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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-23
BIsOOkLlN WOMAN GETS
DIVORCE IN TEXA1FOuRT
BY the Associata(press.

Houston, Texas, Aan. 23.-Mrs.
Susan LuekenbaIF the wife of a
millionaire bro<lyn ship owner, was
today given absolute divorce on
the groun1of cruelty and non-sup-
port Ikcharges of cruelty includ-
ed the Harge that LucEenb4ch would
not |rmit his wife to use his auto
mobile.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-23
STEAMSHIP DAGIl REMAINS
IN PORT A[ CALVES On
REPORT CAPT. ArDDNALD MIR
I'D NOT 10 An UNTIL
Ordered.

Galveston, -, Jan. 2&,-The
steamship pacis would sail this aft
ernoon, her Rents announced, bu,
up to lato4lour she had not got
ten away u is reported that hel
owners wirsd Captain Mcdonald rot
to sail unfit further orders. A heavy
wind accompanied by rain also tend
cd to Aeep the steamer IN port but
pilots stated obey could take het
cut
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-23
AUSTRIAN Premier Resigns.
10y th{ Associated Presa

Rome, in est is reported
here that " Austrian premier, Count
stuergkh jhas resigned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
FOR OLD wASHBURN!

The complimentary remarks that
have been made about Washburn
college have helped TO no small de-
gree towards winning friends for
the institution and making the
State journal sunfIOwer grow.
Here are some of the good things
said:
DIR. T.. j. Ernest: Great stuff
this! Great for Washburn: greater
for Topeka. 1t has been very in
teresting to watch the passing of
some of our leading citizens
through the various stages of
pep development. A few of these
i had picked for dead ones have
become real live wires.
Carl Linge, captain Team No. 20:
The Washburn students are show
ing their loyalty to the college in
this campaign. They are ready to
continue i'm the fight to the end
''Washburn never quits"
John n. Maynard, captain Team
No. II: The members of this team
made up their minds last Friday
to have 500 each to report by Sat
urday noon or bust No one bust
ed! The fellows have been work
ing overtime. 1t has been a good
experience for the Washburn col
Iege to participate i'm this cam
paign. 1t has given confidence to
the workers, and has made many
friends for Washburn college.
l.. NJ PenweIl: This campaign
for 100000 is strictly a Topeka
proposition and Topeka must win.
While the campaign moved less
rapidly than was expected by some
of the campaigners it must be con-
fessed that the undertaking is a
big one and requires time, but fail
ure is impossible; Topeka never
falls down on a proposition of this
kind.
Ed Hindman: Washburn col
Iege has helped make Topeka fa-
nous in educational circles ever
since the town was a village.
have quite fond memories of my
days i'm Washburn college, only
that was when they called it Lin
coin college and ii was located at
the corner of Tenth and jackson
streets.
DIR. ID. VI. Fisk: We are going to
make it. all right.
Mrs. f. A. Peterson: am heart
lily in sympathy with this move
ment. a good college should have
a large endowment.
DIR. Elvenore Ernest: We are
going to get the 100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
JOHN BUNNY IS DEAD.
F'avoTite of Movie Fans SuccImbS to
Complication of Diseases.

New York, April 26.-Jol1n Bunny,
whose antics as a moving picture
comedian have made millions laugh,
died at his home in Brooklyn today.
He had been ill for about three weeks
of a complication of diseases.
Members of his family were with
him when he died. For a week he
had apparently been on the mend
A strenuous month of work, it is be-
lieved, caused the breakdown which
resulted in his death.
John Bunny was So years old. For
twenty-nine years he had been before
the footlights before he entered the
moving picture field four years ago.
During his career as an actor, he had
leading roles with many old time stars,
among them being Annie Russell. He
had achieved country wide popularity
as an actor before he achieved his
greatest success on the screen.
Mr.. Bunny was born in New York
City of English parents, was educated
in the Brooklyn public schools and
was a clerk in general store until he
went on the stage at the age of 10.
In the moving picture world he was
regarded for a time as the countrys S
leading comedian. He was said to
have received more than the president
of the United States in salary and
royalties. The amount of his COM
pensation was never divulged to the
public He will be buried in Brooklyn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
Confidential Correspondence
From Files of Former Senator
Read to the Jury in the Barnes
Libel Suit.
ROOSEVELT BACK ON STAND
He Enters Upon the Fifth Day
of His Examination.
The Hearing Probably Will
Continue All This Week.

