damaged buildings and bitches. Losses
are placed at $4,000.
In the Platte canon crops were conf
pletely destroyed. At the ranch Of NJ.
F.. Coleman a fence gang was caught
by the flood and barely managed to
escape with their lives.
Two of the men took refuge in
trees, and were held prisoners there
for several hours. The other reached
high ground ahead OF the crest Of the
flood.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13
Bride Who EJoped Loses Husband.

Bride Who EIoped Loses Husband.
Lttleton.-The romance of Miss
Mildred Blair Of Denver. who eloped
on Oct last to Lttleton with Harry
L. Hawkins. has come to grief. and the
man is a fugitive from Justice. with a
reward Of $50 offered for his capture.
Hawkins is charged with forging
checks on Lttleton business men
amounting to more than 800. II
statements he made to his bride. that
he was married and had q wife and
son At the time Of the elopement. are
true, she declares she will file charges
against him alleging bigamy.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13

London.-The French succeeded in
reaching the town of Liege, and work
ing behind the Germans, cut off their
retreat.
The Germans are said to have lost
5000 killed and wounded.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13
Raise $500 for Hospital.

Boulder.-Without apparent effort
in less than a week. the recently ap-
pointed woman's advisory board OF
the University hospital has raised
more than $500 to enlarge and i'm,
prove maternity quarters at the hos
pital, according to the announcement
Of Mrs. Livingston Farrand. chairman
Of the board.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13
Fleet Headed for Strait of otranto

Rome.-An Austrian fleet of thir-
teen battleships and sixteen torpedo
boats is said to be going at full steam
toward the Strait of Otranto, which
connects the Adriatic with the Ionian
sea.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13
POlNcARE'S ARMY CAPTURES
AlrkIRk AND MULkAU9Ek,
TRUSTING GERMANs
0ACk.
FRENCH TAKE AlSACE
ARMIES cONcE ENrRArJNo
FORCES AFTER FRENCH SOL.
DlERe FIGHT THROUGH
kAISER'S LINES.

Paris, Aug. 1O.-For the first time
in forty years the French army IL In
Aisace. The Germans have been
thrust back. After taking Atkirh
France is in possession OF Mulhausen
In the fighting the Germans are re
ported to have lost 10000 men. while
the French lost $4,000
The Kaiser is rushing to the from
tier. It is said. Austrian troops ars 70
ported 10000 strong near Basel, but
few miles from Mulhausen and in
great numbers at Leopoldshoehs IN
Baden. Germany.
Another Austrian corps II conoen.
tratinE in the northern Tyrol, across
the German border, while the entire
Fifteenth army corps is rushing
across Germany to the French iron.
tier.
The Austrian AMBASSADOR, Who u
still in Paris. has been asked BY ~
war office to make Q declaration a
his country's attitude toward France.
War between the two countries has
not yet been declared.
German reinforcements are coming
from Prussia and Bavaria in train.
loads, carrying the pick Of the Kai-
sers artillery and bringing Zeppslins
and aeroplanes Of the imperial avia-
tion corps.
A concentrated attack is expected
within forty-eight hours along the en-
tire German border, from Switzerland
north to Liege.
From the southern part of the PROV
ince Of Namur comes the news Of the
capture of patrol Of German Uhlans
by Belgian gendarmes, who took them
to Givet, strongly fortified town in
the department of Ardennes, France,
some twenty-five miles south of the
town of Namur
! Sharp cavalry engagements are re-
ported to have occurred south Of the
Meuse river between the French and
Germans 1t is understood the advan-
tage rested with the French.
From the front comes description
of the French invasion of Alsace,
which ended in the capture Of Null
hausen.
French. British and Belgian flags
have been floating since Sunday morn
ing over the town hall in Brussels,
The Germans apparently are wait.
ing before Liege for re-enforcements
with which they may flank the Bel
Gian position, probably toward Huy,
TO the southeast of Liege, on the route
to Namur. Huy is defended by sin
gle fort, which is well armed and sit
uated on spur Of rock detached from
Mount Picard, on the right bank of
the River Meuse. The fort dominates
the town of Huy and the bridge and
the roads to Namur and Liege,
A dispatch to the Exchange TeIe-
graph Company from Brussels at 4:16
o'clock Sunday afternoon said the Ger.
man attack on Liege had been sus.
pended for two days after the seven
day siege in which thousands we're
killed on both sides. The Germans
were safe beyond reach of the forts,
and were spending Sunday in rest,
Their projected advance toward the
river Ourthe to the south of Liege had
proceeded no further. Indeed all along
the line from Liege to the French from
tier the attack for the time being had
been suspended.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13
AMBASSADOR QUIT VIENNA AND
PARIS AFTER CHARGE DUAL
MONARCHY is AIDING THE
TROOPS OF GERMANY.
BOMBARDINC BELGRADE
CITY RAZED BY CANNON FIRE
AND MANY WOMEN AND CHILL
DREN ARE BURIED BE.
MEATH THE RUINS.

