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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-04-16
ROBERTS GETS SIX YEARS
Terre Haute Mayor Sentenced for Corr
spiracy i'm Election Frauds.

Terre Haute Mayor Sentenced for Corr
spiracy i'm Election Frauds.
INDIANAPOLIS - Mayor Dom
NJ Roberts, one of the tWenty-seVen
men convicted by jury in federal
court for participation in the con-
spiracy to defraud the government in
the election in Tlerre Haute on Nov.
5, 1914, was sentenced by Judge An
derson to six years in Leavenworth
prison, and to pay fine of $4,000. In
all. 116 men, SO of whom had pleaded
guilty. were to be sentenced.
Eli H Redman, elected judge of the
circuit court of Vigo county by ten
votes. and Sheriff Dennis Shea were
sentenced to five years in the peni-
Tertiary and fined $1,000 each. Harry
S. Montgomery president of the
board of public works; Thomas c.
Smith, city judge; George Ehrenhardt,
member of board of public works, and
Edward r. DriscoTl. secretary of the
Vigo county democratic central COM
mittee, were sentenced to three years
each in the penitentiary and fined
$500
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-04-16
VILLA ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE

Condition Due to ReVerses and Per
sonal Trouble With His officers.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - Gen
eral Villa is reported in message
from Aguas Calientes to be on the
verge of a nervous breakdown, due to
recent reverses Of his forces and per
sonal trouble with some of his Off
GERS.
Within four days, 1T is reported, he
has ordered eight officers shot for
imaginary failures in the discharge OF
their duty, but in each instance has
been persuaded to reconsider by the
combined efforts of his closest friends
OH the staff
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-04-16
is 1T SOUTH BELOTT. WIS ?
Granville D. Jones Says Survey of
1875 Proves Int rs.

BELOIT, WIS = Granville D.
Jones of the University of Wisconsin
is authority for a statement that Sauth
Beloit, supposed to be IN Illinois, is
really in Wisconsin, and therefore a
part of this city. Mr.. Jones says that
a survey of 1875 proved 1T.
He was a member of the party who
made the coast and geodetic survey
and says the result OF the survey was
filed at Washington According to
Mr.. Jones, the state line is half a mile
south of the present recognized line.
If this should be established it would
add 1000 to the population of Beloit
and a large manufacturing district.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-04-16
Seven Named in s5,ooo,ooo Fraud.

CHICAGO, ILL. Indictments
against John Farson, Jr., and William
Farson. son of the late John Farson,
and six other men charged with mis-
use of the United States mails in the
sale of securities amounting TO S., 050,-
O00 in a. Colorado irrigation deal were
announced in the federal district at
torney's office. Others indicted are
A. H. Thompson, Chicago; George H.
Osborn, Wyoming; Harry B. Pa1rott.
Chicago; Charles F. Few. Gree1ey,
COL; William Tiff, Denver, Col, and
Samuel II. Shields, Denver
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-04-16
FIRE ENDANGERS HAYWARD
Flames, Believed Of incendiary origin,
Cause Loss of $4,000.

HAYWARD, WIS. Fire, claimed
to have been of incendiary origin,
caused heavy damage TO the Hayward
Mercantile company and adjoining
property here. For a time the entire
town was endangered.
Some estimates place the loss as
nigh as $4,000, probably covered by
insurance.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-04-16
German Attacks Fail, Says Paris.

PARIS The French war office
reports that German forces have
failed In an attempt to gain back
some of the ground lost at Les
Esparges. Similar attacks made in
LIE Pretre woods were repulsed.
Otherwise the French authorities say
their entire front has been quiet,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-04-16
BANK CHARGESH HIT
TREASURY HEADS
Plot to Damage Riggs National
Alleged in Suit.
M'ADOO AND WILLIAMS TARGET

