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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-07
BATTLE AT SEA?
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of the French front northwest of the
citadel. occupying Hill 265 by a strong
attack
Capture of Fresnes.
The left jaw of the German machine
in simultaneous action, moved closer
to Verdun from the southeast, occupy
ing the town of Fresnes, only IL miles
away, the German war office an
nounced.
1t is admitted in Berlin that the
French still hold a few houses on the
western edge of the village.
The Germans attacked with whole
division northwest of Verdun on the
west bank of the Mouse Following
capture of the village of FORCES, eight
a massed assault against strong
French position on Hill 265, near
Regneville. The French responded
with terrific artillery fire,
but the Paris war office admitted this
afternoon that the hill was surren-
heavy losses.
Goose Hill ImperiIed.
The French war office admitted at
the same time that the important
French positions on Goose hill, seven
miles northwest of Verdun, are i'm
periled by the German advance.
Following an intense bombardment
the railway line in the neighborhood
of Regneville," said the French war
office I'VE still occupy the village of
Bethincourt, the woods of Corbeux
and Cumieries and the summit of
Goose hill"
This statement was taken to mean
that the German assault may have
carried the foremost Teuton line into
French trenches on the lower slopes
of the hill. If the hill itself is taken,
German artillery will be in a position
to sweep the three forts defending
Verdun from the northwest
The French official statement did
not confirm Berlin claims of the cap
ture of Fresnes, mentioning only vio-
lent artillery duels in the Woevre re-
gion-
Berlin reported that the Germans
have made further gains in the Ar
gonne, northwest of Lochalade, but
the French war office claimed the re-
pulse of the latest German attacks
near Haute Cheyoucges in that region
Admit Adnvace.
Paris, March Continuing thei-
drive against Verdun from the north
west the Germans have captured hill
265, near Regneville, the war office
admitted this afternoon.
The Teutons advanced under cover
If an intense bombardment, the war
office stated
The hill was stormed and taken by
the right wing of the German force
that yesterday occupied the village of
FORCES on the west bank of the Meuse
miles northwest of Verdun
Treats TubercuIar Soldiers.
Paris, March THE Paris city
council has voted 400, 600 francs fer
! the erection on the grounds of Paris
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Grain Gossip.
| BY special wire to T. J Myers. Colum biau
Buildingl

Minneapolis wheat stocks have increa sed
$1,000 bushels in the past two days.
worlds shipments of oats last week were
$685. 900 bushels including 2613OOO bush
els from America
The Ohio state report for March esti-
mates condition Of winter wheat at IS,
compared with IS in January and 81 a
year ago Winter killing is the chief cause
of the lowered condition.
Exports from the United States and Can
ada yesterday were 2.G3300O bushels of
wheat $1,000 barrels of flour 303 900 bush
els of corn ad $4,000 bushels of oats wheat
and flour combined 2,407. 900 bushels.
Worlds shipments of corn last week as
reported from Liverpool were 1882 900
bushels, compared with 1,s5300O bushels in
the previous week and 3,134 600 bushels a
year ago America shipped $4,000 bush
els.
Liverpool stocks of wheat increased 100
600 bushels last week and corn stocks in
creased $1,000 bushels. Total wheat stocks
are 1,176,000 bushels; a year ago, 2272, 900
bushels; corn 2,414,000 bushels: a year ago,
1,394, 600 bushels.
Worlds shipments of wheat last week.
as reported at Liverpool were 1882 600
bushels, compared with Is. 81, 600 bushels in
the preceding week and 1879, 900 bushels
8, 233, 600 bushels, including 2,021 900 bushels
of wheat as flour.
Elevator stocks Of wheat in Kansas City
decreased 4S4, 500 bushels last week and now
amount to 7,996,S17 bushels; corn, 5,624. 81
bushels, increase 134 Cos bushels; oats, 764.
317 bushels. decrease A, 459 bushels; kafir,
744,119 bushels, increase 12O7S bushels
barley. 1S6, 229 bushels, increase Al ,72a
bushels. A year ago stocks were $3.50 ,S91
bushels of wheat 512S, $50 bushels of corn
and 776,S54 bushels of oats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-07
LET'S DOWN BARS
Daniels Will Permit 'PetticOatS'
to Travel on Warships.
Unwritten Rule of Navy Broken
for First Time.

