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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-24
New Train Rules in Preparation.

The proposed revision of train rules
for the American Railway association
Will be submitted at the next meeting
OF the association in Chicag next No
Vember. The committee has substan-
tally completed code and between
now and fall the members will review
their work and complete the revision
OF the block signal and interlocking
rules
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-24
BROOM CORN KING DEAD
Hugh f. Thompson, Philanthropisl
Expires in Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo-, May 24.-Hugh
E. Thompson, known as the broom
corn king" is dead here. He was "a
years old. For many years he was the
chief power in the broomcorn market
in the west.
He made frequent gifts to public
charities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-24
Ripley Issues Statement

E. p. Ripley. president of the Santa
Fe. issued the following financial
statement in Chicago recently: "Atch-
1son is holding an even keel; traffic is
as good as we can expect under the
circumstances and about on a par with
a year ago; better in our sections of
the middle west than elsewhere
Weather has been perfect
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-24

superintendent of the Kanawha
& Michigan railroad recently ordered
2S tralnmen and mechanics dis
charged from service at Middleport
for entering saloons at Pomeroy, two
miles distant. Middleport Mich,
voted dry recently
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-24
RAILWAY NOTES.

The southern railway men are hold
ing their annual convention in Hot
Springs, Va, this week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-24

Milwaukee has installed 25 of the
finest type of pool or billiard tables in
its public school buildings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-24

the company's property has veen vari-
ously appraised at from SIS, O0O,O 900 to
$35, 100000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-29
PLANS LOAN
Industrial Pence Conference Wants
Banks Disciplined.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-A boycott of
banks participating III the $500, O00. 900
loan to the Allies is proposed in a state
ment issued tonight by the executive
committee OF the National Industrial
Peace Conference, OF which former Rep
resentative Fowler of Illinois Is chair
"a The movement is also ndorsed by
q. +, HumEc! OF Chicago, representing
the Business Mems Peace Association.
The organization calls upon all per-
sons who desire to end the war and
maintain American neutrality to take
the following action
Il. Withdraw any personal deposit
you may now hdVe in Il national bank
and redeposi' same in n bank operating
under stats charter, whose officers will
pledge themselves to remain free from
any utilization with war mongers or
their undertakings.
- Request the officers OF your saw
ings bank TO withdraw any savings bank
moneys on deposit with II national bank
and redeposit SAM in some solvent bank
operating under State charter whose
officers will pledge themselves as indl-
Gated herein.
20. Communicate personally or by let
ter with you citl. county and State
Treasurer requesting each or those Of
fcers to draw out any moneys now on
deposit will a national bank and re-
,te .u5lt same in some solvent bank
operating under State charter whose Of
ficers will give Il pledge ~ herein indi-
Gated"
The organization also recommends
that all friends OF peace oppose the
election to the Office OF President, Vice
Pr, sident, Senator or Representative Of
the United States any candidate who re-
fuses to pledge himself for the Govern
ment ownership exclusively of all arms
and munitions works and forever put
an end to private profit in the making Of
any OF the instrumentalitics OF war
thin the United States"
Mr., Fowler also issued n lengthy state
ment in which he says the Allies viii be-
come bankrupt n that the United
States will be compelled to pay more
than a billion dollars indemnity for vio-
lating neutrality In lending money and
exporting arms to belligereuts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-29

to the loan. Tie meeting was held in
the Amsterdam opera House on Forty
fourth street, and was under the aus
pieces "f the american Truth Society"
at would be "a telling blow" said Mr..
Itdder, TO kill the loan and to estab-
FISH the national bank at the same time. 4"
Jeremiah Ol.cary. Irish American
orator. who wa the next speaker. in
dorsed the proposal "Retter a panic
than a funeral procession of d,positors
who have lost their money" nc said.
Let us organize the drpositors. our
purpose is to find out the banks which
hold this Anglo-Freuch paper and to
exercise our rights as citizens over our
money"
W have been holding Il lot Of meet
ings around New York Mr.. OLcaiy
explained. IF the papers don't stop talk.
!ng about German Anne! cans We are
going to hold some meetings around
newspaper Offices lie added that the
papers would call out the police reserves
because they would be afraid.
The Big Four continued Mr..
Ol.eary. who will restore to the Amer
lean people their ancient p~rerogative are
Hearst. Iapplausel Ford, Gmorc APP
~plausel Bryan. shouts and cheers and
waving handkerchiefsl and Herman Rid
der" lAlso applause.l
Albert $ Mccain. editor Of Water
rays aud Commerce. presided over the
meeting. whi h was attended by about
1900.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-29