Injunction Against Secretary of Treas
urv and Comptroller of Currency
Asked to Prevent Their "Usurping
of Power"-Matter May Be Aired
in Congress,
WASHINGTON, D, C. - Conspiracy
to defame and damage the Riggs Ma
tional bank was charged against Sec
retary of the Treasury McAdoo and
Comptroller of the Currency John
Shelton Williams in suit filed in the
District of Columbia supreme court.
The Riggs bank is affiliated with
She National City. Bank of New YORK
and that institution is involved IN
The affairs that led up to the proceed
ings in court.
The allegations, which cover eighty
six typewriter pages and cover thlr-
,ty.seven instances of alleged improper
use of official power, are so serious
that it is believed the matter must &c
aired in congress. Should the bank
be successful in the litigation the
victors viii make an attempt to Sc
cure the impeachment Of AIcAdoo and
Williams.
Asked to Enjoin McAdoo.
The bill asks that Mr.. Williams be
.enioined from revoking the Riggs
designation as a depositary for the re
serves Of other national banks or re-
fueing to approve it as such de-
0Csitary. An injunction to restrain Mr..
McAdoo from usurpfng the powers"
of the treasurer Of the United States,
also is asked.
The court is asked in addition to
find the sections of the revised
statutes dealing with the examination
OF banks unconstitutional and void if
they must be construed as they have
been and are being construed and en-
forced by the defendants.
Temporary injunction Granted.
One portion of the prayer seeks to
restrain John Burke, treasurer Of the
United States, from payment into the
treasury of $4,000, declared to be due
the bank as interest on $1,0O0,00O Of
United States bonds deposited with
the comptroller against it's note cir
culation. This interest was withheld
to cover penalties of 500 a day for
failure of the bank to make certain re-
ports Once paid into the treasury,
only an act of congress could get the
$4,000 out, and Justice Mccoy late in
the day granted temporary injunc-
ton on this phase Of the case.
The justice then set. April 16 as the
day for answer by the defendants to
show cause why permanent injunc
items should not issue.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-04-16
CLAIMS FRENCH BEATEN OFF
Berlin Says Attack on ST. MihieI
Wedge Fails.

BERLIN = The new French
attempt to crush the German wedge
between the Meuse and Moselle has
been defeated with enormous losses,
according to dispatches received here
While the onslaughts continue with
great fierceness, the enemy has SUI
fered definite check on both sides
of the wedge.
The French losses in the last weeks
fighting in this region are variously
estimated at between $4,000 and 49,
GOO. These figures are based on re-
ports that at isolated points in the
battle zone from 400 to 1000 bodies
of French soldiers have been found.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-04-16
New York Anarchists Found Guilty.

NEW YORK Frank Abarno
and Carmine Carbone were found
guilty of placing q bomb IN ST.
Patrick's cathedral On the morning of
March 2, when 700 persons were at
mass. The extreme penalty for their
offense is twenty-five years in state
prison, but it is deemed unlikely that
this penalty will be exacted, the jury
having made a recommendation OF
mercy.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-04-16
MRS. BARBER DIES AT BELOlT
Heart Failure Claims Congressman'H
Widow at Age of 81 Years.


BELOTT. WIS. Mrs. Eliza
beth Barber, eighty-four years old,
mother of Mrs. Edward Dwight Eaton,
wife of President Eaton of Beloit col
Iege and widow OF the Hon. J. Allen
lege and widO wof the Hon. j. Allen
Barber, Lancaster, Wis, atwO terms
congressman, died at the Eaton home
here OF heart failure due to advanced
years.
Mrs. Barber was born III Boston,
Mass, came to Lancaster III her girl
hood with her parents and spent
large part of her life here. Her hus-
band, a prominent member of the
Wisconsin bar, died thirty years ago.
Mrs. Barber had made her home at
the Eaton residence here since last
autumn She was lin failing health for
several months.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-04-16
WILSON THANKSLEGfSLATURE
President Acknowledges Receipt of
SYmpathv Resolution.

MADISON, WIS. - President Viii
son has acknowledged the Iegisla-
lures adoption of a resolution of re-
spect and sympathy in his neutrality
policy The president wrote Secre-
tary of State Donald as follows:
My Dear Mr.. Secretary: May l not
express to you, and through you to
the Wisconsin legislature, my very
hearty appreciation of the generous
words of the joint resolution Of which
you have sent me a copy! 1t heartens
me greatly to know that I have your
sympathetic appreciation and good will
and | thank you and all concerned
very cordially.
WOODROW WILSON"
The message viii be transmitted to
the legislature this week.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-04-16
C. PAULOS COMMITS SUICIDE
wisconsin Legislator Leaps 10 Stories
to Death in Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, WIS. = Christopher
Paulos, 81 years old, MEMBER of the
state assembly, committed suicide by
jumping head first from the tenth
story of the First National building
alighting on his head.
Paulos had trouble in January over
the issuance of checks amounting to
several hundred dollars, having at the
time not sufficient funds to meet the
checks. He was arrested, but the
case was settled out of court.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-04-16
MUST NOT TIP TN WISCONSIN
Legislature Passes Bill Making Act
Misdemeanor-Sent ito Governor