Washington. March IA move
which promises further difficulty TO
Secretary Daniels and is looked upon
as another outgrowth of the molly
coddling'' of the American navy, de-
veioped here today. The secretary
announced that he would issue a spe-
cial order permitting wives of Ameri-
can members of the international
commission to make the trip to
Buenos Aires on the battleship Ten
nessee.
For years it has been the almost
unbroken rule of the American navy
that no women should be carried
aboard a battleship at sea. The pres
ence of women aboard battleships has
been limited solely to social function,
while the vessels are in port. The
"petticoating' of a warShip is looked
upon with anything but favor by the
sticklerS for navy tradition.
Although the purpose of the con-
gress at Buenos Aires is primarily to
work out plans for closer relations
and better acquaintance between the
countries of North and South America,
the commission of which Secretary
McAdoO is the head, had refused to
allow even the representatives of the
two big American press associations
to accompany the party aboard the
Tennessee.
The reason given is that there is
no room aboard"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-07
HOOSIER ELECTION
Indiana's New Primary Law
Makes Debut Today.
Full Ticket-FrOm President
DOWN. the Field.

INDIANAPOLIS, March Indiana to-
day is holding its first statewide pref
erentiaI primary after one of-the most
spirited campaigns ever conducted in
the state. The voters are showing
their preference for candidates for
president, vice president, United States
senator, governor, members of con-
gress members of the state legislature
and for county offices and are electing
precinct committeeman and delegates
TO the state conventions President
Wilson has no opposition in Indiana
in his race for denomination on the
Democrat ticket and Vice President
Thomas r. Marshall also, in the pri-
mary.
Charles w. Fairbanks, former vice
president of the United States, is the
only person seeking the Republican
nomination for president in this state.
There is no candidate for the Repub-
Iican nomination for vice president on
the ballot. The primary law provides
that the choice of the voters in the
primary shall be supported in the ma
tional conventions so long as their
names remain before those bodies.
Heated Contests.
The contests for the Republican
nominations for United States senator
and governor have been heated The
three candidates for senator are: Har-
ry S. New, for many years national
committeeman for Indiana; James E
Watson. former member of congress,
and Arthur r. Robinson, a state sena-
tor For governor, James H. Good
rich. present national committeeman;
Warren T. McCray, a farmer, and
Judge Quincy A. Myers, formerly of
the state supreme court, are seeking
the nomination.
On the Democratic side the name of
Senator John W. Kern was the only
one placed on the ballots for the
nomination for United States senator,
but there has been a lively contest
carried on for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation of that party by John A. M
Adair, congressman from the Eighth
district, and Leonard B. Cloro, former
national champion corn grower. On
the Progressive ballot James B. Will
son is unopposed for the nomination
for United States senator, and ]
Frank Hanly has no opposition fol
the nomination for the office of gov
ernor to which he once was elected as
a Republican.
The Indiana Progressives did not
put forward candidates for the nomi-
nations for president and vice presi-
dent
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5000 Australian Troops Go Out
on a Big Strike.
Loot Bar Rooms and Hotels
and Terrorize Citizens.
TROUBLE OVER DRILL HOURS
Police Helpless Before Mob of
Drunken Rioters.
Veteran Soldiers Use Machine
Gun to Restore Order.

San Francisco, Cal, March Cen
sored from the cable by the Australian
authorities news of an extraordinary
condition in Sydney came by way of
the liner Sonoma today.
On February IA some 5000 Austria
liam troops at camp 20 miles from
Sydney, struck; pillaged the town of
Liverpool, near which the camp was
situated; Communicated half a dozen
trains. rode into Sydney and terror.
lied the city until veterans were called
on to shoot them down.
Only one man was killed and four
wounded, but the carefully worded
accounts in the Sydney papers tell of
a condition of near-anarchy.
Police Helpless.
Apparently the police and other
troops were helpless. 1t was only
when some 200 veterans. all of them
wounded in Ga1lipoli. came up with a
machine gun, that order was restored.
This was not until few rash rioters
attempted to charoa tho veterans and
were met with a fusillade.
The strike was over extra drill
hours at the camp, prolongfng them
to 40 hours a week.
On the morning of February IA the
soldiers refused to report for drill.
First they went through the town of
Liverpool, Sacl1ing every hotel and
barroom and taking all the liquor they
could find.
COmmandeered Trains.
Then a contingent of about 1000
went to the railroad station and over
powered the officials and ordered
trains to take them into Sydney.
Arriving in Sydney, they formed up
in columns of tours and marched
through the streets, waving red flags
and stopping to pillage every liquor
store and saloon they passed
By shutdown the city of Sydney was
in a state of drunken riot. The police
were helpless Finally assistance
came from the Soldiers club, where a
number of wounded veterans sent out
calls to their comrades
The veterans assembled, procured a
machine gun and went after the
rioters. Then the striking soldiers
dispersed
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OPERATORS Give RAISE
At Conference With Miners Union,
Agree to Raise Wages.

