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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11
Four British BattIeships Steam
ing Up and Down
Firing at ManaZieh at Range
of Several Miles.
BIG KRUPPS SPLASH WATER
With a Rain of PrOiectiles in
Reply.
No Firing Heard at Smyrna for
"a Hours.

London. March 11.-Under order to
silence her batteries at any cost, four
British battleships are pumping shells
at the Turkish fortress Manazieh at
the entrance to the Dardanelles mar
rows, according to late dispatches
from Athens today
The bombarding battleships are
steaming slowly up and down the
strait, firing at Manazieh at range
of several miles. The forts big Krupp
guns are splashing the water with
rain of projectiles, while Fort Kilid
Bahr, near the water edge. interrupts
the duel with an occasional salvo from
her guns.
Kilid Bahr, guarding the narrows
entrance on the European side, has
been badly damaged. No gunfire has
come from. Chanak, on the Adriatic
side, opposite Kilid Bahr, for several
days If the allied fleet succeeds in
demolishing the Krupp positions on
Manazieh, it will move into closer
range and complete the destruction
of Kilid Bahr.
The Athens dispatches agree today
that the Queen Elizabeth and her sup
porting warships are meeting the
sternest kind of opposition from
Manazieh.
Twenty-four modern Krupp guns
forts batteries high in the hills over
looking Kilid Bahr. Germans Off
GERS are believed to be directing the
artillery fire.
British and French aViators acting
as range finders have suffered several
serious mishaps, it was reported here
today. Treacherous air currents
sweep over the strait and make the
work of accommodating doubly dam
gerous.
The airmen have been able to per-
form scarcely. any service in the she'll
ing of the Turkish forts at. the en-
trance to the5narrowS. From the ra-
vine separatifa zkilid -Rahr and Cha
max an afr blast sweeps 1tpward with
a rush as if from chimney. After n
series of near-tra gedies, flight COM
manders ordered a cessation of opera
tions over the narrows entrance. The
effectiveness of the warships attempt
ing to reduce Fort Manazieh have
therefore been increa Sed.
No firing has been heard from the di-
rection of Smyrna for twenty-four hours,
according to dispatches from the island of
Tenedos. 1t was rumored at Athens that
Rear Admiral Peirce,- commanding the
British squadron, has consented to a cessa-
ton of hosti1ities to give noncombatants
opportunity to leave Smyrna.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11
DEEDS OF BRAVERY.

Paris, March 11.-Sonle of the
Individual deeds of heroism that
marked the recent fighting are de-
scribed in the official report.
In front of a village the Germans
had constructed a blockhouse and
entertainments, and before the at
tack was delivered a perilous re-
connaissa nee was necessary. A pri-
Vate soldier named Madec was or
dered by his captain to take a pa
troll for this purpose. II want no
body else he replied, and rushed
forward by himself.
Madec attacked the blockhouse
single-handed, rushing into il with
a scornful cry of Hi, there, you
Boches!" and set about the enemy
with his rifle-using the butt and
the bayOnet with equal effect-in
such a manner that before he was
wounded his comrades had come up
and the blockhouse was taken.
Another hero of the action was
Corporal Coat, who fell wounded
when within a hundred yards of
the enemy's lines. 1t was impossible
for him to move out of danger, yet
Coat had no mind to be killed. He
took from his knapsack his mess
tin and spoon, and with these i'm
plements succeeded in digging him
self a shelterN behind in which he
remained under fire, for two days
and a night before being removed
to the rear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11
MOVE UP A POINT
The British Aided by French
Capture Neuye ChappelIe.
The Position Is of Great
Strategic Importance.

