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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-13
Elaborate Fixtures Now Only
Smoking Ruins.
Damage by Water to Fullerton
and TrOmp Stores.
LOSS.

In a temperature of fifteen below
zero a large part of Topekas fire
fighting force struggled for four hours
early this morning with n subborn
fire which almost completely destroyed
the newly equipped and newly-opened
Cremerie restaurant at 724 and 1926
Kansas avenue. In spite of the fact
that both day and night forces were
on the job and the further fact that
there was no delay in reaching the
fire the total loss incident to the fire
Will run near $4,000.
The Cremerie, which was the prop
erty of Fred Ross and Wood Fowler,
was installed only a few months ago
at a cost of $4,000. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000 and Fred hoss stated
this morning that it is half covered
by insurance. The insurance was
written by the firm of Faulkner &
Wentworth.
The building is the property of Mrs
Lizzie NJ. Jewell. whose home is in
California. 1t is valued at $4,000
and the loss, which is estimated at
$40, 900, is carried by Stephenson &:
Webb. w. w. Webb stated today that
the loss was fully covered by insur-
ance.
Damage to Other Stores.
Considerable damage was done to
Kansas avenue, by water which seep-
ed through the wall into the base
ment- Mr.. Fullerton says his loss is
covered by insurance but that he has
forgotten what the stock in the base
ment consisted of. The water went
on south through basement walls and
damaged a cigar ana tobacco stock
belonging to II. l.. Tromp, at 1872
Kansas avenue.
Cause a Mystery.
Joseph Hanlon, chief of the fire
department, is unable to account for
the fire. There was no furnace in the
Cremcrie. 1t is heated by a steam
main from the Edison plant and
steam is rushing from the building in
clouds. Clarence Scott, manager of
the restaurant, is unable to assign a
cause for the fire.
Lunch Room a Wreck.
The south half of the restaurant. the
portion occupied by the lunch room,
is a complete wreck. The fine tile
floor and the marble lunch counters
are in the basement covered with
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Written, 1t Is Alleged, by Dav-
export to Grant Girl.
AL. KIENE TELLS OF FLIGHT
Sheriff's Brother Says He Took
Defendant and Girl in Auto.
Pretty Wife of Defendant in
Court Room Today.

Late this afternoon Arthur Daven
port, defendant in the first State Hos
pital scandal case to come to trial, will
go on the witness stand to testify in
his own behalf, according to a state
ment made by A. ]. Boinger his at
torney, today This afternoon the
state was completing it's evidence.
In the absence of Theln Grant, a
negro girl who is the complaining wit
ness in the case, her testimony which
was taken at the preliminary trial in
the court of Topeka was read on the
stand in the district court by viii An
derson, W. E. Atchison's secretary.
The first witness for the state this
morning was Albert Kiene, brother of
Sheriff Kiene. The witness testified
that he took Davenport and the Grant
girl to the depot when the Grant girl
left Topeka last week. Kiene runs a
taxi. He was called on the street by
Davenport and the two went after the
girl, he stated.
Following Kiene. Anderson was
placed on the stand to read the Grant
girls testimony, wherein the girl tes-
titled that the alleged statutory Of
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Ten Americans, Two English
Women, Reported Slain.
Two Cattlemen Missing Since
Train Massacre.
RACE RIOT FEARED n Ell PASO
Train With GrewsOme 20 of
Dead Arrives.
Vigilance Committee Organizes
-Mexicans Flee.

