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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
1T IS THE PUBLIC.
Kruttschnftt Says the People
Decide All Labor Troubles.
Compulsory Arbitration Scored
by Railway Magnate.

Chicago. April 10.-Julius Krutt-
schnitt, first assistant to the late E. H.
Hartman and himself one of the
leading railroad authorities of the
country, today expressed to the Unit
ed States commission on industrial
relations the opinion that the only So
luton of labor troubles is the design
ing of a vehicle through which the
public, (which is always right" shall
decide the merits of controversies.
.'One of the duties of this commits
sion,'' said Commissioner James
O'Connell to Mr.. kruttschnitt. who
was the first witness at todays ses-
sion, lis to ascertain the causes of in
dustrial unrest, and to recommend a
demedy if possible. What is your
opinion?'
Il have observed many strikes and
in the end public opinion decides
justly, as a rule replied the witness.
No strike that 1 recall ever succeeded
with public opinion against it. The
great American public settles them all
The older I grow the more I am von-
vinced that the task of settling labor
troubles is the task of keeping the
public informed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
DUEL TO DEATH STREET WAKES UF
in Warning Clans
Pair OFF and Fight.
Two Dead, Two Dying and Two
Badly Wounded.

Letart, w Va, April 10.-Two men
are dead, two are dying and two more
perhaps fatally wounded today as the
result of a strange triple duel yeSter-
day in which six brothers, representa-
tives of two families, paired off as II
for nothing more deadly than a dance,
drew their knives and faced oppon-
ents selected with regard to age.
While knives flashed and the fight
ers cursed and groaned, several hun
dred men, women and children stood
by, some crying, some praying, but
none dared to stop the duel
The dead are:
Earl Shirley, age %, and Urson
Bosworth, 3S, both eldest brothers of
the fuedist clans, who were paired in
the duel. They were first to meet and
cut and slash until both dropped.
Then Jackson Shirley and John Bos-
worth, the next in age of the fighting
clans clashed, fighting a few yards
from the place where their brothers
were sta bbing each other to the death.
Jackson Shirley and John Bosworth
are dying, physicians said today.
Harry Shirley and Tom Bosworth
paired off a few minutes later They
perately wounded but may recover.
The fight began over baseball
game many months ago. The crowd
which watched the duel had been at
tending an entertainment at the How
ell schoolhouse, four miles from here.
close, those inside the school heard
Quarreling outside. The progra m was
cut short and the people poured out of
the building to see the fight. The
fight of the eldest brothers was the
fiercesr. Earl Shirley fought until life
left him. He was dead, spectators say,
when he fell. Both he and his oppo-
nent were disemboweled and their
throatS were hacked to shredS.
Sheriff Lescher and a posse re-
mained guard at the SchOOlhOuSe all
night, fearing other members of the
family would clash
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
COLORADO is HAPPY.
Legislature Finally Agrees to Quit "Do
Nothing Session.

Denver. Colo, April 1O.-The Colo
RADIO legislature will adjourn at mid
night tonight
When this date was decided on by
joint resolution, one Denver afternoon
paper cartooned the public dancing
for joy and shouting, Three Rousing
Cheers" All this was under the head
ing, "Oh Glory, Legislature End April
10, and Let Us All Arise and Rejoice
Another afternoon papers head was,
Cheer, Brother, CheerI'
The cause of this hilarity was the
legislatures alleged "do-nothing rec
ord. Up to the eleventh hour of the
session it had passed only one impor-
tant bill, the measure carrying out the
peoples referendum mandate that
Colorado shall be SaloonleSS after
January l. 1916
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
Wild Excitement on New York
Stock Exchange.
Floor and Galleries Crowded
& Many Women Present.

