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The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28

Secretary of the Interior Lane rarely says anything but that it is only well said but it is worth listening to- When he declared that the United States has too much developing to do to make it profitable for her to go to war or create great military establishment he talked in a language that understandable in A. aska.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28
loo Warllke

"Time flies, said Uncle Eben but dat wouldn't make nc difference if it didn't keep droppin bombs, same as an airship
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28

Business conditions outside seem to be improving. according to reports received here There seems also to be tendency for business here to grow better Fairbanks cihzen)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28
A Mercenary Ballot

What ticket does Sellout yote?
 He doesn't vote a ticket He votes a price tag.-tWashington Star)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28

with at least one more commencement season in sight before the close of the Wilson administration 1t is reasonable to assume that all of the members of the administration win be Doctors" as well as the Presi- dent Four Cabinet members have had the degree of ILL D. conferred upon them this month-Bryan Lane, Garrison and Daniels.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28

The war has not interrupted work on the Bagdad railway, which, when completed, will run from Konia, by way of Adana, Mosul and Bagdad to Bursa
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28
A RsaI cnsarfuI cuss

orhe Boob is sure some optimist" remarled the Crouch
 That sop asked the old Boggy- Should say 50. replied the Grounch eWhy, every month he claims that his gas bnl is smaller than he expected it to be- Cincinnati Enquirer) DOOM I5go9ca ol mo @an uosggoc
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28

The Kaiser has conferred on the commander of the submarine U-2i, Captain-Lieutenant Hersing, the order of Pour Le merlte, in recognition of his gallant actn in torpedoing Che Lusitania
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28

The failure at his own line always knows that be would be success in some other field Of endeayor. Cincinnati Enquirer9
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28

Italy is removing art treasures to places of safety This action is an assurance that the situation is not desperate as to prevent the expectation of welcoming tourists at some future time
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28

It will probably be long time before the ocean is restored to condition that will tempt Sir Thomas Upton to bring over racing yacht Washington star)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28

Yves Guyot, former French minis. ter writing to 8 friend in Italy, says he is cinvinced that the war will end in August, when the collapse of the Austro.German armies is inevitable.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28

Vienna official advlces claim the capture, during the first 15 days of June. of 1OS Russian officers, f223OO men. 5S cannon and 1S7 machine guns
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28

Giant aeroplanes of great carrying ca pacity are in the process of manuf9c' ture for the British governments to deal adequately with raiding zeppe- lins.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28

Mexico suffers from an effort to conduct too many revolutions at the same time.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28

The value of building permits is. sued in Detroit in April of this year amounted to S4262.s6O. Thus does the Middle West suffer from Che pinch of war.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28

Of the goo colors known to dyers only one hundred are made in the United States.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28

New York State has no gold cours- es. and these accommodate some 5O,- 900 players.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28

With only little more than one third of its area under cultivation. the parm products of Kansas last year ran as high as S3OO,OOOo0o.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28

The driest place In tho world is that portion of Egypt between tho two lower falls of the Nile Rain has new CT been known to fell there.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28

New Zealand has only one town with a population of more than i0O.- 900.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-28

Norway's annual per capita con sumption of oats for food amounts to 112 pounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-30
TO GO after THEM
State VIII Investigate Factories
i'm Kansas.
Safety First Campaign Has Not
Been Followed Out.

Investigations of the state factory
inspectors have developed that there
are a number of factory owners in
Kansas who have failed to safeguard
properly their machinery, despite or
ders from the department, and as a
result steps are to be taken to prose-
cute, A. A. Knapp, deputy state factory
inspector, announced toCay.
Mr.. Knapp pointed out that the de-
partment has conducted an aggres-
sive safety first campaign among
the Industrial plants of the state and
that only a few employers have shown
a willful disposition to disre gard or
ders given them. Cases are being
worked up against these, he said, and
they have been notified that unless
the required safeguards are installed
the various county attorneys will be
instructed to prosecute.
"It has been n practice of some fac
tory owners he said, ''to promise to
take steps to safeguard their en-
ployees, at each annual visit of the
state inspector. However, in some
cases year after year, inspectors have
found that nothing has been done. AS
an example, in one case we found that
SO orders had been issued against
plant and that none of them had been
complied with. We are going to see
that the law is obeyed in such fac
tories"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-30
SHIP CLIQUE HIT
Alleged PIOtters Lose on Every
Point Before Court.
Motion to Dismiss Denied: De-
fense Opens Case.

