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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-27
TWO IN MURDER?
More Arrests Expected Soon il
Byers Assault Case.
County Attorney Says Archi-
bald Sweet Is Guilty.

Dodge City, Kan, Oct. 27.-Was
more than one man implicated in the
murder of Nellie Byers? Would a
combined attack of two men be the ex-
PLANTATION of the absence of scratches
or bruises on the body of Archie
Sweet, suspected of the murder and
against whom circumstantial evidence
begins to pile up?
That's what County Attorney Stubbs
wants to know. And he intends to
keep on digging into the case of the
young school teachers death until he
finds out.
More developments in the case are
expected within a few hours. Attorne 4
StubbS left this afternoon to drive to
the scene of the murder. The county
attorney said persons who were ex-
pected to give additional information
in the case were under surveillance
and more arrests might be made to-
night. He declares the man held in
Jail at Dodge City is guilty, but that
he believes others knew of the crime,
either before or after it was COM
mitted.
Say Sweet Is a Degenerate.
Leavenworth, Kan, Oct. 27.-Older
guards and convicts of the state peni-
tentiary when questioned this after
served two terms in the state peniten
tiary under the names of Archie Alb
derdine and John Stusher, was a de-
generate in a wretched state while
within the walls of the prison
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-27
STORM KILLS ITO
TyphOOn in Southern LuzOn
Carries Injured List of 500.
Damage to Hemp and Rice
Crop Is One Million.

Manila, Oct. 27.-The typhoon in
southern Luzon killed at least 17G
persons and injured nearly 500.
Damage to property and to the
hemp and rice crops is estimated at
81, 100000.
A heavy landslide involved por-
ton of the volcano of Mayon.
No Americans Dead.
Washington, Oct. 27.-Insular bu-
reau officials here had received no re-
ports from Manila early today on the
typhoon in Southern LuZOn, but eX-
pected Governor General Harrison
would make a full report as soon as
all details had reached him. 1t is be-
lieved no Americans We're hurt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-27
HAITIAN SNIPERS BUSY
u. s. Marines Sent to Reinforce Gar
rison HaraSsed by Rebels.

Washington, Oct. 27.-Marines from
the battleship Connecticut were sent
to reinforce the garrison at Bahon,
fifteen miles from Cape Haitien, yes
terday. after the patrol under Captain
Campbell had beer fired upon by
snipers. This is reported in advices
today to the navy department.
Captain CampbelPs detachment was
patrolling the territory between Ba-
hon and Grand Riviere and was fired
upon during the latter part of the trip
There were no casualties among the
marines, and no report of killed or
wounded natives
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-27

number of ladies on the proper kind
of films.
Today considerab BILE argument was
raised regarding 1.-The Long Chance"
in which 25 feet of film were elimin-
ated in the first reel. Picture show
men said that the cutting out of this
particular part spoiled the film.
The censors said that it was degrad-
ing and radically different from the
principles of the censor law. The
secen referred to was of a man throw
ing glass of whisky in anIndian's face
and the gambler, who was the hero
of the tale, whip the offender.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-27
DENVER FEARS "DRY"
Already City Is Hedging on Prohibi-
ton Amendment in Courts.

Denver, Oct 27.-James H Marsh,
city attorney, has filed in the state
supreme court the brief of the city
and county of Denver, arguing that
the city charter amendment regulat-
ing liquor licenses should stand in
spite of the state wide prohibition
amendment, adopted in 1914.
The brief argues that the constitu-
tional amendment is not retroac-
tive; that if the state amendment
overruled the city charter on prohibi-
ton every provision of Denver's char
ter would be overruled by some pre-
vious constitutional provision.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-27
FESTUS FOSTER FOILED
Appeal Board Overrules Censor in
Case of 1.-The Unforgiven" Film.

