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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
German Forces Have Scored
an Important Advance
In Their March Toward the
French Channel Ports.
FROM LAND, WATER AND AIR
PrOjectiles Are Hurled at Army
of the Invaders.
Fighting in Galicia Continues
Without Any Marked Result.

London. Oct. 26.-As claimed by
Berlin and acknowledged by Paris the
Germans undoubtedly have crossed
the User river between Oixmude and
Nieuport, but whether or not this
means a forward step on the ION to
Calais movement may depend on
operations further westward. Ru-
mors continue to reach London of the
impending evacuation of Ostend and
the reduction in strength of the Ger
man garrison in Antwerp. This does
not necessarily impy preparations for
a retreat, but 1t may mean that the
Germans are throwing every available
man against the allies left in their
effort to conquer the channel ports.
Along the Belgian littoral, the al
lied fleet continues bombardment
The great shells travelling three miles
inland evidently have proved very ef-
fective, judging from the tragic fate
of General Won Tripp and the MEM
bers of his staff, who were killed by q
prOjectile from a warship.
All reports agree that the fighting
in West Flanders has been terrible
beyond any other during the war.
Projectiles hurled from the land. the
sea and the air are sweeping this fiat
unprotected country. destroying VIII
rCOntinued on Page TwO.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
TICKET BY AT
LEAST $4,000
Arthur Capper Predicts His
Election in Kansas.
All Republicans VIII Win Out,
He Says.
NO EFFECT IN ATTACKS
Topeka Candidate Believes VOt-
ers See Through Politics.
~People of Kansas Want . Bet
ter Government"
NO EFFECT IN ATTACKS

Arthur Capper. Republican guber-
material nominee, today predicted the
election of the entire Republican state
ticket in the n 7vember election by q
plurality of $4,000. The prediction OF
Mr.. Capper Is based on a personal visit
to about 40 Of the 1O5 counties Of the
state which show, he says. but little
third party sentiment.
Before leaving for his final weeks
speaking trip in the state wide CAM
paign, the Topeka publisher was asked
by the State Journal for summary
Of the situation from the Capper view
point Discussing the situation in the
state and the outlook for the election
November g. Capper said:
II have been in my campaign IN
about forty counties, including the
large counties in every congressional
district, and have personally met thou
sands of Kansas men and women.
While there has been none Of the
brass band hurrah that IL 30 greatly in
evidence in some campaigns, the meet
ings have been unusually well attended.
For example, In Reno county Saturday
addressed nearly 5000 persons. hold
ing meetings in eight towns during the
day and in the Hutchinson auditorium
with an audience of 1000 at night.
For Better Government.
IT find a deep and genuine interest
in the real issues at stake and an utter
fContinue0 on Pago TWo,1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
IS SURE ABOUT IT
Sheffield Ingalls, Predicts Big
Progressive Victory.
Third Party Gaining Strength
All Over the State.

Shemeld Ingalls,, lieutenant govern
or and Progressive candidate for con-
gress from the First district, declares
that Kansas will elect Victor Murdock
to the United States senate and that
Henry ]. Allen will win the governor
ship fight The third .arty cause is
gaining strength in every part Of the
district, Ingalls, declares. and he re-
fuses to admit that he Is not q factor
in the congressional fight, although
he refuses to make a prediction as to
H., own candidacy.
my only prediction Is that Mur-
dock and Allen will win." said Ingalls,.
81 think it will require about 10000
votes to elect congressman in the
First district.
''In every section Of the district, the
Progressive strength is growing. We
have been making great gains the last
few weeks and the Progressives have
held some wonderful meetings. You
simply have to be present to appre-
ciate them, that's ALL
With S. c. Price, Progressive can
didate for irrigation commissioner.
Ingalls, is spending four days cam
paigning in Shawnee county. The
trip through the county will be made
with local Progressive candidates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
L0SSES ARE HUGE
Germany Has Lost 100000
Alone, 1t Is Believed.
English Forces Also Have Been
Badly Crippled.

