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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-11
Deaths From Starvation.

The American Red Cross headquar-
tiers, which Is situated on the edge Of
the residential district, has been sur
rounded by crowds of miserably hun
CRY people piteously begging for food,
which the Red Cross has been unable
to give because military necessities
render 1t impossible to have the many
governments supply transportation for
corn long since purchased but detain-
ed by soldiers not fifty miles from the
starving capital.
Eight deaths by starvation, all chill
dren. were reported by the police sta
ton Of the second ward today. The
by starvation, though the number was
not made public.
A police court record in the second
ward was brought to the attention Of
tives today as illustrative of the ex-
IRENE misery prevailing among the
lower classes because Of the want of
food.
Stole Dog for Food.
A woman was brought into court
charged with stealing dog. The mag
complainant and then to the defendant
whose plea was that the animal was
stolen for the purpose of killing 1t and
~ ~ Hoi CHiiuFeu. Iue Judge
dismissed the woman.
Despite the distressing conditions the
Red Cross representatives and the for
eigh relief societies have been able to
do very little because the military au-
thorities refuse. to allow food to enter
the city.
Red Cross officials now have a supply
of beef and beans sufficient for 1900
liters of soup. Already applications
have come from $4,000 persons and the
present supply will last no longer than
fortnight.
Cases of death from starvation are
being daily reported to the Red Cross
headquarters. A number of deaths
have been reported from an orphans
home here. and patients in other state
institutions are said to be slowly dying
because Of malnutrition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-11
CAPTAIN AND 20MEN
TAKE MEXICO CITY
Squad of Carranza Soldiers
Causes $500 Zapatistas
to Flee Hastily.
CAPITAL CHANGES HANDS
THRICE IN ONE DAY
Starvation Of Civil Population Ap-
pals Red Cross-People Eat
Dog Flesh.

MENlCO CITY. July 81. via Vera
Cruz and Laredo. Tex, delayed in
transmlssion.-Dur the last twenty
four hours this capital has seen three
changes of government. Such ka-
leidoscopic shifting of the political
status has alarmed even this city, &C
customed as 1t has become to rapid
changes of political leadership. Short
ly after the noon hour yesterday the
inhabitants were startled by the pre-
c1pttate evacuation of the Zapata army
before an invisible enemy. Two hours
later the Villa contingent of the form
err army of occupation rallied and street
fighting ensued with the invading Car
rama forces.
At 3 o'clock the firing, which had
been continual rattle for the two pre-
V1ous hours, ceased and in it's place was
heard the Changing of bells. officers
and stores which had been in the line
OF fire were opened and the occupants
emerged to learn that the city had been
captured by Capt. Manuel Sanchez and
twenty men of Carranza's army, It is
estimated that $500 Zapata soldiers
Ned before this force, believing it to
be much larger :.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-06
CITY JAIL SCARE.
Prisoner Believed to Have Case Of
Smallpox.

A scare was thrown into police Of
ficials and prisoners at the municipal
menagerie this afternoon when Wal
ter Berg, a prisoner showed symp-
toms which led officers to believe that
he was affected with smallpox.
J. c. McGill. city physician. was
summoned and at first stated that the
prisoner was recovering from the
chickenpox. Later McGill changed
his decision to the effect that Berg
was affected with rash.
Prisoners gave Berg wide berth in
the bull pen this afternoon. His face
is broken out and according to an Of
fetal he has a fever. He is a Finn
and says he came to Topeka from
California.
Berg was arrested by Special Officer
Cowdry on a charge of trespassing on
railroad property. Later he was fined
$40 by Judge Huron. 1t is possible
that should symptoms develop that he
is affected with contagious disease
he will be released or placed in a hos
pital ward.
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WIFETAKES STAND
Mrs. HOrnbaker TeStifieS in
Defense of Her Husband.
No knowledge of Relations Be-
tween Carrier and Widow.

