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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-29

MOTHERS THREW BABIES INTO
WATER DURING SUB SCARE
New York, Nov. 29.-Twenty-five
persons were drowned in panic
aboard British steamer Barulos in
the Mediterranean when Turkish
submarine fired shot across Barulos'
bows on Oct. 8, Mrs. Eleanor Frank
line Egan, magazine writer declared
today on her return from Europe.
When the Barulos, which sailed
from Piraeus for Alexandria with 200
passengers, was five hours south of
Crete she picked up three ifeboats
from the summarized British steam
ship Sailor Prince, said Mrs Egan,
who was passenger on the Barulos.
4 few minutes later big Turkish
submarine hove in sight and fired a
shot with a peremptory order to halt.
The passengers rushed for Hfeboats.
Women, unable to reach the boats,
jumped into the sea. Some threw
their babies into the water.
Mrs. Egan said she escaped death
because she is a good swimmer.
100
KILLED BY BLACK Handlers?
Believed Black Handlers added one
more murder to their long record to-
day when Joe lombard, So, laborer,
was shot down few feet from door
step. =
Canada has 1,o65 weekly and $50
doiIu nowCnaDn rc q.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-28
EUROPE'S PYTHONESS MAKES
NEW WAR PREDICTIONS
Mime. de Thebes, Who Foretold the
Conflict, Says 1t Will End by
July, 1915. and Sees a
Republic of Germany

they will hnd him not sunfc'eney u<
his century
"Mexico?" I asked. Oe w~s all
Mexico in those days.)
NO" she said. You will have no
war with Mexico. Yet I SEQ fighting
and bloodshed. I see dead men. A
had year, Trouble and conflict, sud
den terror. panic and violent emo
tons"
Surely her advice to American
farmers was excellent.
American farmers, hold your wheat
and corn. You will receive high
prices"
| Her grain. so TO speak. WA mixed
with chaif. She warned America
against fire and water: yet I am not
ware that we suffered from floods or
fires. particularly. in 1914. 60, In
Europe. sh- foretold terrestrial up
! heavals.
France will b drawn into war,
and emerge victorious.- she had
printed. An era Of great love, peace,
hopes and labors will date from 1914;
but first the field must be Redeemed
with blood, and hre and water mix
in n combat of subterranean forces
She even evoked earthquakes FOR
.a 80. mn,
- ~, -.
cora.a, ~. c..
a,,oLa ~
tn, ~
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Snnm1a., .sn .
- y" "u, "ouio'''
hvrns w.. go. ~, ~"
dtr,Inra Nh. A.. Th.ha. ~" ~
saiS - - :" '"'' ~
No", iook gou' tnis woman 10 en-
,rely french' an aroeh' patriot. Her
personal yfnpathie are noty with
me Al''es' Is IL not. theh' curious
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-28

locked cases contain many secrets
She saw the Bosporus purple with
blood, as early as December. 1914.
Il have the printed page before mel
Turk. you must quit Europe she
says. II see the axis OF the war dis
placed" Now she adds world changes
in this direction which none had imag-
ined. She sees new States created.
new systems OF government born. and
great notifications OF the map OF
Europe.
Germany Will Increase in spit. OF
loss.
"Th., German,c elements OF Aus
tria will attach themselves 10 Ger
many by the lien OF the Danube and
community Of religion" CThis means
enlargement on the sid. Of Bavar!a)
She sees no luck for Austr,a-Hun-
gary. threatened not alone by war, but
by some ominous novelty which she
dreads 10 mention. II see only signs
OF mourning. and other Ills than mere
ly those OF a All. far or near, at
tachins 70 Vienna and Budapest are
cruelty mennced by trials and scoirves
OF every ordcri"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-28