Copenhagen. Oct. 26.-No official
estimate of the heavy German losses in
the north of France has yet appeared
in the Berlin papers.
Private dispatches received here and
published however admit that the Ger
man casualties have been severe.
The Leipziger VOlks Zeitung issues
a statement that the total German
losses so far cannot be less than
100000.
An Italian military critic in state
ment at Berlin estimates that Ger
many's standing army numbers 2.0O0,-
900, its first line landwehr. 100000
and its landsturm 100000. which with
the extra reserves. including unframed
troops brings Germans total fighting
strength up to nine million men.
The Cologne Zeitung is quoted to
show that although England has no
lack of men. "as there are plenty of un-
employed" there is shortage of
training personnel competent to break
in the raw material. The Zeitung
SAYS the British losses. considering the
size Of the expeditionary force have
been enormous. the percentage being
higher than that of the German losses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
LOOSE PURSE STRINGS


Washington. Oct. 26.-The twelve
federal reserve banks of the new bank
ing system will be opened for business
on November 16. This IL announced
officially.
In making the announcement Mr..
McAdoo declared he had reached his
decision after discussion with the fed
eral reserve board and because Of
emergency conditions in the south. IN
the belief that the opening Of the
banks will be helpful there and win
benefit business in all sections Of the
country.
In a statement the secretary made
it clear that under the new system the
federal government will be able by
deposits from the general fund of the
treasury in reserve banks to ard pFo-
ducers of staples The new reserve
requirements operative after the banks
are opened, he pointed out, will re-
lease more than 400 million dollars of
reserves and will add greatly to the
loaning power Of the banks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
GREAT WORD PICTURE OF
THE GLORIES OF WAR"

The glories of war." Courage,
devotion, endurance, contempt of
death! These are glories that the
unmartial may not deride, Glorious
war. Every penny thrill of each
reader of the newspaper. every
spasm of each enc who sees armed
men passing or hears the flies and
drums. is manufactured out of
blood and ':roans. wrung out of the
torments of the human heart md
the torture Of human flesh.
When 1 read in the paper of
some glorious charge and the great
slaughter of the enemy. 1 feel a
grand, 1t is splendid! l take deep
breath of joy, almost of rapture.
Grand. splendid, That there should
be lying, with their faces haggard
to the stars. hundreds. thousands of
men like myself, better men than
myself. Hundreds. thousands, who
loved life as much as 1. felt pain
them as much as mine love me!
Grand splendid! That the l1ood
should be oozing from them into
grass that once srnelled as sweet to
them as it does to me. That their
eyes, which delighted in sunlight
and beauty as much as mine,
should be glazing fast with death:
their mouths, that mothers and
wives and children are aching to
kiss again, should be twisted into
gaps of horror. Grand, splendid!
That other men. no more savage
than myself, should have strown
them there. Grand, splendid! That
in thousands of far-off houses wo-
men, children and old men will
soon lie quivering with anguished
memories of those lying there
dead.-From Thoughts on This
War;" by John Galsworthy, in the
November Scribner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
WHITE HOT GUNS
Rapid Firers, Dealing Death to
Germans, Overheated.
Field of Dead After Charge on
French Trenches.

Paris. Oct 26.-Fearfu slaughter
of the Germans in the Argonne re-
gion during last week was recorded
in letter from a French officer pub
lished tonight. The letter reads:
Zone infantry regiment and bat
talon of chasseurs were strongly in
trenched with the mission of holding
an important strategic highway. At
midday. precisely four German col
umns. numbering fifteen thousand
men, stormed the trenches with the
bayonet.
tions and simultaneously all of them
spurted their fire into the German
mass. which rocked beneath the de-
vastating fusillade.
1T was horrible to see them fall in
solid masses.
THE speed of our quick firing guns
was six hundred shots a minute and
under the incessant firing they grew
white hot.
''Unstaggered by the awful carnage,
the Germans still came on in solid
formation. We had no need to take
aim, but just plugged into the mass.
certain that every shot told.
We were unable. however. to stem
the Teutonic flood. The enemy
hand bayonet encounter ensued.
This phase of the battle lasted for
five hours Then our artillery got to
work and the Germans retreated. But
they charged again and their loss was
SO frightful that a solid line of dead
one mile long was piled up four hum
dred yards from our trenches.
The corpses were lying SO thick
that there was not room to place a
foot anywhere along the line. Many
of the Germans were killed on the
parapet of the trenches and lot of
them were found there leaning dead
on their rifles, the bayonets of which
were plugged into the earth. These
Germans were shot as they were about
to deliver bayonet thrusts from the
top of the trench.
Their total losses were placed at a
minimum of ten thousand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
LOOK OUT FOR IT.
Heavy Frost Scheduled for Topeka
Tonight.