The appeal board reversed Rev.
Festus Foster, state motion picture
censor, in his decision on a one-reel
Vitagraph film, The Unforgiven.'
Rev. Foster, in killing the picture said
that The Unforgiven" was the type
of picture that the women of the state
were opposed to. Foster has just re-
turned from a tour of southern Kan
sas where he consulted with a large
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-27
0vERFIELD HAD
$4,000 TO BUY
GAS SUPPLIES
Kansas Natural Attorneys Ex-
pIOde Fee Cry Publicity.
independence Senator Wasn't
Given Money Personally.
"DONE TO PREJUDICE CASE"
Robert Stone Says 1t Was All a
Scheme for Criticism.
Arguments in Final Chapter of
Fight Here Today.
Independence Senator Wasn't
Given Money Personally.
"DONE TO PREJUDICE CASE"
Robert Stone Says 1t Was All a
Scheme for Criticism.
Arguments in Final Chapter of
Fight Here Today.

That supposedly mysterious $4,000
gas fee paid to Senator John F. Over
field of Independence did not go TO
Overfield personally, according TO
statements of Kansas Natural Gas
company attorneys in final arguments
today of the rate case. Further, it is
asserted, the purpose of the fund was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-27
STOCKHOLDERS
OF SANTA FE IN
CITY TOMORROW
Two Million of Three Million
Shares Represented.
One of Most Important Meet
ings in Roads History.
WILL ELECT new DIRECTOR
Charles S. GIeed of Topeka Will
Be Reelected.
President Ripley and Party on
Way to Topeka.
One of Most Important Meet
ings in Roads History.
WILL ELECT new DIRECTOR
Charles S. Gleed of Topeka Will
Be Reelected.
President Ripley and Party on
Way to Topeka.

Two million out of the three mil
lion shares in the Atchison. Topeka
and Santa Fe Railway company will
be represented at the annual stock
holders meeting in Topeka Thursday
noon. Proxies of a large per cent of
the As, 900 stockholders have been re-
ceiVed by E. L. Copeland, secretary
and treasurer, and are now reposing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-27
GranviIIe Dodge Diving.

Council Bluffs. Iowa, Oct 27.-The
condition of Mai. Gen. Granville M
Dodge is very critical today and his
friends are alarmed because of his
advanced age. He is one of the two
surviving T.lajor generals of the Civil
war and was CHIEF engineer during the
building of the Union Pacific railway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-27
Bulgars Establishing COmmuni-
cations With AustrO- Germans.
LONDON FACES BARE FACTS
Only Miracle Can Save Balkan
Situation for Allies.
Resistance of SerbianS Nearing
It's Last Stage Now.

Berlin, Oct. 27.-(via London)
Direct connection between the
AustrO-German forces in Ser
bia and the Bulgarian army of
General Boyadjcff has been
established on the Danube river
to the east of Bra Palanka, ac-
cording to the official announce
ment given out today by the
German army headquarters
staff.
The junction of the Austro-
German armies with the Bulgar-
ian troops was made in the ex-
treme northeastern corner of
Serbia. The Serbian town of
Bra Palanka, to the east of
which the invading armies join
ed hands, is on the Serbo-
Rumanian frontier and about Is
miles south and east of the Aus
tro-Hungarian border. To ac-
complish the junction the Bull
garians penetrated Serbian ter
ritory in a northerly direction
for twenty miles,
German troops under Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg have
penetrated Russian positions
over a front of more than a mile
in the fighting in the Dvinsk re-
gion, the war office announced
today.
Serbia's Plight Desperate.
London, Oct. 27-The desperate
plight of the Serbians which has been
described ever since the beginning of
the AustrO-GermSn end Bulgarian in
vasiCns as an affair of national life
or DEATH" is no longer a rhetorical
Continued on Page Two.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-27
TRAIN
ROBBED IN BOLD
RAID OF BANDITS
Officers of Dozen Counties Trail
Men in Oklahoma.
BIoodhOunds of State Prison in
Pursuit of Thieves.
FAST "KATW FLYER HELD UP
Crew Tied Up and Guard Put
Over Passengers.
Only One Safe Gives Way and
Only One Man Hurt.
FAST "KATY" FLYER HELD UP
Crew Tied Up and Guard Put
Over Passengers.

