davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14
The Wise Fool,

"Time works wonders" observed
the sage.
so could / If we're as tireless as
time" responded the fool.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14
It's Off.

"How about you and that telephone
girl?"
"She has sent me back my solitaire"
"Ring of, eh?"
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14

Much of the wisdom of the wise is
reflected from the foolishness of the
foolish.-Macon Telegraph.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14
Lost.

Does your husband ever lose his
temper?"
Not any more. He lost it perma-
nently about two years after our mar
riage."
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14
A Difference.

Authors nowadays don't live in
attics, do they?"
mo; they prefer best sellers"
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14
Liberal Doses.

Subbubs-How often is this medi.
cine to be taken?
Doctor-Between cooks.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14

Every dressmaker should have Q
waist line OF her own before debating
where other women ahould weor
theirs,
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14

Do not expect to surround yourself
with good friends if you persist in be-
ing unfriendly.-Milwau Sentinel
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14

No wonder there is discomfort in
Russia. Marriage Is prohibited after
couples have passed the age Of 80
years,
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14

Us she good to the children?"
very, She lets them do everything
their father doesn't went them 10 do"
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14
Next Gentleman, Please.

Next Gentleman, Please.
Said He-Mrs. Threetimes is q
widow, is she not?
Said She-Yes, temporarily.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14
platreselnnIy Late.

ers arm Is no wiser than the small
boy who goes in swimming leaving
his clothes on the bank in the midst
OF his enemies,
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14
From Mans Standpoint.

What is chaos, pa?"
1T is about the third stage in that
disease known as housekeeping"
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14

He who seeks suggestion is quite
apt to stumble on advice.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14

Although purple cabbage has ap-
poured cn the market it yehemeaay
CcDies uRy royal connections.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14
be- Klnd.

t'Come let us look around and take
q glass together
n hope you do not mean looking
glass;
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14
a Simple one

A Simple one.
5 eWhat is your theory about the high,
er cost of living?"
II think II is because you have TO
pay more for things"
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14
Reformatory.

The penal institutions of the state
consist of the penitentiary, Missouri
Training School for Boys, at Boon
Vile; Industrial Home for Girls, at
Chillicothe, and the Industrial Home
for Negro Girls, at Upton. The mere
punishment by combining in these
penal institutions is not the full meas.
ure of the law. The state can and
should render a higher service, that
Of reforming as large per cent as
possible, bringing them back into the
paths of rectitude and good citizen
ship.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14

ton given the blind is turned to use
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-01-14

The state supports the Missouri
school for the Blind. located in ST..
Louis, which has an attendance OF
more than 100 pupils The states
obligations to the blind do not cease
when II has furnished them with an
eight or ~ years course of study and
training, but the duty still rests upon
ii to see that the training and educa-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-31
HONORS THIS CITY.
ASS >risscf'1 Press Makes Topeka
More Important Point.

In the larger cities of the country
the Associated Press has regular cor
respondents who devote their time to
the collection of news for the use of
the membership, which includes about
900 newspapers. In Topeka, it has
been the duty of the two Associated
Press papers, the State Journal and
the Capital. to assign some one in
their respective offices to look after
this work; in the State Journal office
to look after news of value to the AS
sOciated Press newspapers that may
develop in the day time, and in the
Capital office to cover news that de-
VelopS during the night.
Melville L. Stone. general mana ger
of the Associated Press, has decided
that the importance of Topeka and
Kansas now demands a regular cor
respondent here and has accordingly
instructed the assignment of Mr.. Sum
ner n. Blossom of the Kansas City Of
flee to act as the Topeka correspond
ent for the Associated Press. Topeka
is the first city in Kansas to be thus
recognized as Il news center of the i'm
portance demanding such an assign
ment from the Associated Press or
ganiZatiOn
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TO Be NO LETUP.
Berlin Newspaper BeiittIes Shirt
''Sleeve Diplomacy"