Topeka escaped a frost this morning
because of a brisk northerly wind.
but a drop in temperature is scheduled
for tonight and if the wind subsidies
there will be a frost-possibly q heavy
one. Fair weather is expected TO con-
tinue.
The weather today is delightful. The
minimum temperature of 43 degrees
which occurred at and o'clock this
morning was one degree above normal
for this date.
The highest temperature on this
date in the % years that the local
records have been kept was 30 in 1910:
the lowest was 22 in 1887. The great
est precipitation was 80 Of an inch in
1911.
On but four of the % years in which
the local records have been kept has
the first killing frost occurred. Killing
frost has not been recorded at any sta
ton in Kansas thus far this season.
The frost that demolishes all vegeta-
ton usually comes in the northwest
portion Of the state a week or two
earlier than at Topeka.
A north wind ranging from Is to 20
miles an hour held the temperature
down today. The sky was clear. The
temperature at 2 O'Clock this after
noon was ~ degrees. The weather
was below freezing in the northwest
part of the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
Sheriff Kiene Charges Potta-
watomie With Mans Death.
Neglect of Injuries Was Fatal
to Frank Schultz.
ATTORNEY GENERALS ORDER
State Instructs Officials to Ap.
prehend Murderer.
Death After an Assault at
Onaga Last Week.

On representations by Sheriff L. L
Kiene, John S. Dawson, attorney
general. today addressed instructions
to the county authorities of Pottawat-
omie county to take immediate steps
for the apprehension Of the murderer
of Frank Shultz, who died Saturday
night in Topeka hospital from an
assault committed a week ago at
Onaga.
In an apparent effort to dodge re-
sponsibility of caring for the injured
man, who had been q Union Pacific
track laborer, Onaga shipped him to
Topeka He arrived here unable to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
LIVES ARE CHEAP
Thousands of Soldiers Die
From Slight Wounds.
Lack Of Medical Attention
Adds to Wars Horrors,
n COLD, WET TRENCHES
Injured Lie ON Battlefield for
Days Unattended.
Men of High Living Endure
Hardships Remarkably Wen.
(By VIM. G. shepherd.) }

Senlis. France Oct 26-One horror
Of war is the life that is wasted for lack
of medical attention. There are plenty
OF ambulances and doctors, but they
cannot reach wounded men who are
lying in the firing zone and so suffering
men must wait as best they can with
out water or attention until the battle
has passed on. In the meantime blood
poison sets in and the slightest wounds
become fatal
One young English lieutenant who
had lain on the battlefield for two days
with slight wound in his leg was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
KILL five FL|ERS
French Successful in BRINGING
Down Germans.
AerOplanes Shot by Rifles and
ReyOlvers.

London. Oct. 26.-According to the
Paris correspondent of the Express,
five German aerOplanes were de-
stroyed by the French Saturday
Two Taubes were brought down at
Rheims by a single French aviator. he
says. who succeeded in getting to a
higher altitude than the Germans and
then fired on them with a revolver.
Two other German birds were hit
by the guns of Meharicourt forts near
Montdidier. A fifth German airman
was wounded by rifle shot at
Gravelines. a seaport IL miles east
northeast of Calais.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
England Indignant Over Carr
Of Real Heroines.
Soldiers Families Try to Exist
on Pa1try Sum.
N PENSION Son
War Office Red Tape Has Held
Up Au0tments.