Oklahoma City. Oct. 27.-Peace Of
ficers of dozen counties, hundreds of
citizens and the bloodhounds of the
state penitentiary at McAlester were
searching east Oklahoma today for an
outlaw gang of ten or more men who
early this morning startled territory
Injured to all forms of banditry by per-
petrating the boldest train robbery of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-27

Weather Forecast for Kansas
Fair tonight ard Thursday: cooler
TITurSdaH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-27

s< A MAN whose only motive for
action is his wages, does a
bad piece of work."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-27

WHEN a man takes a chance In
a wife, then marriage is n lot
terry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-14

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
NEW YORK, June 14.-G1 a. m0-
1t is not an encouraging sign of the
allies offensive power in the western
battle area that the British army is
unable to assist the efforts of the
French to nibble away at the German
line. The present is the most favor
able opportunity the war has present
ed for bending back the teutonic
front in northern France and Belgium,
and vet, coordination between the
British and the French Is lacking.
The French are trying to move ahead
alone, while the British are remain
Ing quiescent. content, apparently, If
they but prevent Ypres falling into
German possession.
The Germans have massed large
force in Galicia and are relieving the
Austrians of most of the work of driv-
Ing the Russians back into their ter
ritory. Probably the maximum num-
Der of Germans that ever will be en-
ployed along the eastern front Is now
engaged against the Slavs. If the Rus
slams eventually are compelled to
evacuate all of Galicia, the Germans
can resume their defensive and can
safely weaken their southeastern line.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-14
What the War Moves Mean
By J. w. T. Mason, Former European Man
ager of the United Press.


Th., favorable opportunity which the
German concentration IN Galicia DOW
presents for an allied offensive in
France and Flanders may never re-
turn again.
The time is particularly appropriate
because Italy's main strategy has not
been revealed and the Austrians must
use all their troops not employed
against Russia to meet any of several
possible offansives which Italy can
develop. Hapsburg reinforcements
for the German western front, are,
therefore, impossible.
While the German western defen-
sive continues to remain in a Weakened
state the British minister of muni-
tions is delivering speeches trying to
touch the hearts of British workers
SO that exhausted ammunition sup
plies may be repIenished; and at the
same time the French government,
ten months after the outbreak of the
war, is recalling artisans from the
trenches to increase the output of its
own war factories BY the time the
allies get ready, Germany probably
viii be prepared to reinforce her
western line with her own victorious
eastern troops and the opportunity
will have been lost
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-14

what they desire to be. ....
I'VE sometimes look to the noisy
places where men are talking, to the
market places where men are express
ing passion as partisans instead of at
tuning our ears to the mass of people
who try daily to be honorable and to
live each day worthy of the great
community to which they belong.
These men are the sinews of the
nation. They are the men who make
the sentiment that the flag stands for.
How can any man presume to inter-
pret the meaning of the flag of the
United States who does not listen to
their counsel and feel their presence2
This is flag day. But it does not
mean that it is the only day that we
are to honor the flag. 1t only means
that it is the day that We outwardly
show that we recall what we should
do every day in our life.
t'Thcre should be no one day of
patriotism. We celebrate the Fourth
of July simply as the day set aside to
honor the memory of the start of lib
erty in the United States. But liberty
and humanity date beyond that and
are commemorated By the blood of
many generations of martyrs.
Ihe chief heneht of day like this
is that on it we turn away from the
recollection OF things that ordinarily
distract us. 1t gives the opportunity
to remind ourselves Of those things
which have meant so much to us and
to the service of mankind. The days
are Of the kind when mems judgment
is solemnized by the presence Of out
ward symbols of such recollections.
Back Of us all there marches the great
host which never forgot the vision
that it saw at the birth of the nation.
1t is the host that always responded
to humanity and liberty's call. And it
was conascrated to every man who
does his duty TO the United States.
Il am sorry that you do not wear
the flag every day. I can only ask
you that you love the physical en-
hlem you wear so deep in your heart
and that the heart of America may
yet interpret the heart Of the world"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-14
Nearly Fifteen Thousand Men Quit Work and
Tie up Chicago Surface and Elevated
Cars in the City.
MEN DEMAND AN INCREASE IN WAGES
Citizens Have to Walk or Ride in Autos Until
Settlement of Some Kind Has Been
Reached by the Two Sides.