FL Paso, Jan. 13.-A report
was current in chihuahua that
ten American and two English
women have been killed by Villa
troops at MADEIRA, Chihuahua,
according to Americans who ar
rived here early today with the
bodies of the eighteen men who
were killed last Monday by Villa
bandits in Chihuahua.
One of the women was report
ed as the wife of Captain Jack
Leftbridge, retired British
army officer, who with an Eng
lish woman companion, a Mrs.
Berry, had been staying on the
Babricora ranch. the Hearst
property.
Fears for the safety of Ben
Smell and Frank Woods, two
American cattlemen who were
said to have been near the scene
of the Santa Ysabel massacre
were expressed by members of
the party that brought the bodies
here. They left Santa Ysabel in
the direction of the scene of the
killing shortly after the train
was stepped and no word has
been received from them since.
Bodies Mutilatcd.
As the train pulled in 13 America
mining men reported that the body
of Joe Enders. reported killed, was
not with the recovered bodies. F. F.
Stephenson. secretary of the Mining
and Smelter Mems association of Chi
huahua. who organized the party that
recovered the bodies said:
Some We're hard to identify, for
their heads were almost completely
off. They were stripped of clothing
before they were draSged out of the
cars and killed. When we arrived al
the scene of the massacre the Car
rama guard remained at Santa Ysa-
bel Near the scene of the massacre
We found band of bandits en-
camped. We returned to the troop
train to get q machine gun and then
proceeded to the place where the
bodies were heaped ana were not mo-
lested.'
ing reprisals on account of the tense
situation, are seen upon the streets
only on the most urgent business.
News of the demonstration last night
at the hotel of Gen. Jose Ynez Sala-
zar. former general in the Mexican
army. spread rapidly to the Mexican
que rters, where considerable uneasi
ness was apparent Early last night
SaIazar received word from fellow
countrymen that the feeling was rum
ming so high his safety on the Ameri-
can side was endangered. He imme-
diately fled, crossing, it is believed
into Juarez.
Posse After Mexican General.
General Jose Ynez Salazar. former
Mexican army officer fled El Paso last
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DE FACTO TROOPS
ROUTED BY REBELS
Huerta on Death Bed-His Gen
erals Rally at EscaIOn:
Smash Carranza Men.

Ell Paso, Jan. 13.-GeneraI Benja-
min Argumedo, in command of 5000
Oaxaca troops, is reported today in ad-
vices believed reliable, to have been
victorious in a battle at Escalou with
$500 de facto government troops from
Chihuahua. The battle, it is said, was
fought yesterday. The troops of Ar
gumedo's army gathered in Oaxaca by
Generals Banquet, Mondragon and
Aguilar of the old Huerta army The
report of the battle was brought to the
residence of General Victoriano Huer-
ia here today by a messenger from
Escalon. 1t was said there that the
messenger. an officer of Argumedo's s
forces, had reached here disguised.
Huerta Unconscious.
Ell Paso. Jan. 13.-Gen. Nictoriano
Huerta was unconscious at 1:15 D. M
TO-DAY.
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TORPEDO liner
Blown Up Over Grave of Lusf-
tania and Arabic.
Owners Learn She Is Being
TOwed to Port.

New York, Jan. 1s.-The new Lew
land liner Huronian from Galveston
was torpedocd on December 29 or
the Irish coast, according to reports
current in shipping circles today. The
international mercantile marine said
they had received a cablegram stating
that the Huronian had met with in
jury and had been towed into port.
but the message did not state what
had caused the damage
The Huronian sailed from Calves
ton bound for Liverpool on December
-. She was reported to have encoun-
tered a submarine not far from the
spot where the Lusitania and Arabic
were sunk. She was built in 1915 in
Glasgow. She was 40 feet long and
her registered gross tonnage is 8,7G6.
The Huronian carried cargo con-
sisting chiefly of cotton, corn ana
wheat, valued at over $1,0OO.00O ac-
cording to her published manifests
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Hike 40 Miles
For a Bath or
Take Dry One

Oatman, Ariz., Jan. 13-How
would you like to walk 40 miles
every time you took a bath?
That's what the citizens of this
place have to do. Either that, or
pay 20 cents a gallon for water.
The mining boom is making the
town grow at the rate of about
Zoe persons a day. The local wa
ter supply has to be teamed from
Needles. Cal, 4G miles away. One
enterprising citizen has a tent that
brings him in $3.50 a month. He
has installed eight cots which he
rents at 81 each a night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-13

Iopeka and the Southwest exper,-
enced last night their coolest Ueatbar
IN years and awoke this morning in
peloW zero temperatures with q vision,
OF troubled day full of hurst
water pipes. intermittent gas, and less
personal lnconveniences of disordered
train schedules and demoralized wire
communication
Suffering and property loss incidert
to the cold wave was accentuated bv
the comparatively mild weather I'M Ia
this time. Stockmen and fruit grow
ers particularly, expressed fear Of
large losses. the former because many,
cattle had not been removed from
pasture when snow and sieet trfven
by an icy wind began falling on the
ranges and the latter because fruif
trees had begun developing unusuaIlt
large and tender buds under the warm
winter sun.
Snow Plows at Work.
Dodge City thermometers register
ed 4 degrees below zero. Manv othor
places shlvered in temperatures of
zero to 20 below. Snow pIows were
put to work by the railroads in an
effort to maintain schedules Public
schools and Midland college at Atchi-
son were closed until the weather
moderates and the unusual demands
upon the natural gas fields diminish
sufficiently to assure fuel for all
IS Below at Topeka
The mercury at Topeka this morn
Ing was down to the lowest point il
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dent of the organization. are riding
the school book commission horse to
death in order to land a fourth term
for the Democratic grain inspector ap-
pointee of Governor Capper. The
president of the board of agriculture
is automatically d member of the
text book commission.
And the loyalty of Mr.. Tredway to
the orga niZation has almost persuad-
ed him to lie down and not make Il
fight for the office again this year al
though he believes he is entitled to The
honor. This, despite the efforts Ct
loyal delegates who are urging Mr..
t edway to demand the office, not
only because of precedent but on ac-
count of ability.
Already the school book commission
has selected a series of readers foe
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Here, Girls, Is
Sentiment You
VIII Approve {?