London. Oct. 2e-(Corresponden
OF The Associated Press )-E7vo Ghiu-
ings week to the soldiers wife vho
mas lost her husband in fightine hiG
country's battles!
With this exclamation ono OF the
ienoing London papers attacks editor
tally the governments pension gyufem
which 1T says IL due to the old tradi-
ton summed up in Wellington'e asser-
uon tnat MS troops in the Spaninh
campaign, were only tho scum OF the
eartn- The war office. according 70
are different now and the vast ma3or-
tty OF volunteers are men who in cfvil
LIE earned good wages in factory.
field. office and shop.
Indignation has also been expressed
In parliament, 80 that 1t u not unlikely
some reform In pensions may follow.
In the British army the pay Of Off,
GERS and men il dependent ON the
regiment. There Is no standard scale
OF pay as In America. Commissionod
possible to live on-about $35 q month.
They must have Independent means,
ana In the crack regiments, such -
the Scots Greys or the Grenadior
Guards they must be wealthy. with
polo ponies. Wallets and expensive INIT
forms.
The ordinary infantrymen in the
new volunteer army Of q million men,
Pleoseo 10 foreign service, are started
off at $1.65 a week. clear OF ex-
penses. Married men are allowed "a
addition separation pay for their fam.
lilies at the rate Of $1.9O q week for
the wife and two pence q day-or 20
cents q week-for each child. In the
county of London they are given Z
further sum of so cents q week, owing
to the higher cost Of living.
Part for Family.
All married soldiers serving abroad
are obliged to allot at least IS cents .
week to their families out of their own
pay. Worked out on this scale, the low.
est sum q soldiers wife without chfl-
dren can receive IL q shillings . week
N the oease-of warrant officer, q for
q reefmental quartermaster sergeant.
10 shillings six pence for corporal or
private. If the wife has four children
| to support, she will receive, on the
| same scale. a sum ranging from - to
| % shillings.
Widows of those who die on active
service receive from 8 to 10 shiIlings
a week. according to the rank and pay
| OF the husband. But the mass of them
will not get over s shillings. An extra
allowance varying from 40 to 50 cents =
| week for each child is given. however.
Much suffering was caused by the
government deferring the payment Of
separation allowance to soldiers wives
during the first two months Of the war.
Not until October was this money put
i into the hands Of the destitute women.
War ONCE red tape also held up pay al
lotments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
A SOLDIERS KEEP.

Rotterdam. Oct. 26.-The aver
age cost of keeping a soldier In the
field is seven marks (&1.67 . dayI
according to Prof. Wolff. the ia:
nous German economist. So. he
says. the cost Of her army to Ger
many during the three months q
milIiards of marks.
To this must be added an equal
sum for loss of trade income, mn1k-
ing the cost OF the war to 0ermouv
20 far 1s0.0O0,O00 pounds (&1s-
$50. 900. .000.) : Is
Prof. Wolff places the total co6ts
Of the war to AuGtrta 20 far a. ~. q
100000 pounds ($1.6Oo. .000. 00e.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
Cotton Ginners Active.

Washington, Oct. 26.-The depression
of the cotton trade has had no effect
on the ginning of this years bumper
crop, which is indicated as the coun-
try's second in point Of production. In
fact ginning was more active during
the period from September Is to Octo-
ber 18, this year. than ever before, A.
PIG, ,92S bales having been ginned against
4.OS2, ,072 bales ginned in that period in
the record crop year of 1911.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
COLD At CHICAGO.
The First Snow Of the season Il
Failing.

Chicago. Oct. 26.-There was a fall
Of snow here this afternoon accom-
panied by rain and hail. 1t was the
first Of the season.
The rain and hail soon ceased to fall
and snow fell in increasing quantities
The big flakes melted as soon ~
they landed. Prof, Cox. forecaster.
predicted frost tdq1n1t with a mimi
mum temperatures around IS degreea-
Indications were, ho oafd, that the cold
spell would 1ast ~ hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
vIADuC Weeds
QUICK REPAIRS
Santa Fe Says Sixth Street
Structure I. Unsafe.
Heavy Load May Buckle Bridge
With Loss of Life.
NEEDS IN ENTIRE new DECK
Hand Rails MaI Topple Over
and Endanger Lives.
Masonry Is Frost Bitten-Iron
Posts Rusted In Two.
NEEDS IN ENTIRE NEW DECK

j. NJ. Meade, resident engineer of
the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe Rail-
way company. today handed to r. l.
Cofran, mayor, a t<port of an inspec-
ton of the Sixth street. viaduct, made
by c. NJ Buck, division engineer Of
the company. MrsMeade urges that
the city take actfen Immediately to
make the viaduct lafe, and suggests
that the city haveSAn estimate pre-
pared of the cost tbf making needed
repairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
BAG MANY ALLIES.
Germans Have Captured 20o, ,0ee Pris-
oners, Including Many Officers.

London, Oct 26.-A Reuter- dis
patch from Amsterdam says that ac-
cording to Berlin newspapers received
there the number Of war prisoners in
Germany up to October 81. aggre-
gated z96.86S. including 5.401 officers.
OF these 1t Is said that there are
2.472 French officers and 14s. .897 men:
men; SAT Belgian officers and 31,3z8
men. and 118 British officers and S.6S9
men
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
HOLDING The LINE.
Paris Reports That Western Front Is
Being Maintained.

