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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-09

OF %. 6O2 fires in all other classes OF
buildings except cotton elns, fi-e per
cent we're found 10 nave been prevent
able.
Most of the fires were caused by I'M
safe stoves and other heating devices,
defective fiues, and sparks which blew
upon shingled roofs.
} Gasoline was another favorlte fire
builder. because of improper storage and
careless handling.
Insurance men all over the country
have long held that % to 80 per cent OF
fires are inexcusable, but the figures Of
the Texas board, covering considerable
period, are the most reliable that have
ever been obtained, and they show that
fire prevention is one Of the most impor-
tant problems now before the country.
Carelessness-that is the final verdict
Nobody believes that his house is
going to be destroyed by rusty heater,
4 leaking valve, improper wiring--until
some day chance becomes the ally OF
carelessness. and the insurance man, or
the owner of the house, pays the bill.
And in the last analysis, it is the
owner himself who pays all Of it; for II
there were no fires, he would not have
to pay insurance.
/ e
Personal responsibility is the remedy
for fires caused by carelessness.
Each member of the community must
realize that If he sets fire to any prop
erty, no matter how inadvertently, he
win be held responsible.
Not only morally responsible. but
legally responsible.
This sounds like hard doctrine to
bat it has been the custom in
France ever since the introduction of the
Code Napoleon, and it has done effective
work in reducing the number of fires.
The attorney general Of Ohio has ruled
that under the common law, anyone
responsible for fire which destroys
lneighboring property is liable for dam
ages to that property.
\ In Pennsylvania, a law has been
enacted which compels the person on
whose property fire starts 10 pay the
cost OF extinguishing it.
Not only must ne pay wages for the
I firenen, rental of the fire apparatus. and
the cost Of water and chemicals, but he
4 must pay 10 per cent additional "a an
q overhead or supervisory charge.
A similar .aw has been recommends
by the National Fire Prevention associ
fatieH for tt.re gptirg country, and an
effort is being r.aGe to get every stat,
to follow Pennsylvania lead.
This may seem very stringent legisla
: ton, but the courts are unfolding sue
e laws.
In New York city, for instance, tn
fire department sued man for 81 ,5Ot
: the expense of extinguishing a fire o
his property.
The department proved to the cour
= that the fire was due to the mans neg
ligence in failing to comply with tn
= departments recommendations, and tn
court rendered judgment against tn
: property owner.
These facts show that there is nee
; for Fire Prevention day-today-a da
, that will make every good citizen thin
! of the condition of his property, an
, resolve to make it just as fireproof a
! possible, not only for his own sake, bu
for that of his neighbors and Of the cit
lat large.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-09

There Are 90 women to every
100 men IN the United States.
vh0e h England, Germany and
- - 49, lseAe4i4aAe.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-09

Small Harold, who had Just been
punished for misbehavior, said: Am
Z very bsd, mammal"
yes. Harold" she replied. you
have been q very. very bad boy"
WELL" rejojned the little fellow.
amer q moments reflection, "you
ought to be thankful that amt
twins"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-09

working. these are drafts on the
hank Of nature which sooner or later
must be met. Sometimes the day
Of reckoning can be pat on a little
BIT. but dame nature will not be
wheedied out Of her claim.
The remarkable thing about
Henry Jenkins Ii the 1act that he
has left behind him no rules Of Nv
ing which would enable one TO duplE
cate his fest. In this he showed
great selfrepression. A matter
Of fact there II no royal road to old
age, and II II not to be attained by
Q particular dietary or regimen OF
life. Perhaps the best rule may be
expressed in one word, "modera-
tion." Moderation in food. modera-
tion In drink, moderation In the joys
and worries OF life, moderation In
work, moderation In recreation.
eQuanimity Of the mind, the soul
and the body-thcse make for long
tenure Of life.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-09
Muscles and Mind.
sY 4. ApolNoIoN BRUCE.

Author Parenthood
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-09

R. L. Polk 4 Co.'S Benton Harbor direc
tory lists: Wise Guy, 366 College Ave.
+. w. F.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-09

..r AAY CASEY said Grosan ITS US that ought be than
~ Hsuasr nrdher.," said Casey with . smile.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-09
me Things You Don't
\ Have to Refer to the Judges

zaeport me and my cause arignt, sald
n]et. Sounds as if the Melancholy
116 md been mixed up in street rail-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-09

Winter visitors to Belle Isle can take
their choice of Walter Campbelrs moving
outdoor sleeping porches or the Bridge Of
Signs provided by tho common council.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-01
CHAOS IN CAPITAL
Zapata Officers Inciting Masse.
to Violence.
Battle for Possession of City
Believed Now Raging.

