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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31
Governor of Kweichow Province
in China Forced 10 Flee.
RevoIutionists Capture Two
Important Cities.
U,S.GUNBOAT AIDS FOREIGNERS
People Uprising Over Return
to Monarchy Govt.
$4,000 Federal Soldiers Join
Rebel Attack.

Picking. Jan. 31.-The province OF
Kweichow is in full rebellion. The
governor was forced to flee on Janu-
ary 16 ane communications have
been interrupted. 1t is reported Luz
chow and Teeliutsing have been cap
tured by revolutionists.
The American gunboat Monocacy is
at Chungkin on the Yangtze- k1ang,
ninety miles northeast OF Luchow:
The commander has notified Dr. Paul
Samuel Reinsch, the American minis
ter to China, that all is quiet in the
neighborhood and that zone has
been outlined within which the Mon
ocacy will protect foreigners who are
threatened.
Twelve thousand soldiers from the
province of Kweichow are reported
to be marching in company with
Yunnaneze revolutionists upon Chung
Kiang where fighting is expected
within few weeks
Began in December.
The inception of the revolutionary
movement in China, which was first
manifested on the Chinese cruiser,
Chaotic, at Shanghai in the begin
ming of last December and which as
sumed more serious proportions when
the revolutionists in the province of
Yunnan announced the formation of
separate republic, was attributed to
action with the purpose of
President Yuan Shi Kai to restore
monarchy form of government.
The revolution has been reported as
spreading over into the provinces i'm
mediately to the north and east of
Yunnan. The president of the Chi
nese Republic association announced
on December 20, from San Francisco,
that the provinces of Sze-Chuen, Kwei
Chow Kwangtung and Kiangsi would
join Yunnan in revolt against the rule
of Yuan Shi Kai.
A dispatch on January % an
nounced the revoiutionists had been
victorious in a fight with the govern
ment forces at Suifu in the provinces
of SEE Chuen. Luchow and Tzeliut-
sing are both in the province of SEE
! Chuen. Letters from the military
I governor and the civil governor of
the revolutionary region in Yunnan
addressed January "a to the foreign
legations at Picking, promised protec-
ton for all foreigners in the districts
under control of the revolutionists
Rebels to Picking.
London, Jan. 31.-The number of
Monaghan insurgents has been in
| creased by 10000, according to a
| Mukden dispatch says Reuters Petro-
grad correspondent. The dispatch
adds that the insurgents who possess
twelve guns are marching toward
Pekin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31
House Nearly Came to Blows at
Kansas Day Banquet.
DIR. Dykes of Smith County
Didn't Know "His Honor"
TROUBLE AT SPEAKERS TABLE
Dykes Didn't Want Mayor and
Wife to Take Two Seats.
Diners Expected to See a Com
bat at Any Minute.

1t was all a mistake-that news
paper story about the great chunks
of harmony visible during the meet
ing of the Kansas Day club. That
might have been true 1T the business
meeting and in some parts of the ban
quet hall Saturday night hut there
was one spct in the hall where there
was anything but harmony. Angry
words were spoken and but for the
time and place there might have beer
4 fiStic encounter to record.
The y;lwning cavity where harmony
should have been was at the speakers
table and involve no less important
personages th2n Mayor J. e. House
and DR.. Henry Dykes, OF Smith county
The mayor and Mrs. House were
late at the banquet and there were
just two places left at the speakers
table. President Walter Payne mo-
toned them to their seats which hap
pened t. be near Dr. Dykes. DR.
Dykes apparently entertained some
doubts as 20 whether Mayor House
belonged and expressed them. He
knew who Mayor House is but didn't
know him by sight.
Reservations Only.
Have you invitations for seats at
this tablet" he asked.
Something tells me I have re-
torted the mayor.
But you understand" said DR.,
Dykes, that this is the speakers table
and is reserved for those invited"
IF it's all right with you came
back the mayor, ''Tll take chance
on it, and he and Mrs. House sat
down.
Dr. Dykes was not satisfied and
kept grumbling. Houses ire continued
to rise. He had the advantage be-
cause he knew DR.. Dykes by sight.
Look here" the mayor cut into
DR.. Dykess grumbling, do you think
I'm going to let any hick from the
Sixth district come down here and tell
me where I'm going to sit at a table
in my own town."
Wanted to Fight
The Sixth district man came back
with something equally pointed and
diners in the immediate vicinity pre-
pared to enjoy themselves. Before DR.
Dykes could completely recover his
poise, House landed again.
LAS a matter of fact" he told the
Sixth district man, you don't belong
here at all. You haven't been a good
Republican for twenty years to my
knowledge. Don't try to tell me where
to sit at any time or any place.
That ended the controversy and the
diners, in disa appointment, turned theil
attention in other directions. Later
DR.. Dykes made an inquiry at another
table as to the identity of the indi-
vidual with whom he had clashed.
I've been trying to school myself
away from the fighting habit fol
, twenty years, said the mayor thi.
/ morning, but 1 came near losing al
that schooling in an instant L never
wanted to hit anyone so badly in my
| life"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31
OLD trio COT HIM
Wine, Women and Song Ruined
MilIiOnaire's Son.
Broke and DisOWned, Chas.
HOskinS Faces Term in Pen.

