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The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1915-08-05
STOMACH TROUBLE
FOR FIVE YEARS

taking other medicines. decided to
take his advice, although did 10! l:ave
any confidence in ii.
/ have now been taking Black rrsagIit
for three months, and il has cured !na-.-
haven't had those awful sick headaches
since began using it.
| am so thankful for what Black
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Thedford's Black-Draught has been
found a very valuable medicine for de-.
Engagements of the stomach and liver. Il
Is composed of pure, vegetable herbs,
contains no dangerous ingredients, ana
acts gently, yet surely. It can be freely
used by young and old, ard should be
kept in every family chest.
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The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1915-08-05

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Selector of the Model 1ORem-
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the Remington Typewriter
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27
PRATT DAM IS BAD
1t Is Going to Pieces Through
Action of Water.
The Indications Are That 1t
Must Be Rebuilt.

The big dam at the state fish hatch
cry at Pratt is nearly wrecked and
will require extensive repairs if not
rebuilding. S.. NJ. Brewster, attorney
general, and w. E. Davis. state audi
tor, inspected the dam Wednesday
and found that numerous repairs
would be necessary.
When the new ponds were built
at the Pratt hatchery a few years ago.
an enormous dam was built to retain
the water from the Ninnescah river
and feed the ponds.
1.-The concrete seems to have been
improperly Mixed said General
Brewster, land the water has eaten
away the dam in several places. Un-
der its present conditions. the only re-
lief is to erect new concrete wall or
rebuild the dam. Immediate action
will be necessary"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27

RivuletS have grown into streams,
streams into creeks, creeks into rivers
and rivers into vast swift-currented
lakes in Kansas in the last "a hours.
A wild night of wind and rain has
contributed several inches of water to
the May record. In all sections of the
state the water fell last night. The
ton, where more than four inches
were measured. Throughout the
northeast and north. central sections
the creeks and rivers are high.
Heavy rains have fallen all over
Kansas in the last twenty-four hours.
Topeka received 2.16 inches in the
twenty-four hours ending at o'clock
this morning. This was the wettest
reported by the government weather
bureau was 40 inches at Horton.
e15y tae grace Of Providence" says
Sunny Flora. "the rains were not in
A fall of "a inches last night
brought the total for May up to SOL
inches, making the wettest May since
1908, and with four exceptions the
there are five days left in which to
break the record. The forecast calls
for more rain tonight, and rain the
northeast portion of the state Friday.
Lower temperatures are predicted for
the entire state tonight and Friday.
The river is still on the rise and the
weather man says there will be a
further rise of about two feet. The
stage this afternoon was 1874 feet,
showing a rise OF one foot since Z
o'clock this morning. Rain began
falling at o'clock this afternoon and
the indications were that it would con-
tinue all afternoon.
There has been much curiosity
among people who are watching the
river as to how the weather observers
measure the stage of the river" "Sun-
Ievo u 1t
take our measurements from the
gauge on the cement dixie below the
Gem laundry and anybody may get
the stage of the river by walking to
the north end of the bridge and look
ing at the gauge
A binding shower lasting only Is
minutes and amounting to rs of an
inch fell at 2:30 o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27
Drives on His Forces After
Crossing River San.
STRIKES AT FORTRESS REAR
Russian Army Now in Danger
of Being Surrounded.
Unofficial Reports Tell of Dar-
ing of German Genius.

Berlin. May PA big battle be-
tween Austrian and Italian armies
along the TrentinO border Is 1mmin-
ent, according to dispatches from Ger
man correspondents with the Austrian
army The Austrian army is strongly
entrenched just inside the Trentino
frontier. their OutpOsts in constant
clash with Italian scouting parties.
Only two miles separate the two main
Berlin, May 27--The Austro-Ger- =
mans under General MaCkenzen have
reached the Przemysl-Lemberg rail-
way, according to unofficial dispatches
received here from EperSes, Hungary.
so miles southwest of Przemysl. The
war office has no confirmation of this
report.
An official announcement from the
German war office yesterday stated
that Mackenzen had crossed the San,
six miles above PrZemySl indicating
that he was about to strike at the
Przemysl-Lemberg railway in the rear
of the fortress.
If the above unofficial report IS
true the Russian line of communica-
ton has been cut and the Slav army
at Przemysl is in danger of being sur
rounded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27
SKY BOMBS AGAIN
South End Once More Visited
by Zeppelin Raiders.
One Person Killed and Many
Injured in BOmbardment.

