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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01

today against the state. 1t was al
legged that after receivers had been
appointed to Oust various wholesale
liquor dealers from doing business in
Leavenworth, Kan, M klrmeyer
went across the river into Missouri.
and esta blished a warehouse and con-
tinued to deliver beer in Kansas. The
Kansas supreme court held that his
removal was a mere device to evade
the Kansas liquor law, and that the
trade was not interstate commerce lin
good faith.
The supreme court today held that
Kirkmeyer was entitled under previous
decision of the court to protection for
his trade as Interstate commerce and
dismissed an injunction issued by the
Kansas supreme court.
Justice McReynOldS said decisions
of the supreme court precluded fur
ther discussion of the following fact:
Beer is a recognized article of COM
merce The right to send it from one
state to another and the act of doing
so are interstate commerce, the regu-
latiOn whereof has been committed
to congress and state law which de-
nies such right or substantially inter
feres with or hampers the same is in
conflict with the constitution of the
United States. Transportation is not
complete until delivery to the con-
signee or until the expiration of a
reasonable time therefor and prior
thereto the provisions of the Wilson
act of $50 have no application.
The justice did not undertake to say
whether the Webb-kenyOn law was
effective to change these propositions
Suit to enjoin Kirmeyer from using
the streets and alleys of Leavenworth
was brought while John S. Dawson
TContfnl1ed on Page TWo.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
POOR OLD HOUSE is FACING
NO END OF TROUBLE NOW
Senate UnIoaded Judicial Rcappor-
tiOnment Bill on Body.
Now Comes Powerful Lobby With q
Gun in Each Hand.
WHAT WILL THEY DO!
Mess of Local Politics Stirs Up the
Angry Constituents.
SqualIy Weather Faces Unfortunate
House Members.

Squally weather faces the house
members this week when they take
up consideration of the judicial re-
apportionment bill. This morning the
first section of a Judiciary lobby made
its appearance in Topeka and rein
fOrcenaents are promised before the
bill is called up for consideration.
The hasty action of the senate in re-
porting and passing the judicial APP
portionment bill, failed to arouse any
conSidera BILE favorable comment
among the legal fraternity in the out
lying districts. Now a fight will be
made to amend the bill in a manner
that will send it to a conference COM
mittee to beat the measure on the
floor. number of the house mer-
lConIinued Raga IWn.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
ATTACK In FORCE
French Renew Attempt to Beat
Back German Line.
A Battle of Much Importance Is
Developing.

Lordon. March IA new attempt
to -ofce back the German line in
France apparently is under way, in
the Champag gne region, and although
no definite results have been achieved
a battle of considerable Importance is
developing. Attacks of the allies
along this section of the front have
been proceeding tentatively for several
DAYS BUT the conn unicatiOn from the
German war office today indicates
that an attack in force has now been
launched.
1t is said that at least two army
corps of French were engaged and
that they were repulSed after fierce
fighting at close quarters. In the
Argorne, Berlin reports the French
made five efforts to break through the
German position, being thrust back in
each instance.
The French statement asserts that
the allies made slight progress in the
VoSgt :. In the house of commons
Pre- mler ASquith announced that at no
time previously had the British gov
ernms-nt been more confident that the
allies would achieve victory
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
STOP dope" SALE
Congressional Act Goes Into
Effect in United States Today.
Topeka Stores Notified of Ban
on Habit Forming Drugs.

The act of congress prohibiting all
persons from selling or giving away
habit forming drugs without phNsl-
clans prescription or under direct in
struction of a physician was in effect
in Topeka and all over the country
today.
These drugs include opium. cocaine
leaves or any compound, man ufactufe,
salt derivative or preparation made
from such drugs. Remedies that can
not be dispensed without a physician S
order include those containing more
than two grains of opium. or more
than one-fourth of a grain of NOR
phine or one-eighth of heroin, or one
grain of codeine.
Violators of the law are subject to
a fine of not more than two thousand
dollars or irnprisOnmen for five years
or both \ tax of one dollar year
is fixed for all who sell such drugs.
Enforcement of the law is vested in
the commissioner of internal revenue
for which s150,000 is provided.
Cham pions of the measure contend
it will greatly benefit the country at
large and the drug user in partlcu-
lar while others predict that it will
work unlimited harm to drug habitues
Ten Thousand at Chicago.
Chicago. March 1.-Ten thousand
dispensers of habit forming drugs had
registered their names with the col
Iectors of internal revenue here re-
CURED by the federal act which went
into effect today and were supplied
with licenses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
Ere nch AerOpIanes Are Darting
Like Birds of the Air.
Land Fighting i'm Progress
About Tomb of Achilles.
TURKS SELECT new CAPITAL
Sultan Is Preparing for the
Fall OF COnStantinOpIe.
Allied Fleet Has Penetrated 15
Miles Into Straits.