New York, March THE bitumin-
Gus operators of the middle west late
today agreed on the advance in wages
to be granted the union mine workers
in their employ. The western Penn
syivania miners will receive $50 cents
increase on a ton on machine mining
on the run of mine basis; in Ohio and
Illinois an increase of three cents; in
Indiana three and a half cents. The
rates in pick mining are increased
three cents in all the states with the
exception of the big basing points in
Ohio, where the increase is four
tenths of one cent.
Means Millions More Pay.
The operators and miners hope to
complete their work today. Two i'm
portant matters that remain to be dis
posed of before the subcommittee of
miners and operators report to the full
ployees are whether the wage contract
shall run two or four years and the
question of referring international
grievances to the districts for settle
ment.
The miners today are elated over
the granting of increases in wage esti-
mated at about sS,0O0,0O0 year To
what extent the public will figure in
the high cost of producing coal it is
too early to say. 1t is known however,
that the United States Steel corpora
ton which takes a considerable
amount of the tonnage of the Pitts
burg Coal company, the largest soft
coal company in the country, will pay
the advance on the coal it purchases
from that concern, as it has a con-
tract pledging to pay whatever in
crease the Pittsburg company has to
give to labor. other companies, it is
said have similar contracts
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Oddities Culled
From Days NetOs

McKees Rocks, Pa.-Has he
millennium arrived? A prophetic
white leghorn hen, it's owner says,
has laid an egg here with the IN
scrIption plainly engraved upon
it: The end of time-1916."
GreeHViIle, Pa--Setting a load
ed shotgun in his chicken coop
so that a thief would be shot
when the door opened, Jerry
Rhodes, a farmer, set his own
death trap. He opened the door
himself and was instantly killed.
Chicago. - Evanston lawyers,
doctors and professors sighed to-
day when they went to a well pat
ronized cafeteria and discovered
that the soul of delicious mince
pies and buildings had fled when
the w. c. T. U. found spirits
mentioned in the recipe.
Lansing, Mich.-For IS years
John n. Bush of this city has
been a s+aunch member of a Ger
tain polite l party and he hasn't
scratched yet" but said today that
after nearly a century of thinking
it over, he's going to scratch at
- next presidential election.
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O.
Every Kansas County in State
- wide Contest. '
Trophy TO District With the
Biggest Score.
TO MAKE THIS BETTER STATE
Campaign Begins at Once
Ends Next Fall.
Rural Territory Is Not TO BE
Overlooked.