South End, England, May 27.-An-
other Zeppelin airship raid was made
upon this town last night.
One person was killed and many in
jured. The entire town was illumi-
mated by the bursting of shells drop
ped by the aircraft.
The material damage caused ap-
occasion of the last raid. Mrs. May
Fabin, who was here on a visit, was
the only person killed
Some reports say that two and 9TH
ers that three Zeppelins took part in
the raid. 1t is, however, impossible tC
give the number because of the heavy
clouds.
The noise of the prope1lers of the
airShips was first heard shortly be-
fore II o'clock. Then came at once
the shock of the explosions as the
bombs rained down. Some of the mis-
siles were incendiary and threw out
bright flares of light.
Crowds assembled in the streets of
South End to view the raiders.
1t is recalled that on the previous
raid the only victim was a woman.
British aeroplanes went up in pur-
suit of the raiders.' but were not sue
cessful in overtaking them. Some
time later two Zeppelins were seen
over Burnha m on Crouch. seven miles
to the northeast of South End, but
no more bombs were dropped there.
South End, a municipal borough
and popular seaside resort at the
of London, has been the target of Yep
pelin raiders several times the last six
months. On no previous occasion,
however, have tzes results been serious.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27
EMMANUEL, IN COMMAND,
IN EXALTED PLEA To ARMY

Rome, May 2z (via Paris).-
King Victor Emmanuel, upon tax
ing supreme command of the ItaI-
ian army and navy, issued the fol-
lowing order:
.Soldiers on Land and Sea-
The solemn hour of the nations
claim has struck. Following the
example of my grandfather, take.
today, supreme command of Italy's
forces on land and sea with the
assurance of victory which your
bravery self-abnegation and dis
cipline will obtain.
1.-THE enemy you are preparing to
fight is hardened to war and
worthy of you. Favored by the ma
ture of the ground and sl>ilfui
works, he will resist tenaciOusly.
but your unsubdued ardOr will
surely vanquish him.
''SOldierS, to you has come the
glory of unfurling Italy's colOrs on
the sacred land which nature has
given as the frontiers of our coun-
try. To you has come the glory OF
finally accomplishing the work un-
dertaken with so much heroism by
our fathers"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27
TRIUMPH IS sunk
British Battleship TOrpedOed in
the DardaneIles.
English Come Back, Sinking a
Turkish Destroyer.

London, May 27.-The British bat
tleship Triumph has been sunk in the
DardaneIIes. The admiralty says
says that while operating in support
of the Australian and New Zealand
forces on the shore of the Gallipoli
peninsula Tuesday, the Triumph was
| torpedoed by submarine and sank
shortly afterward.
| The majority of the officers and
men, including the captain and COM
| mander, are reported to have been
saved. The submarine was chased by
destroyers and patrolling small craft
until dark.
The official announcement does not
say whether the submarine was Turk
ish or German, but it probably was of
| the latter nationality as the British
legation at Athens recently offered a
reward for the sinking of German
Mediterranean.
| With the sinking of the Triumph
five allied battleships have been ac-
counted for in the Dardanelles by
Turkish gun fire, mines or torpedoes.
| OF these losses the British have sus-
tanned four-the Triumph. Ocean, Ir-
resistible and Goliath. One French
ship has been sunk-the Bouvet. In
additional, several other battleships
have at various times been struck by
Turkish shells and forced to retire
from the fighting in the waterway.
Turk Warship Down.
Athens, May IA Turkish war
ship, either destroyer or a gunboat.
was sunk by British submarine in
the Sea of Marmora, within four miles
of Constantinople. according to re-
ports reaching here today.
A Hestia dispatch said a British
gunboat was the victim.
Other advices said the torpedoed
vessel was gunboat of the Aedien
Refs type, about $50 feet in length
and of about 500 tons.
Steamer Morwenna Torpcdoed.
London, May 27.-The Montreal
stamer Morwenna was torpedoed yes
lterday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27
BR-R! FROST ON vine.
Icy Visitation in Lake Region and
Middle Atlantic States.