Chicago, I'LL, Jan. SIT is high
priced fiddler that Charles R. Hos
kins, jr., will have to pay for life in
which the proverbial wine, woman
and song" predominated. Disowned by
his millionaire father. and having
squandered 100000, Hoskins is now
in a cell at the detective bureau wait
ing to be taken back to Globe, Ariz, to
face charges of embezzlement and
having passed bogus checks aggregat-
ing $4,000.
Once a student at Princeton univer-
sity and a familiar figure around New
York and Philadelphia lobster palaces
and exclusive hotels. Hoskins was liv-
ing at a 10 cent rooming mouse IN
South State street when arrested here
Saturday night He was broke, a
fugitive from justice, and his father
had refused to help him.
st always liked high life he said
in his cell today. Il eloped with a
at Princeton. She left me after year
we were divorced Then in California
fell in love with my present wife L
quit drinking and settled down My
father bought me an interest IN the
G. w. Leonard Piano company IN
Globe Life was sweet to me for a
while. My wife bore me girl. Our
home was a dove-cot.
But my old habits gripped me once
more I began drinking and gambling
I lost heavily. Finally I put over
some checks to cover my losses. 1
tried to recoup by speculating in war
brides and lost again. I was involved,
II understand, for about $4,000.
Flight was my only recourse. I told
nv wife to go hack to her parents in
Pasadena with the baby. I have since
been sneaking like a common thief
about the country
Hoskins is 40 years old His father
is secretary and treasurer of the Will
liam Hoskins company, stationery and
printing supply dealers, in Philadel-
mia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31
STAR WITNESS GONE
Coroncr's Testimony Needed to Prove
as Man Is Dead.

Proceedings in the first division of
the Shawnee county district court
were temporarily held up, shortly be-
fore noon today, when Coroner Rine-
hart, subpoenaed as witness in the
Baumgardner murder trial came up
missing. Several efforts during the
morning were made 10 locate Rinehart
by telephone. About 11:40 the case
was adjourned until 1880 o'clock this
afternoon to give the state time to find
its star witness who will testify that
Mart Baumgardner is dead
Emma Baumgardner, a negro wom-
an, is being tried before a jury on
a charge of killing her hu sband, Mart
Baumgardner, at their home in North
Topeka on the morning of November
IS. The killing of Baumgardner took
place about o'clock the morning af-
ter a wedding had been held at the
place at o'clock in the evening.
Testimony introduced this morning
was to the effect that the woman shot
her husband when he started to abuse
her. She also told this story to county
and police Officials the morning of the
killing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31
KILL NONCOMBATANTS
Berlin Report Says AngIo-French Air
Raids Hit Belgians.

