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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
TO INVADE MISSOURI
Santa Fe G. o. Team Will Play al
MarceIine Tomorrow Afternoon,

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa re
general office baseball team opens its
season in Marceline, Mo, Sunday
afternoon when it meets strong semi
professional team that has represented
Marceline for several years. Twelve
men will make the trip to Marcellne to-
night
Under direction of Carl Wells, man
ager of the general office team, the
men have been working out at West
ern League park for the past three
weeks and are said to be in excellent
condition. All members of the team
are veterans and are well known in
local semiprofessional baseball circles
Players who will make the trip to
Marceline are: Manager Wells, who
will hold down short; Paul Movers,
center field; Joe Marshall, third base;
Leroy r. Herring, catcher; T. R.
Johnson, right field; G. J. Wall, first
base; E. o. Johnson, left field; S. NJ.
Nelson, second base; Jack Walker,
pitcher; Mike Birmingham, utility; 3.
c. Mohrbocker, utility "Swede" Simp-
son, utility.
A schedule for the season is being
prepared and will include a number OF
out of town games. Few games will
be played here until late in the sum-
mer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
MODIFY BLOCKADE
Following Germany's Demands,
British Make Concessions.
Relaxation in Four Important
Cases Announced.

I,onden. Nav 6.-Great Britain has
announced a relaxation OF her rlgor-
Gus blockade in four important cases
This action, taken on the very day
that the German note calls upon the
United States to bring as much pres
sure to bear on England as on Ger
many for the observation of internal
tional law, is significant
Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war
trade, made the announcement. The
CONCESSIONS that Great Britain has
made follow:
First-Business documents from
shippers to and from neutral countries
will be placed in a separate mall bag,
which will receive immediate exam
nation and will proceed on the ship
on which it was originally mailed
No guarantee will be given that TINS
bag will not be opened but shippers
will be assured that there will be no
delay.
Restore Dutch Ship.
Second-A prize court order re-
stores to its owners the Dutch steamer
-Alwina- Condemnation had been ask
ed on the ground that the ship when
seized at Falmouth had been or was
attempting to supply coal to German
cruisers in the Pacific. The court
ruled that while the Alwina had been
carrying contraband and had false
papers, her cargo had never been de-
livered to the enemy.
Third. Appeal granted to the own
ers of the Swedish steamer Zamora.
The steamer with its cargo of copper
wa ssseized last June and later requi-
sitioned by the British government
Lord Robert limited that it might be
necessary to abandon several blockad-
ingsorders as a result of this decision
which was rendered by the privy
council.
Release Teutonic Prisoners.
Fourth. Immediate release of 3S
Germans and Austrians taken from
the American steamship China was or
dered. Great Britain admits itself in
the wrong in regard to the facts out
lined in the American remonstrance-
The reply. however. will be couched in
such terms that no general precedent
will be established.
The state department at Washing
ton. has contended that the facts in
the case of the steamship China are
similar to those of the famous Trent
affair. While it is not known what
attitude the British reply will adopt
toward this argument, Lord Cecil gave
it as his personal opinion that the two
cases present wide differences.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
DEDICATE A CHURCH
West Side Christian Services Three
Times Tomorrow.

The dedication services of the West
Side Christian church will be held to-
morrow at the new church at the cor
ner of Underwood and Duane streets.
Three special services are planned il
which all the Christian ministers in
the city will take part.
The morning address will be given
by the Rev George F. Lyon, state SUI
perintendent of Kansas Christian mis-
sions. His topic will be, II Will Build
House Unto the Lord"
The afternoon service begins at 3
O'Clock. Communion service will be
conducted by the Rev. ]. D. thinner
man, state superintendent of Chris
tan Endeavor. The communion SER
vice will be followed by congratuIa-
tory addresses from the following
Christian ministers of the city: o.
L. Cook, First Christian church; l.
P. MACPHERSON, Central Park; l. H.
Beckholt, Central Avenue; H J. Cor
wine, Oakland, and J. H Crockett.
Third Christian. The bene diction will
be pronounced by F. F. Dawdy.
At the evening service, David Owen,
state Christian Bible school superin-
tendcnt. and the Rev. George E. Lyon
will make the principal addresses.
The benediction will be pronounced by
Mrs. Clara H Hazelrigg, the pastor OF
the eWst Side Christian church. Spe-
cial music has been provided
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
INNOCENT BYSTANDER!
COP Fired Shot at Fleeing Prisoner
and Hit Ted Williams

