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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19
Il. r. Opposes Taking U-Boat
Crisis to Congress.
Says "TOwn Meeting" Can't
Conduct Foreign Affairs.
DUTY OF LEADER TO LEAD
President Should Bear Whole
Responsibility in Matter.
Colonel Makes No Statement
Except to Close Friends.

Oyster Bay, April 19.-That it is
impossible to conduct the foreign af-
fairs of the nation by town meeting
is the view of Colonel Roosevelt rela-
tive to the joint session of congress
called by President Wilson for today
to advise him in connection with the
U-boat situation.
1t is the duty of a leader to LEAD,
according to Colonel Roosevelt, and
under the constitution, the president
is made the leader in foreign affairs
The constitution places upon him the
responsibility for the conduct of all
foreign negotiations. Congress cannot
wisely determine the issues raised in
such a situation as that which has
been created wholly by the acts of
the executive arm of the government.
Makes No Statement
Colonel Roosevelt was informed of
the presidents determination to lay
the U-boat issue before congress at
Sycamore Hill late Tuesday evening.
He declined to make any public state
ment. From guests who discussed
the crisis with him later, the above
expressions of his views were obtained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19
RUSH To REGISTER
Topeka Citizens Are Qualifying to
Vote on Auditorium Proposition.

over 100 new names are being
added daily to the city'S registration
rolls, according to a report from the
office of the city clerk. Men are reg
istering more freely than women and
many who have enrolled recently have
made the statement that they we're
surprised to know that they were not
eligible TO vote. According to the law
if you have moved from the home t
which you last lived and was regis
tered from, even if it be only neEt
door, this fact debars you from voting
on any question either city, state or
national.
Many persons have learned that
simply by giving the wrong address
they are classed as ineligible to vote
The bond question for the new audi
torium has aroused more interest
within the past few Gays, according to
Miss Covell, city clerk, than has any
question that has come before the peo-
pie for a long time. One noticeable
class of men registering is the labor
ing class. They all want to be able to
express themselves in favor of the new
auditorium and are doing it by regis
tering so that they may vote on the
question.
Enough names, it is announced, will
be procured within a few days to in
sure the success of the question but all
are urged to register now in order
that they may, at the proper time, be
able to vote Register today is the
slogan being heralded by the Topeka
Commercial club to all citizens of To-
Dpka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19
A KANSAS WOMAN.

Galena, Kans.-~ My system was all
rundown. Some one advised me to
take DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
and l took two or three bottles of it
1t helped me and 1 have often recon-.
mended it to others. 1t is fine med.
icine." - MRS. FLORENCE MCKINNEY,
Cos East 9TH ST., Galena, Kans
Kansas City, Mo. W have taken
Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription
for nervousness and rundown condition.
I have been taking it for twelve or
fourteen years, off and on, whenever,
1 needed building up. I have also used
Pleasant Pellets with good results.
Why mother used the 'Anodyne Pile
Ointment and it relieved her at once.
vDoctor Pierce's medicines are house
hold remedies with me. l have used
all of them with satisfactory result. -
Mrs. Ida SULLIVAN, 1892 Washing.
ton Street, Kansas City, Mo.
When a girl becomes a woman, when
a woman becomes a mother, when wo.
men pass through the changes of mid
die life, are the three periods of life
when health and strength are most
needed to Withstand the pain and
distress often cansed by severe organic
disturbances.
At these critical times women are
best fortified by the use of DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, and old remedy
of proved worth that keeps the entire
female system perfectly regulated and
In excellent condition.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription 10
q remedy that any ailing woman can
safely take because it is prepared with
pure glycerine from roots and herbs,
containing tonic properties of the most
pronounced character and without ale
coho1.
Get DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
to-day, either in liquid or tablet form,
from any dealer in medicines, if you
want to better your physical condition
surely and speedily. Every ingredient
in DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
printed along with the directions
Advrtisementl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19
JURY FAILS TO AGREE
Stands Seven to Five for AcquittaI of
Charles Smith.

