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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
Austria Will Not Meet De-
mandS of This Country.
No Other Course Is Now Open
in AncOna Affair.
VIENNA MAY ASK ARBITRATION
Washington, However, Sees No
Room for Discussion.
Reputation of the Lusitania
Agreement Is Charged.

Washington. Dec 2s.-Austria. ac-
cording to unofficial information re-
ceived in authoritative quarters today
will not meet the demands of the
United States in her forthcoming re-
ply to the Ancona note and Teutonic
diplomatic circles are represented as
being prepared for a severance OF
diplomatic relations
Although the state department so
far has received from Ambassador
Penfield at Vienna no forecast OF the
reply, it was understood that unless
diplomatic correspondence on the sub
Ject was presented no course seems to
remain but to break off relations.
May Suggest Arbitration.
state department officials are ex-
pecting information about the reply
which might have been secured by
Ambassador Penfield during informal
conferences with Baron Won Burian.
Austro- Hungarian minister of foreign
affairs.
Advices received recently through
Baron Erich Zwiendinek, the Austrian
charge here, were to the effect that
Austria would be guided by con-
cern" for the good relations existing
between the two countries
An analysis of this phase has led
officials to believe the Vienna gov
ernment will attempt to argue the
contentious of the United States, and
possibly suggest arbitration.
The position of the state department.
is that there can be no discussion over
the official admissions of the Austrian
admiralty which formed the basis OF
the correspondence unless Austria de-
nies the accuracy of that statement.
That, however. is regarded as being
extremely unlikely as the admiralty
statement was forwarded by the for
efgn office to the United States for
its information.
Washington, Dec. 2S.-Whether
Germany is repudiating its Lusitanin
agreement, or Austria playing as
close as possible to the edge of a
break with the United States. were
questions raised in Washington today
by the new series of submarine at
tacks without warning in the past few
weeks
Following the sinking ot the Italian
liner Ancona and the japanese liner
Yasaka Maru, presenting fresh and
serious complications, the destruction
of French liner Vile de La Ciotat the
Italian liner Porto Said and the Brit
ish freighters Yeddo, Hadley. En-
blema and Cottingham, was viewed
with alarm.
Lack of warning in the cases of the
VtlIe de La Ciotat and Yasaka Maru
was regarded as the most serious fea-
ture of the undersea onslaughts.
The new submarine campaign was
interpreted here as meaning only one
of two things-repudlation by Ger
many of her formal agreement with
this nation to warn passenger liners
or an eleventh hour drive by Aus
tria before giving similar assurances
to the United States. Successful con-
cealment of the nationality of the at
lacking submarine was added to this
governments difficulties in fixing re-
sponsibility ard taking action. The
identity of the vessel attacking the
Yasaka Maru is still unknown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
Fall of 90 Degrees Affects All
Central States.
Touches Zero at Ottawa and
Junction City, Kan.
ONE DEGREE ABOVE IN TEXAS
Missouri Gets 4-Inch Snowfall
and "FOur Above"
Cold Wave in Mo-, Neb., Ia,
Kan, Okla, and Texas.

Kansas City, Dec. 2s.-A fall in
temperature of 20 degrees during the
last thirty-six hours was felt all over
Missouri Kansas, Oklahoma, Ne
braska. Iowa and northern Texas, ac-
cording to reports to the local wealth
er bureau station today
In the Texas Pan Handle" country
the mercury dropped to within a few
degrees of zero. Amarillo reported "a
temperature there today of eight
above Junction City and Ottawa,
Kan, had a zero reading early today,
while Beatrice, Neb., reported the
mercury at the same point.
At Nevada. Mo, it was four degrees
above; at Oklahoma City 20 and at
Kansas City IL. Springfield, Mo. got
four inches of snow, with a fall to 13
degrees.
One Above Mt Atchison.
Atchison, Kan, Dec. 2S.-One de-
gree above zero was the official tenn
perature shown by the United States
weather recording instrument here
early today, the coldest morning of
the winter.
First Snow In 20 Years.
Laredo. Dec. 2S.-Snow fell for an
hour today at Dolores, Tex. 20 miles
northwest of here. A few flakes fell
here for the first time in more than
twenty years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
DICTIONARY THE
BEST FRIEND OF
ANGLO-FREW"H

