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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23
ITO END The war
will Be q settlfr So Far as
Russia Is Ctncerned.

Berlin, Nov. 23.-s(By Wireless to
Sayville)-Confidenc is very general
in Berlin military CIRCLES today that
the result of the battles now being
waged in Russian Poland will prove
decisive victory for the Germans
of the. Russian campAign.
An official repORE3ro.1 Vienna ad-
ded to this feeling with the declara-
fion that the Teuton allies. were con-
tinuing their attacks successfully. One
statement in the Viennese report that
heavy battles were in progress to the
west of Dunajes in Galicia. shows the
tremendous extent of territory in
volved Battles also are waging in
the Carpathian mountains.
The official press bureau today
gave out the following information.
Baron Won Hoetzendorf, chief of
staff of the Austrian army, has sent
a telegram to the Lokal Anzeiger in
which he denies as laughable il not
malicious, the reports Of friction be-
tween the German and the Austrian
military leaders.
Special dispatches reaching here
from Basel and Zurich declare that
the English aviators who failed in
their attack on the Zeppelin factory
at Friederichshafen flew over Swiss
territory.
lished in Rome, whose tone is favor
able to France, declares that the
French army is suffering badly from
the effects of the cold weather and
that the hospitals are over crowded.
''The Austrian press estimates the
result of the AustrO- Hungarian war
loan at $4OO,oOO,0OO. The Citizen
publishes a report Of an English Wis
itor to the Newburg concentration
camp. He says the fare is insuffi-
cient, the German prisoners are max
ing outbreaks and that epidemics are
likely"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23
A REAL BOOZE FLOOD
West Virginia River to Be a Stream of
Flowing "Jags."

Fairmount. w. Va. Nov. $50
great has been the accumulation of in
toxicants in barrels. boxes, jugs and
bottles in the court house that county
officials are hampered in the transac-
ton of business and it has been decided
to pour the stuff into the Monongahela
river. 1t has been confiscated since the
Yost prohibition law went into effect
on July l.
1t is predicted that on the day all this
accumulation is poured into the river
the stream will become SO strongly i'm
pregnated that few drinks of the wa
ter will be sufficient for a Jag.
At any rate the county officials are
keeping secret the day selected for the
ceremony of pouring. But the towns
hard drinkers, it is hinted, will form q
line up and down the river bank for a
couple of miles. every one ready to
send the word along. They're pouring
1t in. here.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23
SWAMPS ON FIRE
Arkansas Il Covered With o.
Rall of smoke: '-t ~
All Railroad Trains Operating
Under Slow Orders.

Little Rock, Ark, Nov. 23.-AM
railroad trains in this section of the
state were running under 'slow or
ders'' today to prevent accidents in
the black pail of smoke that hovered
from scores Of forest fires. The or
ders followed a freight collision. in
which a Rock Island train was de-
rallied and a fireman killed. The en-
gineer declared smoke prevented him
from seeing the track ahead.
Fires between Benton and Hot
Springs were reported almost hourly
today. Similar reports came from
Helena and West Helena, Mellwood,
Crowleys Ridge and near Pine Bluff.
E. v. Visart, federal game inspector
for Arkansas, concluding q trip near
Helena told Of extensive fires in that
section. The inspector declared the
swamps were all ablaze and wild fowls
and game were leaving their haunts.
Extensive tracts of valuable timber al
ready has been destroyed and more
will share q similar fate unless rain
comes to the aid Of fire fighters who
are struggling to overcome the flames.
From Little Rock to Hot Springs,
high roads have become exceedingly
dangerous for traffic. A number Of
minor accidents were reported today.
At Humphrey, Ark, two miles of tel
egraph poles have been destroyed ana
wire service to this point has been
interrupted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23
HAMMERlNC At
cUADALAJARA
Villas Army Attack Second
City Of the Republic.
1t Is Defended by co. 900 of Car.
ranxa'S Soldiers.
REBEL CHIEFTAIN HALTS
In His March ON the City of
Mexico.
Brother of the Convention Pres.
ident Joins the Enemy.