London, March 11.-Under cover of
the fire of heavy French artillery
British troops havxs captured Neupe
ChappelIe. three and ene-half miles
north of La BaSsee.
This success, including the taking
of 1000 prisoners and several machine
guns, makes it the most considera BILE
advance reported from the north of
France for several months and if
made in force, the advance is stra-
logically of great importance as the
position commands the road between
La Bassee and Lille. Furthermore
it makes the German hold on
La Bassee insecure, and gives a base
for operations for the strengthening of
the allied lines in front of Lille.
This advance was unexpected be-
cause lately the principal activity re-
ported from the British front has been
in the direction of the other end of
the line near Ypres. The British now
are within two miles of the further
most point gained last October by
General Sir Horace L. Smith-Dorrien,
who, with one army corps, in an effort
to gain Fournes, on the road between
La BaSSee and Lille, forced his way
as far as Abuers. two miles to the
northeast of Neuve Chappelle, but
after desperate fighting against tre-
mendous odds was forced to retire.
News dispatches from Berlin report
the failure of the Russian attempt to
break through the German lines at
Augustowo, while the battle of Ostro
lenka continues. According to this
information, which is from official
sources, the fighting to the northwest
and west of Przasnysz is developing
favorably for the Germans.
The British admiralty continues si-
lent concerning the operations in the
Dardanelles but reports given out in
France set forth that armored ships
have penetrated the narrOws of the
straits.
1t is not considered likely. how
ever. that the attack will b = pressed
until land forces occupy both sides of
the straits. That such land forces are
almost ready for this task is indicated
by the report that a great French
transport fleet has been sighted off
Malta
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11

Captain King was born at Salem.
Ohio, May IL, 1912. He served four
years in the Union army during the
Civil war. He came to Topeka May
10, 1869 with Major A. w. Edwards
to become "a partner with F. p. Baker
in publishing the State Record. He
was postmaster four years. He re
tired from the Record February Is,
1871. He was one of the incorpora-
tors of the Kansas Magazine. Prior
to coming to Topeka he edited a news
paper in Quincy, Ill. He joined the
staff of the st. Louis G1obe-Democrat
in 1883. In 1897 he became manag-
ing editor which position he held until
just a few weeks ago.
Although Captain King has been
away from Kansas more than thirty
years. he always considered himself a
Kansan and he always maintained an
especially warm spot in his heart for
Kansas newspaper men. The state
ment has been made that no newspa-
per reporter, claiming to come from
Topeka, was ever turned down in
making application for a position on
the Globe-DemOcrat while he was
manager. He was always able to find
a place on the pay roll for a Topeka
scribe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11

ship William P. Frye by the German
auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Fried
rich.
Discussion of the affair in official
quarters was taken to foreshadow a
strong protest to Germany against
the sinking of the American vessel.
The contention of the German COM
mander that because the American
ship had contraband of war aboard
her destruction was Justified, has
been set up as a plea in other cases,
but never has been recognized by the
United States.
The fact that the Prinz Eitel Fried
rich was commanded by A German
naval officer, under commission from
that no lives were lost, when the Frye
was sunk, transferred the case from
the realm of criminal proceedings un-
der the federal statutes on a possible
IContinued on Page Two.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11
WOULD EQUALIzE RATES
Official Said Only Partial Increase Is
Asked by Railroads.

Chicago, March 11.-Frank p Ely
man, assistant traffic manager of the
Chicago & Northwestern testified at
the interstate commerce commission
hearing of the Western railroad rate
case today that although the roads
were transporting grain and grain
products for inadequate profits, only
a partial increase was asked.
AS showing that the western rail-
ways were asking for increased
freight rates on only a small part of
their business and not for a general
increase as in the eastern rate case
the witness said the Chicago & North
western railway would receive in
creases on less than IL per cent of
its grain traffic business. The in
crease asked for is L cent hundred
pounds in the territory between the
Missouri and Mississippi rivers and
Chicago. His road last year carried
a total of 6,14s,0OO tons. he said. and
of this amount the increases would
apply on 66S,000 tons Yet the in
creases, if granted, would yield the
road 100000 more revenue yearly
and would tend to equaIize the west
ern with the eastern rates, he as
serted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11
Two Prolonged Sessions Fail to
Settle Appropriations.
New COnferees Fail to Come to
an Early Agreement.
WIDE Difference REMAINS
They May Get Together on
Maintenance Items.
1t Is Believed House VIII Force
a Special Session.