Berlin, May Silvia London)-
All the newspapers of Berlin today
publish the German government S
answer to the Washington communi-
cation on the Lusitania incident, but
very few of them make any comment
upon it.
The NOrddeutche Allgemeine-Zeit-
ung publishes the note under a head
line reading:
The Welt Am Montag says: Soon
after The torpedOing of the LuSita MIA,
the United States filed a complaint
with Germany that sounded almost
threa tening. More than twenty yearse
ago American diplomats won for
themselves the title of short sleeved
diplomatists.' Consequently one Judges
the tone and the contents of the
American note by a standard differ
ent from that customary in Europe
The German government, therefore,
has not boone excited over the Wash
ington note; on the contrary, it has
replied in all calmneSS''
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WHAT U. S. IS EXPECTED
TO TELL KAISER WILHELM

That the United States insists
that its national rights be respect
ed in every instance.
That its attitude toward subma-
riniHg of unarmcd merchant craft
without previous visitation and
warning IS still one of complete OPP
position.
That the LuSitania was unaFIned
when she sailed from New York on
her last voyage.
That the Lusitania carried no war
munitions in violation of American
laws.
That no Canadian troops have
been permitted In the United States
since the original declaration of
war.
That the loss of 115 American
lives on the Dusitania was not JUS
tilted by "self-defense."
That the United States is amazed
to learn that the attacks on the
Gushing and Gulhighf were sane
toned by the German government
and that it is unable to understand
how their identity could have been
mistaken.
That this government cannot ac-
cept shifting the responsibility for
the speedy sinking of the Lusitania
TO the Cunard officials. because If
international law had been followed
time would have been allowed to
get all boats oversize and filed.
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Washington. May 51.-Two interna-
tional problems-the one crisis IN
the relations between the United states
and Germany, and the other the de-
termination of the administration to
bring about an early cessation of in
ternal warfare in MeXico-deVeloped
for President Wilson today, combina-
ton of circumstances hardly paral-
leIed in American history.
The president had prepared a state
ment to be issued tomorrow warn
ing to the Mexican factions that their
incessant strife had forced the inno-
cent populace to the verge of starva-
ton, and that unless the chief ele-
ments came to an agreement to restore
order, some other means would have
to be found by the United States to
accomplish this end.
Berlin Aggravates Situation.
There was a confidence in executive
quarters that the warning would suf-
flee TO set in motion definite plans for
peace in Mexico, but in respect of the
relations with Germany, made in
creasngly grave by the reply from
&c D
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President Pays Homage al
Shrine i'm Arlington Cemetery.
Fighting Top of BattIeship
Dedicated to Maine Victims.
HONOR TO CIVIL WAR FALLEN
Graves of $4,000 Soldiers
StreWn With Flowers.
Bryan, Daniels and Other Dig
nitarieS in Tribute.

Washington, May 31.-Urveiling
and dedication of the Maine memorial
monument, erected by the govern
ment to the dead of the battleship
destroyed seventeen years ago IN Ha-
vana harbor, was the principal feature
of Memorial day ceremonies in Ar
lington National cemetery
President Wilson, Secretary Bryan.
Secretary Daniels and Governor Fra nix
B. Willis of Ohio, We're on the pro-
gram more thoroughly national in its
scope than ever, since General John
a. Logan esta blished services of the
kind fOrty-seVen years ago.
The monument dedicated TO the
Maine dead is the mainmast and fight
ing top of the battleship which long
lay imbedded with other wreckage in
the bottom of Havana harbOr. Re
stored and rugged as it was on the
deck of the Maine, it now arises from
a granite and marble base chiSelled in
the form of a gun turret with names
of the Names 264 victims carved on
its curved exterior
Marines Man Inprovised Rigging.
In the presence of veterans of the
Civil and Spanish-American wars the
president, members of cabinet, justices
of the supreme court, diplomats of
foreign nations and heads of patriotic
orga anizatiOns of the United States, the
fitting memorial was today unveiled.
Fifty white-uniformed marines man
ned the improvised rigging designed
after the old rat-lines of the destroyed
ship as the veil fell. This exercise fol-
lowed an invocation by the Rev.
Father Chadwick, chaplain of the
Maine at the time of her destruction.
AS part of the ceremony, Frank
Bagley Daniels and Jonathan Worth
Daniels. sons of the secretary of the
navy and nephews of Ensign Worth
Bagley, the first American officer kill
ed in the war with Spain, raised an
ensign to the top of the mast and
hoisted signal flags flaring to the
breeze the words Maine. 1915" The
youths, clad in sailor suits, were at
tended by Mrs. Adelaide Worth Bagley
and Mrs. Josephus Daniels, mother
and sister of Ensign Bagley. Secre-
tary Daniels was on the program for
the dedicatory address. On the pro-
fram at this ceremony also were Mai
Charles F. CraTner, cOmmander-in-
chief, United Spanish War Veterans;
Gen. H. Oden Lake. national COM
mander Army and Navy Union, and
Maj. Robert Lee Longstreet, L. :. a.
Monsignor w. T. Russell. a Spanish
war veteran, pronounced the benedic-
ton and ia ps'' were sounded.
Memorial Tablet on Shaft.
A memorial tablet placed upon the
IConunued on Page Two.l
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Divers ARE BUSY
Bag Many Ships While Ger.
many Frames Reply.
French Break LuII in West.
Taking German Trenches.