Cleveland. Jan. IA 1916
leap year club has been formed
by eight pretty girls her, Lead
ed by Miss Blanche Taylor of
Lakewood, a fashionable suburb.
The avcwed purpose of the club
is for each member to propose to
the man of her choice during the
year, and not to accept any pro-
posal offered by a suitor Il do
not see anything unusual about a
girl choosing her husband" Miss
Taylor said. Miss Helen Mallv.
another member. said: "A wom-
an can propose just as gracefully
and sweetly as she accepts. I
think she ought to if she really
loves a man"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-13
MANY FROZEN Meters
Frank stevens Estimates the Number
at eco.

The telephone at the desk of Frank
Stevens. of the city waterworks office,
has been ringing constantly since the
office was opened this morning. And
there is just one subject of conversa-
tion over it-frozen meters.
From all over the city came re-
ports of meters that had frozen dur
ing the night and cracked the plate
across the bottom. Mr.. Stevens had
not had time to count but he estimated
that two hundred frozen meters had
been reported up to noon. The meters
are so constructed that only the plate
across the bottom breaks and it can be
renewed for 81. However. it's a c. o.
d. job. The plate is made of softer
metal than the rest of the meter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-13
BROTHERS OF VICTIM
CRY FOR VENGEANCE

san Francisco. Jan. 13.-The four
brothers of Charles \. PringIc. one
of the Americans killed by bandits
in Mexico. have sent the following
to President Wilson:
In the name o humanity. in or
der to prevent others from suffer-
ing like bereavement. we. the
brothers of Charles A. PringIc. inst
killed by an armed force in Mexi-
co, are impclled to demand that our
government take immediate steps
TO secure the safety of those of our
citizens as well as the citizens of
other nations who are pursuing
their legitimate business in Mexi-
co. With all tho vigor there is in
Ms, we ask that those Mcxicans who
took part in the massacre be an
pretended and executed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-13
BACK TO FARM FOR
BOSS BARNES SON

Albany. NY. Jan. 13.-Although
william Barnes. who sued Roose-
welt for libel. long has played big
hand in the political game. he keeps
the cards high out of the reach of
his son. Thurlow Weed Barnes. II.
The Junior Barnes is 26. and one OF
the states most successful scientific
farmers. He owns and manages
Ma pie Manor" a dairy farm at
Niverville, near here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-13
TREDWAY FOR
AGRICULTURE
HFAD VS.. ROSS
+ rs La Harpe Man Has
Been Ambitious.
May Be Crowded Out of b. of A.
Position by Ross.
SCHOOL Commission IN II
Qualifications for One Over.
shadow the Other.
Good Crowd Out to the Annual
Meetings Today.

= Nosed out the presidency of the
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
twice because of his desire to avoid
a fight that might interfere with the
efficiency of the organization, ]. T.
5redway of La Harpe, entitled to the
place by every precedent, seems in the
way of losing out this year. Friends
of George B. Ross, three times presi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-13
Grants Wage Increase.

