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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-07
G.B.SHAW CALLS
ON US. TO STOP
WARM BELGIUM
Asks President Wilson to
Invite NcutralS to
Conference.
DENIES FORCE OF
SCRAPS OF PAPER"
t.cH cobic D,.potch 10 Tue srx.


| .up&. Soy. 6.--The Nation prints
A, open lcttar written by George Ber-
...I SHAW to President Wilson. the gist
o. (which is contained IN TIE opening para
g.,rh Nt..n is 10 follows.
o po. 'ion yea e" invite tie neutral
F..-.- Goo confer w,ih the United States
T.. rH, pnrros, %. y.Qtr"t.'g Great Brit
a.. rv.ur, ,nd Gs'mlt, 20 Withdraw
..u .r. SOLD e. H.lg,uu aud fight out
.. p.t'ri ou tlcir ""a territories"
lr. W,}N. 'gNt contends that the bel
Ia it. have 800 right TO he n Belgium
m..i r,-t ,o Hgn. 1,rc. mvo.yrg the
,au,..r, inhabitants in their reciprocal
s.rsu,.s sad forcing ia" Belgian army
to tc.ns't:c It's oWl country IN its own
4cl..,,
49,. SHAW explain. his right to appeal
Z. l',-d.ut Wilson Ivy saying:
.f ,s ere the oih,tU head ~ nation
l..' u,tu..j AL question or comparison =
L.. .n..t eft In" neutral Powers. marked
,.. num ull th, res, 10y commanding
mas. .tId, los modern democratic con-
s.,..oH, hy freedom from the compica-
,.o.. of monarchy and its traditions
.H bt', l,l Europe into tn" quaint
...I.I... uf q Nag Vaged formally be-
t.... On" German kaisc". the German
.,.r. 90. G.ruou King of the BNlgians
G- ..n KIM ~ ballard. the German
r.,... .. .Nistria, and gentleman
N., ..,.. with YOU the distinction o'
a.. '..- .,'ltcd 80 ANY OF then-M. poin
,... Tr'urumau."
~. shaw insists that ut such a
horror rs that In belgium the rest Of
H.. world cannot took on lu silence with
.u' curing the guilt - u tNHtanlci
v.o witnesses a crime without even Civ
H- 800 alarm" lie admits that Belgium
n.,I. o. mist. *" Icy call-r . nc- AID the
Powers Of th" Tr,pic Entente alone in
st,tl Of clllus the whole world Of kindly
..r.' md adds
.~.c -rould have called on America too
Oh. D.. d., hard To- see how America cyulC
., ...p. nave d.srcgirG1d the call
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-02
COCKTAILS PLEASED.
Work of Clearing Culebra Cut FIN
ished In Record Time.

Washington. Nov. 2.-The removal
within the short period of five days
OF the enormous mass of earth and
rock which slid into the Culebra cut
in the Panama canal on the night OF
October IA, is regarded as u remark
able feat and Governor Goethals was
greatly pleased with the results ac-
complished. according to the adviccs
received here. Three quarters OF a
million cubic yards of earth and rock
slowly slipped into the canal prism
that night. blocking the waterway for
almost half a mile and closing the
canal completely for thousand feet
to the passage of vessels larger than
towboats.
The great slide was attacked with
every available dredge almost instant
ly. Two of the giant dredges were
working south Of Gold Hill and very
near the slide and one of these which
digs up fifteen carloads of dirt at
every thrust began work on mass
while it was still in motion. The slide
was attacked from every angle, even a
distant suction dredgc being connected
by pipe line to take part in the work
and by noon October 20 the channel
was sufficiently cleared to allow the
passage of seven vessels which had
been delayed at the south end of the
canal.
At last accounts no further earth
movement was indicated in the cut, but
practically all of the mass involved in
the slide of October IA and Is remained
to be dredged from the prism outside OF
the channel proper, and this work may
cause further motion in the mass.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-02
MAKE GOOD HAUL
Masked Bandits Rob st. Louis
Shoe WOrkers' Treasury.
They Get Away With $500 and
Victims' watches.