Berlin, Jan. 31.-Nearly 800 Belgian
and French noncombatants in terri
tory held by the Germans were killed
by Anglo-F'rench aviators and artil-
lerymen in the last three months of
1915, said semi-official statement
this afternoon justifying retaliatory air
raids on London and Paris.
From September l to December 81,
1915, enemy artillery and aerial
bombs killed SO men. 131 women and
rs children in Belgium and occupied
French departments" it was stated.
In the same period, 1872 men. sos wo-
men and l06 children were wounded.
All were of Belgian or French nation
atty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31
WILSON GIVES lie

Continued from Page One.i
make money out of the necessities of
the nation, there are adequate means
of defending ourselves and we will use
these means. But do not believe the
impulse comes from those quarters. L
do not believe that in those quarters
there is patriotism lacking arr more
ere is patriotism lacking in
other quarters
The presidents declaration was de-
livered from the rear platform of his
private car at Racine, Wis, half an
hour before he reached this city.
Calls for Mrs. Wilson.
When the president first appeared
at Racine he stood bareheaded silently
smiling down at the crowd. Mrs. Will
son stepped outys beside him. The
crowd applauded as he said:
Here is some one, ladies' and gem
tlemen, much better worth looking at
than 1 am"
The laundering of a national salute
by a cannon greeted the president as
he stepped from his private car in this
city. More than $4,000 persons were
packed outside the station. The crowd
was held back by infantrymen with
fixed bayonets, and a troop of cavalry
escorted the president to the hotel.
Elaborate arrangements were made
from the hotel to the auditorium
where his program called for a speech
on preparedness at 2:30. p. m.
Tot Hands Up Bouquet.
Waukegan, ILL.,, Jan. 31.-A great
crowd, headed by 1000 school children
waving flags, greeted President Wilson
when the train stopped here for five
minutes at II O'Clock. Residents of
Waukegan were Joined by citizens of
North Chicago, Lake Forest. Zion City,
Liberty and other north shore towns
and united in cheering the President
and Mrs Wilson.
Before the president spoke r. N.
Magi1l, secretary of the Waukegan
Commercial association lifted his small
daughter to the platform Of the presi-
dents car and she presentd him with
a large bouquet of roses. At the con-
clusion of the speech there were calls
for Mrs. Wilson and the president step
ped back into the car and escorted his
wife to the platform. Mrs. Wilson
carried Miss Magill's roses and smiled
her appreciation of the cheers that
greeted her. The train pulled out
about six minutes after Its arrival.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31
Neighborhood Prayer Meetings.

The neighborhood prayer meetinzn
conducted by the East side evanze-
listic party will be held at the follow
ing locations Tuesday morning at $40
o'clock: Mrs. Miller, Twenfy-t bird and
Pennsylvania; Mrs. w. A. Voight, 11y2
East sixth; Mrs ]. H. Dilly, lO11
East Eighth, Mrs. Sam Cunningham
1906 East Eighth; Mrs. Harry Bates.
900 Kline; Mrs. Manuck, 91e East
Eighth; Mrs. Hayek, 1917, East Sixth:
Mrs. Webs. 623 Lime; Mrs Frank
Slusher, $50 East Eighth; Mrs Bates.
EOS Branner; Mrs. Grove Stitt, 112s
Kansas avenue; Mrs. ]. c. Hickman
21e East Euclid; Mrs. Cary johnson.
916 Quincy; Mrs. ]. E. Lock, s34 lief.
ferson; Mrs. Cronin, $50 Monroe: Mrs
F. H. Wilder, GIG Hancock. Mrs. T.
p Shields, Ala Lafayette; Mrs. A
Hogbur, 311 Leland; RMS. McBroone.
ABS Liberty; Mrs. Carl Schultz, I2S
Woodruff; Mrs. Kennedy, 420 Monroe:
Mrs. Elliott. AIS Monroe; Mrs. Miller.
3os Adams. and Mrs Johnson, 42S
German.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31

she was confined. I never even knew
of it Money is the great lever, and he
accomplished his purpose. But, two
weeks ago, 1 found her. His check
stubs gave me the clue, showing, as
they did. his weekly payments for her
care. And went TO her. My life les
in her hands from now on
+ He paused. Mrs. Van Kirk, plump
and impetuous, crossed the little room
and put her arms around the little
bride and kissed her on cheek and
There are SO many years ahead"
she said. See, Rupert and myself
shave been married forty years What
are ten? Join hands and forget all the
yesterdays. Follow the path of happi-
ness with him now. The gate was
locked before, and now it is ajar.'
/ She followed them out to the side
walk. A limousine waited at the curb.
with two men in livery. The snow
arms into the car tenderly, raised his
hat and smiled good night. The two
watched the car out Of sight down
the quiet Hoboken street.
''Ah, love, how pitiful wealth isl
Mrs Van Kirk said, as they went back
to the warm little study. Years of
pain just because he feared the loss
of money-all his life he cannot wipe
that look from her face
The pastor shook his head doubt
fully.
"She loves him greatly. Did you see
her eyes?. A woman's love is of God,
all pitiful, all forgiving, all healing.
They will find peace first together and
then joy"
He drew a chair to the old-f sh-
toned heater, ind drew the shades, all
but one There must be i beacon to
guide loves wayfarers to the right
house through the arkness.-t Copy
right. 1916, by Mcclure Newspaper
SYndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31
DEFEND MOHR WIDOW
Sister and Brother of Murdered Doc
tor on Witness Stand.