The jury in the second division of
the district court court failed to agree
as to whether or not Charles Smith is
guilty of a statutory crime against
Pearl Higginbottom, and was dis
charged from the case by Judge G. H.
Whitcomb this morning The case
was on trial and was given to the jury
before noon yesterday.
Smith is out on bond and will re-
main out. 1t is up to the county at
torney whether the case against him
will be tried at the next term of court
This is the second case of this ma
ture in which the same jury has been
unable to reach a verdict. Last week
it threshed over the facts in the case
in which Harry Grumbine was
charged with a statutory offense
against Helen Taylor for two days,
and was unable to agree
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19
ENOTHER'S WIFE IS ON WATCH
Mrs. s. +. AzIein Admits Ham,
iItOn a Visitor in Her Home.
Acquaintance Formed During
Revival Church Meetings.

The mere fact that he has charge
OF white slavery hanging over his
head. that he has his freedom on a
$500 bond, that S. F. Azlein says ne
will prove in court that he is guilty OF
criminal relations with Azlein's VIE
these facts made no difference When
H. d. Hamilton, well-to-do Oakland
Widower. determined to remarry.
Hamilton secured a marriage license
at the office of the probate judge to-
day for himself and Mrs. NJ. NJ talr
and left word that they would be mar
ried this afternoon by the Rev. E. A.
Peterson.
Mrs Fair is a widow and the mother
of a daughter seven years of age. Her
age is given as twenty EIGHT years
Hamilton is a widower, the father OF
two children. a girl of fourteen and a
boy of eleven. and gave his age in the
license application at II years.
They expect to be married this
evening and to make their home i'm
mediateIy in the Hamilton residence
recently erected in Oakland. Mr..
Hamilton furnished the information
that the wedding has been contem-
plated for some time. both before and
after the filing of the charges by
Azlein-
Charges Against Him.
II was only last Saturday that S. F.
Azlein. a machinist at the Santa Fe
Shops, appeared at the county dttoF-
ney's office in state of great excite
ment and preferred charges against
Hamilton. He declared that Hamilton
had enticed Mrs. Azlein away from
home on more than one occasion for
immoral purposes and that he had
also visited her in their home.
Mrs. Azlein was with her husband
and she verified his statements. Fol-
lowing her statements d complaint was
issued charging Hamilton with white
slavery" in that he transported Mrs.
Azlein from a given street corner in
Oakland to a nearby barn for immoral
purposes.
Hamilton was arrested and gave
bond for $500. He declared that the
whole thing was "A frame-up and that
he did not know the woman. The
Azleins declared that the acquaintance
was formed during a series of revival
meetings in Oakland.
The preliminary hearing is set for
next Monday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19
ROTARY AT Y. M. C. A.
L. l.. Copeland and c. E Eldridge
Speak at Meeting Thursday.

Having beer<Shocked by Al Purdy,
cleaned and pressed by Charlie Mat
thews and received our diplomas from
George Dougherty we will now ascend
the scale and try the Young Mems
Christian association" reads an invita-
ton to Rotarians summoning them to
luncheon at the Y. NJ. c. A. tomorrow
noon.
Edward L. Copeland, of the Santa
Fe, will give a business talk on 1.-The
Place and Influence of the Y. NJ. c.
A. in the Business Life of Topeka"
Charles f. Eldridge will give a brief
history of the Y. NJ. c. A. organiza-
ton and its vast work in the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19
MRS. SCHANDER WINS
County VIII Provide for Her and suit
VIII BE Dismissed.

The suit brought by Ed Rooney and
Douglas Mote against the county com
missioners to compel them to grant
Mrs. Katie Schanber a pension under
the state mothers pension law. will
be dismissed. The commissioners have
agreed TO take care of the Schanber
case, but not under the mothers pen
sion law.
Fred Nipps. chairman of the board,
and Mr.. Rooney accompanied by two
women to be selected, will visit the
Schanber home on Fairchild street
this afternoon and make an investiga-
ton. Mr.. Rooney stated today that
Chairman Nipps had agreed that the
Schanber woman should be allowed,
10y the county, whatever amount the
investigation justified
Mrs Schanber is Il widow and the
mother Of five small children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19