London. March sixteen miles
INSIDE the Dardanelles, the greatest
fleet ever assembled for lombard
ment is sma shing the defenSes of
Con:stantinople into ruins today. A
ligh thOuse south of Fort kilid Bahr,
on he European side, has been de-
mol:shed. Hurting 1850 pound pro-
ject'leS, the mammoth dreadnaught,
Queen Elizabeth. already has inflict-
ed severe damage on the fort ITSELF
one of the strongest in eastern Eu-
rope.
The Turkish losses in the lombard
merit thus far total 5000 dead and
wounded, according to cablegram
frol1l Salonica today. Troop trains
from Constantinople are clOgging the
rail WAYS on the European side and the
Turkish wounded lie behind the forts
without medical attention.
A.ohamet's century-long hold upon
the Dardanelles is being slowly
loosAned. French monoplanes are
darling over the plains of ancient
Troy on accommodating expeditions.
IContInueu on Page 'rwo.i
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
HE WANTED TO FIGHT.

London, March An amusing
story of a British chauffeur who
got tired of being shelled as an
noncombatant is told by cavalry
officer. A big motor omnibus had
deposited two dozen Tommies close
to one of the trenches just before
dawn. and before he could get his
car out of shell range. the chauf-
feur found himself under fire. He
was cursing his luck at not being
allowed to assist in the line, when
big German shell shrieked
through the body of his omnibus
and exploded harmlessly in the
roadside ditch.
That's won it," grunted Chauf-
feur Atkins, who promptly left his
box seat and walked along until
he met some cavalrymen. arrest
me-" he shouted, I'm deserter."
Where from ?" asked the staff
officer in charge.
Prom that blooming London
General Elephant-back yonder
with tunnel through it. I'm
cussed if / am going to be shot at
any more without the chance of
shooting back"
Drive your omnibus to head
quarters, and later report to me-"
roared the officer, furious at the
familiarity That night the motor
driver dreamed of cells and YER
min. but next morning when he
nerVously reported himself for sen
tence. he was given a fine juicy
beefsteak and some boiled leeks-
and an order to join his comrades
on the firing line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
WHAT ONE VILLAGE DID.

Berlin. March In proportion
TO it's size, a little village in the
urovince of Brandenburg claims a
record for patriotic zeal. The
town has not quite 700 inhabitants,
but according to the burgomaster's
noast. it has contributed nearly
$1,000 toward the Red Cross, gifts
for soldiers and care of widows
At the outbreak of the war every
man of the village paid his war
tax in advance. without accepting
thA rebate which this action en-
titIed him to- Twelve youths of
the village volunteered for service
or the first day of mobilization;
eighty of the men went off TO JOIN
tIs,a army, while since the war the
9oO or so women of the town have
koitted nearly a thousand socks,
shirts, wristfets, and other com
forts for the troops. besides coll
i.ctiue more than thousand
rounds of wooden articles during a
single week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
HOWE ASKS PROBE
Senate Resolution to Inyesti-
gate Canned" Editorials.
Claim That Press Lobby Is
Working for Administration.

