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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-06
KAISER CRASHES
THROUGH F0RTSAT
NOvO CEORCIEvSK
SIavs Battle Their Way Back
to Russia Proper.
Blow Up Bridges in Effort to
Delay TeutOns.
CzAR'S GREAT ARMY PERILED
Semi-AUtOnOmOuS Poland is
Planned by Berlin.
German Prince Likely To Be
Governor Over Warsaw.
CzAR'S GREAT ARMY PERILED
Semi-AutOnOmOus Poland Is
Planned by Berlin.
German Prince Likely To Be
Governor Over Warsaw.

Berlin, Aug. 6.-German
troops have broken through
the Russian position at the
fortress of NOvO GeOr-
gievsk, north of Warsaw,
and are advancing upon the
lower Narew river. The
whole of the strongly fOrti-
fled Russian line on the Wis
tula river is now swept
away. The capture of War
saw, closely followed by the
fall of IvangOrOd and NOvO
GeOrgievslz, the two strong
holds protecting the Polish
capital, complete the Aus
trO-Germany victory in the
Vistula fighting.
London, Aug. 6.-12:1O p. m.
With the great Russian for
tresses.sof Warsaw and WAR
gorod captured and the fall of
Riga, the capital of the Baltic
provinces, imminent, the Austro-
German onslaught has reached
its height in east and the next
step will be theGerman emperor's
triumphant entry into the Polish
capital. That event is likely
soon to be followed by the pro-
nouncement of a united and
semi-autonomous Poland, en-
bracing not only the territory
wreSted from the Russians, but
the Austrian crownland of Ga
licia.
Russ Battle for Roads.
Meantime, the Russian armies are
lighting their way backward toward
Russia proper, inflicting blows on the
invaders wherever possible, trying to
fend them oft the railways running
north and south in order that the
ends of the German nippers may not
meet and, inclOsing, bring disaster to
Russian arms. The position of the
army of Grand Duke Nicholas now is
a matter of Solicitude, as the Occupa-
prelude to greater purpose, that of
enveloping the retreating forces.
Slavs Blow Up Bridges.
The PetrOgrad reports show the
Grand Duke has retired to the right
bank of :he Vistula both at Warsaw
and IVangorOd, destroying the bridges
at poth points and cOnteSting the Ger
man advance across the river. Back
OF retiring Russians is the vast mCrass
of central Poland, with few railways
and primitive roads making virtually
impossible quick movement of guns
and supplies, while back of Warsaw
the only fortress available as rally
IContinuPd on Page Two
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-06

Weather Forecast For Kansas.
Generally fair tonight and Satur-
day; not much change in sempera-
ture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-06

Sapulpa. Okla, Aug. 6.-Charged
with being members of the Starr gang
of bank robbers, and suspected of be-
ing implicated in the robbery of banks
at Keifer and Keystone, Walter Spess,
s K Russell and 'tPuss'' Erwin, all
heavily armed. were arrested today
While encamped near Chandler, Okla,
where alleged members aof the Starr
band are being tried.
Three members of the band that
raided the stroud banks are known to
have escaped and were believed to be
hiding in this country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-06
NAB STARR PALS
Three of Bandits COnfederateS
Taken Near Sapulpa.
Officers Foil Attempt to Liber.
ate Bank Robbers.

Chandler. Aug. 6.-The jury in
the case against Gland Sawyer.
charged with being a member of
the Henry Starr gang which robbed
two stroud banks. this afternoon
returned a verdict of guilty. Judge
Charles Il. Wilson Immediately
sentenced Sawyer to five years in
the state prison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-06

Austrians repairing roads blown up
by Russians in the Warsaw retreat;
Polish refugees returning to their
homes; Germans pursuing Russians
with Red Cross dogs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-06

army is now only a matter of hours.
Ivangorod, the Russian fortress de-
Tending Warsaw from the southwest,
has been captured by the Austrians,
according to an official statement
from Vienna.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-23
NoNLY AN ARTILLERY
DUEL" rs INTERNAL