A bullet fired into the air by Patrol
man John Billings last night to bring
fleeing prisoner to a halt, glanced and
imbedded itself in the arm of Theodore
williams more than two blocks away
Williams was taken to St. Francis hos
pital this morning to have the bullet
removed. No bones were broken and
no serious consequences are expected
Billings had just made al arrest at
Fourth and Kansas avenue when
someone behind him shouted He
looked back and the man he had ar
rested started to run. Billings says
he shot into the air and that the bull
let must have struck a nearby white
way pole and glanced. He did not
know until another policeman called
him later in the night that the bullet
had hit anyone.
Williams is twenty-five years old
and a negro. He was walking east on
Fourth street when the bullet hit him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06

Sidewalk Petitions to Tandy in q
Bunch.

A flood of sidewalk petitions
reached the city commissioners this
morning and with the exception of
one all were referred to the commits
sicner of streets.
The following petitions received IA
vorable action: North side of Crane
street from west line of German to
east line of Eranner; from south side
of Greeley and west line of German
avenue to east line of Lime street.
north and south sides of Thirteenth
street from west line of Mulvane street
to east line of College avenue; on
north side of Tenth avenue from west
line of Morris avenue to east line of
Summit avenue; on north side of
Twenty-first street from west lire of
Van Buren, to east line of Topeka
avenue; on west side of Boswell ave.
nue. from Huntoon TO Thirteenth; on
south side of Huntoon from College
avenue to Boswell; on north side of
Sumner street from north line of Di-
vision to south side of Pennsylvania
avenue, and on the south side of Cor
don street from the alley between
Madison and Jefferson streets to the
tracks of Santa Fee railroad.
The petition for a sidewalk on east
side of Monroe street from Saywell to
Paramore street was refused on rec
ommendatiCn of Commissioner Tandy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
IN NORTH topeka URGES BRANDE|S
President Wilson Requests Con.
firmatiOn of Appointment.
He Personally Recommends
Him to Senator CulbersOn.

Washington. May 6.--President
Wilson has sent a letter to Senator
Culberson, chairman of the judiciary
committee, giving his strong personal
endorsement to Louis D. Brandeis,
nominated for the supreme court, and
urging that he be favorably reported
and confirmed.
The letter was intended to bring
wavering members of the committee
into line for a favorable report Sem
ator Culberson will present the letter
to the committee at it's session on
Monday.
In the letter the president sets
forth his position with regard to the
appointment He states what he be-
heves to be the qualifications of Mr..
Brandeis and it is understood, in a
measure, replies to some of the
charges that have been made against
him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
POPE TO WILSON
Secret Message Delivered to
White House Today.
Believe 1t Touches Upon Peace
for Europe.

Washington, May 6.-Monsignor
Giovanni Bonzano, the apostolic dele
gate, called at the White House today
and delivered a message to President
Wilson from Pope Benedict.
He did not see the president but
left the communication with Secretary
Tumulty.
White House officials at first re-
fused to discuss the message and so
did the apostolic delegate. Later it
was stated that it bore on the sub
marine issue between the United States
and Germany. 1t was understood it
reflected the apprehension of the Pope
at responsibilities of a rupture between
the two countries.
Pope Benedict has been represented
as being hopeful that the United States
would be the agency to bring peace to
Europe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
vAWTER BOUND OVER
Man Charged With Attacking Miss
Curran Held for Trial.

