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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-12
Sweeping Advance in the Df-
rectiOn of LaBaSSee
Preliminary to a General On
slaught When Spring Opens.
TIMED To HELP RUSSIANS
Won Hindenburg Is Fighting
Hard to Get on Top.
Battle Line Extends Along a
Front of so Miles.

London. March 1.-THE sweeping
advance of British and Indian troops
around Neuve Chapelle, in the direc-
ton of the strong German position at
La Bassee, is regarded by some Eng
lish newspapers today as the COM
mencement of active operations on
the left wing of the allied front, in
the western theater of the war and is
likely to be followed by another inn
pOrtant offensive thrust, preliminary
to a general advance in the spring.
1t is believed, moreover, that the Ger
mans will promptly seek to retaliate.
If they do this it will compel them to
keep their western forces intact, if
not to reinforce them to meet the
fresh forces which Great Britain is
putting into the field.
This is just what the allies profess
to desire. Their stroke is timed to
aid the Russians, for if the allies had
not kept the Germans busy along the
western front it is believed the Ger
man commanders would again have
shifted forces to the eastern line to
strengthen Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg, whose armies are now fight
ing hard to regain the ascendency be-
tween the Vistula and the Niemen
rivers.
These battles in northern Poland
are not thought, in London, to have
reached their maximum intensity, but
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg, with
heavy reinforcementS. is said to be
attempting another thanking move
ment against PrZasnysz, with the idea
of resuning his original plan of ad-
vancing along the Niemen, she I'D the
operations against Przasnysz be sue
ceSSful.
The battle line, which is the crux of
these operations, extends roughly for
a distance of eighty miles between
the River Orzyc and the River Vistula.
No recent news has been received
in London concerning the operations
of the allied fleets in the DardanelleS.
Delayed dispatches direct from Con-
stantinople say the damage inflicted
on the Turkish forts has not been
serious and that life IN ConStantinople
is entirely normal. This contradicts
the reports published today that the
Turkish ga pital is in a state of panic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-12

having only a few moments notice of
the approach of the Kurds and the
need of flight. Rev. J. d. Barnard, a
missionary of the Archbishop of Can
terbury's mission of the Church Of
England, who left Urumia with the
refugees in view of the approach of
the Turkish troops writes: Prac-
tically the entire Christian pOpula-
ton of the Urumia plain and neigh
boring districts were in flight we
left. AS far the eye could reach in
both directions was a constant stream
of refugees, som metimeS dense that
the road was blocked. 1t was a dread
full sight, and one L never want to see
again. Many old people and children
died on the way
Most of the refugees who fled to
Russia made their way to the city of
Tiflis- The long journey of the thou
sands of fleeing people was made
from Urumia in the depth of winter
with no provision for the journey,
afoot through snow and rain and cold.
One of the refugees, John Mooshie. a
naturalized American citizen and su-
perintendent of the Day Schools in the
Urumia Plain, writes from Tiflis:
During the zen days journey we
have witnessed a long chain of men,
women and children from Urumia to
DJoulfa, most of them walking in cold
and mud, without food or shelter We
nave seen many women and children
dead on the way. they could not
endure cola and fatigue. The Chris
tIan lnha bitants of Tabriz and Salinas
have left. except those in Tabriz who
TContinueti Page ryn1
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HE WON'T GIVE UP
Turkish Commander at Smyrna
Refuses to Surrender.
The Smelling of the Forts Has
Been Resumed.

London, March 1.-THE Turkish
commander of Smyrna has refused a
demand to surrender. Rear Admiral
Peirce's squadron, after 24-hour
truce, has resumed shelling the forts.
This message was received here
Athens from Tenedos Island said the
boom of the warships' guns off
Smyrna could be heard plainly there.
Dispatches received at TenedOS said
that the British squadron, having re-
duced the outer forts was shelling the
Turkish batteries inside the harbor.
The British squadron's commander
gave the Turkish military government
"a hours in which to hurry nOncom-
batants out of town. Couriers sped
over the city spreading the news and
within a few hours all the civilian
residents who had not already fled to
the hills at the beginning of the bonn
bardment were moving in a panicky
procession toward the Smyrna-Con-
stantinople railroad.
For the first time since the bonn
bardment of Smyrna began. the
French war office has admitted that
an expeditionary force is en- route to
Turkey. In a dispatch from Paris
early today, it was officially an
nounced such an army is on its way to
Levant.
General De Amade. commander of
the French forces in Morocco, will re
sumo command. The French war of
flee did not state at what point these
troops will be landed but it is pre-
sumed here they will disembark on
the Asia Minor shore near the Dar-
danelleS entrance
British troops and possibly some Of
the Australians at the Suez canal are
aboard transports bound for the Oar
danelles it was unofficially reported.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-12
GIRLS BUY AMBULANCES.