Washington. May 27.-Killing
frosts throughout the Lake region and
the middle Atlantic states broke May
weather records of many years last
night and promise unseasonably cold
weather for the next tventy-four
hours.
Reports to the weather bureau this
morning indicate heavy damage to
fruits and vegetables throughout that
section, particularly in the interior of
New York. In the parlance of the
weather bureau experts, "A strong
high area" over the Lake region which
arose to block the path of a storm
from western Canada was RESPONSE
BILE for the early summer phenomenon
While frost is probable again to-
night in the lower Lake region, New
England and the middle Atlantic
states, warmer weather is promised
Friday in the path of fair weather
from the Ohio valley and the lower
Lake region.
While ice was being formed on
standing water and crops were frozen
in the east, warm showers were play
ing over the central valleys.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27
IS PLANES IN
RAID ON GERMAN
CHEMICAL PLANT
French Aerial Squadron Bonn
bards Ludwigshafen Factories.
Expedition Is Reply to Kaiser's
Air Attack on Paris.
MANY BUILDINGS ARE FIRED
Flames Rage in Great Explo-
sive Manufacturing Center.
Each Craft Carries Fifty no.
Pound PrOjectiles.
many BUILDINGS ARE FIRED
Flames Rage i'm Great ExplO-
sive Manufacturing Center.

Paris, May 27.-A French aerial
squadron composed of eighteen aero
planes, each carrying fifty 110-pound
projectiles this morning bombarded a
chemical factory at Ludwigshafen on
the Rhine, opposite Mannheim.
Fire was started in several of the
factory buildings as a result of this
bonn bardment.
This factory is one of the most i'm
portant manufacturers of explosives
in all Germany. The French aviators
were in the air for six hours and COW
cred more than 240 miles.
This expedition against an impor-
tant German military establishment
was the French reply to the attempts
of German aviators on the city of
Paris. This information was contain
ed in the French official statement
given out by the war office this after
noon.
Allies Airmen Kill Fifty.
Amsterdam, May 27.-Fifty German
soldiers who were passengers in a.
street car at Ostend were killed by a
bomb dropped from an allied aero
plane. This is reported in a dispatch
from that city to the Telegraf. de-
scribing a series of air raids made by
the allies aviators.
The railroad station, shipping in
the harbor and numerous houses have
been damaged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27
RAID ON RAIL JUNCTION.
AustrianS Cast Destroying Eye or
Communication Lines.

Milan, May 27.-(Via Parfs)-De-
Struction of the railroad junction evi-
IDENTIFY was the object of the bOmba rd-
ment of Ancona by an Austrian
squadron which raided the Italian
coast Monday, according to additional
details received here. The warships
appeared off Ancona about midnight,
accompanie by two aeroplanes which
flew over the city. The bombG rdment
continued two hours. The guns were
trained not only upon these railroad
yards, but upon the military hospital
the Bank of Italy and two barracks.
The cupola of the cathedral apse was
damaged.
Slight damage to the railroad was
caused by shell fire between Porto
Recanati and Porto Civita nova. The
Austrian warships retired from An
coma when an Italian fleet appeared.
Because of reports that the austrian
squadron had been Signalled from an
Ancona brewery, all Germans en-
ployed there were arrested spies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27

Han1on will make a study of the
fire departments of San Diego, Los
Angeles, San Francisco. Portland, Salt
Lake City and Denver in search of
pointers for the Topeka fire Depart
ment and upon his return to Topeka
will again take up the duties OF chief
of the department.
In making the appointment of
Babcock as chief and asking for it's
confirmation, Jay E. House, mayor,
stated to the city commissioners at u
meeting of the city commission today
that Babcock had several days ago in
formed him of his intention of retir-
ing from the fire department.
Hanlon had already expressed a de-
sire to take a months vacation. Dur
ing Hanlon's absence Babcock would
have been acting chief. Mayor House
saw an opportunity to reward Bab-
cocks forty-three years of faithful
service by comforting the honor of
chief upon him before his voluntary
retirement from the service. In retir-
ing after being made chief, Babcock
will receive for the rest of his life
one-half of the full pay of a chief, or
SIS each month.
Babcock VIII Retire.
The mayor assured the members of
the city commission that it was Bah
cocks desire to retire whether he was
made chief or not and that he wished
to retire July l and that upon his re-
tirement the mayor would offer for
confirmation of the commission the
name of Joseph J. Hanlon to again be
chief The commission unanimously
confirmed the appointment of Bah
cock.
Mr. Babcock, the new chief, has
been in the fire department forty
three years. He was born in Hart
ford, Conn, in 1854, and came to Kan
sas in 1869. He was a timer by trade
and was employed by the early plum b.
ing firm of Blake & Harm for several
years or until he entered the service
of the Topeka fire department. He
has worked in every position in the
department from the bottom to the
top. His long service at headquarters,
beginning in 1887 as clerk in the
chiefs office, and later receiving the
rank of captain and secretary of the
department, has familiarized him with
every detail of the office. He has
been assistant chief, barring the few
days he acted as chief last year, since
1897, when he succeeded to the posi-
stion made vacant by the death of
BENJAMIN McCarter, who was killed in
the service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27
MASTER TELLS OF BLAST.
Steamers Name Painted in Letters Si1
Feet Tall.

