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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
STICKS To CITY
Election Probe Will Not Extend
to Rural WyandOtte.
AndersOn's Charges Are Taken
Up by Lawyer Smalley.

Kansas City, May 13.-Charges by
Otto Anderson, defeated candidate for
city commissioner, that many votes
cast for him in the A. precinct were
not counted. were taken up by J. l..
Smalley. special attorney general,
when Governor Capper's investigation
into the recent municipal election in
Kansas City, Kan, was resumed today.
The precinct has a population COM
posed of many negroes. Rumors that
the investigation would extend to
Wyandotte county elections were de-
MED by Mr.. Smalley.
I'VE will not introduce anything to
muddle up the city election probe. ="
said the attorney general.
Kansas City, May 13.-Judges and
clerks III precinct 6 A, saw no fraud in
the late municipal election in Kansas
City, Kan, according to their testi-
sistant attorney general, today. S. M.
Brewster, attorney general, arrived
from Topeka and was present at the
morning session of the investigation.
1t was in precinct 6 "A negro
Otto Anderson, de-
feated candidate for city commission
er, received but one vote. Anderson
him were not counted. The charges
were denied by the witnesses, all of
whom declared the election in their
precinct was conducted in the regular
way and according to law
Mayor Green today ordered an in
vestigation of charges made at the
hearing yesterday by witness that a
a place where beer was on tap" for
voters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
RAKE THE STRAITS
Turkish Forts Declared Crum-
bling Before Allied Fleet.
London Advices Report Three
Towns in SmOuldering Ruins.

Paris, May ia Havas dispatch
from Athens says:
"An allied fleet re-entered the Dar
danelles last night and bombarded the
forts at Kilad Bahr, Chanak Kalessi
and the Niagara. The bombardment
was interrupted at o'clock, but was
resumed three hours later and is be-
ing continued. Although the Turks
have been strongly reinforced, the
bombardment from allied warshfps is
causing them heavy losses and they
Turkish trenches are filled with
bodies
London, May 13.-Assertions that
the towns of Chanak Kalessi, Maitos
and Kilid Bahr now are nothing but
smoking ruins are contained in a
series of belated dispatches dated May
5, 8 and 9, received by the Times from
Mouros. on the Island of Lemnos
Their destruction is said to have been
unavoidable since they lay in the di-
rect line of the fleets fire.
The dispatches state that the forts
in the straits gradually are being over
come and it is believed a general as
sault is in progress against the heights
of Aeohi Baba, the capture of which
is a necessary preliminary to a COM
plete clearance of the straits. There
are persistent reports at MoudroS that
these heights have been taken and
that the entire stretch of peninsula,
from Cape Helles to Kilid Bahr, now
is in the allies hands
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
SAIL FOR NAVAL GAME
Four Vessels of attacking Fleet
Steam to Hidden Rendezvous.

New York, May 13.-The setting of
the great naval war game to be played
somewhere off the Atlantic coast after
the Atlantic fleet leaves here next
Tuesday, already has begun, while the
defending fleet lies in the Hudson
river awaiting the grand review by
President Wilson next Monday.
Four vessels of the auxiliary divi-
sion. which is to compose part of Rear
Admiral Beatty's attacking fleet are
now steaming toward an unrevealed
rendezvous at sea, having left here
yesterday.
The mobilization of the Atlantic
fleet here had been completed today
by the arrival of three divisions of the
torpedo ffotilla which anchored in
column along the New Jersey side of
the river.
Tonight 10000 enlisted men are to
attend the boxing bouts and vaude-
Vile show given in Madison Square
garden for their exclusive entertain
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
LONDON is JOYFUL
Advance on GallipOIi PENN
sula Cheers Capital.
Vienna Reports Russ Retreat in
Galicia a ROut.