Alfred Vawter, charged with attack
ing Miss Bertha Curran, teacher at
Waveland school, south of the city.
was bound over to the district court
following his preliminary hearing in
the court of Topeka Friday The
probabilities are that he will be tried
in September. Meanwhile he will
have his freedom on bond furnished
by his mother.
The preliminary hearing took up
practically the whole day in the court
of Topeka John Schenck appeared as
attorney for Vawter. Rad Lee repre-
scented the state. The county attorney
had subpoenaed a lot of witnesses
from the Wakarusa neighborhood but
put only two or three of them on the
stand. Schenck took the rest of the
states witnesses and put them on the
stand as witnesses for his client.
The courtroom was crowded with
whole families from the Waveland
neighborhood through the entire day.
They made il a sort of vacation and
there was frequent laughter in the
court room. Judge Hugh Fisher con-
tinuously raped for order but on
more than one occasion the attorneys
got into wraneles that forced him to
abandon his judicial dignity. turn his
back tc the courtroom crowd and
smile
Charles Hixon, deputy sheriff who
handled the case, was on the stand and
! was telling of the manner in which
Bertha Curran described her assail-
ant
SHE said,'' said Hixon, that he had
a sort of prominent nose and a prom
| inent and peaked face Then he
made a motion with both hands dem
onstrating the kind of face he was de-
scribing.
Schenck made fun of his descrip
ton. Hixon tried to explain.
For instance he said. 'if 1 was
describing you I would say you had
! 4 peaked nose"
Did she say her assailant had a
nose like mine?" asked Schenck
well. yes, something like yours, -
said Hixon.
Well did you have me in mind
when she gave you her description ?''
| demanded Schenck.
No. 1 don't believe I did" was the
reply
| There was no more court proceed
| ing for two or three minutes-or until
the crowd quieted down and Judge
Fisher was able to face the attorneys
and witnesses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
An Early Opening of Garfield
Park Is Planned.
Bishop Brooke To Be at Church
of the Good Shepherd.

The building where the Boy Scouts
and Campfire Girls have been holding
their meetings has been rented by the
Holiness church, and it is necessary
for the youngsters to secure another
room to equip for their work. The
room at 1908 Kansas avenue is being
used at present. There are thirty
eight members in the Campfire Girls
organization and sixteen boys in the
Boy Scouts. Hikes are planned soon,
for both societies. and a great deal of
interest is shown in the work by the
young folks, who are all residents of
the North side.
On account of illness, two of the
members of the board of directors of
the Garfield Operating Amusement
company were unable to attend a
meeting which was to have been held
last night. Plans for improvements to
be made on all concessions in the park,
and definite date to be set for the
opening day were to have been made.
The meeting will be held next week,
and it is probable that the park will be
opened about the eighteenth of this
month.
Sunday May Z. will be festival day
at the Church of the Good Shepherd.
The Rev. G. NJ. Geisel will officiate at
the II o'clock service. The Rt. Rev.
Francis Key Brooke, D. D., Bishop of
Oklahoma, will preach at the evening
service. The students of the Kansas
Theological school will assist in the
chancel.
Have you bought your Hot Water
Bottle at the 53c sale A. NJ. Petro,
the Druggist. is having? One hundred
bottles, ranging in price from S1.O0
to $3.50. to choose from.-Adv.
Notes and Personals.
D. of Fl. Needle club will meet with
the president, Mrs. w NJ. G. Lane, 923
Van Buren, street on Tuesday after
noon. An election of officers will be
held at this meeting.
a. NJ. Petro, Druggist.-Adv.
Mrs. Nelson of 30S Fairchi1d street
is ill at the home of her parents, 1902
Logan street. She is reported to be
doing nicely.
Mrs. w. T. Price of Junction City
is the guest of DR.. and Mrs. c. II.
Thompson at their home on Jackson
street. Mrs. Price came to Topeka to
attend the P. E. o. convention.
J. F. Davis of Hoyt was in the city
this morning.
Miss Maude Ethel Mcclure is
spending the week end with relatives
in Meriden-
The Rev. I. H Beckholt. pastor of
the Central Avenue Christian church,
will preach at the Berryton church,
during the absence of the Rev. Mr..
Mcpherson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
MOB MRS. STOKES
Crowd Drives Her From Stage
at N. Y. Meeting.
She Offered to Distribute Birth
Control Directions.

New York, May 6.-Mrs. Rose Pas
tor Stokes was literally nobbed by an
angry crowd in Carnegie hall Friday
night when she offered, in defiance of
the police, to distribute printed slips
bearing a formula for birth control
The audience seemed to rise at her
en- masSe. Those nearest the platform
invaded it and surrounded the speak
er. Others tried to approach. Every
body shouted for the slips. In its ex-
element, the crowd overwhelmed Mrs
Stokes. Despite the protesting efforts
of her husband, Arson Phelps Stokes,
the millionaire Socialist, and of Max
ing, her hair was pulled from its fas-
Jennings and her shirtwaist almost torn
off.
Expects an Arrest
With great difficulty, Mrs. Stokes
was finally rescued from her unfriend-
ly besiegers and Unanswered through
side door, whence she and her hus-
band gained the street and aboard
street car.
AT the last momen she expressed the
opinion that she would surely be ar
rested today.
The meeting was in welcome OF
Emma Goldman, the anarchist, on her
release from the Queens county jail
after serving a sentence of Is days for
| imparting information about birth
control. Mrs. Stokes said:
For the good of the cause, be the
penalty what it may, l here frankly
offer to give out slips with the for
hidden information about birth con-
troll 1 have been breaking the law
right along. 1 have given this infor-
nation to whomsoever has written to
me for it,
1t was then that the exciting scene
| of the meeting occurred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
SUES SANTA FE
Pabst Asks Federal Court fer
Mandatory Injunction.
The. Road Refuses to Carry
"PabIOo Into Arizona.