ST. Louis. Mo-. Nov. 2.-Three
armed highwaymen held up four of
ficials of the United Shoe Workers OF
America in the associations head
quarters here early: this morning and
escaped, with about $500 which was
being placed in the safe by Joseph L.
Florent. secretary Of the union.
The officials had just finished count
ing the money, which hard been coli
lected as dues. when the bandits en-
tered. Their presence was not mo-
ticed until one of them called to the
officials. Hands up!' While two of
the bandits held their revolvers lew
eled at the four. officials the third
gathered up the money from the
opened safe. Florent and his assoc
ciates then were lined up against the
wall and the robbers. after relieving
the victims OF their watches. fled.
A description OF the bandits and q
general order for their arrest was im-
mediately telephoned to all neighbor-
ing towns in Missouri and Illinois.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-02
SANTA EE CHANGE
H. G. Pribble Assumed Charge
Of New Topeka Job To-day.
r. A. Lehman and Edward Ray
mond Trade Positions.

Today was q day Of transferring of
flces for the Santa Fe railway. Harry
G. Pribble took up his duties this
morning as general claim agent for the
system. q combination Of his own po-
sition of freight claim auditor. and
that OF the late J. D. NJ. Hamilton.
claims attorney.
The transferring OF Pribble's ONCE
from the eighth floor of the jackson
street building to the regular odlces OF
the claim department occupied most OF
the day. The department formerly
under Mr.. Pribble which handled over
charges in freight charges will be un-
der the direction of the freight auditor
from now on, but in all other claim
matters over the railway system, Mr..
Pribbk will be In charge.
+. "a. Lehman, who for several years
has been assistant to Vice Pres
ident W.. B. Storey of the Santa F'e,
with headquarters in Chicago, and Ed
ward Raymond, who has been general
superintendent at Newton. temporarily
exchanged jobs today for the purpose
Of increasing their knowledge of and
experience in railroal1ing,
After getting acquainted with the
office routine. General Superintendent
Lehman will make trip over his ter
rftory, which includes the lines from
Emporfa to Newton: Strong City to
Superior: Florence to Arkansas City:
Florence to E1lfnwuod; Newton to
Purcell, Ok: Arkansas City to Shaw
nee. Ok: Ottawa to Wellington, and
Independence to Tulsa, Ok. with their
branch lines.
Mr.. Raymond will tackle the execu-
tive feature of .railFoading, and one OF
his important duties will be to take
over the craftsmanship Of the system
loss and damage committee. hereto
fore held by Mr.. Lehman. This work.
however, will not give Mr.. Raymond
any trouble, as he has been one of the
live wires of the Santa Fe's loss and
damage movement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-02
Out OF TRAIN WINDOW
st. Louis Nurse Escapes With Gerhard
Child But Is Caught.

ST. Louis, Nov. Mrs. Julia
Krususky. who was brought back to
St. Louis today with 4-year-old Vir-
ginia Gerhard with whom she dfsap-
peared last Monday. attempted to es-
cape with the child today from a Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas train on which
she was being brought to st. Louis
: The attempt was made at O'Clock
this morning when the train reached
Boonvi1le, Mo. One of the tram crew
standing on the platform. saw the child
lowered from the window of a sleeping
car. Then he saw q woman climb
from the window. take the child in her
arms and flee in the darkness. The
trainman notified Manton Davis. at
torney for the child's father, who was
on the train with the father and a de-
tective, and Davis and the detective set
out in pursuit. They found the nurse
and the child in a wheat field hum
dred yards from the station.
The nurse and child were taken back
to the train and brought to st. Louis.
where the nurse was locked up and
the child taken to the home of its
father, Harry H. Gerhard. The nurse
and child had been found Saturday at
Muskogee. Okla. When Davis and the
detective found the nurse and child,
the child said: "Is the train going to
burn up? The nurse told me the train
was burning and that we had to get
out of the window
The nurse today said she did not care
what became of her, as she would
rather die than be separated from the
child. Harry III. Gerhard, father Of the
child, has not decided whether he
would prosecute the nurse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-02
JUMPS INTO CROWD.
La Toilette Cuts Up Strange Antics on
the stump.

