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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-12

Mrs. Grace G. Kemper of Topeka,
preSident-elect of the Rebekah
state assembly, who is taking an ac-
tive part in the meetings. She will
be installed into the office of pres
ident on her thirty first wedding an
nivcrSary.
The routine work of the department
council of PatriarchS Militant is SO
voluminous that the members of the
council are forced to hold early morn
CONTINUED on Page %
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Fourth Inning.

Observation-Disclosures flied to
Hooper. Scott tossed out Whitted at
first. The Philadelphias were trying
the bunting game to worry Shore, but
their attempts went foul Niehoff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-12

Boston, Mass, Oct. 12.-While yes
terday's crowd was the largest ever
gathered for a worlds series baseball
game, it was early evident that to-
days throng would break all records.
1t was a holiday in Boston and three
hours before the game, started, the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-14
HOLD SLAVE CASE
Alleged Victims Illness Post
pOnes TOpekan's Trial.
for Zeni Smith Pro M
Use Strong Defense.

Owing to the serious illness of Hat
tie Maffe, complaining witness in the
case of Zeni 1. Smith, charged with
violation of the federal white slave
statutes, the case has been continued
in the federal court here by Judge
Pollock. Miss Maffe, a Topeka girl,
is confined to a hospital in Kansas
City and is said to be in critical
condition as the result of Il recent
operation.
Attorneys for Smith, a former mem
ber of MarshalFs band and we'll
known here, expect to throw bomb
shell into the prosecution when the
case comes to trial.
The defense will make an attempt
to show that the criminal charges
made against Smith are false ard will
put witnesses in the chair to testify
that the girl, becoming infatuated
with the musician, made the COM
plaint to Fred Robertson, United
States district attorney, to keep the
defendant from leaving her. Testi-
mony to the effect that when Smith
went to Kansas City, prior to the
complaint, Miss Maffe followed him,
will be offered. Smiths attorneys
will also try to prove that later when
Smith left for Iowa, the girl made the
complaint to compel him to return.
Smith, a former member of Mar
shalPS band and an expert stenog-
rapher, was indicted by a grand jury
last winter on a charge of taking Hat
tie Maffe from Topeka to Kansas City
for immoral purposes. Since the
April term of court began Smith has
been a frequent visitor to the court
room and is generally surrounded by
a number of friends, who put no faith
in the criminal charges. Attorneys
for the defense say they are ready for
trial.
The girls condition is reported to
be critical and should death intervene,
federal officials will undoubtedly be
compelled to release Smith from the
charges.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-14
Gain A FOOTHOLD
The japanese Have Taken Pos
session of Turtle Bay
On the West Coast of Lower
California.

Los Angeles, April 14.-Three jap
anese warships, under command of
Admiral Nakayama, with six colliers
and supply ships, manned altogether
by about 1000 men, were recently in
Turtle bay, Lower California, stand
ing. by the stranded Japanese cruiser
Asama, according to staff CORE
spondent of the Los Angeles Times
who has just returned from a trip
of investigation. Turtle Bay is 400
miles south of San Diego, Calf, and
is said to be the best harbor north of
Magdalena bay, the west coast rem
devious of the United States navy.
No effort is being made to float
the ASama, which the correspondent
says is lying in soft mud at the en-
trance to the harbor. This is explained,
he said, by Japanese officers who de-
clared they were awaiting the arrival
of a great crane ship. Meanwhile,
the correspondent asserted Turtle
Bay has been mined by the japanese.
ammunition has been landed and a
large camp established ashore. Prep
arations also are made, he added. to
land guns from the Asama.
The mines were laid in the harbor,
the correspondent said ne was told, as
tack by German naval vessels. The
warships guarding the Asama were
the Chitose, IdZUmo and Toi1ioba.
When the correspondent sought to
get close to these vessels and to visit
the Asama, he said he was arrested
and told by Lieutenant Tomasada, of
the IdzumO. that it was dangerous to
cruise about the bay, and also that
visiting was discouraged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-14
Mr.. NELSON'S FUNERAL
1t Will Be Held Friday Afternoon at
the Home.