What the SaIina Journal Said of
Mr.. Knapp's Ability When He
Resigned From the Board OF
Control to Become Editor of the
BeIoit Gazette in 1911:
Fred Knapp. Secretary of the
State Board of Control. has re-
signed and is going to come up to
Beloit and run a newspaper. The
state is losing a first-class man
from it's employ. Salina is especial
ly interested in Mr.. Knapp because
he got his business education here.
When the Board of Control took
charge of the charitable institutions
of the state. they found a tremen-
dous problem of bookkeeping con-
fronting them. The law which ere
aed the board also created the ne
cessity for an elaborate scheme of
bookkeeping. Not only were the
affairs of nine great charitable in
stitutions conferred in their hands.
but the vital. personal records for
those institutions were also CEN
tered in the Board. The whole sys-
tenn of keeping account of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars ex-
penses and receipts. and of receiv-
ing, assigning and discharging in
mates of the institutions must be
brought into form for easy refer
ence. There were great books to
be designed, systems of reports to
be provided, blanks and vouchers
and commitments and discharges of
almost intimate variety to be de-
vised. Fred Knapp. as secretary of
the Board. did the big end of this
work. He was the bookkeeping
expert on the job. And he fol-
lowed this up with a system of uni
form accounting for all the institut-
ticns, so that the Board can keep
as close track of the affairs at any
institution as though it were locat-
ed within a stones throw of the
state house. 1t is not often that the
state can find as competent a man
as Fred w. Knapp who will do the
work he has done for the pay he
has received"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19
From the BeIoit Daily Call:

From the Beloit Daily Call:
Fred W. Knapp of Beloit has an
nounced himself as a candidate for
state auditor of Kansas on the Re-
publican ticket. Mr.. Knapp,
through his past official business,
has a large acquaintance over this
state, and his qualifications for the
office are indisputable. Quite nat
urally he has the hearty support of
his many friends throughout this
community as well as in other and
more thickly settled communities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19

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Liniment will give grateful relief. The
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quiet rest and sleep is possible. Good for
Neuritis too. Price 25c. at your druggist
advertisement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19
FRED w. KNAPP
CANDIDATE FOR
State Auditor

Subject to the Republican Prim-
aries to be held August 1st, 1915.
Connected with three terms of
the legislature.
Chief clerk of the House of Rep
resentatives of 1905.
Over five years Secretary of the
Board of Control of State Charit-
able Institutions.
Three years office Deputy United
States Marshal.
Holds Degree of Master of Ac-
counts from Kansas Wesleyan
University.
Resided in Kansas since 1878.
Son of Union soldier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19
e. b. Schermerhorn, of Galena,
Prominent Banker and Business
Man Who Knows His Qualifica-

tIOHS. says:
My close observation of the
work of Fred w. Knapp as Chief
Clerk of the House of 1905, of
which 1 was a member, and of his
work as Secretary of the State
Board of Control, during the more
than five years 1 had the honor of
being Chairman of that Board
prompts me to say that 1 believe he
possesses peculiar qualifications
which would make his services as
STATE AUDITOR especially valu-
able to the taxpayers of Kansas.
His ability. energy and integrity
will not be questioned by those who
are familiar with his past exper-
ience"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19

The Holton Recorder Endorses the
''Safety-Eirst" Rule as applied to
the office of State Auditor:
Kansas has had some splendid
men occupy the office of state aud
itor-among them Seth Wells, Jim
Nation and VIII Davis. The office
is one of the most important in the
state house, as the auditor really
guards the financial interests of
the people. Fred Knapp of Beloit
is a candidate for the office at the
August primary and if the voters
and taxpayers consult their best in
terests they will nominate and elect
him. He is one of the most ca
pable, honest and efficient young
men that ever held a position in the
state house.-Holton (Kas.) Re-
corder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19
s.White Slave" Charge Made No
Difference to H. ID. Hamilton.