Providence, Jan. 31.-A sister and
brother of DR.. c. Franklin Mohr to-
day rallied to the defense of his Wild
ow Mrs. Elizabeth F. Mohr on trial
for instigating his murder. After Eu-
gene j. Sullivan, the woman's brother
in-law, had identified the letter in
which DR.. Mohr admitted the validity
of his marriage Mrs. Ella Hogan and
Gustav D. Mohr, both of McEwens-
Vile, Pa, were called.
Mrs. Hogan, the doctors sister, said
that Mrs. Mohr EXPIRE ssed love and af-
fection for him Mr.. Mohr, his brother
testified along the same line and
added that he had received a letter
from the doctor who wrote that Mrs
Mohr was mo good and the children
she claims are not nv OWN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31

How modest of some of the erst-
while Kansas Bull Moosers who have
accompanied their return to the He-
pubIican party with announcements OF
their candidates. for nomination Tor
office subject to the Republican prl-
rnaries. And it might be that this was
their major motive in reaffiliatlns
with their first political love. Chances
that they would connect with elective
offices by the Progressive party route
sfere negligible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31
Journal Entries

The better some humans are treated
the worse they reciprocate.
! 4. =
Most of the excellent prospects also
have the disagreed BILE habit of peter
ing out.
Any number of piano players seem
obsessed with the notion that noise is
music.
/. !. +
Too many people attempt to regu-
late their purses to their wants in
stead of their wants to their purposes.
= sss =
1t is also possible for an unlettered
person to stand well at the head of the
class in the school of experience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31
DEATHS and FUNERALS

SWAN ANDERSON. age II, died
Saturday at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. c.. o. Johnson, $40 Clay
street Funeral services will be held
at $3.50 O'Clock Tuesday morning at
the residence. The body will be TAX
en- to Randolph, Kan, for interment.
Mr. Anderson is survived by four sons,
Ellis and Berner Anderson of Man
haitian, Walen and David Anderson of
Randolph, and two daughters. Mrs. T.
Vickstrand and Mrs. c. o. Johnson of
Topeka.
ELIZABETH WAYMEN, 6-months-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Waymen, died Saturday night at the
home, $50 East Gordon street The
Joseph's German Catholic church.
Interment in Mount Calvary cemetery.
JONAS P, ANDERSON. age II.
died today at his home, 204 Tyler
street The funeral will be held at 2
o'clock Wednesday at the Swedish
Lutheran church. Interment in To-
peka cemetery.
GENEVIEVE CARPENTER, age
16, died Sunday at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. w Carpen-
ter, 1915 Van Buren, street. The fu-
neral will be held at O'Clock Tues
day afternoon at Penwell's chapel. In
terment in Topeka cemetery. Two
sisters and one brother, besides her
parents, survive her.
MISS SYLVIA NJ. MICHAEL, age
%. died Saturday at the home of her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph r. Mi
chael, Sardou and Freeman streets.
The funeral will be held at 1870
O'Clock Thursday afternoon at the res
idence Interment in Topeka ceme-
terry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31
"PoP"-AND WILSON DUCKED.
But 1t Wasn't a Bomb-Air Tube on
Train Burst, Was All.