Kansas City. April 14.-The funeral
of Mr.. Nelson will be held at Oak Hall
Friday afternoon ct 2:30 o'clock.
Bishop Cameron Mann of the Protest.
ant Episcopal church. bishop of Flor
ida. an old and intimate friend of Mr..
Nelson, will officiate. Bishop Mann
was reached by telegram at Key
West. He will arrive Friday morning.
The burial will be at Mount Washing
ton cemetery.
While no formal statement in re-
gard to the future management of the
Kansas City Star has been made. it
is announced that 'as far as is hu-
manly possible the Star will be con-
Quoted in accordance with the aims
and ideas of Mr.. Nelson" it's late
owner.
The value of the Nelson estate is
estimated at from $S,000,000 to $10,-
10000 The Star property is placed
at S4,0O0,000. Besides this he owned
so. houses. and a valuable farm.
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A FUNERAL DID IT
Roosevelt and Taft Shake
Hands at Last.
Came Together at Services
Over Dead Friend.

New Haven, Conn. April 14.-For
the first time since they came to the
parting of the ways, Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt and Professor William H.
Taft, former presidents of the United
States, met Tuesday and shook hands
at the funeral services of their mu-
tuaI friend, Professor Thomas R.
Lounsbury of Yale.
The services were held in the
Bateele chapel, and the Taft r ROOSEVELT
meeting came in a little anteroom off
the chapel. Colonel Roosevelt and
Brander Mathews came up from New
York with President Hadley. The
three were met at the station by Pro-
fessor Max Farsand of the history de-
partment and went to the chapel. AS
they entered Professor Taft stepped
forward and said:
How do you do, Theodore
He extended his hand, which Colo
mel Roosevelt shook, and the two
asked after each others families.
But former Governor Simon E.
Baldwin, with whom Colonel Roose-
welt had had a set-to in the 1910 con-
gress campaign, gave a very frigid
greeting.
The colonel and the professor occu-
pied different pews in the chapel and
rode in different carriages to the
grave.
The service in the chapel was con-
Quoted by Anson Phelps Stokes and
was very simple
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-14
BIG I'm BAD" CLUB
Twenty Members Join Fred
RObertsOn's Aggregation.
Grand Jury Returns Score of
- ss---z1ndietafcntssz4-sss.o-

Twenty alleged federal law violators
Joined the Fred Robertson "in bad
club today when the federal grand
jury reported indictments in twenty
cases which they have been invesigat-
ing in the last three days. The jury
was reorganized and went back to
work. Four new members were sworn
in -..
The number of indictments today is
the largest that has been returned in
one report for a number of months.
]. P. Cuddy, a druggist of Lincoln,
Kan, was indicted on charge of
sending obscene letters through the
mails. Cuddy was arrested last Feb
ruary at Lincoln following two years
investigation of the case by J. F.
Elston postoffice Inspector.
The case began more than two years
ago when complaint that more than
a hundred letters of an obscene ma
ture had been written about Miss Bes-
sic Abbott, now the wife of a Lin
coin physician. Postoffice inspectors
searched for two years. Last Feb
ruary Elston, passing Cuddy's drug
store, noticed d peculiar letter similar
to enc of the characters in the letters,
in sign on the window. Cuddy's ar
rest followed. Federal authorities
claim they have in their possession a
signed confession from Cuddy. The
druggist is under bond.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-14
over The Line.
Russians Have Advanced Ten
Miles Into Hungary.
Further Action Awaits Result
at USZOk Pass.

Petrograd, April 1.-THE Russian
right wing in the Carpathians has ad-
vanced ten miles into Hungary and is
now in position to strike at the rail
road leading south from the Lupkow
pass, according to dispatches to the
war office today.
The Slav advance in this region has
again been halted pending the out
come of the fierce struggle for the
Uszok pass. To the north, the Ger
mans are pressing nearer the Rus
sian positions in Poland, particularly
in the region north of the Vistula.
Fighting is going on north of Buko-
wilma. At nearly every sector of the
500 mile battle front the opposing
armies are again in clash.
Eight miles to the east of this Rus
sian army is the important railway
leading through Mezo Lahore, into the
heart of Hungary By an eight mile
advance from the Hungarian plain the
Slavs could seize the railway and force
the Austrian army of General Borie-
vietch to retire eastward in the direc-
ton of UsZok
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-14
Riggs National Bank Incident
Stirs Up Big Stink.
May Prove the UndOing of the
Democratic Party.
BIG FINANCIERS INVOLVED
Peace Between Government and
Big Business Now Impossible.
Both Sides Fight for Public
Opinion Verdict.
(BY b. C. Forbes.)