Application for a writ of mandatory
Injunction was filed in the federal dis
trict court today by the Pabst Brew
ing-company, to compel the Santa Fe
Railway company to accept and carry
shipments of pablo" consigned to
points in Arizona.
pablo" the application states, is
hafTnless. Notwithstanding drink, con-
tanning no malt and no alcohol The
plaintiffs declare it is in the same class
with root beer, coca cola and grape
juice.
A shipment of 22S bottles of
Pablo" consigned to Clifton, Ariz.,
was turned to the Santa Fe by the
Pabst Brewing company at Kansas
City and was refused. according to the
application. The Santa Fe, the appli-
cation states, declined to accept the
shipment on the ground that it would
be IN violation of Arizona's prohlbitory
law. and served notice then and there
that no future shipments would be ac-
cd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
CUPID AT STATE HOUSE
Aged Elevator Boy and Cigar Girl''
to We'd Tonight.

AS the elimination of a courtship
that has for weeks been the pride of
state house officials and employees,
Mrs. Laura E. Franklin will tonight be
married to Mr.. Jerry Shaw at the
brides home, 1883 Clay street. Shaw
is the veteran elevator operator at
the state house, while Mrs. Franklin
was for many months clerk at the
cigar and candy stand at the capitol
building.
The courtship which has continued
for many weeks has been the prize
secret and source of joy of all state
house employees. Today the showered
the prospective bridegroom with con-
CALCULATIONS and good wishes. At the
Franklin home today it was stated
that the couple would be married at s
O'Clock this evening. The Rev. Mr..
Mcpherson, pastor of the Central Park
Christian church, will officiate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
NURSES WILL MEET
Public Health Department Planned by
Their Association.

The Kansas Association of Nurses
at a meeting to be held at Represen-
tative hall Monday will form a public
health department of the association
Miss Laura A. Neiswenger. chairman
of the public health committee, is
pushing the plan. Nine cities in the
state have public health nurses at this
time, Leavenworth, Kansas City, Kan,
Topeka, Wichita, Hutchinson, Atchi-
son, Independence, Lawrence and
Manhattan. The following talks Will
be made during the meeting:
Needs of the State DIR. S ]. Crum-
bine; Preparation for Public Health
Work. Miss Signe Larsen of Atchi-
son; Control of Communicable Dis
cases." DIR. j. j. Sippy; What the
Public Health Nurse Can Do for the
Baby" Miss Edith Lacy, Topeka;
Birth Registrations W. ]. Deacon,
state registrar of vital statistics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
NATION LOOKS TO T. R
James r. Garfield Appeals to Forget
Partisanship in Choosing President.

Columbus, Ohio, May Bipartisan n
ship should be forgotten and the needs
of the country should be looked to this
fall in the election of a president"
declared James R. Garfield of Cleve-
land in his address following his cleo
ton as permanent chairman of the
Progressive state convention here to-
day. 1--WE should forget the past for
the present and future without re-
linquishing the fight for the principles
of the party" he said.
The former cabinet member stated
that the country at large is looking
towards Theodore Roosevelt as being
one of the deciding factors in the cleo
ton of president this fall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
7. R. is NONCOMMITTAL
No Comment on German Reply; School
Children Cheer Roosevelt.

oyster Bay, n. Y, May 6.-Colonel
Roosevelt has no comment to make
on the German reply nor would he say
anything about politics.
He made a speech at the Arbor day
exercises of the Glen Cove school at
Glen Cove, Long Island yesterday,
saying that he hoped that not long
hence they would see in every school
in the country the kind of drill given
by the Boy Scouts who were present
The school children clapped loudest
when the colonel said he had mo use
for bully or brawler, sissy or molly
coddle."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06