Paola, Kan. April 6.-Testifying on
redirect examination at the prel1m1-
nary hearing of Roscoe Hornbaker,
held in connection with her husband
death, Mrs. Maud McElheney declared
that her husband had appeared to her
in a dream soon after his death and
denounced Hornbaker as his slayer.
Mrs McElheney said she told
Hornbaker of the dream and that the
mail carrier denied the killing and
told her that if McElheney had de-
haved himself he would still be alive.
Mrs Hornbaker took the stand in
her husbands defense when his pre-
liminary examination was resumed
today. 1t was Hrs. Hornbaker's first
appearance in the courtroom and for
the first time since the hearing began
last Friday, Hornbaker manifested
extreme cheerfulness. He smiled fire.
quently and talked cheerfully with
friends at the counsel table.
Mrs. Hornbaker testified that the
night of McElheneys murder, October
4, 1912, she and her husband and their
in Louisburg and that later the fam
lily drove to the McElheney home,
where Hornbaker delivered the milk,
and then returned to their home and
retired. Twenty minutes later Mrs.
Hornbaker said Hornbaker got up to
answer the telephone, after which she
and her husband went to the NOEL
heney home, returning later in the
night.
Questioned by counsel, Mrs. Horn
baker denied that she had ever dis
cussed with Mrs. McElheney a pro-
posed change of wives by their hus-
bands or that she had knowledge of
any improper relations between her
husband and Mrs. McElheney. Mrs.
Hornbaker also denied the charges of
collision between herself and her hus-
band against the widow which Mrs.
McElheney had made in her testi-
mony. On cross-eXamination Mrs.
Hornbaker said the message which
her husband received over the tele-
phone the night of McElheney's death
was that the postmaster had been
shot. The witness said further it was
necessary for her to awaken her hus-
hand before he answered the tele-
phone. rsssS
Mrs. John Rice, neighbor of Mrs.
Hornbakers. testified that March 9,
1915, Mrs. Hornbaker RAM into the
Rice home, saying that she had been
frightened 'by that woman" Mrs.
Rice said she looked out of the win
dow and saw Mrs. McElheney going in
a direction opposite from the Horn
baker home.
''She had been over there raising
CAIN Mrs. Hornbaker said, according
to the witness. Mrs. Rice said Mrs.
asserted Mrs. McElheney
had asked for some letters and point
ed a revolver al her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-06
PUT PINCHOT OUT
American Consul Expelled
From Belgian Territory.
He Is Brother of British DiplO-
mats Wife.

Washington, April Clifford Pin
chot has been expelled by the German
military authorities from the territory
of Belgium which is in control or Ger
many
The state department has been ad-
vised of the fact but secretary
Bryan says no protest will be maze
and that Mr.. Pinchot will be given
other work.
The reason for the German action
as conveyed to the department is that
Mr.. Pinchot's sister, who is Lady
Alan tombstone, is the wife or Tor
mer British diplomat.
Mr.. Bryan said Monday might that
he did not expect that Mr.. P1nchot
would remain long in Belgium because
not long ago the German government
had advised the department that 1t
did not even desire to continue to rec
of Belgium held by the Germans and
consuls were withdrawn from these
places.
Mr.. Pinchot has been acting for
some time as member of the gen
eral relief committee at London and
in Belgium.
About ten days ago the state de-
partment announced that Mr.. Pinchot
was to go to Belgium to look into
the condition of prisoners within the
German lines. Nothing more has
been heard of him until Monday when
DR.. VanDyke, the American minister
at The Hague, cabled that Mr.. Pinchot
had been asked to leave.
1t is not known here whether the
Germans assigned the true reason for
their request or whether they were
unwilling to have the condition of the
prisoners investigated.
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work on account of the distance from
the nearest fire hydrant to the fire.
Four blocks of hose were stretched
from Seventeenth street and Bos-
we'll avenue. The water pressure at
the hydrant was good, but was weak
at the fire on account. of friction
through the long hose.
Only the walls of the house remain
standing. The structure was frame
veneered with brick on the outside.
The fire was first discovered on the
roof and is believed to have started
from a spark from the chimney. Mr..
Shaver, who is secretary of the Scot
fish Rite bodies, was attending the
Semi-annual reunion in the Masonic
Temple, when he was told his house
was on fire. He climbed into jitney
and was taken to the scene of the fire
at top speed. When he arrived there
was nothing for him to do as all the
contents had been removed and the
house was practically gone. He said
his loss is fully covered by insurance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-06
BIC CLASS HERE
Semi-Annual Scottish Rite Re-
union Today.
Degrees to Fourteenth Were
Conferred Today.