Washington, July 1.-Officers of the
Zapata forces in Mexico City, disrc
garding orders of the convention gov
ernment nominally in control there,
are charged with inciting the masses
to violence, in dispatches carried from
the Mexican capital June 25 to Vera
Cruz by courier and cabled today 20
the state department.
The texts have not been made pub
lic but they are known to state that
the insubordination of "some Zapata
officers" is rendering the situation
more acute. It is understood a con-
dition approaching chaos exists.
No prospect of relief for the starv-
ing civil population of Mexico City is
held out in the dispatches. 1t is de-
clared that until the railroad to Vera
Cruz is reopened, there can be no
abatement of the suffering.
The convention official, it is stated,
'fclaim to have repulsed' the Carranzd
forces under General Gonzales.
Apparently whatever fighting has
taken place around the city has been
in such remote suburbs that no defi-
mite knowledge of the result has come
to the foreigners in the city.
There has been no confirmed report
of the occupation of Mexico City by
Carranza troops, although all rolling
stock at Vera Cruz has been pressed
into military service and a large ship
ment of relief supplies of the Ameri-
can Red Cross for Pachuca has been
held up for lack of cars. Reports
from Vera Cruz said it was hoped the
shipment would go forward today, in
dicating that the troop movement had
been finished. If this is true a battle
| for possession of the city may now be
/ in progress.
Advices from the CarranZa govern
ment to it's agency here say General
Gonzales has been instructed to use
every effort to induce the Zapata
troops to evacuate the ca pital without
endangering non-combatants.
The Zapata forces are said to num-
Der $4,000 men. All are IN the de-
fense lines about the city, leaving the
business and residence districts with
out military guards.
The Carranza forces are smaller
At the Villa agency no word of con-
ditions in Mexico City was received
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-01
CENSUS COVERS
MUCH GROUND
Decennial Enumeration of Kan
sans Is Being Compiled.
Contains Valuable Statistics
Never Before Attempted.
EVERY CITIZEN CATALOGUED
Index Card for Each Man,
Woman and Child.
The Name, Address and Birth
place Are Recorded.
EVERY CITIZEN CATALOGUED

The decennia1 census report being
prepared in the office of Jacob c.
Mohler, secretary of the state board
of agriculture, will give some new ana
interesting information concerning
the 100000 men, women and chill
dren in Kansas. Not only will the. re-
port concern the number of inhabi-
tants of the state, their occupations
statistical information regarding busi-
ness, church, social, commercial and
literary life in this state.
Under MOh1er'S direction, a small
army of special employees are COM
piling the information gathered oy
the assessors in their recent tour If
property inspection. Not until some
time next fall will the work be COM
pleted. The report will be for March
1, 1915. 1t is the first report COM
piled officially by the state since 1905.
Every tenth year in the multiple of
five, the state report is prepared, while
in 1900 and 1910, reports were made
by the federal government. The next
government report will be in 1920.
Many features not included in the
regular annual census taking are made
a part of Mohler's report this year.
The 1915 report will show a classifi-
callings and the number ard location
of each. Laborers will also be classi-
fied-blacksmiths, brick masons, car
penters, machinists and other indus
tries.
Kansas will also gather information
as to the number of farm owners. the
number of acres owned and titled by
the average Kansas farmer, the value
per acre of land, production in bush
els of various grains raised in the state
and information along half hundred
different lines. The number Of
churches, school houses, libraries, hos
pftals and public or semi-public build
lngs will also find a place in the re-
port.
Added to this information, the state
will gather data as to illiteracy and
the number of school years OF the av-
erage Kansas child. Each man, wom-.
an and child will be catalogued and
card indexed by the census takers
The report will show the name and
address of very resident of the state.
Birthplace and age of each man and
w man visited by the enumerators
will be recorded. Classification as to
sex, age and color will also be made.
With the Information contained in
the report by state enumeratorS, Kan
sas will this year gather the most
complete and thorough record of her
people that has as yet been compiled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-01
STATE TO FIGHT TO FORCE
EVELYN THAW INTO COURT