A full page from the Sunday edi
ton of the Topeka Daily Capital, Gov
ernor Arthur Capper's paper, was at
tached to a resolution introduced in
the senate today by Senator J. w.
Howe of Abilene, demanding an in
vestigation of the source of a series
of editorials, of identical composition
and each criticising the Kansas SEN
ate's appropriation bills, which ap-
peared in numerous Kansas weekly
pa pers last week.
Howe wants the senate TO find out
who is supplying Republican Kansas
weeklies with their editorials relating
to appropriations. He is a newspaper
man himself and says that some To-
peka press agency is busy furnishing
country newspapers with material cal
culated to influence the action of the
legislature. The past weeks edi-
torials he says, have all been caIcu-
lated to back up the administration &
fight for heavy cuts in the appropria-
tions to state institutions He says n
lot of pa pers printed the same editorial
on the same day-a fact which would
indicate their common origin at Cap
per headquarters.
1t is these editorials. credited to
various Kansas newspapers, which
compose the page in the Capital that
was introduced as evidence to sup
port the resolution. The resolution
lays over under the senate's rules for
subsequent consideration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
WILSON is HOBBLED.
President Says He Is Tied bT the Legs
in Washington.

Washington March president
Wilson told callers today the Euro
pean situation was demanding so
much of his attention that he was
doubtful if he would be able to leave
Washington this spring even to make
his proposed visit to tie San Fran
cisco exposition.
II am tied here by the legs" was
the way his callers said he expressed
the situation. He tod a committee
which called to invite him to the
southern conference for education
and industry at Chattanooga Tenn,
in April that his plans We're very un-
certain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
BA-k-H! LIKE A LAMB!
AIcns Came March With Warmth and
Sunshine This Morning.

Ma rch was ushered in like a lamb,
and today the weather is ideal. The
air was crisp this morning, but a
southwest breeze caused the weather
needle to climb rapidly. The sun
shine was appreciated after many
DAYS of gloom.
The forecast calls for increasing
cIoudiness tonight and Tuesday with
the possibility of rain. Shippers fore
cast: Protect thirty-siN hour ship
ments north against temperature of
a6 to 80 degrees; east south and west,
80 degrees
The sky became overcast this after
noon The wind, although from the
southwest. had a chilly tinge-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
SARAH'S ONE LEG.
Divine Actress VIII Prove She Can
Act in Movies Despite Handicap.

New York. March Ito prove to
the American public that the ampu-
tation of her leg will not prevent her
acting. Sarah Bernhardt has signed, a
contract calling for her appearance
in a series of motion pictures TO be
aiken by the World Film Corporation.
il was announced in the offices of the
company here.
The pictures will be taken when
Nine Bernhardt has fully recovered.
The names of the plays were not an
nounced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
MRS. ANNETTE STEGLER is
CHARGED WITH AN ASSAULT
Male Companion Has Her ARRESTED
for FcIonious Assault
Declares She Hit Him on the Head
With Her Cane.
HER HUSBAND IN TOMBS
In Connection With Alleged Passport
Frauds Case.
She Says She Is a Victim of Con-
spiracy in New York.

New York, March 1.-Mrs. Richard
P. Stegler, arrested today at the
Grenohle hotel on a charge of feloni-
Gus assault made by Arthur MateilIet,
reporter for a. German newspaper.
was discharged later. in police court.
Had certain evidence been more def
mite the magistratei said, he would
have been inclined to send her accuser
to the workhouse.
Almost at the same moment Mrs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
\ Train Load of Prisoners.

Leavenworth. Kan. March IA
special train of six coaches carrying
1873 prisoners arrived at the federal
prison here today. The prisoners
came from saltwater. Mimi. where
they have been kept under contract in
the state prison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
L. S. Supreme Court Reverses a
Kansas Decision.
The kirmeyer Case Is Decided
Against the State.
BEER AN ARTICLE OF TRADE
1t Cannot Be Stopped i'm Transit
1t Is Decreed.
Purchaser Is Entitled to Have
1t Delivered to Him.

Washington. March 1.-The Kir-
meyer liquor case, one of first impOr
tance to the prohibition laws of Kan
saS. was decided in the supreme court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
House Ways and Means on Ex.
ecutive-Judiciary Budget.
Committee Recommends Off
cial Appropriations Today.
SAME AS TWO YEARS AGO
Little Change in Salaries and
Maintenance of Offices.
Necessary to Bring Out About
$4,000 to Cover Deficits.

Appropriations totaling $3.50. .924.52
for the state executive and judiciary
were recommended today by the
house ways and means committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
Belief Ship 70 sail.