Syracuse, April ga series of
confidential letters, taken from the
files kept by the late Thomas C. Platt,
while he was representing the state
of New York in the United States
senate, were today read to the jury
trying William Barnes's suit for libel
against Theodore Roosevelt in the su
preme court. Some of the letters
were signed by Senator Platt while
others were signed by Colonel Roose-
welt In nearly all of them the writ
ers discussed candidates for office in
the state government and in reply to
a question by Mr.. BarneS'S counsel,
slightest hesitation that he consulted
freely with Senator Platt about af-
fairs at Albany, knowing and realiZ-
ing at all times that he was the boss
of the Republican party in this state.
One of the letters read during the
forenoon contained a postscript which
read
''All right, I'll change the whole
board of tax assessors
The letters were brought to SYRIA
cuse by the former senator's son, and
turned over to counsel for Mr.. Barnes.
Although the colonel could not say
whether he had ever made it known
to the public that he was comforting
with Mr. Platt over appointments he
denied emphatically that such confer
ences constituted invisible govern
ment.'
MY actions" the witness asserted,
were as visible as they be-
Fifth Day on the Stand.
Today was the colonePs fifth day on
the stand. The cross-eXamination was
continued by William WINS, chief
counsel for Barnes. 1t was believed
Roosevelts testimony would not be
concluded before 2 o'clock.
AS the second week of the trial re-
opened after a two day recess both
sides girded themselves for the most
CONTINUED on Page Fourl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
NEED A BIC ARMY
Allies Realize Tt Would Be Use
less to Force Dardanelles
Unless the Fleet Were Backed
Up by Land Force.

Lo..don. April 26.-Too great expec-
tations were raised by the preliminary
operations of the allied fleet in the
Psrda' Alles. accord ing to a represen-
tative of British newspapers, who is
officially accredited to the expedition.
1.-The British navy is convinced" the
correspondent says. that the narrows
could be forced if occasion justified
the loss of ships that would result but
unless there were a powerful army
ready to occupy the GalliopoH penin-
sula, the moment the fleet passed into
the Sea of Marmora, the Turks and
Germans Immediately would close the
straits behind it so the warShipS would
find it difficult to fight their way out
again.
Nothing amazed the British and
French gunners more than the resist
ing power of the old forts around the
Dardanelles. For example, those at
Seddul Bahr and Kun Kale were sub
jected to a devastating bombardment
in February, yet when landing parties
examined them they found the mater
ial damage done was comparatively
small. Although they were mere
shambles, many guns were still intact
and one 9-inch piece actually was
found loaded"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
FLEET To CANADA
Germans Reported En- Route
Across the Atlantic.
Belief That They'll BOmbard
the Important Cities.

Portland, Oregon, April 26.-Head-
ed for the Atlantic coast of Canada is
a German squadron bent on lombard
ing important cities and Notifications
there, according to letter received
today by Captain Carl Brauch, master
of the German bark Dalbek, interned
here since July %, from a friend who
is a deck officer of the German navy.
Eight days before the German
fleet bombarded Scarborough, Hartle-
pool and other ports 1 received a letter
from the same friend telling me that
the German fleet would strike for the
British coast and I though that state
ment was laughable," said Captain
Brauch. ''Since it came to pass 1 am
convinced that the move of the squad
ron to the Canadian coast may not be
a myth"
The letter has been on the way since
March "a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
Old Time ''Never Quit Football
Spirit Shown Today.
Two More Days Added to the
Topeka Campaign.
MARCH To BASEBALL GAME
Students Will Provide Demon.
stratiOn Tomorrow.
Sons and Daughters of Ichabod
in Battle Array.
AN APPEAL TO ALL TOPEKA
Will You Allow Washburn to
Drop in Rank?
It's Up to the Men With Money
to Say: "Never!"