MADISON, WIS. The as
sembly concurred in the Bosshard
senate bill prohibiting tipping. The
bill, which now goes to the governor
for approval and which is to go into
effect Sept. l next, provides that any
employe who accepts tips or any en-
ployer who knowingly permits an en-
ploye to accept tips shall be guilty of
a misdemeanOr.
Railroads and hotels are required to
post copies of the law. The penalty
than SIS and not more than $25, or I'M
prisonment not to exceed thirty days.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-04-16
Villa Troops Defeated.

LAREDO, TEXAS = Villa troops
were defeated shortly after noon in
a battle with CarranZa forces between
Huisachito and Jarita, thirty miles
south of Nuevo Laredo, opposite this
city, according to a telephone mes
sage received here. The constitution
alist force numbered about 1000 men
and the Villista army 1000.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-04-16
JUDGE LINDSEY EXONERATED
Grand jury Indicts Traducer-Gov.
ernor Vetoes Hostile Bill.

DENVER, COLO. = Judge Ben
B. Lindsey of the Denver Juvenile
court was exonerated of all charges
of misconduct in a report of the
county grand jury
Frank L. Rose was indicted on a
charge of criminal libel in connec-
ton with affidavits rejecting upon
the character of Judge Lindsey. The
governor also vetoed a bill passed by
the legislature legislating LindseJ out
of office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-13

they suddenly came within range f
heavy artillery, fixed behind perma-
nent trenches, well prepared. And
like the French and the British, they
were forced to take to earth. This is
the story of the Italian campaign
Along most of the front from Lago di
Garda to the lower valley of the Isonzo
they were operating in a region of
great mountains, some of them rising
to 10000 feet. The SUBMITS, the foot
hills, all the roads and approaches had
long been covered by Austrian de-
lenses. There was little chance to
blast way through this barrier; there
was none to force it. Slow, steady
pressure, the capture of summit
here, trench there-a difficult and
tedious effort, not to break through
but on this front merely to dig in so
firmly that if the Germans should join
the Austrians in a drive into Italy, the
Italian position would hold. This was
and is the Italian campaign. Remem-
Der that this frontier was traced by
military engineers intent on
keeping for Austria every military
vantage point, and the task is appre-
ciated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-13
WORK OF BATTERY A
Armory Wednesday Night for
Business Men.

A denomination of the work that
is being done by the local company of
the National guard will be made
Wednesday night when members of
company A entertain business men of
the city at smoker in the armory on
jackson street. Not only will the mer-
chants be shown the standing OF local
n1ilitiamen as warriors but they will
have afforded them an opportunity of
inspecting new equipment recently
furnished the battery and valued at
$4,000.
Artillery adopted by the government
is the same as that used by the French.
Few business men of the city, however,
have ever awaited themselves Of the
opportunity to see just what the
equipment that is now being used in
Europe looks like. Following a tour
of the building, members of the COM
pany will demontrate sight setting,
firing problems and other tactics that
are a part of the militiamen'S duties.
The smoker is the first public
event since Captain John NJ. Hite was
assigned to the local battery two
months ago. Since that time several
changes have been made at the ar
mory. The company has been put
through its steps and is due to APP
pear at its best Wednesday night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-13
LOCAL MENTION.