New York, July If Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw refuses to obey the
subpoena summoning her to TESTIFY
as a states witness at the trial to
test her husbands sanity, as re-
ported from Malone, n. ", the at
torney generals office will apply to
the court for body writ of attach
ment to compel her attendance.
This statement was made today
at the attorneys office, where the
report that Mrs. Thaw had said she
would refuse to obey the subpoena
served upon her at Chateaugay
lake was confirmed. Her excuse
that the strain of appearing on the
stand would endanger her health
will not be considered, twas said,
unless put forward in legal man.
nef.
Malone, n. ", July 1.-Evelyn
Nebit Thaw has refused to honor
the subpoena served on her yester-
day summoning her to New York
to testify at the jury proceedings to
determine the sanity of her hus-
band, Harry Kendall Thaw.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-01
CITIZENS OF u. S.
Children Born of NaturaliZed
Parents Americans Only.
State Department Defines Dual
Nationality Limits.

Washington, July 1.-Chi1dren bora
on American soil, whose parents have
become naturalized American citizens
can not be classed as possessing dual
nationality and are not considered liza
BILE to military service under foreign
flag, the state department made clear
in a statement issued today.
while the United States always has
''the existence of dual nationality in
ed States of alien parents or children
born in a foreign country of American
parents, it does not concede that dual
nationality exists in case of foreign
born parent who has acquired natur-
alization as a United States citizen"
While the state department extends
whatever protection it can to persons
of dual nationality who enter the 9th
er country by which they are claimed.
it does not assure them immunity
from military service.
The extent to which this govern
ment may go and the arguments it
may use and the actual protection of
persons born in the United States of
Tested while temporarily visiting the
countries of origin of the latter neces-
sarily depend on the particular facts
and circumstances of each case.
The statement says: I'm no case.
in the absence of conventional ar
rangements, can the state departm ent
assure such person in advance that
they will not be held liable under the
laws of other countries concerned for
public services attaching to citizen
hi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-01
Gates Closed in ChicagO's Big
Brick and Lumber Plants.
Not To Be Opened Until Car
penters Accept Arbitration.
FIGHT COST HALF MILLION A DAY
Hines Declares Time for Finish
Bout Is at Hand.
Magnate Says Capital Must Be
Certain of Security.

Chicago, July 1.-Gates were locked
in Chicago's largest brick and lumber
plants today as a result OF a general
shutdown in the building material in
terests.
The plants will not be reopened, it
was declared, until the 10000 striking
carpenters reach an agreement wit
the building contractors.
1t was estimated that 1000 men
| will be thrown out of employment by
the, shutdown.
Fires were Withdrawn from sixty
five brickmaking establishments and
! forty-three of the largest lumber
yards were closed.
The situation, it was estimated, will
mean an economic loss to the people
! of the city of half million dollars d
day.
Striking carpenters made an offer
to the employers late yesterday to re
turn to work at 65 cents an hour, the
old SCALE if the contractors would
The offer was promptly rejected by L..
A. Ashbuck, president of the Building
Contra ctors' association.
Edward Hines, president of the lum-
ber company which bears his name,
said that his company would lay off
1000 men today AS spokesman for
the committee of manufacturers, he
said:
1.-The time for finish fight between
capital and labor to force arbitration
| in all disputes has arrived. Affairs
are in such a state here that some
thing must be done to insure security
of investment The employers are
making no fight on organized labor
the situation so that everybody will be
benefited. We are determined to
stick by the principle of arbitration,
which the carpenters have stood out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-01
Governor Capper Makes Public
His Formal Indictment.
X. C. Election Commissioner
Cited to Appear in Topeka.
COMPLAINT HOLDS II COUNTS
Charges Misconduct in Admin
istratiOn of His Office.
Also a Violation of the Anti
Lobby Statute.