service. The men want a minimum
Of 33 cents and a maximum of 36.
In the negotiation proceedings, the
companies refused to grant the de-
mands for increased wages on the
ground they could not afford 1t. The
men came back with the proposition
that the companies throw open their
financial condition to an inspection
committee. The companies refused
In the negotiation proceedings, the com.
panies offered to appoint an arbitra-
ton committee composed of the fol-
lowing: The companies to select one
man, the men one man and If those
two were unable to agree on third
within forty-eight hours, Mayor
Thompson was to select one.
This the men refused to do, saying
that the ruling against them in SINH
still fresh in their minds. They also
demurred because they said Mayor
Thompson himself owns 10000 shares
OF Commonwealth Edison stock,
valued at 500 share, which COM
pany furnishes the companies their
power. Furthermore, they declared
that the financial hackers with the
Edison company are the men who
control finances OF both elevated and
surface lines and that Mayor Thomp.
son would be Indirectly influenced.
Steam roads took care of most OF
the outlying districts. Extra trains
poured thousands OF workers into the
loop all morning. Commuters wers
riding the steps three and four deep
ard glad to do 1t. Big auto trucks.
drays and all manner of vehicles
served as first aid to pedestrian Chit
cego. Real suburbanites- living
in Hammond, Ind, Kankakee, Wauk-
egan and similar places were well
nigh helpless as two fnterurban lines
were also tied up by the strike.
The strike struck hard blow at the
big loop department stores. Six OF
the largest stores which ordinarily
business daily were practically vacant
The blow was particularly cruel to
the thousands OF shop girls living in
tenement districts, unable to get to
work, and thus deprived of even their
small wages.
Telephone girls, however, were care
tree. Sighting the strike In the offins.
he telephone company qusrterei
nearly 500 girls in downtown hotels
ali night. It was picnic for them.
Adding to the discomfort of the
thousands of pedestrians, a steady
ain started falling shortly after sos
o'clock. Hundreds were caught with.
,ut protection.
Suddenly changing their tactics aft.
ar announcing they would not attempt
o run cars until tomorrow, elevated
officials started a fifteen minute sched-
lie of five car trains from the north
o the south side about 10 o'cock. The
irst few trains to run were unmo-
ested.
Company officials said the trains
we're crewed by their own men, who
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-14
Peaceful and Friendly Negotiations Will be Car
ried on Between the Two Nations I'm
til Agreement is Reached
THERE IS NO CAUSE FOR ANY ALARM
Officials in Berlin are Highly Pleased With the
Second Note Which They Had Expect
ed Would be More Sharp.
TBy John Edwin Nevin. United Press
Staff Carresnondent ]

IBy John Edwin Nevin. United Press
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, June 14.-While
President Wilson marks time" wait
ing for the receipt of the German re-
ply to his latest demand, the state de-
partment will complete compilation
of the data for the proposed note to
the allies.
Already a great mass of informa-
ton showing just how American
trade is being hampered. is on file.
Chandler Anderson, who is acting as
counsellor Of the department, has
been looking into the situation for
several weeks. He has prepared a
record which shows that not alone
have American cargoes been detained,
although plainly destined to neutral
countries, but, that even when releas-
ed, the owners have sustained losses
for which they have no chance OF
being compensated.
1t is not likely that this note will
be finished until the German reply is
received and the matters In dispute
with the kaiser's government are on
the road to satisfactory adjustment.
The president has emphatically de-
clared for one thing at q time. Inass
much, however. as 1T is admitted that
the data for the note has nearly all
been compiled, oficials see in this ad-
mission reflection of the administra-
tons confidence that the German
situation is very greatly improved.
Advices from Berlin indicate that
there has been a radical change In
the sentiment of German leaders to-
ward the United States. When the
last note was sent the majority of the
officials there were opposed to any
concessions The contrary is declared
to be the case at present. The only
group which is not quoted as favor
ing arrangements to prevent further
misunderstanding is the small group
surrounding Grand Admiral Won Tir-
pitz. Officials here say that when the
new reply to the American reioinder
Is completed both the imperial chan
cellor and the foreign minister will
urge the kaiser to make concessions
to the United States.
Officials here continue to believe
also that within the next few weeks
Well defined general peace move
ment will be found under way. Just
where it is to be instituted no one
here seems to know. but it is declared
there are under-cover indications
showing that the peace suggestions
are no longer falling on deaf ears
The enormous casualty lists are said
to be SOLDERING Germany. despite the
fact that they are accompanied by
claims Of sweeping success. Great
Britain. it is pointed out, is still hav-
Ing her troubles keeping up her muni-
ton supply, and the attacks by GER
tain of her leading officials on the
workers are reported to be causing
increasing friction. frances necessity
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-14
The War in Mexico
Latest Developments Among Our Revolution
ary Neighbors of the South.