Milwaukee. Wis.,. Nov. 2.-The re-
ports of the manner in which Senator
Robert NJ. La Toilette is conducting
his campaign for. the election of an in
dependent progressive candidate for
governor. ]. J. Blame, have been fol-
lowed by rumors regarding the state
of his health and these reports were
given semblance of truth today by the
announcement that it had been decided
to call off Mondays schedule of
speeches.
Senator La Toilette came west for a
three-day whirlwind tour of the state,
to put life into tn campaign against the
two regular candidates, but on his
first day was forced to call off three
speeches. Saturday he was forced to
call off one speech for hack of attend
ance and at two other places was
forced to cut his addresses short.
At Stevens Point. where Senator La
Toilette gave the strangest exhibition
since his famous Philadelphia break
down, he leaped from the platform
into the crowd ami his secretary stop
ped his address. Six addresses in as
many towns today have been cam
celled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-02

officers are going to their regiments on
the border. but they say that these
trips are .oniy in accordance with or
derss issued a year ago. that they
should return to their own regiments.
but it has also been stated that no Of
ficers are to get vacations.
General Bliss, in command on the
Mexican border, has under him about
1900 troops, scattered along d 1900 mile
line and 1t. is obvious that in case
trouble is provoked by Mexico, he
would have to be Immediately REIN
forced. .
The state department. appears to fear
that the Mexican convention will 60 so
far. in order to play Mexican politics,
as to demand the withdrawal of Fun
ston and that this will bring on a clash
between General Aguilar and his 5000
troops with the 5000 troops of General
Funston.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-02
Aguas Calientes Convention Is
Counting More Trouble.
Funston's Withdrawal From
Vera Cruz. May Be Demanded.
PLAYING MEXICAN POLITICS
Aguilar May Attack American
Troops at Any Time.
Army and Navy Is Prepared
for Amy Emergency.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE war de-
partment finds itself facing new
crisis in Mexico. Word conveyed to
this department within the last twen-
ty-four hours reveals an acute situa-
ton that may demand an immediate
reinforcement of troops under the
command of General Funston. at Vera
Cruz. -
The leaders Of the Villa and Car
rama forces who are fighting for SUI
premacy in the Aguas Calientes con-
vention are insisting that United
States soldiers be withdrawn from
Mexico. They are getting irritated
over the stern supervision of Mexican
affairs undertaken by this govern
ment j..
An official of the war department
admitted secretly that with neither
Villa nor CarranZa willing to assure
the United States that it's citizens will
be protected-and the Aguas Calientes
1uncture has arisen that may lead to
serious trouble.
The United States will not withdraw
its troops unless a sufficient guaran-
tee of protection by the Mexican
leaders or by the convention which is
Mexicans, as now seems likely. main
tain their stubborn attitude clash
of the two governments is anticipated
within weeks time.
An Attack Likely.
While reports published in New
York by the Army and Navy Journal
that the United States government has
already started to move troops to re-
inforce General Funston were de-
-clared here today to be inaccurate, it
was frankly stated that this govern
ment is ready to act upon word from
Funston that such a move is neces-
sary.
The truth is that an attack upon
Funston is expected most any day. IT
1t comes the government will hurry
enough troops to make a stout resist
ance.
Reports have constantly come to
the war department that there is al
ways danger that Funston may be at
tackled. The war officials have some
times got them from Funston himself.
At the same time Funston has not
said word within the past month to
intimate that he is afraid to face any
attack. 1t is learned from a private
source that General Funston did, when
the rumors were first current here.
ask that an additional regiment be
sent to him and he mentioned the
Porto Rican regiment, Spanish
speaking command.
Navy Is Prepared.
Navy officials point out that possibly
expecting a serious contingency, the
navy department has not ordered all
the vessels away from Vera Cruz.
NOmiDally. division of four ships is
kept there. Within the past few days
It was necessary to order away the
Kansas to Haiti e.-
Should the Aguas Calientes conven-
ton prove. untractable and take it into
It's head seriously to try and force
Funston out of Vera Cruz there will
be no alternative but to send addi-
tiOnal ships to Vera Cruz, to restore
the ships to the west coast and to in
crease the cavalry regiments on the
border.
War department officials admit that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-02
R0TARIANS
,Topekans WirHave Kansas City and
wichita Guests Friday.

