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The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-15
BAD POLITICAL EFFECT
Carranza General Gives Interview on
American Punitive Expedition.

Ell Paso, April 1.-THE clash be-
tween the people of Parral and the
American troops who entered the
town has had an unfortunate political
effect on northern Mexico, but the
crisis seems to have passed. according
to statement given out today by Gen.
Gabriel Gavira, commandant at
Juarez. General Gavira said:
MY troops have the situation under
control as far south as MADEIRA, and
I know there have been no manifesto
tions against the Americans in my ter
ritory nor have I heard of any further
trouble at other places.
'"The presence of American troops
in Mexico is a cause of uneasiness on
the part of the de facto government,
as the Parra1 incident shows. If the
Americans were withdrawn our gov
ernment would then give its entire at
tention to economic problems. With
economic conditions bettered, prosper
ity soon would return and political
conditions become Stable''
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-15

chimes carries away the ball, each with
the end neatly tucked away for the
farmer to find. The men at these ball
ing machines are experts and each is
armed with a long knife, sharp on one
edge. These knives are often unac-
counted for and then every convict in
the department is frisked until the
correct number of knives is located.
Such a murderous knife, once inside
the cell house or mess hall would
mean danger to convicts or guards.
Once the balls are rolled into the
receiver, they are sacked. Cuttings
are made into the ropes that bind the
sacks. Children on the prison farm
take these ropes in high glee, but find
that they unwind. These ropes are
made from waste cuttings of twine
and represent about the same thing as
the snueal in the packing house.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-15

ceive $4,000 from Mrs. Phillips for
the murder of her husband. He said
she told him he was responsible for
the condition she is in and he expect
ed to marry her when Phillips was
out of the way. Mrs. Phillips was the
originator of the blackhand letter
which Phillips received, he said.
Mrs. Phillips was arrested in Kan
sas City when detectives overheard a
conversation between her and a friend
in regard to the alleged plot Code
letters intercepted by Kansas City au-
thorities implicated Hullinger in the
plot, although he wrote under the
name of WILDER Rocks. He was ar
rested in Hoisington Wednesday and
brought to Russell.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-15
Y.W.C.A.MAY FETE
Good Old Times of Merrie Eng
land To Be Reproduced.
There VIII Be Fairies Galore
and Folk Dances.

A May day in the good old times of
Merrie England will be brought to life
for the benefit of Topeka folk at the
May Festival given by the Y. w. c. A.
at the auditorium May IL. Fairies as
beautiful as any in the fairy legends
of Britain will dance. All the life and
beauty of an Old English May day
will be portrayed for Topeka
Group and solo dances of all nations
and times Will be given Esthetic
dances that will recall the perform
ance of Pavlowa and the Russian bal
let will be seen. These together with
drills, games and singing showing the
work of the physical department will
complete the program.
Over two hundred will take part in
the festival, including all the gymna-
sium classes, the dancing classes and
the club classes of the association
The girls have been drilling for weeks
and Miss Williams, physical director
is confident that it will be the most
beautiful exhibition that the physical
department of the Y. w. has ever put
on here.
Among the numbers on the program
will be original solo dances by Miss
Florence Mowrer. Mrs. Harry Potter
Miss Patricia Smith and Miss Helen
Chincholl. Duet dances by Miss Lor-
raine Bates and Miss Marguerite
Knauer. Featured among the nation
al dances is the Dutch dance by Miss
Jennie Maxwell and Miss Hazel Graves
and the Irish dance by Miss Georgia
Cleveland and Miss Dorothy Smith.
A May queen, attendants, fairies
testers, milk maids, flower girls, col
onial DANES. shepherdesses and 9TH
ers will take part in a May day
pageant.
tion that the local association has put
on since 1913.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-15
petent persons to prove her charge.
Pleaded With the GoVernOr.

