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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
CITY HALL LYNCH
Mob Hangs Negro in Front of
Municipal Building.
Woman He Attacked Shot Him
During Struggle.

Gainesville, Ga, Feb. 25.-Jesse
McCarkle. a negro about 80 years old,
was taken from Jail here early today
by a mob of some 40 or so men end
boys and hanged to tree in front of
the city hall His body was -iddled
with bullets.
The negro was arrested last night
charged with having broken into the
home of Mrs. A. T. Heath, near here,
and attacking her. He was caught
still bleeding from a wound III the
wrist where the woman had shot him,
and with her pistol in his pocket.
Threats of lynching We're made but
Sheriff w. W. Galloway, who led the
posse that caught the negro, succeeded
in taking him to Jail. The sheriff left
the negro in charge of the night jailer
here. About 4 o'clock this morning a
mob went to the Jail.
One man, apparently the leader.
called the jailer, who said later he
thought a city policeman wanted to
put a prisoner in Jail When he opened
the door several men seized him and
took his keys. Others rushed in and
got the negro. The mob then went
to the city hall, near the center CT
town, and hanged the negro to tree.
A vollev of shots then were fired at
the body. Mrs. Heath is said 20 be in
q serious condition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
z HOLD UP TRAIN
Express Safe WithStOOd Five
Charges of Dynamite.
Bandits Loot Registered Mail
and Escape on Engine.

Seattle, Wash, Feb. 25.-Two ban
dts. heavily armed. held up the
Northern Pacific's eastbound North
Coast limited train near Covington,
Is miles east of Seattle, last night and
after uncoupling the baggage ana
mail cars, which they ran short dis
tance up the track, stole five pouches
of registered mail which had just been
received from the Orient and was be-
ing forwarded to New York.
The bandits used five charges of
dynamite in an attempt to blow open
the express safe but the reports re-
ceived shortly before midnight said
the safe had withstood the effects of
the explosion. Officials of the North
ern Express company said the safe
contained nothing but company re-
ports being forwarded to st. Paul.
After robbing the mail car and fail
ing to blow open the express safe, the
robbers uncoupled the engine which
they ran two miles up the track to
within a mile of Ravensdale, where
they abandoned the engine and es-
capped. Four of the registered mail
pouches were found on the floor of
the engine cab. The pouches chad
been cut open and letters and pack
ages rifled. Post office officials were
unable to make even a guess as to the
value of the loot obtained by the rob-
bers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
LADY War MEET
Daughter of Late J. p. Morgan
To Be a Delegate.
Topeka to Send Envoy to Pre-
parednesS Council.

st. Louis, Feb. 25.--Miss Anne Nor
gan, daughter of the late John Pier
pont Morgan, will be a delegate to the
conference of mayors on national de-
fense. which will begin here March 8.
Word to this effect was received here
today by Mrs. Philip n. Moore, pres
ident of the National Council of Wo-
men, which is one of the women's or
ganizations that will be represented at
the conference
Mrs. Moore said that on Sunday,
March 5. a women's mass meeting
would be held here to "clinch the SEN
timent of the women of the country in
the effort to prepare the nation to de-
fend itself successfully IL attacked"
William 3. Brewster, secretary of
the committee of mayors that called
the conference, said today that he had
secured promises of delegations from
Topeka and Lawrence, Kan; Cleve-
land, Toledo, Columbus. Cincinnati,
Louisville. Indianapolis, Chicago, Mil
waukee, Minneapolis, st. Paul. Des
Moines, Omaha, Kansas City, Mo, and
Kansas City, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
MAY turn OFF GAS
City Refuses to Pay Bill Pre-
sented by Company.
Terms of Franchise Call for a
Free Supply.

