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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-17
WAR HERE
School for X. n. G.. Officers Be-
gins in Topeka Today.
Test knowledge of Strategy,
Sanitation and Tactics.

Forty-eight officers of the Kansas
national guard were here today at
tending the annual school for officers
held by Charles l. Martin, adjutant
general. The school, which will con-
tinue for two days, is intended to sup
plement the correspondence course
given guard officers and to test their
knowledge of mapping, tactics, STRAIT
egy, sanitation and other military
problems.
The officers, all of whom were or
dered to attend, came from organiza-
tions in various parts of the state. Ten
are field officers, z9 organization
commanders three inspectors of small
arms practice and six regimental ad-
jutants, quartermasters and commits
SarieS
The annual meeting of the Kansas
military board will be held here
Wednesday. Applications will be re-
ceived then from cities desiring to
organize new companies of the guard
and examinations Will be held for
noncommissioned officers who are
candidates for commissions.
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MOTHER F0RClvES
Mrs. Updike Pleads Elder Boy
Mentally Unbalanced.
Dictograph Reveals Plot of
Sons to Slay Father.
FEARED change IN HIS WILL
Threatened to Disinherit Be-
cause of Sons Escapades.
Members of Prominent Family
in Effete Suburb.
FEARED change IN HIS WILL

Chicago. Jan. ia mothers for
givenness may save Irving and Her
bert Updike, sons of Furman Updike,
millionaire retired commission mer-
chant from prison for plotting to MUIR
der their parents and sister TO gain
their fortune Mrs. Updike pleaded
with her husba nd today to forgive the
boys Irving, she said, must have
been demented, and the younger boy
was led by him. Police said Irving
was in love with a cabaret singer.
A photograph revealed details of the
plot after Herbert Updlke, 19, con-
fessed to the police. As detectives hid
in the barn adjoining the Updikc resi-
dence in Oak Park, Irving, who is
3S, recited TO his younger brother the
instructions he was to follow in killing
mis- parents at 10 o'clock last night
They were to climb to q window, shoot
the aged couple with cifles equipped
with Ma kim silencers and then remove
the evidence and establish an 4lihl.
Herbert said they had essayed the
murder on January 4, but failed when
the mother got up to close the
window of her bedroom just as they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-17
POS STSCRIPJ
1000 HOMELESS
AFTER Writ FIRE
Terrible Toll and Suffering in Oil Field
Blaze. Brings Appeal to Okla
homa Governor.

Oklahoma City, Jan. 17.-That one
thousand persons are homeless, due
to the almost entire destruction of the
town of Writ, in the oil field from u
fire that started at 1870 o'clock Mon
dav morning in the Oil Exchange
cafe. was the substance of a telegram
received this afternoon by Governor
r. l. Williams from Art Walker, state
conserva ton officer.
Telephone connection with Writ
was severed at noon
A special from the Times Ardmore
correspondent says:
The entire business section of the
town of Writ and about one-haf of
the residence portion were destroyed
by fire that originated in the Oil Ex-
change cafe at 1880 this morning
The cafe is located on the, north side
of the main business street of the
town, the same street on which thir-
teen business houses were destroyed
Saturday The blaze swept across the
street and burned the station of the
Pioneer Telephone and Telegraph
company, five stores ana the post
office.
Only Two business houses are left.
At o'clock the fire was still burning.
The business buildings destroyed were
of cheap architecture but the mer-
chandisa stocks were large and it is
understood much of the latter was
saved The postoffice at Writ handled
from 1000 to 5000 pounds of mail
daily.
Walker in his telegram to the gov
ernor, recommended that state troops
be sent to Writ
Walker, who is in the HealdtoI
field, also recommended to the gov
ernment the immediated eclaratien OF
martial law in Writ.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-17
SLAv R0UTS TURK
Ottoman Army Retreats in
Caucasus Conquest.
Gar Centering Forces TO Smash
Sultan Invasion.

Berlin, Jan. 17.-(Wirelss to Say
vile. }-After delaying for a week the
advance of strong Russian forces in
the Caucasus, the Turks have with
drawn their advanced posts several
miles at some points, according to the
Turkish official statement received
here today.
The Russian operations in the eau
casus are growing in magnitude and
importance from the dispatches re-
ceived here.
From Constantinople, it is said
that the Russian offense along a 100
mile front south of Aras4 has been
inaugurated.} The Russian forces have
had heavy losses inflicted upon them,
the Turk war office reports.
Military observers have been eX-
pecting for some time developme ents
of a notable character in this region.
When Grand Duke Nicholas was re-
lieved of the command of the main
(COntiDued on Page TWO)
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MORE SNOW ON THEWAY
Wind in the South for First Time In
several Days.