Governor Capper today formally
filed charges against Henry T. Zim-
mer, election commissioner of Kansas
City, Kan. The charges are in a de-
gree, at least, the result of the recent
Kansas City election probe. Eleven
counts are in the governors indict-
ment against Zimmer. who is cited to
appear in Topeka August 8.
thinner is charged both with his
own alleged misconduct of office and
permitting misconduct of persons ap-
pointed or employed by him. Illegal
registration, changing of polling
places, use of intoxicating liquors and
campaigning for partisan. candidates
are among the election charges. One
of the chief complaints against Zin-
mer is his visit to Topeka during the
recent legislative session and his al
legged use of money, liquor and influ-
ence in the defeat of the Stone liquor
bill. In this connection, thinner is
charged with violation of the anti
lobby law.
Charges against thinner were pre-
pared by s., M Brewster, attorney gen.
eraL. The indictment, which charges
generally that thinner winked at law
violation and permitted or had guilty
knowledge of law violation, is as fol-
lows:
81 hereby notify you that charges
have been made to me that you have
been guilty of misconduct in the Of
flee of election commissioner of Kan
sas City, Kan, in this, to-Wit:
The Charges.
Il. That you have neglected the
duties of said office by turning over
to deputies the performance of the
duties of the office and permitting
them to perform the duties of the Of
flee when you knew that they were
partial and unfair in performing their
work, and permitting said deputies to
perform the duties of said office in
an unfair and partial Mariner.
80. In appointing judges and clerks
of election who WIZ k.JoN-n to you to
be OF disreputa BILE clara cter.
80. In appointing judges and clerks
who were not residents in and who
Con tirnIIo ON AGO H1nr6l /
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-01
OF SKY
British Birdman Gains Advan-
tage of Foe by Ruse.
Drops as if Crippled; Rights
Self; Kills German.

Paris. July IA ruse by which he
destroyed a German aeroplane near
Ypres is described by Mark Helson, a
British aviator, in the Journal. The
battle took place $500 feet in the air.
When the enemy machine sighted
me, it Immediately took to flight,
said Helson. Il dashed off in pur-
suit. After ten minutes rapid flight I
caught up with him and flew above
him. The duel began at once.
After fighting for some time with
out result, 1 adopted a strategy which
I have always found successful, and let
my aeroplane drop perpendicularly.
The German aviator, thinking I had
fallen, also descended in a gliding
flight
Then I righted my ma chine and
shot above him, at distance of only
fifteen feet Then we resumed the
duel.
"One of my shots hit the gasoline
tank of the aeroplane and the ma
chine burst into flames, crashing to
the earth.
The pilot and observer both were
killed -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-01
40 TROOPS OF
|cARRANzA With
| FAMILIES DEAD
men and Children Perish in
n Erightful Rail Wreck.
ated Report From Censored
District Reaches Laredo.
/ yDREDS DOWN into CANYON
gineer Forced to Speed Up
on Bad Track.
th Pistol at Brow, Races His
F Train to Destruction.
gineer Forced to Speed Up
on Bad Track.
th Pistol at Brow, Races His
Train to Destruction.

4aredo, Texas, July 1.-Three hun
d Carranza soldiers and their wives
| children were killed and several
1dred injured in a wreck of a mill
train near Monte Morelos, be-
en Tampico and Monterey, accord
to an American, who arrived here
ay from the interior. The acci-
L occurred ten days ago, he said
First Story of Wreck.
| he American travellers story was
first intimation here of the wreck,
this was attributed to the censor
which has been extraordinarily
ct recently.
he train was heavily loaded and
/ ceeding at full speed when it left
track, the American said, and
lbled into a small canyon.
he soldiers with their wives and
dren and scores of women camp
overs were being sent from
lie up of box cars. Men, women
children were crowded inside,
others were on top, while many,
is a Mexican revolutionist custom,
re slung under the box cars.
Pistol at Engineers Head.
The engineer, it was said, was pro-
ding slowly because the track was
poor condition. Some time before
ring Monte Morelos, it was said,
major in charge of the troops,
ced a pistol to the head of the en-
eer, demanding full speed. The
, eer complied and just before
ng Monte Morelos the train left
track.
'assengers and crew fell with the
in into a small canyon and many
re literally ground to death beneath
acl,age. the American deela.ca
Wis re u. rLed the ma iof' VIZ gave
command for high speed was
ong the killed. None of the train
w was known to have escaped.
10 further details or confirmation
the reported wreck could be OBJ
ned here today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-01
HUERTA STOICALLY CALM;
CASE is SET FOR JULY II