London, May 13.-London was
cheered today by the publication of
a dispatch from Athens recording a
decided advance of the British and
French troops along the GalIipoli pen
insula. Some reports even claimed
the occupation of certain heights,
which would mean the entire penin-
sula was under the control of the in
vaders.
At two points on the western line
of operations, offensive movements
are under way. The first, initiated
by the Germans, is against the British
French and Belgian forces near Ypres,
while the second is the pushing of
French troops against the Germans to
the north of Arras- For the moment,
however, both these attacks would ap-
pear to have been checked.
On the Bukowina frontier, Petro-
grad reports a brilliant success won
by the Russian Cossacks cavalry over
the Austrian infantry. The Russian
horsemen. forcing their way through
series of barbed wire entanglements,
dislodged the Austrians from three
prisoners, a battery of quick firing
guns, several SearchlightS and a whole
string of caiSsonS-
Russia admits the Austro-German
Ga1icia, while Vienna claims the Rus
sian retreat is fast becoming a rout.
with the invaders suffering enormous
| losses.
Paris Reports Gains.
Paris. May 13.-The French war
office in statement said:
1--WE won brilliant successes Wednes-
day evening and Wednesday night to
the north of Arras.
AT Notre Dame de Lorette we are
masters of the fort as well as of the
chapel
/ During Wednesday night We also
took by assault all the village of Ca
rency as well as the forest to the north
iof it, Hill No. 1885,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
JOHN D. IS VICTOR
Oil King Wins $1,5OO,OOO Tax
Suit in Ohio.
Court Enjoins Cuyahoga Col
IectOrs Against Collections.

Cleveland, May 13.-John D. Rookie
feller today won an important victory
in his fight to prevent the collection
of taxes on $311,000,00O in personal
property by Cuyahoga county. Judge
John H. Clarke in United States dis
trict court granted an Injunction ask
ed by Rockefeller The taxes sought
to be obtained amounted to about
$1,500,0 900. including a penalty of so
per cent for failure to pay when due.
The assessment, which is held in
valid, was made in February, 1914,
when tax commissioners visited the
Rockefeller summer home at Forest
Hills here. They served papers on the
oil king, which alleged that he had
remained in the county more than six
months of the. tax year and therefore.
under the Ohio law, was a resident of
Ohio for taxation purposes.
Judge Clarke decided that Rookie
fel1er's contention that he intended to
leave Cleveland in October, 1913, in
stead of remaining here until Febru-
ary 8, 1914, due to the illness of Mrs.
Rockefeller and her sister, Miss Lucy
Spelman, was a valid excuse and did
not make him an Ohio resident under
the meaning of the law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
COnstantinOple in Panic Over
Arrival of $4,000 Wounded.
CrOwds-MOstly WOmen-Pa-
rade Streets, Cursing War.
RUMOR THAT SULTAN RESIGNS
American Quarter Hears Abdi-
cation Is Imminent.
Government Authorities Permit
LOOting of Christians.

(By Henry Wood, copyright, 1915, by
the United Press.l
Constantinople, May IL, (By courier
to Athens. then by cable via London
Arrival of $4,000 Turkish wounded
this morning converted Constantinople
into a city of terror. Crowds-mostly
women-this afternoon paraded the
streets, cursing the war and those re-
sponsible for Turkeys participation.
Sultan Mohamed, according to a re-
port reaching the American quarter,
has threatened to abdicate.
To Loot Christians.
The young Turks have given the
city authorities carte blanche to pre-
vent uprisings directed against the
present government by the Mussul-
mans assistance to Enver Pasha's
domination.
1t is persistently reported that the
city authorities have promised the
loyal Mussulman population permis-
sion to enrich themselves by 1ooting
Christian property and institutions in
the event of a big Turkish victory.
City Is Mortified.
The wounded brought in today have
Mortified the city with their stories of
terrible Turkish losSes-the first con-
firmation the population has had of
what it has for some time suspected.
Those today-the first big batch
brought into the city-bring the total
of Turkish wounded up to 10000. The
dead are not known and the extent of
the casualties from wounds are only
ascertainable because overcrowding of
field hospitals necessitateS using Con-
stantinople quarters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13

FREE WITH BIG T
1t Will Not Cost a Cent to See
the Fair
If the Tax Proposition Is Voted
Next Saturday.