The Washburn college campaign for
100000 or more of the half million
dollar fund will close Wednesday
night at the Auditorium with a great
big rally. This was decided at the
most enthusiastic noon hour meeting
of the entire campaign held today in
the Masonic hall. The fund was ad-
vanced to $122,020. which leave $780,
600 yet to be raised.
Tuesday afternoon the Army of the
Blue will join the baseball procession
the Washburn contingent. This
will not only give the Washburn cam
paign some good advertising but will
give Topeka's basketball team a boost.
II want to repeat that it can be
DONE said Frederick Courtenay in
a stirring address in the interests of
the campaign and Washburn college.
''It will be DONE" broke in Robert
Stone, chairman.
Does Washburn ever quit?" asked
Director Barber No" was the an
Barber: rs Washburn going to
quit? 2"
Students: No"
Barber: "Are we going to raise the
100000. or an Apology"
Everybody: The 100000"
Barber: I'll be the most aston
ished person between the oceans il
Washburn doesn't get $2O0,000. 1t
would be the first time in the whole
record of Topeka that the city had
fallen down on what she undertook
to do.
Mr. Heintz, the pickle king, said
that he looked with disfavor upon the
man who waits for postmortem gen.
erosity.
Lets have the 100000 or bust by
midnight Wednesday,"
Turn 'Em Loose.
Director Barber then announced
that from now on the bars will be
down; the Army of the Blue will be
turned loose-the cards will be dis
regarded.
The amount reported at noon today
lacked 500 of making an even $122,-
900. Twelve persons gave $40 each
more than making up the required
amount. They were: w. w. Webb,
DR.. f. e. Vest, H. H. Welty, c. E. Ell
lott, w. w. Whitney. Dean d. l.. Nc
Eachron, DIR. e. S. Pettyjohn, friend,
w. j. Rickenbacher, A. w. Green
wood, and Mr.. Wood.
Prof. E. d. Schonberger offered to
be one of $50 men to give 500 be-
CONTINUED on Page Four.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
RAILROAD IS BACK
IN COURT AGAIN
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient
Is in Trouble.
Petition Is Filed Asking for Ap-
pOintment of Receivers.
AMOUNT INVOLVED is $1,000
Plaintiff Is Dissatisfied With
Work of Reorganization.
Mismanagement Was Charged
i'm Former Suit.

Another chapter was added to the
troubles of the Kansas City, Mexico
and Orient railroad today when petit
ton for receiverShip and an account
ing of the corporations affairs was
filed in the United States district court
Mo-, against the United States and
Mexican Trust company of Alabama,
trustee of the railroad through a deed
of trust or mortgage in the trust COM
panys hands for bond securities.
The petition states that the railroad,
the three corporations of Kansas, Tex
as and Mexico, issued fifty-year four
per cent gold bonds in 1901, with the
trust company as trustee. The plain
the suit is $4,000. The petition states
that the amount of bonds issued ag-
gregated S24,53S, 200.
Similar suits against the railroad
are cited in the petition. The Orient
was in the hands of the receivers for
several years but Il year ago the re
ceivership was discontinued and the
Management. Whether or not the
road is making money is an open
question in railroad circles. Volker
asks for an accounting and receiver
ship of the railroad.
Volker is a bondholder of the COM
pany. He does not like the way the
work of the reorganization committee
time it was take out of the hands of
the receivers, is carrying on the work
of reorganizing the road. He charged
in similar suit which was filed about
a month ago, miSmanagement and
under the terms of
the sale made with the beginning of
the roads reorganization about a year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
TAKE YOUR CHOICE
SuuabbIe Over Kansas Day at
San Francisco.
Ex-Governor Hodges Slated
June 1, Capper July 10.

The other states of the Union
haven't anything on Kansas!
No, sir, not on your sweet 1tfei
BY choice, accident or downright
po1iticS-no one seems to know
there have been two Kansas Days
set for the worlds fair at Sar Fran
cisco, June 1 and July 19-
Take your pick.
June /, the original kansas Day."
was set sometime ago by the Kansas
Panama-Pacific exposition commits
sion. That isn't all. George H. Hodges,
then governor, was asked to deliver
the main addreSS-and he accepted
His acceptance is still on record.
Last week GoverOnr Capper, togeth-
er with Lieutenant Governor Morgan,
TConrinued Page Two.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
HEARD 80 MILES
Roar of German 3O-Inch Gun
Reverberates Over Belgium.
Farms and Villages Burning
Along a 2O-Mile Front.
(By William G.. Shepherd. Copyright,
1915, by United Press.)

(By William G.. Shepherd. Copyright
1915, by United Press.)
Headquarters of the British Over
seas Army, Northern France, April
26.-The Germans are now lombard
ing Ypres with 17-inch guns. The
roar of these great pieces of artillery,
latest product of the Krupp factories,
can be heard 80 miles. German in
cendiary shells have fired all the Bel
gian farms and villages along a front
of 20 miles. Tonight the sky is illu-
minated with the glare from the blaz-
ing homes and barns.
The high northerly winds which for
three days have been blowing from
the German lines across the Anglo
French-Belgian trenches, carrying be-
fore them the stupefying gases, have
now died down. There is complete
calm tonight and the temper of the
allied troops over what they claim the
most fragrant breach of the rules of
civilized warfare by the Germans is
most bitter. From the highest officer
down to the last joined private the
most bitter invective is being used
against the Germans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
GROUND is YELLOW
Nexious Gases OF German
Bombs Dangerous.
KaiSer'S Soldiers Enter Battle
With NOstrils Plugged.