At the ser1i-annual reunion of the
Scottish Rite bodies of the Valley of
Temple, degrees through the four
tenth were conferred today Inc
class receiving degrees today will be
carried on through the nineteenth to-
morrow and through the twenty-ninth
Thursday and work in the thirty-sec-
ond degree will be completed Friday.
Members and visitors are being
served lunches and suppers in the
banquet room by Billy Bond, chef.
The class taking degrees at the
present time consists of oliver A.
klinger, Chanute; John E. Booth,
Paradise; Royal F. Aver, Emporia;
ris M. Hill, Emporia; Ralph H. War
renburg, Madison; James Clyde Cor
bet, Valencia; Lewis F. Knight, Simp-
son; Charles Valentine Geren, Mil
City: John Walter Fury, Miltonvale;
William Thomas, Davis; William Web
err, Westmorelard; George r. Lu-
wellin, Humboldt; Thomas E. John
tawa; Ira Mark Benham, Horton;
Samuel Halsted Newell, jr., Holton;
Milton S. McGrew, Holton: Alfred Lee
Schober, .Fairview; Raymond f, Ell
mute; William Lewis Borst, McLouth;
Edwin F. Apitz, Manhattan; Scott
Wagner Carney, Downs; James l.. Eel
ton, Lebanon; Lewis Smith, Willard;
Snyder, Independence; Arthur B.
Pratt, Burlingame; and Earle Wood
ellie linn, George F. Sharitt. John
Steele, Edward T. Hargis, Edward
Augustus Fitzgerald, Ralph Roland
Rollman, John Kithcart Andrews,
Wesley Melton, George Albert. Allen,
William E. Connelley, Earl V. Bower,
Walter c. Gilchrist, Herman H. Be
neke, Seymour Lyman Levy, Harold
Lee Rude, Charlie Swearingen, Sid
ney S. James, Elmer F. Strain, Theo-
dore f. Vesper, Roy Earl Ludington.
Ralph Edward Spencer, Bradford F.
Kutz, Bert A. c. Anderson, Herman
Francis Clinton. Theodore William
Nordlund, John Daniel Patton, Frank
Clinton Greenwood, Bertram NJ. Neil,
Charles E. Graham, William Morris
Jenkins, Ernest Verdine King. Jesse
Carl Baughman, Charles A. Brallier.
Arthur Irving, James S. Hayes, Rich
ard E. Marling, Harvey L. Klopfer,
William Erastus Clifton, Charles Lyn-
gar, Forrest Eugene Kutz. Robert
George Merrick, Horace G.. Hum
phreys, Charles A. HARLAN, Llewellyn
Kiene, Edward Rooney, Ernest c.
Winters, all of Topeka.
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WELL AT GOoDLAND.
State Board of Irrigation Will Go
After Water Soon.

Members of the state board of irri-
CATION announced today that they
would sink a deep water we'll at Good
land, Sherman county, where the state
will locate an irrigation demonstration
station. 1t will probably be necessary
to go more than 100 feet for water
and the irrigation plant will cost
$4,000 to $500,
The new Goodland well is the fifth
to be sunk by the state since the crea-
ton of the state. commission. Irriga-
ton plants have been established near
Dighton, Leotf, Tribune and in Wal
lace county. 1t is probable that the
Goodland well will be the last work of
the present commission which steps
out of office July 1 to give way to
state commissioner appointed by the
governor
Two members of the present COM
mission are candidates for the ap-
pointment-Bert Walker and George
Ward. Dan Dyer, the third member
of the commission, will be candidate
for auditor next, year. Walker was
unable to attend today's meeting of the
commission and plans for the work at
Goodland were completed by Ward
and Dyer.
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FIGHT MOVIES COSTLY
johnson Offered 100000 for Rights,
He Says.