The temperature at o'clock this
morning was zero. the lowest reading
in the twenty-four hours. Sunday the
mercury stayed above the zero mark
the lowest reading being 2 above This
mornings temperature just tied the
record for this date. which was estab
lished in 1892. Warmer weather. with
more snow is expected tonight.
The forecast calls for snow with ris
ing temperature tonight and Tuesday.
The temperature at Topeka tonight
will be about 10 degrees above zero.
I'VE can not tell how heavy the snow
will be- said S. d. Flora. weather OBJ
server, this morning. We only know
that it is coming" The shippers
forecast indicates temperatures of to
10 degrees for 36-hour shipments
north and west; south and east. 10
to Is.
Temperatures today averaged IS
degrees below normal. although the
mercury mounted rapidly after s
o'clock this morning. The wind blew
at the rate of u miles an hour from
the southwest Following are hourly
temperature readings for TODAY:
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ParaIyzed, in Bad Health and
Feeble Minded.
is TAKEN UP BY The KINGS
They Are Trying to Find a Place
to Put Him.
County and City Officials Have
Passed Him Up.

What is to become of John Claxton,
dereIict and outcast? No one seems
to want him. Kansas with all its
wealth. Shawnee county and the city
of Topeka with all their boasted char
liable and health institutions, seem 20
have no place where he can be kept
safely without danger TO others. Par
alyzed, feeble minded and suffering
with what physicians say is a conta-
gious and terrible disease, he is with
out home, friends or support.
Claxton came to Topeka last May
from Illinois, he told Miss Kate and
Kilmaurs King. Foster humane Off
GERS, who are attempting to find
place where he may be treated with
out danger of affecting others. He
was able to work a little then and for
several months was employed to do
add jobs around a local greenhouse.
Recently his condition became such
that the owner of the place was forced
to turn him off. He was taken in by
the Kings.
In the Court House.
This morning they appeared in pro-
bate court but failed TO find where his
case could be cared for through that
tribunal. Then they went to the
commissioners room. ClaXton follow
ing 4 their heels like a dog a trust
ing look on his face. 1t was not a
case for the Provident association, the
commissioners ard the Kings agreed
fEnntibuad ON
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S. E. Cobb, vice president of the
Bank of Topeka, succeeds f. NJ. Bone
brake as one of the treasurers while
George w. Stansfield, the druggist,
succeeds himself as the other treas
urer j. VIII Kelley, who has made
a success of the secretaryship of the
club, since his election in 1911, was
again elected secretary.
Push Auditorium.
The election was held behind closed
doors in the directors room but from
reports made by members of the
board there was no contest on any of
the officers. A short address was
made by the new president after his
election.
The question of a better auditor
ium is the most important one con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-17
COLD KILLS TWO
Zero Temperature Is Fatal at
Cleveland, Ohio.
Continued Cold Promised in
East and South.

san Bernardino. Jan. 17.-SeVeral
towns i'm the San BeFnardinO valley
are partly inundated by flood waters,
bridges have been damaged and power
plants of the electric corporations
were forced to shut down by the
worst storm in this section in several
years. Street car and railway traffic
was at standstill.
Washington. Jan. 1.-THE cold
wave oversprea ding the country east
of Mississippi today had forced the
freezing line down to the middle-Gulf-
of-Mexico coast and the line of zero
temperatures a. far south at the Ohio
river. Rains and SHOWS, mostly light,
prevailed over the east and south and
sleet has been accompanied as far
south as Mobile. Continued cold
weather is promised for tonight and
Tuesday in the Atlantic states with
cold wave in the south extending into
central Florida. Warmer weather
will follow in the interior districts
east of the Mississippi.
Fatal to Two.
Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 1.-THE mer-
curry was four below here according to
tEontinue,i m paRa ::
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Austrians Design to Bag All
Nicholas Cohorts.
DRIVE SERBS into ADRIATIC
Fatal Circle Drawn About New
War Victim.
Victor Emmanuel OverruIed by
Italian Generals.

