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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-08
Appropriations and AuthOriza-
tiOnS Near 2 Billion.
PARTY REPARTEE At FINISH
Republicans Taunt Democrats
for Extravaganza.
Revenue Bill and Others Thru
at Eleventh Hour.

Washington, Sept. S.-Congress adj
journed sine die this morning at ten
o'clock, concluding a session record
breaking in many respects, with ap-
preparations and authorizations for
the future running we'll toward two
billion dollars
Attack and Defend Outlay.
Washington, Sept. S.-Congress. at
the session closed today, appropriated
exactly 1,626, ,439,21O. which with OBJ
legations and, authorizations for the
future makes the total $1,S56, 6,3S4,4S5
These figures, announced in speeches
by Representatives Fitzgerald, New
York, Democrat, and Gillett, Massa-
chusetts, Republican, were defended
by the former and attacked by the lat
ter as half billion dollars greater
than any session of a Republican con-
gress.
Senators Sleepy Eyed.
AS senators and representatives as
sembled. sleepy eyed from brief rests
following the arduous night sessions,
both houses marked time while await
| ing the final formalities of the great
est session of congress in many re-
spects in history.
| In closing addresses while await
/ ing the arrival of President Wilson,
references to the long program of
| legislative achievement dominated
chiefly by national defense prepara-
tions at a cost of more than $500, 000,-
| 900 were made. Democrats lauded
the record of the session and COM
mended it to the country, while Re-
publ. cans sought to criticise, alleging
waste and extravaganza in spite of the
| appropriations for defense
Reorganization of the nine months
work showed that there had been ap-
propriaIed for the year 1917 for ex-
l.penditures of the government, more
| than $1,000, 100000, and that author
ization had been made for future ex-
penditures which would bring the
grand aggregate of appropriations al
most to the $4,000, ,00O,O mark. Ad-
ministration champions, in formal re-
views of congress, answered Repub-
| 1ican taunts of two billion con-
lCnntin1ied on PAGE Trxo 1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-08
AGAIN IN DARK
Clue Woman ScOrned Murdered
DiIwOrth Fails.
Get Eye Witness Story of Low
ers' Lane Tragedy.

New York, Sept. S.-The police and
district attorneys office of Bronx
county were still cropping in COM
parative darkness today in their eff
forts to run down the murderers or
discover a motive for the killing of
Dwight Dilworth, well-to-do attorney
of Montclair, n. J., in Van Courtlandt
Park, Sunday night.
This was admitted at the district
attorneys office today, despite the fact
that a young woman who is said to
have declared she witnessed the shoot
ing, told a story which at first led
police to predict an arrest would soon
be made Investigation of this story
in which the witness said Dilworth was
shot by a woman left District Attor-
ney Martin in doubt The investiga-
ton of the girls story continued thru
the night and until early today.
Find Eye Witnesses of Shooting.
Shortly before midnight last night
Miss Mary McNiff, the young woman
companion of Dilworth on his fatal
ride into the park was summoned to
the district attorneys office. She was
again questioned by Assistant District
Attorney Quigley and detectives.
Then the attention of the authorities
was turned to the newly-discovered
witness. These witnesses are a young
man and young woman, who told
Quigley they were in the park near
the scene of the shooting when Dill
worth was killed.
An anonymous letter from another
woman gave the police their first clue.
This letter told of the woman having
heard the witness, who was ques-
toned, say she witnessed the shooting
The writer of the letter was first
found and questioned. Then the
young woman she named was brought
to the Kings Bridge station and
finally her companion. The young
woman at first denied knowledge OF
the shooting, but confronted by the
original informant of the authorities
she is said to have admitted witness
ing the killing.
The revolver from which the fatal
shots were fired was held by woman
she said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-08
His Mate FOrgave, Then Tried
to Share His Cell.
WHAT WAS NATURE OF FELONY
Only Wife Knows and She Re-
fuses to Reveal 1t.
Strange Case of Affection Con-
fronts Officials Here.