(By William G.. Shepherd. Copyright.
1915, by United Press-)
Headquarters of the British Over
seas Army, Northern France, Sunday,
April 25.-""The further they come the
harder they will get whipped"
The above phrase, the sharp COM
ment of Field Marshal Sir John
French, commander in chief of the
British forces. when apprised that the
Germans had hacked their way
through to the User canal, is today the
slogan of the entire British army. 1t
expresses the supreme confidence of
the entire forces, regular and volun-
teer, and is being followed up by an
onslaught all along the line to try and
recover the lost ground, with a fierce
ness that never was equaled in any pre-
vious war. The fighting continues
with the utmost intensity and the re-
Inducements are being thrown into
the battle line at every point where
reports of airmen indicate the Ger
mans have maSsed for a renewed as
Sault.
A quantity of the Germans poison
Gus gases showered over the allied line
was so powerful that the ground for
a wide area has turned a deep yell
low which viewed from distance
seems as though it were covered with
(Conuinued Page Two.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
HE SHOT HIMSELF
HI. G.. Beede, 81 Years Old, At
tempted Suicide.
TOpekan Despondent Over Ill
Health, Is Report.

Despondent over ill health, H. G.
Beede, "a years old, attempted to kill
himself at o'clock this morning in
the bath room of his home, 1922 Kan
sas avenue. He inflicted a severe
wound in his head, using pistol.
Beede's wife and daughter, hearing
the shot fired, rushed into the room
and found him lying on the floor.
Neighbors came to their assistance
and he was taken to Stormont hos
pital.
Mr.. Beede has lived in Topeka for
more than so years. He was a COM
mission merchant up to a few years
ago when he retired from business on
account of illness. He is well known
here.
At 8 o'clock this afternoon. Beede
was lying in the hospital with a re-
mote chance of living. He was un-
conscious. According to DR.. L. H.
Mum, who attended to his injuries.
the bullet entered his right temple
and came out above his ear. I'VE
hold out very little hope for his re-
covery," DR.. Mum said late this after
noon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
RAIN IN KANSAS.
Showers to Two Inches Over State
Last Night.

Rain was general in Kansas Sun
day night and early this morning,
ranging from light showers in the eX-
treme west to nearly two inches at
Iola Emooria and other points. There
were heavy showers late Saturday in
western Kansas and other sections of
the state.
The precipitation at Topeka was
1.2S inches The first measurable
rain came at 9:O2 o'clock Sunday
night and ended at 1 o'clock this
morning. This was the biggest twen-
ty-foJ.r hour rain experienced in To-
peka since September z, and was the
heaviest rain on record for this date
This makes 2.21 inches of rain
since last Thursday night, and brings
the total precipitation for the month
up to 2.7O inches. Normal for April
is 2.72 inches: The Kaw river has
risen but two inches since the first
rain came Thursday night, showing
that the moisture was needed.
The forecast calls for unsettled but
generally fair weather tonight and
Tuesday. This indicates that there
may be a scattered shower here and
there in the state. The sky was clear
in the western half of the state at z
o'clock this morning, and cleared in
the east later in the morning. The
temperature is above normal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
FLOOD AT FORT WORTH
Police Are Getting Residents Out of
the LOwIandS.

Fort Worth, Texas, April 26.-Wa-
ter is pouring two feet deep over Fort
Worth's new million dollar dam It is
also spreading out over Trinity park
and police are getting residents out of
the lowIands. The 1evees are safe so
far but the authorities are taking no
chances.
1t is believed the dam which i'm
pounds a reservoir for ten miles back
is safe Engineers who are here from
ST. Louis estimate that it will stand
many times its present pressure.
Launches are being used today to res
cue a number of camping parties ma
rooned on islands in the reservoir.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
CURE BY HYPNOTISM.

