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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-27

Hay-Chamberlain army bill applies
only in time of war. While the bill
was certainly i1l-considered in Ian
guage, the intention was not at all
what is represented by its critics to be-
1 may add that the president feels
language was too sweeping and he
hopes to get it limited at the earliest
opportunity"
Double Barreled Charge.
Mr.. Benson's statement says: Two
big facts stand out:
1.-The president thru his secretary
now privately admits he has signed
some sort of a bill relating to the
draft which he now disapproves and
which he will try to get limited at the
earliest possible opportunity. Con-
gress intended to enact the draft law,
the statement continues, as proved by
the fact that Republican and Demo-
crat members refused to repeal the
draft clause when a repeal measure
was introduced by Representative
Huddleston of Georgia
"If the president feels the language
was too sweeping" Mr.. Benson asks.
why did he sign the bill? When did
he make up his mind the language
was too sweeping? What basis is there
for Tumulty's statement that the Ian
guage was ill-considered when Will
son signed the bill June 8, 1915, and
congress did not adjourn until late in
September ?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-27
SINGERS ARE THINNER
Grand Opera Lighter" by Several
Hundred Pounds Thru Dieting.

Chicago. Oct. 27.-Chicago's Grand
Opera company in the aggregate has
lost several hundred pounds super
fluous flesh during the last summer,
according to Cleofonte Campanini, the
director. He claims that a new
theory in dietetics which he promul-
gated last spring, just before the or
ganization broke up for the summer
months, was responsible for the
change.
mo bread, no potatoes, little meat
and liquids" is the basis of his secret.
As instance of what has taken place,
Marguerite Matzenauer, contralto, has
lost fifty pounds, and Vittorio Ari-
mandi, basso, tips the scales at thirty
six pounds less than he did last year
Francesca Daddi, tenor, is hardly
recognizable less forty-seven pounds
which he left somewhere in Italy,
Others who have lost excess weight
are Octave Qua, tenor; Serena Van
Gordon, mezzo-soprano; Geraldine
F'arrar, Lima Cavalier, Julia Clausser
and even Director Campanini himself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-27
FIGHT WILD-DOG PACK
Gardener on Ringwood, N. j., Estate
Battles With Animals.

Paterson, N. J., Oct. 27.-Farmers
in northern Passeic county, New Jer-
sey, and thruout the mountainous sec
ton about Greenwood Lake have been
terrorized the last week by a pack of
wild dogs that make their lair in the
thick woods and caves which abound
there.
A gardener on the Hewitt estate at
Ringwood discovered several of the
pack devouring fowl He tried to
frighten them off and was attacked
narrowly escaping with his life. In
fifteen minute fight, in which he
used heavy club, his trousers were
torn from his body and he was badly
scratched before he killed two of the
dogs and put the others to flight.
The pack had its origin in the Ring
wood mining camp many years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-27
You Can't Brush or
Wash Out Dandruff

The only sure way to get rid of dam
druff is to dissolve it, then you destroy
it entirely. To do this, get about four
ounces of ordinary liquid arvon; apply
it at night when retiring; use enough
to moisten the scalp and rub it in
gently with the finger tips.
Do this tonight, and by morning,
most if not all, of your dandruff will
be gone, and three or four more APP
plications will completely dissolve and
entirely destroy every single sign and
trace of it, no matter how much dan
druff you may have.
You will find, too, that all itching
and digging of the scalp will stop at
once, and your hair will be fluffy, lus-
trous, glossy, silky and soft, and look
and feel a hundred times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any drug
store 1t is inexpensive and never fails
to do the work.-Advertisem
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-27
TO CUT COST OF LIVING
Wealthy Milwaukee Women Will Sub
stitute Cheaper Food Articles.

Milwaukee, Oct. 27.-The Home
Economics club, made up of the wives
of some of Milwaukee's wealthiest
men, has voted to cut down the high
cost of living by using substitutes for
certain foods. The club engaged Miss
Emma Conley of the University of
Wisconsin to aid them in their hunt
for eatables to take the place of the
high priced articles on the menu.
Starting today, the following substi-
tutes will be put into use by the club
members:
For wheat four-Graham. corn
meal, oatmeal.
For potatoes-Boiled rice and sweet
potatoes.
For butter-Oleomarga butter
inc, lard and peanut butter.
For eggs-Baking powder
For milk and cream-Skimmed
milk
A committee was appointed to draft
a resolution to be presented at the an
nual meeting of the Wisconsins Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs asking
President Wilson to declare an en-
barge on wheat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-27
MEET FEDERAL BANKS
Farm Loan Bankers Plan to Compete
With q. S. Government.