=
81 pleaded with Governor Cap. :
to sand someone to Beloit to invests
gate-some person who was fair, tns-
partial and competent said Dr. Hard
ing. He would not use his con-in-
gent fund for that purpose.
Now, since the board of corrections
has admitted my charges against the
boys industrial school, the governor
has appointed an investigating COM
mittee for the very evident purpose ar
whitewashing the institution. He has
appointed Professor W. II. -BlackmaF
of Kansas university and Mrs. Mar
garet Hill McCarter of Topeka. l
don't know a better team OF Wnies-
wash artists in all the state. They
ought to find things just as pure a.
the governor wants them. Besides
WE'LL everyone knows the adage aoous
picking your own jury. ~.
Inhuman treatment OF girls at lhe
state Industrial school was charged.
in a statement by DIR. Harding a week
ago. At that time she asserted that
girl had been beaten ana GoVeFhoi
Capper had refused to use ms con,
tingent fund to conduct an lmpaTslar
Investigation. Today Dr. Harding
added to her original charges.
Has the Testimony.
"I have letters and the testimony
of three competent and reliable par
ties concerning conditions in that IN
stitution." said DR.. Harding. Ihey
are simply awful. l am quite sure
can prove that one girl was beaten
with a rubber hose until there were
scars and stripes on her back.
Il can also prove that the straight.
Jacket has been in use in the scnooi
and that the matter has been called
to the attention of the board. Notn-
ing seems to have been done, though.
NV information-and 1 believe 1t IS
reliable-is to the effect that girls are
+, placed in the jackets and their arms
strapped behind them. Their feet are
shackled and they are compelled TO
sleep on the floor at night and to work
in the laundry in the daytime. That
ought to be a fine endorsement OF the
Kansas system of humane treatment
of it's unfortunates. Rossibly2the gov
ernor still wants to--investigate. OF
course it is a little late and the mat
ter was called to his attention several
weeks ago. Still, if / can be of service
to him and can furnish information
that will lead to a Strengthening out OF
the inhuman treatment of girls at Be-
lott state school, will gladly lend my
aid. Whitewash methods, however,
should not be encouraged by Kansas
people and should not be practiced
by state officials elected a plat
form of reform and high moral stand
! ards"
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-15
In The AftergloW
which an old man muses. on the past the present, tt
By GRANDPA NORTON

if our gums" were made of wood and
our hair was touseled and our feet
bare, for one of those sturdy kids
was ready and gave his life for MS
country in the Spanish war.
At school we had drum corps. True,
we had but one bass drum and snare
drum and fife but we wore soldier
caps and made furious noise. (
played tin fife and not only mastered
the patriotic pieces but also the
Moody and Sankey Hymns No. 1.
We were mighty proud when we
learned that on Decoration day we
were to march in the parade at the
head of our ward school. We aprac-
ticed every night and could hardly
wait for the day to come.
The snare drummer and ] were at
the school an hour before the given
time but Freddie Mason, the bass
drummer, did not appear We waited
and watched till the children were all
there and the lines formed when down
the street we spied Freddy running at
top speed but without his drum. We
rushed toward him calling, Where is
your drum ?' He was crying as though
his heart would break and could only
sob, 81 lost it, Lost it," we cried.
how did you lose 2" He could only
sob. Il don't know 1 had it when I
left home and 1 lost it,
So the Boys Drum Corps did not
march in the procession that day. p
L have too much junk around my
rooms and was digging 1t out and
burning it the other day. In a box of
long forgotten treasures / found an
old rusty battered tin fife. / put it to
my lips and my fingers once more
covered the little holes. 1 found my
self tramping around the room to the
tune of Marching Through Georgia."
1 felt that l could forgive Freddy
Mason for it was he who gave his life
to his country in Cuba.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-15

The years closely following the Civil
war were full of interest to us boys.
Empty sleeves and peg legs were very
common and we were all filled with
veneration and respect for the Boys in
Blue.
We didn't call them old soldiers
then-they were just young men
but whenever one of them would start
telling a war time story he was sure
of an open mouthed audience of kids.
There was one Irishman who
worked in a livery who never tired of
telling US of his glorious exploits His
favorite story, often recalled through
all these years, was this:
''It was at the battle of Seven Oaks
Il was a sergeant at the time-bul-
lets were screaming, shells were
bursting, the dead were lying in heaps
and the blood was ankle deep all over
the field. Suddenly in the midst of
the battle General Grant rode down
the line and waving his sword over
his head, called for silence. In a mo-
ment the battle ceased and it was so
still that you could have heard a pin
drop. Calling out in loud voice he
said, said he, is Sergeant Lunny in
the ranks?' I stepped out and I sa-
luted him and 1 said, said I, Yes,
eral Grant waved his sword high
above his head and he said, said he,
Then let the battle go on
I went home and told the story to
a grown brother. 1 thought he would
never get through laughing and he
told me that this man never smelled
powder-that he was in the recruiting
service all through the war and never
went south of Elmira.
But the spirit of the times was with
US strong We sewed soldier buttons
on our coats and drilled as faithfully
as real soldiers. What did it matter
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-15
ADMITS MURDER PLOT
Russell Man Held on Charges of Con-
spiracy and Arson.