Every county in Kansas was today
urged to enter a state wide health
contest under the direction of the state
board of health and the child hygiene
department. A trophy will be award
ed by Governor Capper. The Irlze
will go to the county with the nlghest
health score and showing the best con,
ditions for the health of children anu
adults. ,
peeple will participate in the contest
which will start at once ana VIII con
time until next fall. Under the ilrec-
ton of the state board OF healtn' an
effort will be made to find the ideaI
Mace in which to rear children and 70
promote health conditions Sanl'atlon
will be considered and suggestions
concerning improvement OF heal.n
conditions in the various eJuntles Will
be made by the state board
In the fight for better health on
.aitions in the state physicians in every
county in the state Will pc urSsu "
assist in the campaign. support anu
assistance of township, city and coun-
~ officials householders, church or
carnations and women's clubs VII ne
sought Thousands of circulars VIII
be sent to every section of Kansas anu
an organized campaign for improve
Ynent of health and sanitary condl-
tions will start at once
To Enter Every County.
Every county in the state will be
entered in the fight by the state health
hoard. The campaign Will reach eN-
ery township and voting preclnct III
Kansas and tabulated returns VIII De
made to the board. Based on the re-
ports and the results from the cd
sons work, a silver trophy Will De
presented the county with the nlShest
score. The trophy will be given by
Governor Capper.
The advisory council, in charge Oh
the movement, is composed of DE-
vida a DeVilbiss, director of the di-
vision of child hygiene; Dr. $ j.
Crurnbine, secretary of the Kansas
state board of health; Edward C.
johnson, dean of the division Oh eX-
tension of the Kansas State Agrlcul-
turaI college; Cora G. Lewis, member
of the state board of administration
and Catharine A. Hoffmon, secretary
az the Kansas Federation of Women
clubs.
Numbers and rating of standardized
schools, absence of child labor, infant
mortality morbidity, adult mortality
rates, the presence or absence OF cpl
denies of communicable disease, sani-
station of city and rural churches and
community clubs: pure food and drug
inspection. and sanitation of food will
be among the things which the advis-
goFy board announced would count IN
grading the counties.
This campaign is being Waged tic
awaken statewide interest in matters
pertaining to public health and well
fare" DIR. DeVlbiss, who originated
the contest, explained today. THE
rural districts should be the best
places in which to rear children but
we are not so sure that they are
Health is wealth. What we want tc
do is to make Kansas a healthier and
weather. state"
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REAL "ARMY" ROW

., Confined from Page One.)
those of Battery A proposed by AID
iutant General c. 1. Martin and Cap
tain Hite. 1t is considered a shame
by these officers that Topeka's mill
ctary strength" does not compare IA
svorably with that of Wichita, where
there are two infantry companies and
it was hoped by interesting the Y. NJ
O.. A. boys in militia work Topeka
could have an infantry company.
Some of the boys got it into their
heads that favoritism would be shown
to the Y. M. c. A. lads, Captain lite
explained this morning, and the pres
aent members would do fatigue, ,Ech
as grooming horses, cleaning the car,
1riages and guns at the armory, and
more especially in camp, when it
means digging pits, pitching tents,
digging sinks and being Kitchen po-
lice" This theory is all bosh, accord
ing to Captain Hite.
Would Be Impossible.
1t isn't contemplated or couldn't be
done. Anyone who participates in
militia affairs must take his full share
OF work and pleasure under the rules,
the captain declared, and never had
the idea entered his head that the Y.
M G. A. men were to be "half-time-
and-fulI-credit" recruits. Such tactics
would bring condemnation down or
the heads of officers when the govern
ment officers inspected the battery
and all ma rest assured that nothing
of the kind will be done, Catain Hite
stated this morning.
The trouble makers, Captain Hite
declares never preached their trou-
bles to him. Instead, they ran to q
newspaper and published interviews II
which their names were withheld
From these interviews the inference
was drawn that the Y. NJ. c. a. boy.
z were to have everything presented tC
them on a silver platter and that al
Indignation meeting had been held by
the Military Order of the Scarle
Guidon in which members disap
proved the plan of making babies GU
of Y. NJ. c. A. boys. Besides denying
that the baby plan had ever beer
) considered Captain Hite declared tn,
meeting was not attended by a full
representation of the military fratern
ity, which comprises practically ever!
man of the battery.
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AGREE TO END STRIKE
Washington Street Car Men Return to
1 Job Pending Conference.

Washington, March Late Monday
Afternoon the street car strikers agreed
to return to work at once and take
up adjustment of their grievances with
the car companies while the systems
are being operated If the men and
the companies do not agree, arbitra-
ton will be resorted to. The union
leaders agreed to order the men back
to the barns at once in an attempt to
get the service in operation at full
efficiency for the evening rush hour
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Wall St, New York March 7.-STOCKS-
Crucible Steel and Baldwin Locomotive led
the irregular movement of the early ses-
sion, dealings in these stocks far exceeding
the demand for United States Steel, which
continued to denote moderate pressure.
Crucible added to yesterdays substan tial
advance and Baldwin pa California Pc
troleum. common and preferred made fur
ther recessions on the poor annual report
and Mexican Petroleum and Texas Com
pany yielded sympathetically. Sugars re-
tanned much of yesterdays buoyancy and
metah were firm, Butte and Superior max
ing a new record on its former actions to
1914.
Bonds -vere irregulr
Prices of active stocks seemed to express
less confidence in prevailing conditions at
the opening of today's market. over night
advices from Washington suggested a
greater strain on the political situation and
foreign news was more conflicting. Gains
ruled at the outset. but with the exception
of Mercantile Marine preferred which rose
a point. advances were limited to fractions.
Later some of these gains were extended.
while other issues. notably California Pc
troeum were lowered to the point of
weakness United States Steel. Union Pa
cific and Erie yielded with the balance
of the list.
Chicago Live Stock Market
Chicago March 7.=HOGS-Receipts H.
600 Market strong DC to Zoe higher. Bulk
of sales. $905@930: light Ss.sO@930 !;
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.