Members of the Kansas City Rotary
club-fifty of them-who will be the
guests of the Topeka Rotary club at
a special banquet Friday night at 8
O'Clock, will be M st at the Rock Island
station at 1855 O'clock and will be
taken to the Commercial club quarters
In autos where a lunch will be served.
Later in the day the visitors will be
taken on a seeing Topeka" auto ride.
The dozen or fifteen members of the
Wichita Rotary club will arrive In To-
peka on Santa Fe train No. s, and will
be met by a Delegation from the local
club
The committee on entertainment is
arranging some special stunts for the
banquet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-02
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Eiias Shun, Is years old and a pion-
Ger OF Topeka, died early this morn
ing His home. 4 - 1s Pa.te Sixth
street. He had been 81 continuous
served in company B. Eighty sixth
Ohio infantry curing the Civil war.
For many years he was Quartermas-
ter for Lincoln post and he was q
member of the A. o. u. w. and the
English Lutheran church. He is SUR
vived by his widow, two sons and one
Mrs Elizabeth Hazen. IS years old,
died Sunday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. H. K. Perry, 400
Quincy street. The funeral will be
o'clock from Penwell's chapel.
Paul D. Roehr died this morning
at his home, 1119 North Monroe street
after lingering Illness. The funeral
will be held from the residence at 3
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon and will be
private.
Mrs. Lydia L. Palmer, 80 years old.
died at the home of her daughter.
Mrs. Julia Case. 817 West Tenth
street. Sunday.
BENJAMIN Brubaker, 83 years old,
died at his home in Seabrook Sunday.
The funeral will be held from his
home at o'clock Wednesday after
noon. Interment in Mount Hope
cemetery. He has lived in Shawnee
county since 1882 as a farmer, with
the exception of three years spent in
Stafford county. He is survived by
his wife and seven children, Eli BRu-
baker, Amos Brubaker, Hiram Bru-
baker, Milton Bruhaker, John Bru-
baker. Miss Alice Brubaker, all OF
Topeka. and Mrs. Anna Watson OF
Stafford.
The funeral of Mrs. Ruth Wilson
Lyons of F'a1lon, Nevada, q sister Of
Mrs. L. III. Mum of Topeka, will be
held from the Bomgardner's chapel
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-02
FIND John PURCELL
Monster Alligator, at Large, Discover
ed In Gage Park.

John Purcell, the big alligator that
has been at large in Gage park for sew
eral weeks, and which was not seen
for a week or ten days, has been found.
He is in a fifteen inch overflow lead
ing from the bathing pool
E. F. A. Reinisch, park superin-
tendent, believes that this gator with
the smile a yard broad can be captured.
His plan is to let water into the tile
overflow, and wash the critter out.
The tile IL smooth. and there will be
nothing for him to. cling to when the
water is turned in.' said Superintend-
en- Reinisch today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-02
RELIEF ON BIG SCALE.
Rockefeller Aaillions to Aid tho Desti-
tnte In Europe.

New York, Nov. ITO lose no
time In carrying out its decision to
help the destitute non-combatants In
Europe with the Rockefeller millions.
the Rockefeller foundation was en-
crossed today with plans for getting
the first relief ship away tomorrow
and sending its own commission to
Europe to direct further work
This Is the first time that the Rock
Is 500, OOOsO0G has undertaken char
table work IN such direct and
wholesale way, its philanthropfes
heretofore having been concerned
mainly with work along scientific
lines The first move In sending 2
relief ship. to Europe Immediately In
Wolves an. outlay spf $275.000 and from
appear that this was only a small part
of what was contemplated and the
appropriation might rank as thu. larg-
est individual donatlpn ever made for
war relief.
At the foun&afion' headquarters to-
day it was said that further action
than had been outlined was not yet
decided upon The steamer Masape-
qua. chartered from the New York
and Porto Rico line, win be loaded
and able to leave New York for Rot
terdam as planned. tomorrow, with
1000 tons Of flour, rice and beans.
The commission which will be sent
to investigate conditions will leave on
some other vessel within a few DAYS
The chairman la Wickliffe Rose. d.
Encouragement of the International
Health commission who is known for
his work in organizing the campaign
against the hookworm disease. The
other members of the committee will
be named In q few days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-02
SALOONS QUIT TODAY
War Tax ON Beer Hard Blow to Chi
cago Retailers.