Russell, Kan, April 15.-Charges
of conspiring to murder D. w. Phil
lips, writing blackhand letters and
arson will be preferred against J. w.
Hullinger, it was stated here by Off
cials today. 1t is said that Mrs Lu-
cile Phillips, wife of the aged farm
er, may be prosecuted. Hullinger has
been arrested in connection with the
alleged plot to kill Phillips. Hullin-
ger confessed to the murder plot and
to burning buildings on the Phillips
farm, it is said.
Hullinger denied that he was to re-
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-15
More Rioting in Ireland.

Berlin, April 15.-Advices received
from Amsterdam by the Overseas
News agency state that political riot
ing in Ireland has extended and that
street fighting has occurred at several
points along the coast The British
military authorities are reported to
have taken control at various places
and to have suppressed more Irish
NEWSPAPERS
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-15
TRAIN FOR GOOD WIVES
Bell Telephone Operators Fall for Gu
pid. Says Katie Eagan.

Kansas City, April 15.=After twen-
ty years of employing and supervising
hello girls Miss Katie Eagan has
reached the conclusion that she OBJ
tains the best results for her company
If she tries to train them to be good
wives.
Miss Eagan was the guest of honor
the other night at a banquet given to
commemorate the twentieth anniver-
sary of her first service with the Bell
Telephone company. She is chief
operator at the Main exchange. a
place she has held Cor thirteen years.
For four years she was chief operator
at the Grand exchange. Until recent
ly she personally employed all of the
Bell central girls in Kansas City.
Her other duties have multiplied
until now she no longer employs the
girls, but after they have passed
through the school they become her
charges.
Why not train the girls 10 be good
wives" Miss Eagan said. taThe aver
age term of service is thirty-three
months, and nearly all of our opera
tors leave to be married 1t is my
life ambition now so to mold the girls
at the switchboard that no man who
marries one will be disappointed"
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-15
WOMAN'S AIM POOR
Socialist Leader in Reichstag Target
But Both Shots Miss.

London, April 15.-An Amsterdam
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
company says travellers arriving at
The Hague from Berlin report that
a woman fired two shots from a revoI-
yer at DR.. Karl Liebknecht while the
socialist member of the reichstag was
walking in the street. Both shots
missed. The assailant, the report con-
tinues, was arrested.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-15
Transfer Natl Lawn TENNIS Seat

New York. April 15.-To meet crit
lcism that the administration of lawn
tennis affairs has been centered too
much in this city. the ranking com
nnfttee sof the United States National
Lawn Tennis association has been en-
larged and its headquarters transfer
red to Pittsburg. George T. Adee,
president of the association, announced
today the appointment of Clinton
Child as chairman of the committee.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-15
Retired Scotch Editor Dies.

London, April 15.-Charles Alfred
Cooper. who for so years was editor
of the Edinburgh Scotsman, died at
Bournemouth last night. He was born
at Hull in 1929. He retired from the
Scotsman in 1906.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-15

EuEenia-''But don't YOU believe in here
dtty2" Clarence-"Yes indeed That's how
I came by all my money.'-Judge
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-15

Yegg men dynamited safe in East
Topeka grocery store, but secured
very little plunder for their palms..
The Topeka state journal., 1916-04-15

Battery "a" K. n. G. established
practice camp and held examination
to qualify first class gunners.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-09
CAUSES
HIGHER BREAD PRICES
Bakers Say Duty Compels
Them to Make Bread
Eaters Pay More