A free gate means a free fair at To-
peka, September 1918. A report be-
ing circulated by certain persons op-
posed to the free fair proposition that
while no charge will be made at the
gate an admission fee VIII be demand
ed at the respective exhibition build
ings is entirely without foundation.
eff the free fair plan carries Satur-
day every attraction that has been
free in former years will be free next
September said Samuel E. Lux, pres
ident of the Kansas State Fair asso-
citation, this afternoon. This includes
all live stock, machinery, fine arts,
and other exhibits which constitute
the fair. There will be a charge for
the horse races as usual and for any
evening show that may be put on. The
report is untrue; it will be a free fair
in every sense of the word. We regret
that there are those among the voters
who have not fully understood the
proposition"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13

Following the opening ceremony,
the address of welcome was delivered
by Mrs. Belle Cleyenger, worthy ma
tron of Beulah chapter@No. "a, To-
peka, to which response was made
by Mrs. Myrtle-Suft, associate grand
matron. -As there are two chapters of
the order in Topeka, honors were di-
vided, and a second address Of well
come was delivered by Mrs. Amelia
Schmidt, worthy matron of Helena
chapter No. 210, which was responded
to by w. M. Bonar, associate grand
patron. So the visitors to Topeka
were assured of a double welcome.
The remainder of the morning ses-
sion included reception for distin-
guiShed visitors, presentation of past
grand matronS and past grand pa
irons, recognition of grand representa-
tives and an address of welcome to
them by J. w. Wa1dron, D. D., and a
response by Miss N. Belle Nickles, ad
dresses by the grand matron and the
grand patron, and appointment of
committees by the grand matron.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
ENGLAND TO REPATRIATE
ALL ITS MALE ENEMIES

London, May 13.-Premier
Asquith announced in the
house of commons today that
"all male enemies over mill
tary age will be repatriated."
He also said that women
and children in suitable cases
will be repatriated, though
some might remain.
The government proposes
to secregate "all adult male
enemies for their own safety
and for the safety of the
country" Premier Asquith
told the house of commons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
HOTTEST DAY OF YEAR
Record of 2S Years for May 13 Is
Broken.

Today was not only the hottest day
this season. but broke the heat record
for this da e in the IS year period in
which the local government observa-
tions have been made. The tempera-
ture at o'clock was 81, and the mer-
curry was still mounting. The highest
temperature previously recorded on
this date was SO in 1913. The wind
ranged between Is and "a miles an
hour this afternoon.
The forecast calls for generally fair
weather tonight and Friday
Wednesday night was the hottest of
the season. The minimum tempera-
ture at $50 o'clock this morning was
63 degrees. BY $50 o'clock the gov
ernment thermometer registered 81
The maximum temperature Wednes-
day was 81 degrees at O'clock
The hourly readings:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
UP co The RATES
Increase on Grain From Kan
SaS Points Justified.
Combination of Local Tariffs
Upheld by L. c. c.

Washington, May 13.-Proposed
increased joint through rates on grain
and grain products over the Union
Pacific and other railroads from
points in Kansas and other states to
points in Iowa were pronounced justi-
fed today by the interstate commerce
commission 'as correcting rates pub
liShed In error"
Proposed cancellation of joint
through rates on grain and grain
products from stations in Kansas and
other states to points in Wisconsin
leaving in effect combinations of 10
cal rates on the Missouri river, also
was found justified.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
SPECIAL GUARD FOR
THE GERMAN EMBASSY

Washington, May 13.-A
special guard of plain clothes
policemen was placed today
about the German embassy.
Uniformed police have here
tofore been there and detec-
tives have been looking after
the embassies generally, but
it was not until today that a
special guard was provided.
Officials said it was merely
a precaution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13

The convention is marked by it's
harmony. There are no disputes and
no questions of more than minor i'm
portance to be considered by the con-
vention.
The report of Mrs. Della Bennett,
grand secretary, made at the session
this afternoon. shows that the order
has had an unusually prosperous year.
The membership has increased 1,464
and now totals 27,716. There were 20 5
deaths during the year. New charters
were issued as follows: Hulda Par
ker. Chanute; Ina, Marquette; Della
Mound Ridge, Mound Ridge. Only
:s.lt 49, sxa.i
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
British Battleship Is TOrpedOed
in Dardanelles.
London Is Shocked by News OF
Latest Disaster.
CHURCHILL TELLS OF BLOW
Announcement Causes Sensa'
ton at House of Commons.
English Submarine Penetrates
Straits; Sinks 3 Turk Ships.