New York, Nov. 30.-Counsel for
the four Ham nhurg-American line Off
Gals on trial for conspiring to de-
ceive and defraud the United States,
assailed by legal argument today the
case which the government has IRE
sented by witnesses against them, and
lost every point of their contention.
Federal Judge Howe, presiding,
heard the arguments in the absence
of the jury. Judge Howe denied the
defendants motion to strike from the
record all testimony concerning the
chartcring and movements OF the
steamer Marina Quesada, and, an hour
later, overruled a motion to dismiss
all the indictments.
1t was far from being the usual
perfunctory motion which is sand
wiched into nearly every trial be-
tween testimony for the prosecution
and the defense Argument on to-
days motions was protracted. In the
vigorous assault against the govern
ment's case the defense occupied the
floor more than four-fifths of the
time, the government contenting it.
self with a brief sketch of the testf-
nony as the district attorney and his
staff reviewed it.
The motion to dismiss denied, the
defense opened its case at the be-
ginning of the afternoons session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-30
REEL VERSUS REAL
Movie Crowd Catches Three
Sticknp Men After Battle.
Smoke House and Dance Hall
Robbed: Two Wounded.

Franklin, Kan, Nov. 30.-After wit
Messing the thrills of movie" chase,
on the screen of a theater here Mon
day night, the audience was quickly
turned out into the street to take up a
real chase which, fraught with many
of the exciting incidents of film
drama. resulted in the capture of three
daring holdup men.
The three men, armed with pistols,
forced the proprietor of a pool hall to
give up the money in his till. AS the
men left the place word was quickly
passed to the moving picture show,
next door, and at a word from the
manager the audience poured out the
men starting in pursuit of the robbers.
A battle with the robbers took place
when they were overtaken and two of
them were wounded. The third then
gave up. None of the pursuers was
hurt.
The three prisoners were identified
as three men who yesterday morning
robbed the proprietor of a dance hall
here, securing $3.50. They were taken
to the county jail at Girard, late Mon
day night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-30
PACK OF SANTA
is BULCINC IN A
YEAR OF PLENTY
More Money for Christmas
Trade Than in Many Years.
Orders From West Fairly
Flooding New York Houses.
DEPLETED STOCKS Renewed
Prosperity Not Dependent on
War in Europe.
Big Crops and High Prices for
Yields; South Smiles.
Orders From West Fairly
Flooding New York Houses.
DEPLETED STOCKS RENEWED
Prosperity Not Dependent on
War in Europe.

New York. Nov. So.-Merchants
here say that Americans have more
money to spend for Christmas shop
ping this year, than in any holiday
season since the Christmas of 1906.
The big stores are preparing for a
record trade during December and
wholesale houses were unable to fill
orders in many lines. This is attribut-
ed to a rush of buyers from other
cities to replenish depleted stocks.
L. s. PelZ, secretary of the Whole
sale and Retail Merchants association,
said today that the merchants of New
York have never known better times.
People who did not have money to
spend a year ago have 1t now, and
have opened their purses" said Mr..
Pelz.
1.-The business which has come to
America because of the war has put
dollars in the pockets of the average
man, but 1 do not believe this pros
perity is dependent upon the war. II
the war ended next month there still
would be prosperity here.
"The wholesale houses of New York
have all the business they can attend
to. Orders are pouring in from the
west. where merchants have been
lContlnued from rage One.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-30
TAFT PUT ON SPIT
Garrison Castigates ex-Presi-
dent for Philippine Attack.
Says OhiOan Lent His Name to
MendaciOuS Statements.
SPACE WRITER WHOOPS IT UP
Now Has Another Article Fa
vOrabIe to Administration.
Secretary Shocked at Ex-Presi-
dents .sBlind PartisaniSm."