London, April 26.-Hypnotism is
being tried with some good results
In the treatment of soldiers who
have broken down under the shock
and strain of the battlefield The
patient is seated in a chair and is
brought under hypnosis in the or
dinary way. He is told to clear his
mind of all other thoughts and to
concentrate on the single subject
Of his cure. If, as often happens,
his vision is affected by shell
shock he is told quietly and firmly
that the defect has been cured and
that he can once again see clearly.
In some cases a single sitting is
enough, in others, the treatment is
repeated many times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
On the Banks of the User
Canal in Belgium.
GERMANS DESPERATE EFFORT
To Break Through Allied Lines
to Channel Ports.
Bloody Fight for Possession OF
Carpathians Continues.

London. April 26.-What some
military critics are inclined to pro-
nounce the greatest battle of the
war is now under way on the User
canal Official reports are both mea-
ger and contradictory. but it is be-
Heved in London that the Germans are
making desperate efforts to break
through to the French channel ports
Some such recrudescence of the Ger
man offensive has been anticipated by
the war experts, but this movement,
foresta1lfng the long predicted allied
offensive, comes with distinctive
shock to the general public.
1t is impossible as yet to get clear
idea of the extent of the German
movements, but some dispatches to
London papers describe it SO inn
DOrtant that the Germans are even
credited with bringing Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg from the east to con-
duct the operations and Emperor Will
liam himself is reported as proceeding
to the User front.
In the eastern arena of hoStilities
the Carpathians compete with the User
for interest. The gateway into Hun
gary formed by the Uzsok pass again
is becoming the scene of sanguinary
fighting with neither side making any
great gains. Warsaw as a German
objective is dimmed by the importance
of keeping the Russians out of Hun
gary and the Germans are reported as
withdrawing their lines from in front
of the Polish capital for new concen-
tration along the fronts of Cracow
and in the Carpathians.
The Fairway between England and
Holland is still being kept clear of
commercial shipping, with the result
that the steamer N00r79 - ring the
wo ep . confer
~- Some
of appeal
.4-r~2sr-
@-r4,fons in the North sea are stii1
a deem Mystery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
ONE MAN AGAINST ALL TOPEKA

The WaShburn campaign, now
nearing its close, is proving sue
cess in one way beyond the utmost
hopes of it's projectors. 1t has not
yet reached it's gOal,-$2OO,O 900,
but it has reached-aS no college
campaign in the history of the city
has ever dOne-the loyalty of the
average man. The $4,000 al
ready pledger represents moderate
wealth, moderate business, and that
only. This Sacrifiical gift to WASH
burn is the finest possible tribute to
the high esteem felt towards her To-
cal college. For note this surprising
fact: of the whole amount prom
iScd, Mr.. It. b. Sweets $4,000 still
remains the largest individual gift
This $4,000 has been most truly a
popular" cOntributiOn.-by the
common people, by the fairly we'll
tO-dO, as differentiated from capi-
talized wealth. What the score or
more of men in Topeka whose
yearly incomes run from 100000
to $5O,O0O will yet be pleased to do
remains to be seen.
But Washburn's greatest living
donor. and his splendid recent gift
was well matched by Chairman
Robert Stone against all this COM
paign has as yet brought forth. 1t
was simple justice that Mr.. Stone
snatched the one OppOrtune mo-
ment when that benefactor was alb
sent from the rally-tables to call
TOpeka'S attention to a gift, already
(and all the timc) at work, to
which our city may not be fully
awake. Who is the man who is
daily helping to pay more college
bills than any other living support
er? We all know how Ichabod
Washburn stepped into deathleSS
history by his gift of S25,OOO to
what was then Lincoln College,"
We may know that the (still un-
named) New England donor of the
Observatory has already given con-
siderably over 100000 to the col
lego, and is yearly adding 1000
more for current expenses. Our
own hOnored citizen. Jonathan
Thomas, gave near $4,000 i'm the
Memorial Gymnasium, and left an
other $4,000 by his will. But it
has remained for the sagacity of a
modest Topeka citizen, who never
posed as a man of large wealth, to
initiate venture whose entire in
come should forever go towards the
whose present income to Washburn
(not to speak of its larger prospec-
tive returns) is now equal to "a cap
itaiiZatiOn of more than all of To-
pcka's present campaign gifts add
ed together, viz, $173.0OO, at 3 per
cent. That thoughtful donor is
Trustee Albe Whiting, and the gift
is three-fourths income from
Mount Hope cemetery, the other
fourth going to our local Christian
associations. We thank Mr.. Stone
for reminding us all as possible
g1verS of this new motive for gener-
osity: this new example i'm our
midst. Who is the next great bene-
factor of Washburn?