London, May 13.-The Brit
ish battleship Goliath has been
torpedoed in the Dardanelles. 1t
is feared 500 lives have been
lost.
Announcement of the loss of
the Goliath was made in the
house of commons this after
noon by Winston Spencer
Churchill, first lord of the adj
miralty.
The announcement caused a
sensation.
Mr.. Churchill said he feared
the loss of life would reach 500
Twenty officers and 16O men
of the Goliath's crew were
saved.
Mr.. Churchill, on announcing
the loss of the Goliath said the
Goliath was torpedoed a t
night in a torpedo attack by de-
stroyers while protecting the
French flank just inside the
straits.
Twenty officers and 16O
men were saved, which l feel
means that over 500 were lost. !"
Complement of $50 Men.
The t11..9ath was one of the oluer
British battleShips of pre-dreadnought
type She was built in 1898. Her
complement was 750 men.
She was 400 feet long on the water
line and "A feet beam. Her displace-
ment was 1880 tons. She was armed
with four 12-inch and twelve 6-inch
guns; twelve 12-pounders, six 3-pound-
ers, and two machine guns. She had
four torpedo tubes.
The Goliath is the third British bat
tleship whose loss in the attack on
the Dardanelles has been announced
by the British government. Loss of
the Irresistible and Ocean, together
with the French battleship Bouvet
was announced on March 19. All three
ships struck mines during a general
assault on the Dardanelles forts on
March Is.
On April 5 a wireless dispatch from
Rerlin said information had been re-
celNed there that the British battle
snip Lord. Nelson had stranded inside
the straits and had been DESTROYED by
fire of Turkish guns. This report was
not confirmed by the British ad-
miralty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
The Victorious Savages Are
Back in Topeka Today.
Open FOur-Day Series With
Wichita at League Park.
THE LINEUP TO-DAY.


This afternoon at 2 o'clock the VIC
torious Savages returned from Den
yer, where they took three out of four
games from Jack Coffeys Bears, and
at 3:15 they lined up against the
Wichita Wolves in the first of a four
game series.
Manager Jackson and his men were
given an ovation when they got off the
train at the Rock Island depot.
The Rotary Parade.
The Rotary Day. baseball parade,
headed by the knights and Ladies of
Security band and including between
thirty and forty automobiles, created
no small amount of interest along
Kansas avenue this afternoon.
The cavalcade of decorated motor
cars formed in front of the Brunt
drug store at Fifth and Kansas avenue
and was on the move soon after 2:15
o'clock. The procession went north
as far as Central avenue on the North
side, and then headed south on Kan
sas avenue and eventually to the ball
park, where a section of the grand
stand was reserved for 15O Rotarians
and their ladies.
The big Hinkson truck in which the
band rode carried a banner on which
was inscribed in large letters: "Ro-
tarians are for the Savages. Are
your
The leading motor car which was
decorated with the huge Rotary en-
blem was the Official auto. Riding
in it were George Godfrey Moore,
president, and Mrs. Moore, and j. M.
Brunt, secretary, and Mrs Brunt.
The cars were attractively decor
ated. Among the pennants and BAN
ners were those advertising the free
state fair and the Rotary club.
At the game the Rotarians proved
themselves to be good rcoters. Some
of the women who had never caught
the baseball fever became converts to
the national pastime.
The Wichita team arrived in town
early this morning from Lincoln.
Manager Wares made an addition to
his team after reaching Topeka in
the person of Infielder Hosp, who
played with the Venice club of the
Pacific Coast league last season. Hosp
played second base last season, but
was assigned to cover the shortstop
territory this afternoon.
The Wolves and Savages will bat
tie here tomorrow, Saturday and Sun
day, and after Sunday the Savages
will not be back home until the first
Of June. 1t has been suggested that
Topeka show her appreciation of what
the Savages are doing by turning out
banner crowds Saturday and Sunday
and it is possible that some definite
plan will be made to get the fans out
en- maSSe.
MacfeTran's Pan.
In order to help in this and to help
owner Savage make financial sue
cess, William Macferran, president of
the States Savings bank, has suggested
that two or three days be designated
as special days when the whole town
can stir up a turnout like the one on
the opening day of the season.
These banner, or "All Fans Days
could be held at regular intervals and
could be made to mean something by
designating them Jackson Day,
Savage Day, or something like that
One advantage would be that the Cos
pei of baseball would be carried to
people who do not attend games.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
Opening Session Held at State
House This Morning.
Visiting Delegates in Attend
ancc Already Number 500.
MEETING LASTS TWO DAYS
Inaugurated by Reception in
the Capitol ROtunda.
Elaborate Program of Enter
tainment Is Provided.