In the motion picture Should a
Wife Forgive" the wife uses up sew
eral reels deciding whether or not she
will forgive, then forgives. Mrs. C. w.
Cooper, young wife of a Des Moines
man, arrested by Hugh Larimer, un-
dersheriff, didn't hesitate a minute.
Not only did she forgive but she de-
manded that Larimer arrest her along
with the husband in order that she
might be taken back to Des Moines
with him.
just what crime is charged against
Cooper has not been made known to
local officers but a telegram states it
is a felony. He was arrested at the
Union Pacific station by Hugh Larimer
when he called there for his baggage.
Larimer was sitting upon it with a
telegram in his hand instructing him
to arrest Cooper.
Mrs. Cooper was astonished when
the arrest was made. Cooper looked
and acted like a sick man but he
was not surprised. He appeared to
half expect it. He was taken to the
led him and talked with him quietly
on the way. He told her what trouble
he had left in Des Moines.
Wanted to Be Arrested.
She didn't bring up the question ot
forgiveness. Instead, she encouraged
her husband and begged that she be
arrested SO she could be in the sams
! jail with him and return to Iowa with
! him. Larimer agreed to do what he
could for her but refused to promise
Mrs. Cooper obtained a room neal
| the Jail and began trying to sell g
small diamond ring she wore. She
wanted the money to use for a ticke
| when the Iowa officers should come
for her husband. She couldn't sci
the ring for enough money and eyeuss
ually she telegraphed, to her peopl'
| and they furnished the necessar,
money.
! Last night she started back to De.
Moines, to take up with the author
tiles. the charge against her husband
Cooper is still in the county Jail, bu
| officers are expected from Des Nome
SATURDAY.
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kilograms announcing the Fair
banks meetings were received by
Chairman Sessions from the western
headquarters of the national commit
tee in Chicago. Announcement has
not been made concerning the details
of Fairbanks's western tour and def
mite speaking arrangements have not
been completed. 1t is probable the
trip thru Kansas will be arranged in
detail by the state committee.
Chairman Sessions has not deter
mined whether the vice presidential
candidate will come to Topeka during
trip included Topeka and towns along
the Union Pacific. If satisfactory ar
rangements can be made, it is prob
able the Fairbanks train will be sent
thru the southern and eastern counties
Of the state. Should a special train be
provided for the trip, it is quite prob
able the vice presidential candidate
will make eight or ten speeches a day
during his two day stay in Kansas
The Democratic Campaign.
Plans for the Democrat national
campaign in Kansas will be worked
out next week in Chicago. w. f. Ben
son, state bank commissioner and q
member of the Democrat national
campaign committee, will leave next
week for Chicago to attend the meet
ing.
The work of the campaign will be
discussed during the Chicago meeting
and arrangements completed for
speakers and work in this state. Benz
son, as a member of the campaign
committee, will probably be in charge
of campaign plans in several middle
western states. The Kansan Will
urge the use of western orators exclu-
sively in this state Recently he de-
clared that down east orators were
not effective in this territory and were
unable to pile up votes for the state
and national tickets.
81 don't know the program that VIII
be worked out for the campaign"
Benson said today THE matter of
speakers and campaign policies, how
ever. will be discussed at the Chicago
meeting and arrangements will be
made for the national campaign in
this state
All of the western members of the
national campaign committee have
been asked to attend the meeting The
committee is composed of twenty
members, and Benson will be assigned
to direct the work of the national
/ campaign committee in several mid
die western states.
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Mrs. Vanderbilt and Alice ROOs-
evelt LOngwOrth Here.
TO GIVE ROYAL WELCOME
Mrs. Lila Day Monroe Organ
ICES for Big Rally Day.
Americas Greatest Women
Writers on the Train, Too.