Havana, Cuba. April 6.-John-
son came down town today at
noon. He was dressed with his GUS
tomary brilliancy and tried to smile
and be jolly. 1t was evident, however
| that the loss of the title cut deeply.
doing with him and praising him for
the game fight he put up.
The former champion had several
conferences today with promoters
who wanted to buy his SO per cent in
terest in the moving pictures of the
contest. The negro said he has been
offered 100000. He said he would
mite plans. He will leave here before
the end of the week. He talks of
taking long sea voyage, possibly to
China. He offers no excuses for his
defeat. He thought himself good,
but it was the old story of age. He
said Willard was a fine fellow, a pow
erful hitter, and game. He is too big
sized heavyweight ever to defeat
Referring to yesterday Johnson said
he was at no time seriously hurt. He
just burned out and was weak and
could neither hit nor resist punish
ment in the final rounds.
Il am going to follow a plan 1 have
had in mind for some time,'' the ex-
Il shall settle on a farm in France
after the war and be a gentleman far
mer. I shall live the rest of my life
easy. There will be no more fights or
attempts to regain the title"
Willard was also down town today,
but the fighters did not see each other.
Great crowds followed the new cham
pion. Willard began packing today
and is planning to leave Havana to-
m
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SIMPLE WAY TO GET
RID OF BLACKHEADS

There is one simple, safe and sure way
that never fails to get rid of blackheads
and that is to dissolve them
To do this get about two ounces of plain
powdered neroxin from any drugstore
sprinkle a little hot. wet sponge
rub over the blackheads briskly-wash the
parts and you will be surprised how the
blackheads have disappeared. Big black
heads, little blackheads, no matter where
they are. simply dissolve and disappear
leaving the parts without any mark what
ever. Blackheads are simply mixture of
dust and dirt and secretions from the body
that form in the pores of the skin. Pinch
ing and squeezing only cause irritation
make large pores and do not get them
out after they become hard. The powdered
neroxin and the water simply dissolve the
blackheads so they wash right out. leav-
ing the pores free and clean and in their
natural condition. Anyone troubled with
these unsightly blemishes should certainly
try this simple method--Ady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-06

Grafton These weavers very the size
it is true, but the artistic idea. the
durable foundation, the color scheme,
etc, is but the outgrowth of the hand
some prayer rug designed by some re-
mote ancestor, and valued as price,
less heritage by his descendants.
The many strange sounding names
applied to oriental rugs indicate in
most instances the section or locality
from which they come. The native
rug merchants and bazaar keepers
gather them from the Persian tribes
and then take them to the central
markets at Smyrna or Constantinople,
where the worlds importers take the
offerings for distribution among
those who appreciate the artistic and
love the beautiful.
The entire lot at Crosby Bros. will
be offered at auction tomorrow, but
the store has issued catalogues of the
collection and is displaying them to
all who care to view them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-06
BUFFALO JONES HERE.
Famous Character in Topeka Visiting
Daughters.

Buffalo Jones was in Topeka last
night paying a brief visit to his
daughters, Mrs. Charles Whitmer and
Miss Jessie Jones, and left this morn
ing for the east again. The veteran
plainsman has returned from Africa,
where he was successful in his at
tempt to capture a gorilla with a rope,
in fact three of them.
MY trip to Africa said Buffalo
Jones, was the occasion of some diff
ficulty. / was taken ill with the black
fever and had to be carried to the
boat on my return. But as soon as 1
touched this country again I grew bet
ter and am feeling fine now.
Jones is one of the most famous of
the men who attained note during the
wild and woolly'' days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-06
WaShburn Endowment Fund
Campaign Plans On.
Mrs. A. MarbIrg as Field Mar.
shall for Women.
PARADE SATURDAY, APRIL II
Mammoth Demonstration for
Good of Cause.
"Pep" Dinner April II ct Audi
tOrium. Is Plan.