Youngstown, o, Jan. 13.-RepubIic
Iron and steel company tonight rati-
fled the terms of the wage agreement
reached this afternoon at a conference
between a committee of strike leaders
and representatives of the company
The men voted to return to work to-
morrow Under the agreement skilled
workers are to receive an advance of
about 10 per cent while laborers will
receive an increase of ia cents an
hous-
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SISTER IS CALLED TO
THE kAISER'S BEDSIDE

London, Jan. ia wireless
from Rome says that Queen
Sophia of Greece. has been sum
moned to the bedside of her
brother. Emperor William, whose
illness is described as serious.
The queen, the message says, is
to depart at once, for Berlin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-13
Miners union VOTES
CONSCRIPTION

London, Jan. 13.-The Miners Fed
GRAFTON of Great Britain, meeting in
London today, resolved unanimously
to oppose the bill for compulsory mill
tary service.
The federation empowered it's pres
ident to call d further conference in
the event that the bill becomes law,
to consider what additional steps
should be taken.
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LAST MINUTE NEWS
Warn o. S. Men out of Mexico

WIFI o .. NH0H Out Oh lHtNICO-
Washington, Jan. 3.-Secretary
Lansing late today gave another warn
ing to Americans in Mexico to leave
any districts where there is revolu-
tionary trouble" Secretary Lansing
said that SO far the steps taken by
the Carranza government on the
American representations appeared to
be satisfactory he added, that the
United States would expect evidence
of punishment of the bandits who kill
ed the Americans near Chihuahua and
the evidence would depend upon the
circumstances.
Implement Dealers Elect Officers.
Kansas City, Jan. 13.-T n. Witten
of Trenton. Mo. was elected president
this afternoon at the convention of the
Western Implement Dealers associa-
ton. Other officers elected were:
Vice president, Z. c. Ellis, Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-13

New members on board of directors
w A. Darlington, Wellington, Kan;
Charles Kennison, Kansas City, A A
Doerr, Larned, Kansas.
The convention adjourned after
adopting resolution in favor of govern
ment regulation of the sisal fibre
good roads with convict
labor; scientific farming; standardiza-
ton of farm implements rural credits;
Stevens resale bill
4 Soldiers Drown at Galveston
Galveston, Jan. 13.-Captain E. P.
Nones. medical corps. L. S. A. at
tached to the coast artillery posi- at
Fort Crockett. and three privates of
the coast artillery corps, were drowned
in the Galveston channel today when
the government boat J. Bis was run
down and sunk by the tank steamship
Charles E. Harwood outbound for
Tampico, the body of Captain Nones
has been recovered but so far search
for the bodies of the three privates
has been fruitless. Captain ]. D.
Braun, who was in charge of the boat
was the only one of the five occupants
of the ]. BIG who escaped
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WEATHER forecast-Fair tonight
and Friday: slowly rising tenn
pcrature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-13
Below Zero Temperatures in
the Entire Southwest.
Large Loss of Cattle and Fruit
Is Expected.
WIRE TROUBLE CONTINUES
Cessation of Snow Allows Bet
ter Railroad Service.
Mercury Reaches go Below in
Kansas Towns.
MAY EXPECT MORE TONIGHT
Only Slight Moderation Is Fore
cast for Kansas.
Is Below at Topeka Today;
1915 Again Tonight.
Mercury Reaches 20 Below In
Kansas Towns. E
MAY EXPECT MORE TONIGHT
Only Slight Moderation Is Fore
cast for Kansas.
Is Below at Topeka Today
1915 Again Tonight.

Hourly temperature readings
beginning last night and up 10
O'Clock today. all below zero:
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MERRY zero and happy returns to
plumbers and coal dealers today!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-12
MEREDITH DENIES CHARGE!
Notifies M. w. Fitz That His Letter Of
Accusation IL False.

special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Oct. 12.-E. T. Meredith,
candidate for governor, has written
NJ. W. F'itz Of Manson, a letter fatty
contradicting statements made by Fitz
in recent letter to Bishop Stuntz. In
which F'itz made an attack upon the
personal character of Mr.. Meredith.
Meredith absolutely denies the
charge that he in 1914 made the state
ment that he was not opposed to the
saloon, kept liquor In his house, and
was not prohibitionist.
Meredith declares that Fitz's state
ments are based upon the affidavit OF
a saloonkeeper and upon personal COS
sip furnished Fitz by Jack Dalton,
publisher of the Manson Democrat,
and a wet democrat bitterly opposed
to Meredith upon prohibition grounds.
The Fitz letter, Meredith declares. is
merely an attempt upon the part OF
the liquor forces to gain support OF
temperance voters by attacking his
personal character, and Is not a
sincere effort to prove him friend Of
the vets, or insincere in his stand for
prohib ition.
The letter is going thru the mails in
great quantities printed on stationery
which Stimulates the letter heads of a
Methodist church society in Manson
and is addressed to Bishop Stuntz, OF
the Methodist church, who has de-
nounced Harding.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-12
CARLOAD OF IoWANs.
Twenty. Eight Tourists Waiting
N Southern California.