The presence of Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney, Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long
worth, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Miss Frances Kellor. Mary Hartman
Rumsey, Mrs. Daniel Guggenheim and
Miss Maud Wetmore are the drawing
cards which are expected to secure
a large crowd when the Flying
Squadron" of the Women's National
Hughes Alliance reaches Topeka the
latter part of September.
telegram from these ladies, all
members of the national committee
of the Women's Hughes Alliance. was
received today by Mrs. Lila Day
Monroe, member for Kansas of the
national committee of the alliance,
announcing "the first women's trans
continental train in the history of
politics" The train will carry, ac-
cording to the dispatch, America s
greatest women writer's, speakers and
workers on social and economic ques-
tions and will carry MESA ges of
American citizenship, nationalism,
preparedness, protection of women
and child welfare"
Promise Royal Welcome.
Mrs Monroe wired an Immediate
reply, promising a royal welcome to
the squadron. A -imittee of forty,
twenty men and twenty women, from
all parties and prominent organiza-
tions. will be chosen Immediately. A
special effort will be made to organize
the smaller surrounding towns An
attempt will be made to secure rep
resentation from every town of i'm
portance in this part of the state un-
der a local chairman and carrying a
banner inscribed with the name of the
town. Letters will be sent to promi-
nent women all over the state an
nouncing the Squadron" gather
ing of at least 10000 women is eX-
pected.
The squadron is an imitation of the
tour of the women's party ENJOYS last
spring and is working for the same
end but the alliance train will
carry a larger and more imposing bat
terry of names of forty-two centimeter
prominence. The end that the al
lice is working for is identical with
that of the wOmen's party only the Slo-
gan in one case is ELECT Hughes" and
in the other Beat wilson Repre-
sentatives of the womens party here
will take a prominent part in organ
izing the ovation for the alliance
squadron.
The exact date of arrival has not
been announced but it is understood
that it will be in the latter part OF
the month. The mass meeting will be
addressed by at least three of the east
ern women and will be held in the
auditorium.
The trip will mark the first appear
ance of all of the famous members of
the national committee of the alliance,
in Kansas.
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.DRYS ON JUNKET
Campaigners Headed by 'HanIy
Start on Tour.
To Visit 500 Towns on Round
Trip to Pacific Coast.

Chicago. Sept. S.-Amid cheers from
a crowd that packed the union depot,
the Prohibition party presidential can
didates and speakers left Chicago to-
day on a special train for a trans
continental tour. Presidential candi-
date, J. Frank Harly of Indiana, and
vice presidential candidate, Ira Land
rith, of Nashville, Tenn, headed the
party. The tentative schedule thus
far announced will put the campaign
special into San Francisco Septem-
Der 20.
After a twelve hour swing thru a
dozen Illinois towns and cities today,
closing with three simultaneous meet
ings this evening, in Rock Island and
Moline, Ill, and Davenport, Ia, the
campaigners will lombard eight Wis
consin towns Saturday. They arrive
in Minneapolis Sunday. More than
500 towns will be visited on the tour.
The train is scheduled to stop in
Topeka early next month.
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LAUTz To GO UP?
Report That TOpekan Will Be
Made General superintendent.
Assistant to General Manager
May Succeed E. Raymond.

1t was rumored in Topeka railway
circles late this afternoon that Henry
B. Lautz, for years assistant to the
general manager of the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe railway in Topeka,
will be given the position of general
superintendent of the western lines,
headquarters in Newton.
If Mr.. Lautz is given this position
he will succeed E. Raymond who will
come to Topeka to succeed R. ].
Parker, who has been appointed gem
eral manager of the western lines fol-
lowing the change of Fred Fox and
the death of c. w. Kouns.
Henry B. Lautz has been a most eff
ficient and faithful member of the
Santa Fe operating staff in Topeka
and has been recognized as a railway
authority
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-08
COAL BAR0NS QUARREL
Oklahoma Pulls Out of Four-State
AHiance-Strike Delayed.

in the threatened coal mine strike
again has been delayed as the result
of a break in the operators ranks by
which the Oklahoma employers with
drew from those of Missouri, Kansas
and Arkansas in the negotiations. The
announcement of the withdrawal was
made today at the time the general
conference was to have met in what
representatives of both the miners and
operators had said would be the de-
Gliding session. The conference call
was revoked. altho it was said the
body might convene late today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-08
CURTIS AIRS PLOT
Kansas Senator Wants Probe
of Foreign Lobby.
Canada Opposed e. s. Fish EN-
barge, Is Charge.