Boston, Mass. March 1.-The New
England Belgian committee announc-
ed today that a second relief ship for
Belgium will be ready to sail within
"A hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Increasing cloudiness tonight and
Tuesday; possibly showers tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01

The recommendation makes but little
change in appropriations allowed two
years ago.
For the current year, the commit
tee recommends appropriations of
S14, 4,644.52 to cover deficits in several
departnents.-.~For 1916. an appropri-
alton of S695,140 is recommended,
with S671,140 for 1917. The appro-
priations recommended for the vari-
Gus departments are as follows:
Department 1915, 1916. 1917.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01

According to reports from Lon
don, the Turkish forts guarding the
Dardanelles have been silenced, and
the English and French fleets are
now sweeping away the mines that
fill the channel, in order that they
may later advance upon Constanti-
uopIe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01

Almost at the same moment Mrs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-05
AdmInfstratnr,s Notice.

Estate OF Peter NerdeEems deceased
lae undersigned having been ap-
POINTED admin istratrjx of the estate OF
s4eG FeraeEau. late Of the county "a
,S'es Island. State Of Illinois, deceased,
@sSeo7 gives notice that she will ap-
5saf before the Honorable Benjamin
4t Ndge Of the probate court Of
..oCk Island county. at the probate
'a room, in the city of Rock Island,
!. lae December term. on the first Mon
~ n December next. at which time
81 Persons having claims against said
SAFE are notified and requested TO al
..4a Tor the purpose Of having the
'Aae adjusted.
All persons Indebted to said estate
e requested TO make immediate pay
go 70 the undersigned.
Dated End day of October a. D. 1915,
ANNA VERDEG EN-.
Administrative
sestRIFER & SCHRTNER.
Attorneys,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-05
-LaIL For Ha

Bids villa be received at the mayor g
Office, Rock Island, ILL., until 10
o'clock p m Oct 8. 1915, Tor the
eight-ton Fairbanks scale located al
the scale house on Market square.
Bids win also be received FOR the
scale house building. Bidders must
agree 40 remove the scales and build
ing at once, and snail submit sepa-
rate bids for the scales and building
City reserves the right to reject any
and all bids
I0H% A. NIERIE.
C0mu9iss Toner Of uHgIle property
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-05

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lodges and society officers city
state or L. $. government officials,
contractors. positions Of trust, in
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capt bail b0uds)- Terms reasonable.
Hayes & CleaFelaud. resident man
ayers. Fidelity & Deposit Company
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estate OF Chester N Horton de-
ceased
-fhe undersigned having haen an
pointed exeaafrfx Of fbe e-tate AZ Ches-
Ter 81 Horton la.a of fhe county OF
Rock island. state OF Illinois. deceased
hereby gives notice fhat aha will an
near before the probate eoBrt al Rock
island county al tra probate eoarf
room. ia tae c.tv d RoeE island. at the
November. 1915 term. On the first Mon
dag ia November next, al which time
att persons having claims against said
estate are notified and requested 10 at
tend for the pBra0se BIZ having the
same adjusted
All persons indebted TO sand estate
are requested 10 make Immediate pay
meut I'D tha undersigned
Dated 18th dav III September. 1915
ELLA N. HORTON.
Fxeeutrix.
Connolly & Connolly Attorneys.
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FOR RENT ~ Or sale seven-rgou
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park; VIII sell on very easy terms.
Or rent at $50 per month F K.
Rhoads. zoe Robinson building
Phone Rock Island 96-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-05
Publication Notice.

Connolly & Connolly Attorn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-05
Fer SaIe-zT5sCallanc

FOR eALE-Ereuga poodle puppies.
Inquire stI Fifth avenue
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-01-08
TheLast Shot
ERICK PALMER
(copynsht. 1914 by Charles scribners sOns)