London, March IA fleet of
about seventy-five motor ambu-
lances each one bought by English
women and girls of the same given
name, is being organized by the
Red Cross for service at the front
The names selected for the am
balances include: Agnes, Alice,
Barbara, Clara, Edith, Elizabeth,
Gertrude, Isabel, Jessie, Katherine,
Laura, Margaret, Mary, Nellie,
Olive, Ruth, Sarah, Violet and
W1nlfred- Each car will bear the
same name as that of the girls and
women who have contributed to-
ward it; e. g., all the money col
lected from women named jose
phlne will go into the purchase of
the JOsephine ambulance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-12
Two Families in Serious COndi-
ton Following Poisoning.
Peach CObbler, Accidentally
Mixed, Cause of Near Death.
PERSONS LIVE NEAR Topeka
CummingseS and WOOdwOrths
Victims of Kitchen Mixture.
Poison Was Placed in a Baking
Powder Can.

Five persons-Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Cummings, Mrs. G. A. Woodwork.
Miss Ava Woodwork and Miss Nina
miles southeast of Topeka are in a
critical condition today as a result of
eating peach cobbler made from a
com bination of baking powder and ar
Senic. The victims are expected to
recover, according to DR.. w. w. Yates
who administered the stomach pump
remedy Thursday afternoon, some time
after the poison was taken.
There was no villain in the case
1t was not an attempt to murder any
one.
The 'Woodworths had sold their
property with the intention of moving
to Colorado. Because of the condition
of the roads moving was delayed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cummings came to take
possession of the property which they
had purchased, and the two families
lived together.
Mrs. Cummings miStook some
senic which her husband had pur-
chased for his stock for baking pow
der and poured it into haIf-emptied
can of baking powder. Then she
made the cobbler.
Mr.. Woodwork was poisoned too
but he drank a gallon of water and
was so much improved in condition
when DR.. Yates arrived on the scene
that it was not necessary to apply the
stomach pump. The only person to
escape the agony caused by poison
ing was a Woodwork son who did not
indulge in the peach combination.
Two or three of the victims were in
a particularly serious condition, but it
is the belief of the physician that they
will recover
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Suffering and Exile to $4,000
OffenSeleSs Christians.
Panic Stricken, They Are Leav-
ing Northwestern Persia.
THEY'RE IN FEAR OF MASSACRE
Women and Children Fell Dead
on Their Flight.
Terror Ahead of Approach of
the Turkish Troops.

New York, March 12.-The horrors
of the great war have now brought
suffering and exile to more than
so, 900 offenceless Christian people in
Northwestern Persia, according to a
statement given out by a newly organ
lied Persian war relief committee. The
invasion of Persia and the capture by
Turks and Kurds of the cities of
Urumia. Tabriz and other cities which
had been held by Russian troops.
drove the ASSyrian and Armenian peo-
pie, in fear of massacre, either out of
the country into Russia into the
American missionary compounds in
Urumia and TObriz.
The flight frim Urumia began at
midnight on January 2, the people
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-12
Senate May Skip Away and
Leave House at Work.
Plan to Adjourn Upper House
Until Next Tuesday.
THEN 1T is UP TO CAPPER
Special or Adjourned Session
Is Only Recourse.
Details of COnfereeS' Differ
ences-May Quit March 20.