Ell Paso, Nov. 23--With 102 artillery
pieces, General Felipe Angeles. prin-
cipal lieutenant of General Francisco
Villa, is hammering at the gates of
Guadalajara, second city in Importance
in the republic of Mexico. He has u.s.
600 troops engaged.
Angeles sent a dispatch today to his
chief that the assault had opened and
Villa in return instructed him to level
the city of necessary to take it. Twen-
ty thousand Carranzista soldiers. COM
manced by General Biegues, defend the
city, and reinforcements have been
brought up from the west to assist in
the defense.
The vanguard of General Villas army
which is marching against Mexico City
has halted at Cazabero. SO miles from
Tula where Villa expects resistance.
Several miles of railroad track in that
vicinity have been torn up. 1t will re-
Quire at least a week to reconstruct
these ines.
General Luis Gutierrez, brother of the
new provisional president, has repudiated
his brother and declares his allegiance tC
General Carranza. He commands 6,O0(
troops at Saltillo. The provisional presi
dent has gone to Venegas in San Luis
Potosi state, in an effort to arrange g
conference and induce his brother to sup
ing his return, other members of the con
vention administration are waiting at SaI
Luis Potosi before moving the provisions
capital to Quertaro.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23
TOLL OF A STORM
Gale on Lakes Sends Three
Boats to Bottom.
Crews Totaling 20 Men Known
To Be Drowned.

Detroit. Nov. 23.-That more than
half a hundred lives were sacrificed in
the terrific gale that for nearly a week
has been sweeping Lake Superior was
the belief of lake men here today fol-
lowing the receipt Of advices from the
Superior ports to the effect that three
vessels were known to have gone down
and that an equal number may have
been lost. Wreckage picked up on the
Superior south shore today made GER
tain the loss of the steamer Curtis and
her two barges carrying crews totaling
% men.
Eighteen bodies have been recovered
today from the wreck Of the Curtis
which was lost OF Musing harbor,
where Captain Jennings ordered the
ship turned back from the harbor en-
trance in an effort to save one of the
two barEes which had broken adrift.
This attempt to aid the doomed barge
caused the wreck Of the Curtis and the
loss of her entire crew. Ten OF the
bodies have been identified.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23
Fierce Battle Raging ON East-
ern and Western Fronts
Germans Attack the Allies
Center Around Ypres.
UP RE|NF0RcElaEIQS
Feverish Activity In COnstruc-
tion of Ships of War.
Turkish Forces in Touch With
the Suex Canal.

London. Nov. 23.-Desperate fighting
in Russian Poland. but without details
as to the outcome and a resumption OF
similar activity in West Flanders. are
the outstanding feature today in the
areas of military operations.
The furry caused by the attack Of
British aviators on the Zeppelin head
quarters at F'riedrichshafen has not yet
subsided and the amount Of comment
on this incident appearing in both the
German and English press seems to b.
out of all proportion to the real dam-
age inflicted.
Violent bombardments have destroy.
ed the town hall and the central mar
ket at Ypres. according to official news
reaching here from Paris. This may
herald the resumption Of the attempt
on the part of the Germans to break
the center held by the English OF the
allies line blocking their way to the
coast. This theory finds some COM
firmatfon in the renewed reports that
the Germans are bringing UP heavy
reinforcements through Belgium. From
Germany comes reports of feverish &C
tivity in the construction of warships
as well as in the manufacture of Yep
pelin airships.
The opinion prevails that Germany II
rConffnue6 on PAGE TW01
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23
REGIMENT OF "APACHEs''
TO FIGHT THE GERMANS

Information Just received in this
country tells OF the formation in
Paris Of regiment which shOu1d
rival in picturesQueness the For
eign Legion and the Rough Riders
Of the Spanish war.
1t is nothing less than the organ
ization of an Apache regiment. conn
posed Of the cut-throats. des-
peradoes and criminals that have
long formed a distinct class in the
French capital with their DIVES and
warrens almost entirely in the
Montmartre district. NOtwithstand-
ing that they are enemies Of all law
and order, the bad men Of Paris"
are said now to be as hot for the
honor OF victory of the French flag
in the war az anybody-and more 20.
their favorite pastimes.
In times of peace the Apache and
the army are bitterest enemfes-in
fact, the Apache bands were largely
formed. it is said, from the young
men who lodged military service.
The Apaches are much like the
New York "gunmen." They have
their corps Of wretched women.
They swagger about az the pro-
tectors, for pay, Of more timid
criminals and they may be hired to
do killings. But at the same time
they are recklessly courageous and
the fights between rival Apache
gangs are always of the most des-
perate character. The regiment =
said already to have gone to the
front.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23
OUT OF VERA Cruz
General FunstOn's Army Evac-
yates the Mexican Seaport
Which 1t Has Occupied Contin.
uOusly Since Last April.
IS FOLLOWED BY MExICANS

