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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
President Stands Firm in Sec
Ond Note to Vienna.
Friendly Relations in Balance
in AncOna Tragedy.
ISSUE UP TO FRANZ JOSEF
Friendship Hinges WhOIeIy on
EmperOr's Reply.
Dual Monarchy Asked to Make
Immediate Answer.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-Presi-
dent Wilson began work today
on the second note to Austria on
the sinking of the Ancona.
Friendly relations between
the United States and Austria, it
was said authoritatively, are
nearing the breaking point and
their continuance viii depend
entirely upon the reply Austria
will be asked to make imme-
diately to the note being framed
today.
Plain Words to Austria.
While the word "ultimatum" was
not used by officials in discussing the
note, 1t was indicated that the reply
will state clearly the alternative which
will follow, II Austria's reply is un-
satisfactory.
The gravity of the situation will not.
however, cause President Wilson to
postpone his departure tonight for the
south on his wedding tour.
Secretary Lansing sent to the White
House early in the day q memoran-
dunn outlining his Views as to what
the second American note should con-
tain. The president Immediately be-
gan work on drafting the note and
will confer with Secretary Lansing Ia
ter.
The note will go to Vienna within
the next few days.
Close study of Austria's reply to the
American demands that there should
be disavowal of the act of the sub
marine commander in sinking the An
coma, his punishment, reparation for
American lives lost, and assurances that
the incident would not be repeated,
did not reduce the gravity with which
officials viewed the situation.
President Wilson, while on his we'd
ding tour, will keep in constant touch
with the White House, and, IL neceS-
sary, Secretary Lansing will go to see
him to discuss the situation.
U. S. Witness Attacked
Baron Zwiedinek, charge of the
Austro-Hungarian embassy, conferred
with Count Bernstorff the German
ambassador, today, and soon after
ward had a conference with Secretary
Lansing.
The charge was understood to have
received more instructions from his
government.
The veracity of at least one of the
Americans saved from the Ancona
who made an affidavit, is being at
tackled.
Secretary Lansing's memorandum
sent to the president contains excerpts
from affidavits. and that was taken to
indicate that the new note to Austria
Will give some of the facts, requested
by Vienna 1t was said. however, that
there would be no lengthy discussion
of details.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
Bills Before Congress to Open
Nations Resources.
Lane Appeals for West and
for Conservation.
DEMOCRACY FOUND ADEQUATE
Z. S. Only Country That Stands
on Own Legs.
Pride! Yes, Says Lane; and
There's Reason To Be Proud.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-Internal de-
velopment is not to be stopped by
Wilson's defense program
Secretary Lane says so.
Mr.. Lane, through bills now before
congress, proposes to open all the re-
sources of the continent.
Secretary Lane made public today
his annual report. He said
In presenting outline of the years
work / make bold to express the hope that
other policies of tnfs government may
be allowed to stay the internal develop
ment of this country. There is fear
how general do not know-that this gov
ernment will halt in carrying out its full
and needed program of legislation affect
ing home affairs because of the immediate
need for strengthening our national de-
fenses. This apprehension arises. l am
confident, out of no lack of sympathy with
the plan to increase the army and navy,
but out of a feeling that the government
in both executive and Legislative branches
will be immersed. in matters military
and naval to overlook these matters of
less dramatic and perhaps less immediate
concern.
National Pride in Development.
Any such course would, am sure. offend
the most deep-seated instinct of peo-
pie, for in the devel ment of this con-
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BABY BREAKSDATE
UntimeIy Entrance Into Game
Balks Cupid's Play.
VIII Hard Feeling Towards
Him Affect His After Lifel

Breaking a date and spelling an
evening for a young couple. brand
/ new Topeka baby nearly caused seri-
Gus complications recently
A man from Kansas City made a
date with a young nurse at a local
hospital for a knee-action and music
show. Arriving on the 7 O'Clock train
he went to a hotel and spent three
quarters of an hour in a hair raising
scene-brushing up.
At the hospital he poked the button
vigorously and asked a snowy uni
formed night nurse with burnt umber
curls for his date" She returned in
a minutes and said timidly, I'm sorry
but there's a young gentleman here to
see her. and-and-"
Good night" snapped the man
from Kansas City as he rushed out in
the night emitting a whole hearted
curse. "Stung fou rfour bones"
On the second floor two doors to
the left the young nurse looked at her
wrist watch. wiped her eyes and tuck
ed up stray curl when the doctor
wasn't looking. There was no chance
to explain or send message to her
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Prominent Business Man De-
fendant in Big Suit.
C.. f.. Hulett Would EnjOin Va
I;dity OF $4,000 Stock.
NEVER PAID FOR 1T, HE CLAIMS
Petition Declares Mills Wrote
Out Stock Himself.
Asserts Dealer InsOlvent When
Certificates Were Issued.