VIII the Consumers Light Heat &
Power company treat the city like any
ordinary gas consumer and cut off its
gas because it refuses to pay its cur
rent bill?
The city refuses and it is up to the
gas company. The department of
public buildings received the first gas
bill ever made out to it today and
Commissioner W. L. Porter declared
it would not be paid. 1t is for about
$40.
When the city gave the gas COM
pany a franchise authorizing it to lay
its mains in the streets and alleys ii
secured a contract which provides
that the city shall have free gas dur
ing the life of the franchise. The
franchise is still alive but the gas
company holds that the contract is
a corpse.
The public utilities commission in
granting an increase in the price OF
gas attempted to annul all existing
franchise contracts under which cities
were receiving their gas for nothing
Several of the cities have concluded
that the commission overstepped it,
authority and have brought suit to sci
aside the order of the commission
renee, and Topeka in the district
court and We're removed from there
to the federal court where they are
pending.
In the meantime Commissioner Por.
ter proposes to stand on the old fran
chise agreement and refuses to o. K
the bill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
TO FREE POLAND
Germans Offer independence to
Long Oppressed People.
In Return They Ask an Army
of Half a Million.

Petrograd, Feb. 25.-A striking fea-
ture of the debate in the duma is the
revelation of a German plan % win
over the Poles by promise of an in
dependent Polish state.
The scheme, as disclosed by a Pol
ish correspondent, NJ. Miliukofi,
would provide for the incorporation
Of Posen and Lithunia, the new state
to furnish in return a Polish army
half a million strong to fight Ger
many's battles.
The writer AYERS that Germany is
prepared to cede Posen to the Poles
in lieu of the Baltic provinces. 1t is
also proposed to annex Lithunia and
Bielostok to the Polish state.
While agreeing with Foreign Min
lister Sazanoff that the Poles will never
thus betray Russia, NJ. Miliukof in
sisted that in the present circum-
stances a mere reiteration of prom
ises is insufficient and it behooves the
Russian authorities to decide before
hand the policy to be adopted when
the Russian armies reconquer Poland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
KANSAS NEGROES
The Total Number in the State
Placed at 51,S54
In a Report by J. c. MOhIer,
Secretary of Agriculture.
WYANDOTTE COUNTY LEADS
Shawnee Is Second With a
Population of 5,32S.
Six Counties Have More Than
1000 Negroes Each.
NYANDOTTE COUNTY LEADS

Kansas has a negro population of
51,S54 and an Indian and Chinese
population of 903. according to a re-
port by J. C. Mohler, secretary of the
state board of agriculture. The fig
ures are taken from the recent decen-
nial census returns and show Shaw
nee county second in negro population
of the state. Jackson county leads in
the number of Indians.
The Mohler record shows six coun-
ties with more than 1000 negroes
EACH, while eleven counties have a
negro population of more than 1000
each. Wyandotte county leads in the
number of negroes, the record for the
county showing total of 11,724
Shawnee county is second with a col
ored population of 5,32S. Montgom-
cry is third with 1893, Sedgwick is
fourth with $3.50. Douglas county
fifth with 1870 and Atchison sixth
with 2,17S. In all of the six larger
negro counties. excepting Atchison,
the female population is greater than
the male. Yet the record for the state
shows more males than females. The
report for the state gives a population
of 26,030 negro males and 25,S24 ne
gro females.
The Mohler record showing Indians
and Chinese contains reports of Indian
or Chinese populatic1l in 2S of the 105
counties of the state. Jackson cOun-
ty, which includes the large Pottawat-
omie reservation, shows an Indian
population of 493. Reports from 9TH
er counties show: Atchison, 2; Bar
ber. 2; Brown, IS; Chautauqua, Ia
Douglas, 81: Ford. 5: Franklin, As;
o
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
Princess is Glad to
Be Plain American
"MrS. Once More

New York, Feb. 25.-''It is good to
be an American again. Good, plain
American Mrs is the best title l ever
hope to hold. My divorce has made
me happier than have been for many,
many months"
SO the Princess Evelyn Engalitcheft
declared today. Her divorce, granting
full separation from her husband
prince has been made absolute. All
day today there was sort of cele-
bratior going on in the princess
apartments.
VERY soon now 1 shall bring my
boy to this country she said. 81
want him educated as American boys
always are. My children are to be
Americans"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
THAT'S IT, BLAME US!
Entire Suffrage Cause Gets Brunt OF
Chicago Petticoat Graft Scandal.