New York, April 10.-Scenes of wild
excitement attended the renewal of
operations on the stock exchange to-
with members and the visitors gal
lery was lined with spectators, many
of them women in gay attire. Over
night buying orders and a further
stampede of the short interest lifted
prices throughout the list, gains ex-
tending from 1 to 8 points in specula-
tive favorites and specialties.
United States steel, the leader Of
yesterdays spectacular movement,
was again the chief feature, opening
with a block of fifteen thousand
shares at 57h to ST q, and soon ad-
vanced to 5S. Bethlehem steel was
the only prominent stock to hold
back, declining 2 points. Rock Is
land was the most erratic issue, rising
almost four points and soon losing all
it's advance.
Trading during first half hour was
on the largest scale for that period in
Recessions, ranging from a fraction
to points. ensued soon after the ini-
tiai outburst on heavy profit taking.
Sales in the first hour exceeded half
a million shares, which surpassed all
records since 1908, the year of the
great speculative boom. Prices con-
tinued to react under the weight of
gains were wiped out, some of the
standard shares selling materially un-
der yesterdays close. Steel was con-
Spicuous in this connection, declining
to 5515 Its contribution to the busi-
ness of the first hour was 117.00O
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
WEATHER IS IDEAL.
Sunday, Too, VIII Be of Favorable
Variety, Says Sunny Flora.

The weather was ideal today and
the forecast gives promise of the same
brand of atmospheric conditions for
Sunday.
There were scattered April showers
in Kansas late Friday and Friday
night The precipitation at Topeka
was Is of an inch. The weather could
not be more favorable for those who
are putting in gardens.
The lowest temperature at Topeka
today was 8 degrees which was eight
degrees above normal. The mercury
was down to the freezing point in the
northwest portion of the state. The
sky was clear early this morning in
all parts of Kansas with the exception
of the east.
The temperature averaged nine de-
grees above normal today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
INTEREST TO TOPEKANS
Local Women Take Part in Red Cross
Memorial.

Washington, April 1O.-Recently the
cornerstone of an 100000 Red Cross
building was laid in Washington. This
memorial is to commemorate the SER
vice and sacrifices of the women of
the United StateS-nOrth and south
for the sick and wounded in war.
Among those directly interested with
the construction of this edifice are
eleven Kansas women, now living,
who served as nurses in the Civil
war. They are:
Eliza beth Jane Mulvane of Topeka,
Emma Stafford of Wichita, Mary Kin
ney of Kansas City, Mamie c. Martin
of Topeka, Lena Donnelly of Con-
cordia, Caroline Boston of Smith Cen
ter, Elvina Kelley of Chanute, Susan
r. Lowell of Topeka, katey Gaines of
Clay Center, Fannie A. Jackson of
Olathe and Mary McC-ay of Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
Charged With Death of An.
thOny King at Alta Vista.
OTHER DECISIONS DOWN TODAY
TOpekan Can Collect Damages
From Santa Fe.
Harley Harper Received Blood
Poisoning in Shops.

Walter Mullins must serve a life
term in the Kansas penitentiary for
hiring man to murder Anthony
King, restaurant keeper at Alta
Vista, under a decision of the Kansas
supreme court today
King was police officer in juno
ton City, where Mullins lived. They
got into an alteration on the streets
there and King beat Mullins severely.
Some time after this King moved to
Alta Vista, where he ran n restau-
rant 1t was charged that Mullins
h1red Paul Roberts, dope fiend and
undeslra bic character of Louisiana, to
XIII King. The man was killed by a
charge of buckshot. fired through a
screen door one evening.
There were no eye witnesses Rob-
erts was convicted of the actual mur-
der, but died in his cell in the Jail
before the jury returned it's verdict.
Mullins was tried later and was con-
victed of melting Roberts to do the
murder. The supreme court sustain
ed the conviction. The attorneys for
Mullins announced that there would
be a petition for a rehearing filed at
once.
Will of Wisner Good.
The supreme court today reversed
the Barber county district court and
held that the will of Henry Wisner.
wealthy Barton county land owner,
must stand and his children receive
only minor portion of his estate.
Because of the prominence of parties
interested in the case. the trial of the
action two years ago attracted unusu-
al attention, especially when the trial
court held that the will should be set
aside.
In passing on the case today, the
court held that Wisner was virtually
insane at the time of his death Yet
a former will had made no greater
provision for two sons, Charles and
Henry Wisner, than di4 ssFss second
and for this reason the courx declares
TContinued on Page Two.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
Troops Will Be Sent to the
Italian Frontier.
SOUND RUSSIA ON PEACE
Vatican Denies POpe's Inter-
ventiOn Has Been Asked.
General Staff Comedies Loss of
10000 at Dukla.