Washington. May 27.-The state de-
partment today received from Consul
General Skinner the following:
Green, commander of the Ameri-
can steamer Nebraska, in wireless tc
me, via Lands End, reports:
" sNebraSkan paSSer Fastnet Rock
Tuesday, ABB p. m, bound for Della
ware breakwater in ballast.
"'At 1924 p. M, when steamer was
forty eight miles west half south
from Fastnet she experienced a violent
shock, followed instantly by a terrific
explosion, bursting matches and throw
ing hatch beams, cargo derrick and
twisted iron. into air and filling lower
hold forward completely with water.
4" Grew took to boats Immediately.
".After standing by ship for hour
we returned to port and started for
Liverpool at 1920 p. m.
"'About 1875 a. m. met two YES
sells sent by British admiralty in an
swer to wireless call, and one has
been in attendance ever since.
1T was dusk when explosion oc-
CURED.
Flag had been hauled down five
minutes before.
d" Steamers name painted on both
sides of ship in letters six feet tall.
Had no warning and saw moth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27
TO BECKER HOPE
No Possible Disclosures Can Save Him
Says Perkins.

New York, May 27.-No possible
disclosures of police corruption or
or men higher up in the division of
money paid for police protection-no
plea Charles Becker can make, will
save him from the electric chair-if
District Attorney Perkins can prevent
it, according to announcement by Mr..
Perkins today.
In making his announcement, Mr..
Perkins took official cognizance of a
current rumor that Becker, facing
death for causing the murder of Her
man RoSentha1, was willing to confess
all he knows if his life should be
spared.
Becker's second conviction was af-
firmed by the court of appeals and his
execution set for the week of July -.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27
.BOLLES BACK TO TRIAL
U. S. Court Rules Against Everglades
Land Company Man.

Kansas City, Mo, May pa tele-
gram received here today by Francis
M. Wilson, United States district at
torney, announced that the federal
court of Florida, in Jacksonville, had
ordered r. ]. Bolles, an official of the
Florida Fruit Lands company, re-
moved here for trial.
Bolles together with other officials
of the company were indicted by a
federal grand jury in November, 1913,
charged with fraudulent use of the
mails in connection with the sale OF
10000 acres of land in the Florida
Everglades. Before a warrant was
served he went to Florida. where a
United States commissioner refused
to order him removed. New proceed
ing in an attempt to have Bolles re-
moved here for trial were begun upon
the conviction here several months
ago of E. c. Chambers, president of
the Chambers Land company, and
other officials of the company on a
similar charge.
The Florida Fruit Lands company
sold lands extensively to middle west
erners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27
LOOK. BALD HEADS!

Geneva, O., May 27.-Bald head
ed menl Attention. Here's a chance
to serve your country.
Charley Tibbets hasn't any hair
on his head, and he's a hero Just
the same.
Learning that 100 flies killed
now means just 100000 less on
August 1, Charley made an offer to
the ladies of the welfare league.
During the next two weeks
Charley says he'll wear a thin coat
ing of molasseS on his head. Civic
fly swatting efforts are to center
about him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27
new FIRE CHIEF
BabcOck Succeeds HanlOn as
Head of Department.
Former Chief Will Take a Long
Vacation Trip.
JOB BACK when HE RETURNS
The New Chief Will Retire Per-
manentIy From Service.
The Arrangement Appears Sat-
iSfactOry All Around.

