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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-12
S0USA is HERE.
The BandmaSter Talks of Com
mercialism and Art.
America Will Lead in One as
Well as the Other.

"Commercialism in the United
States has in the past hurt music and
art said John Philip Sousa, the ia
nous bandmaster, today, but at
present it is aiding it and placing a
firm foundation for the artistic in the
future
Sousa arrived in Topeka this morn
ing with his band. He gave con-
cert at the Grand this afternoon and
will repeat it this evening. Immediate
ly upon his arrival here he took a
long walk.
I'VE are now on a recognized stat
u.s. he told a visitor today, ''and the
fact that this country is the leader
ders for art. Think of the famous
paintings that are being brought over
from Europe every year. America is
becoming the Mecca of artists. and
musicians. The United States is not
only attracting musicians from all over
the world but is producing many fa-
nous men and women in the music
world. In sculpture, on the stage,
everywhere, we are fast going to the
front.
And all of this is made possible -
continued the bandmaster, "by the
fact that we are a money-making
country. Capital has aided the arts
whenever possible. When the great
rush for shekels was occupying every
ones time, when the country was in
a crude and primitive state, then
there was little music, few painters,
and fewer sculptors. But now that
the money is made, the artist, the
musician, the writer, will find America
the center of the world in a few
years,
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M0BS IN LONDON
ASSAIL GERMANS
Anti-German Outbreaks Are
Renewed Today.
Police, Thinned by Army
Drafts, Are Defied.
ANGRY WAVE SWEEPS nation
Protest Against Sea Disaster
and Air Raids.
Threat to Burn Homes; Troops
i'm Readiness.
ANGRY WAVE SWEEPS NATION

London, May 12.-Anti-G erman
riots in the East End Of London over
the sinking of the Lusitania were re-
newed this morning with even greater
violence than yesterday. Wherever a
German showed himself he was at
tackled. The police force has been so
thinned by drafts sent to the army
that it had difficulty in dealing with
the angry crowds. Special constables
have to be called out.
Police Are Dcfied.
number of German. esta blishmen
were raided and sacked, and their
contents scattered over the street. The
Germans themselves were forced to go
into hiding. The police, in come cases,
were defied by the angry crowds and
some officers were injured during the
endeavers to protect the Teutons.
The furniture and fittings of Ger
man houses and stores were hurled
through windows to the streets. When
the proprietors were caught they were
severely mauled. In some cases their
clothes were torn from their backs.
One German was thrown into horse
trough with the reminder that his
TContinued on Page Four,1
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LIFE BOAT ASHORE
Bodies of Lusitania Victims
Buffeted by Waves.
Seventeen More COrpses Are
Taken to Queenstown.

QueenstownssMay IA Lusitania
iifeboat Bearing the bodies of three
women and two boys, which has been
adrift since last Friday, is reported
ashore today near Baltimore. on the
south Irish coast.
There were no American first cabin
passengers among the II dead brought
into Queenstown this morning. The
body of the only first class passenger
was that of Percy Secombe of Peter
borough, Ont, son of the late Cap
tain c. w. Secombe of the Cunard
line. His sister, Miss Eliza beth Sc
combe, is missing.
Slow progress is being made in the
work of Identification as few relatives
of passengers are now here and the
authorities are relying only upon pa -
pers and trinkets found on the bodies
The names James Harrison and A. p
Norris were found on papers in the
pockets of two of the men, while that
of Khickson was found on the body
of one woman. Three of the dead
were members of the Lusitania's crew
On the body of Mr.. Harrison was
found a card of the Young Mems
Christian association of Bridgeport
Conn
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TO SHIP DEAD TO U. S.
Bodies of American Victims to Be
Sent to New York.

New York, May 12.-The Lusitania' s
American dead. so far as identified,
now lying at Queenstown and other
towns in Ireland, will be brought to
New York. This is stated in a cable
gram received here today by the
Cunard line from Liverpool.
The message said the company
would transport the bodies across the
sea, but when and by what vessel
was not stated.
A second cablegram confirmed the
announcement made in London yes
terday of cancellation Of the Maure-
tania's sailing from Liverpool set
for May 20. This, the lines official
said would necessitate arranging a
new summer schedule of Sailings.
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GO after WILSON
Witness Says Il. R. Told Him
He'd "Tear Up" President.
Republican Party Not Big
Enough for Him and Barnes.