mi Southern California.
Special to Times Republican.
Whittier, Cal, Oct. 12.-"Iowans by
the carload" seems to be the order OF
things here this autumn. for special
Pullman load OF twenty eight Just
reached southern California, either to
locate or to spend the winter. This spe-
cial car was arranged for. by A. w.
Greene, OF Spencer, who, with Mrs.
Greene and : brother. Levi Greene, ex-
pect to make this city their home In
the future. Mr.. Greene also reports
that another group Of twelve will leave
Spencer soon for California. The first
party of twenty eight included people
in or near Spencer, as follows: Mr.. and
Mrs. A. w. Greene and brother, Levi
Greene; Mr.. and Mrs. Fitzpatrick and
daughter, Ruby; Mr.. and Mrs. c. 0.
Doty and three children; Mrs. j. p.
Gibson and daughter. Edith; Mr.. and
Mrs. David Ketchum and three chill
'dren, Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Mills, Mrs.
Mary Derry, son Ray. ard friend; M.
and Mrs. George Woods, Mrs. Aaron
Lancaster, Mike Callaghan, Mrs. Ezra
Phelps. The larger number Of the Wis
itors are Iowa farmers. Mr.. Greene,
the leader Of the party, has been
prominently identified with insurance
matters IN the Hawkeye state, having
been for twenty-one years president OF
the Iowa Mercantile Assurance Com
pany, from which position he resigned
Sept. I.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-12
Southern Io,ua Items

while tending bonfire at the home Of
her daughter Mrs. Ray Smith, 403
Eighth street, southeast, Mrs. Brown
makes her home with her daughter.
She was raking the lawn and had
roaring bonfire of leaves OF sudden
Mrs. Smith, who was busy in the kitch-
en- of her home, heard screams She
ran out doors and found her mother in
flames. She wrapped a heavy rug
around her mother and took her into
the house. The victim of the ire is
in a serious condition. The clothing
which she wore was burned to ribbons
and her burns are deep and severe. go
Davenport.
Striking an auto truck and suffering
fatal injuries. Vern H. Hamm. SIS East
Fourteenth street, died at II o'clock
Monday evening at Davenport hospital,
after lingering for nearly three hours
between life and death. AS a result Of
the tragedy George Ellis. driver Of an
auto truck, Is being held in default OF
| $4,000 bonds on charge Of manslaugh-
| ter, pending the inquest. The accident
| happened at sos o'clock. Ellis, driving
| the truck, was going north on Mar
quette street. Hamm, on motorcycle,
| was riding south. Just how the acct
| dent happened the driver Of the truck
Is unable to say.
| Muscatine.
| Budd Defenbaugh. an employee Of the
Ira Lee farm, suffered fatal injuries
Monday afternoon while working on
the farm and passed away at the
Hershey hospital. 1t Is stated that
young Defenbaugh was driving a ma
nure spreader and in some manner he
horses jumped and threw him into the
working parts Of the machine. He was
dragged distance Of about fifteen feet
before the team finally was stopped
| In a ditch. When taken from his posi-
ton, such aid as was possible was
| given and DR.. E. B. Fuliam was called
He had the young man rushed to the
Hershey hospital. Upon examination.
1t was found his spine was broken and
he also had dislocated hip, in addition
to many other severe bruises. His con-
diton was considered serious at once,
and the end came Monday evening.
Fairfield.
Miss Mary c. Merckins, prominently
known all over the state as the adopted
daughter OF the grand lodge of the
Knights of Pythias, became the bride
Of ]. B. McIntire, Of Rolfe, Sunday aft
ernoon at the home Of her mother.
Mrs. John H. Merckins, Of Fairfield.
Miss Merckins has been for several
years past the assistant in the offices
Of the grand keeper Of records and
seal Of the knights Of Pythias and is
perhaps more familiar with the order
than many of the members them
selves. After the office left Fairfield
and was taken to Rolfe she had charge
Of the offices for Grand Keeper Ward
Ferguson and was only last August re.
elected to the position. She rendered
her resignatioA to Mr.. Ferguson few
days ago. Mr.. Mc1ntire, altho entirely
unknown in Fairfield, Is prominent
young business man of Rolfe and II
highly spoken of by his home towr
people. He will take his bride to tina,
I city after q few days visit here and
they, will be at home to their friends
, after NeH-