Washington, Nov. 29.-Secretary
Garrison of the war department has
issued a formal statement sharply ar
raigning former President William HI.
Taft for having lent his name to what
are termed statements mendacious in
character and mischievous in intent"
with relation to conditions in the
Philippine islands under the present
administration. Circulation of these
statements, Mr.. Garrison charges,
show plainly that the Republican
politicians are attempting to lay the
foundation for campaign material
with respect to the Philippine islands"
Particular attention is given by the
secretary to articles written by 0. Gar
field Jones, and published in a Cali
fornia newspaper, and later repub-
lished in pamphlet form under the
title Unhappy Conditions in the
Philippine Islands," with an introduc-
ton by Mr. Taft The introduction
attributed the conditions described to
the bind and foolish policy of Presi-
dent Wilson and Governor General
Harrison"
In connection with his comment,
Mr.. Garrison makes public a letter
TContinued on Page Three1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-30

Hungarian forces are reported al
ready across the river Linn, which
parallels the frontier about ten miles
to the eastward in the San Jak.
The border is marked by a ruggid
mountain chain between the Linn and
the Chebatina. In this natural fast
ness the Montenegrins are strongly
entrenched, and it is recognized that
it will take desperate fighting to dis
lodge them.
To Shell Them Out.
Heavy guns are being brought up
as rapidly as the country's natural diff
ficulties permit and the defile defend
ers will be Systematically shelled from
their position, trench by trench, en-
abling the AuStrians to advance in the
path of their own artillery fire with a
The weather in the mountains is
already terrible. The defiles are deep
with snowdrifts, the rocks are ice
coated and fierce Billiards sweep the
region. The Teutonic view is that the
Montenegrins are not so we'll prepared
and will suffer more from winter cam
paigning than will the AuStrians.
There will be no suspension of the
invasion, therefore, on account of the
weather.
French Armies Inactive.
Paris, Nov. 30.-''There is nothing
of Importance to add to the commune
cation of last night" the war office
announced this afternoon
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sible not only to stop the war, but to
stop the spread of militarism and de-
StructiOn.''
Ford denied reports that he had pro-
German ympathieS.
81 am pro-British if the war can be
stopped now he said. "Of course, I
am pro-peace before anything. The
I time to stop the war is now, not only
because of the waste and destruction
of it, but because the greatest hope of
a lasting international peace lies in
the war being halted before any nation
wins a decisive victory"
Ford declared that plans for the
peace cruise would be practically COM
plete tomorrow night when he re-
turns to New York.
Ford was in receipt of an offer from
a New York picture concern to finance
the entire peace expedition in return
for the exclusive motion picture
rights. The local millionaire said he
thought he would be able to stand the
expense himself
Reports that former Secretary of
State Bryan is on the way to Detroit
to confer with Ford could not be con-
firmed.
X. L. Man ON Peace Cruise.
Lawrence, Kan, Nov. 3O.-Kennetf
W. PringIe of Alma, Kan, will repre-
sent the University of Kansas on the
peace ship to be sent to Europe by
Henry Ford. Pringle is a senior and
has been prominent in the university
QSDarSS-
Nebraska University Men Going.
Lincoln. Neb. Nov. 30.-Walter
Hixenbaugh. president of the World
Polity club of the University of Ne
braska, and Walter F. Noble have been
designated as the two students who
will accompany the Henry Ford peace
party TO Europe as representatives of
Nebraska university.
Major Too Busy to Go.
Taf To
ernor Elliott w. Major of Missouri
has declined an invitation to join the
Henry Ford peace party on its trip
to Europe. He telegraph to Mr.
Ford his good wishes for the success
of the undertaking. Pressure of Off
ciaI business, Governor Major said
made it impossible for him to go.
Ship Is Paid For.
New York, Nov. 30--Henry Ford's
IContinued On Page Ski
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-30
JAPS IN FRENZY
Widest ROcketing of War
Stocks Known in Empire.
Exchange Is Closed in Effort to
Restore "Sanity."

Toxic, Nov. 30.-The widest sky
rocketing in Japans history of war
stocks forced q temporary suspension
of the stock exchange today. AS a re-
suit of the tremendous bull trading.
some representative stocks increased
$500 per share.
The boom is a general result of the
great sale of arms, munitions and sup
plies to Russia since the war began.
but it received tremendous impetus
from the Russo-Asiatic banks recent
advertisement of loan to take care
of the czar's purchases. This action
convinced spectators that Russian
payments would be prompt and a
stock jump followed Immediately.
The movement gained headway so
rapidly that conservative financiers
became alarmed and decided today
that an opportunity must be given for
a restoration of some degree of sanity
The past years tremendous activi-
ties in japanese Industries engaged in
the production of war supplies prob
ably has not equaled in total volume
that of the United States, but, owing
to the smaller size of the country and
it's producing capacity, the boom has
been immensely more concentrated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-30
CAN'T RUN BOATS
Shippers Plea for Trunk Lines
Is Turned Down.
Commerce Board Refuses Re-
hearing of Canal Act.