Alleging that w. w. Mills wrong
fully and fraudulently, president
of the Mills Dry Goods company. is
sued to himself $50 Ito shares of
stock in the company and without
paying anything therefor. suit for in
junction was filed in the Shawnee dis
trict court this morning by c. E. HUI
lett, a shareholder of the Mills Dry
Goods company. against w. w. Mills.
David Bowie. Thomas Page, A. D.
Kendall George ]. Crosman, w. L.
Trump and l.. G.. Thorpe. directors of
the Mills Dry Goods company. Hulett
prays that the board of directors be
nioined from recognizing the stock
The petition was filed for Hulet by
Schoch and Rankin. a local law firm
According to Hulett's allegations the
shares aof stock at the time at which
they were alleged to have been issued
were worth 500 each.
Value at S5S,OOO.
According to the allegations in the
suit the value of the shares at the
time issued was S5S,000. Hulett
claims that the $50 40 shares were
a par value of 800 each. According
to the suit, trouble between the plain
tiff and defendants had been brewing
for some time.
Mr.. Mills is one or the pioneer dry
goods merchants of Topeka. Some
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WHERE'S RETREAT
Nobody Knows Where Honey.
moon VIII Be Spent.
Q. S. 5. MayflOwer to Figure
Prominently in Trip.

Washington, Dec 1S.-The U. S. S.
Mayflower, after all. is to figure prom
inently in the honeymoon of President
Wilson and the future first lady of the
land, Mrs. Norman Gait. Just how
and where, not even the officers of
the presidents yacht know. but they
expect to take the couple from here to
Baltimore and then pick them up
again at a southern port.
1t suffices to say this information
comes from an authoritative source
From another quarter it is pointed out
the president cannot dispense with the
secret service guard unless he spends
the greater part of the time aboard
ship.
Details Mystery.
The itinerary of this wedding jour
ney, like other details of the nuptials,
(COutfnu,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
AUTO ROAD PLANNED
Commercial Club Is Asked to Join in
Marking One from Fort
Scott to Topeka.

A new automobile road from Fort
Scott to Topeka is the latest proposal
to be presented before the Topeka
Commercial club. S. s. Irwin and ].
Frank Swonger, of Kincaid, Kansas,
president and vice president of the
Fort Scott-Topeka Trail association,
have written a letter to Secretary J.
Will Kelley, of the Topeka club, ask
ing that the matter be brought to the
attention of the members of the local
organization.
1t is planned first to mark the best
road from Fort Scott to Topeka and
later to have this trail macadamized.
The expense of the marking will be
borne by the commercial organizations
at the terminals and of the towns
through which the road passes
The matter will be taken up by the
Commercial club in the near future
The headquarters of the trail associa-
ton are at Kincafd, Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
CUPID RUNS STATE
Wilson Third President To Be
Married in Office.
Tyler Wed in New York, Cleve-
land in White House.

Washington. Dec. IS. = Woodrow
Wilson is the third president to be
married during his term of office.
President Tyler was the first and
President Cleveland was the other. Mr..
Tyler, like Mr.. Wilson, was left a
widower during his term. Two years
later, in 1914, in New York City, he
was married to Miss Julia Gardiner
who thereafter presided at the White
House functions during the last year
of her husbands term of office.
Grover Cleveland's marriage to Miss
Frances Folsom took place in the Blue
Room of the executive mansion. It
was comparatively private affair, for
the invited guests included only the
cabinet members. their wives and a
few friends and relatives of the couple
President Wilson'S wedding is the
third in his family since he took Of
flee. The first White House wedding
of his term was that of his second
daughter, Jessie Woodrow Wilson, to
Francis Bowes Sayre, and the other
was that OF his youngest daughter.
Eleanor. to Secretary McAdOo. The
president now has two grandchildren,
IContfnued on Page Fourl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
FAIR AND COLD SUNDAY
Tonight Is Expected To Be the Cold
est of the Winter With a Tenn
perature of Is Degrees.