ran hnancIers On the amour necessary
to take care ~ normal exports were
presented to offset this. Gradually IL
became the understanding that the two
countries would take care Of their own
munltion purchases ms they have been
taking care of them or by n subsequent
arrangement for deferred payment bills
In the form Of notes for u short term.
The important point gained by the
Americans was that the munitions bills
would he kept on the market and the
credit used to take care II other com.
moditles.
American bankers last night were not
prepared to discuss the other matter.
saying that 1t would he taken up as
soon as the present loan was running
smoothly.
Reports from Chicago yesterday were
most gratifying to the American bankers
In favor OF the loan. liy 4 o'clock the
Anglo-French commissioners had met a
number of very influential citizens. meat
packers among them. and they had re-
ceived very favorable assurances. So
we'll had everything gone. II was aid.
that Lord Reading, Sir Edward Holden.
Mr.. Blackett and VI. Mallet. who arrived
there in the morning to remain until
Thursday. will start back to-day and
will be in New York In time to attend
the dinner in their honor to be given by
the Pilgrims at Sherry's tomorrow eve
ming.
Al the meetings held Yesterday In
J. L. Morgan a Co.'S building were the
men who are carrying out the details
Of organizing the syndicate. The two
members OF the mission remaining in
town called there In the afternoon. o
after Mr. Schif had departed. Among
others at the meeting were Nice-Prest-
den Charles V. Rich OF the National
City Bank. Charles \. Sabin of the
Guaranty Trust Company, Albert Wig
gins, president of the Chase National
sin. president OF the Chase National
The bonds are 10 be listed on the New
York Stock Exchange as soon as they
are ready for the market, President
Noble OF the Stock Exchange and III. Is.
PoI roy of the listing committee OF the
! exchange visited the Morgan offices in
the afternoon for the purpose Of dis
cussing arrangements for the applica-
ton. II was not known whether a
special privilege will be extended to
the bonds. but II is thought in Wall
Street that all OF the routine steps viii
be dispensed with in this case.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-29
AGREE on NEUTRAL ZONE
BULGARIA aud Greece set on Ter
ritory, says Oversens

BERLIN, via Amsterdam. Sept. IS
Bulgaria and Greece have agreed upon
the establishment of a neutral zone be-
tween these two countries. according to
the Overseas News Agency,
The suggestion Of a neutral zone be-
tween bulgaria and Greece. according
tn the agency, wa mace by the Greek
General stan in conjunction With KIM
Constantine. The agency adds
bulgaria agreed. and there H. no
doubt that she is ready to yield to Greek
wishes about the Serbian territories Of
Dlaran and Ciavgoti. This means that
the attempts OF the Entente Powers have
been frustrated"
The TdDcbldtt corroborates the above
assertion, saying that the extent of the
neutral zone is $500 yards.
The LokdidH =ciDcr learns from it's
Athens correspondent that Premier Veni-
zelos has failed in the negotiations which
he attempted to open with the Rumanian
Government recently and asserts that
public opinion in Greece is inclining
more strongly to a literal Interpretation
Of thu Serbo-Greek compact tobrgating
Greece to support Serbia in case OF an
attack by another Balkan State).
The Overseas Agency, commenting on
this despatch. says: Greece has been re-
leased from this gen by the
Tbn nrarsaa naus ~ .
,ha, ~ 49, ,,inta'a, So, "sS,,'s
no ,h, Sarhtan prt,ra SS,"'a W.
hi,, r,aaca Ma dant1ad :"
mined resistance to the passage OF for
eign troops through Greek territory.
mlnsd IN maintain na,,raII,v 49, Wv 81
! race NJ ths threat m land iroons 80
Inc same agency adding that prI,,ss
and French ofricers have bean Il, Saton'
lea i'm order TO nrennre for the la ndIna
! of Anglo French forces ~
"Rumania must remain neutral and
certainly will do SO" is the contention
of Count Julius Andrassy. former HIM.
yarian PREMIER I'm an article In to-d.y's
TooebIaft The Count argues thai vic.
tory OF the Allies would render Russia
master of the balkans, which. I'm turn
would reduce Rumania TO "A Russian de-
pendency. The Central Powers. really
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-29
BULGARS INSISTENT.
Must Have Macedonia, but Hope to
Avoid Trouble.