London, May alderman subma-
rines have been unusually busy while
the German foreign office was en-
gagged in the preparation of it's answer
to the Washington note on the Lusi-
tania incident.
The last few days, it is pointed out
in London, provided them with
heavy bag of big merchant ships.
These included the Ethiope, 3,70O tons,
and the Tullochmoor $500 TONS
which were sunk by submarines Fri
day in the approaches to the Eng
lish channel. On Saturday the Brit
ish steamer Ping Suey, belonging to
the Holt line, was attacked twice by
German under sea boats within the
space of five hours, but she succeeded
in escaping into Plymouth. Another
victim was the steamer Glenlee, of
1000 tons, which was sunk some
where between the British and French
coasts recently.
Many Sent to Bottom.
In the North sea a German subma-
rine sent the Russian ship Mars to
the bottom a few days ago and the
losses of the British steamers Spenny-
moor and Cadeby also have been re-
ported.
Thus. within the space of three
days, six ships of considerable size
have been sent to the bOttonf by Ger
man submarines and six lives have
been lost.
er Megantic had a narrow escape from
an attack by a German submersible.
London observers are drawing at
tention to these cases, particularly in
connection with the presentation of
the German note.
The lull along the western battle
front has been broken by the French,
who claim to have taken a group of
German trenches in the Pilkelm re-
giOn, and to have made good progress
north of Arras. With British CO.
operation they appear to have made
slight progress north of La Bassee.
Germans Stop Sacrifice.
After repeated and costly repulses
the Germans, for the time being, seem
to have abandoned their attempts to
take Ypres. During the past week
the Germans have made only slight
gains in the neighborhood of this
salient fort.
Except for the news of the move
ments of the warships, which appear to
be searching for German submarine
bases, little definite information has
come to hand from the Dardanelles
Certain dispatches by way of Athens
claim many lines of Turkish trenches
on the Gallipoh peninsula have been
takin during the week.
The situation along the river San
in the vicinity of Przemysl appears
for the moment to be unchanged
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BRITISH PRESS ON Note.


.GUARDTAN-"We do
not know how long the war will last,
but it is clear, if Germany has her
way, that its end will find the negO-
tiations with the United States over
the submarine blockade still drag
ging out their interminable length.
The German note does not even re
ply directly to the American request
that such actions as the sinking of
the LuSitania should be diSaVOWed
and that they should be discOn-
tinued. The note actually has the
effrontery to add that the passen-
gers probably would have been
saved had it not been for the ex-
plOsion of ammunition which it is
alleged was carried by the Lusi-
tania, as though the submarine had
tOrpedoed the ship without intend
ing actually to sink her Almost as
offensive is the suggestion that be-
fore the submarine can be con-
demned for not having given the
crew and passengers time to escape,
it must be shown that the Lusitania
was duly equipped with life saving
apparatus as ordered by the Titanic
conference. In a word. the United
States is offered the prospect of a
prolonged controversy over points in
detail, but no disavOwal of what has
been done, no acceptance of the
principles of naval warfare which
she assumed Germany would be
anxious to uphold. and not a word
as to any change of mind or policy.
The submarine war is to be pursued
as before, and American ships and
citizens may take the risk.
PAIL MALL GAZETTE,-"If the
slaughter of the Lusitanias passen-
gers is to be defended by the aSser-
ton that the vessel was. carving
ammunition, we wonder what ex-
cuse is availa BILE sSor Saturdays at
tempt on the steamer Megantic (of
the White Star line.) That liner.
which was outward bound, cannot
be worked into any theory of con-
traband on which Germany may
base the right of murder. None of
the quasi-lOgival disguises for
'F'rightfulness' will stretch from one
of these eXa mpleS to the other"
GAZETTE - The
German reply to the American mes
sage is exactly what was expected.
1t avoids any direct answer to the
specific questions asked ny the
United States. The German govern
ment in short, seeks to gain time
EVENING STANDARD-"Germ
has discovered a new form of diplom-
acy. This consists of glaring mis-
statements, so readily capable to
disprOof as scarcely to be worth
the trouble of refutatiOn.
President Wilson is not likely to
statement of the collector of the
mounted or otherwise, were on
board. 1t is possible that Germany
thinks to succeed in this gigantic
game of bluff, but that only indi-
Gates The measure of her self-de-
ceDtiOn'
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DECIDING OF BERLIN NOTE
REVEALS UNOFFICIAL COPY
ALTERS LANGUAGE GREATLY