New York, April 1.-THE first gun
in the presidential campaign has been
fired, perhaps unwittingly. That is
the verdict Of influential circles
The shot, of course, is that aimed
by the powerful interests behind the
Riggs National bank of Washington
at Messrs. McAdoo and Williams
President Wilson's friends in charge
of the federal treasury
1t is shot that is likely to rever-
berate through American political and
financial history.
Nothing quite like it has ever oc-
CURED in the past. Tuesdays develop
ments were full of piquancy.
Comptroller John Shelton Williams
declared on Monday that the depart
ment of justice engaged the services
of Louis ID. Brandeis of Boston some
weeks ago as special counsel in the
case.'
Attorney General Gregory emphat-
ically denied this Tuesday. The de-
partment of justice, he declared, had
not been considering any proceedings
against the Riggs bank and had not
retained Mr.. Brandeis as special coun-
sci. Mr. Brandeis appeared on the
scene Tuesday.
Mystifies Them.
This mystified the financial COM
munity, even though experience has
demonstrated that official statements
from high members of the present
administration cannot always be
cepted literally. 1t was recalled, for
example, that Secretary McAdoo once
accused New York bankers of wilfulIy
depressing the market value of gov
ernment bonds and later failed signal
ly to prove the serious ,charge-or to
retract it when he learned the facts.
1t was recalled, also, that Postmas-
ter General Burleson recently accused
the railroads of '1ooting'' the United
States government, charge which the
railroads Immediately called upon him
to prove-but called in vain.
The. language used by Comptroller
Williams on several occasions was
also recalled and the expressions
used by him in the Riggs controversy
were called-well, such as are not be-
coming a gentleman occupying
high an official position under the
United States government.
Mr.. Williamss expression that the
Riggs bank had had the 'temerity" to
lay it's case before a court of justice
evoked caustic comment.
"Why does not Mr.. williams throw
the Riggs bank officers into prison for
leSe majeSte?" asked one banker
THE idea of an American citizen
seeking justice in a court of justice
must be abhOrrent to the clique sur
rounding Mr. Wilson and his son-in-
law"
Reconciliation Impossible.
All possibility of reconciliation be-
tween the present administration and
responsible business men is now be-
heved to have vanished, thus nullify-
ing the repeated recent efforts of
Washington to win over men of large
affairs the "doers of the country's
work" as one of President Wilson's
GContinued on Page Four1
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HAD A CLOSE CALL
Passengers and Crew of the
Steamer Monarch
Barely Escape Going Down
With the Vessel.

San Francisco, April 14.-Sinking
rapidly while men, women and chill
dren passengers fought for life pre-
servers, the excursion steamer Mon
arch early today raced toward shore
in San Pablo bay. The S. passen-
gers and the crew had barely been
landed safely over improvised gang
ways after the ship went ashore than
she slipped back into deep water and
sank out of sight.
The Monarch was discovered leak
ing badly while steaming through the
dangerous Carquinese strait. The cap
tain at once made for shore and pas
sengers We're ordered to don life belts
and get ready to take to the boats on
an instants notice, if necessary. While
part of the crew manned the pumps
IN vain attempt to stem the inrush-
ing waters. the others fought with the
passengers to prevent them from
jumping overheard and to quiet the
lndescrlbable panic. Fortunately the
distance to shore was not too great
The passengers were from Sacramento
bound for San Francisco
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-14
FOR WASHBURN'S GOOD.