Syracuse, May 12.-Charles w
Hutchins, Jr, New York lawyer, de-
clared on the witness stand today in
the Roosevelt-Barnes libel suit, that
in July, 1914, Theodore Roosevelt had
told him that he agreed that the issues
of 1912 were dead and that he would
''go after President Wilson in his
Pittsburg speech and tear him to
pieces
welt as saying, however, that after
what had happened in Chicago in
1912, the Republican party was not
big enough for both him and William
Barnes.
As the bitter foe instead of attor-
ney of Tammany, was how William
Barnes was pictured today by his wit
nesses in the trial of his libel suit
again Colonel Roosevelt.
Justice Andrews confined his teSti-
mony in accordance with his ruling
yesterday barring printing matter.
The ruling was in measure boone
rang to Barnes 1t kept out testi-
Senate Leader Brown told how
Barnes would not accept a Republican
combine with Democrat insurgents ia
voring w. F. Shuken, the Tammany
candidate, unless the Independent can :
d1date selected was simon pure, anti
Tammany. The senator told how the
Republican leaders after three months
of the Democratic deadlock, agreed to
deliver the Republican vote for an
lnSurgent acceptable to the Demo-
cratic insurgents" and that Thoma :
W. Osborne was the Independent Sc
lected.
L. II. Leader i'm 1906
That Roosevelt was the Republican
leader after wrestling the control from
Governor Odel in 1906 and forced
nomination OF Governor Hughes by
orders in the form of requests was
told by Brown.
FORMER Senator BraSkett told how
the leaders decided to support anti
Iammany, an independent after the
deadlock threatened to deprive New
York of a senator, the election of Sem
ator O'Gorman following within / 8
hours
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T0PEKANS NAMED
Local MaSOnS Elected to State
knights Templar.
Albert X. Wilson and Owen j.
Wood Team Takes First.

Two Topekans, Albert K. Wilson
and owen J. Wood, were honored with
advancement and reelection, and the
local commandery No. took first
honors in drills at the forty-sixth an
nuaI conclave of the grand command
cry, knights Templar of Kansas, at
Lawrence today
The conclave was we'll attended by
Topekans MarshalFs band furnished
music.
The following officers were elected:
William H. Martin, Parsons, grand
commander.
Milton r. Mclean, Wellington,
deputy grand commander
Thomas C. Babb, Fredonia, grand
generaliSsimo.
John w Nelson, Concordia, grand
owen j. Wood. Topeka, grand
senior warden.
Charles A. Loucks, Lakin. grand
Junior warden.
Arthur ]. CarTuth, HeringtOn, grand
standard hearer.
J. Frederick Laderer, Mcpherson,
grand sword bearer
Officers reelected are:
Rev William Westwood, Great
Bend. grand prelate-
Albert K Wilson. Topeka. grand
recorder
John McCullagh. Galena, grand
treasurer.
Officers appointed by Grand Com
mander Martin:
Robert H. Montgomery, Oswego,
grand warder.
Hugh Means, Lawrence, grand cap
tain of guard.
In the competitive drills, Newton
took first place in Glass A and Topeka
No. first place in Glass B. Garfield
No. Is of Mcpherson took second
and Ivanhoe No. 21 of Kansas City,
third place in Glass B.
The next concIave will be held at
Wichita in 1916
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BIC NAVAL CAME
U. S. Fighting Machines As
sembling for Maneuvers.
Schley's Old Flagship, Brook
lyn, on Way to N. Y.

New York, May 12.-While the war
fleet anchored in the Hudson river
will remain until next Tuesday, prep
arations were begun today for the
maneuvers off the coast, which will
work out problems now known only
to the chiefs of the navy.
Three ships of the auxiliary di
vision, the Vesta1, San Francisco and
Neptune, had steam up ready to seek
the high seas and wait for the fight
ing units to join them after the final
review by President Wilson. The
cruiser Brooklyn was on her way here
from Boston to take aboard Rear Ad-
miral Austin NJ. Knight, president of
the war college, who will umpire the
war game.
The Brooklyn was the flagship of
Rear Admiral Schley during the
Spanish war. She left Boston yester-
day. When Admiral Knight breaks out
his flag from the old cruiser he will!
be the seventh officer of flag rank
stationed here with the big fleet.
Three more destroyers of the fourth
division arrived yesterday and the re-
maiping nineteen units of the de-
stroyer fiotilIa were due today With
them on their voyage from Boston
comes the scout cruiser Birming he m,
the pennant ship of Captain w. S.
Sims, commander of the torpedo flo
tiIIa
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AS A SEPTEMBER MORN
Y. u. Illustrator Was Shocking
Husband-Wifc Gets a Divorce.