Washington, Nov 3O.-Applications
for a rehearing of the case involvin &
the right of trunk line railroads to
continue their interest ard operation
of steamers on the great lakes, despite
the prohibition in the Panama cana
act were denied today by the Inter
state Commerce commission.
The applications were made by
shippers attorneys, as the railroad de-
clined to ask re-hearing.
The commissions order requiring
the railroads to give up their steamers
is effective December Is.
Some officials here believe the rail-
roads will apply to the courts for an
injunction to restrain the commission
from enforcing the order until it can
be settled on it's merits. This is be-
lieved to be the reason for the failure
of the railways to ask for re-opening
of the case.
The railroads involved include the
Pennsylvania, New York Central, Rut-
land, Erie, Grand Trunk, Lehigh VAL
ley and the Lackawanna.
The Lehigh Valley was granted re-
hearing on the contention that its rail
lines ended at the Great Lakes and
there could be no competition be-
tween it's steamers and it's rail lines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-30
OPEN COAST TERMINALS
Railroads Take Action to Relieve
Freight Congestion at Docks.

Pittsburg, Nov. 30.-Announcement
by the Baltimore & Ohio railroad yes
terday of an embargo on steel prod
ucts for export passing through the
New York terminal will not seriously
affect this district. Only about 25 cars
a day are being shipped to that point,
while some 80 cars make up the steel
trains for Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Much Of this freight, railroad officials
said, was for foreign ports other than
those in Europe. Reports from other
railroads leading TO the east indicate
that every precaution is being taken
to prevent added congestion al At
iantic terminals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-30
Thinks WiIheIm's Visit to
Vienna Highly Significant.
Want AUSTRIANS ELSEWHERE
Editor Recalls Rome Has Never
Declared War on Berlin.
Sees TeutOns Trying to Bribe
Emmanuel With Territory.

London, Nov 3O.-The Pail Mall
Gazette, associating Emperor William s
visit to Vienna with reports that Ger
many is willing to enter upon peace
negotiations, ventures the opinion that.
as already suggested, the emperor's g
trip to the Austrian capital may repre-
sent a fresh attempt to bring about
conclusion of a separate peace be-
tween Austria and Italy. 1t says:
Some features of Itaiy's attitude
may lend encouragement to such an
enterprise. The government at Rome,
for reasons never disclosed, has re-
Trained from declaring war on Ger
many, and has shown no particular
eagerness to cooperate with the allies
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-30
KITCHENER AGAIN HOME;
SIR JOHN FRENCH HAS AN
INTERVIEW WITH ASQUITH

London, Nov. 30.-Field Marshal
Earl Kitchener, the secretary for
war, returned to London today
from his trip to the Near East.
Field Marshal Sir John French,
commander of the British forces
on the western front, was in Lon
don yesterday and conferred with
Premier Asquith.
So far as the public knows, Field
Marshal French has not been in
London since he paid a secret visit
to the British cal pital late in IAN
uary. He conferred with the Brit
ish and French war ministers at
Calais on July g.
Earl Kitchener, British secretary
of war, was in Paris, yesterday.
There have been reports that
movement was on foot to place
General Joffre, the French leader,
in supreme command of the
F'ranco-British forces on the west
ern front, but London has denied
there was any foundation for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-30
BRITISH CASUALTIES SINCE
WAR BEGAN TOTAL 600, 900

London, Nov. 3O.-British cas-
ualty lists published during Noyem-
Der total ,232 officers, As, 1874 nom
commissioned officers and men in
all fields of war, bringing the total
since the beginning of hostilities up
to apparently 100000.
Heavy as were the losses in
killed. wounded and missing for the
present month they were much
lighter than in October, when the
names of 3,11O officers and II, 1877
nom commissioned officers and men
were included in the lists.
A statement issued in London
October %, gave the British casual
ties from the beginning of the war
to October 9 as 49S, ,294. The total
among officers in that period was
1928, and among other ranks
472,OO1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-30
WAS The WHOLE THING
Hugh Fisher Acts as Judge, Prosecutor
and Attorney for Defense.