A remarkable amount of genuine
enthusiasm is being shown in the
WaShburn college endowment
campaign which will start Thurs
day. Following are some COM
stitution:
George Godfrey Moore: In my
judgment this is something to
which every loyal citizen should
respond. We sure will put it over!
Frank Curry: Washburn college
is an institution of which Topeka
may well be proud. 1t no doubt
returns to Topeka citizens every
dollar they contribute.
Frank whitney: Washburn is
one of Topeka's main assets. To-
peka is rich in having such excel
lent educational facilities and
doesn't have to send her children
away from home for higher educa-
ton.
Senator James Troutman: No
investment brings greater financial
returns WaShburn college is do
ing excellent work but the pro-
posed half million dollar endow-
ment fund will assure the per-
manency of the institution.
E. A. Thrill field marshal: The
field marshaIs are having no diff
ficulty in procuring willing work.
ers i'm the campaign.. We are re-
ceiving encouragement on all sides.
DIR. w. S. Lindsay: The readi-
ness with which men have agreed
to assist in this campaign who
ordinarily hesitate when it comes
to work of this nature indicates
that there has been more interest
created than in any previous enter
prise.
place in Kansas today where an
investment of one dollar will bring
larger returns than in Washburn
college. When the people of To-
peka realize this fact there will be
no question about raising 100000.
e. w. Rankin, field marshal: I
do not wish to discourage those
who are interested in bringing fac
tories here for they are a good
thing for Topeka, but L believe that
WaShburn in a material way is
worth more than any factory that
could be established here.
A. A. GOdard: The people are
lining up behind this proposition
better than 1 have ever seen them
line up in Topeka. They appreciate
what a great institution Washburn
iS for. rTODeka The students work
and do not dissipate downtown as
Is the case IN many colleges of the
country. ~
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JUST LIKE MAY.
Ideal Brand of Weather Presented by
Sunny Flora Today.

An ideal brand of May weather pre-
vailed today although it will be some
time before May arrives. The mini
mum temperature of so degrees was
above normal for this date, and due
to q brisk southerly wind the mercury
rose rapidly today.
The weekly forecast issued for the
first time in many months indicates
that mild weather will continue until
April II or Is when showers and
cooler weather will be in order The
showers are expected to be followed
by fair skies.
The daily forecast indicates that
fair weather will prevail tonight and
that conditions will become more or
less unsettled in the western portion
of the state Thursday.
Elirted With Heat Record.
The weather needle flirted with the
1915 heat record this afternoon. The
temperature at 2 O'Clock was rs de-
grees and the mercury was still rising.
The United States weather bureau
offices in all parts of the country will
be closed Thursday by order of Presi-
dent Wilson. Thursday will be the
fiftieth anniversary of the death of
Abraham Lincoln.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-14
BIG RACES BEGIN
National and American Leagues
Open Season Today.
Thousands of Fans Turn Out TO
See Openers.

New York, April 14.-For baseball
fans throughout the country this was
the most memorable day of the year,
the day for which they had waited
six long months. the day of the open
ing of the big league season.
The Washington weather bureau
promised fair weather to greet the
thousands who were to gather in
baseball parks in the east and the
west to welcome old favorites and
new faces on the diamond.
All the disputes and legal tangle-
ments of the winter were temporarily
thrown into the discard SO far as the
spectator was concerned at the signal
to play ball. In accord with ancient
customs the great game was to receive
official - endorsement by President
Wilson Washington in tossing the
first ball upon the diamond, while
Mayor Mitchell in New York and 9TH
officials in various cities performed d
similar functions.
President Tener of the National
League, planned to attend the open
ing game of the New York and Brook
lyn clubs at the Polo grounds here.
The leagues president was in an op-
timistic mood.
Tener's Statement.
ct feel that this race will be the
closest we have ever fought" he said.
Our strength is well matched. Bos-
.etl
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BACK TO GALLUSES, MEN!

Rochester. Mimi, April 14.-Ap
pendicitis has increased from 800
to 400 per cent because of the in
creased use of belts instead of sus-
penders, according to DIR. w. j.
Mayo, world famous surgeon, who
has been called to wait on the roy
atty of Europe. Minneapolis sur
geons, however, differed from this
statement. alleging that the in
crease of appendicitis cannot be
attributed to any cause and that
the only possible specific cause of
appendicitis could be a heavy blow
in the region of the vermiform APP
pendix. A kick from a horse
would demonstrate this, they say.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-14
WaShburn Half Million Dollar
Campaign Tomorrow.
Four Hundred Workers Ready
to Advance on Topeka.
MIGHT AS WELL SURRENDER!
No Use Risking an Engage
ment With Blue Warriors.
Enthusiasm Meeting at Audi
tOrium Tonight.