Oakland Lover and Mrs. Nj. Nj.
Fair Married This Evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19

From the Beloit Gazette:
Fred w. Knapp surprised his
friends by giving out statement in
Topeka last Friday in which he an
nounced his purpose of seeking the
Republican nomination for state
auditor.
The experience gained by Mr..
Knapp in positions under the state
government and in the office of the
United Safes marshal amply quail
fies him for the place to which he
aspires Our guess is that the man
that beats Knapp for the nominal
ton will know that he has had a
race
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19

We wish to thank the friends and
neighbors for their kindness and floral
offerings shown US during the death
of our mother.
FAMILY OF MRS BETSY HEWITT.
-(AdVO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19

House Paint. J. K. Jones Paint Co
Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19
CRAP GAME RAIDED


Sixteen men, all negroes, were ar
rested in a raid made by the police on
the rooms over the Syndicate pool hall
on West Fifth street, and following
the raid. Harvey Parsons, chief. ar
rested A. NJ. Thomas. a negro lawyer.
who owns the pool hall. on the charge
OF operating a gambling house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19

From the Glen Elder Sentinel:
Fred " Knapp of Beloit has
been announced as a candidate for
state auditor, before the Republi-
can primaries in August. Mr..
Knapp is we'll known in Mitchell
county and has a wide circle of
friends throughout the state. He is
thoroughly competent to handle the
office of state auditor and he will
make a strong candidate for the
nomination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19
Knapp for State Auditor
Recommendations Which Should Garry Weight
With the Taxpayers Who Foot the Bills.
"sAFETY FIRST" A SAFE RULE IN POLTTI(

pp by b eric and
~ o n lei ~
o thar Fred w Knapp
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-06-09
Mrs. /. d. Fl. Ralph of Detroit is
visiting relatives in this city.

Mrs. l. ID. Fl. Ralph Of Detroit is
visiting relatives in this city.
A daughter was born Wednesday
to Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Sweetland
Dewey street.
l. II. Keller of Grand Rapids call
ed on friends Thursday while in
the city on business.
Miss Helen Bush OF Corunna has
been elected secretary of the Girls
Glee club at the University of Michi-
gan.
A. n. Goodwin was in Howell on
Wednesday to attend the funeral of
his cousin, the late Capt. VIM. Nc
Pherson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Cook went
to Ann Arbor Thursday where the
latter will submit to an eye opera
ton at the university hospital.
Mrs. Mary Cramp of Bennington
township and Nicholas Fess, of Fish
erville, Ont, were married in this
city Wednesday at Salem Lutheran
parsonage by Rev. T. G. Hahn. Mr..
and Mrs. Fess have gone to Saginaw
to reside.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-13

D-That our national Legislation
shall Be 30 framed in the future a
not TO build up one industry at the
expense Of another.
Eve believe that the money Of
the country should be kept a. much
as possible in the hands Of the peo-
pie, and hence we demand all ma
tionsl and State revenue shall be
limited 70 the necessary expenses of
the government. economically and
honestly administered
F-We demand that postal saw
ings banks be established by the
government for the safe deposit Of
the earnings Of the people and TO
facilitate exchange.
Land-The land. including all the
natural resources Of wealth. il the
heritage Of all the people. and should
not be monopolized for speculative
purposes. and alien ownership Of
land should be prohibited. All lands
now held by railroads and other cor
porations in excess Of their actual
needs and all lands now owned By
aliens should be reclaimed by the
government and held for actual set
tiers only.
Transportation transportation
being a means OF exchange and a
public necessity, the government
should own and operate the railroads
in the interest Of the people.
A-Tbe telegraph and telephone.
like the postofHee system. being a ne
eessity for the transmission Of intel
ligenee, should be owned and operat-
ed by the government in the inter
est Of the people.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-13
THE Ocala Platform"