WASHINGTON, Nov. %. American
troops, which have held Vera Cruz
since last April. were evacuating that
city and sailing for home today. Dis
patches early today from Major Cen
eral Funston said his furthest outposts
had been withdrawn at o'clock and
at 10 o'clock troops guarding the rail-
roads at the approaches to the city
were withdrawn and at IL the en-
barkation was on in earnest. Funston
reported he expected to sail for Gal
weston at noon. He reported constitu
tionalist troops under General Aguilar
were taking possession of the city.
Occupation of the Mexican port, in
reprisal for Huerta's insult to the flag
at Tampico has cost the United States
more than a score of lives, some in bat
tie and some from disease, and accord
ing to some estimates as much as ten
million dollars. But Mexico will be
asked to pay no indemnity. Admins
out as an added evidence of the dis
interested friendship of the United
States for her southern neighbors
General Funston has instructions to
turn the city ever to none Of the Mex
ican factions and thereby avoid what
one of them. His orders simply are to
bring his troops away and leave the
city to which ever faction takes pos
session. Carranza's commander, Agui-
lar, is said, in the dispatches, to be
marching in but Carranza troops which
have swerved in their allegiance to
Villa are not far distant.
There have been some evidences that
Carrarza intended to move his capital
to Vera Cruz upon American evacua-
ton. All those Mexicans who fear to
remain when the Americans leave are
sailing away with Funston. The refu-
gee priests and nuns have been given
places on the transports and the Amer
leans who remain depend for their safe
| ty on guarantees given to the United
States by all the Mexican factions and
on those American warships which re-
main in the harbor.
With the departure of the American
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23
One Billion People Are Classi-
fled as Belligerents
The Entente Allies Greatly
Preponderate in Numbers.
INCLUDE S40;000, 900 PEOPLE
Opposed to These Germany
Has But ~, 100000.
Nearly 80 Per Cent of Africa's
Population Involved.

London, Nov. 2s.-With the ad-
dition of Turkey and Portugal to the
ranks Of the belligerents, the area of
hostilities has been extended to ap-
proximately 58 per cent of the land
per cent of the total population of the
earth must be classed as technically
belligerent, says the London Daily
Chronicle.
In round numbers, out Of a total
land surface of 51,5OO,O0O square
miles (excluding the uninhabitable re-
gions in the Arctic and Antarctic)
3O,OO0,OOO square miles is occupied
by the II belligerent powers, and
about 1000. .0OAsof the 100000
ly involved in the great war.
Apportioning thefhrea and popula-
ton between the two opposing groups.
it will be found tl.e4 there is a vast
f@S ,ln0 IN =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23
Kansas Election Cost Was
Highest ON Record.
Forty Cents q Ballot for Voters
i'm General Election.
TOTAL EXPENSE IS $375, 1000.
This Does Not Include Wear
and Tear Of Officials.


The primary last August and the gen.
eral election November cost the tax
payers of Kansas about one-third Of a
million dollars. not counting the sup
plies purchased years ago and still in
use. That was actual cost Of the bal
lots and election officials fees. The cost
of the primary election was estimated
at $125, 600, and the general election
cost in the neighborhood of $250,000.
It Is estimated that the average cost
Of the primary was above thirty cents
for each vote cast. This was due to
the fact that so many ballots had to be
printed. Twice the number of ballots
were printed for each party as the
party cast votes in the preceding elec-
ton. There were five full tickets and
a complete blank ticket and about
four-fifths Of those ballots were wasted
as only a small percentage of the vot-
ers got out at the primary.
Forty Cents q Ballot.
In the general election the cost was
slightly reduced because of the size of
the ballot and the exceptionally large
number of persons voting. But the to-
tai general cost was increased by the
large number Of votes cast.
It is estimated that the actual cost
of the general election was about 40
cents a ballot and there were close to
& 900 votes polled in the state three
weeks ago. The figures would have
been higher than this but for the fact
that many counties did not pay the
full legal rate for the printing, but let
the job by bidding and got a much
lower rate. If all the counties had paid
the full legal rate the cost would have
been above 80 cents for each ballot.
This cost does not include the weaI
and tear on election employees but does
include cost OF ballots. rent of polling
places, meals for officials, vehicles fol
delivering ballots and returning them
and fees paid to election judges and
l clerlxa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23
Carloads Of Relief to Belgians
En- Route New York.
First Shipment of goo Barrels
From Salina Today.
POOR Of STATE GIVE LITERALLY
Returns From Men and Women
in Every Station of Life.
One Club at Ellis Sends $500
X. s. A. C.. Novel Plan.