Saturday dawned an April morning
withal a chilly one; Sunday will be a
beautiful sunshiny day but a good deal
chillier than today according to the
wheather observer. Tonight will be d
starlit evening and it is expected that
the mercury will fall to 5 degrees,
making the night the coldest of this
winter. Last night the lowest tenn
perature reached was % degrees.
There will be no storms of any de-
scription in the Missouri valley but a
shippers warning has been sent out to
protect 36hOur shipments going
north and west as the thermometer
will probably register from IL to Is
degrees; east and south shipments
must undergo from . to 20 degrees
The p mark last night was l de-
gree above the average for this time
of year. The highest temperature re-
corded for today was 81 degrees in
1889 and the lowest was l degree
above in 1901.
A wind from the west is blowing at
the rate of 2 miles an hour and will
probably shift to the north tonight
The Kaw river is stationery at 61 feet
The wind blew at the rate of "a
miles an hour from the west today
The mercury went higher than at any
time since Monday. Following are
hourly temperature readings for to-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
Bank Clerk
GoUe Bomb
Information

New York, Dec. 1S.-Detectives fol-
lowing the trail of plotters seeking to
destroy ships bearing ammunition to
the allies today arrested Frederick
Schleindl. a clerk in the National City
bank. whom they charge with larceny
of documents, cablegrams and mes
sages which it is alleged he turned
over to Representatives of the German
government.
These documents, the detectives say,
gave information as to which ships
bore ammunition across the seas.
Schleindl also is alleged to have given
information to the German repre-
Sentatives as to what firms were
manufacturing war supplies in this
country and also the amounts of
money placed in certain banks to the
credit OF the allies. Schleindl was
taken to police headquarters for fur
ther examination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
CALLS IT ROTTEN
Mayor of Chicago Flags His
Police Department.
Says He Wouldn't Be Surprised
if Men Plan Murder.

Chicago, Dec. 1s.-Roused by a re-
cent wave of crime, which has result
ed in murders and numerous rob
berries nightly. Mayor Thompson to-
day charged the Chicago police de-
partment with shielding criminals.
grating and contributing to the origin
of crime.
Il know the police department is
absolutely rotten" the mayor said.
'It is com bined with grafters. 1
know criminals. holdup men. murder
ers and pIckpockets known to the po-
lice are walking the streets every day
and are not arrested l would not be
surprised to learn that in the depart
ment are men who have planned muir
der
Mayor Thompson said he would
start Immediately a wholesale clean
ing up of the police department and
rid it OF crooks, even though it costs
me my life
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Guests in Washington; Mrs.
GaIt's Home Fragrant Bower.
President Has Early Morning
Visit With Bride.
HEAVY GUARD FOR MAGISTRATE
Protective Measures lncluue
Diversion of All Traffic.
Chief Executive Works, Though
NuptiaIs Pale State Affairs.

washington, Dec. 1S.-Everything is
ready today for the wedding OF Presl-
dent Wilson and Mrs. Edith Bolilhs
Gait. Guests have arrived, and dec
orations IN Mrs. Galt's home. in when
tho ceremony will be performed to-
niabt have been completed Mrs
Galt-s home is said to be a fragrant
bower.
Members of the presidents family
attended at noon the christening oL
Ellen Wilson McAdoo. daughter o.
secretary and Mrs. McAdoo. ana the
presidents only granGdauShtei- ,,.o
The christening was IN me I;
room of the White House Inc pres
dent was godfather and Mrs fancIS
r Sayre. the baby's aunt ana MISS
Helen Woodrow Bones, cousin OF 1Ae
president, were godmothers-
The Rev. Boiand Cotton smith, rec
tor of st Johns Protestant EplScopdA
church here. christened the bt-by, WHO
was born last May.
The presidents other grandchlld'
the son of Mr.. and Mrs Sayre' was
chriStened at Williamstown, Mass ne
Dresident acted as his godfather, too
NIr. Wilson Visits Bride.
The president made an early morn
ing cali today on Mrs Gait AItsI
brief visit he went to his bank. WheIe
he sDent half an hour looking through
his safe dePnsit box ana SolhF "Ne
some account - 80.
one room at MIS- tHstlt = AAChAAN -
bee1 reserved for wedding presents
Many gifts have been received from
et~aDpcrs in spite of the efforts of the
president and Mrs. Gait to discourage
giving of presents from those outside
the circle of friends and relatives.
Gifts continued to arrive at the
White. House today. one was S1nall
bale of cotton sent by Texas ad-
mirer of the president
The president planned to devote the
afternoon today to work and cleaning
mn much official business before de-
parting on his honeymoon trip.
He will dine with members OF MS
l1,-.r,rir,1,ah - pa ,yea Two J
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
WAR NEWS BOILED DOWN
FOR THE RUSHED READER