Berlin. Dec. 2S.-English short
comings i'm the matter of linguistic
ability are the subject of an anus
ing editorial in the Frankfurter
Zeitung- In Flanders, il says, the
English general staff and the Eng
ish commanding officers have as
little knowledge of French as the
French generals have of English
1t adds:
AT a recent conference of allied
ministers in Paris, this barrier of
language caused the greatest diff
Guilty. The dictionary played the
chief part in the conference, since
of the four English ministers who
went to PariS-ASquith. Lloyd
George, BalfOur and Grey-onIy
the first is in a position to speak n
few French words in a hardly in
telligibIe English accent. MIR.
Lloyd-George's ignor rance of
French is natural and pardonab bic.
Mr.. Balfour can manage at need to
read some French without being
able to utter a single French word
1nteiligibly- Sir Edward Grey Is
much too proud to learn any other
language than his own So in all
the diplomatic business between
Paris and London the AncIo-
French dictionary plays the leading
role"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
JOHNSON IN CLEVELAND
A. l.. President Says SOmers' Affairs
Will Soon Be Untangled.

Cleveland O., Dec. 2s.-President
johnson, of the American League. ar
rived here today from Chicago, one
day in advance of the American
League magnates meeting, which is
set for to morrow. johnson imme-
diately went into conference with c..
w. Somers, owner of the Cleveland
team, and the bankers committee
which is handling Somers's affairs.
and discussed the situation in this city.
johnson announced that the Cleve-
land team would either be sold in
three days or arrangements would be
made whereby other clubs would give
Somers necessary financial assistance
and he would retain ownership.
The presence here today of Jacob
Rupert, of New York. part owner of
the American League club there, gave
impetus to a rumor that he would
take a interest in the local club, but
this could not be confirmed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
CLAIM THEY DID
NOT ACT IN BAD
FAITH WITH GIRLS
Witness Stand.
Another Act of Sorority Squab-
BILE Produced in Court.
"GlRLS ALL LIKED STOUT"
GIRLS ALL LIKED STOUT"
Witnesses Didn't Agree With
Sentiment of sV. So Club.
Pretty Lassies Make Good
Showing for Their Cause.

Witnesses for the defense, to sup
port contention that high school Of
ficials and the school board did not
act in bad faith when they suspended
the fourteen alleged sorority girls
December 6, will be placed on
early in the morning in the
district court. When the curtain
went up this afternoon on the legal
fight for temporary reinstatement
pending the hearing for temporary
injunction the plaintiffs were still tes-
tifying.
Several witnesses for the girls, in
cluding a number of the girls them
selves, were placed on the stand this
morning by Ed. McKeever, their at
torney The same story without any
variation as to the social affiliations
of the girls in high school was told
by the witnesses. Shortly before
judges railing and addressed the
court. McKeever told the judges that
he could, if required put n dozen or
moro other witnesses on the stand to
bolster up the story already told by
the girls. He told the court that he
did not believe this necessary; that it
would simply be over accommodating
evidence providing attorneys for the
board did not bring up an argument
that he was afraid to put so and so"
on the stand when they addressed the
court for the finale of the hearing. He
was told by the court that he would
be permitted to conduct his case as
he thought best.
Wrangie of Attorneys.
Following the statement of the
court another squabble was started be-
tween attorneys as to whether or not
the school board had ever summoned
(Continued on Page 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
war LOAN FAILS?
Berlin Declares French Did
Not Respond Readily.
Subscribed Less Than One
Sixth What Germans Did.

Berlin. Dec 2S.-Charac acterizing the
French war loan as a failure, Berlin
newspapers say the probable result
will be the French republic in future
will not subscribe to treasury bonds
and that therefore the government
will be obliged either to issue new
! war loan, Notwithstanding unfavorabIe
conditions, to borrow from the
Bank of France. The Nord-Deutsche
AIlgemeine Zeitung says the amount
actually subscribed, considering the is
sue price, was equivalent to 10000
million marks as compared with 25,-
500, 100000 marks subscribed to the
German war loans. The amount paid
in cash, it says, is less than one-sixth
of the cash paid on German war loans
Russia Seeks Loan.
Stockholm Dec. 2S.-Confirmation
has been received here that Russia
is to negotiate a loan in the United
States for $6O,000,00 for the purpose
of paying for supplies ordered in that
country. The loan is being arranged
by Olaf Aschberg, a Stockholm bank
er with the Guarantee Trust company
of New York. The agreement has not
yet been perfected. NJ. Aschberg is
now in Petrograd-
French Gold to Serbia.
Berlin, Dec. 2s.-The Overseas
News agency says:
THE Vienna Reichspost reports that
during the whole war Serbia received
each month 30,000,000 to 35,000,000
francs in gold from France. These
payments included subsidies for Mon
tenegro.
Each time the money arrived in
Serbia the Montenegrin minister was
compelled to appeal to the Russian
minister to obtain the funds for his
government. They paid in paper,
whereas Montenegro was compelled to
pay gold for goods purchased in Ser
bia.''
Payments on German Loan.
Berlin Dec. 2S.@CaSh payments on
the third German war loan reached
Hill 100000 marks on December %.
this being 91.4 per cent of the total
subscription. the Overseas News agen-
cy announced today. This despite the
fact that only rs per cent of the total
is so far due.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
FORD CRUSADER
SAYS NATIONS
DEMAND PEACE
Negotiations Underway, Says
Secretary of Party.
Swedes Herald Good News With
Loud Applause.
READY TO ASTONISH WORLD
Secret Tip Was Real Incentive
for "Fliver" Expedition.
Enthusiastic Public Meeting
Held in Stockholm.