Kansas flour is now on its way to
New York for Belgium relief!
Several Kansas towns have flour
ready to ship and relief organisations
in all parts of the state are conduct
ing campaigns with vigor.
Salina has shipped a carload, con-
sisting Of 2SO barrels of flour. It was
consigned to the American commits
sion for Belgian relief under Lindon
Bates at New York. Each sack of
flour was tagged. The accompanying
cut shows the manner in which they
were tagged and might be used as a
suggestion for other towns This was
the first carload of flour to be ship
ped from Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23
TO HELP UNEMPLOYED
Pittsburgh Will Spend Million Dollars
to Give Work to Needy.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Nov. 23.-One hum
dred thousand dollars has been set
aside by Pittsburgh and the council
will spend $1.0O0.000 if necessary to
provide work for the unemployed Of
this city, The money will be spent
for improvements in the highways and
parks # the city and the city's un-
employed will get preference on the
work.
Work of preparing streets for grad
ing and paving next spring will be
given the men and enough. odd jobs
will be found to keep the dependents
busy during the winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23
BRYAN TO QUIT?
N. Y. Herald Says Secretary of
State Will Resign.
Report Comes From Well In
formed Democratic Source.

New York, Nov. 23.-The New York
Herald this morning prints the follow
ing:
From a usually well informed DEM
ocratic source the Herald hears that
William Jennings Bryan will retire
from the cabinet on or about March 4
next.
Though the Herald has no official
confirmation of the report it came
from a source of information. so far
as can be determined, where no ill wish
to Mr. Bryan could be parent to the
thought. No suggestion Of a schism
with President Wilson was contained
in the report and the initiative for the
change in the cabinet was said rather
to lie with Mr.. Bryan than with the
president
Mr.. Bryan was described as desir
ing relief from the wearing routine of
executive duties which have become
vastly magnif1ed in the state depart
ment by the European war. The sug
gestion of the Herald's informant was
that Mr.. Bryan will leave the cabinet
to grid up the loins of Democracy for
the battle of 1916 a task to which Mr..
Bryan referred in the last issue of the
COmmOner."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23
ONE YEAR OF WAR TO COST
GREAT BRITAIN $2.25O. 900. 900

Figures on the cost of the war to
Great Britain, even higher than
those furnished by Premier Asouith
In asking the British parliament for
war credit of more than a billion
dollars, were furnished by Chancel-
OF the Exchequer LIoyd-George in
proposing an increase in the income
tax and additional duties on beer
and tea. Lloyd Georges figures fol-
low:
Estimated cost first year of
Largest sum ever paid by
Britain for year of war. ass mn nm
Separate maintenance al
lowance for 100000 troops
under arms - 1-s ooo M
War loan to be issued to '''''
carry on war to July..1 75o ooo mn
Amount of war loan sub
cribed by one firm. en- ooo nv,
incomes to pay increase of
$ll $4,000, making q total
OF .................... o23 7sn Ooo
Beer to pay an increase OF
N5.OOO.OOO. making a total
OF .................. s. so Onn
Tea to pay an increase Of 'oN0
lo.3N00 making total
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23
WINDOWS BROKEN.
shock of Explosion at Gary Felt Ten
Miles Away.

Chicago. Nov. 2s.-Hundreds Of win
dows in Gary were broken today by
nitroglycerin explosion in the works of
the Aetna Powder mills. four miles dis
tant. No one was killed or injured, it
was reported, as q leak in an oil tank
gave warning that an explosion might
be expected and the workmen, num-
bering 200. fled.
Several farm outbuildings near the
plant were wrecked. Points ten miles
distant felt the shock. The electric
light plant at Gary was temporarily put
out of commission by the concussion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23
DISEASE IN STATE
Restrictions Placed on Stock
Yards at Wichita.
Following Discovery of tn.
Foot and Mouth Disease.