Chicago, March 7-WHEAT-Lower quo
tations from Liverpool tended today to
cause setback in the wheat market here.
In this connection, traders gave much at
tentiOn to increase in the European
visible supply total and to cable dispatches
referring to the possibility of concerted
action toward the opening of the Darda-
nelles. Some crop advices appear to be
somewhat less pessimistic than on yes
terday- The opening which ranged from
&c to 1A@15Sc lower with May at $1.13IA
to $1-15 and July at Sill to $111A. was
followed by a slight additional decline.
acted as a check to rallies and So too,
did bearish predictions about the govern,
ment crop from Washington yesterday
as to farm reserves The close was unset
tied, 15sc to 2Ac net lower with May at
$1.135s and July at $1-10H@L11.
CORN-Corn weakened with wheat. Be-
sides, the weather conditions affecting the
movement of the corn crop were some
what improved. After opening sc to &c
lower. the market underwent a further
sag
Bearish cables advices operated as a fur
Their handicap on the bulls. The close was
nervous at &c to &c net decline.
OATS-Oats declined owing to the down
turn in the value of other grain. Buyers
were scarce.
PROVISIONS-Higher prices on hogs
made provisions go up gradually. Arrivals
of hogs were less than expected.
Chicago Grain Market
The range of prices for grain futures on
The Chicago Board of Trade as reported
by Thos. J. Myers. Broker Columbian
Bldg.1
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PART COLO.SNOWBOUND
Durango Entirely Cut Off and Rail-
roads Are Generally Blockaded.

Denver. March For the second
time this winter southwestern Colo
RADIO is snowbound. Durango. the CEN
ter of the storm, has for 2 hours been
cut off from outside communication
and traffic generally in the San Juan
basin is demoralized.
Thirty-five passengers on a Denver
& Rio Grande passenger train have
been held at Chama, N. NJ, for five
days on account of the drifting snow.
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TRAIN And AUTO HIT
Two Miners Killed, One Injured in
Collision With Locomotive.

Webb City, Mo-, March Roy
Dodson and ]. Rainey, miners. were
killed and Ed Mansfield was seriously
injured near here early today when a
motor car in which they were riding
was struck by a St. Louis & San Fran
cisco passenger train.
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RELEASED CAPTIVE VESSEL.
When Swedish War Craft Challenged,
German U-Boat Captain ApoIogized.

Copenhagen, March 1.-THE Bcr-
linske Tidente publishes a dispatch
from Ma1moe, Sweden, which says
that a German torpedo boat captured
the Swedish brig, Ynez, off Lands
krana, Sweden, and placed a prize
crew aboard.
The Swedish torpedo boat ReguluS
came up hurriedly and drew atten-
ton to the fact that capture of the
Ynez was made half a mile within
Swedish waters.
The German commander thereupon
made apologies and removed his
crew permitting The Ynez to proceed.
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Yep Raid Toll, Is Dead.
London, March THE total num-
Der of deaths from Sunday nights Yep
pelin raid was thirteen. according to
an official announcement today.
Ninety bombs were dropped. The an
nouncement says no military damage
of any description was inflicted.
An official statement of yesterday
said the casualties amounted to twelve
killed and SO wounded. 1t is officially
declared in London that the German
Zeppelin raid of Sunday night in
ficted no military damage.
The official statement follows: 1T
is ascertained that at least so bombs
were dropped by enemy airships dur
ing the raid of March 5-6. The bombs
appear to have been dropped indis-
criminately over rural districts. This
may have been due to the fact that,
owing to rough weather, the Zeppelins
were uncertain of their bombs before
escaping under cover of the night.
mo military damage of any de-
scription was caused. The casualties
were entirely confined 10 the civil
population and of those previously
reported injured one has since died
in a village in Lincolnshire, bring
ing up the total killed to 49,