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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-12
Storm Hit Iowa, Nebraska, Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma, Texas.
Lowest Temperature, Is Below,
at North Platte, Neb.
TWO DEAD At KANSAS CITY
Snow in Kansas Ranged From
Two to Four Inches.
Ten Below at SaIina; Seventy
Above at Little Rock.

Kansas City. Jan. 12.-The south
west got its first real blast of winter
weather today and natures offering
lived up to the advance notices of the
weather bureau. The mercury dropped
from 35 to go degrees in twenty-four
hours in the affected district and this
morning temperatures ranging from
zero downward prevail throughout
Kansas. Iowa, Nebraska and this sec
ton of Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas,
too. felt the drop. Snow is falling in
much of the territory.
Fresh northwest winds will blow
the clouds away tonight and tomorrow
we look for temperatures ranging from
1 0 to 20 degrees below zero in Kansas
and this section of Missouri" said an
announcement of the local weather
bureau.
Train service in to Kansas City is
lContinued Page Twal
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KIN ARE IN Topeka
American Killed in Mexico Has
Relatives Here.
C. X. Watson Was a Nephew of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. ROgan.

Charles Ray Watson, manager OF
Cusihuiriachic Mining company, one of
the II Americans slain by Mexican
bandits, is a nephew of Mr.. and Mrs.
C. C. Rogan. 1117 Quincy street Mr..
Rogan is a bookkeeper in the state
auditors office. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Watson are Kansans, having been born
in Lyon county near Hartford. Mr.
Watson's father was the late DR.. Frank
Watson of Eureka, Kan, and Mrs.
Watson's father is Charles r. Bay
singer. cashier of the Hartford Ma
tional bank at Hartford, IA miles
southeast of Emporia.
Shortly after they were married last
September Mr. and Mrs. Watson visit
ed in Topeka with their uncle and
aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. Rogan- Recently
Mr.. and Mrs. Rogan received cards of
Christmas greetings from Mr.. and Mrs.
Watson. both of whom then were at
their home in Ell Paso.
Watson was 3 years old. His boy
hood was spent on farm in southern
t<,ontinuei pn i'age ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-12
WASHINGTON is
APPALLED, over
mex. ATROCITY
Senator Sherman Moves for
Intervention by Z. s.
Secretary of State Lansing Says
Americans Were Warned.
ASSAIL "WATCHFUL WAITING"
Other Recent Villa Outrages
Have Been Reported.
State Department Washes
Hands of Responsibility.
Secretary of State Lansing Says
Americans Were Warned.
ASSAIL "WATCHFUL WAITING"
Other Recent Villa Outrages
Have Been Reported.
State Department Washes
Hands of Responsibility.

Washington, Jan. 12.-When the
senate assembled Senator Sherman,
Republican, introduced resolution
proposing intervention in Mexico by
the United States and the six Pam
American nations which have acted
with it in Mexican affairs unless Cen
eral Carranza complies with a demand
to protect foreign lives and property
The resolution was referred to the for
eign relations committee.
The Mexican situation has been
brought to the boiling point again by
the execution of the sixteen or more
Americans near Chihuahua In con-
gress. at the White House and at the
state department today it entirely dis
placed the submarine controversy and
all other international affairs
Secretary Lansing after sending a
. demand for satisfaction to General
Carranza issued a statement declaring
it was to be deplored that the Ameri-
cans had not followed the state de-
partment's warning against exposing
their lives in the guerrilla warfare
region, and adding:
Every step will be taken to see
that the perpetrators of this Ciast-
ardly crime are apprehended and
punished"
Storm of Indignation.
In the senate an expected storm
broke as soon as it asse embled. Sem
ator Sherman, Republican, introduced
resolution proposing that unless
Carranza gives proper protection to
foreign fife and property the United
States should invite the Pan-American
nations which have been associated in
the Mexican negotiations to Join in
restoring order and government in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-12
Men AS REPRISAL
/ Eight Frenchmen Are Seized to
Balance Scores.
TeutOnic Allies Get Even for
Arrest of Their COnsuls.