I''fs w. 'NftH' W 80 SN'h
BERLIN. Sept. 2S.-The first contingent
of Bulgarians called to arms from Ber-
lin consists for the most part of stu
dents, They LETT Berlin Monday night.
The Bulgarian Minister was at the rail-
way station to bid them farewell.
The correspondent Of THE L asked
the Minister how long ii would take to
complete mobilization. lie replied that
mobilization began on September II and
that il will 10 be complete for three
weeks.
'"rhen, ! suppose, "A declaration OF war
on Serbia will follow"
no. said the Minister, that will
not follow by any means, We are
m hllizing, as Holland and switzerland
have moblliZed, to guard our neutrality"
The Minister was then asked whether
il might he Inferred that bulgaria posi-
lively would not declare war on Serbia,
and to this the Minister replied that the
words positive" certain aud never
do not exist in diplomatic language.
81 cannot say positively" he said,
for we are absolutely determined tn
have Macedonia and are in hopes that
Serbia and the Entente Powers will cun-
cede our demand. In the present deli-
cate state OF affairs developments are
likely to be influenced by the attitude
Of Greece and Rumania,"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-29
VITAL ISSUE OF THE WAR
RESTS ON ALLIES DRIVE

vances yesterday evening. and las,
night we gained ground step by stem
in the direction of the hilltops to The
east and t. the southeast Of Soucn,z
In the Champagne district the Ger.
mans are offering resistance from
certain of their positions, where thew
are protected by concealed barbed
wire entanglements. We have made
further progress in the direction n,
I'M 1856, which IL to the west uf M,
Navarin farm. and in the direction 81.
La Justice, which is to the north d..
Masslges.
In the Argonne the obstinate .,.
tacks delivered yesterday by H.,
enemy with six or eight battalion.
against our first line trenches AT la
File Mortc and at Nolantc resulted
in A serious check. The counter AZ.
tacks made by us i'm the curse Of tl.
night made II possible for W. to "a.
pei the German infantrymcn from al.
most all the positions they had yur.
ceeded in penetrating. The ground in
front Of our trenches is covered with
dead bodies of the enemy.
The nigh. passed with relative.
calm along the remainder Of tho
front.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-29

south the French are still some five
miles away.
Field Marshal Sir John French reports
that the total number of prisoners
taken since the general offensive began
last Saturday Is 5000. while II guns
and 40 machine guns have been cap
tured. He says that all the positions
conquered by the British troops have
been successfully held. although furious
counter attacks have been made by the
Germans.
Sir John French's report says:
There was severe fighting to-day at
Loos and north of that place. We hold
all the ground north Of Hill 20. which
the enemy retook on the 26th. We
progressed further south Of Loos and
captured another gun. The total num-
her of guns captured by us Is now
twenty-one. There are several more
between US and the enemy abandoned
by him.
The number OF prisoners taken by
us exceeds 1900 the number OF ma
chine guns captured is forty and
many more were destroyed by our
hombardment. The enemy's lines
taken by us are exceptionally strong,
consisting of a double front line,
which includes two large works
named the Hohenzollern and the
Kaiser Wilhelm. The rcdoubts OF
these consist of network the trenches
have bomb proof shelters of several
hundred yards extent. The second
line ran west OF Lcos.
We are now closely engaged with
the enemy's thiid line. our ~aeroplanes
to-day threw bombs on the railroad
line near Bapaume. wreckins a train.
They also damaged the railway lihe
veal AChiet le Grand
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-29
A AIDS RUSSIA.
Allies Offensive Relieves Tension
ON Eastern Front.

LONDON. Sept. 2S.-The Petrograd
correspondent of the Times tolesraphs
that the assumption of the offensive by
the Allies in the west has almost 81
simultaneously brought relief to the ex-
IRENE tension ON the eastern front be-
tween Dwinsk and Oshmyany through
the withdrawal of the Guards corps
from wilma,
That this relief will be most welcome,
the correspondent says may be inferred
from the reference In to-day's commu-
nlque to the continued fighting north
Of Molodetchno, which makes 1t appa-
relIt that Gen. Won Eichorn's thrust
across the Russian communications IL
serious even II Russian resistance on
the upper Villa Is maintained and the
thanking attempts OF the enemy south
Of Dwinsk prove unsuccessful.
W may perhaps give thanks for the
relief" he says, ITO the advance on the
western front, where II may be possible
to turn the tables against the enemy,
II IL too early to indulge in optimistic
considerations, however, and II Is pre-
mature To speak with absolute conf
dence regarding the position on the
lower reaches OF the Dyina."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-29
REPEL CROWN PRINCE.
Allies Regain Ground Germans
Had Taken In Argonne.
Special Cdbie Despatch TO Tur Sun.