San Francisco, May 12.-Because
John A. Pryor, magazine illustrator
of New York City, tried to be a Sep
tember Morn" in real life, his wife,
Edna II. Pryor, has been granted a
DIVORCE
Mrs. Pryor testified that her hus-
band was much given to the Bohem-
ian mode of life. One night, while
they We're living in New York, she
testified. her husband came home
from a party and on his entrance to
their apartment, proceeded to disrobe.
Then he paraded through the
apartment house., she said, giving
lifclike illustrations of famous statu-
ary, shocking the occupants CT the
apartment house."
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STUFFED BALLOT
| BOXES IN KANSAS
WyandOtte Election Probe
Starts With a Bang.
One Witness Told of Alleged
Dishonest Voting.
DRINKING At POLLS, TO(
One Official Couldn't Wait I'm
til Work Was Done.
just Had to Get Up and Go Out
Occasionally.

Kansas City May 12.-Ballot boxes
were stuffed in the recent municipal
election in Kansas City, Kan, accord
ing to George D. Jameson, a former
sergeant of police, who testified at the
first meeting in Governor Capper's in
vestigation today. The investigation is
being conducted by James L. Smalley,
special attorney general. jameson
said he was in the forty-sixth precinct
on election day. The voting place is at
308 Kansas avenue. 1t is regarded as
the toughest precinct in Armourdale.
Jameson was asked:
did you see anybody other than
election judges or clerks place ballots
in the ballot boxes on election day?'
Yes,'' he replied.
Jameson said he saw an Armourdale
pool hall proprietor put ballots in the
box
"How many ballots did you see him
place in the box?' asked Mr.. Smalley.
Choked Ballot Box Hole.
'I don't know how many said
Jameson, ''but there were enough to
choke the hole in the ballot box
Jameson said he stayed at the poll
ing place from IL o'clock in the morn
ing until midnight. He declared he
saw the ballots counted.
Some had the corners torn off" he
said. Those the election officials
handled had the corners cut off,
jameson said he observed some
drinking being done about the polling
place He named one official who, he
said, had engaged in the drinking.
HE would get up and go out every
ten or fifteen minutes said Jameson.
In ordering the inquiry Governor
Capper declared gross fraud had been
perpetrated and asserted disclosures
he had in his possession would make
Terre Haute look like a Sunday
school, The governor said the inves-
tigation promised to involve men
prominent in both political parties.
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RIGHTS TO BABIES
England Plans to Change HeI
Legal Code Soon.
Effort to LegitimatiZe Those OF
Unknown Fathers.

London, May 1.-THE problem OF
the ''war babies has now become al
most as serious in England as it is in
France.
A few days ago the British public
was thoroughly startled by the an
,nouncement, made by Ronald McNeill.
M. P, that within a few weeks great
numbers of unmarried girls living in
the vicinity of British training camps
will become mothers. In one bor-
ough alone, he declared, there were
more than 1000 known cases; and he
added that this was by no means ex-
ceptional.
Parliamentary leaders and sociolo-
gists generally are wrestling with the
situation with the idea. of modifying
not only the legal code but public
opinion SO as to remove reproach
ICoutiuued on Page Four
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AMERICANS IN PARIS
CASTIGATE GERMANY

Paris, May 12.-More than
100 Americans in Paris have
signed the following cable
gram, which was forwarded
to President Wilson:
eve, the undersigned, hav-
ing observed strict neutrality,
though living amid the hor-
rors of war, now feel that in
justice to our conditions and
in order to preserve our self
respect, we must voice an in
dignant an denergetic protest
against the sinking of the
Lusitania, an act pre-eminent
in its savagery and which
places the responsible govern
ment outside civilized human
ity.'
Among the signers of the
message are DIR. Edmond
Gros, chief surgeon of the
American ambulance corps in
France; A. Piatt Andrew,
formerly assistant secretary
of the United States treas
ury; Norman Hutchinson,
American consul general to
Rumania and Serbia; Captain
Arthur w. Kipling of the
American ambulance corps;
P. Lorillard Ronalds, George
Blumenthal, VIM. E. Iselin
and DR.. Winchester Debouchet.
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KEEP OFF CABINET
Italian Ministers Unhampered
by Opposing Factions.
EX-Premier GiOlitti Strongly
Adheres to Ways of Peace.