Washington, Sept S.-Demand for
an investigation of charges that a
lobby was conducted by officials of
the Canadian government against a
revenue bill amendment which would
have prohibited admission of halibut
or salmon from the North Pacific into
the United States except in bond from
an American port. was made in a
senate resolution today by Senator
Curtis of Kansas
The resolution by Senator Curtis
directing the senate lobby committee
to investigate the activities of the al
legged foreign lobby opposing retalia-
tory provisions of the revenue bill
against Canadian fisheries, was passed
today by the senate.
Wants Jap Demands Probed, Too.
Senator Reed, Democrat, a member
of the lobby committee said he
believed it was high time for the
nations that 1t regarded as offensive
any efforts to influence legislation in
congress.
Senator Lewis, Democrat, urged that
if anything should be investigated it
should be the recent demands of Janan
on China H declared that apparently
they were in retaliation to the attitude
OF this country toward admission of
the Japanese. Russia, he said, was a
party with japan and sought retalia-
tlon because OF the abrogatlOn of the
American commercial treaty.
The resolution was adopted after the
senate had disposed of a similar res
olution by referring it to a committee.
The new resolution adopted provides
for report at the next session of
congress.
Foreign Influence in Elections
Washington. Sept. S.-Just before
congress adjourned Representative
Gardner of Massachusetts. introduced
a resolution which, he announced, he
would press at the winter session fol
congressional investigation of organi-
cations which, it is alleged, under for
eign influence have attempted to af-
| feet elections of congress.
In a statement accompanying hi.
resolution Mr.. Gardner charged thaf
| it was commonly understood that "ons
! of these pro-German organizations ha.
/ a large fund in Massachusetts which i
! intends to use in four congressiona
| districts"
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Great Battle Waging to Halt
Bulgars-Germans.
Invaders Are Within Fifty
Miles of Bucharest.
IRON GATE OF HUNGARY FALLS
Rumanians Continue Victorious
March NOrthWard.
French Make Gain in Terrific
Onslaught at Verdun.

London, Sept. S.-The beginning of
a great battle in southeastern Ru-
mama is reported unofficially from
Petrograd. The Russians are said to
have taken the offensive over the en-
tire Dobrudja front, attacking the in
vading Bulgarians and Germans from
the Danube to the Black sea.
An undated Bulgarian official report
announces important victories for the
invaders in this region. 1t is said the
German and Bulgarian forces have
captured the fortified town of Dobric
or Bazardjk, fifty miles southeast of
Bucharest, and three towns on the Ru-
manian Black sea coast near the Bull
garian frontier.
Sofia comedies the Rumanians have
occupied the important Hungarian
town of Orsova, capture of which has
previously been reported unofficially.
The official Petrograd report of to-
day indicates that the Russians have
embarked on an important enterprise
on the northern end of their front.
On the front below Lemberg, in
eastern Galicia, a further retreat by
the Austro-Germ forces is reported
by the Russian war office. They are
said to have fallen back to the western
bank of the Gnita Lipa, the last river
before Lemberg to the south which is
available for defensive purposes.
Rumanians Capture Orsova.
London, Sept. S.-A Bucharest dis
patch today reported that the Ruman-
1ans have occupied Orsova at the iron
gate to Hungary. The occupation OF
Orsova has been reported from several
sources recently, but the reports thus
far have not been confirmed by the
Rumanian war office.
Orsova is one of the principal ports
! on the lower Danube and has consid-
erable commercial Importance. 1t is
rev miles above the Iron gate of the
Danube, where the river leaves Hun
gary and forms the boundary between
Rumania and northeastern Serbia.
Lose Trench to French.
Berlin, Sept. S.-The Germans have
LIST trench sections to the French in
| fighting south of the Somme, west OF
| Berny and also northeast of Souville,
on the Verdun front, it was officially
admitted this afternoon
Paris. Sept. S-Four attacks in
dense formation were launched by the
Germans south of the Somme last
night between Vermandovillers and
| Chaulnes. None of the attacks succeed
ed in reaching any French positions
and the French took 200 more prison
ers. The Germans attacked heavily
against new French positions between
| Berny and a point south of Chaulnes,
suffering heavy losses.
The French made further progress
on the Verdun front last night by
grenade attacks. A German attack at
Vaux Chapitre where the French
made a most successful drive Wednes-
daV night. was reDulSed
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No Decisive Blow Struck in
Three Months Drive.
RUSSIA'S SACRIFICE GREATEST
Germans Believe Danger of Sc
riOus Reverses Passed.
TeutOns Wild With Joy Over
Fall of Tutrakan.