Berlin, Jan. 1.-THE king
and the government of Monte
negro on January 13 asked a
cessation of hostilit1es and open
ing of peace negotiations, it was
announced by Austro-Hungar-
ian headquarters today.
The Austro-Hungarian gov
ernment replied to Montenegro
that peace negotiations were
only possible if the Montenegrin
army unconditionalIy laid down
its arms, the headquarters
statement as received here from
Vienna, says.
The Montenegrin govern
ment, adds the statement, yes
terday accepted the Austrian
conditions.
Italy out of Ii.
Vienna, Ian. 17.-Italy has aban-
do1ed all plans of participation in the
Balkan campaign and IS preparing to
eVGcuate Albania, according to advices
received here today.
The Serbian forces in Albania will
be withdrawn leaving ths Montene-
Erlns to be crushed between the Aus
trian armies on the north and the
Bulgars on the south, if they escape
into Albania. General Koevess is try
ing to make Austrian campaign in
Albania unnecessary by cutting off the
Montenegrin retreat and bagging King
Nicholas entire army.
Italian patrols sent nOrthward from
Avlona after the Italian landing at
that port, are being Withdrawn The
Austrian government learned this
from Albanians, however. The Serbs
west of ElbaSsan are again in retreat
before the Bulgars and are expected
to reach the Adriatic coast within an
other fortnight Before the end of
another month the whole Albanian as
well as Montenegrin armies may be
in the hands of the Austrian and Bull
garian troops
An Austrian force is approaching
Anuvaria, Montenegro's only seaport,
but z miles from Scutari to which
place the Montenegrin government Of
ficials retreated after the capture of
their capital Another force pushing
eastward across southern Montenegro,
has captured POdgaritZa and is NOV
ing to close the ring now almost COM
pletely drawn about the Montenegrin
forces.
The Italian decision 70 evacuate
Albania is said to have been arrived at
after a long conference between the
Italian king and his military chiefs
King Victor Emmanuel is SAID to have
favored the landing of a larger army
on the Albanian coast and an attempt
to drive the Austrians from Monte
negro. His generals advised against a
scattering of the Italian forces and
favored concentration against the
austrian frontier. They argued that
the Italians. If victorious cOuld IooSe
Austria's hold on Montenegro and AL
bania in the peace negotiations.
Good Italian Fire.
Berlin, Jan. 17.-Trenches in the
OSiayla sector on the Italian front
TRANS recently, were evacuated nv
thelr Austrian occupants owing to the
concentrated fire of the Italian artiI-
Iefy- t was announced today by Aus
trlan army headquarters in the Off
clai statement received here from vi.
emma.
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Roosevelt the
3 inI Candidate
OF ProgressiUes

New York, Jan. 17.-"Yes, the Pro-
gressive leaders have three possibih
ties in mind" said George W. Perkins
today I'm the order of their prefer
ence they are
Former President Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt.
Colonel Roosevelt
Mr.. Perkins made this announce
ment when asked to comment on the
dispatch from Chicago that the Pro-
Gressive party generals at the confer
ence Tuesday favored, after Colonel
Roosevelt, Justice Hughes of the su-
preme court and third, Governor Nc
Call OF Massachusetts,.
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''Like Fate for All de Facto
Government Enemies"
MEXICAN OUTLAWS EXECUTED
sNo Quarter" in Revenge for
Train Massacre.
L. $. Soldiers Salute Son of
Watson, Bandit Victim.

Ell Paso, Jan. 1.-THE corpse of
Gen. Jose Rodriguez. Villas cavalry
leader. was placed on public exhibition
today in the yard of the Juarez Gus
toms house.
The gruesome show was meant to
prove that the Carranza government
was determined to punish the muir
derers of Americans and foreigners.
A placard on the executed leaders
body announced that all enemies Of
the de facto government would meet
a like fate.
The death order was also carried out
when General Manuel Daco Wales and
Enrique Cisneres. with eight followers.
were shot by a Carranza firing squad
at Casas Grandes yesterday.
Wales was known as Villas official
cxecutioner, successor to the late Gen.
Rodalfo Fierro. the butcher"
Generals Rivas and Almeda, of the
Villista army, were executed by the
same firing squad that ended Rodri-
guez's life Thursday.
More Before Firing Squad.
According to official advices receiv-
ed by Consul Garcia from Gen. Jacin-
to Trevino, ten Villistas, including
Col. Enrique Cisreros, were captured
yesterday between Palomas and Casas
Grandes and summarily executed by
Carranzista troops. While no Official
/ blame is put on those executed for
direct completely in the ma ssacre, the
report was giveE out to strengthen
the claim that the Villistas were be-
ing wiped cut.
That the Villa forces mean to con-
test every .nch of the ground is indi-
Gated by military advices from Chit
huahua state tonight Gen. Benjamin
/ Argumedo, at the head of 500 VIII
/ listas, Is even now advancing on Chi
| huahua City, say dispatches from Er-
Gallon. the first station north of Tor
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BERGEN FIRE LOSS
TOTALS $2O,0OO,OOO
Four Hundred Buildings Wiped Out
in Stricken Morse City-Wiil
Be No Suffering.