Rome. May 12.-What is con-
sidered the last definite proposal
of Austria concerning the terri
tOfiaI concession demanded by
Italy was received today by the
italian government. The cabinet
at once went into session to con-
slider the communication.
Rome, May 12.@The two great po-
litical bodies in Italy-that in favor OF
war and that which believes the coun-
try should remain neutral to attain its
national aSpirations-have up to the
present refrained from any direct en-
deavor to Interfere with the delibera-
tionS of or the conclusions to be reach
ed by the cabinet, and this in spite of
the very agitated discussion of these
national questions which is going on
from one end of the kingdom to the
other.
democrats, the radicals, the republi-
cans, the nationalists, the reform So
cialists and the moderates. Those on
catholics, the intransigent socialists,
the conservatives and the supporters
of former Premier Giolitti.
Signor Giolitti is still firmly con-
vinced that war yet can be avoided by
the obtaining from Austria of ade-
quate concessions
On the other hand the Giorna1e
D'Italia, in an article called plain
Speaking, capitulateS the situation,
dwells on the possibility of rupture
with the neutral faction, and in un-
mista kable words condemns the course
followed by Giofitti.
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De SOTO MAN KILLED.
Henry Payne, Father of Ten Children,
Shot from Ambush.

De Soto, Kan, May 12.-An asses
sin, shooting from ambush, killed
Henry Payne, a tenant farmer and
the father of ten children, near here
Yesterday. Payne's body was found
today in a ravine in which he had
been cutting weeds, with two rifle bull
let's in the back. Near by lay the
rifle.
Payne was about SIS years old and
neighbors asserted today he was well
liked in the vicinity. County officials
came here from Olathe today and are
conducting an investigation. An in
quest will be held tomorrow.
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WATCH FOR KIDNAPER
ST. Louis Italian Steals Another's Child
and Escapes From City.

Chicago. ILL.,, May 12.-Trains COM
ing into Chicago from st. Louis were
closely watched today for an alleged
Italian kidnapper said to be bringing
10-year-old Lorenzo Volente to this
city.
The boy, son of q wealthy Italian
grocer of St. Louis, is said to have
been kidnapped Monday after his faith
er had declined to pay blackmai1 of
$1,000. Local detectives We're handi-
capped by the vagueness of the de-
scription of the alleged kidnapper.
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TEUTONS DENOUNCED.
American Residents in Calcutta View
Tragedy With Horror.

Calcutta, May 12.-American resi-
dents of Calcutta adopted a resolution
today expressing the opinion that the
destruction of the LuSitania was IAN
act to be considered with horror and
indignation by every honorable per-
son." and adding:
1--WE express our firm conviction
and belief that the American govern
ment will take prompt action toward
securing the safety of the lives of the
Americans and other neutralS travel
ing on the high seas
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TURKS RUN AMUCK
Many Persons Killed i'm Riots
at COnstantinOple.
MObs Numbering Thousands
Pillage Shops and Hotels.

Geneva, May 12.-(Via Paris)-
The Journal de Geneve has received
a dispatch from Salonika saying that
many persons have been killed or in
jIred in the course OF riots in Con-
Stantinop1e. Mobs numbering thou
sands, the newspaper says, pillaged
the principal shops and hotels. The
Sultan'S guard has been called out.
The Pera Palace hotel, the largest
and most pretentious European hotel
in the city, was sacked. The police
were overwhelmed.
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WHEAT OUTLOOK GOOD
Washington Reports Continued Pros
poets of Big Yield.

Washington, May 12.-Continued
Improvement of the winter wheat out
look. promising condition for spring
wheat, and breaking of the sewers
drought in the central and eastern cot
ton belt, were announced today in the
national crop and weather bulletin
issued by the department of agricul-
ture-
The fruit outlook continues favor
able in nearly all portions of the coun-
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WEAR YOUR STRAWS!
sunny Flora Says It's Time to Wear
New Hats.