Stockholm, Dec. 2s.-The public
meeting held last night under the
auspices of the Ford Peace expedition
is characterized here as the most en-
thusiastic demonstration for peace
that Europe has seen since the war
began. Nearly a thousand citizens of
Stockholm attended. Every mention
of al early end to the war provoked
prolonged applause.
When Louis Lochner, secretary of
the expedition, announced that the
executive committee had secret in
formation that certain ones of the
belligerent nations were willing to ne
gotiate for peace the meeting became
tumultuouS.
1T would astonish the world said
Mr.. Lochner. IF we made known at
this time what influences are at work
for peace. This information has been
Continued on Page 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
Mad Coyotes
Spread Rabies
OUer Nevada

Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. Is
An urgent appeal for assistance to
check rabies caused by mad coy
OteS among human beings and
livestock in eastern Nevada was
received by Governor Spry, of
Utah, today from DIR. w. b. Mack,
quarantine inspector of Nevada.
DIR. Mack said in his message
that thirty-three persons have al
ready been infected and already
have received the Pasteur treat
ment and that losses among live
stock have been great. He said
determination of the coyotes and
muzzIing of dogs is the only rem
edy and that the problem is too
big for Nevada to handle.
The government has Is trap
pers at work but more help is
urgently needed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
COIN To KANSANS
Claim Bills Introduced In House
of Representatives.
One Dates From Civil War;
Indian Shot a Man.

washington Dec 2S-Congress-
man Phil P. Campbell has introduced
three claims bills in the house aggre-
eating an expenditure of $74139.
One measure directs the secretary of
the treasury to pay to Charles W.
Mum of Montgomery county, Kan,
the sum of s4,OO9 in full compensation
for stores and supplies taken from
Mrs. E. s. Mum, nee Frost, by the
United States army for military pur-
poses during the civil war. Another
directs the postmaster general to cause
the accounts of c. f. Moore, late post
master at Cherryvale. Kan. to be
credited with the sum of $3.50 and
that the same be certified to the aud
itor of the treasury for the postoffice
department, being an account of loss
of $3.50 in postal funds lost by failure
of the Cherryvale National bank. 1t
appears that the loss was without
fault or negligence of Postmaster
Moore
Mr.. CampbelPs third bill authorizes
and directs the secretary of the treas
ury to pay to the legal representatives
of John d. Sheridan. deceased, S60,-
900. and to the legal representatives of
]. NJ. Johnson. also deceased. $4,000,
as reimbursement for the destruction OF
the steamboats, Skylark and Callie
while the vessels were in use by the
United States.
Congressman John Connolly of Kan
sas also presented a bill directing the
secretary of the treasury to pay to Dr.
full compensation for injuries re-
ceived by being shot by an Indian
while in the act of saving property
that had been set afire by the Indian
at the Walker River school at Schurz,
Nevada, in 1914.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
MORE Big
OFFICES TO
THIS CITY
Rock Island General Office
Shift Helps Topeka.
Combine Second and Third Dis.
trict Headquarters Here.
7. H. BEACON, GENI MANAGER
G. W. ROurke, Assistant Gen.
eraI Manager, Is the Report.
Accounting Offices, Also, VIII
Be Sent to Topeka.
Rock Island General Office
Shift Helps Topeka.
Combine Second and Third Dis
trict Headquarters Here.
TIL. BEACON, GENI MANAGER
G. W. ROurke, Assistant Gen.
eraI Manager, Is the Report.
Accounting Offices, Also, VIII
Be Sent to Topeka.