Memphis. Tenn, Oct 27.-Farm
mortgage bankers from thirty-fiye
states, in session here today. threw
down the gauntlet to the government
and made it known that they will
meet the federal bankers on their
own ground in competition for the
farm mortgage business of the United
States.
By a reduction of operating ex-
penses and thru the medium of mod
ern methods and highly skilled means
of appraisal, the mortgage bankers
hope to outstrip the federal loan asso-
Citations in the race for new business
and in the retention of old business
now carried on their books
This was made known by President
F. w. Thompson in his annual address
which formed the principal feature of
the opening session of the three-day
convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-27
GERMANS TO Get
FAT ON SUPPLIES
FROM RUMANIA
Hold Out Ten Months Longer
if Conquest Succeeds.
Food Conditions in Germany
Are Not Serious Yet.
SMUGGLING AUGMENTS SUPPLY
End of Grazing Season May
Cause Cattle Slaughter.
Government Works Hard to
Increase Pork Production.

London. Oct. 27.-D. Thomas Cur
tin of Boston. in his article on condi-
tons in Germany, in the London
Times today, discusses the meat and
food situation for the coming winter
in Germany. He says:
1T is far from my desire to exag-
gerate in any way concerning state af-
fairs. On the other hand, a revelation
of the exact state should help the al
lies in realizing the value of the ut
most pressure of a blockade. Despite
the vigilance you are displaying, the
blockade is continually evaded. A
neutral pro-alIy resident of a certain
port in Germany showed me quays
where there were not hundreds but
thousands of barrels of fat.
1t almost makes me weep he
said. to know that every one of these
barrels lengthens the war and destroys
the lives of gallant soldiers Apart
from the public evasion of the block
ade. there is secret smuggling which
il is difficult to deal with"
The writer again mentions the value
of chocolate. which has taken the
place of coffee. also the difficulties
of neutral correspondents on account
of the official attendance and the Off
cially prepared propaganda.
First and foremost in value to the
welfare of the German people," he
continues, lis the vital question OF
the meat supply. The reason for the
tremendous thrust in Rumania is the
need of food and oil. One German
statistician told me he believed the
conquest of Rumania would add nine
or ten months to Germany's capacity
to hold out. during which time one
or the other of the allies would sue
cumb.
"Rumania contains grain in great
quantities. Much has been paid for in
cash by England, the Germans aver
At the moment the actual number OF
cattle in Germany does not seem tC
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-27

have been greatly deprecated. After
a thoro investigation 1 am convinced
that there are in Germany today
three-fourths or four-fifths as many
cattle as before the war.
Forced to Kill Cattle.
In the spring and summer of this
year the cattle did well, but with the
passing of the grazing season new diff
hculties are arising. The cattle must
be fed Unless sufficient supply of
grain comes from Rumania to supply
bread for the people and feed for the
Cattle, 1t is obvious there must be
wholesale slaughter and a consequent
reduction in milk, butter and cheese
These details seem tiresome, but
they directly concern the length of the
war Adding to the shortage of cat
tie in Germany, the supply was being
largely drawn upon when l left for
the support of the German armies in
the occupied parts of France and for
the German armies in Belgium and
Russia. The winter prospect for Ger
many. therefore, is one of obviously
increased privations. provided always
the blockade is drastic.
But cattle are not the only food
supply. There is game. Venison is
among you, especially now, and there
is much left Hares, rabbits, part
ridges in some parts of Germany are
much more numerous than in Eng
land- Wherever L went in Germany
game was being netted
Before the war pork, particularly
ham and bacon, was the most popular
German food. Owing to the govern
ment's mistake in killing pigs in what
I heard called the pork panic, the
Germans are facing today a remark
able shortage of their favorite meat.
believe only one-fourth of the pigs
are on hand now compared to the
number kept before the war.
The Berlin stockyards slaughtered
$4,000 pigs weekly before August,
1914. In the first ten months of the
war the figures rose to $4,000 pigs a
week in that city alone. One week in
September last, the figures fell to $50
pigs Today a tremendous effort is
being made to increase the number of
pigs You will not find much of this
in the German newspapers but in the
rural districts you will learn more of
Germany's food secrets.
Might Have Serious Riots.
THE unpublished utterances of the
clergy, who have played so large a
part in tanning hatred, are truer in
dices Of conditions than newspaper ar
ticleS on the food problem. In one
small village 1 counted thirty public
notices on various topics. Here is
one:
'Fatten pigs. Fat is essential to
the soldiers and hard workers. Not to
to do so, is treason to the fatherland.
No pen should be empty; every pen
should be full
These food notices may be neces-
sary but they are bringing about an
! intense class hatred in Germany. They
are directed at the small farmer who
in many cases killed all his pigs and
most of his cows because of the diff
ficulty in getting fodder The great
agrarian junkets and wealthy land
owners in Prussia have in many in
stances more cows, pigs and poultry
| than before the war. These great dis
PARTIES are we'll known. If there were
more individuality in the German
| character they would lead to some
thing more serious than tame riots
such as there have been"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-27
LAW TOO SWEEPING
White House Reply Admits Defect in
Drafting Law.