Washington, Nov. 23.-Foot and
mouth disease in hogs at Wichita was
reported today to the department of
agriculture. Officials hope it will not
be necessary to put quarantine on the
state.
A precautionary restriction was
placed on the Wichita union stock
yards this morning by government in
spectors.
1t prohibits the sale of stockers and
feeders from the yards, but in no 9TH
er way interferes with the usual oper-
atiOns. Hogs shipped to serum
company here early last week are said
to have shown signs of illness. Blood
was taken from them and cattle were
inocculated. Government inspectors
refuse to say whether the inOccu1ated
cattle became i'll or what is the nature
of the hog disease. They have put the
temporary restraining order on the
yards as regards stocker and feeder
sales and have asked the government
to send an expert here from Chicago
to determine the nature of disease.
Kansas City, Nov. 23.-Reports that
the sale of .,tockers and feeders at the
stock yards at Wichita, Kan, had been
restricted because of the discovery Of
hogs there showing symptoms Of dis
ease, caused much excitement at the
local yards today.
nation in the market for thin cattle,
Of which about 5000 head were in the
yards. There was no demand at all.
Total cattle receipts were $4,000 and
the supply was so large that shippers
and dressed beef men were able to buy
medium cattle at 10 to Is cents lower
prices than prevailed late last week.
Good cattle brought steady prices.
At a late hour this afternoon those
in the office of Taylor Riddle, state
live stock commissioner, reported that
little was known in Topeka as to Just
how serious the Wichita situation may
prove to be.
Taylor Riddle, accompanied by the
state veterinarian, left this city for
Wichita Sunday evening. The two
men are now working on the case and
reports are favorable that something
definite on the situation may be
known within a short time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23

Word has been received that Inde-
pendence raised sufficient money to
purchase $500 sacks of flour at a
mass meeting held Sunday night. Prof
H. P. Cady of the State university. and
J. K. Codding, formerly warden of the
state penitentiary, were the speakers
at the meeting.
"The AggieS' Best"
The faculty and students of the
Kansas State Agricultural college will
send a carload of flour grown on the
state farm, and milled in the state
mill. The sacks will have purple
labels attached which will read: THE
Aggies' Best Arrangements are also
IContinced on Page TWo.l
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To Probe Patrick Pardon.

New York, Nov. 23.@District Attor-
ney Whitman began today an investi-
cation of all circumstances attending
upon the granting of a pardon on Mo-
vember 27, 1912, by John A. Dix, gov
ernor of New York, to Albert T. Pat
rick, serving a life sentence at Sing
Sing for the murder Of William March
Rice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23

The four men were Samson Porter
sentenced Saturday to 20 years in pris-
on for the murder of Frank Bayless:
Grover Cleveland, being held on a
white slave charge in connection with
the Mary Turner case and awaiting
trial in federal court in December;
Lewis Higgins, an Is year old colored
boy. waiting to be sent to the state
reformatory for the killing of two ne
groes, and Jose Degardo, sentenced to
an indeterminate term in the peniten-
tiary for grand larceny. Degardo is
still at large.
Cleverly Worked Out.
Samson Porter is believed to have
engineered the escape. 1t was a clev-
erly thought out plan and worked well.
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BACK AT WORK NOW
Chicago Steel Plant Puts 1000 Men
Back ON the Job.

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 23.-Two thousand
men who were thrown out OF employ
ment early last spring. returned at the
South Chicago plant of the Illinois
Steel company today. The rail and
structural mills were reopened.
Arthur NJ. Young, superintendent of
labor at the mills, made a statement
that the mills would be running to ca
pacity within few weeks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23

Miss Mary Decker, daughter of the
commander of the u. S. s. Tennessee.
which is now in Mediterranean waters
for the protection of the American mis-
sionaries in Turkey, is collecting PEN
nj : for the relief of the destitute Bel
gfans Miss Decker's work is part Of
the plan of Washington women to gath
er 4 mile of pennies for this purpose.
These club women are planning to send
= mercy ship to the queen Of Belgium
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No white House social season.

nouncement was made at the White
House today that state receptions and
dinners by the president during the
winter will be abandoned this year
because Of the death, of Mrs. Wilson
The New Year reception to the pub
lie has also been cancelled.