London, April 1o.-Austria is re-
ported to have abandoned her cam
paign against Serbia, bringing to a
close the offensive operations which
were the immediate cause of the gem
eral European conflict. Dispatches
from Switzerland say Austria has CIV
en- up the plan for a new attack on
Serbia for the sake of sending addi-
tional troops to the Italian frontier. 1t
is also reported from the same source
that the decision has been reached at
Vienna to sound Russia as to peace
terms The official organ of the Vat
lean denies the report that Austria has
requested the assistance of the pope
in such negotiations
Russia is said to have made impor-
tant captures of guns and war muni-
tions in the Carpathians. What is
represented as information from the
Austrian general staff is that in the
battle along the Dukla-Eperies front
the Austrians lost $4,000 men.
Popular agitation in Italy concern
ing the attitude Of that country has
increased to a point which has neces-
STATED energetic action by the author
tiles TO prevent disorders. The fac
tions for and. against war have ar
ranged mass meetings for tomorrow,
which their leaders say will be held
in spite of police prohibition.
A French sailing vessel from Lon
don for New York has been sunk by
a German submarine off the Isle of
Wight. The Germans allowed the
crew of 25 men ten minutes in which
to quit their vessel and all were saved.
A wrecked British schooner has been
sighted off the American coast and is
believed to have been attacked by
German warship several weeks ago.
French Making Progress.
The French, with the capture of Les
EpargeS, have obtained one of the
main objects of their advance to the
soutlieastward from Verdun. The po-
sition at Les Eparges dominates the
plains of the eNYOevre aud its occupa-
tioa~sby- the FreS1ci7 is ss1sITounced off,
cially. Progress from Verdun means
heavier pressure on the northern flank
of the Germans holding ST. Mihiel.
while the southern flank is threatened
by the French advance between Pont-
and the Meuse.
In the southern part of this field
of operations the Germans are deliv-
ering almost continuous counter at
tacks. They have made fifteen as
saults on one point. 1t is evident the
French are not only attempting to
capture St Mihiel, which always has
been a danger point since the wedge
was driven into the line of the allies,
but are at the same time seeking to
aid Russia by preventing the with
drawal of German corps for the relief
of the hard pressed Austrian and Ger
man forces in the CarpathianS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
EDITOR IS PINCHED.
l.. f. "Aguinaldo" Claypool Surren-
derS to Officers.

Kansas City, Mo-, April 10.--L. E.
Claypool, editor of a weekly pamph-
let sold on the streets here, surren-
dered to the county attorney today on
the issuance of a warrant for his ar
rest charging violation of the state
law, prohibiting the editing of a pub
lication devoted mainly to scandals.
Almost 100 newsboys who were SELL
ing the pamphlet were taken to po-
lice headquarters and their sheaves
confiscated.
Claypool is former Kansas City
and Topeka newspaper man and his
publication was in its fourth issue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
SUGGESTION, KANsANs.

Burlington, Ia, April 10.-The
Burlington Automobile club has
adopted a suggestion from Dr. l. p.
Wilson, and is heading a state wide
movement to adorn the roadsides
of every important highway in
Iowa with flowers. For several
years the doctor and his wife on
their auto trips have planted flow
er seeds beside the roads. As a re-
suit several roads near the city
have been made beautiful. Now
the auto club has taken up the
movement and asked other clubs to
assist in making Iowa highways
the most beautiful in the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10

Berlin, April 10.-To visualize
the number OF Russian prisoners
and guns taken by Won Hindenburg
in the So-called Winters Battle"
one of the German papers has fig
ured out what a great procession
they would make. If the 100000
to the east of the Masurian lakes,
prisoners, the 500 pieces of artillery
and the 1000 wagons, it saws,
were to form a procession with
four men abreast, with the artillery
and wagons in usual marching Or
der, they would reach 112 miles in
length. 1t would require thirty
hours for such procession to pass
a given point. In the same way II
1t figured that all the prisoners of
war now held by Germany-a total
of 1900 men-would make a
procession 625 miles long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
FORMER Congressman Honored.