Paris, Aug. l"lt was officially an
bounced last night that France had
broken off diplomatic relations with
Austria Hungary. The French ambas-
sador at Vienna has left the Austrian
capital and the Austro Hungarian am
bassador at Paris. Count Szecsen Won
Temerin, asked for his passports and
left Paris.
In announcing the breaking off of
relations with Austria the French for
sign office made the following state
ment:
Contrary to assurances given by
Austria to the French minister of for
eign affairs that no Austrian troops
were taking part in the Franco-German
war. the French government has as
certained. beyond any possible doubt.
that certain Austrian troops are at
present In Germany, outside the Aus.
trian frontier. These troops, which
have set free certain German troops
destined to be employed in fighting the
French, ought, indubitably de facto and
de jure. to be considered as acting
against France. In these circum-
stances. the French ambassador was
ordered to leave Vienna"
The Austrian ambassador at Paris,
on being informed Of frances decision.
asked for his passports.
The Austro-Hungarian ambassador
to England was still in London Mon.
day and the British government seems
disposed to leave the initiative to Aus
tria-Hungary in the question as to
whether war is to be declared between
the two countries.
Nish, Servia, Aug 1.-THE four
days bombardment Of Belgrade, dur
ing which the heavy guns Of the Aus
trians poured. at short range. torrent
of bombs and solid shot onto the roofs
of the Servian capital, have laid much
OF the residence portion Of the city In
ruins
Many women and children who had
sought refuge in distant portions Of
the town, were buried beneath falling
walls as the enemy's gunners searched
out one district after another with
deadly aim.
The houses have been practically
abandoned, the citizens seeking safety
in cellars and underground pits.
Late Monday the Austrians were
forced to retire to a greater distance
and their fire became less effective.
While the bombardment continues.
the Servian troops have organized to
maximum strength, and are pushing
their advance into Austrian territory
to the south. They have already pene-
trated into Bosnia as far as Priboi and
Nisegrad
The Montenegrins have recaptured
Scutari the Albanian town which was
wrested from them at the close OF the
Balkan war. They have further occu-
pied Spizza. Pachtrovitz and Budua on
the nalmatian coast, and have carried
by assault Netalka. Sienokos and the
surrounding heights, making them
selves masters of the northern Alban-
ian sea line.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13
eeIoians Shoot Hundred German sple

Brussels.-Belgium has been cover.
ed with network of German spies.
Six hundred have already been ar
rested and one hundred were shot
Some of the Germans captured were
wearing uniforms OF grendarmes. civic
guards. soldiers and officers of the
Belgian army.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13
Old Injuries Fatal,

Eaton.-C. H. Russell, forty. man
ager Of the Grover telephone line,
died at his homestead as a result OF
injuries received when he fell from a
telephone pole two years ago.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13
U. S. Demands Release Of American.

Washington. - Representations de-
manding release of Mr.. and Mrs, Ar
cher NJ. Huntington, Americans, held
as spies atNuremburg, Germany, have
been made by the State Department
directly to Berlin and by Ambassador
Myron T. Herrick at Paris to Berlin
by way Of Rome. it was officially an
nounced Monday
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13

London. Aug. 10-The North sea
was again closed to the fishing fleets
Monday. The harbor master at Scar
borough received message from the
admiralty instructing him to tell the
masters of fishing vessels not to go
out until further notice.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13

Bandits Wound Street Car Passenger.
Pueblo.-The police are seeking
three bandits. who held up the street
car on the south side. robbed and shot
Guy Morgan. a passenger. and relieved
the motorman and conductor Of money
and jewelry.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13
Kaiser Directs Fire on German Border.

London.-The great siege guns OF
the Kaiser have been trained on LieSe
and Namur. The giant German army
with the Emperor at its head, IS ad
vancing on both cities
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13

The resolutions committee reported
upholding the right Of laborers to
unionize, but condemned resistance to
the constituted authorities Of the
state as reasonable. The resolutions
declared for candidates who stood for
law and order. and the protection Of
the states industries. The Demo
cratic tariff reduction on sugar was
unqualifiedly denounced, as was the
extravaganza Of the state admins
tration," which the resolutions stated
was done for political purposes.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13
Two Germans Held a. spie.

Halifax, N S.-Two Germans were
taken prisoners at Custer, near hero.
on the charge Of being spies.