Everett E. Babcock, who has been
assistant chief of the Topeka fire de-
partment since 1897, was today ad-
vanced to the head of the department.
He will bagin his duties as chief of the
fire department Tuesday, June 1. JOS
eph j. Hanlon, who was advanced to
the position of chief by r. L. Cofran
in March, 1914, when Mr.. Cofran was
mayor, and who has been chief since
that time, but has not been confirmed d
by the present administration, will
take a months vacation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27
DRIVE ON TR|EST
Strong Italian Advance Guard
HurIs Self Across ISOnZO.
Invaders, Pushing Austrians
Back. Stand Before MORfaIcOne.

Geneva, May 27.-A strong Italian
advance guard today crossed the
Isonzo river after a sharp fight with
an Austrian force and arrived before
the town of MonfaIcone, thirty miles
from the Austrian seaport of Triest.
The first of the Austrian wounded
are now arriving at the latter place.
The italians, also attacked at several
points along the forty miles of the
Carinthian frontier. A battle be-
tween the Italians and Austrians now
is raging around Ploken and also west
of the Praedil pass in Austria.
In Adige the fighting has been linn
tied to SkirmiSheS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27
HIS HOLINESS, UNHEEDED,
PRAYS MORE FERVENTLY

Rome, May 27-(via Paris).- -
''The hour which we are travers-
ing is painful, but our prayers will
go out more frequently and more
fervently than ever TO those who
have in their hands the fate of ma
tiOns.'
This is a declaration made by
Pope Benedict i'm a letter to Cardi-
nal VannutelIi. published in the Os-
servatOre Romano, the Vatican Or
gan.
The pOntiff recalls his first en-
cyclical, in which he urged the bel
Iigerent nations to make peace, but
points out that his voice was un-
needed and the war continued. un-
Ill 1.-The terrible confla grafton has
extended to our beloved Italy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27
AUSTRIA ALWAYS UNFAIR.
Won Buelow Reported to Have Admit
ted MiStreatment.

Rome, May 27.-Prince Won Buelow,
the German ambassador, who has nov
returned to Berlin, is reported by the
Giornale d'Italia to have declared he
came to Italy in the hope of bringing
about an AuStro-Italian rapproche-
ment on basis that Austria always
has treated Italy unfairly and that
Germany attached supreme impor-
tance to the maintenance of Italian
neutrality.
Italian public opinion must under
stand, however, the prince said, that
an attack on Austria meant an attack
on GERMANY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27
Battleships Sideswiped.

Newport, r. l., May 27.-The bat
tleship Rhode Island dragged her an
chorS during a heavy gale that swept
Narraganset bay last night and was
blown against the battleship Nebras-
ka, carrying away a portion of the
bridge and injuring some of the guns
on the latter ship. Both vessels lost
considerable side gear.
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NO GAME TODAY AGAIN
Weather Man About to Put Western
League On the Blink.

St Joseph, Mo-, May 27.-The West
ern League game here this afternoon
between the Drummers and Topeka
Savages was postponed because of
rain.
The last game of the series between
the Drummers and Savages is sched-
uled for tomorrow afternoon.
AT 2:45 this afternoon every game
on the Western League circuit had
been pOStpOned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27
NORSEMEN NEUTRAL.
Sweden. Norway and Denmark Notify
Germany, Austria, Italy.

London, May 27--Sweden, Norway
and Denmark have sent to Italy, Ger
many and Austria, following their
declarations of war, formal notifica-
ton OF the Scandinavian national de-
termination to maintain strict neu-
trality.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-27
BASEBALL TODAY.
WESTERN LEAGUE.

Omaha at Lincoln-Game postpon-
ed; wet grounds
Omaha at Lincoln-game post =
poned; rain.
Topeka at St. Joe-game post
poned; rain.
Denver at Sioux City-game post
pOned; rain.
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DANISH SHIP TORPEDOED
Vessel Is Sunk in North Sea, but Crew
Is Rescued.

South Shields, Eng, May 27.-The
Danish steamer Betty was torpedoed
by a German submarine in the North
sea yesterday and went to the bottom.
The members of her crew were res
cued and have been brought to the
Tyne.
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Washington Nav 27.-Acfi1

washington, May ZI.-Actlng upon
request from General Villa, Secre-
tary Bryan today te1egraphed to Gov
ernor Hunt of Arizona, suggesting
Communication of sentence of five Mex
leans condemned to death tomorrow
for murder.
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FEDERAL LEAGUE.

Newark at Chicago-Game post
poned: cold weather
Baltimore at Kansas City-Game
postponed; rain.