New York, April 10.-Former Rep
resentative William Calder, Republi-
can leader of Brooklyn and unsuc-
cesSful candidate for senator last fall,
dinner given by the Republican club
of New York City, in recognition of
his ten years service in congress.
Former Senator Root will be the prin-
cipaI speaker. Committeeman in
charge of the affair are Representa-
tive Mott, former Secretary of War
Simpson and City Comptroller Prem
dergaSt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
PREACHER TO MAKE SHELLS.

Glasgow, April 1O.-A call for re-
cruits here to assist in the manu-
facture of shells brought forth
clergyman. who was promptly ac-
cepted. He is the Rev. Stuart Rob-
ertson of Pollokshield church, a
tall, athletic figure who now serves
from O'Clock in the morning until
5 at night in a large engineering
shop. His days work over, the
Rev. Robertson attends to his pas
toral duties as his evenings recre-
alton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
ETERNAL FEMINIST!

st. Paul, Mimi, April 1o.-A
mirrorless elevator is never used
by women when one with mirrors
is available, according to an OBJ
serving elevator boy. He works on
an elevator, which is regularly used
for freight. During rush periods,
the freight elevator, exactly like
the passenger elevator, except that
it does not have mirrors, is used for
passengers. But the women fight
shy of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
81 don't Never DabbIe in Wa
ter" Her Love Replied.
Then SHE GOT A DIVORCE
Kindly Wife Also Bought 6
Cow and Pigs.
Minnie KrOft Tells of Once
Happy Home.

| Because her husband didn't take a
! bath in the entire eight months of
their married life Mrs. Sarah Hawker
| decided she would have to draw the
line somewhere, she told Judge Dana
in the district court this morning: So
she left him.
81 went in where he was lying
down. she told the judge, land I
spoke to him just as nicely as knew
how. I asked him if he wouldn't
please to clean up just that once, but
he said:
"I don't never dabble in water.' .
1t was after that refusal to do any
thing she wanted him to that Mrs.
Hawker, according to her own state
ment, left his farm near Carbondale
and came to Topeka to stay. But that
wasn't the only shortcoming she dis
covered in him, she told the judge.
Bread, Coffee and Fat Pork.
Marshall Hawker was an elderly
had elected to live upon a restricted
diet of bread, coffee and fat pork.
She wanted sugar but he announced
that he didn't use it and that she
shouldn't unless she bought it herself.
She said:
'I ask him to get a COW but he said
he didn't use milk. so 1 bought one
myself. Then I asked him to get some
pigs TO IeeO the spare milk TO Dut ne
told me he had gotten rid of his cows,
his pigs and his chickens so he
wouldn't be bothered with ethem. L
got some pigs for myself and when
they were grown he wanted to kill
one and eat 1T. But you bet I wouldn't
let him. 1 sold them myself and kept
the money"
1t has been six months since Mrs
Hawker left her husband. Evidently
having no objections to his solitary
for e.. I,4
pear to resist the divorce proceedings
and Judge Dana awarded her the de-
cree
Some Other Cases.
Lizzie Lang was given a divorce
from Frank Lang in the first divi-
sion of the district court today upon
her showing of desertion.
The case of Minnie against Charles
Kroft in Judge George H. Whitcomb's
court was not concluded. Mrs. Kroft
desertion and extreme cruelty and
there appears to be no contest. Mr..
kroft went away from home some
time ago with the evident intention of
making it permanent.
Mr.. Kroft's Farewell.
when he left" said Mrs. Kroft on
the witness stand, che told me he was
going so far that all the sheriffs in
Kansas would never be able to find
him. L don't know where he is now"
Mrs. krOft mentioned that on the
night of their parting her husband
had knocked her down and kicked her
in the back after she had reproved
him for failing to come home until
after midnight when he had promised
her he would be back before dark.
She said, however, she had spoken to
him about it in a pleasant way because
she was not one to provoke family
disSensions. Her two married daugh-
ters said they had seen their father
slap their mother and knew he had
not treated her well.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
New Warden at Federal Pen.

reported here that A. J. Renoe has
been selected for deputy warden of the
federal penitentiary to take the place
made vacant by the promotion of
Frederick Zerbst to be warden at At
lanta- Renoe has been in prison serv-
ice twenty-five years, the last six here
as record clerk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
Oppose HAY Rate increases.