SUtCtuf uDfC DfAU0tCN 10 u GUN
PARIS, Sept. 2S.-The British and
French offensive was continued last
night n to-day with unslackened fury
and the gains made. while OF less spec
tacular appearance, are nevertheless OF
great Importance. East of SOuchez the
French troops moved forward by Il
series of furious spurts toward the
heights which dominate /. ms. only four
miles away. In Champagne various
divisions charged In isolated actions
driving the Germans out OF their shat
tered trenches at the point Of the bay
onet and capturing strategic positions at
half a dozen places.
The principal news Of the day, how
ever. IL contained In the fact that the
desperate efforts OF the armies under
the Crown Prince to llunCh an Often
slve in Argonne ave letn definitely
checked at their outse, So complete
has this check been that during the
day the Germans I'm that region settled
back into what was left OF their trenches
and attempted no more infantry actions.
although the night had been spent in
u series OF dashes.
The niAut communique was as fol-
lows:
DURING the day OF September IS
our troops continued to gain ground
foot 10y foot toward the Crests to the
east OF Souch.z. There We made 100
prisoners, among whom were a num-
Der OF the Prussian Guard. who had
recently been brought from the Rus
sian frOnt.
In Champagne also we made fresh
progress, especially north Of Mas
sig,s. where we captured 500 prison.
eTS.
In Argonne the enemy has directed
pa.y -tI 49,. - "a ttAl.nf ham,
baidmont, to which We have replied
with effect. The Germans did not.
however, attempt any infantry actions
ia that district. Engagements with
hand grenad.s resulted in our regain
! ing some elements OF our first line
which the enemy had Deen able 10
no.d since yesterday.
There vas intermittent cannonad-
ing in lie Irctre forest and in
the resiou Of Ban de Sapt.
The hottest lighting of the last twenty
four hours has UeeI In the district east
ot SouCHe2, in Champagne, north OF
Iertnes and Mdssiges, and in Argonne'
OF to" various gi.ns made along this
entire front the most important have
been up the slope of the height east
OF SuuCheZ. There, as elsewhere, the
4 Germans offered bitter resistance to the
domolishing fire OF the French artillery
and the impotuous dash OF the French
infantry. THe progress was slow but
e!lectual. The fighting continues to-
night without cessation.
While the FrenCl are gradually max
ing their way toward Lens from a south.
e~asterly direction the British are creep
ing toward the same objective from the
northwest in the vicinity ~ Loos Their
purpose is obvious. IL Is Lille, which lies
fifteen miles further on. Lens is the
key to Lille, II is the road centre foI
that distri { and II Is the distributing
point for the German lines north and
south which rest on Lille as their MAR
base.
The afternoon communicate was rs
follows
In the Artois district we made ad-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-29
GERMANS CLAIM GAINS.
Say French Attacks Were Rrpu,.,,
-Adva In Areonnc.

BERLIN. Via Amsterdam. Sept 90
The German army office to-day r,,e
out the following statement Regarding
operations on the western front.
The enemy continued yesterday b.,
attempts to break through or '!.,.
without his achieving any result o.
the contrary he suffered g.. ma.
places very considerable .osso-, ne
sides bringing us an aprret.aulo ra..
in territory.
Our ounter attack resulted il our
capturing twenty ,ni"cjs a.d 90"
men, increasing the number 81 prisu.
ers taken In this LEGALITY tu 3.3G1 mo-.
including a number of officers. y ,
additional machine guis were cap.
tured.
At Souchez. Angres and Roc,ircou
and also along the entire front Il,
the Champagne to the ArgOune, ~
lacks by the French were r.pu's,d
without a break.
In the region of Souain tho cuomy
actually brought forward masses of
cavalry, showing a remarkable lIeh
of appreciation Of the situation Nt'uI.
ally many of them were shot down
and the others forced To- flee a. uuleky
as possible.
During the ~repulse # ,hrs" ATTACKS
the Saxon reserve regiment and tu,
troops Of the Frankfort. n-the-M Man
division especially distinguished them.
selves.
II the Argonne 4 small adydI =
was made on our part to impr.t, ol"
position at La File Morte, The Wu.,.
ment brought US the desired y ,ul', ua.
sides securing Tor Us as prisoner, '5Gg
officers and $50 men.
ON the hall at Comhres TIE enemy 5
POSITIONS were blown III and o, ,DrI
w yesterday and the day before yy
extensive mine explosions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-29
ACTS
IF BULGARIA
AIDS GERMANY
Continued from First Page.