London, Jan. 17.-About 400 build
ings, most of them valuable ones.
were destroyed in Saturday nights
fire at Bergen, Norway, according to
Reuter- dispatch today from Chris
tiana. The total damage is estimated
at $4,000, 900. Only one life was lost
and but few persCns were injured.
There are large quantities of flour and
grain in Bergen, according to the
Christiana advices and no fears are
held that tFare will be suffering from
hunger. Special trains with clothing,
blankets and provisions are already
arriving in the city.
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COAL $40 TON IN ITALY
Nation Is in Grip of Winter But Fires
Are Scarce

Rome, Jan. 17.-In spite of the cold
weather Italy is country almost
without coal fires. The only smoke
to be seen IS that from railroad loco
motives, factories and q few hotels
The peasants in the mountains and
the poor of the cities are able to make
few fires of wood but coal is be-
yond the reach Of any except the most
wealthy
American coal lies unsold at the
seaports. On account of high freight
anthra cite costs more tnan $40 a ton.
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ABSOLvE EDISON
Battery Didn't Cause Subma-
rine E-2 Explosion.
Naval Board Not Yet Agreed on
Origin of Gas.

New York. Jan. 1.-THE cause Of
the explosion within the hull OF the
submarine E-2 in the New York navy
yard Saturday by which four men were
killed and ten injured still was un-
determined today. board of in
vestigation appointed by Admiral
Usher continued its inquiry and was
assisted by Rear Admiral Grant who
was ordered here from Philadelphia-
It. is expected this board will comp1ets
its inquiry and will forward it's findings
to the navy department without maxi
ing them public
1t is considered probable that a full
court of inquiry will be appointed By
Secretary Daniels to investigate the
destruction. Three of the injured are
in a serious condition in a local hos
pital. They are Louis c. Miles, chief
electrician of the E-2; John Haisey,
gunner's mate, and Guy H. Clark, jr..
machinist's mate.
The Edison storage battery with
which the E-2 was equipped was alb
solved from blame in a statement ia-
sued last night by Miller Reese Hutch
inson, chief engineer for Thomas A.
Edison and a member of the naval
he formed a tentative cause of the de-
struction after making an inveetiga-
ton and that he saw no reason to
recommend any changes in the Edison
battery.
Later it was .eported that officials
conducting the two inquiries-civl
and nRval-into the cause of the E-2
explosion which caused the death OF
four men and serious injuries to ten
others, are convinced the accident was
due entirely to natural causes. They
were giving no consideration to the
suggestion that outside agencies might
have been responsible, it was said
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NO FIRES IN 81? DOWN Goes SHIP
Spanish Steamer Sinks; 23 of
Grew Saved.
Belgian Vessel Sends 5. o. s.
Calls in Flames.

London, Jan 1.-THE -panish
steamer Belgica has been sunk
Twenty-taree members of the crew
were saved.
The last mention of the Belgica in
available maritime records notes her
arrival on December IL at Heysham,
England, from Sagunto, Spain. The
steamer was owned by the Interna-
tional Navigation company of Bilboa-
Her gross tonnage was 2.105.
Nigo, Jan. II. A wireless call for
help has been received from tho Bel
gian steamer Lille. which reports that
she is afire. 1875 m IS off this port.
The maritime register mentions no
ship named Lille.
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New York. Jan. 1.-THE Honorable
Mrs. Henry Lyndhurst Bruce, formerly
Camille Clifford, the actress and more
recently the widow of the Baron of
Aberdares son, who was killed at the
battle of Ypres. has returned to
America. where she rose from scrub
girl to stage beauty and then stepped
into aposiSou a in the British aristoc-
racy.
Eleven years ago Camille Otterson
reached Boston a steeraGe passenger
from Norway. She was practically
penniless and was glad to get a job
as q scrub girl. From that position
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W. WEBB NAMED
Real Estate-Insurance Man
Heads Commercial Club.
]. S. Dean Elected Vice Presi-
dent at Days Meeting.
KELLEY is SECRETARY AGAIN
First Settle New Auditorium
Question Says Webb.
Charles $. Elliott Has Made a
Good Executive.
KELLEY is SECRETARY AGAIN