Chicago, Feb. 25.-Fear that
the charges of "split salary
made by Mrs. Page Eaton
against her superior, Mrs Louise
Osborne Rowe head of the mu-
nicipal department of public well
fare. would cast reflections on
suffra ge was voiced by prominent
suffrage leaders today.
IF any woman does anything
wrong in any way it is an argu-
ment against suffrage" said Mrs
Catherine Waugh McCuIIoch.
leader in the Illinois suffrage
movement.
There is no denying it. there's
no logic in it, The whole coun-
try is looking at Chicago. we
have to be on our good behavior
1t must be said. however, that
neither of the women involved
were backed by suffrage organi-
zation- But even so, we shall be
judged by the conduct of two wo-
men"
Mrs Eaton today repeated her
story that she was forced to pay
one-third of her SO. 1000 salary to
aid Mrs. Margaret Z. Mivelaz.
sister-in-law of Mayor Thompson,
before the civil service commits
sion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
Buy Fly Paper
Invention for 81
NolU He Is Rich

Portland, Ore, Feb. 25.-The man
who introduced sticky fly paper into
the United States runs a restaurant in
Portland and uses screen doors and
electric fans to keep the flies away.
His name is Henry Scheuffler. He
learned to make sticky fly paper in
Stuttgart, Germany, then came to
America and started bakery at
Grand Rapids. Itch. He made a little
of the fly paper to use in his windows.
One day another German naraed
Thum gave Scheuffler a dollar to
learn how to make the sticky stuff.
Thum patented it and started a fac
tory. The big corporation Of Thum
brothers is the result Scheuffler
spent his dollar and came west.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
COOLEST IN 10 DAYS
The Temperature Still Is 4 Degrees
Above Normal.

The temperature remains above
normal and a continuation of the
March variety of weather is predicted
The mercury went down to 81 degrees
at 1880 o'clock this morning, the low
est of the twenty-four hours The
wind has veered around to the west
and the mercury is climbing. The
Kaw river is still falling slowly.
Fair weather with not much change
in temperature is the forecast. Tenn
peratures of 25 degrees are predicted
for 36-hour shipments in all directions
by the shippers forecast.
The 1owest reading this morning, 27
degrees, is degrees above normal for
this date. The time when extreme
temperatures might occur is rapidly
passing. and nothing in the-May of
severe weather is in sight. The read
ing this morning was the lowest in the
past ten days.
On this date in 1896 the highest
temperature or record, IA degrees. oc-
Cured The low record is degrees,
established in 1913. The Kaw river
fell three-tenths of a foot since Thurs
day morning. making the stage today
feet.
Temperatures today averaged de-
grees above normal. The wind Is in
the northwest, blowing at the rate of
IL miles an hour. Following are hour
ly temperature readings furnished by
L. - IT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
Report IndicatesGermanyWOuI
Not Break With Z. s.
Latest Reply Asks Definition of
Offensive Armament.
UPSETS BRITISH FORECAST
Document Will Reach Wash
ingtOn in As Hours.
Germans Won't Defy U. 5. by
More Sub Warfare.

London, Feb. 25.-Germany, in her
reply to the latest representation from
America, asks the United States to de-
fine offensive armament, according to
unconfirmed Amsterdam dispatches
received here today.
The German foreign office, accord
ing to the Amsterdam report asks the
United States to specify what size of
a gun it deems necessary for defen-
siye purposes. In this manner, Am
sterdam reported, Germany hopes to
force from the American state depart
ment an exact definition of offensive
and defensive armament that may
prove embarrassing to owners of bel
hgerent ships, which have been en-
tering American ports with guns of
comparatively large calibers.
Keep Issue Open.
1t is believed too, that Germany
hopes in this manner to prolong the
negotiations until sentiment in both
chantmen crisis has subsided, when
German diplomats will find an agree
able way of extricatng themselves
from an awkward position.
The report has naturally upset Eng
lands forecast of the kaiser's plans
Previously, it was believed Germany
had completed a new flotilla of sub
marines and had trained new crews
intending to defy America by re-
newal OF submarine operations until
the latest submarine flotilla had been
destroyed by allied war craft.
The reply, it was stated, Is on the
way to Washington and should be de-
livered to the American state depart
ment within forty-eight hours an6
possibly within twenty-four hours. Of
fetal circles here said the report i:
an indication that Germany does moi
want to break with America and il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
PANIC ON FAKE RUMOR
Chicago Board of Trade to Investigate
Slump i'm Wheat Price.