Washington, May 31.-The de-
cOding of the German note was
finished at 1915 IL. m. today The
official note differs from the un-
official copy of the message very
materially, so far as verbiage is
concerned. The statements in the
communications, however. were
almost exactly the same in each
version. The variations were at
tributed to differences of transIa-
ton.
Copies of the decoded messages
were rushed at once to Secretary
Bryan's office and to the White
House. and under-officials under
took to get in touch as quickly as
possible with the president and Sec
tary.
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FINAL FIGHT FOR FRANK
Counsel Begins Contest Before State
Prison Commission.

Atlanta Ga, May 31.-The last
fight to save Leo NJ. Frank from the
death penalty began here today with
preparations for the hearing before
the state prison commission on his
application for commutation Of sem
tence.
Franks counsel have fought his
case through the various state and
federal courts and before the United
States supreme court without a re-
versal of the original verdict Of con-
viction. The appeal for clemency is
his last resort.
His execution has been set for June
90 next.
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PRESS ON BERLIN'S REPLY

VIEW YORK TTNES.-The German
reply is not responsive to our de-
mand. 1t does not promote that
clear and full understanding as
to a grave situation which Presi-
dent Wilson in his note declared to
he desira BILE.
NEW YORK WORLD-The German
note in response to the American
protest against submarine attacks
upon merchantmen does not meet
the issue. 1t is worse than evasiVe.
1t is insincere, even pettifOgg1ng.
Regret will be felt everywhere in
the United States that the affairs
of a great people, believed to be
friendly, have fallen into the hands
of men capable of such desperate
triflins.
NEW YORK TRIBUNE-German
answer to our governments pro-
test against the slaughter of it's
citizens, peacefully and lawfully go
ing about their business on the
high seas, will not satisfy Ameri-
can opinion.
NEW YORK ermany
has ignored the real issue presented
by the American note of May 13,
as was clearly set forth in that
historic document.
NEW YORKER HEROLD (German)
The reply of the German gov
ernment shows conclusively that
Germany is most anxious to live at
peace with America. That she de-
sires to be shown where she is in
the wrong is but natural, and we
think fair minded men will concede
that with the vessel being carried
on the navy list as an auxiliary
cruiser the presumption is strong
that German submarine officers
thought her armed and ready to Of
fer resistance
CHICAGO STAATS ZETTUNG-The
administration cannot honestly
dodge the questions raised by Ger
many. The German government
does not deny responsibility for the
sinking of the Lusitania but wishes
to determine the status of tho ship,
whether or not she was an auxiliary
cruiser.
KANSAS CITY STAR-There is moth
ing in the German note to alter the
position of the United States as set
forth in President Wilson's COM
municatiOn of May 13.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE-F,ven though,
as Washington is confident it can
be shown that the LuSitania was not
armed with guns or conveying SOL
dlerS, Germany has succeeded in
raising points which in considera-
ton of the very adva need position
taken by our government with re-
spect to arbitration. we should find
some embarrassment in refusing to
discuss, and perhaps even referring
to The Hague
LOUISVILLE COURIER JOURNAL
ne IeilildH answer 10 the A1nefl-
can note is a quibble. The time is
at hand when the president must
meet the demands of his country
men, that nothing must happen to
trail our majesty before any other
majesty, and that the United States
shall lay down to belligerents GER
tain rights and laws of neutrality
which they shall be required to
obey, if need be, by all the force we
are able to put in the field. Less
than this, the country will not sup
port.
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GLOOM RECORD BROKEN
Longest Period of Cloudy Weather in
May in % Years.