w. w. Webb of Stephenson &
Webb, a well known real estate and
insurance firm, was elected president
of the Commercial club to succeed
Charles S. Elliott at a meeting of the
board of directors held at noon today.
J. S. Dean. ex-United States district
attorney and a member of the law
firm of Ferry-Doran & Dean, was
elected vice president to succeed Roy
Bone.
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she rose to that of maid; and a little
later as Camille Clifford she stepped
into the Emeight as one of the best
known stage beauties in America.
AS the famous Gibson Girl she be-
came known in every corner of Amer
lea and even beyond the seas. She
was much courted in those days, by
the millionaires of America and the
blue blood of England. Finally the
Honorable Henry Lyndehurst Bruce
took the one-time penniless scrub girl
to the Little Church Around the Cor
ner' at st. George and made her his
bride
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War Stricken
Belgium NolD
Flood SlOept

London. Jan. 17.-Reports from
the Dutch frontier sent by the
Amsterdam correspondent of the
Central News indicate that Bel
gium has suffered heavily from
the floods and especially in South
Flanders. The River Scheldt has
risen several meters and the viii
lagos of Wellen, Gavere, Syngen
and Schelderode are completely
inundated.
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Indianapolis. Jan. 17.-An interstate
Joint conference of operators and
union miners from the central COM
petitive bitumious coal district will be
held in Mobile beginning Feb. l to en-
deavor to arrange a wage scale for the
four districts interested. This was de-
cided upon here today at an informal
conference of soft coal operators and
miners. All the bituminous coal oper-
ators in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and
western Pennsylvania will be repre-
sented in the wage conference.
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SURGEON finds HATPIN
IN KINKS BREADBASKET

Pittsburgh, Pa Jan. IA hat
pin seven inches long was removed
from the stomach of Kink. a valu-
able Boston terrier belonging to
Miss Alice Stewart. os WiIkinsburg.
by surgeon. The dog had been
i'll for several days The pin law
lengthways i'll the dogs stomach.
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ASHES OF HUSBAND SET
WIDOWS VEIL ON FIRE

New York. Jan. 17.-Mrs. George
Korbett got her veil singed off and
her face all blistered when she
opened crematory door for a last
look at her husband. Prompt ac-
ton of undertakers and members
of the funeral party prevented
more serious injury to the young
widow.
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REWARD BRAVE CAPTAIN
Gold Medal for Seaman Who Rescued
Crew of Torpedoed Liner.

Paris, Jan. 1.-THE French govern
ment has awarded a gold medal to
Captain Bertram F. Hayes of the Brit
ish liner Olympic for his courage in
rescuing the crew of the French
steamer Provincial which was sunk by
an Austrian submarine on October 1,
1915, off the Island of Cerigo. south
of Greece.
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Bundle Day IN
Chicago Aids
10000 Poor

Chicago, Jan. 17.-Today Is
Chicago's annual Bundle day
Charitable organizations are CO.
operating in a widely advertised
campaign to obtain bundles of old
clothing for the needy. 1t was
estimated by officials in charge
that about 10000 bundles viii
have been received by nightfall.
Last year $1,000 bundles of cloth
ing were contributed.
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INJUNCTION AGAIN
ALL NEB. RAILROADS

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 17.-Application
for an injunction against the seven
teen railroads doing business in Ne
braska today was filed with the Ne
braska supreme court by Attorney
General Willis Z. Reed. The injunc-
ton was requested to prevent any ac-
ton the railroad may be contemplat-
ing toward reverting to the three cent
passenger fare in the state. The court
has taken the application under con-
sideratiOn.
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MINUTf NEWS
Chicago School Children Strike.

Chicago. Jan. 17.-Four hundred
pupils of the Henry Clay school in
Hege Wisch went on strike today, al
leging the school house is unsafe and
its facilities disgraceful. A meeting
calling the strike was held in a thea
ter Sunday night. The pupils were be-
ing carefully guarded by their moth
ers indicating an apparently organ
lied move.