Hobart, Okla, Oct 27.-Allan l..
Benson, Socialist candidate for presi-
dent who is on a campaign tour of
Oklahoma, today made public a letter
written, he said, by J. P. Tumulty,
secretary to President Wilson, to v.
d. Fowler, Hot Springs, Ark, regard
ing the Hay-Chamberlain army re-
organization law, which Mr.. Benson
has criticised in public speeches,
charging it contains a drafting clause.
In a statement Mr.. Benson says he
suggested to Mr.. Fowler that he write
Mr.. Tumulty and ask whether his
(Benson's) charges in this connection
were true. The Tumulty letter, dated
Asbury Park, n. Y, October IA, as
quoted by Benson, follows:
I'm reference to your letter of Octo-
Der 5, l beg to say that as has been
explained again and again, the clause
referred to (sec. 79) in the so-called
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-27
ANOTHER CAR IN RIVER
Motor Truck Plunges From Stree,
End-Search for Bodies.

Chicago, Oct. 27.-An auto truck
was found in the Chicago river at
Sunnyside street here today. 1t had
plunged into the river from the abrupt
end of the street, which has no bar
riers or warning signals. Police are
dragging the river to find bodies The
truck was stolen from a gre GER late
yesterday while the driver was de1iv-
ering goods
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-27
PRAY FOR MISS BOOTH
Salvation Army Meetings to Offer
Supplication for Sick Leader.

Mount Vernon. N. Y. Oct 27.-Be-
cause of the serious condition of
Evangeline Booth. commander. of the
Salvation Army. who has been i'll with
neuritis for some weeks at her home
at Hartsdale, n. Y, ceaseless suppli-
cations for the recovery of their lead
er have been ordered at Salvation
Army meetings all over the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-27
GIVE employees RAISE
Chicago Gas Company Helps Workers
Meet Living Costs.

Chicago, Oct. 27.-High cost of liv-
ing is the reason given today by the
Peoples Gas, Light and Coke company
for an increase of 10 per cent in the
wages of all employees drawing. less
than 5000 month. Thirty-seven
hundred employees are effected. The
increase means an addition of $35O,O0O
to the company's annual payroll
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-27
Squeezing
The Loaf

The soaring price of wheat decreased the size of the
loaf increased the price Either increased cost
of living
The makers of
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-14