Chicago, Nov 2.-Licenses of SOC
saloons in Chicago, it was estimated,
will be permitted to lapse today, the
first day of the semi-annual license
period, because of business conditions
resulting from the so cents additional
william Legner, secretary of the
Cook County Brewers association
was authority for the statement that
the saloon business here at present
Is. the quietest within the last twenty
six years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-02
FIRST PAYMENT DUE.
Members of Federal Reserve System
Must Remit Today.

Washington, Nov. First pay
ments of subscriptions to the stock of
the twelve new federal reserve banks
are due today from the member banks
who have Joined the new currency
system. In all cases they are to be
made to the regional banks in the
twelve cities in which they are located.
Today's payment must be one per cent
OF the combined capital and surplus of
each member bank. Eventually each
member bank will subscribe six per
cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-02
LICHTWEIGHTS MEET.
Welsh and Wolgast to Go Ten Round!
in New York Tonight.

New York, MOI Freddie Welsh,
lightweight champion and AID Wolgast,
former title holder. will box ten
rounds here tonight The men have
signed to weigh in at 1876 pounds and
as each has spent several weeks in
hard training both are expected to
meet the weight requirement without
difficulty.
Tonight's match will be Welsh's first
appearance in this city since he won
the lightweight title from Willie
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-02
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For Ppmpz - Forbes' Hardwar'
CO.-Adv.
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Mrs. Lydia L. Palmer, 80 years old
died at the home of her daughter
Mrs. Julia Case. .S17 West Tenth
street, Sunday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-19
REMARKABLE GOAL THROW by
lOCNGSTER BRINGS VICTORY
FOX BROWNSVILLE BASKET
BALL TEAM BY SCORE OF IL To
GIRLS WIN, TOO
TWO GAMES SATURDAY AFTER
NOON BETWEEN LOCAL HIGH
BOYS AND GIRLS AND SAN BEN.
ITANS, ARE BRILLIANTLY PLAY
ED.

a phenomenal goal thrown hv Ted
Graham. forward for the Brownsville
high school basket bail team. in the last
half minute If play defeated the high
school team Of San Bcnito SATURDAY If.
tcrnoon in what WAS nrubl bly, the fast.
est game ever PLAYED in the lower val.
ley. The final score Of the game between
the boys Of the two schools was II "a
9.
The girls IL the two schools met at
the same time and the girls If the local
team defeated the visitors bv a score
Of Ia To 2. Both of the Brown>v lie
teams PLAYED the kinl If basketball that
always wins. Although the visitors were
very strong in both games they were not
equal To the superior team work of the
local athletes
The games were plaNcl ~ the grounds
of the public school building and dies.
pitc the fact that the Midwintcr Fair
was In progress between lJD and 3Oi
persons were assembled a. witness The
contests. The imrs between The girls
WAS called first. The Brownsville team.
which. ON the previous day WIS defeated
by the McAllen team hv a large score.
redeemed Itself bv brilliant PLAYING in
Doth halves.
The local tenn was able ~ annex \
number Of their scores on over guard.
ing fouls made by the visitors the san
Benito girls having fnulcd eighteen
times against eight marked against the
local team. The game WIS free from
rOughncsS. most of the fouls of that ~.
ture being accidental. On The free throws
both So,la aud ConSucla Tiicrina did
fine work. rarely missing a shot. Both
these PLAYERS were OF form ia the Nc.
Allen game. and possibly. because of the
high wind. missed 4 number nf good
shots. The goal throwing of The Tiicrin.
as is largely responsible Cor Browns.
ville's lead in the VALLEY inter scholastic
contest. They are undoubtedly the best
forwards ia Southwest Texas.
The visiting girls PLAYED 4 >ncclv an,
hcady game all through and had il not
been for their rrrc1tol 'orlS aud the
excellent teamwork Of the local girls.
would have held Brownsville to y closer
score Saturday was the second time
Brownsville had defeated Sru ~I;rrito.
In the first game playcl THANKSGIVING
day In san Hcu'to. The Brownsville
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