Meanwhile. Germany hstvnishes tho
world by coming out a fiour!shing
republic! The road. however. Is the
dramatic n trodden. q century and
more ago. by the France Of Lafayette.
History repeats Itself. Nothing lacks
she says, hostages, massacres. tri-
bunals. Judgments. scaffolds."
She sees the fury Of the German
people, determined TO save the father
land: loss Of confidence In the military
a~ristocracy; a tearing apart and a re-
bu lding from tho inside. Repeating
the heroisn OF the first French Repub-
lie. resistance TO the Allies continues,
in spite Of interior struggles. Sud
denly a vague figure looms up.
Where IS the man OF whom know,
whom I predicted last year. and who
should r.sc up IN Germany. I" make
them listen to a word which viii dom
mate all words. and who can a V his
native land from a part Of the just
punishments reserved for II by Provt-
dence?"
Meanwhile, the H~ohenzollerns dis
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-28
ny G. BASIL BARHAM.
Associate Member I~nst!tutfon al
electrical Engtneers Of Great
britain.

= ~ the prescnr war only the British
army u equipped with = modern
rifle. some Of tho others are
using designed nearly
thirty years ago, and there Ia no doubt
h the chief characteristic Of the
war. which IS the superiority Of srtil-
,ery 10 infantry, Is due "a tho fact that
the former is the highly finished prod
uct Of the modern machine tool shop,
while the latter Is armed with
wea pons which are far from being up
10 date, with the exception OF tie
! British rine, which was designed only
seven years ago.
Known as the short Lee-Enneld, this
has an over all length OF AN inches
without the bayonet and is thus the
shortest rife al present in use, those
! Of tho other Powers ranging from 4s
10 So inches. The British rife, which
takes a II inch hayonet, Is tho out
come OF tho lessons OF tho South
African war, which showed the need
for a rife which should not no too
long for cavalry or mounted Infantry
use and yet should be thoroughly ftted
10 all infantry requirements.
The points worthy OF noace regard
ing Il arc its lightness and strength,
It's simple mechanism and the fact that
It's magazine will contain pn art
ridges, as compared with five IN most
other designs. II a he loaded with
single cartridges IL required Some OF
the British troops are equipped with
Lee.Enl!eld rifles which are similar
but slightly longer. the wood casing
extending some distance tuward the
muzzle and almnst encircling the
barrel.
both types OF L~e-Enheld AXE the
same size and pattern OF cartridge
This, loaded with cordite, has n .30g
round nosed bullet. weighing eli
grains, which Is fred with a mu22l'
velocity OF 1850 feet a second, In the
early days of the wal a new III a,
was introduced which has a SHARP
nickel point, and with This the muzGle
velocity wss raised to 2.+40 feet Q
second.
Increased muzzle velocity meant de-
creased trajectory, with a corresponds
ing Increase In the danger zone. Were,
for instance, one OF the low y~eloclty
round uosed bullets fired at mark
hve feet six Inches high a, distance
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-28
BRITISH ARMY USING
MOST MODERN RIFLE

~ EOh ,.gr1, ~
su,t ~, ~ ',"Jrr'o'S Nou'o ne
.ho 80. Wo"'n pass over
orn .a. ~ man stah''nT
r.,. ,,r. ir"Nne' WIN 'ne
mart 50 "'''ro a. 4 sl'nlIar
~ ,.a F"."7 away W'uI az
So. o "'F"' f'|' hISAer man
dangerous ,brouehn,t g.. ~
round no.ad hrIr., 80
3.000 fee, away u,or,s a,
rart ~ ,,s .,o toc,o,,. iva -,
the gr,und, ntth -, =
maxIrruu 10th, - '"o
a 1lgh, would no - D., '7 N"'''
rs,
H",r rHo''Ne range ~ me
'"o +" TWO una a half miAs,
80" " et'''-r 'nhn Una or n
useu IN inc war n
" ~ Sui ~i~e-rnne'u win
~ ~ POUNDS 10
''
The rine used ny ME French e the
ramous i~oei, Introduced in 1886. u
Is ten ounces heavier than the British
weapon snd Is nearly seven inches
longer winch render q particularly
uselu! IN phNonet work. The barrel
measures vie 'nches from hrecCh 10
n'u%ZIN VI inc u : adds a further
."ehtE lh'hes' n chief drawback
~ We french weapon Is mar II can
oo 7. ohtE nlhe times a minute
ana rorty SHOTS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-28