ranza's replies officially before the
president. Re-occupation within a
few days of the Mexican capital by
Carranza's army, under General
Gonzales, was predicted in Carran-
zista circles today.
At Liberia, near Leon, the chief
Carranza and Villa armies are maneu-
yering for a decisive engagement.
Both sides are said to lack ammuni-
ticn.
The reported death of General OBJ
regon is the severest military blow
Carranza has yet sustained.
RUMoR ABOUT osREGoN.
Ell PASO. Texas, June IA runor
that General Alvaro Obreson, who
lost an arm in the battle of Leon, had
died of his wounds, could not be con-
firmed here today and was considered
doubtful. The source Of the report
could not be run down.
The latest reports from central
Mexico stated that obreeon and the
Villa armies were still locked In a
death srappie around Leon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-14

timents that are contained in declara.
tions of independence and bills OF
rights.
The things that the flag stands for
were created by the experience OF a
great people. Eevrything that it
stands for was written by their lives
The flag is the embodiment, not OF
sentiment, but of history. It repre-.
sents the experiences made by men
and women; the experiences of those
who do and live under that flag.
You do not create national life by
literary expositions but by the daily
endeavor of a great people, living up
to their standard of honesty and just
conduct
I'VE are assembled here today to
pay our tribute to the great men who
have created the experiences that
have made this nation what it is.
These men are known to all the
world They included statesmen, SOL
diers, merchants, men of letters. They
have shown us the way. They were
not afraid to lead They were not
afraid to go ahead.
There was not a single swashbuck-
ler among them. They all were men
VI sopSir 4uiCt tuouShb WIIOSS dStiO
were more effective because thene
was no bluster in them
These men who made possible the
celebration we are participating in
today had no thought, of self aggran-
danziment; only of duty. While we
honor men who had so great a part
in the history of the nation and who
stood for ideals that made the flag of
the United States possible. let us not
forget that tn. great experiences of
the nation have been the work of un-
known men. / mean men whose
names you do not find in the head
lines in newspapers. They are not
men who stand to one side and COM
ment on what is being accomplished
They are not men who try to inter-
2ret the great struggle of life No, they
are men who in their daily lives, en-
deavor to represent the essence of the
flag; the men, who in the flag, see the
expression of they themselves and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-14

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, June 14.-"Watch-
full waiting" will continue to be the
administrations watchword in Mexico
for at least another fortnight. This
was stated on high official authority
today Important developments with
in Mexico are awaited to determine
this governments action
First of these is General Carranza's s
expected response to General Villas
proposal for a conference Of leaders.
1t is hoped. but doubted. that Car
rama will accept. Second, the ad-
ministration awaits the return here,
about June %, of Duval West, the
presidents private investigator. now
on the border gathering new informa-
tion Third. the administration wants
to learn the outcome of sanguinary
decisive military developments ex-
pected inside of two weeks
Presentation TO the state depart
ment today by Enrique Lorente. vii
las agent here. of Villas ''proclama-
ton in reply to President Wilson's
warning, left both Villas and Car