Chicago, Jan. 31.-While the presi-
dent was standing on the rear plat
form shortly before the departure of
the train, sharp explosion was heard.
Secret service men crowded to the
platform and the president, apparent
" startled. entered the car.
A cloud of escaping steam showed
that the connecting hose between the
rear coach and the one next forward
had burst. The president soon
emerged and stepping to the platform
walked to whert the break was being
repaired.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31

There will be as much applause in
some quarters over the presidents
nomination of Louis D. Brandeis for
the vacancy on the supreme court
bench as there will be criticism in
others. And in the latter there will
be more or less consolation over the
fact that at most Mr.. Brandeis will
have but one vote in shaping the de-
cisions of the court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31

> The plaintiff and defendant in a
New York breach Of promise suit are
described respectively rs a vampire"
and a boob" notes the Detroit Free
Press. and it odds: Were there no
boobs at large, vampiring would be a
lsnremunera tive business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31

EngIand's soldiers may not have ac-
complished so far all that has been eN-
epected of them, but they have GER
stainly been on the job-and taking their
medicine in frightful doses, as the
British casualty list of $4,000 proves
conclusively.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31

Mr.. Bryan is undoubtedly just as
well pleased that Mr.. Wilson decldeo
not to mince words in such references
as he might make on his western trip
to the peace at any price advocates
He'll need have no hesitancy about re-
p1yfng in kind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31

Surely the last word in the premises
has now been spoken. Bob Johnson,
the evangelist, has endorsed the de-
cision of the movie censors in placing
the ban on the presentation of The
Birth of tho Nation in Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31

4 Apparently the Du Pont Powder
Company will need all of the profits
Il can make out of the $500, 100000
Worth of European war orders it is
bald to have received. to recoup the
1osses to it's plants that it has sus-
Iained during the past few months.
There was another big blow up and
fire at one of it's New Jersey plants
fhe other day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31

Il. Possibly those Reno county boys
who are taking a domestic science
course at the Nickerson high school
and learning to bake bread and wash
dishes intend to select perfectly mod
ern girls for their wives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31

Few of the big dams that are built
seem to be constructed t. meet emer-
gencies. Another of them has gone
out and caused a flood that has de-
stroyed many lives as well as much
property, this time near San Diego.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31

Emperor Francis Joseph, of Aus
tria, has recovered his power Of
speech but he probably hasn't any
taing of Importance to say. German
authority does all of the real talking
hnr the Austrians these DAYS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31

30 Two winters this year of the vari-
ETY. that's been prevailing of late would
be decided unacceptable to most folk,
so the Grounding had best be careful
how he conducts himself on Wednes-
dou
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31

WashingtOn, Jan 31.-David Lamar,
convicted in New York federal courts
on charges of impersonating an officer
of the United States with intent to de-
fraud, lost his appeal in the supreme
court today. The New York court is
free to enforce penitentiary sentence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31

January, 1915 in these United States
will also be notable for its floods.
It's most unusual time of the year
for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31

rhe Albany Argus idea of an ex-
citing job is packing shells in a NUM-
ton plant alongside a hyphenated
: american.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31

AS far as not few folk in these
parts are concerned, the snow has
probably long since ceased to be
beautiful
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31

'sThe idea of calling that man in the
cage a paying teller exclaimed young
Mrs. Green. why / asked him to tell me
how much my husband had in the bank
and to please give it to me, and do you
know he would either tell me nor pay
me-"-Boston Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31

FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The State journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives tn run Gay
Telegraph report of that great news Or
ranizatiOn for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka -
I The news is received in The state jour
nose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

FOR QUICK SALE-One team ponies nv
,o e5eo wagon and harness, s65. Telephone
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MEMBER:
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-12

North Arlington, n. j., May ll.-Gen-
eral Schuylers spooky abandoned cop
per mine has caught another dog.
Residents near the lonesome Belle
Vile Turnpike were annoyed early this
week by yelps from the bottom Of
SOo-foot shaft. Yesterday a hero res
cued the dos. The grateful fox-terrier
bit its benefactors leg and then ran
madly off and ended its life under the
wheels Of an automobile.
This did not end Arlington's copper
dogs.
At 3 o'clock this morning Chief OF
Police Riepe was walking along the
turnpike, when he heard ghostly whines
rising from the mine. Riepe weighs
$50 pounds and has courage TO match
But the whines were so similar to those
he had been hearing all week from the
dog he had seen killed yesterday that
he felt uncomfortable. He pulled out
his fashlight. No dog in sight. Then
he decided TO move.
At daybresk the chief came back
He heard the same winnings. Investi.
CATION disclosed that another dog wa