H. H. Raymond, foot specialist and
orthopedic surgeon, former expert
with John Woodbury. of New York
Absolutely painless. 524 Madison
Phone 3960.-Adv.
Dr.. w. Howard, Dentist. 500 Kan
sas Ave, Phone 714.-Adv.
Glass and glazing. call e4s. J. K
Jones Paint Co.-Adv.
Painless dental work at moderate
prices at the White Dental Parlors. 500
kansas Ave-, Phone 714.-Adv.
For a popular priced suit or over
coat. made to measure. see Olof Elk
berg. 70s Kansas Ave. End floor
Adv
Suits and overcoats dry cleaned Use.
Topeka Laundry Co. Phone 3653.-
Adv.
Xmas Framing. Goes. S2S Kansas
Ave.-Adv.
DR.. Charles Lyngar. dentist. 500
Kansas Ave-. phone 714.-Adv.
Glass, Glazing and Paint. Miller &
Gillespie, S33 K. A Phone 955.-Adv.
Mirror Work. Goes, s2s Kansas
Ave Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-13
HYpHENs AND FRoNTIERs-

The hyphen in American feeling de-
ponds upon the frontier which is
Threatened, says The New Republic
The cleavage would be nonresident
against Japan, it would not be talked
about at all in regard to Mexico, it
would be deep against Germany, and
infinitely deeper still against England
what this means is that the American
people are adapted to a varied foreign
policy, requiring different methods to-
wards different powers. They are not
a homogeneous. obedient, drilled pop
uiation to be welded in any direction.
for any purpose Through no inten-
ton of their own, through sheer force
Of circumstances. the American people
are discovering the essence of practi-
,,at wisdom. which is that only a fool
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-13
U. S. MOVES SLOWLY
An Appliance Needed for Years IN
the Postoffice Has just
Received Attention.

When plans were made for the re-
construction of the Topeka postoffice
an appropriation for a mail conyeyor
was asked fer. and the secretary or
the treasury at Washington has just
recommended to congress that such
an appropriation be made. Today's
dispatches state that $4,000 is asked
for this purpose.
mail conveyor is a mechanical
contrivance that will carry mail from
the different windows where 1t is de-
posted to some central point in the
postoffice where il can be properly
distributed. 1t runs continuously and
calls for little attention. But it would
save a great deal of time and many
steps in the Topeka office.
When the pos.office building was
reconstructed the work was done
without reference to a mail conveyor
for the reason that the proposed APP
preparation had been turned down.
And now it will be somewhat difficult
to install il. There are places where
the ceiling comes within seven feet of
the floor and it will be necessary to
make the track of the conveyor ex-
tremcly crooked. However. don't
whisper that to the treasury depart
ment. The Topeka postoffice needs
the conveyor badly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-13
KANSAS BUILDING SOLD
Structure at San Francisco Which
Cost 100000 Brings $3.50 mt
Forced Sale.

Frank Hodges, member of the Pan
anna -Pacific Exposition commission.
today notified Albert T. Reid that the
Kansas building at San Francisco had
been sold 20 a salvage company for
$3.50. The building was erected by
the state at cost of $4,000.
In the sale of the building, the
state reserved all of the hardware and
fixtures, which were disposed of at
private sale Some weeks ago the
state received offers of SIZES and $500
for the building, but refused to sell.
The commission believed better bids
would pe secured San Francisco SAL
wage men were economical. however
and today's best price was $3.50. The
New York building, erected ar n cost
of nearly a quarter of a million dol
lars, is said to have sold for s.. $50
Eir,a Scissors at ErnrI,es,-Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-13
DIsCovERE ID TREASURE.

Don't you like to run through
| these dry leaves?" asked Ned, as he
a beautiful November morning.
Indeed, yes" replied Tom, and
Just to prove that he knew what he
was talking about he kicked his way
through a whole pile of the dusty
leaf rubbish and sent it skyward with
a furry of dust and Ieaf-rnold.
Careful there" cried Jack, who
was near by. There might be squir-
rels around and if there are you don't
want to brighten them and drive them
away"
"Squirrels," exclaimed Tom scorn-
fully. II don't see any,
But he didn't look very carefully
if he had, he would have seen two
pairs of jet black eyes peering out
from behind a great branch of the
nearest tree And two frightened lit
tie faces watching to see what he
would do next
Yes, sirl Right overhead they were,
watching with all their might, for the
very pile of leaves under which the
two squirrels had hidden some choice
nutsi No wonder they watched with
interest and anxiety
Only the day before, little Mr. Cray
tail had found a pile of beechnuts
lying under a great spreading tree.
Come quickly and see our treasurer
he had called to Mrs. Graytail- Come
see what I have found" She came at
once and was as delighted with the find
as Mr.. Graytail himself But, of course,
all those nuts could not be stored away
at oncei That was too big job for
even the most industrious squirrels.
So they had carried the nuts to the
foot of the tree and stored them tenn
porarily under the leaves piled around
the tree trunk.
Little did they guess that boys
would race through that very Pile
before they had had a chance to carry
the nuts to a safer hiding place in the
tree trunk
moi 1 see no squirrelsi" repeated
Tom Here, I'll race you through
that pile again -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-13
WHAT OF ITALY?