and The more readily obeyed because
Dellarme's foresight had impressed
their sense upon the men in his quiet
way.
The sand-bags by the tree were
blown up by the Grays. Then, before
the dust had hardly settled. came a
half score of hand-grenades thrown by
the first men Of Gray wedge, scram-
bling as they were pushed through
the breach by the pressure OF the
mass behind. In that final struggle
OF one set OF men to gain and another
to hold position, guns or automatics
or long-range bullets played no part.
1t was the grapple Of cold steel with
cold steel and muscle with muscle, in
the billowing, twisting mob Of wres-
tiers, with no sound from throats but
straining breaths; with no quarter, no
distinction of person, and bloodshot
eyes and faces hot with the effort OF
brute strength striving, in primitive
desperation, to kill in order not to be
killed. The cloud Of rocking, writhing
arms and shoulders was neither GO
ing forward nor backward. It's move
meat was that of a vortex. while the
gray stream kept on pouring through
the breach as IL II were only the first
! flood from some gray lake on the
other side OF the breastwork.
Marta had come to the edge OF the
veranda, at once drawn and repelled,
| feeling the fearful suspense OF the
| combat, the savage horror OF II, and
herself uttering sounds like the strain
ing breaths Of the men. What place
for her to be! But she did not think
| OF that. She was there. The dreadful
alchemy OF war had made her a
stranger to herself. She was mad (;
they were mad; all the world was
mad!
One minute - two, perhaps - not
three-and the thing was over. She
saw the Grays being crushed back and
realized that the Browns had won,
while the last details of the lessening
tumult fixed her attention with their
gladiatorial simplicity. Here, indeed
II was a case of man to man with the
weapons nature gave him.
81 thought SOL" cried Feller. AT
tacks on frontal positions by daylight
are going out of fashion!"
II was he who mercifully arrested
the shower of hand-grenades that fol
lowed the exit of the enemy. Two OF
the guns of the castle batteries, hav
ing changed their position. were max
ing havoc enough at pointblank range
with a choice of targets between
the Grays huddled on the other side
Of the breastwork and those In retreat
One of the Grays. his cheek bearing
the mark OF a boot heel. raised him
self, and, in defiance and the satisfac
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-01-08

ton OF the thought to his bruises and
humiliation, pointing his finger at Eel
Ter, Marta heard him say:
You there, In your straw hat and
blue blouse, they've seen you-a man
fighting and not In uniform! II they
catch you 1t will be drumhead and a
firing squad at dawn!'
That's sol" replied Feller gravely.
But they'll have TO" make q better
Job of 1t than you fellows did IL they're
going to"
He turned away abruptly but did not
move far. His shoulders relaxed into
the gardeners stoop, and he pulled
his hat down over his eyes and low
cred his head as II to hide his face.
He was thus standing. inert when a
division staf-officer galloped into the
grounds.
Where Is Major Dellarme7"
When he saw Dellarme's still body
he dismounted and IN a tide OF feel
ing which, for the moment, submerged
all thought Of the machine. stood.
head bowed and cap OF. looking Gown
at Dellarme's face
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-01-08
SYNOPSIS

At their home on the frontier between
the Browns and Grays Marta Galland and
her mother. entertaining Colonel Wester-
ling of the Grays, see Captain Lanstron
OF the Browns injured by q fall I'm his
aeroplane. Ten years later. Westerling.
forces South La Tir and meditates on war.
He calls on Marta. who is visiting in the
Gray capital. She tells him OF her teach
Ing children the follies OF war and mar
tial patriotism, and begs him TO prevent
war while he Is chief OF stan. On the
march with the 53d OF the Browns Pri-
vate Stransky, anarchist. is placed under
Lanstron calls on Marta at her home. He
talks with Feller. the gardener. Marta
tells Lanstron that she believes Feller, TO
be a spy. Laastron confesses IL is true.
Ianstron shows Marta a telephone which
Feller has concealed in a secret passage
under the tower for use to benefit the
Browns i'm war emergencies. Lanstron de-
clares his love for Marta. Westerling and
the Gray premier plan to use a trivial in
ternational affair TO foment warlike pa
triotism in army and people and strike be-
fore declaring war. Partow, Brown chier
OF staff, and Lanstron, made vice. discuss
the trouble. and the Brown defenses. Par
tow reveals his plans 10 Lanstron. The
Gray army crosses the border line and at
tacks. The Browns check them. Artil-
,ery. infantry, aeroplanes. and dirigibles
engage. Stransky, rising TO make the
anarchist speech of his life, draws the
Gray artillery fire. Nicked by a shrapnel
splinter he goes Berserk and fghts-"all
a man." Marta has her first glimpse of
derous brutality. The Browns fall back
60 the Galland house. Stransky forages.
Marta sees a night attack. The Grays
stack in force.