The consolidation of the second ano
third operating districts of the ROCK
Island Lines, with Topeka az heau-
quarters is the plan which Will prop
ably be announced in Chicago thls
week by A c. Ridgway, chief operat-
ing officer With this change comes
T. H Beacon. at present general
manager of the third district, with
headouarters at Ell Reno, Okla, to
Topeka as general manager OF the
new district
Il is likely that a part of the sec
ond district, including the Nebraska
and Colorado divisions. is going to be
merged with the first district, under
General Manager C w. Jones, OF Des
Moines. That will lessen the territory
which the proposed district will cover
More office Men Here.
With Beacon as general manager
in ToDeka a large addition to the Of
flee force is expected from the Okla
homa city. A second assistant general
manager. it is reported. Will be ap-
uOinted to take charge at Ell Reno. In
such Il case c. w. Rourke will con-
tinue his duties as aSSistan: general
manager at Topeka.
To-Day the executive officials of the
Rock Island are discussing this move
plans they made a few days ago, word
of which has just reached Topeka,
the consolidated plan Will go into ef-
feet within a few weeks
Accounting Offices Here.
Another idea which is being formu-
lated in Chicago and which will be
OF lasting importance to, Topeka is to
bring all the division accounting Of
fices 70. Topeka This will not come
until after the general managership is
settled.
Bringing the accounting offices to
Topeka is going to mean that large
force of Salaried men, with their
families. are going to make their resi-
derces in Topeka.
II is believed that the announce
mcnt of the consolidation will come az
any moment A. E Sweet, the present
general manager, leaves in a few days
for Denver to again work under II. u
Nudge, this time vice president
and general manager of the Denver
* Rio Grande-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
SURVIVORS LAND
Reach Malta 2OS Strong From
Fated Steamer; so Lives Lost.
Confirm Report, French Liner
TOrpedOed without Warming.

London Dec. 2S.-The number of
survivors from the French steamship.
Vile de La Ciotat. whose sinking in
the Mediterranean by a submarine was
announced yesterday. is given in a
Reuter- dispatch from Malta as 20S.
The dispatch confirms previous ad-
vices that 80 persons lost their lives.
The steamship was off the island of
Crete when sunk
Survivors landed at Malta corrob-
orste the statement that the Vile de
La Ciotat was torpedoed without
warning.
Why Liner Was Torpedoed.
Paris. Dec. 2S.-The French liner
Vile de La Ciotat was torpedoed in
the Mediterranean because the Ger
mans believed General Castelnau,
French chief of staff, was aboard, ac
cording TO Marseilles reports
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
President Is
50 Years Old

President Wilson celebrated his
fiftyninth birthday today quietly
with his bride. The only indication
that the executive has passed an
other milestone was the scores of
kilograms from his friends in all
parts of the world.
In health and spirit the president
is many years younger than So
His hair is quite gray, but he stands
erect, feet IL inches in his stock
ing feet. Recently he tipped the
scales at III pounds.
He walks a great deal and plays
lots of golf
Woodrow Wilson was born at
Staunton, Va, December 2S, 1856.
His father was the Rev. Joseph R.
Wilson, a distinguished scholar and
clergyman of the south, and his
mother, Jessie woodrow Wilson.
His ancestry on both sides is
Scotch-IriSh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
FRENCH OPEN
new ATTACK
ON GERMANS
Offensive Movement Started
Near HirZStein.
Artillery Booming Along Whole
Front in the VOSges.
BALKAN CAMPAIGN HALTS
BALKAN CAMPAIGN HALTS
Will Not Tackle Allies at Mace
dOnia, Is Belief.
Russia Destroyer Sinks Subma-
riHe in Black Sea.

Berlin, Dec. 2S-An offensive
movement by the French, who have at
tackled the German lines at HirZstein,
is announced by German army head
quarters in today's official statement.
Details regarding the outcome of the
attack are lacking, the statement adds.
Paris, Dec. 2S.-An artillery engage
ment of great activity over the whole
front in the Vosges was reported in
the communication this afternoon
from the war office.
The statement follows:
I'm the VosgeS there is intense ac-
tivity on the part of the artillery over
the whole front. At Hartmans-Weil-
erkopf on the southeastern slope of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
Denies Motion
to Quash Case
of Rockefeller

New York, Dec. 2S.-Judge
Hunt denied today the motions of
the defense to dismiss the case
against William Rockefeller and
ten other former directors of the
New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad, on trial charged
with conspiracy to mOnopolize the
transportation traffic of New
England.
Judge Hunt also denied the mo-
ton to strike out the testimony
relating to the Metropolitan
steamship deals which involved
Edward ID. Robbins.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
COOLEST OF SEASON
The Temperature Dropped to Three
Degrees at 1880 This Morning.