Athens. jan 12-The American
ambassador at Constantinople, Henry
Morgenthau, has advised the Ameri-
can legation here of the arrest of eight
Frenchmen at Constantinople as re-
prisal for the arrest by the entente al
lie of the coasuls of the Teutonic al
lies at s,aluniki
The German minister at Athens has
informed the American minister hat
Germany does not agree to the Amer :
lean consulate at SalOniki being charg-
ed with German interests there on the
ground that Saloniki is Greek territory
and the Gre eks must protect foreis \
ers and foreir~ interests. John E.
Kehn, america consul at Saloniki has
been instructed accordingly
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CALL IT OBSCENE
Postmaster of Aurora, Mo-,
Prosecutions Star Witness.
Extracts From Paper Exhibits
in Menace Trial.

Joplin, Mo-, Jan. 12.-Employees
and former employees of the Menace
Publishing company and clerks from
the postoffice at Aurora, Mo. were
witnesses for the government today in
the trial in federal court here in which
the alleged publishers of the Menace
a weekly newspaper. are charged with
misuse of the mails All of the wit
nesses told of details regarding the
mailing system of the newspaper and
were asked to give their knowledge of
the alleged connection of Theodore c.
Walker and Bruce NJ. Phelps, two of
the defendants, with the publishing
concern.
Admission was made to the court by
j. 1. Sheppard, attorney for defense,
that Wilbur F. Phelps and Marvin
Brown, defendants and said to be bust
fCoutfuUt ~ Inv. ,
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BRIDE FRUSTRATED
BY TERRIBLE NEWS

El Paso, Tex, Jan. 12.-Mrs.
Charles r. Watson, wife of the gem
eral manager OF Cusihuirachic Min
ing company and the head of ths
party of seventeen An-Sricans who
were massacred by Mexican bandits
at Santa YsabeI, Chihuahua. Mon
day afternoon, was a native Of Hart
ford, Kan, where she lived with her
parents prior to her marriage to Mr..
Watson less than six weeks ago. Her
maiden name was Miss Baysinger. She
was informed of her husbands fate
tonight and collapsed.
Mr.. Watson is also said TO have
lived in Hartford, Kan. although this
information cannot be verified. Mr.
Watson, who was a widower at the
time of his marriage to Mrs. Watson,
has two children, one boy, who is
attending military school, in Los An
gele
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BE LIKE SWISS"
SAYS vROOMAN,
CITY'S VISITOR
Assistant Secretary Agriculture
in Topeka for Address.
Advises This Country To Be
Prepared for War.
DELEGATES BRAVE BLIZZARD
Annual Convention Well At
tended Despite Weather.
Opening Session at the Memo
rial Hall This City.
Advises This Country To Be
Prepared for War.
DELEGATES BRAVE BLIZZARD
Opening Session at the Memo.
rial Hall This City.

Carl Vrooman. formerly of Topeka.
now assistant secretary United States
department of agriculture, Washing
ton, D. c., and principal speaker this
evening at Memorial hall at the open
i..g of the forty-fifth annual meeting
of the Kansas state board of agricul-
ture, arrived in the city this morning
and registered at the National hotel.
1t has been twenty-four years since
Mr.. Vrooman was a student in Wash
burn college but the city still looks
familiar to him, he told interviewers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-12
$4,000 Legacy
For Education
All Murphys

Boston, Jan. 12.-In order to
assist aspiring youths by the name
of Murphy to acquire an educa-
ton, william II. Murphy, Har-
ward graduate and many years
member of the customs house
force here. willed Harvard uni
versity $4,000, which is to be
held as a fund to assist deserving
namesakes.
If a sufficient number of Muir
phys do not request the aid of
Harvard, advertisements are to be
inserted in the New York and
Boston papers.
Mr. Murphy, who had been en-
joying good health, was found
dead last Friday in his rooms on
Pinckney street in the Back Bay
section
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-12
HUERTA'S DEATH
Will CHEAT LAW
Grand Jury Returns Indictments
Against General for COnspir-
acy. Can't Live Says Nj. D.