Paris. Oct. 26.-The French official
communication given out this after
noon says that yesterday the French
line between Nieuport and Dixmude
was maintained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
ON Drops 8 Gems.

Lima. Ohio, Oct. 36.-A drop OF
cents was registered in Lima and South
Lima and Indiana oil when the mar
ket opened this morning. Lima is now.
quoted at 93 and South Lima and
Indiana at IS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26

care for himself. A post mortem ex-
animation Sunday disclosed a fracture
of the skull, the result OF blow from
q pick handle, said to have been dealt
by a negro whose identity is unknown
here.
That the neglect of the mans in
- IContinued on Page TWol
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found with the limb distended with
gas. He was taken to hospital and
the left leg was cut off, but he died
within two days from the poison which
had entered his blood Another young
English officer had the upper joint Of
CONTINUED on Page Two.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26

British warships continue to sweep
the Germans with . deadly fire from
the coast, pushing their lines inland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26

An Austrian cruiser taking refuge
in the harbor at Kiao Chau has been
sunk by Japanese artillery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26
SUMMARY Of T0DlY'S
WAR NEWS IN EUROPE

The German advance ON Poland
and the Austrian advance in Galicia
has been checked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-26

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Fair and cooler tonight and Tues
day; frost tonight.
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mas Oecn CneckO0s
i'm the harbor at KiaO Chau has been
sunk by Japanese artillery.
British warships continue to sweep
the Germans with q deadly fire from
the coast, pushing their lines inland.
Five German aeroplanes have been
destroyed by French a1rmen. These
aerop1anes were on their way to Paris.
The Germans have crossed the Rlv-
er User in heavy force 1nd arc push
ing back the allied line 1t every point.
Essad Pasha, disturber of the peace
Of Albania, Is invading northern
war.
The Russian center and right wing
continue to advance while the left
wing is taking . new position ON the
San river.
In the last ten days Of nghting
along the western battle line the AZ
Hes have lost 10000 killed, wounded
and prisoners each day.
Emperor william has conferred the
decoration Of honor on the command-
er OF the German subnaar1ne which
sank the British cruiser Hawke.
The nghting along the c0ast IN
West Flanders has been tho most
gruesome in the war. Pr0tectfles
hurled from the 1and, the sea and the
air are sweeping the unprOtectell
country. destroying Villages and KILL
ing the fnhah1tantD
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er User in heavy force and arc pusl
ing back the allied line 1t every poin
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The Russian center and right wing
continue to advance while the left
wing is taking = new position ON the
San river.
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Essad Pasha, disturher of the peac
Of Albania, Is invading nortllex,
Epirus. This may bring Italy into tn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26
Publihed every Sunday
BROOKLYN BITS

W Gil. II NtCIIIS lIhC WI Sot W -
ON sending in news Of this town af-
ter all. Editor Adams Of THE
GAZETTE writes that he did not give
the Boston and estchcstcr cor'>
summer vacations like We Bklvn
cor. thought he did while telling us
we should wait until next mo. for
ours. The Editor informs us thai
Eddie X Manor Hail just lay down
ON the job. only if We was editor of
Il great newspaper like TIE Ga
zE1"rE we would hesitate to make
use Of such slang expression in
writing tD anyone.
News is scarce. X Il 50 after be-
ing of the job for Il WIZ we find it
pretty hard to get ourss9'' in again
Harry Hamburg. our sphInX-like
exc Congressman. is to home again
after vacation which he fclt
forced to take. Hey. Harry!
HnrJ UiUm0U is hiS COILS cand.
for Coz. re 5toHId h0Jc .. E0
(harIW Whitman bW 7cc agrc(
ain 7. H., This COILS cand. fot
Pres. in 1916. 1920 4 1924. that
ChWICH hasn't goI bachboUc
cnoUgh. II is the first Time ,cc 5roS
crcr djS0pDojHtcd in ChWIcy y
m0HH hCrC0bOHiS a2rcc 5tjH us. po.
HFcM iHdIC0iiOHS are.
Fred Bags Of here was to Bo,-
tom tcnni>ng This wk. Eddie
would do well to GET such Boston
news instead Of trying to press
agent the II. \. Bodgcs of Flat
bush every Ice in Il while, or often
Cr
Charley kcIby x Dave Man
ming are abroading at this writ.
they beng in Europe. Charley y
Dave arc ct Judges x pretty good
ones. too. say all except those the!
send away. SCISSORS.