BY Alexander Powell in Scribner's.
There are no words between the covers
0f the dictionary which can convey any
adequate idea of what one OF these great
artillery actions il like. One has to sec
Buildings Of brick and stone collapse
g though they were built of cards.
Whole are RACED to the ground as
s 3 Stsg q r tents ~, would sban be le eys Its BY s,r a
ssiisrs i ssddesnly y0 APPEAR a. IN ia'f tie Il iiei SH.'a 4
eno Re a s.ssn saPtS shoot sof Slgh , Gsys ths aft Fl
fsrIaains Of what had once been men:
egs and arms and heads without bodies:
Dead horses. broken wagons. bent and
ehsttered eauiprnents are everywhere.
yes. beyond ali coneeptio y. Il tsi Is ike a
,of iasf.ng. for a traction Of q second.
20 the hell o. sound. not even q momen-
Aary. cessation, The ground heaves and
Shudders beneath your feet. You. find
until you think that 1T is about to burst.
You feel as though your ear drums had
bssn shattered The very atmosphere
The howl Of the shell storm passing
cycrhead giyss yoY the !. feeling that the
hsv. sounded Ike the POPPING s. ares
ineoncslvably a%we-inspiring and terri
tying NJ ID q modern artillery action.
one eventually becomes accustomed to 1t.
could s With perfect truthfulness that
German Siege cannon. ! have twice been
IN ~. As z last oct9ber and IN Dun !;
my heart that / shall never have the ex-
periencc again.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-23
General Robertson.
Alfred G. Gardiner in tbe Allan,

|n N's> LIN
The remarkable fact about General,
Robertson is that he mas won his way
TO distinction by the qualities OF his
mind. He has brought into the British
army the rare element of abstract
thinklng-that learning Of which we
In the past have had too little and the
Germans apparently too much. That he
is q gallant soldier goes without saw
ing. 1t is said that. although born in
Lincolnshire, he comes OF that fgntine
stock. the Clan Ciattan. memorable TO
every reader of Scott, And he has seen
active service in India and in South
Africa and was wounded in Chitral.
But it is in the lecture room and the
study, n not in the field, that the
youth who enlisted in the Sixteenth
Lancers more than 80 years ago has
won his unique distinction. He dis
covered a genius for languages, in
Guiding Indian dialects, and this paved
his way to notice. And once he had got
his foot on the ladder his progress was
irresistible. for he revealed an under
standing OF the science of war that i'm
pressed all who came in contact with
him, and his ultimate appointment as
commandant of the staff college at
Comberley gave the army the rare OK
eperience of an incompatible lecturer.
Today there is no officer in the British
army who is listened to with such re-
spect as the former private of the Six
teenth Lancers. AS chief OF the STAFF
to Sir John French he is the power he
hind the throne.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-23
GOOD BREADS.

Copyright. 1915, by the Mcclure News.
paper Syndicate.)
Boston brown bread-Ingredients, two
cupfuls of white cornmeal, two cupfuls
Of yellow meal, two cupfuls of graham
Hour, one cupful of mclasses, one cup-
ful of sour milk and one of sweet milk,
two cupfuls of boiling water, salt to
taste and n t~easpoonful of soda.
MIX the two meals. the flour and the
salt we'll together; add the boiling wat
er. Put the sweet milk and molasses to-
gether and add them to first things.
Then Dissolve the soda in the sour milk
nnd put these In. Put the mixture into
q round covered tin bucket and steam 1t
Tor three hours; uncover and bak In
the oven for half an hour. This bread
may be eaten hot or cold and be toasted
when stale. In New England baked
beans go with it.
Whole wheat bread-Take a fresh
yeast cake and dissolve it in two table
~spoonfuls of tepid water. Put q pint
of milk into a bowl; add to it a pint
OF boiling water and let it stand until it
is lukeWarm; then put in the dissolved
yeast, salt to taste, n enough whole
flour to make a thick batter. Beat the
batter with a spoon for Is minutes
when it will be in a liquid state. Again
add flour sufficient for a good bread
dough; turn his on the board and
knead a few minutes. Return he
dough to h pan and let 1t rise until
llght-for about three hours. Mold into
small loaves, let rise again and bake
for IS or As minutes in a moderate oven.
Ch1ldren's apple bread-An old-fash-
Toned dish for children is prepared as
follows: One quart of cornmeal, one
pint OF ripe chopped apples, three table
spoonfuls of butter. a pinch Of salt and
one and one-half cups of water; sweeten
as desired and bake as ordinary corn
bread.
Raised cornbread-Ingredients, one
cupful of fine sifted cornmeal, one and
a half cupfuls of milk, two eggs, one
tablespoonful of butter, one t%easpoonful
OF baking powder. one t%easpoonful of
sugar, salt.
scald the milk and pour it over the
meal. Let cool and then add the butter
melted.0 salt, sugar, baking powder
and yolks of eggs beaten to q stiff
froth. Bake in a flat pan In q hot
oven for 80 minutes.
Gluten bread-Pour a pint Of boiling
water into q pint Of boiling milk; add
a ~teaspoonful of butter and salt to
taste. Let the liquid stand until luke
warm. then add an egg, well beaten.
a quarter Of a yeast cake Dissolved in
tepid water. and enough gluten flour to
make a soft batter. Cover the batter
and stand 1t in a warm place to rise;
h d enough gluten flour to make
a soft dough and knead 1t well. Form
several small loaves and let rise again.
Bake for an hour.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-23
SOUVENIR COINS ARE
CALLED IN BY BANKS