The temperature this morning is
still five degrees below normal for
this date and the sky Is still overcast.
although the weather man has been
attempting to bring sunshine for sew
eral days. This moth has broken
the record for successive cloudy days
Six days of gloom. That is the longest
period of sunless days in May during
the % years that the government rec
ords have been kept.
The forecast calls for fair weather
tonight and Tuesday. The tempera-
ture this morning was So degrees.
The stage of the Kaw river this
morning was 1873 feet. showing a fall
of five feet since the high mark was
esta ablished Friday night THE Kaw
will continue on the Decline" says
sunny Flora. The creeks are as
Stunning normal proportions and all
fear of flood is passed.
The clouds are breaking up and
with the wind in the south the chances
for a fulfillment of the forecast seem
good. Only a slight breeze is blow
ing. registering four miles an hour.
Following are the hourly tempera-
ture readings up to noon today:
o'clock .56I1O o'clock ...5S
o'clock .....57 II o'clock ...60
o'clock 5Sl12 o'clock 6 6t
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HURT IN. COLLISION.
Mrs. Hazel Scott Injured in Street Car
Accident.

In a collision between a street car
and an automobile on East Sixth street
at 10 o'clock this morning, Mrs. Hazel
Scott. of 408 Locust street, one of the
occupants of the auto, was thrown
from the car and painfully bruised.
The auto was going south on the
spillway and the car was going east
on Sixth avenue, when the accident oc-
Cured.
The two front wheels were demoI-
ished.
immediately after the accident
Dr. Mulvane was summoned and af-
ter an examination announced that
Mrs. Scott was not sriously injured.
TIL street car consisted of 4 motor
car and two trailerS.
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WILSON LAYS WREATHS ON
GRAVES OF HONORED DEAD

Washington. May 31-PreSident
Wilson sent vvreaths of flowers to the
graves of Washington, Grant. Harri-
son. Mckinley. and several other for
mer presidents and also to the grave
of General Joseph Wheeler. the con-
federate and Spanish war leader.
The grave at Arlington cemetery
containing many unknown civil war
dead was singled out by the president
for an especially large wreath.
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FINAL RESERVES CALLED
All First Glass Members of Land
stuTIrl Summoned.

Amsterdam, May Silvia London).
The Reichsanzeiger of Berlin has
published an order calling to the COL
ors all first class members of the
Iandsturm. or the final reserve force,
not previously summoned.
This order does not apply to Ba-
Varia.
Germans in Germany must report
between June S and June 10; Ger
mans outside of Germany as soon as
possible.
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Memorial Day Appropriately
Observed Throughout City.
Impressive Services Conducted
at the Cemeteries.
BIG PARADE THIS AFTERNOON
Kansas Avenue Feature Draws
Crowds Down Town.
Fred S. Jackson Speaker of the
Day at Auditorium.

Memorial Day was appropriately
observed today. Business was gener-
ally suspended, Thousands of Tope-
kans paid their respects to the dead
by placing flowers on graves in the
respective cemeteries. The ceremonies
at the bridge and cemeteries which be-
gan at 1890 o'clock this morning,
and which were under the general di-
rection of Old Abe camp, Sons of Vet
Grams, were unusually elaborate.
The parade at o'clock was, of
course, the spectacular feature of the
day, and the meeting at the Audito-
rum at 2:30 o'clock in connection
with which Fred S. Jackson, former
attorney general and congressman.
was the main speaker, was a fitting
climax to the ceremonies.
Arranging the Flowers.
Lincoln Post hall was busy place
this morning. Beginning at eight
o'clock the members of the auxiliary
to the Sons of Veterans were on hand
to arrange the flowers that were
brought In by individuals and from
the schools of the city. The floral
display was unusually brilliant, there
being roses in great quantities and va
riety. Wild daisies were brought in
by the arm full.
The auto owners of Topeka respond
ed generously to the call for machines
to pick up flowers at the school build
ings, convey G. A. r. veterans to the
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