"Swimmingly," was the term useo
this afternoon by Frederick Courtney
Barber of New York, director gem
eral'' of the Washburn campaign 70
raise 100000 of the proposed half
million dollar endowment fund, IN
speaking of the manner in which the
preliminary arrangements are pelnS
worked out. 1T looks like go,
said Robert Stone, chairman OF the
executive committee
Details were discussed at a meet
of the executive committee heId at
noon today at the Commercial CLUB
quarters. Announcement was MADE
that Mrs. A. Marburg had agreed TO
serve as field marshal of the wom-
ems division consisting OF 100 per-
sons-and Mrs. Marburg was present
to verify the statement. E. H. Cros-
by will be the field marshal for the
business mems division and E. D. Ter
rill for the graduate division. A field
marshal for the young business men S
division is yet to be announced.
Director Barber stated this after
noon that the organization should DE
perfected by the end of this week. The
field marshalS will appoint their cap
tains and the captains the men to
serve under them. Ten men will con-
stitute a working unit
Parade a Feature.
A mammoth parade will be held
Saturday, April II, between 10 o'clock
and noon. The details for this feature
will be worked out this evening at
o'clock at the National hotel by the
special committee under DR.. E. S.
Pettyjohn.
The committee: DR.. E. s Pettyjohn.
chairman, Prof. C. s. Lopez. Mrs. D. L.
McEachron, Mrs. D. M. Fisk, Miss
Florence willard, Miss Helen Guild,
Wayne Cook, Albert T. Reid, Col. j.
w. F. Hughes, Rev. J. F. Fazel, ]. E:
Wilson, Mrs. H. N. Rhoads, Miss Ethel
NJ. Aldrich, Roland w. Seibert, Chas.
Sessions, l.. M. Penwell, Frank Con-
well, Charles c. Younggren, A. j.
Stout. g.
Meet at Auditorium.
1t practically has been decided to
hold the pep dinner Wednesday
evening, April IA, Immediately prior to
the start of the campaign at the audi
torium, and there is strong prob
ability that the noon hour rallies will
be held at the same place. The eX-
ecutive committee will meet each
noon between now and the opening
day at the Commercial club quarters.
w. w. Webb, George Godfrey Moore
and ]. Will Kelley will assist the mar
shals in picking their respective cap
tains. o. H. White has been named
as chairman of the outdoor display
committee. 4
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-06
MRS. WILLARD HAPPY
She Too Thinks of Children in Hour
of Great Triumph.

Los Angeles. April 6.-The future
was bright today for young mother
of Los Angeles whose four healthy.
bright-faced children are also the
children of Jess Willard, who won
back for the white race the heavy
weight prize fighting championship of
the world.
my husbands wonderful victory
has just one big meaning for me-" said
Mrs Willard in an interview today.
And that is our little ones will have
the good things we have always hoped
to give them. They. can now be edu-
Gated as well as the children of the
wealthy and can live in surroundings
that will help them grow into strong
and useful men and women"
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RUG DISPLAY A STUDY
Fine Examples of Oriental Art in
Crosby Bros. Auction

Aside from the interest that is al
ways shown when an auction is an
nounced, the event scheduled this
week at the Crosby Bros. store will
give rug enthusiasts a chance to
study the many different kinds of ORR
entail weaves. The display, which
comprises some four hundred rugs of
all kinds and shapes and sizes, is an
importation by Teheran & Co, and it
is seldom that the public can view
such an assortment.
Every Oriental rug is a monument
to the patience and skill of the family
or tribe which fashioned it. Viewing
them in their beauty of soft sheen
and silky texture, it is hard to realize
that each rug represents long hours of
patient toll, week in and week out
often a whole tribe being employed
in the production of one floor cover
ing. Each rug represents the tying by
deft fingers of thousands upon thou
sands of tiny wool tufts into the in.
visible warp
No shuttles or machines are used in
the real orientals. Some of the Per-
sian families work continually upon
patterns and designs that have been
handed down from generation to gen.
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TURN OUT CLASS
Washburn College Students
Save Contents of House.
Shaver Residence on College
Hill Burned Today.

The two-story brick residence of
William NJ. Shaver 1929 McVicar ave-
nue., was destroyed by fire today
Practically all the, contents of the
house was saved by being carried out
by Washburn college students. Mrs
Shaver, Miss Helen Shaver and a
seamstress were the only persons at
home when the fire was discovered
After notifying the fire department
Miss Helen Shaver had the presence
of mind to telephone the college office
and ask for help. The Shaver resi-
dence is just west of the TVashburn
campus. Glasses were Immediately
dismissed and the students rushed to
the fire.
Firemen were handicapped in their
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HATE TO SEE HIM GO.
Farewell Expressions for DIR. Roy b.
Guild, a Human PASTOR

DR.. Roy B. Guild is one of those
who are putting ministers in a class
with human beings, according to w.
d. Ross, state superintendent of pub
lie instruction, who was one of the
speakers at a farewell dinner given by
the Brotherhood of the Central Con-
gregationa1 church for DIR. Guild,
who. together with the members of
his family. will leave for New York
next Wednesday afternoon. There
were forty men present at the dinner.
II venture to say DIR. Guild is the
best public health layman in the
United States said w. ]. V. Deacon.
Il have never yet heard DR.. Guild