Chicago, Feb. 25.-A rumor, which
was denied, but which, while it was
current on the board of trade near the
close yesterday, sent the price of wheat
down seven cents, will be investigated
by a committee of the board, it was
stated today.
The rumor was to the effect that the
German ambassador had been hand
ed his passports. 1t began circulating
about fifteen minutes before the close
and denial of its truth came too rTre
to check the decline. 1t is estimated
roughly that bull leaders dumped six
million bushels overheard and forced
other holders in this and outside mar
ketS to follow suit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
WHEAT MARKET RECUPERATEs.
Opens Higher Today and Panicky
Symptoms of Yesterday Disappear.

Chicago, Feb. 25.-Instead of show
ing a fresh break in values the wheat
markets today surprised many trad
ers by opening at an advance Open
ing quotations $l1S to S1.19H for
May and s1.14A to $1.15k for July,
were 1s to 1 q higher than yesterday s
finish. The reason for the upturn
seemed to be a reaction of the semi
panicky selling of yesterday and op-
timism on the part of a majority #
dealers that some practical way cut Of
the difficulty with Germany would yet
be found.
Despite considerable nervousness
that was shown by a series of rapid
fluctuations, the market kept within a
normal range today. the difference be-
tween highest and lowest prices being
less than cents. Closing prices were
firm at 1 4 C net advance. with May
$1.1SA and July S1.157s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
Increase of $6,7OO,000 in Last
Seven Months.
Operating Expense in Same
Period, $4,000, 900.

Chicago, Feb! 25.-An increase in
the gross operating revenue Of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway
system of $6,7OO.O0O during the last
seven months of the fiscal year of
1915, over a similar period in the pre-
ceding year is shown in a report is
sued today.
Operating expenses during the same
period increased $3,200,000.
The gross operating revenue for
January, 1916, showed an increase of
100000 over that of January, 1915,
and the operating expenses during the
same period increased $649,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
DIVORCE MAKES DEBUT
IN NEW BRAZIL CODE

Rio de Janeiro. Feb. 25--Di-
vorce hitherto absolutely prohibit
ed. has driven the entering wedge
into the laws of Brazil. In the new
civil code. a more than six years
work of the federal congress com
mission and signed by President
Wencesiau Braz last week. absolute
divorce is permitted by the unhap-
PLY married - put they cannot
marry again
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
Check Only Temporary.
CHAMPION LOST CANINE
HAS STRAYED 1863 TIMES

Cleveland, o.. Feb. 25.-A. r.
Rumsey. chief commiss' oner of the
Lake Carriers association, is look
ing for his dog Perry again. Rum
sey says his dog is the champion
lost canine of the United States.
Perry has been lost 16S times in
IA years said Rumsey today. 1T
has cost me an average of $500 a
year to get him back"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
DEAD ONE NOT CRONES
Newark, n. j., Suicide Isn't Chicago
Anarchist Soup Poisoner.

New York, Feb. 25.-The man who
committed suicide yesterday in New
ark, n. J., was not Jean Crones, he
chef who attempted to poison Arch
bishop Mundelein and 500 guests at
Today.
patrolman who had known Crones
personally said that while the suicide
resembled the missing chef in many
respects he was a much larger man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
AGED COUPLE DIE SAME
HOUR; MARRIED So YEARS

Brookfield, Mo, Feb. 25.-James
Campbell and his wife, both ninety
years old, who were stricken with
grip at the same time week ago,
died at almost the same hour to-
day.
Tney haC been married sixty
eight years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
serb War Hero Dead.

Marseilles, Feb. 25.-(via Paris,
Feb. 24-The Serbian colonel, Yosan
Cugrinovitch, has died in the military
hospital here after a months illness.
In 1913 he was the first to enter
Adrianople at the head of his regiment
and it was he who captured the Turk
ish commander.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
PUT BOMB ON SHIP
German Merchant Involved in Alleged
Plot Which Killed Three.