This was the hottest day of the 1915
season, and the official opening of
the straw hat season in Topeka, ac-
cording to special edict by sunny
Flora. the local weather observer.
Not only was the heat record for
1915 broken today but also the record
for this date in the last twenty-eighu
years The thermometer reading at
two o'clock was SS degrees and the
mercury was still climbing
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Washington, May 12.-The
United States government in a
note to Germany today formal
ly demands of the imperial gov
ernment a strict accounting for
the loss of American lives in the
sinking of the Lusitania and
violations of American rights in
the war zone.
1t also asks guarantees that
there will be no repetition of
such events or practices.
With the plain intimation in
it that the United States is pre-
pared to meet any eventuality
that may arise, from a non
compliance, the communication
phrased in unmistakably en-
phatic language was prepared
to be cabled to Berlin by night
fall.
Written by President Wilson
and approved unanimously by
the cabinet, the note was being
carefully examined by Counselor
Lansing and the law officers of
the government at the state de-
partment today to make sure
that its phraseology covered ev-
cry point of law involved.
The White House officially
announced the fact the presi-
dent had finally determined the
course of action to be pursued in
the following statement issued
by Secretary Tumulty after a
conference with the president:
The course of the presi-
dent has been determined,
it will be announced just as
soon as it is proper to pub
lish the note now in prepar-
alton.
This was taken to mean that
the American government, OBJ
serving the usual diplomatic
amenities, would await the re-
ceipt of the communication in
Berlin before making it public.
At first there was some sug-
gestion that the communication
be sent personally by the presi-
dent to Emperor William. but
Mr.. Wilson determined that it
should be addressed not to an
individual. but to the German
government, and through it to
the German people.
Protests for Humanity
As for reparation. the United States
naturally will seek financial repara :
ton. but it's protest now is in the
name of international law and hc-
nanity. to obtain a guarantee that
such tragedies will not be repeated
and the lives of non-combatants sac
rificed.
Although high officials and cabinet
officers were reticent to discuss its
contents. it was agreed that the note
voiced the intense feeling of the Unit
[Continued on Page Four.l
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TAFT TELLS WILSON
OF FAITH IN HIM.

Washington, May 12.-President
Wilson today received a letter
from former President Taft, ex-
pressing confidence in his ability to
handle the situation growing out of
the sinking of the Lusitania. The
president has written a reply to
Mr.. Taft. thanking him warmly.
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3 TURKISH SHIPS SUNK
Russian Black Sea Fleet Sends Down Large
Vessels.

Petrograd, May 1.-THE Russian Black
Sea fleet has sunk three large Turkish
ships near Songul. This is reported today
from SebastopOl.
Songul is on the Turkish Black Sea coast,
about $50 miles east Of the Bosphorus.
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BASEBALL TODAY.
FEDERAL LEAGUE.

AT Baltimcre-St. LouiS-Bal ltimore
game postponed, rain
Brooklyn at Chicago, game post
pOned. rain.
Kansas City at Newark, game post
poned; rain.
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Leipsic, May 1.-THE death is an
nounced here of Professor Karl Lam
precht, profe -sor of history in the Uni
versity of Leipsic. He was born in
1856.
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David M. PARRY DEAD
Ex-President Manufacturers Associa-
ton Expires in indianapolis.

indianapolis, May 12.-David NJ.
Parry, former president of the Nation
al Manufacturers association, died at
his home here today of uraemic
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At Philade.phia-Pitt -Phila-
delphia game postponed, rain.
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KAISER MUST
STOP, DEMANDS
The PRESIDENT
Wilson's Note to Berlin Digni-
fled but Vigorous.
Asks for Accounting of Viola
tion of U. S. Rights.
MAY SEVER OUR RELATIONS
Must Make Reparation; Stiffen-
ing of Attitude.
Statement Satisfies Alike Radi-
Gals and Conservatives.
WILL BE RUSHED To GERARD
IdealiStic Utterances at Phila-
deIphia Not Used.
President Is Prepared for All
EventuaIities.
AMERICANS T0In tn FIFF?
Idealistic Utterances at Phila-
deIphia Not Used.
President Is Prepared for All
Eventualities.
AMERICANS TOLD TO FLEE?
e. s. Envoy Reported Counsel
ing Americans to Quit Empire.
RumOr Says Bryan Suggests
Exodus to switzerland.

Washington, May 12.-
President Wilson is delay
ing transmission of his note
to the Berlin foreign office
to give Ambassador Gerard
time to advise Americans
to quit Germany. This is
a report circulated here this
afternoon. 1t was said Sec
retary Bryan had advised
the ambassador to suggest
that they go to Switzerland
as the easiest neutral coun-
try fer 4hcn to reach. The
story could not be con-
firmed.
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Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Generally fair tonight and Thurs
day
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poisoning. He had been engaged in the
manufacture of carriages and auto
mobiles, and later was president of an
insurance company.
Mr. Parry was 63 wears old.