A call to the colors of four
classes of recruits who enlisted
under the Earl of Derbys plan
to solve Great Britain'S recruit
ing problem is taken by the Brit
ish public to mean that the plan
has been a success and there will
be no conscriptiOn for the present
at least.
The Bulgarian army which is
resting on the Serbo- Greek from
tier, is estimated to number 1OO.-
900. Some correspondents there
believe the BulgaTians' halt is only
temporary and that they will CO.
operate with Austro German
forces in a movement on Saloniki,
which the entente allies are for
ufying rapidly. Premier Rado-
slavOff of Bulgaric> IS quoted by a
German correspondent as declar-.
ing that Bulgaria would fight on
Greek territory only with the
guarantee to Greece that the Bull
soil after accomplishing the task
of driving the entente allies out
of Saloniki.
A dispatch from Berne ad-
vances the belief of a military
writer there that a Teutonic move
against SalOniki Will be institut-
ed IL the central powers do not
secure from Greece guarantees
that the allies will be confined to
their Saloniki camp.
Work on the preparation of a
second note to Austria Hungary
on the Ancona case was begun by
President Wilson in Washington
today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
NO BED FOR FORD
Christiania Hotels Turn DOwI
Peace Ship Party.
Norwegian Clergy to Offer Pray
er When Oscar III Arrives.

Christiania, Norway, Dec. 18.-(Via
London) )-Efforts to make arrange
ments here for the reception of the
Ford peace party, on it's way here on
the steamer Oscar II, have failed. The
hotels are crowded for the Christmas
holidays and will not agree to reserve
16S beds from day to Qay, while await
ing the arrival of the travellers.
The ChriStiania branch of the
Clergymen's Peace association is con-
sidering plans to hold prayer meet
ing for peace when tbs party arrives
Captain James Totten, American
military attache at Copenhagen, is on
the way to Christiansand, the first
port at which the Oscar II will touch.
He denies his trip is connected with
the Ford party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
new WARRANT OUT

A new warrant for H. A. Forsberg.
alleged to have been connected with
the state hospital scandal, was issued
from the county attorneys office this
morning with Alberta HadIey as COM
planning witness. Sheriff Kiene re-
turned from Lincoln, Neb., this morn
ing with Forsberg in custody. He was
arrested on warrant wherein lima
Grant, another colored girl. was the
complaining witness.
Forsberg was an attendant at the
hospital. The warrant this morning
was issued in order that the county
attorneys forces might be more GER
tain of a conviction in the case. Fors-
berg this morning refused TO make any
statement as to his case. The war
offense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
AUSTRIA DECLARES WILSON
EVEN IF RIGHT, is WRONG

Washington, Dec. 1S.-The
official text of Austria's reply
to the American note on the
Ancona, made public here to-
day, reveals that the Vienna
government denies that the
views presented by the Unit
ed States, even if correct,
warrant the blame for the
disaster being placed upon the
commander of the submarine.
The reply denies also that
the blame can be placed upon
the Austro- Hungarian gov
ernment, even if "a most rig
orous legal construction were
applied to the judgment of the
case" -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
AUSTRIA'S OWN WORDS