The announcement by the Teutonlc
Allies of their readiness to discuss
peace with the Entente Allies contln-
ues the absorbing feature in the war
news. AS yet, however, no announce
ment has been rouchsafed as TO the
basis on which they desire to attempt
to bring an end to the war. Neither
has there come from any of the En-
tente countries any official announce
ment as to the attitude they purpose
to take with regard to the proposal.
Meantime the conquest OF Rumanla
BY the Teutonic Allies continues.
All along the front the Rumanlans,
who are in retreat northeastward, and
the Ninth German Army Is nearing
the important railroad junction town
Of Buzeu.
In the Carpathians and along the
Moldarian frontier the Russians and
Germans are still at grips with the
Russians the aggresSors at most
points. There is little, if any change
in the situation in these regions how
ever.
Heavy artillery fighting is in pro
gress north of Monastir Serbia.
Otherwise calm prevails. a new
feature in the Balkan situation is q
report from Sofia that 5000 Albanians
have defeated force Of Italians near
Pasnesina, Epirius, the Italians hee-
ing.
On the front in France and Belgium
and in the Russian and Austro-ltal1an
rr,,+,,ooa IN Para TeoN
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-14
To VOTE TODAY
ON IMMIGRATION
ACTION DEFERRED TO
CONSIDER AMENDMENT
Senate Devotes Entire Day 10
Many Amendments
Adopted

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-Final act
ion on the immigration bill was de-
fererd by the senate tonight, to permit
committee consideration of an amend
ment proposed by Senator La Toilette
to eliminate language excluding per-
sons who advocate or teach destruc'
ton of property. A vote on the pas
sage Of the bill probably will be
reached tomorrow.
Senator La Toilette contended that
there were other sufficient oarS
against anarchists and that the pro,
vision to which he objected would
shut the doors Of the United States
to worthy men from other lands be-
cause destruction Of property had oeen
incidental to a revolution in whlcn
thew were confined Other senators
opposed eliminating the provision en-
tirely, and it was decided to send the
amendment to the committee.
Another entire day was devoted 10
the bill by the senate, most or the
debate centering on amendments suS-
gested TO the literacy test provision, !,
the exclusion of Asiatics and the rlgnt
of asylum for the prosecuted.
A provision which would nave LOT,
hidden entrance TO any alien conVlcted
of a crime, even Of political character,
constituting a felony in the Unlte0
States was eliminated after seVeral
Senators had pointed out that, such a
law would have prevented the en-
trance to the United States patriots
like Kossuth and Garlbaldl.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-14
GERMAN OPINION
Of j. 8. DIVIDED
CONFLICTING VIEWS
OF OUR NEUTRALITY
German Foreign Secretary
Talks Of Impressions
Prevalent In Country

BERLIN, Dec. 13, (via wireless to
Sayville, n. Y)-Dr. Alfred thinner
mann, secretary for foreign affairs,
discussed today with q member Of the
staff OF the Overseas News Agency
the impression created in Germany by
the attitude Of the United States to-
ward Germany and Great Britain as
outlined in The Associated Press
Washington despatch Of November l9.
Dr.. Zinnermann said:
"As to the impression created:
almost since the beginning of the
war two currents of opinion could be
discerned in Germany. Judging by
the rules OF neutrality the United
States Intentionally favored Great
Britain in an almost outspoken fasn'
ion, according to some; ethers took
the view tina the United States was
neutral in spirit and action. The dis:
cussion between the advocates OF
these two opinions was sometimes
very animated. This discussion was
reopened by the despatch in question.
The parties and newspapers that did
not believe that America was observ-
ing strict neutrality accepted the de-
spatch as confirmation Of their opinion
and to the others the news came as
shock.
"In order to understand this effect
one has only to recall the large num-
Der of facts which have been before
the eyes Of the German public during
the last few years. England has re-
peatedly announced that all English
Ships ought to be ready to destroy
German. submarines wherever they
find them. This has been publicly pro
claimed as we'll by private as by DILL
cial persons in England. a..
"The London Times of NoVemoer u
nublisheri"a letter from we'll known
member Of parliament and ship own.
er (Robert P.) Houston, promising 10
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-14
XPLOS|0N FATAL
TO TWENTY MEN
WHEN POWDER AND GAS
LET co IN COAL MINE
Seven Others Injured But Will
Recover-Rescue Parties
At Work