After two prolonged sessions, house
and senate conferees on appropriation
bills were this afternoon unable to
report sufficient progress to Indicate
a breaking of the deadlock. None of
the building items has as yet been
considered and no definite agreement
has been reached as to the difference
in maintenance appropriations for the
state institutions
While the conferees declared that
they were working in harmony and
some of them still held out hope for
a settlement of the differences, the
basis of settlement was invariably in
their favor Neither house nor sem
ate conferees have shown keen de-
sire to yield ground as to building
items. 1t is probable that an agree
ment may be reached today concern
ing the $162,0O0 difference on MAIN
tenance But that will still leave a
margin of more than a million and
half dollars between the two houses.
In event the present conference
committee fails to agree, a new COM
mittee may be appointed. Failing TO
appoint a new committee, the legisla-
ture may adjourn and go home, leaV-
ing to Governor Capper the response
bility of calling a special session. On
the other hand the senate may con-
tinue to sit on the adjournment reso-
luton and continue the deadlock.
agreement on buildings, the governor
has within his power the veto of such
items as he may believe excessive or
unreasonable.
Report Progress.
The COnferees spent several hoe7-S
in 4 general digcuSsinr 2 7pprops&Sshs
tfons Wednesday night This morning
the items were against considered and
the members from the house and SEN
ate devoted their attention to main
tenance without an agreement. Both
house and senate cOnfereeS reported
progress-but no certainty of agree
ment.
Close observers have abandoned
hope of an early agreement and the
impression is growing that the house
will force a special session. The gov
ernOrs ultimatum mot to yield an
inch and the subsequent action of
Speaker Stone in appointing none but
ways and means committee members
as conferees and heading the commit
tee with Chairman Keene, has wiped
out hope of early settlement of diff
ferences. Regardless of this situation,
Stone expects the senate to yield.
Il still have hopes that we will get
together" said the speaker L be-
1ieve the senate will yield
Asked if the house would compro-
mise on an even division of the pres
TContfnGed Page Two.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11
CAPTAIN HENRY KING
DYING IN ST. LOUIS
Veteran Newspaper Editor Succumbs
to Age and Hard Work.
Topeka Relatives Are Summoned to
His Bedside by Wire.
CAME TO TOPEKA IN 1869
Was for Years Connected With the
Press in This City.
Has Been Managing Editor of the
Globe Democrat Since 1897.

Captain Henry King. veteran mana
ger of the st. Louis Globe-Democrat,
and an early day newspaper publisher
of Topeka, is critically i'll at his home
in st. Louis. His brother, James L.
King, state librarian, living at 504
Topeka avenue, received a telegram
yesterday, calling him to the bedside
of his brother. Mr.. and Mrs. King
left mediately. as the message in
formed them that it seemed neces-
sary to make haste if they wished to
see Captain King alive. A statement
from his physician is that he has no
organic ailment, but is simply worn
out from oVerwork and advancing
age
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11
WILSON IN CHARGE.
President to Devote Time to German
Situation.

Washington, March 11.-President
Wilson today cancelled all engage
ments for the next three weeks in
order to assume personal charge of
the international situation. He will
receive no political callers of any sort
and will only see officials who are in
touch with the various problems that
affect Americas s foreign policy.
The sinking of the American sailing
vessel William Frye by the German
situation and the president believes
the time has come when it is neces-
sary for him to personally be on the
bridge of the ship of state.
There is no fear in any branch of
the governmen that the sinking of
the Frye will be followed by any war
like measures on the part of the
United States. But the president in
tends to insist on the rights of the
United States being respected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11
GERMANS TO GET UP EARLY.

London, March 1.-THE Stand
ard has a dispatch from Copen-
hagen saying that from April 1 the
hands of every clock in Germany
will be advanced one hour. 1t is
estimated that one hour of earlier
rising during the six summer
months will amount to a saving in
the consumption of petroleum
equivale t to the value of $1,000
600. The real reason for this new
regulation. of course. is the fact
that petroleum stock is decreasing
at a rate calculated to alarm the
authorities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11
D THAW is CALLEDKILLS LABOR BILL
State Society Must Get Along
With AppOintive Officer.
kinkeI and TrOutman Put Pret-
ty Fight, but Lost.