Ell Paso. Jan. 12.-Gen. Victoriano
Huerta can not live to stand trial un-
der the indictment filed against him
by the federal grand jury at San An
tonic, according to DR.. NJ. P. Schus-
ter, his physician. DR.. Schuster said
that while the aged soldiers condi-
ton was generally unchanged, he was
steadily losing ground.
Indictment Returned Today.
San Antonio. Jan. 12.-General
Victoriano Huerta. his former pur-
chasing agent. Jose B. Rather, and
ten others were indicted here this
afternon by a federal grand jury for
conspiracy to violate the neutrality
laws.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-12
POPE FOR PEACE
10 Confer With Belgium
Church Officials Soon.
Believes Restoration of Belgium
Must Be First Move.
(BY HENRY WOOD,

Rome, Jan. 12.-Pope Benedict
hopes to take his first practical step
toward peace this week
Cardinal Mercier. with Monsienor
Heylen, bishop of Namur. is expected
to arrive here from Belgium today or
tomorrow. They will be received in
audience by his holiness and are ex-
pected to tell him upon what terms
the people If Belgium will agree to an
early peace.
Pope Benedict has been convinced
from the beginning of the war that
the restoration of Belgium by Ger
many was an imperative preliminary
CT any peace proposal, it is stated in
vatican circles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-12
POSTSCRIPT
JAMES C. M'GILL
SUED FOR $4,000
Big Damage Suit Filed Against
Owner of Denver w. L. Team.
Two Suits Charge Improper Con-
duct with Former Mgr.'s Wife.

Denver Colo, Jan. 1.-Two suits
for damages. each for $4,000 have
been filed in district court against Jas.
c. McGill, owner of the Denver West
ern league and the Indianapolis
American association baseball teams, it
was learned today. One suit was filed
by John F. Coffey. former manager
of the Denver team and the second
was filed by Lorean V. Coffey, his wife.
Each complaint charges McGin with
improper conduct toward Mrs. Coffey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-12
ON TRUSTS TRAIL
Raise of One-Eighth Cent on Sisal
Costs Q. S. Farmers $1,OOO.O 900.

Kansas City, Jan. 12.-Resolutions
condemning the alleged sisal trust and
a demand for congressional investiga-
ton into the alleged corner in the
sisal market were to be presented be-
fore the convention of the Westerm
Retail Implement. Vehicle and Hard
ware Dealers association early today.
AN increase of only one-eighth of .
cent in the price of sisal fiber amounts
to more than $1.0O0,0OO yearly to the
farmer" saiG II. J. Hodge, secretary
of the association. 1T is proposed to
send a message to government au-
thorities at Washington following the
passage of the resolution today and to
attempt to get quick action through
government authorities"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-12

Ell Paso JAM PA committee today appointed to
ganze melting to protest against the attitude of the
the Mexican situation and
against the failure of the deacto
Mexico protect American citizens travelling under promises
of protection.
of throngd telegraph offices here through
night awaiting details of the execution of 19 for
egner II of whom Americans killed by Villa bands
Monday Santa Ysabe fifty miles from Chihuahua City
R. of the Cushuiriacha Mining company
one of those shot, and his wife hail from Hartford Kan. Her
Miss Baysnger. They married at Hartford
onIy six ago.
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Continued on Page Two. ,
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JESS Gets MATCH
Champion VIII Meet Moran in
n. Y. Third of March.
Promoters Put Up Purse of
$4,000 for Fight.

New York. Jan. 12.-Jess Willard
and Frank Moran have been matched
to meet here March 8. for purse of
$4,000
Many critics have contended ever
since Willard won the championship
from johnson that Moran was the
logical man to be matched against
him, but it was not until after Moran
had knocked out Coffey, the dublin
Giant" the second time that the de-
mand for Willard-Moran match be-
came universal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-12
GERMAN RUMOR
KAISER IS DYING
Amsterdam Dispatch to London
Hints Grave COndition-Teu-
ton Press Boosts Prince.

London. Jan. 12.-An Amsterdam
dispatch to the London Daily Press re-
ports rumors in circulation in Ger
many that the kaiser is dying. The
Amsterdam correspondent said that
color was lent to this report by the
fact that the German press is full of
extravagant eulogies of the crown
prince
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HOPES FOR new TRIAL
Convicted Dynamiter Charges Miscon-
duct of jury in a Plea.

Los Angeles, Jan. Arguments
were to be made today in the superior
court on the motion for new trial
for Mathew A Schmidt, who was con-
victed a fortnight ago on charge of
murder in connection with the dyna-
hitting of the Los Angeles Times
building October l. 1910.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-12
Have a Nice,
Juicy, Horse
Tender[oira? !?