Salt Lake City, Utah. Aug. 9.-The
Master Bakers association in resolu.
tions adopted here today, declared it
was their "sacred duty to the public "
to fix the "uniform and minimum" I"
price of loaf Of bread at ten cents.
Recognizing that the American
puAlie would not be party to any
lowering of the present high standards
of food values" the resolutions de-
clared that the bakers confronted by
unprecedented advances in costs of all
materials, labor and overhead charges,
wOslA encourage everywhere the ten
cent loaf "to conserve the quantity and
quality of right of the public. +"
The advertising columns of the daily
press of the country are to be used by
national association to ''take the pub
lie into full confidence" regarding
the reasons and necessities for the in
creased price of bread. '"The baking
business is a public trust,' the resolu'
tions said, "and the bakers must Sc
cure a living return upon their invest
ment."
''Permanent, general recession in
prices never. is to be expected" =" the
resolutions declared after citing the
consistent advance in retail prices OF
all foodstuffs in recent years. 49,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-09
CARRANzA'S TROOPS
PATROL[|NG BORDER
Minister Obregon Says Gov
ernInent Has Bandits About
Eliminated

Mexico City, Aug. Eighty thou
sand Carranza troops are now patrolling
the northern border states, rounding up
and exterminating bandits as rapidly as
possible, War Minister Obregon said to-
day. He described conditions along the
border as satisfactory.
Both in official and financial circles
il was denied today that the Mexican
government plans at this time to at
tempt loan in the United Saes. Be
cause Commissioner Caberera is particu'
larly fitted to discuss financial and eco
nomical questions, it was rumored that
the conference between the Mexican
and American commissioners would dis
cuss the economic situation and survey
the field for loan. For the present
officials said, the commissioners will
discuss only questions relating to a SO
luton of the difficulties between the
| two countries.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-09
ITALIANS TAKE G0R|Tz
AFTER TERRIFIC FIGHTING
Austrian Stronghold to
uggIe for Possession Of
ay for Invasion Of Aus
take Thiaumont After
: Make Gains
Scores Of Great Guns Pounded
Powder Million Men :
|. the Fortress---Its Fall Open,
+ tria from the West---German
| Series Of Fierce Attacks ---Br
BY Ed L. Ke (
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent.l

(Unlted Press Staff COrreSpOndent.)
London Aug. 9-The great Austrian stronghold of
Gortz which for IA months has blocked an Italian in
vason of Austria from the west has fallen before the
victorious Italian armies.
The information first given the United Press from
London source, was confirmed few minutes later by the
receipt of official dispatches from Rome
The Italians believed to have stormed the citadel
last night early today only few hours after they had
battered their way to victory at the Gortz brdgehead
and captured Monte San Michele overlooking Goritz
from the south.
Ten thousand Austrian prisoners taken, accord
ing to reports reaching London.
News of the Italian stroke the greatest single victory
for the allies since the triple offensive against the central
empires began, received here hour after official
word from Perograd of another striking Russian
victory.
Advancing swiftly toward the important railway city
of Stansau the Russians captured the town of Tysien
ca-an advance of six miles in "a hours-and series of
minor villages and fortified river heights in the immedi
vicinity. The capture of 74O0 Austro German prison
in this region alone announced by the Petrograd
war office.
On the Somme front only minor operations re-
ported by the British and French offices today in
Guiding slight British advance north of Pozieres The
French officially admitted the recapture of the Thaumont
work by Germans northeast of Verdun. Z
News of the fall of Gortz surprise to Lon
don after word of the capture of the brdgehead and
rounding positions had been received United Press
dispatch from Rome this forenoon said that the fall OF
Goritz itself matter of but few hours if it is
not already in Italian hands"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-09
H|NTERuTER TAKES HIS
TROUBLES AS A Joke
Tells His Mother 'His Habits
Are Changed and He Stays
in Of Nights

olncy, H., Aug. 9.--Whatever his
wildness, Roy Hinterliter, held in the
county Jail here charged with the al
legged "air bubble murder of Eliza
beta Ratcliffe, was liked by the young.
er element of Hell Texas and is re-
eeiving its active sympathy in his
troubles
Hinteriter "tooted" the baritone in
the Berryville band, This band is com.
posed of eighteen of the young men of
the community, directed by profes'
sional leader.
Members of the band visit Hinterlit-
er frequently at tho Jail
Other visitors were Roy's mother
and sister, Miss Myra Hinterliter. Mrs
Hinterliter, still weak ind inconsolable
wept as she talked with her son
through the bars of his cell. Roy pat
ted his mothers 8 shoulder as he said
with one eye winking to the other oc'
cupants of the jail corridor:
''Don't cry mother. My habits are
improved. | have quit running around
altogether, especially at nigh"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-09
Two Million Fighting
BY John H. Hearty