SlfE foretold the war. Her vogue
as "a result Is immense. They
~ call her the p%ythoness all ove
Europe.
Even H. Germany, long extracts
from this French wuman's predictions
notably those relating to Italy
arc copied from the Swiss papers and
commented on.
As for the remainder OF Europe,
never had "A pythoncss such luck.
You can look in the dictionary. A
pythoness is q woman who makes
predictions. The dictionary does no,
tell us how she does Il; and neither
can I. Mime. dc Thebes decorates her
predictions with phrases OF judicial
lstro,ogy, but does o insist Mars
- the symbol of conflicts. and the
planet Jupiter OF order and author
'ty. They come into conjunction In
1915. Having cut, she says We sew
up--and lets II go at that. The war
will end by July. 1915. Evidently. the
interesting question - not Jupiter
hut will Il?
And will a ~ minnie hatred" CON
tinue to pursue the reiguing house
of Italy? And will bavaria enlarge
her borders'
You remember, when he war broke
nut, how the cable flashed that Nine
de Thebes had foretold Il all. II
seems indisputable. Any one car
procure her little almanac for 1914
Issued in November, 1913. Lucien
Pemjean has examined It critically.
mot only tho great war is an.
%nounced." says Femiean, but the par.
,icipation of Indian. Australian and
Canadian contingents. and the Jap
anes fleet. Announced, equally, the
death of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
ana his wife. the death OF the Pope
the Irish revolt. and the attitude OF
Italy"
True. the Irish revolt ceased SIM.
denly. of It's own free viii. True. the
Archduke is mentioned az "a hist
rersonage." Personally. 7 have found
announcements which did not mate1-
arze, such as the profound catas,ro-
phe predicted mr. England Another
In the financial crisis predicted for th-
United States in 1919. but. ven here
the ensemble = striking. In the IN.
,erview which Nine. de Thehes gave
me in December. 1913. she repeated
from her almanac:
81 have seen the hands OF many
American m | regret not 4
Rave seen moro hands of men. Ye'
tho great lines are clear-a Nortf
America ,sic) terribly tried. shaker
MP and disappointed"
North America includes Canada
hut 7 did not realize Il.
president Wilson, I suggested.
NO. she said. president Wilson
will have a wretchedly delicate role
After having been very sympathetic
they will fall on him from all sides
TOO loyal nj honestly attached q
what he believes mis- countrys good
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-28

f the box type ard holding Ave cart
ridges.
IN Re. gan army uses the 1889 pat
tern 81 Nauser with n 30 inch barrel
fling a bullet sol inch in diameter
with an initial velocity of s,o3i feet
, second. which IA exactly the same
Is thar OF tie bullet fred from the
Austrian M|anu'icher. TAe fife IS 2
noes lighter than the Lo"-FnHe'd
md the bullet weighs 2la grains. II
may he noted here mat Belgium oe,ih-
.rat,ly adopted a rife which should
have a different Galore from hat
nsed IN the German army 50 Mat IA
the event Of European complications
airy rifles or cartridges captured from
tho Belgians would be OF no use TO the
Ksiser's troops.
The German weanon i, the Mausef
~ tie 1875 pattern, firing a pointed
bullet which weighs only l54 grains.
trd thus is lighter than hat Of the
LebeI or the lne-Enield. The rife
wi. nrc more rounds per minute than
any other used In the var and the
bullet has the nigh initial velocity OF
$50 feet per second, the rife thua
IllNlnF all extremely lorB danger
zone, For some reason. however, tho
German rife r. not OF such long ereo-
dive range rs the short tee-Enne!d,
probably on account ot the lightness
~ 'hs bullet, faNiug short IN that
respect by over 500 Nards.
Tn" rite has u 90 inch barre. with
four r'"ul,s 80 'h" ming, ana tho
maLtz.uc. which IS OF IL" non-ic-
t|ohip.s t'pc, hu'lS five cartridges,
rIe Germans are serving out a. taa
Uua OF writing a new bullet which
weighs .91 grains, IA compared with
u t. British @l5 grains The new bull
81 is not nearly SO Efficient as the
ONO used in the early s'acps OF the
var, aS II has a muZ velocity OF
only 1000 feet a second ana -
gives the rifle a comparatively short
danger zone. The German Mtussr Is
nearly half a pound heavier than the
British rifle, turning the scale at nine
bounds Ono unc
The hsuteNt and mos' easily banded
of any ~ tn" European rifles Is tho
Mdnnlicher used by tie Austro-lIun-
g,trlan forces, This weighs without
Tho bayouet only eight POUNDS five
ounces, while tho bullet weighs IA
grains. II is of steel and has an initial
velocity OF 1904 feet a second and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-28
bHoOhrN~S BEST
KNOWN PIANO
HOUSE.