Springfield. Ill, Jan. 12.-The
feasibility of using horseflesh in
Illinois will be investigated by
the Illinois state board of agrieul-
turc following the adoption of
resolution to that end. presented
before the board here today by
DR.. John Dill Robinson of Chi
caEO. a member of the board.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-12

Washington, Jan I2.-The success
sor to Justice Lamar on the supreme
bench will not be former President
Taft This became certain today from
a source close to the president, it was
given out positively.
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SON OF KAISER is
CALLED TO THRONE

Rome, Jan. 2.-Unconfirmed ad-
vices from Swiss sources today report
ed that the German crown prince has
been recalled to Berlin probably to as
sumo the regency on account of the
kaiser'S illness.
1t was stated that the reports reach
ed Switzerland directly from Berlin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-12
5000. 900 Acres for Homesteadcrs.

Washington, Jan. 12.-Secretary
Lane has designated 100000 acres of
land as non-irrigable, opening to set
tlement vast areas in several western
states. Some of the land has been
filed on already, however, and some
homesteads have been patented The
land includes two million acres in
South Dakota, half a million in Cali
fornia and quarter million in Mon
tana.
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c. R. Watson, Mine Manager and Bride Hail From Lyon
COunty-He Is Nephew of TOpekans and Spent
Honeymoon
APPEAL TO PRESIDENT TO DEMAND PREPARATION
Shuts OFF News of Cold BIOOded Killing
-One Victim Escapes-TrOOps Remove Dead.
Of 10 Shot IL Are Americans.

Washington, Jan. (Bulletin)-Secretary Lansing to-
telegraphed calling the
shment bandits who executed II Americans Chi
Monday Through EliseO Arredondo the newly
pointed Mexican ambassador here arranged to bring
chihuahua today special train.
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Brandon, Man, Jan. 12.-Six-
teen men were killed and forty in
jured in a collision between a
snow-clearing train and a heavily
laden stock train one mile east of
Brandon today. The victims are
chiefly foreigners. The main line
on which the accident occurred is
blocked and will not be cleared for
several hours. After the collision
the dead and dying laid in a tenn
perature of 46 degrees below
zero.
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After leaving Washburn in 1891, Mr..
Vrooman entered Harvard and later
attended oxford University in Eng
land. From then until the present his
progress has been rapid. The assist
ant secretary has become one of the
administration most earnest advo-
Gates of preparedness for war as a
means of preserving peace.
BE Like Switzerland"
There are three possibilities before
u.s. said Mr.. Vrooman in discussing
President Wilson's preparedness pro-
gram this morning I'VE can be like
Luxembourg, we can be like Belgium.
we can be like Switzerland. LuXem-
bourg was unarmed and undefended.
and she made just one mouthful.
Belgium was inadequately armed, and.
Continued on Page p
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London RepcIs Air Raid.

New York, Jan. 12.-Twelve at
tempted raids on London by Zeppelins
during December were repulsed by the
British chiefly through large fleets of
aeroplanes and three of the German
aircraft were destroyed or captured,
according to DR.. w H. Vincent of the
Colonil Medical corps who arrived to-
day on the American liner Phila-
delphia. The real reason why Zeppe-
Inns have not been able to lombard
London or its suburbs since October 4
last" said DR.. Vincent. "is because the
British have established efficient de-
fense against the German air raiders.
During December there were IL sep
arate attempts by Zeppelins to reach
London. From two to four Zeppelins
participated in each attempt"
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LAST MINUTE NEWS,

SCHMIDT TO PRISON FOR LIFE
Los Angeles. Jan. 12.-Mathew
Schmidt, convicted of murder
two weeks ago i'll connection with
the dynamiting of the Times build
ing five years ago was sem
fenced today to life imprison-
ment in San Quentin prison.
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Railroads Look for Trouble.
The railroads operating in Kansas
(Continued on Page Twol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-12

THE gas cases are in the courts
hr there is no gas in the mains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-12
Labor Leaders Won't Quit.

from the ministry of the labor mem
bers, Arthur Henderson, president OF
the board of education, William Brace
and Geo H. Roberts, respectively par
liamentary under secretary for home
affairs and lord commissioner of the
treasury have been withdrawn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-12
TraveIing Cri1ne Exhibit.