The army of Washburn college half
million dollar endowment compaign
workers-400 strong-will hold an en-
thusiasm meeting at the auditorium
this evening beginning a $50 o'clock
on the eve of battle" In ten work
ing days the four divisions under Field
Marshals E. H. Crosby, E. w. Rankin
E. A. Thrill and Mrs. A Marburg, re-
spectively, expect to raise 100000 of
the half million dollars required. The
last 100000 will be contributed by
the Rockefeller Foundation.
All workers are asked to be on hand
for dinner this evening promptly at
the appointed time. Forty-one tables
Will be arranged on the main floor of
the auditorium. There will be a spe-
cial table for the members of the ex-
ecutive committee, speakers and re-
porters on the platform.
Short Enthusiasm Talks.
Following the dinner talks will be
made by Robert Stone, chairman of
the executive committee; Dean d. L.
rContlnued fage 'cwo.l
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Little Is Transpiring in the
Arena of War.
BOmbardment of DardanelleS
on a Small Scale.
THE RUSSIANS ARE CHECKED
According to an Announcement
of the AustrianS.
USzOk Is the Key to the Car
pathian Situation.

London April 14.-After prolong-
ed lulI in the operation at the Darda-
nelles fighting has been resumed on
small scale. An official report from
Constantinople says the batteries at
the entrance to the straits were bonn
barded yesterday and that cruiser ana
destroyer were struck by the TURKISH
fire
Messages from Vienna to Rome
quote an Austrian official as saying
that a state of siege probably Will be
proclaimed in Austria, on account OF
popular unrest occasiOned by the ad-
vance of the Russians through the
Carpathians. 1t is reported also that
Emperor Francis Joseph has decided
to make the territorial concessions
will take up arms for Austria and
Germany. This report however, is
not generally credited in Rome.
The Austrian announcement that
the Russians have been checked in
the Carpathians is disputed at Petro-
grad, where it is said that further
advances have been made Uszok
pass is the key to the
the strong forces of Austrians and
Germans massed in this district the
Russians have been unable to force
their way through. The last Russian
official report, however, announced
the capture of three villages and 2,700
prisoners in the fighting near the pass.
The British parliament meets today
for consideration of some of the i'm
portant collateral issues presented by
the war. 1t is expected that the Ii
quor problem will be discussed and
the government may announce it's de-
ciSion in favor of a measure to enforce
temperance or prohibition. An an
nouncement also is expected concern
ing the governments plan for utiliz-
ing the nations resources for the
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MADE IN AMERICA
That Is the Mark Borne by
Many Shells
Which the Germans Are Firing
at the British.
(By William G.. Shepherd, Copyrighted
141h. hX the limited Press

(By William q. Shepherd, Copyrighted
1915. by the United Press.)
Headquarters of the British Army.
Northern France. April 1.-THE
Germans are firing shells marked
Made in America" against the Brit
ish. They have been doing SO ever
since the American military attaches
were withdrawn from Germany.
1t is understood generally that the
American attaches were withdrawn
because the Germans were repeatedly
calling to their attention the fact that
Russia was using American shells. The
situation, therefore, became so en-
barrassing to the attaches with the
German army that they found il nec-
essary to leave.
Almost as soon as the alta ches de-
parted from Germany, British officers
began to note that the Germans were
using shells apparently of American
manufacture. These bore the marks
especially large collection of these
shells at British headqua rters to sub
stantiate the belief that the Germans
possess considerable number of
these supposed American shells
Whether the Germans are using them
so as to intimate to the English that
their navy is not preventing the ship
ment of ammunition from the United
States to Germany or whether the in
tention is to create criticism of the
United States in England are ques-
tions yet to be solved
There is doubt that the shipment
of ammunition from the United
States to Germany ended almost
soon as the war started, owing to the
activity of the English navy. The
shells which the Germans are now
using. therefore, either were sold to
Germany before the war or were not
made in the United States at all. or
have been falsely labeled
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FROG IN HIS STOMACH.

Goshen, Ind. April 14.-Johnnie
Wolf is approaching the age of 20
months ana is sound and happy.
He didn't have a frog in his throat;
it was in his stomach. The young
ster began losing weight despite
hearty appetite, and mother had
visions of tape worm. The boys
stomach was photographed via
&-ray, and a big lump was seem
Doctors operated and brought out
half pound milk fed frog in the
best of health. Mrs. Harry Wolf
believes Johnnie swallowed a tad
pole when they visited Mrs. Robert
Gregory, mis- grandmother, in SYRIA
cuse. They drank hydrant water
there.