Berlin, Sept. s-The allies have lost
more than a million men in killed,
wounded and missing since the grand
offensive against the central powers
opened with Russian attack three
months ago. This estimate was made
today by German military experts who
said they thought it conservative.
Against these losses, the allied arm
les have only the conquest of Buko-
wilma and some Galician territory by
the Russians, the capture of Goritz by
the Italians, a shallow thrust into the
German lines on the Somme and the
occupation of mountainous Transyl-
vanian territory by the Rumanians as
positive military achievements
Central Powers Lines Intact.
The armies of the central powers,
keeping their lines intact everywhere
under tremendous pressure at the
same time struck back with success
full blows in the Balkans. The Bull
garians advanced on both flanks to
positions menacing the allies in Greece.
/ German and Bulgarian forces struck
a severe blow against the Rumanians
| by occupying Tutrakan fortress, one
| of the bridgehead positions defending
| Bucharest.
| lively estimated here. follow:
| Russian, 100000.
| British, 100000.
| French 10000.
Italian, Serbian and Rumanian COM
bined, $4,000.
| Some Austrian experts and a num-
Der of Germans have estimated the
| Russian losses at more than 100000
and the combined British and French
losses at more than 100000. Official
casualty lists given out at London show
British losses of about 125,0O0 for the
month of August alone.
VIII Cry for Peace.
| The danger of any serious reverse
| on either the western or eastern fronts
is believed to have passed. But any
additional gains, it is held here, must
| be made at such a frightful additional
cost to human lives and with such an
extravagant waste of munitions that
the people of the allied countries will
| cry for peace.
! News of the capture of Tutrakan
fortress and the surrender of 10000
RumanianS aroused more enthusiasm
| here than even the military import
ance of the victory justified Next to
an invasion of England no movement
would be more popular here than a
drive northward to the capital of Ru-
mania because of the universal opin-
| ion that the Rumanians treacherously
deserted their allies in declaring war
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SINK BRITISH VESSELS
Big Liner. 40 Feet Long. Down But
Crew Saved; Other Ships Lost.

London Sept. S.-The Ellerman lin
er Tagus has been sunk.
The British steamer Hazelwood was
sunk off Yarmouth. Later dispatches
reported that all the crew of the
steamer Strathay, reported sunk early
today, have been saved. Thirty-four
were landed in the first boat and other
survivors were brought in later.
The Tagus displaced 5,556 tons and
was 410 feet long. She was built in
1899 and was registered at London
The Hazelwood displaced 3,102 tons
and was registered at Middlesboro.
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TO STAVE OFF STRIKE
Miners and Operators ProIong Kansas
City Conference.

Kansas City, Mo, Sept. S.-After
many postponements. the joint confer
ence of operators and coal miners was
slated to be resumed today to hear
the report of disagreement from the
subcommittee.
Wednesday the miners suddenly ask
ed postponement of the meeting
which was to hear the final report.
Thursday the operators unexpectedly
asked more time for consideration
when the union delegates informed
them they could not sign the proposed
contract. Some miners thought this
meant concessions would be made to
avert a strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-08
M'MANUS IS ILL
State Journals Bringing Up Father
Artist Not Able to Draw.

McManus who draws some 900
laughs per year from each of the
thousands of people who see his
bringing Up Father series is serious
ly i'll at his home in New York city,
according to a telegram received by
the State Journal this morning.
So for a time Father will have
a rest from the strenuous fabors of his
wife to bring him up Upon Mr..
McManus's recovery the series will be
resumed.
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ANIMALS FRIEND DIES
Mrs. White, SO, Was Founder of
Society for Prevention of Cruelty.

Nantucket, Mass, Sept. s.-Mrs.
Caroline Earle White. of Philadel-
phia, a pioneer worker in the move
ment for the prevention of cruelty to
ANIMAL. died at her summer home
here yesterday She was born in 1893
Mrs White. in 1867, organized at
Philadelphia the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals. She
was known as an author and philan-
thropist-
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Six Hurt When Autos collide.

Chicago, Sept. S.-Four girls and
two men We're seriously injured early
today when an automobile in which
they were riding colIided head-on with
another machine Miss Gertrude
Langers. one of the injured, was said
to have a fractured skull
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-08
COTTON CROP DOUBLES
Ginned Output Almost Twice That of
Last Year.

Washington. Sept S.-Cotton of the
growth of 1916 ginned prior to Sep
ternber / amounted to S50,032 bales,
counting rounds as half bales, the
census bureau today announced in its
first ginning report of the season That
compares with 1898 bales last year,
4SO,317 in 1914 and 799.O99 in 1918.