The senate this morning struck out
the enacting clause of the KinkeI bill
to put the office of state labor com
missioner back into the hands of the
State Society of Labor and Industry,
measure intended to repeal the action
of the 1913 Legislature which took that
office from the hands of the labor or
ganizations and made it appOintive by
the governor.
That the labor commissioner bill
had little chance of success in the up
per house where the present law was
approved only two years ago, was
very evident from the first and today
it was made a football between the
two sides of the house Troutman of
Shawnee took up cudgels for the
ganized 1aborers and was promptly
hoist by his own petard in the matter
of the appointment of insurance su-
perintendent, provided for in his own
bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11
]. W. F. HUGHES, EX MAYOR
AND POLICE CHIEF, IS IN RACE
New Mayoralty Candidate Announced
for Topeka City Primary.
Four Strong Men Now Out for EXecu-
tive Office at City Hall.
IN CITY COUNCIL 10 YEARS
Colonel Hughes Has Been in Local
Politics Many Times.
House, Lannan, BlakeIy and Hughes
Now in Lineup.

Col. J. w. r. Hughes announced to-
day that he will be a candidate for
nomination for mayor at the city pri-
mary election to be held March %.
The entrance of Colonel Hughes in
the race makes four definitely de-
clared candidates, c. G. BlakeIy. Jay
E. House, J. ]. Lannan and j. w. f.
Hughes, with J. 3. Billiard still un-
decided.
Il consider it a laudable ambition
for any man to be mayor of his own
home town." said Colonel Hughes in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11
THE OLD STORY --GLOOM
Melting of Snow misunderstanding
Into the Ground.

There is little new in weather Same
old stOry-gloom! And the forecast
calls for partly cloudy weather with
little change in temperature.
This morning there was less than
an inch of snow on the ground. The
melting has been so gradual that the
water has soaked into the ground
The Kaw river is at it's lowest stage
this months 5 feet
The temperature today was the
highest since March ,, but at that the
average was five degrees below nor
NAL for March II. At two o'clock the
wind was three miles an hour from
the mort h
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11
Rate Increase Held Up.

Washington. March 11.-Proposed
increased rates on live stock, dressed
beef and packing house products in
carloads from Chicago to the Missis-
sippi river crossings and other points
in the middle west to eastern seaboard
and interior points, including Buffalo.
Erie and Pittsburg, were suspended
today by the interstate commerce
commission pending investigation of
their reasonableness-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11

making his announcement, land L
wish to have that ambition gratified. -
Colonel Hughes at one time served
as mayor nine months. He was a
candidate two years ago, and after
being defeated, showed his broad
mindedness by accepting the position
of chief of police, in which capacity
he served efficiently five months.
He has lived in Topeka thirty
years. He was a member of the city
council ten wears
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11
CAN'T 'CUSS' YOURSELF
Bill in Illinois LEGISLATURE Making Use
of Vocabulary Unlawful.

Springfield, Ill. March 11.-If a
bill introduced by Senator Jewell is
enacted, a man may --cuss' himself
out of all the way from s3 to SIS, ac-
cording to the forcefulnesS OF his vo-
cabulary. 1t provides fines for the
use of profanity in any public place
or in any private place where it is
distasteful to anyone present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11
ELEPHANTS FOR ARMY
Germans Will Use Hagenback Ami
mails for Work in Heavy Hauling.

London. March IA Copenhag gen
dispatch to the Daily Mail says Ger
many has modified the elephants in
Hagenback's s mena gerie and has sent
them to Nalenciennes for work in
heavy hauling.
DIR. koenig, the Austrian explorer,
is using for. war services fifty-Seven
dogs which were presented by Green
land authorities to the Kitchener
Antarctic expedition
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11

Madison, Wis. March 11-DeIe-
gates from colleges throughout the
United States were here to attend the
national conference on extension edu-
cation, which began last night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11
Nobody Seems to Know What
Can Be Done About 1t.
circumstances Such as to Pre-
clude a Charge of Piracy.
GIVEN NOTICE To LEAVE
PrinZ EiteI Friedrich Told to
Get Out in "a Hours.
Nobody Expects She Will Pay
Any Attention to Order.

Washington. March 11.-President
Wilson announced today that a
searching inquiry will be made into
the sinking of the American sailing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11
Cubs Defeat AthIetics Again.