Berlin-(by mail.l--The Imperial
bank has invented a new device for
increasing it's gold stock. 1t is aimed
at the many memorial gold coins which
people either lay aside or wear as jew
elry. Thus not a few German women
Wear brooches or bracelets with three
gold coins OF 1883, called the Three
Kaiser year" bearing the heads of
three emperors who ruled over Ger
many in that year. Coins of 1913. in
commemoration of the present emper-
or's 25th year on the throne. are sim
ilarly treasured Coins of this kind
have not been turned into the Imperial
bank u OF patriotism. because the
owners think that they show their pa
triotism best by holding III to them.
Now tile bank Is inviting them to sur
render the treasured coins and take
receipts for them. and promises to re-
turn to them similar coins within a
year after peace.
bridges destiny.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-23

OLD MEN REMAIN
HEROES OF WAR /

Edward r. Bushnell, in the Philadelphia
Evening Ledg


Edward r. Bushnell, in the Philadelphia
Evening Ledger.
another aged commander enters tho
Illmeltght Of the European war. Prince
Leopold, OF Bavaria, who will be 70 years
old on his next birthday. is the man who,
technically at least, has captured Warsaw.
And the taking OF the Polish capital.
paigns, is unquestionably the browning
military achievement of the Teutonio
arms.
The advanced age of Prince Leopold
makes him a fit companion of the military
commanders on both sides Of this fray.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg. who led
the great semi-circular sweep around
Warsaw to the northeast, came out of re-
tfrement to take of the eastern
army. And he Is now 6S years old. The
dash to the southeast to cut off the Rus
fighter who. according to his age, ought to
be on the retired list. He is Marshal
August Won M~ackensen. and he is &C years
GA. Thus these three military heroes Of
Russians out of most of Poland and hurled
them back over the Carpathians, average
nearly SO years old.
the allied armies on the western front.
General Joffre, at the head Of the French
forces, has already turned his 10th year.
their COS. General French and Earl
Kitchener, of the English forces, have al
so passed their Goth birthdays, while
more than three-score years.
Won Hindenburg and Won Mackensen
have already had their share of applause
for their military exploits. Won linden
burg was Germany's first military hero
Of the war when he defeated the Rus
slams In their first great clash on the east
sern border and took enough prisoners to
harvest Gerrnanyss crops. Won Macken-
sen achieved his fame when he came to
the defense OF hard-pressed Austria and
led the expedition that drove Russia out
OF ,Galicia and recaptured Przemysl.
1t Is only fair, therefore, that Prince
Leopold should have his turn.
Prince Leopold and his Bavarian troops
delivered the finishing blow in front Of
Warsaw. and he is probably now occupy
The aged prince has until the present been
rather inconspicuous in this war. His
nephew. Prince Rupprecht, has played a
much more prominent part. The selection
OF Prime Leopold to lead the Teutonio
forces In the center was an honor award
ed him by the kaiser. He was called from
Munich for this very purpose, the kaiser
apparently wishing the Bavarian prince
to represent him when Warsaw was en-
tered.
Bavarian troops had not achieved
a great deal in the prosecution Of the
war, and since their state has suffered
probably the most from the war in the
east # was entirely fitting that they
should nave been the ones selected to
force the fortresses in front OF Warsaw.
Prince Leopold Is o veteran In military
experience. His military education wal
received in the Austro-Hungarian army
before Bavaria became part Of Germany,
be took 2 2. prominent n part in the Austro.
entirely through that wa and came ~
without a scratch.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-23
The British Soldier.
From the Review of Reviews.