The house late today in all prob
ability will consider a resolution fix
ing March 20 the date for final adj
jOurnment. II is not likely that a
new appropriation conference COM
mittee will be appointed.
Late this afternoon il was learned
that the difference in educational ap-
preparations over which the commit
tees have been fighting amounted tn
$999,5SS. The conference committee
turned in report of absolute dis
agreement. Tho senate committee Of
fercd to concede S516,235 if the house
would concede $4S3,35O The house
representatives refused flatIy. The
committees differed $314.3OO i'm char
liable appropriations and no attempt
was made to settle this. The senate
conferees suggested that the senate
appropriation figures be adopted and
the governor given the privilege of
cutting out what he considered op-
posed to his economy" program.
This offer was scorned by the Ilouse
conferecs. Senator Carey offered
resolution i'm the senate this afternoon
asking the legislature to pass the sem
ate appropriation bill up to the gov
ernor. In this way he could veto any
item ne considered undesirable.
Conferees on appropriations have
failed to agree. The house will prob
ably originate an adjournment reso1u-
ton and new conference may be
sought. The senate will probably adj
journ late this afternoon until Tues
day morning. Under this plan, the
senate will force Governor Capper to
adjourn the legislature until a given
date and bring the members back to
Topeka without pay.
All interest in routine proceedings
of the state legislature is lost in the
suspense which surrounds an ad-
journment or a breaking of the dead
lock. Some members still hold out
hope that an agreement on appropria-
tion bills may be reached without the
necessity of an adjourned or special
session. Speaker Stone believes the
legislature will adjourn Saturday,
March 20, either on it's own motion or
contend that one legislative body will
by the other body and leave final set
Faint Hopes.
AT 80 this afternoon members of
the conference committee held anoth-
er session. But they met with look
of grim determination on their faces
and faint hope i'm their hearts 1t was
Continued on Page g.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-12
SAME OLD CLOUDS.
Same Old Dampness Beneath, and
Same Old Forecast.

The only change iE the forecasts by
the government prophet today was
change in dates: otherwise both the
regular forecast and the shippers
warning were identically the same as
those issued Thursday. Partly cloudy
weather with little change in tempera-
ture is the program. The shippers
forecast calls for the protection of SO
hour shipments in all directions
against temperature of between 26
and 90 degrees.
This was the eleventh successive
cloudy day. Twelve in a stretch is the
high mark for the % year period in
which the local record has been kept.
That was from November 25 to De
cember s, 1913. The last "a days con-
stitute the worst gloom period known
in Topeka. Twenty-one of the "a days
have been cloudy and three partly
cloudy. The sun made a weak at
tempt to break through the clouds
this morning.
The minimum temperature today
81 degrees-was the same minimum
that was recorded Thursday, and IL
came at the same hour, 3 o'clock in
the morning.
March Has Been Cold.
The temperature averaged de-
grees below normal today. 1t has av-
eraged 6 degrees below normal for the
month thus far. This will be the
fourth coolest March on record if the
present brand of weather continues.
the south this afternoon. The Asso-
ciated Press reported fine snow in
Pittsburg today.
The hourly readings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-12
BLOCK COLLECTIONS.
Senate Passes Waggener Bill Prohibit
ing Transfer Assignments.

Senator Waggener's bill prohibiting
the transfer of ASST gnments of wages
for the purpose of eVading the exemp-
ton laws of Kansas passed the senate
this morning.
The bill makes 1T unlawful to sue
out a writ of garnishment against any
person when it is known that his earn
ings are exempt under the state laws.
The bill is intended to block the op-
GRAFTON of certain collection agencies
which get in their work by transfer
ring an assignment to d nonresident
of the state. This is said to have de-
veloped into a regular business with
Kansas City collection agencies in
handling claims against employees of
railroad companies
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-12
The American Flag Was Flying
Over His House.
Doors Had Been Sealed by the
Brazilian Consul.
RIOT At NATIONAL PALACE
MeXicanS Storm the National
Palace in an Effort
To Release 25O Catholic Priests
Imprisoned There.