Tampa, Fla. March 1.-THE Chi
cago Nationals again defeated tho
Philadelphia Athletics to 3. here
Wednesday. in the second game of the
exhibition series.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-11

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday
not much change in temperature.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-05-21
friday mlay y 1915

druggist and have it in the house
against colds, sore and swollen joints,
Lumbago, Sciatica and like ailments.
Your money back if not satisfied, but
it does give almost instant relief.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-05-21
SUGGESTIONS FOR FLOWING.
Depth Depends Upon Season OF the
Year and Kind of Soil.

Depth Depends Upon Season OF the
Year and Kind of Soil.
The depth at which land should be
plowed depends much upon the season
of the year, the kind of soil and the
phvsical condition of the subsoil. Fail
blowing, except for fall sown grain,
should invariably be deeper than spring
blowing, as there is more time for 1t to
become sufficiently settled and COM
pacted. Whenever land Is plowed quite
deeply and the climatic conditions do
not thoroughly settle the burrows 1t
should be thoroughly worked before II
Is planted.
Heavy soils need to be plowed deeper
than the lighter types of soils. Such
soils usually have quite compact sub
soils, and they are benefited by being
brought to the surface. 1t is also
benefit to heavy soils to bury the vege-
table matter at good depth, as this
will assist in keeping the subsoil from
| becoming too compact
Lighter soils are very much the op-
posite Their subsoils are usually not
too compact, and it is better to have
the vegetable matter mixed with the
surface soil Deep blowing of such
soils has a tendency to make them too
loose, and care should be taken to thor
oughly compact them before they are
planted to crops.
Flowing land continuously at the
same depth every time has tendency
to form a hard. compact layer in the
subsoil at that depth. This is an I'M
desirable condition and can usually be
avoided by varying the depth slightly
from year to year. New land when
first brought under the pillow should
not be plowed too deeply. While 1t
may be desirable to ultimately have
furrow six or seven inches in depth, 1t
should be brought about gradually by
blowing a half inch or so deeper every
year.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-05-21
THE COMMON GROW.

also have been matters of record for
many years. In recent times, however,
scientific study of these problems, in
Guiding the examination of the stom-
achs of hundreds of crows secured
in every month of the year and under
variety of conditions, has enabled US
to render a much fairer verdict than
was formerly possible.
The crow is practically omnivorous.
During spring and early summer any
form of insect life seems to make a
desirable item In its diet, and in winter
when hard pressed nothing in the ami
NAL or vegetable kingdoms which con-
tains morsel of nutriment Is over
looked
The insect food of the crow, which
comprises about fifth Of its yearly
sustenance, does much to atone for its
misdemeanors. Grasshoppers, May
beetles and their larvae (white grubs),
caterpillars, weevils and wireworms
stand out prominently. In LOB stom-
achs examined these highly injurious
forms comprised over 80 per cent of
the insect food. Grasshoppers are natu-
rally taken in greatest abundance late
in the season. September being the
month of largest consumption. when
they form about a fifth of the total
food. May beetles and white grubs
are eaten in every month except Janu-
airy, but occur most prominently in
May. In June caterpillars are favor
lite food, and weevils Of various kinds
are taken in varying quantities
throughout summer and fall. About
half of the remaining 20 per cent of
insect food is composed of beneficial
ground beetles, ladybirds, predaceous
bugs and parasitic wasps, and related
forms, the rest consisting of neutral
or Injurious forms. Numerous in
stances are on record where fields
badly infested with white grubs or
grasshoppers have been favorite resorts
of crows, whose voracity has resulted
In material suppression of the pest.
When the amount of food required to
sustain the individual crow Is con-
sidered, the work of these birds ap-
pears all the more important Single
stomachs containing upward of fifty
grasshoppers are not uncommon. Thus
in it's choice of insect food the crow Is
rendering an important service to the
farmer.
In the other animal food of the
crow are several items of the utmost
economic Importance. Spiders are taken
in considerable numbers in May and
June, but the yearly total is little
over / per cent of the food. In early
spring crawfish are eagerly sought, and
other aquatic food as fish and mollusks
lend variety to the crows bill OF fare
the year around. In the consumption
of toads, salamanders, frogs and some
snakes. which together compose little
over per cent of the yearly food. the
crow is doubtless doing harm. Small
rodents occurred in the stomachs col
lectcd nenrly every month. but 1t Is
often difficult to determine whether
small mammals found in birds stom-
achs were taken alive or found dead.