a diameter Of So .rcH r "r-
a box magazine ho.d.re H.e e,-'
and the barre, Mas 81, over D.
from brooch % NIUE OF
with q four groove r,N ng
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-28

ClfE foretold the war. Her vogue
Us a result Is immense. They
~ call her the pythoness all over
Eurnne
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-13
Lansing Hints at Severance of
All Relations.
Must Be Prompt DisavOwal of
AncOna Crime.
ROD FOR PLUNGER CAPTAIN
of Ship Illegal and
IndefensibIe.
Washington Waits With Keen
est Interest Austria's Reply.

Washington. Dec. 13.-Further ac-
ton by the United States governme mt
on it's demands of Austria-Hungary,
as set forth in a communication re-
garding the sinking of the italian liner
Ancona, the text of which was pub
lished today, now depends on the Aus
trian government.
Formal demand is made in the
communication for a prompt dis
ayowa1 of the sinking of the Ancona
by an Austrian submarine, punishment
OF the submarine commander and
reparation for the American citizens
killed or injured.
The note closely indicates that a
break in the diplomatic relations be-
tween the two countries will follow
failure Of the Austro- Hungarian gov
ernment to redress the acts of the sub
marine commander, which are de-
elared to be illegal and fndefensib1e.
A week at most probably will be
gwen Austria-Hungary to accede to
the American demands. Meantime ad-
mfnistration officials are awaiting with
keen interest some words from Vienna
indicating how the comm unication was
received by the Austrian government
and the effect it may have had upon
public opinion in that country.
The text of the note was presented
to the Austrian foreign office Thurs
DAY by Ambassador Penfield.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-13
XMAS JOY IN "STREET''
Exchange Employees to Come in for
Bonuses: Everybody Is to
Forget Expenses.

New York. Dec. 13.-WaH street is
going to celebrate Christmas in the
good old fashioned way. This means
the street will forget all about ex-
penses.
Plans are under way for the collec-
ton of a huge fund to be distributed
among the employees of the stock ex-
change and boom time bonuses will
be accorded the employees of indi-
vidual firms.
In the years before the wars depres-
sion put a temporary quietus on the
jingle of money on the street. the an
nual fund for the stock exchange en-
ployees amounted to from 1900 to
SIS, 900, and clerks and other private
employees received bonuses equivalent
to a weeks salary. These gifts will be
equaled or exceeded this year out of
the millions that have poured in with
the return of prosperity to the street
War babies and more conserva-
tive stocks are strong as a result of
of unusual quarterly
dividends, another striking evidence
of the big profits by American firms.
Eleven firms to date have announced
their purpose to incr ease dividends
Western Union, Utah Copper, Butte
and Superior Mining. Chino Copper.
Consolidated. Nevada Consolidated,
Submarine Boat, Homesake Mining.
Savoy OIL and Ansco are the stocks on
which the increase will be paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-13
Pioneer Suffragist Again Pleads
for Equal Rights.
Spirit of Brilliant Advocate to
Stalk Washington.
HUNDREDSATL LEADERS, SHRINE
COngressmen,Wh Once Jeered,
Now Cheer "CauSe."
"Shade" of Miss Anthony in
Historic Votes Pageant.