Los Angeles. March 1.-Two thou
sand Mcxicans stormed the national
palace at Mexico City yesterday in an
effort to release $50 Catholic priests
imprisoned there. according to advices
received here today. riot followed.
Gustavio. chief of police of the capi-
tai. was stabbed. two Mexican assaS-
sins who attacked him were killed,
and large number of persons in
jurcd.
, Washington. March 12.-John B.
Nc Manus a prominent American in
Mexico City. originally from Chicago,
was shot and killed in his home yes
terday by Ia apata troopers they
were occupying the Mexican capital.
after the evacuation by Gen. Obregon
and the Carranza forces. official dis
patches today from the Brazilian min
lister in Mexico City to the state de-
partmept say the American flag was
floating over McManus' house and that
his doors had been closed and sealed
by the Brazilian consul. The dis
patch intimated that the killing may
have been one of revenge.
ThS5 the ktNerican flag had been
hoisted OVERTIME mouse and the doors
had been sealed by the consul of
neutral power, was taken by officials
here to indicate either that McManus
felt he was in danger or that all for
elSHSlS we're Ieaflul q InelT SAFETY
with the entry of Zapata'S troops and
took steps toward protection. The
killing of the, American is described
as having caused the greatest excl e
ment and emotion in the foreign
colony.
The Brazilian minister reported that
General SulaZar, the I.apata cOmInan-
der. had promised to find the guilty
troopers and punish them. The official
dispatch indicated that there was a
dispute over whether McManus or the
Zapata soldiers began the shooting
1t was added. however. that the
Ame erican's hat was shot full of holes
with evidences that the firing was
done at close range.
Waiting for Facts.
In Washington the news of the kill
ing was received in official quarters
with evidences of deep concern. The
Brazilian minister's dispatches arrived
just as the cabinet was assembling
and Secretary Bryan took them, to he
laid before tie president.
Mr. Bryan SAID thar a searching II
Vestigation was under way, but no
steps were likely to be aken until all
the facts were before the Ame-icpo
SoNe r:ment. A scar h of state do
partnient records Gee-1cl to esta b,tsh
that General Salazar. cor1mandina the
IConilnte'. Page, Twol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-12
SUES SANTA FE.
Topeka shop Man Wants $500 for
Loss of Three Fingers.

Suit was filed in the district court
this morning by George Melchoir,
minor, through his father, Peter
Melchoir, against the Atchison, To-
pe5a & Santa Fe railway for damage
alleged to have been sustained in the
shops.
The petition states that George
Melchoir was employed in the ma
chine shops a boilerma ker appren-
tice and that his hand was crushed
in machinery, causing three fingers
to be amputated- The plaintiffs al
lege that it was through fault of the
defendant that the accident occurred.
Damages asked for, $500 and costs
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TO SAVE PRESTIGE
Washington Says Leaders Must
Prevent Famine in Mexico.
Notes Sent to Generals Car
rama and Oregon.

Washington, March 12.-Both Cen
erals Carranza and Obregon have been
Informed that the prestige of the
cause for which they are fighting will
be seriously affected in the view of the
United States government should they
fail to take prompt measures to pre-
vent famine in Mexico City and to
permit the free exodus of foreigners to
Vera Cruz.
This was the principal argument it
was learned today. in the note sent
by the United States government in
reply to Carranza's communication
denying that Obregon had interfered
with the shipment of food supplies to
Mexico City or had made the utter
anceS which the American government
believed might cause anti-foreign
riots.
Keep Lines Open.
Without arguing further Che an
thenticfty of the reports reaching the
Washington government from various
diplomatic missions in Mexico CITY
stating that Obregon had caused all
foreigners to be apprehensive of their
safety, the new American note laws
emphasis on the necessity for keen
ing the line of communication omen
between Mexico City and Vera Cruz
and points out the need for allowing
trains to be used for the transporta-
tion of freight.
Officials seemed confident that the
exchange of notes would produce a
better understanding of what the Unit
ed States deemed neceSSar ry steps for
The protection of foreigners in Mex
leo. The tension over the situation
has been greatly relieved by the
friendly character of the Carranza
reply
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-12
PAY TO PRISONERS
Senate Passes Measures for
Convicts at State Pen.
Salary of 10 Cents Day Would
Be Allowed Inmates.

The senate today passed the pris-
oners pay bill which went on the
statute books of the 1918 session but
was rendered Intellectual by the alb
sence of an enacting clause or some
other vital requisite.
The present bill, written by Sena-
tor 1. NJ. Mahin of Smith county, pro-
vides for the payment of prisoners in
state institutions of a salary of 10
cents a day which may be delivered
to the members of the family of the
convict or will be delivered to him on
his discharge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-12
HAD NO CAUSE
Sinking of the Frye Was With
out Justification.
Germany Is Counted on to
Make ReparatiOn.