Ell Paso, Tex, July 1.-On mo-
ton of the governments represen-
tatives, the preliminary hearing OF
General Victoriano Huerta, Pascual
OroZcO and four others, charged
with plotting an armed invasion of
Mexico, was continued today until
July ~.
No testimony was taken when tho
case was called at 10 a. M, attor-
neys for the defendants agreeing
to the postponement. The bonds
of the alleged conspirators remain
he same.
Hucrta appeared in The court
room half hour before the case
was called and manifested the
same unconcern that has marked
the former dictator since his spec
tacular arrest at the train by United
States cavalrymen Sunday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-01
TORNADO NEAR M'CUNE
Buildings on One Farm Destroyed
No Other Damage.

McCune, Kan. July IA tornado
which struck four miles north of here
last night demolished the barn, house.
garage and other outbuildings at the
Ed M. Smith farm. The twiSter
swooped down upon the farm, wreck
ed the buildings and then disappear
ed without doing damage at any other
location. The tenant and his family
escaped injury by fleeing to a cave at
the approach of the storm. The
garage was lifted from its foundation
and demolished but the farmer s
motor car was left standing on the
floor and was not damaged
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-01
i0V. WHITMAN GRANTS
CHARLES BECKER REPRIEvE

A,oany, July 1.-Governor Whit
ian today granted Charles Becker,
ne former New York police lieu
tenant, under sentence of death, a
reprieve until July 20.
The governor said he would take
70 action in the case further than
ne granting of the reprieve. This
means that if the United States
upreme court does not interfere,
Becker will have to die.
Martin Manton, Becker's counsel
said: The case probably will go to
the United States supreme court,
being appealed not by me but by
another"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-01
GAIN IN GRAIN RECEIPTS
Thirty Per Cent Increase at Kansas
City Over Preceding Year

Kansas City, Mo, July 1-Grain
receipts here for the II months ended
June 80 tota1ed los, 900 900 bushels, a
gain Of thirty per cent over the pre-
ceding year, and so per cent more
than the average for ten years. OF
the amount, .vheat receipts claimed
100000 bushels.
Gains were registered over last year
in kaffir, rye and barley; corn and
oats fell. the former by seven million
bushels and the latter by slightly over
a million bushels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-01
.)TTON CROP CUT
rmers Reduce Field Area
Nearly 100000 Acres.
lshington Report Shows Con-
ditiOn of SO.3 Per Cent.

Washington, July 1.-Continued ap
Is by the government to southern
ners to reduce cotton planting, in
of the stagnation in the marke ct
-sed by the war, has resulted in a
Iction of 5,S71, 900 acres from last
s acreage, which would. accordA
to last years yield, reduce cotton
tuction approximately 2,454, 4,078
of 500 pounds each.
total area of 81, 535, 900 acres of
on is under cultivation in the
ed States, the department of agri-
ure announced today. The condi-
of the growing crop on June 25
sos per cent of a normal.
creage and condition by states fol-
{: (acreage in thousands; i. e., fig
000's omitted.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-01


Civil service commission-J. l..
King, Topeka; w. L. Burdick, Law
renee; ]. E. Cation, Kansas City, Kan.
Hotel Inspector. A. Congdon.
Secretary Horticultural society-O.
L. Whitney, North Topeka.
State insurance actuary-W. J.
Dryden, Topeka.
Assistant state superintendent insur-
ance-Mrs. Dora L. Miller, Topeka.
Retiring State Officers.
State printer-W. c. Austin, Cotton
wood Falls.
Members board of irrigation-Bert
P. Walker, Osborne; George w. Ward,
Sharon Springs; Dan B. Dyer, Smith
Center.
Member tax commission-J. A. Bur-
nette, Caldwell.
Secretary Horticultural society-J.
L. Pelham, Hutchinson.
Aside from the biennial moving day
the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day in January of odd number years,
today is the occasion for the most i'm
portant shake-up in the state depart
ments. With the new offices created
Continued on Page Two.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-01
H-3 ARRIVES AT FRISCO
s. Submarine. Released From
Rocks. MAY Be Drydocked.

San Francisco. July 1.-United
States submarine H-S, which was
fioated late yesterday after being
wedged between the rocks near Point
Sur lighthouse since Tuesday night.
arrived here today.
1t was reported the submarine
would be drydocked to determine If
any damage was done to her hull