New York, Jan. IA travelling
exhibit on criminology, prisons, jails
and other such places in New York
state opened at the Russell Sage
Foundation here today, showing
movies of Sing Sing, Auburn and
Great Meadow and working models of
prison systems The exhibit will go to
Buffalo Jan 81; Rochester, Feb. IA;
Syracuse, Feb. 2S, and Albany, March
13. 1t is in charge of the nrison re-
form committee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-12

WEATHER forecast for Kansas:
w Fair tonight and Thursday; cold
er in tine east tonight: slightly warm
er in the west and central part of the
state Thursday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
S -and SealinS uaX or cabbs8es- &, kin8s
THE FULL DRESS SUIT

The full dress suit is a high-priced
uniform which is worn by men who
would feel more at home in overalls.
No man ever wears full dress suit
from choice, but because he is nagged
into it by a proudspirited wife who
thinks she can make society bud
out of a cabbage
The full dress suit was brought over
to this country from England where
it is still worn by lackeys, cab drivers
ana walters. Its distinguishing mark of
beauty is the coat, which is bobbed off
in front and split up the back, leaving
two long, restless tails which flop in
unison with the step of the wearer.
This is called a swallow-tailed coat be-
cause every man who puts one on for
the first time has to swallow hard and
hold onto something. Pants are usually
worn with the coat, although this is
not necessary to complete the effect
The full dress pant is sartorial freak
trimmed with purple braid, and gives
| n crimson-beaked citizen with large, or
namental feet very coy and subdued
look.
The full dress vest is a shameless
imitation of the low-neck corsage, and
when correctly worn will sag, IN the
middle like three button sack on 8
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
' OTES FUNDS FOR
BORDER CAMPAIG
Army Deficiency Bill for $4,000, 900
Rushed Through With Only
One Objection.

WASHINGTON, March %. - B. a
vote of 37S to !, the House yesterday
passed an army deficiency bill carrying
$S,600,000, 10 cover the cost OF the
Mexican expedition. 1t viii enable the
war department 70 recruit the army up
to full strength and to buy aeroplanes,
motor truck and other equipment
The vote Is taken as an endorsement
by the house of the Mexican expedition.
Representative London of New York
cast the negative vote.
Eight high powered aeroplanes, and
p If necessary, are provided for the
Mexican expedition in the bill. Stung
by criticisms by the aerial corps work
in Mexico, the house agreed with little
debate on the appropriation of $780,
600 for aeroplanes.
Republican Leader Mann declared
stories coming from the border con
WINGED him more flying machines were
necessary. eve have only eight down
there and we ought to have s0,'' he
said
Chairman Fitzgerald of the appropria-
tons committee, said the army had not
invested in more aeroplanes because OF
inability to obtain good engines in this
country
There is no reason in the world why
we should not be able TO manufacture
efficient engines. declared Representa-
tive Madden of Illinois
While American firms are making
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29

They do strange things down in pro
hibition Maine. Superintendent Pen
neil of the Bangor city farm was cali
ed upon recently to account for two
barrels of whiskey bought for the farm
last year He explained that in the
haying season it was his custom to
give a drink of whiskey to the mem
bers of the hay crew who did good
days work. He told how this reward
proved a great stimulus to the men. Sc
far as known Maine is the only state
in which liquor is served to prisoners
as a reward for faithful toll. Supt
Pencil . report is not likely to lead
to any very extended investigation as
to the value OF alcoholics as an aid tc
discipline and efficiency in handling
prisoners in other states. AS a side
light on the enforcement of. the prohib
itory law in Maine it would make in
tcresting reading to know where Pen
nell bought his booze.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-29
Gen. Woods View.
Springfield Union. J


There is world of truth in Gen.
Leonard Wood S statement that it is
better to get ready for war and not
have war than to have war and not be
ready for it. An army cannot be raised
over night, he says, and that is quite
true, although William Jennings Bryan
and some others have disputed it. As
steps in the course of preparedness, he
says, the regular army must be in
creased and the militia federalized. He
asserts that there must be citizen sol
diery, on the principle that manhood
suffrage means manhood service. A de-
mocracy cannot be run, he contends, on
a paid army basis. There is a point here
that must be met frankly.
Logically Gen. Wood S remarks point
toward universal military training. Ger
tainly they enable us to understand bet
| ter why he has been SO deeply inter
ested in the Plattsburg camps. But
| this does not mean that our regular ar
my should not be increased. Gen. Wood
recognizes the need of more regulars
as do other army leaders. Neglect IN
this regard constitutes a vital mistake
After the standing army comes strong
citizen reserve as requirement of i'm
portance. Gen. Wood thinks we should
have $4,000 trained reserve officers anG
| ,500,0 600 trained reserve men. This es
innate appears to be moderate, anl
Congress should shape its measures Will
this as one of the ends to be subserved