Omitted Press staff correspondent
Rome, Aug. 1.-Two million men are
battling fiercely along the Isonzo front
in a great struggle centering about Co
ritz that may prove the turning point
of the war.
With the Goritz bridgehead and sur
rounding heights strongly in Italian
hands, Italian troops are pouring across
the river for the assault upon Goritz
itself, singing gaily rs they advance
under hot fire, their helmets decked
with flowers.
Scores of great guns already are
pounding the Austrian stronghold. 1t
is believed certain here that Goritz
will fall before a stOrming attack with
in few hours if it is not already in
Italian hands.
The battle is spreading along the
Isonzo. In the first two days of the
great offensive more than $4,000 Aus
trian prisoners were captured. The
Austrians resisted with the greatest
stubbornness and suffered frightful
losses
Rome was swept with tremendous
wave of enthusiasm today as fresn dis
patches from the front brought frag-
mentary details of the fighting around
Goritz. The whole city was instantly
beflagged when announcement of the
capture of the Goritz bridgehead was
made. A huge crowd gathered in Pi-
azzi Colonna and eheered the army
King Victor Emmanuel and General
| CadOrna. Similar demonstrations oc-
Cured in the theatres and cafes.
In other Italian cities, Milan, Bo
logna, Leghorn and Florence, great
crowds gathered in patriotic demon
strations that lasted all night. The
general conviction is that the war of
| flee statement was most conservative
and that Italy is on the brink of Q
great and decisive victory that vii
send Italian armies marching o.
| Trieste.
Awe Inspiring Spectacle.
"This is only the beginning of opera
tions promising great developments,
said the newspaper Corriere d'Italia
Z" Indisputably, the enemy's front hai
been broken"
| The censor is now permitting publ
cation of some dispatches relating 4
4
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-09
Dining Car Men Will
Hand Hughes Lemons

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 9,-Republican
Presidential Candidate Charles Evans
Hughes, after he leaves st. Paul en-
route to the Pacific coast, will have
to guard his whiskers.
IT he doesn't, they will get gummed
up with lemon pie.
Dining Car Superintendent II. T. Til
tus and David Tobias, his chief lieuten
ant of the Northern Pacific dining
car service, arranged today to keep the
Hughes party supplied with initiated
lemon pies and great big baked pota'
toes.
"The pies viii bear Hughes name,
said Titus, "and will be the kind moth
er used to try to make"
The great big potatoes will be espe
cially selected from pile of heavy
weights grown in Washington.
When the candidate reaches Seattl,
he will be presented with 100 pound
fruit cake. 1t will have n sugar vine
covered pillar at each corner flying al
American flag, and big sugar eagle il
the center, with an electric illuminated
| flag in its talons.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-09
HUCKSTERS PROFIT BY
PRESENCE OF ARMY
Boys Turn Loose at Least
$2O,O00 a Day Among the
Garden Folks

Headquarters California National
Guard. Nogales, Ariz., Aug. 9.-Never
since the days of 40 has the west seen
such a gold rush as is now progressing
along the border from here to the Gulf
of Mexico.
Regular army officers who have seen
all militia contingents along the north
ern edge of Mexico ending their Gin
spection' here agree that hucksters
will coin millions if the guardsmen re-
main even a month longer.
A leading NSgales bank publishing
its clearings, showed an increase OF
$4,000 during July. Never before
has this bank contained so much
money, its president said. Officers es
innate if on the average, guardsmen
spend ten to fifty cents day. 500 600
goes into the pockets of huckster'
every day, with probably $4,000 spent
on Sunday.
"Gold digger is the soldierly ex
preston of huckster. 1t sprang into
being few weeks after arrival on the
border, when iitney raised prices from
five TO fifteen cents, lunch counters
doubled prices; soda emporiums treated
nickels as pennies, and all huckster!
ioined in a boost of the cost of living
Guardsmen refused to spend, and prices
Immediately dropped with bang an(
nickle again rolled in.
1t is estimated today that half thu
California troopers are "dead broke
The visit of the militea has trans
formed Nogales from sleepy bordei
town into a center of prosperity suci
al this region has seldom seen.