Washington, Dec. 18.-The full tex
# Austria's reply to the America
tote on the sinking of the italian line
Ancona, as made pubic today by tn
tate department, follows:
American Embassy, Vienna, Dec.
Is. 1915.
Secretary of State, Washington:
Following note received from
minister for foreign affairs noon
today:
In reply to the much esteemed
note No. 4167 which His Excel
lency, Mr.. Frederic Penfield, am
bassador extraordinary and plen-
ipotentiary of the United States OF
America, directed to him in the
name of the American govern
ment under date of the ninth,
instant, in the matter of the sink
ing of the italian steamer Ancona.
the undersigned, preliminary to
a thorough, meritorIous treatment
of the demand, has the honor to
observe that the sharpness with
which the government OF the
United States considers it neces-
sary to blame the commanding
officer of the submarine con-
cerned in the affair and the firm
ness in which the demands ad-
dressed to the imperial and royal
government appear to be ex-
pressed, might welI have warrant
ed the expectation that the gov
ernment of the United States
should precisely specify the actual
circumstances of the affair upon
which it bases its case.
AS ii is not difficult to perceive,
the presentation of the facts in
the case in the aforesaid note
leaves room for many doubts,
ICOnfiunad on Pare TwO1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
TROOPS THROUGH U. S,
Carranza Soldiers in Secret CaInpaign
to Crush Out Villa OPP
position.

Ell Paso, Dec 1S.-Reports of plans
for transporting Carranza troops Sc
cretly through the United States to
points adjacent to this city to be used
in -he proposed campaign for crushing
Villa opposition in northern Mexico
have stirred apprehension in Juarez
and IN the Mexican colony here.
General Ochoa in command of the
garrison, ordered all soldiers under
rank of major TO be in their quarters
at 10 o'clock this morning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
HIGH LIGHTS IN EUR0PE'S
WAR ONE YEAR AGO TODAY

Germany admitted an allies ad-
vance in Flanders nd France.
Italian Premier SaIandra declared
the war would bring IAN enlarged
tally i'm 1915.
British losses of Officers and
-scn up To Ecccmber 1 were Sc
900. the same number Kitchener
irst sent to France.
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MT. ETNA ACTIVE AGAIN
Red Hot Lava MeltS Snow as II
Streams Down Mountain Side.
Producing Wonderful Effect.

Catania. Dec. 1S.-Mount Etna is
considerably active again and is emit
ting red hot lava which, streaming
along the sides of the mountain and
melting the snow. produces wonder
full effect.
In addition, glowing cinders and
smoke form an umbrella shaped cloud
above the volca no.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
7 KILLED IN CAR PLUNGE
Loaded Coach Drops Into Spokane
River When Bridge CoIIapses; Ten
Persons Suffer Injuries

Spokane, Dec. 1S.-Seven persons
were killed and ten injured today
when a street car went through the
Division street bridge over the Spo-
kane river
The killed were in the car more
than an hour after it went into the
river.
The injured were taken to a hos
Dital.
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Kansas City man who she knew was
due to take her to the show.
An eightpound ba by had upset the
interference and broken up Cupid-s
game.
That midnight she wrote him apollo
gizing and bemoaning her luck. but 30
FAR has received no answer. as he evil
IDENTIFY believes that that will do to
tell"
Will this hard feeling affect the
poise and mental attitude OF the
baby?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
A DOCK FOR XMAS GIFT

st Louis, Dec. 1s-An ordinance
authorizing the construction of a
municipal dock, costing s2S5, 900, was
passed nimously by the board of
aldermen of St. Louis last night The
chairman of the committee which pre-
sented the bill, though he had orig
inally opposed the measure, asked the
board to present the dock ordinance
to the city as a Christmas gift
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
PECULIAR FACTS RELATED
ABOUT WELL-KNOWN FOIF

Omaha. Neb.. Dec. 1S.-'CowbOy
Jim" Dahlnan and Buffalo BiIl''
(Col. VIM. Z COdy), who rode the
western ranges together as un-
known cOwpunchers years ago,
have never missed holding a re-
union in Omaha at least once a
year ever since
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Bank Robbers Caught.

Sapulpa, Ok, Dec. 1S.-Robert L.
Cummings and Charles Briscoll are in
Jail here charged with having robbed
the Farmers State bank of Depew of
$4,000 in a daylight raid on the bank
last Monday. Cummings owns two
large ranches near here. Briscoll is
not well known in the community
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
EXPORT GASOLINE IS UP
Standard Oil Company Announces ar
Advance of One Cent a Gallon
Today.

New York Dec. 18@The Standard
Oil company of New York today an
nounced an advance of one cent a gal
Ion in all grades and packages of gas
oline for export.
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WEATHER. forecast 500. for k"ns,'s; ,,a's: /;
Fair today and tomorrow; coid-
er Sunday.
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nON'T neglect to let the Christina
cheer spread beyond YOUR Ow
iircside.