PITTSBURG, Kansas, Dec. 13.-
Twenty men have lost their lives In
an explosion which wrecked the Reedy
and Ryan coal mine at Stone City late
today according to information reach
ing here tonight.
Seven men were injured but all will
recover.
A combination OF gas and powder
explosion is said to have caused the
disaster but state mine experts nave
not yet been able to penetrate me
mine to make a thorough examination
The killed and Injured were work
ing in the north part OF the mine while
th1rty-three men were busy IN tne
south dSl4ts.
A driver heard a rumbling noise
followed shortly by smoke which De-
gan to pour out Of the south entrance.
The alarm was given and the miners
in the south drifts began TO- emrse
from underground ,s
today was the greatest in the history
of Kansas coal mining, mine oftlclals
said tonight. Forty men were killed
in 1889 in an explosion in mine at
FTontenao.
Rescue Parties at Work.
A hasty investigation showed that
no miners were coming from the north
drifts. and rescue parties were organ
lied to fight the way to their aid.
State and Federal rescue teams were
summoned, and John Pellegrino. State
mine inspector, and J. J. Forbes, Fed
eral mine bureau engineer, look
charge. AS fast as the rescuers tounI
the Injured miners they were holsted
to the top and physicians who had
been summoned began their fight 10
save the lives of the men who had not
been instantly killed by the explosion.
Several were taken from the mine Ia
tally injured and died soon afterward.
Timothy Reedy, one Of the mine m
spectors, was caught in the shaft with
the miners, but was rescued. He Will
recover.
w. H. Windsor, a veteran miner of
the district, lost his life. with two sous.
Frank and Lud. William Ray ard his
son, Lyrt, also were killed. Mat hoth
and his son Charles = died together.
FLOYD Brezovoir and his son Joseph
were among the rescued.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-14
SUSPECT WAS NOT
train ROBBER WEBB

s,s..,.1 Di,pstch to tho IntelHgencer.
TARTINSBURG. w. Va. Dec. 10
rrnited States Secret Service Agent
r II, Barclay of Washington, and
.denuty federal marshal from Alex
andria Va, arrived here today with
aSroune man whom they arrested yes.
to-day in Alexandria on suspicion OF
heing Henry Grady Webb, the alleged
2Brains" Of the famous Weoo-Harrl-
son-Diez gang Of train bandits. VINO
5ava been leading government onlcers
a merry chase over the United states
for more than a year. The young man
vas taken before Eugene Diez, con-
fined in the local Jail. and Dick HaT-
rison. under guard in local hospital,
bnt both Diez and Harrison. members
of the bandit gang, declared that the
voung man was not Webb. although ne
bore 3 remarkable resemblance to the
alleged fugitive head Of the oandlts:
Roth Diez and Harrison was pals OF
Webb for several years, and were
noe;tiye thatIthe stranger was not the
much sought Webb. The young man
Vas taken to Washington tonight ana
exnected to be released Immediately
sfter his arrival there. He Is said 70
he travelling salesman OF good FAMILY
on6 intimated that the government OIL
ficials who subjected to him the humll-
iation of arrest and enforced trip 70
Martinsburg had not heard the last OF
the matter.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-14
LINER PONHATAN
IN COLLISION
FOUR MEMBERS OF
CREW WERE INJURED
Fourteen Passengers Unin-
iured Were Removed
Other Steamer Un-
identified

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 13-The Mer-
chant and Miners Liner Powhatan.
bound from Baltimore and Norfolk * for
Boston, collided tonight in the lower
Chesapeake Bay with an unidentified
steamer and was beached near Thin
BILE Shoals to prevent her sinking.
Four members of the crew were in
jured and the IA passengers, all unln.
jured, were removed by the coast
guard cutter Yamacraw and brought
to Newport News or Norfolk.
First radio messages from the Pow
hatan said she had been struck by an
unidentified" lake built tramp steam
er. No such steamer was found by
rescue ships after the collision. Later
the Yamacraw reported by wireless
that the Old Dominion Liner James
town had struck the Powhatan. Inter
cepting this message, the jamestown
Immediately denied it by radio. The
jamestown then was on her way up
the coast to New York from Norfolk.
The Powhatan was in no danger after
Bleaching, in spite Of the high wind
and heavy seas and passengers re-
NAMED aboard for some hours before
being transferred to the Yamacraw.
When the first radio calls for help
came the Yamacraw. two destroyers
from the Atlantic fleet in Hampton
Roads and several other vessels re-
sponded and soon reached the Powhat-
an. Surgeons from the Yamacraw
boarded the Powhatan and treated the
injured.
BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. ia dis
patch from Norfolk tonight to GCneT'
al Manager w. P. Coria. Of the Mer'
chants & Miners Steamship Company,
said that four men were injured in the
collision between the steamer Pow
hatan and an unidentified vessel.