Washington, Dec. 13.-Susan B.
Anthony as she was when a young
woman, when in her quaint hoopskirts
and tight protecting shawl she ven
tured almost alone into the capitol and
pleaded with jeering congressman that
women be given the vote, will tread
the boards here tonight in the mon
ster pageant to be given by suffragists
in honor of her memory.
Hundreds of her followers repre-
sentatives of the 100000 women
voters of the west, and congressman
and senators, have reserved seats in
the big convention hall. The pageant
was obtained by Miss Hazel MacKaye.
There will be 400 participants in the
ten historic episodes portraying the
dramatic moments in the fight of the
suffrage pioneer to secure recognition
for her cause. Symbolic friezes tell
ing of the growth of the movement
while a chorus of a hundred women
will sing.
Mrs. Florence Kays Hanson. pro-
fessional reader. will impersonate Miss
Anthony. Other prominent suffra-
gists will impersonate their leaders of
the past as follows:
Elizabeth Cady Stanton ............
.............-.- Mrs. Charlotte Stanley
Lucretia Mott Observation-Disclosures.
-. Miss Catherine Reynolds Mccormick
Wendell Phillips ..........J James r. DAILY
Mrs. Amelia Bloomer ......... .......
Mrs. Margaret Hopkins werrelI
Mrs. Daniel Anthony Mrs. Ruth Iierson
Hannah Anthony. Miss LeanOra de Grange
Mary Anthony Miss Margaret Pierse
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-13
in DYNAMITE CASE
President Wilson VIII Listen to
Appeal for Pardon.
Review Trial of Barry and Nor
rim, Alleged PIetters.

St Louis, Dec 13.-President Will
son, it was learned here today, will
devote an hour next Wednesday to a
review of the testimony in the cases of
John II. Barry and Paul J. Morrin, St
Louisans, who are serving terms in
the Leavenworth, Kan, prison for al
legged completely in the nationwide
dynamiting conspiracy of 1906. The
presidents promise to listen to an ap-
peal for the pardon of Barry and
Morrin was obtained through the eff
forts of Senator William j. Stone of
Missouri and Fred D. Gardner of this
city. Edward A Feehan, attorney for
the local Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers union, departed for Wash
ington last night. Feehan will present
a plea for executive clemency on the
contention that Barry and Morrin did
not have a fair trial in that their re-
quest for severance of their cases
from that of the twenty-five other la
Dor leaders convicted at the same time
was denied. Morrin was sentenced to
three years and Barry to four years
imprisonment. Each has served about
twenty months of his sentence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-13
George w. Perkins Takes Presi-
dent to Task i'm Letter.
He Says Foreign Policy Has
Brought Z. s. Humiliation.
WE "BUTTED IN" IN MEXICO
Vera Cruz Incident Caused Loss
of National Honor.
Speech at Columbus Prompted
Writing of Hot Letter.