During the past winter there have
been three divisions of volleyball en-
thusiasts playing during the noon
hour in the Y. M. c. A. gymnasium.
Most of the older players were in the
division playing on Tuesday and Fri
day noon, and included the players on
the Topeka Red team which plays
st. Joseph, Mo-, team tonight.
The division playing on Monday and
Thursday noon after playing during
the winter and occasionally watching
the Tuesday and Friday noon bunch
decided that as whole they were bet
ter players and divided themselves
into two teams and challenged the
Tuesday and Friday noon squads to
matches. The first of these matches
was played on Thursday noon between
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
5000 STRIKERS AGREE
Harvester Workers Enter Agreement
to Return to Work Monday.

Chicago, May 6.-An agreement
was reached today at a conference of
striking employees of the Internation-
al Harvester company and company
officials by which 5000 of the 1000
men on strike will return to work
Monday The men will receive ten
hours pay for nine hours work, ac-
cording to the agreement.
Reject Conference Proposal.
Pittsburg, Pa. May 6.-The West
inghouse Electric and Manufacturing
company strikers committee today re-
jected the proposition of E. NJ. Herr,
president of the company, that a COM
naittee of ten from the older en-
ployees be selected to confer with him
on the questions at issue. A counter
proposition was sent to Mr.. Herr.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
RELIGION HAD A LOBBY
1t Sought Sectarian Fund in Congress
-Methodists Protest.

Saratoga Springs, n. Y, May 6.-An
amendment to the federal constitution
to prohibit government appropriations
for, sectarian purposes was recon-
mended in a resolution adopted with
out debate today by the general con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
1t was set forth in the resolution
that "a powerful lobby, working in the
interest of sectarian appropriations"
had obtained an agreement with a
congressional conference committee to
abandon a senate amendment to the
Indian bill, designed to authorize the
establishment of government schools
in place of the usual appropriation for
sectarian schools contained in the
house bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
HE SUES A CHURCH
Architect Says He Was Never Paid
for the Plans.

L. NJ. Wood, architect, drew the
plans for st. Marks African Method
ist Episcopal church at 209 Harrison
street and wants his money for the
jup. He states in an action, started in
the district court today, that he charg-
ed SIS for the plans and that the
church authorities made a verbal
agreement to pay that amount. He
filed a mechanics lien against the
property when the church failed to
pay and now he asks that the court
foreclose the lien. He wants the prop
erty sold, he wants his SIS out of the
proceeds and leaves it to the courts
to determine what shall become of the
remainder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
At the Orpheum.

The clever work of Lillian Gish in
sold for Marriage the Triangle play
at the, Orpheum today and tonight. is
equaled by that of the artists who
arranged the scenes and depicted the
customs of Russia.
The vaudeville act by Argo and Du-
Htz on the harp and violin is above
par. Fatty" Arbuckle contributes his
portion of the entertainment in a Key
stone comedy. Beginning Monday,
CIVILIZATIONS Child" featuring Will
liam Fl. Thompson and Anna Lehr in
a stirring Triangle-Ince release. will
be shown
The management of the Orpheum
has arranged to display the returns of
the baseball score during the evening
performances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06

the Topeka Red" team and one team
from the other division and the lineup
was as follows:
Mon. Thurs. Div.-Booth, Manley,
Bartlett, Marker, Knapp. Tues-Fri
Div--Thompson, Kistler, Starr, Gan
dy, Defrees.
The scores were 21-6, Pill, 21-5 the
Tuesday-Friday division winning all
three games.
The other teams from each division
lined up as follows and played their
match on Friday noon, the Tuesday
Friday team winning 21-6, 21-20,
21-12.
Mon.-Thurs. Div-Shook, Hunter.
Iunger, Brookens, AItgeId. Tues-Fri
Div.-Young, Stricken, Gilman, Lem
penau, Putnam.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
COTTON MARKET BOOMS
Hits S12.79, Which Is $6.79 Above
Price of Last Winter.

New York, May "a general and
more or less excited buying movement
in the cotton market here today re-
suited in prices reaching the highest
levels touched since the break of last
February. July contracts for instance,
sold up to $1279, 26 points above the
closing priceo yesterday and S6.79 a
bale above the low price reached last
winter. Talk around the exchange sug-
gested that part of the buying was
based on a hope of peace before the
end of the new crOp season.