arriving by the thousands, but that
they are quiet in demeanor, which Is a
contrast to their enthusiasm during the
mobilization In 1912.
The departures from villages are ac-
companied by touching scenes OF grief,
inspired no doubt by the memory of
great sacrifices during the two recent
Balkan wars. Men are willing to re-
spond to the call. but are obviously not
enthusiastic about II. The people evil
IDENTIFY desire peace abovc all things.
The correspondent assumes that the
Government Is well aware OF this at
titude on the part Of the population.
and believes that the declared intention
to remain neutral will he adhered to.
A Salonlca despatch says that aero
p'anes are frequently seen passing over
Bulgaria on their way from Turkey to
Austria and from Austria to Constan-
tlnople. One of them Is said to have
fallen into Bulgarian territory, where
upon 1t was seized.
In consequence OF representations
made by the German commander
at Smyrna the whole creek population
of that province has been ordered ex-
pelled Immediately.
Unofficial reports reached here his af-
ternoon hat railway trafhc between
BulgIria and kumuniB hgr been topped.
The Bulgarian and Rumarian legations
had no confirmation.
I'm oii'lui bulletin issu"h to-day at
SOFA confirmed the appointment OF
the Crown Prince Boris to lead the
Bulgarian armies. Gen. tekof was
named assistant commander I'm chief,
Gen. Kutinchof Minister of Wal and
,icu. Jstpf. Chief OF the General STAFF.
I'll" Exchange Telegraph's Athens
correspondent telegraphed to-day that
It hae been learned positively at Athens
that tn" Austro-,iermans plan to begin
'l"ir Invasion OF Serbia within II fort
might.
A Reuter- despatch from Athens says
that nothing short OF Bulgarian de-
mobilization can alter the determined
stand OF Greece adding that pacific
representations by the Bulgarian Min
lister In the Greek capital nave been
of little or no avail The correspon-
dent asserts the victory Of the Allies in
the Champagne came at the right mo-
ment Ito disrel the last Nestig- of
sympathy for the central Powers"
1t Is the belief Of the same CORE
spondept that the projected Austro-Ger-
man attack against serbia has been
Unnecessarily postponed" as the Teutonic
forces concentrated along the Serbian
frontier do not exceed 800, 600 men.
mostly old men and boys. although
provided with powerful artillery"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-29

Exchange Stronger On Expectation
of Completion of Loan.

The probability that a satisfactory
announcement regarding the Anglo
French loan negotiations would be made
overnight was responsible for an ad-
vance in sterling exchange yesterday.
Demand sterling closed at Al. with
cables at AIN. as compared with
470ia for demand and Al for cables on
Monday Francs We're also stronger on
the loan prospects, advancing to 1851 L.
for checks and 5.sj for cables. They
closed on Monday at j,S7 and 5.S8is
respectively.
Marks were firmcr. closing at S3a
for sight drafts and S37s for cables
This compares with a previous close Of
s3% for drafts and S3A for checks.
Kronen were unchanged AT 1916. Lire
were quoted at 6.2s. while rubles adj
vanced from 34& to 3ii..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-29
FEELING.
bulgaria Opposed to kinp's Atti-
tude In Favor of kaiser,

ROME. Sept. ga Sofia despatch
says that public opinion in bulgaria is
decidedly opposed To- King Fcrdirand's
Germanophilc attitude and IL is ex-
pected that there will he popular up
risings II that attitude Is not altered.
There is likelihood that NJ Ghenadier,
who is known To Ice stronel, IN favor
OF the allied cause. may be invited to
enter the Ministry. Numerous cases Of
mutiny have n Ell reported among the
troops who are starting for the front.