New York, Dec. George w.
Perkins, chairman of the executive
committee of the Progressive party,
sharply criticises President Wilson'S
Mexican policy in a personal letter
which he sent Saturday to the chief
executive He cites the Hands Off
policy announced by the president at
Columbus and contrasts it with the
policy of 1914, which was followed by
the death of IA Americans at the siege
of Vera Cruz.
Mr.. Perkins letter says:
MY Dear Mr.. President:
81 am impressed with the following
statement made by you in your speech
at Columbus:
The Mexicans may not know what
to do with their government. but that
is none of our business, and so long
as I have the power TO prevent it. no
body shall butt in" to alter it,
He Did Butt In.
This statement seems to me to be
in sharp GGntrart = your actierS in
Mexico-actions NJ which have caused
our country so much embarrassment
and humiliation. When you refused
to recognize Huerra you certainly
'butted in in Mexico 1 address you
lieve that in the manner in which you
butted in in Mexico is found the root
of all the trouble and humiliation to
which our country has been subjected.
not only with Mexico put other foreign
countries as well.
when you 'butted in in Mexico
you demanded that our flag be sa-
luted; you sent our troops to Vera Cruz,
you brought our dead away, and left
our honor behind; you abandoned
your demand that our flag be saluted.
These with countless other incidents
in Mexico caused Germany and other
nations to realize that our foreign
policy was so ill considered so short
sighted. so impotent and pointless,
that they had absolutely nothing to
fear from us and consequently they
have treated US with scorn and with
impunity.
Prestige Is Lost.
THE result is that our prestige to-
day in every foreign capital is at a
lower ebb than ever before reached,
and 1 believe that very many Ameri-
cans join me in the feeling that all
this is directly traceable to the fact
that at the beginning of the Mexican
situation you did not act as you now
talk.
LAS the contrast between your
statement at Columbus and your ac-
ton at the beginning of the Mexican
is at such wide variance it
occurs to me that there may be some
reason for it which you might at this
time be willing to make known to the
public"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-13
Progress of the State in the
Past Ten Years
Will Be Shown in Reports
From the Decennial Census.
GOOD SHOWING is EXPECTED
There Has Been a Considerable
Growth in Population.
Greatest Advance viii Appear
in Agricultural Production.

The story of Kansas and its prog
ress in the last ten years will be un-
folded when the results of the COM
pilation of the decennial state census,
final touches to which are now being
made in the office &c the state board
of agriculture. are made public.
1t is expected that the work, which
was begun six months ago, will be
completed before January 1.
Preliminary indications are that the
report will show that the state has
had a larger development in the last
decade than at any time in its history.
Complete figures on the commercial
and agricultural standing of the state
have been complied. 1t is asserted
that one of the big industrial changes
since the last census was compiled in
1905 has been the introduction of in
terurban lines in eastern and central
Kansas.
The largest development, it is be-
lieved the figures will show, will be
in the agricultural interests of Kansas,
manufacturing and mining having
failed to keep pace. Nor is it believed
that the figures will show as large an
increase in railroad mileage in the
last ten years as did the figures for
the previous decade, the principal sys-
TENS in Kansas having spent a large
part of their money in maintaining
and improving their roads rather than
in building extensions.
A large settlement of the western
part of the state will be shown also it
is believed. The numbers of foreign
ers Indians, negroes, the number of
persons employed in the different oc
the number of persons of
various ages, and the birthplace of
every resident are among the details
to be included in the report.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-13
Jones and Aked Seek to Con-
denim Preparedness Program.
Lindsey, Mcclure and Others In
Speedy Rebellion.
some THREATEN TO QUIT MOVE
Ford Drafts Stirring Appeal tC
Warning Nations.
Says There Can Be No IrrecOn-
ciIabIe Differences.

On Board the Steamer Oscar II. by
Wireless via Steamship Nordham,
Dec. ia resolution condemning
President Wilson's preparedness poll
icy brought a protest from some of
the prominent members of Henry
Ford's peace party last night when
it was presented for adoption.
The resolution was drawn up by the
Rev. Jenkins Jones and the Rev.
Charles f. Aked and others. who
asked that it be signed by all the
members of the party as their plat
form.
More than a dozen members, in
Guiding S. S. Mcclure of New York.
and Judge Ben Il. Lindsey of Denver.
refused to sign on the ground the
resolution was unpatriotic. Some of
them even threatened to leave the
party after it reached Europe IL the
proposed platform was put through
It's supporters said the opponents OF
the resolution failed to understand
the spirit Of Mr.. Ford's invitation.
Ford Appeals to Nations.
An appeal to the rulers of Europe
was sent out by wireless today, adj
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