Rio Janeiro, Feb. 25.-A Bahia
newspaper says that a box containing
a bomb was put on board the Lam
port and Holt line steamship, Tenny-
son, at Bahia, at the request of a Ger
man merchant by a person whose
identity has been discovered. The
authorities have started an investiga-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25

It was announced on February %
that the Tennyson on the previous day
had put into port at Maranhao badly
damaged as the result of an explosion
believed by some to have been caused
by an internal machine and as a re-
suit of which three of the crew, one
an American, Were killed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Fair tonight and Saturday; not
much change in temperature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25

WHILE The city and county fight
over the care of the sick, what
becomes of the victims?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25

IN THE hattie of life. the victor is
seldom one whose ammunition
makes the most noise.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-14

In preparing the new revenue meas
ure which is to raise several hundred
million dollars of new revenue, and re-
place the Emergency Act" on Janu-
ary 1, 1917, Charles Kitchin and his
Democratic colleagues of the Ways and
Means Committee, carried into the to-
bacco schedules the dominant idea OF
swatting the big fellows and letting the
little fish escape. AS a whole the bill
will doubtless prove more satisfactory
to the trade than the one it replaces.
A careful calculation shows that about
So, 600, 900 will be saved to the trade.
This is in effect due to the fact that
dealers in leaf tobacco and retailers
will no longer be subject to special
taxes. Apparently the cigar manufac-
turers will save about S100, 600. On the
other hand the manufacturers of cigar
cites will pay approximately $500, 600
or $3.50, 900 more than under the pres
ent law. In it's particulars, however,
the measure is an amazing one. Ac-
cording to the estimates upon which
the several provisions are based,. the
bill defeats its own purpose. AS
revenue-producer it falls nearly three
million dollars, or nearly % per cent,
short of the productivity of the Elmer
gency Act it is designed to replace. If
the Federal government can afford to
give up So, 776, 500 tobacco moneys in
favor of only $S11, 900 from the same
source, as is at present estimated, there
seems scant excuse for any depreda-
tions in this trade at all. The leaf
trade and the retailers are the greatest
benefciaries of the new measure. Both
are entirely absolved from further
special payments. The amount OF ap-
proximately $4,000 annually is thus
restored to the former. Doubtless it
will be very welcome during the skit-
tish, bullish market that now prevails
in all grades of domestic and imported
raw material. The retailers partlcl-
pate in So, 100, 900 bounty. They were
the ones expected to provide about 81
per cent of the special revenue under
the old law and this was the class IN
which the process of collecting was
shown to be so costly and involving so
much detail that the Treasury Depart
ment found itself burdened with an un-
profitable tax. There will be rejoicing
in leaf and retail, circles. This is am
ply justified, for it is the first big con-
cession betokening fair recognition that
any branch of the trade has won from
the government u. S. Tobacco Jour-
nal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-14
New York.
NEW YORK, July s, 1916.

NEW YORK, July 8, 1910.
The last Sumatra inscription indi-
Gated conclusively that there will be
very little more tobacco available for
America this year. Without compiling
authentic figures, it appears that not
more than 25, 900 bales of Sumatra to-
bacco have been secured for this coun-
try, whereas 35, 600 bales would have
answered the purpose. Only few
hundred bales more can be expected
from the two remaining inscriptions
This alone shows that with an upward
trend in the cigar industry there is
bound to be some scratching for wrap
per material during the winter months,
and domestic wrapper conditions do not
seem to promise much relief. For not
only have growing conditions been un-
favorable, but labor has been SO scarce
that this is discouraging growers from
increasing their acreages. Consequent
ly, the increased demand for American
wrapper leaf is bound to cause higher
prices, the same as exist in the I'M
ported wrapper. With the added bur-
den of higher cost of raw material ana
the constant agitation of labor for IN
creased wages, there now comes the
additional burden of an increase In rev
enue taxes, much to the chagrin OF the
members of the tobacco industry, who
are constantly worrying what is to be-
come of the business and what loophole
exists through which to exc out q llv-
ing. These should pass it on to the
consumer just the same as is done In
every other commodity, whether it be
a luxury or necessity. This seems to
be the only way out of the dilemma
and the sooner the manufacturers un-
derstanl and take it upon themselves
to carry out their only means of saliva
tion the better it will be for the trade
in gene1 4l.-Journal.