With every seat taken, and with all
standing room crowded and with an
overflow of delegates completely fill
ing the east balcony, the thirty ninth
annual session of the grand chapter
of Kansas, Order of the Eastern Star,
was opened in Representative Hall to-
day. 1t is the most largely attended
convention ever held by the order in
the state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
SOUTH AFRICAN RIOTS
Loss i'm Anti-German Demonstrations
Exceeds $1,OOO,OOO.

johannesburg. Union of South Af-
rica, May ia series of violent anti
German demonstrations here culmi-
mated in the wrecking of a number of
German and Austrian establishments.
The police were powerlesS.
More than fifty buildings have been
wholly or partly wrecked and their
contents either burned or destroyed.
The establishments include ten large
warehouses, ten saloons, three hotels
and twenty shops
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
CUT OUT THE WARNINGS
Germans VIII Not Tell Americans to Stay
Home Any More.

Washington, May 13.-The German en-
bassy has sent out orders to the leading
newspapers of the United States to cancel
the advertisement in which the American
travelling public was warned not to cross
the Atlantic on ships carrying the flag of
Great Britain or any of her allies.
The advertisement was first published
a week before the Lustania was blown up
and reappeared again last Sunday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
HER PALACE A HOSPITAL
IF ITALY GOES TO WAR

Rome. May 13.-Dowager Queen
Margherita, mother of King Victor
Emmanuel, has given orders that
the second floor of her palace be
transformed into a hospital for
wounded in case of war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
ITALY IN IN 48 HOURS
Rejects Austria's Final Proposal; War
Declaration Next.

Rome, May 13.-Italy today was
very close to a declaration of war
What was announced as Austria's S
final proposal in the interests of peace
has been rejected.
In official circles it was stated the
government will not keep the world
long in suspense-that an important
announcement may be made within 4S
hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
BOARD HITS RAILROADS
Interstate Commission Rules Against
Automatic Rate Raise

Washington, May 13.-The inter-
state commerce commission decided
today that railroads cannot automat-
ically increase their freight rate ten
per cent, because on June the So
called Cummins amendment to the
rate law becomes effective prohibiting
any limitation of the liability of a car
rier to a shipper. Railroads had ar
gued that the increased liability auto
matically raised their rates ten per
cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
Fair With EmpIoyees.

Houston. Mich, May 13.-Officials
of the Calumet and Hecla Mining
company have announced that on
June IL a bonus of over half a million
dollars will be distributed among the
ten thousand employees of the COM
pany and its subsidiaries
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
YANKEES FIX BAN
Big Meat House Joins British
Embargo Against Germans.
Displays Notice No Business
Will Be Done With TeutOnS.

London, May 13.-The large Amer
lean meat establishment at Smithfield
today joined the British in displaying
notice that no business would be
transacted with Germans.
Some friction had been threatened
because the Americans delayed put
ting out the notice until they received
instructions from headquarters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
BRITISHERS TORPEDO J
Plunger Penetrates DardaneIIes, Sink
ing Turkish Ships.

London. May 13.-Winston Spen-
Ger Churchill announced in the house
of commons today that the British
submarine Ella had en- trate Il
through the Dardanelles and into the
Sea of Marmora, sinking two Turkish
gunbOatS and q Turkish transnnrt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13

London, May 13.-According to ad-
vices reaching here from Contanti-
nople, the Turkish authorities are
threatening to send into the war zone
on the Gallipol peninsula all the Brit
ish and French subjects in Turkey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
Emporia Veteran Dead.

Emporia, Kan, May 13.-George w.
Curtis, a veteran of the Mexican and
Civil wars died here today, aged 8S
years A Sons of Veterans camp at
Ashland, Kan, was named for him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13
BASEBALL TODAY.
Danish French and British.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

St Louis-Boston game postponed.
rain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-13

Washington, May 13.-Presi-
dent Wilson's note to Germany
on the. sinking of the Lusitania
will he given out i'm Washington
this evening.
At 1 O'Clock this afternoon the
note had been cleared over the
telegraph wires from Washington
and was started on its way under
the sea-. As a courtesy a copy is
to be delivered to Count Bern
stroff, the German ambassador.