Washington, March 12-Prelirni-
nary reports in President Wilson'S
hands covering the sinking of the
American sailing ship William Frye
by the German auxiliary cruiser Eitel
Frederick, declared that the act was
without justification. 1t is
considered certain tt. 1T the complete
report will make the same claim. I'm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-12
MRS. JOHN D. DIES
Wife of Standard Oil Magnate
Expires at TarrytOwn.
Her Husband Is Coming From
Florida by Special.

New York. March 12.-Mrs. John
D. Rockefeller died at her home in
Tarrytown, n. Y. early today.
Mrs. Rockefeller died at 1920
o'clock this morning at the Rookie
feller country home at Pocantico Hills,
south of Tarrytown, where she has
been i'll for some time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-12
A NEW SATURDAY FEATURE.

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Each tory S ompete heauthors sand tiles
Fo theN
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CAPTAIN KING BETTER
Former .Topekan Reported Slightly
Improved This Afternoon.

St Louis March 12.-The condition
of Captain Henry King, formerly man
aging editor of the Globe-Democrat.
who has been critically ill for several
days, was slightly improved this aft
ernOOn.
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Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday /;
not much change in temperature.
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Faint Hopes.

u dIIII IIOTJtS.
At l 80 this afternoon members of
the conference committee held anoth-
er session. But they met with look
of grim determination on their faces
and faint hope i'm their hearts It was
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-11

BY HAROLD CARTER,

Copyright. 1915. by ". G. ChapmanD
| Mooney remembered me when I
stepped into his cab, though Il was
-FOUR or five years since we had met.
AT that time I rode with him a good
deal. was getting up material for a
series OF articles upon the railroads.
Now was merely a claimant upon his
hospitality for the sake of old times.
! had had longing to feel the sweep
OF the wind from the inside OF an en-
gine-cab and see the lights flash by.
And the man In charge OF GA was
Mooney.
He knew me. as said, and pres
entity ] began to recall the old route
we had traversed SO often. I recol-
iected that MONEYS cottage stood two
miles down the track, and that his
wife. pretty young woman. and their
little girl Of 1--WE used to stand in front
and wave to him as the train flashed
past. ! waited. Sure enough, the
woman was there. but the child at her
side could not have been four years
old.
I lost her-my little Margaret.
said Mooney.
I'm sorry" I answered lamely.
Yes. we both felt 1t pretty hard
even though the other came" he an
swered. Il guess she felt 1t most. We
don't talk about It now, didn't much
anyway-but that sort of thing hurts
deep enough. especially when you
don't believe in future life"
What answer could make to that
l did not attempt to. MONEYS state
OF mind must have been hopeless in.
deed.
I said when you don't believe in
nothing more" went on Mooney az.
gressively.
Yes" l answered.
We'll. do now" retorted Mooney
sullenly. and suddenly clasped my
hand. Man, you don't know what It !
means to me now to think that I
haven't lost her forever. It makes
everything different, somehow. q
You see, the wife used to bring her
down to the edge of the cutting when
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-11
CAN CARRY ENORMOUS LOAD
Norean Coo'ie Packs" Five Hundred
Pounds, and Thinks Little Of
the Burden.

The Korean of the poorer class Is
born to life Of pack-horse seryitude
lie Is beast Of burden and little else
from the moment he can stand stead
lily upon his legs and bend his back IA
poise of iron-like rightly, the burden
Is rolled upon him. He is only a little
leather-skinned man, more often un.
der live feet in height than over it.
ana rather insignificant in build. but
when 1t comes to those muscles I'm
and down his back, he's a wonder
once the load is in place, which he
stoops camel-like to receive. he can
carry 500 pounds upon his back and
trot with it.
With rack made of forked sticks
known as 'jiggy," having a basket.
IKE receptacle, he can carry a perfect.
~ paralyzing load OF stones or Of other
building material. The "jiggy" is sun.
ported by means of straps over the
carriers shoulders and others secured
about the hips, 1t is both cart and
"neeioarrow. The Korean coolie
taxes to no other kind of vehicle
What was good enough for his fore.
.atners 500 years ago is good enough
for him.