s'S "
Toward the close of the first phase
of the combat Of nations. the quick
crossing of the channel brought the
student of peoples at war face to face
with contrasts; conditions in England
appeared to be the reverse of those in
France and Germany.
A picturesque circumstance at once
sharp comparison. London
sWarmed with soldiers. For every SOL
dier seen On the streets Of Paris or
Berlin. n might count at least 100
In the British capital. No restaurant
was without several military custom
ers. khaki-clad p%rivates were seen
strolling in all public parks where the
people Of London a the air. The
music halls were never without a bevy
of officers.
Too much cannot be said in praise
of the physical appearance OF the ma
Jority of these British soldiers. Per-
haps one-half of the thousands of these
volunteers, personally studied, were su-
perb examples of vigorous and robust
anhoo The Scotch especially were
magnificent specimens. Superior to
all in their physical fitness, vitality,
and bearing. Wee the soldiers and off
GERS from Canada. although
lively few of these We're seen; most of
them, 1t was said. We're not at Alder
shot or in London.
At a rough estimate. one would say
that at least two-thirds. perhaps three
fourths. of all the soldiers and officers
observed in England during March of
1913 We're excellent military material.
this includes the one-half of the
whole who are exceptionally fine-look-
ing men. The remainder We're inferior
in stature n all other evidences Of
physical strength.
1t was frankly admitted by weu-in-
formed Enslishmen deeply Interested in
the war that the officers were not well
trained. You couldn't expect anything
else. could you?" said one of these,
They AVE not had six months train
ing. But" he added, With cheerful on
timism, you will find tha they win
turn out all right" ~
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-23

/ DISGRACE OF BEING
: CALLED THIGH BROW" I

From Harper's Magazine.

From Harper's Magazine.
The worst fault, however, into which our
agelong service of mediocrity has led US
Is a weakened, ~pusillanimous Difference
to mediocrfty itself. The college has bor-
rowed the vice from everyday American
life. For example. the most deadly wea-
pom in the yellow Journalists armory Is
the term ''highbrow,"
A politician may be called CRATER"
boss" or even "muckraker,' and escape
u~nscathed; but If he is denounced as a
''highbrow,' and the label sticks, his
career is ended. A playwright or a novel;
list may be written down as Cheap he
may be said to plagiarize, he may be
shown to be vicious and unclean, without
serious damage to his reputation; but let
him be proved a ~"highbrow' and the pub
lie will fly from him as IL he We're a
book agent.
Now the widespread American belief
that knowledge makes a man impractical
is responsible for some of this curious
odium; but far more is due to our servile
Difference to mediocrity. The weight Of
public opinion is usually against the ex-
pert, the specialist, the thinker, the ex-
ceptional mar in general, for public opin-
ion, whether right or wrong, Is always
mediocre; and there are few among us
who do not in this respect yield some
how, somewhere, to public opinion.
The doctor distrusts the advanced politi-
cal t%lleorist, the politician distrusts the
advanced dramatist, the ~mat sneers
at the innovations of science. We are all
made timid by the enormous majorities
which uphold mediocrity.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-23
Bin euns Of a Century Aao.

uiA0 <AuH0TIlSeT.
It would scarcely appear feasible that a
shot. weighing 500 pounds could have been
employed 100 years ago, yet the Turks.
who used the largest cannon in Europe.
that time. When Sir J. Duckworth
passed h Dardanelles to attack Con-
stantinople In 1907 his fleet was read
fully shattered by the immense shot
thrown from the batteries. The Royal
GS &c rye Of no guns. was nearly sunis
main mast Of the Windsor Castle almost
N two; z single hot knocked two ports
OF the T%hunderer into one; the Repulse
= gun gunsl had It's wheel shot away and
the ship being saved only by the most
wonderful exertions. The heaviest shot
which struck our ships was of granite,
eighing 500 pounds. and was Is inches
in diameter. One such shot, to the
astonishment Of the tars, stove in the
whole starboard bow Of the Active. and.
having crushed this immense mass OF
timber, the shot rolled ponderously at,
spectacle. One Of these guns was cast
N brass. It was composed of two parts.
Its breach resting against massive stone
such q monster would not alloy Of III
being fired more than once.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-23
MARK GRAVES WITH NAPLES
Plan Proposed to Honor Canada,
Dead Who Have Fallen in
Flanders.

How to mark permanently the rest.
Ing places of the thousands of Cana.
dian soldiers who have fallen in Elan.
ders and in France is a matter to
which the people of the dominion have
given considerable thought. fF
From a member of the Overseas
club comes the happy suggestion that
since the maple leaf is the emblem of
Canada, maple trees be planted over
the isolated graves and along the
roads leading to the cemeteries. He
has already sen millions of seeds to
France, and is to send more.
The species chosen is the sugar
maple, and so France in time will
have a beautiful memorial If the
aliens who gave their lives for her
Youths Companion.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-23
FIGURE NINE MOST
MYSTERIOUS NUMBER