For several months now one of the
most familiar questions in the range
OF war Interrogation has been, HAS
Italy done anything" All over the
world the impression has gained
ground that the Italian campaign has
not merely been a failure, but some
thing of farce, writes Frank H.
Simonds, in the American Review of
Review for December. Failure it has
been, but hardly a farce. Even the
failure has come for reasons that are
wholly applicable. When the great
war began, the trench conflict was un-
dreamed of, and for the first six weeks
the lines swayed backward and for
ward as of old; only in size was the
campaign different. But in mid-Sep-
TENDER the Germans took to the
trenches in Champagne, and, having
taken to. the trenches, they have
stayed there ever since and practically
on the lines they originally laid down
in the Battle of the Aisne and the
succeeding phases which extended to
Flanders. In the Italian campaign the
war started in the trenches. Austria,
long aware of the menace of italian
preparation, began early to construct
trenches along her whole western
frontier, from Switzerland to the
Adriatic. For months the work went
on. Thus when Italy at last struck. she
ran her head instantly against long
lines of prepared positions, such as
those in France and Belgium had be-
come. She was halted. She has made
no real progress since, but in a period
twice as long her British and French
allies have made no progress against
far less naturally strong works in
France. In her very first days of the
war the Italians swarmed over the
frontier north of Verona and west of
Gorilla: they took Cortina, Ala, 'Gra-
disca, and a few other towns outside
the trace of Austrian Notifications.
Nowhere did they get twenty miles
into Austrian territory; nowhere did
they make any real breach in the
trenches the Austrians had prepared.
Like the French and the British ad-
vancing from the Marine to the Aisne.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-13
VERDICT FOR DEFENSE
Jury Decides the EngIebrecht Case
After a Lengthy Deliberation
This Morning.

After a elaboration of considerable
length, a jury in the first division of
the Shawnee county district court re-
turned a verdict for the defendants
this morning, in the case of Peter
Englebrecht against other heirs of the
Andrew Englebrecht estate.
The suit involved about $1,000 and
interest. Peter Englebrecht claimed
in his suit that by an oral agreement,
between himself and his father, in
1884, that he was to have half inter-
terest in the Englebrecht farm near
Holton if he would pay off the mort
gage. Other heirs of the estate claim
ed that they had never heard of the
agreement.
Judge Dana occupied the bench
during the trial which has been con-
Stunning proceedings in the division for
the last week. Ralph Cav represent
ed the defendants and Judge Hazen
REPRESENTED the plaintiff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-13
AT THE THEATERS
At the Grand.


At the Grand tomorrow night THE
Only Girl" one of the two successful
musical comedies of last season in
New York will be offered by Joe Web
er. 1.-THE Only Girl had a run which
lasted the entire theatrical season and
was proclaimed one of the very best
musical plays to have been produced
in recent years. The book is by Henry
Blossom and the lyrics as well, while
the music is by that prince of COM
posers, Victor Herbert.
Through Eugene Walters dramati-
cation of 1.-The Trail of the Lonesome
Pine" sweeps the joy, the zest, the
enthusiasm of youth in action. while
Junes primitive character is wonder
fully developed by the deft skill of the
clever dramatist in transferring Mr.
Fox's book-girl to the stage.
At the Iris.
Charlotte Greenwood and Sydney
Grant are co-stars in the Forthcoming
Oliver Morosco Paramount photo
comedy. Jane" which comes to the
Iris today and Tuesday Charlotte
Greenwood. often called the girl who
became famous overnight" and clever
Sydney Grant are noted Broadway
favorites. upon one occasion playing a
solid three years engagement in big
productions like THE Passing Show