In an emergency. there are lot OF
things Hugh Fisher, judge of the court
of Topeka can do and get away with
This morning Judge Fisher prosecuted,
defended, found guilty and bound over
Crosby Chiles and Nathan Chiles on
charges of drawing a razor, or similar
weapon, on d. B. Gilbert. an express
man, and separating him from S21.
When the prelimary hearing of the
Chiles brothers came up this morning
there was no One on hand from the
county attorneys office to prosecute
them. Rad Lee is out of town. Robert
Carver and w. E. Atchison were busy
in the district court steering bootleg
gers, who were falling over themselves
to plead guilty, toward the railing in
front of the judges bench Fisher
called the case. prosecuted the men.
then defended them, then arguing " fa
himself as to their guilt or innocence,
decided that they knew too much about
Gilbert's $27 and bound them over to
the district court.
The alleged '.hoidup" took place at
Sixth and Golden avenues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-30
FORD RAPS CRITICS
Motor Manufacturer Denies
That He Is PrO-German.
Saws He Is PrO-BritiSh If War
Can Be Stopped.
HIS HOPE LIES IN ENGLAND
Millionaire Declares John Bull
Put Curb on MilitariSm.
Time to Stop War Is Now, Be-
fore Decisive Victory Is Won.

Detroit Nov. 30.-Henry Ford was
back in Detroit today making feverish
preparations for the sailing of his
peace ship, Oscar II, next Saturday.
But he found time to receive newspa-
per men at his tractor factory in
Dearborn. Seated on a stool in the
boiler room of the factory, the automo-
bile manufacturer opened up on his
critics, especially Englishmen, who
have ridiculed his peace efforts.
+If this war is stopped now, it will
be England who has made it possible" I"
said Ford. eff England had not come
into the war when she did, wave of
militarism would have swept over the
countries which could not have been
stopped. England has made it pos
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-30
COOLEST NIGHT so FAR
The Temperature Went Down to 81
Degrees, Below Normal.

The mercury dropped last night to
the lowest point it has reached this
winter. A temperature of % degrees,
4 degrees below normal, was recorded
at 8 o'clock this morning. The wind
shifted to the south at midnight,
however, giving promise of rise in
temperature tonight A temperature
of about 80 degrees is expected.
The forecast reads: Partly cloudy
tonight and Wednesday; colder Wed
nesday and in the western part of the
state tonight" The shipping forecast
says to protect SO hour shipments
north and west against temperature
of between 20 and rs degrees; south
and east, 80 degrees.
The lowest temperature on this date
occurred in 1896 when the mercury
dropped to degrees. The high rec
ord is 6S degrees, esta blished in 1901
The Kaw river is stationary at at e.2
feet.
Following are hourly temperature
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-30
MONTENEGRO NOW
TeutOnic Allies Plan to Crush
Mountain Kingdom.
AuStrianS Launch Tremendous
Campaign Against Nation.
BIG GUNS To RAKE DEFILES
Winter Weather Counted ON as
Big Aid to Invaders.
Drive Across Rugged Frontier
Has Already Started.

Vienna, Nov. 30.-Austria has
launched tremendous campaign
against Montenegro.
The offensive, undertaken by the
Austrian forces along the Montene-
grin northern frontier early in No
vember, was on a small scale, de-
signed only to check flank attacks on
the troops engaged in the drive into
Serbia from Vicegrad, the war office
explained today
Northern Serbia having been sub
dued, it is declared officially that
Montenegro is to be completely over
run.
Operations began on the mountain
Kingdoms northeastern frontier, from
the San Jak of Novibazar. The Aug
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-30
CREEK THORN STILL PRICKS;;
ATHENS WAITS ALLIES'WORD

Athens, Nov 29-(via Paris, Nov
3O) Final solution of negotiations
of the entente powers with th,.
Greek government has been fur
ther delayed tonight pending reply
of the allies to the Greek proposal
10 permit the reserve general staffs
TO define the military features of
the allies requirements in Mace
donia.