From the Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
II Shakespeare had asked Whats in
a number?" as we'll as What's In g
name!' and pursued that incH Try he would
nave round an endless field FOR investiga,
tlon. There Is something uncanny n
mysterious In the character of figures, the
strange things you can do with them and
the way certain attributes recur In their
use.
The numbers 3, Z and 9 furnish the most
thelr good points. but in potency and YER
satllty they have to take a back seat
When . has the stage. No. Z was the
la a In the bible. To it we are indebt-
splael candlesticks, the seven lean years
lhat aeVoured the seven fat ones and the
seveh leah cattle that made a meal on the
seven Tat kline.
me Rule of Three is a nightmare In
every child's education. AS his education
PROGRESSES he becomes acquainted with
THE Three Musketeers." It's on the ball
neid though, that number 8 shines. Here
una me three basemen, the three outfield--
nrs. tnree strikes and three outs. And
puasuihg nus line of reckoning shouldn't
u man get his base on three balls instead
81 Tour? Then, there are such trivial
r ertasI las as three meals a day, the third de-
But you can't begin to manipulate 8 and
as you can g.. Take the multiplication
table for example. Everywhere the prod
- w d D.. II uOeSI / Hidhe
hns inference what you multiply with or
no" many times you repeat or change the
usufes. Just try 1t. Multiply 9 by 2 and
fou get u: Add 1 and 8 and there you
rave g.. Multiply 3 by and you have
q. Again 2 plus Z equals 8. There Is no
VARIATION until you multiply 8 by Ii. This
Ewes you SO and apparently an inconsis-
lehcy. But add the two digits 8 and 9
Eau you get Is, and again l plus s equals 8.
.hls process may be carried out to an In
E~eternlnable length and the results are
always the same. Pick out any number
&C random; For example, 4,563. Multiply
Il by y and you get Al ,067. Add the digits
and you have Is, add these digits again
ana y reappears.
NOW try another. Take any row of fig
LIss at random, reverse their order and
subtraet the less from the greater. AL
ways the total will be either 8 or a multi
PIE OF >, For example, take 3,459. which
fevsrsed reads. 9,54S. Subtract 3,549 from
s,aa5 and you nave 6,O84. Add the digits
nnd the result is Is. a multiple of 9. The
same result follows, no matter whether
me numbers are raised by squares or by
cubes.
Here is another way by which the num-
per y exerts its strange powers. Write
no"h at random any number, add it's dig
Us ana then subtract the sum of these
aiglts from the original number. The sum
OF the digits thus obtained will always be
e1ther . or a multiple Of 9. Thus take Z, 1926.
hdalng the digits gives II. Subtracting IT
from 1,s25 leaves 1905. Add the digits and
YOU get IL. and adding l and 8 gives g..
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-23
CHILDREN OVER PLAY
AS WELL AS OVER WORK
From the Philadelphia Ledger

While We are considering the over
worked child and attempting to relieve
not forget the ov%erplayed child.
The number OF children employed in
factories III small In comparison with
those occupying themselves in school
n at play. But every physician and
many mothers know that the strain Of
the amusements of their children is de-
stroying their nervous and physical
had to spend eight or nine or 10 hours
in a mill.
The young ~undeveloped body is over
strained. At night, after n day of school
and play. the boy or girl is irritable.
There Is bick ertng between. brothers
and sisters. A remark that would have
excited no comment In the morning
precipitates a quarrel, and the parents
find it difficult to keep the peace. The
day ends, too Ofen, In u~npleasantness
where 1t should close in calm compan-
|ionship.
The 7-year-old boy, allowed to play
at will in the company of other children
over the lawn, a strike his little
brother when they come together in
the house without being vicious. His
whole system Is upset and 1t cannot
recover Its equilibrium without long
rest. II he does not get sleep enough
dt AAlSuI ll6 WINES Va IAAO lAAoAk llAl6p SIA1l
on edge. and begins the day with more
Iflingings Of his arms and apparently
unreasonable tantrums.
But the same children. when kept
quietly at home, and free from undue
Excitement, behave like different crea-
lures. They are affectionate, amenable
to reason and harmonious. Every
mother IL familiar with the transfer
nation which such n day makes in her
children and a few Of them understand
the reason for 1t. But they all wonder
why the young boys and girls cannot
behave every day as they behave on
their days OF unruffled r when the
strain on them has not been greater
THAN they could bear.
It Is possible to rescue the erworke ed
child by legislation limiting the num-
Der Of hours during which he can be
employed. But little short of a social
revolution. will lift the overplayed child
from the conditions which are retard-
ling his DEVELOPMENT n planting the
seeds OF greater weakness In. the next
I~Reneration.