Chicago, April 10.-Hay and broom
corn manufacturers and dealers from
all parts of the west were represented
here today to oppose freight rate in
creases proposed by the western rail-
roads in the interstate commerce COM
missions hearing in the western ad-
vance rate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Fair tonight and Sunday; not much
change in temperature
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-08
ANOTHER DESPERATE
BATTLE DEVELOPING

P~etrograd, Feb. 6.-One hundred
thousand Germans are attacking the
earthworks west of Warsaw, it was
officially announced here.
One of the greatest battles of the
war is developing.
Seven divisions of Germans, said
to comprise the flower of General Won
Hindenburg's armies, are making
strenuous frontal attacks upon the
Russians between the Bzura and the
Rawka.
Behind them 1000 German batter.
les are playing shells upon the czar's
trenches.
Fifty thousand fresh German troops
were rushed into the firing line as
achievements.
Their arrival was a signal for the
renewal OF the onslaught.
For twenty-four hours M~ackensen's
divisions have surged toward the Rus
sian lines.
The battle has become a gigantic
death grapple.
In the Carpathians the Russians
have been forced to withdraw from
the Beskid plains, where Germans
and Austrians were encountered, it
was officially admitted.
West of the Besklds, however, the
Russians claim to have taken 1000
prisoners.
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AGGRESSIVE ACTION
BY NAVY IS URGED

Berlin, Feb. Stink England 5
transports" was the cry taken up by
the German press.
Aggressive action was urged upon
the admiralty In lengthy articles that
approve all steps taken by Admiral
Won Tirpitz and his staff In launching
his new policy of starving out Eng
land by means of submarines
Thousands of English troops are
being moved cross the channel daily
in preparation for the spring cam
paign in Flanders and Northern
France.
Spies brought word here that fresh
English regiments are being concen-
trated near Boulogne. Boulogne it.
self has been turned over to the Brit
ish military, who have taken over
the city administration, according to
reports brought here.
The exploits of the U-21 in the
Irish sea have aroused the greatest
confidence here in the ability of the
newest German submarines.
Berlin newspapers demand that a
submarine fotilla be SEN into ac-
ton in the English channel at once to
stop the troop movement that has
been under way since the middle of
January.
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MASTER KEY
John Fleming Wilson
Now being played In moving pictures
Mt the Ruby Tbeater every
Tuesday night.

Precisely. Everett u%sSented With all
c~heerfulness. Now I'm going TO loan
John Dorr here $1,000 today for the
Master Key mine. Then"
John slIooN his head. That isn't
business-lik he protested.
Everett fixed his keen eyes on him.
ANY reason why shouldn't loan
money to Miss Ruth Gallons manager
and guardian: Any reason why you.
looking after her interests. should re
fuse help in liking up her affairsy
Dorr flushed. II didn't mean II that
way. 1t seems a. II kind Of messed
things mp myself. and IL thought ]
might get 'em set right by myself"
.Yon called OH me. and I'm the doc
tor said Everett authoritatively. He
pulled oui his wallet and commenced
counting out bills. Il came prepared
for this. for | thought there might be
an emergency"
But who will take charge OF III
Who viii go to the miner
The broker laughed at him. Not
o You'd be in "A fight In three min
utes. specially IL wilkerson turned up.
Tom Kane IL IN man" He turned on
the old man abruptly. VIII you take
this money and goy'
The old cook stared at the crisp bills
and then at Dorr. II amt handled
paper worth that much lately" he re-
marked. "Rut IL you want me 10 go
I'm there and feed them people and get
EN- back "a work and keep things go
Ing tili John can fix things MP here III
GO
On his way 10 the mine Harry vii
kerson's courage, newly tired by u last
conversation with Jean Darnell. com
Fenced 10 ebb.
Drake and Tubbs received him with
unaffected relief. A few words sui.
iced TO make the status or affairs
plain. TubbS looked at his superior
with strained anxiety la his bleared
eyes. Dull aud sodden with liquor as
he was. he understood perfectly that
everything depended on the next few
days. The engineer had lived In min
ing camps and on the desert all his
life, and he knew the passions cngen-
dered BY the nrid mountains and the
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