Last night was the coolest night
since last January. The mercury
dropped to degrees at 1880 o'clock
this morning after an all night steady
fall. The temperature started on the
decline yesterday afternoon when the
reading was 18 degrees. The forecast
indicates warmer weather tonight fol-
lowed Wednesday by a storm. 1t
reads: Fair and warmer tonight;
Wednesday unsettled with rain or
snow. and colder in the west and
north-central part of the state
A temperature of about 1 5 to 20 de-
grees is expected at Topeka tonight.
The shippers forecast indicates tenn
peratures for 36-hour shipments as
follows: North and west / 5; east and
south, 20 degrees.
Beginning at about 3 o'clock the
temperature dropped slowly and at
o'clock last night the reading was 16
degrees. The drop, recorded by hour
ly readings, is as follows: o'clock,
16; Is. 15, IA. 12, 10, 9, 8, 8, Z, 7, 6,
4. and at 1880 o'clock a further drop
of 1 degree was recorded. The high
est temperature on record for this date
was SIS degrees in 1889. The low mark
was recorded in 1887 when the mer-
curry dropped to below zero. The
Kaw river dropped to 5.5 feet last
night.
Six Degrees at Concoriia.
Concordia, Kan, Dec. 2s.-The
coloeSt nlSnt OF the year was expert
enced here last night when the mer-
curry went to 6 degrees above zero. At
o'clock this morning the tempera-
ture was only degrees.
The mercury climbed rapidly today
reaching % degrees at 2 o'clock The
average temperature, however, was 4
degrees below normal Kansas was
the coldest place in the country last
night with one exception. A slightly
lower temperature was recorded in
Iowa. Montana showed temperatures
2S degrees higher than that of Kan
sas The wind is blowing at the rate
of eight miles an hour from the south
Temperature readings:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
MONOPOLY ON WHEAT
Hungarian Premier Wants Govern
ment to Grow All Grain.

London, Dec. 2s.-Count Tisza, the
Hungarian premier. contemplates
making the cultivation of wheat a
state monopoly. according to the Post
Budapest correspondent, who declares
it is a desperate scheme, showing that
national bankruptcy and ruin are not
far distant.
The correspondent says that it
scLms Incredible that the govern
ment should propose such a measure
and the mere fact of it's being pro-
posed proves the gravity of the pres
ent situation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
SEEK DISEASE CAUSE
Hearing Before Senate Committee on
Foot and Mouth MaIady.

Chicago, Dec. 28.-Hearings before
the United States senate sub-connit-
tee on hoof and mouth disease were
opened here today. Senator William
S Kenyon, OF Iowa, examined the
witnesses. The subcommittee of
which Senator Kenyon, Senator Nor
ris Sheppard. of Texas, and Senator
Thomas Gore, of Okla, are members
expects to conclude its country wide
investigation within a week
The committee is seeking inforrna-
ton on the source, causes, and proper
methods of dealing with the plague.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
100000 new IRON
Texas Railroad VIII Lay 2S1 Miles of
9O-Pound Steel.

Houston, Tex. Dec. 2S.-PIans for
the laying of 2s1 track-miles of new
90-pound steel rails form the years
building plan of the Sunset Central
lines, says an official statement issued
today. In addition to the purchase,
which has already been made. and
the laying of these rails an expendi-
ture totaling more than $2.00O,0OO
the company plans to spend s1,21s,OOO
in other advancement projects
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
HIGH LIGHTS IN EUROPE'S
WAR ONE YEAR AGO TODAY

President Wilson declared Eng
land would have to pay heavy in
demnity for Seizing American
ships.
Russia claimed and Berlin ad-
mitted the rout of 175, 900 Aus
trians in the Carpathians
The allies claimed some gains in
the west
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28

St Louis. Dec. 2S.-NationaI secre-
taries of the Disciples of Christ
(Christian church) met here today to
pIan for the national convention of the
church to be held in DeS Moines Iowa,
next October. Last night A. NJ Nc
Lean was elected chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee of the church
Grant Lewis, treasurer, and K. H. Mil
Ter and A. Z. Cory, secretaries. All
four live in Cincinnati.