Capt Ysneey Carter has handed
us copy Of what is known rs the
"ocaia Platform" stating the de-
msnds o. the Farmers Alliance. q
political agricultural Organization
which Aonrished briefly some TWEEN
ty-hTe years ago. Since this plat
form was promulgated many Of the
things Il stands for have been
brought about, and practically all
OF them have been incorporated in
the propaganda Of other parties. The
document makes interesting reading.
as being perhaps the first authorita-
tive expression Of the wants OF the
farmers embodied in political plat
form. II follows:
Alliance Demands
Finznee-We demand q national
currency, safe. sound and flexible,
issued By the general government
only. full legal tender for all debts.
public and private; and that without
the use Of banking corporations a
just, equitable and Efficient means Of
distribution direct 70 the people at
a tar not TO exceed per cent. be
provided as set forth in the sub
treasury plan or some better system;
also by payments in discharge of its
obligations for public improvements.
Ave demand the free and un-
limited coinage Of silver and gold at
the legal ratio Of 1s 70 j.
B-we demand that the amount
Of circulating medium be increased
to at least $50 per capita, exclusive
Of legal reserves.
C-we demand a graduated in
come tax.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-13
THOSE MEXICAN NAMES


II it is as difficult to restore peace
in Mexico as it is to pronounce the
names OF some Of the towns that
are figuring in Mexican dispatch
es, then the United States has a
mans sized job on its hands. A west
ern newspaper has prepared a list Of
the places that are mentioned fire.
quently and has attached thereto a
guide to those who like to know how
the syllables are sounded. Here is
the formula, which also includes the
names Of some individuals:
-Huerta-0o-ER
villa-yEE-yah.
Zacatecas-Zac-ah-TAY-cas.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Quertaro-Yay-RET-a-roh.
Jalisco-Hah-LEES
Quaratuatto - Gwah-nah-HWAH-
TO- f&f -
0xaca--Wah-HAH-kah.
Texcoco-Tes-CO-eo.
Observation-Disclosures.
Tampico-Tam-PEE-co.
Torreon-Tor-ray-0WN.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
San Luis Potosi-Sahn-Loo-EE-Po-
to-SEE.
Coahuila-Co-a-WE
Aguas Sallenttes-Ah-gwas Cab
lh-En-tess.
Guerrero-Gher-RARE-o.
Observation-Disclosures.
Tuxpam-TOOS-pam.
characterization.
Tn capitals show where the ac-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-13
FICTION NOW FACT

The news that the German subma'
rine Deutschland" was towec
through the Virginia eapes yester-
day morning. and that she carried
cargo Of dye-stuffs, realizes one part
Of Kipling's forecast in his wonder
fully realistic story With the
Night Mail. =" His submersible CON-
ing up Ito breathe" in the early
dawn, has become fact. Her arriv-
al undoubtedly marks the beginning
Of a new era in marine transporta-
tion during war times. Whether il
will ever be found worth while to
use submarines for either freight or
passenger service except in war
times is a question that admits OF
doubt. That they would. if their
submersing and emerging machinery
could be made absolutely depend
able, insure a smooth passage even
! in the most stormy season appears
certain, but il is doubtful il passen-
gers would select a submarine for
choice The probability is, Of
course, that the Deutschland has
made only a very small portion Of
her journey below the surface. Hav-
ing once slipped past the enemy's
ships in the Channel, she ran small
risk Of being intercepted on the At
lantie, that is on her outward voy-
age. Her return journey, and all
subsequent journeys will be made at
a much increased risk. She is de-
scribed as being three hundred feet
long, a length that would insure her
possessing ample room to carry fuel
for a Quincy across the Atlantic.
The Deutschland's time is given at
sixteen days, not a remarkably
speedy trip, perhaps, but good
enough for a first attempt, more es-
pecially If, as seems not unlikely,
she was compelled to choose a more
or less circuitous route. She is said
to bear message from the Kaiser
70 President Wilson, the nature Of
which will afford much room for
speculation. The last sixteen days
have seen many things happen on
the various battle fronts, and mes
sages are apt to lose their meaning
if forwarded by too slow a medium.
In any event 1T must be admitted
that the arrival OF the first subma-
rine to make the transatlantic voy-
age is historical incident that will
not allow the name of Deutschland
TO be speedily forgotten, even IL 1t
should turn out that as suggested
above only a comparatively short
portion of that voyage was made be-
meath the surface of the ocean. The
chief point to be noted is the evolu-
tionary process that apparently sets
no limit to the size of this class of
vessel, and consequently to the
amount of fuel they can carry. The
true significance OF the Deutschland's
performance can best be gagged in
naval circles. Palm Beach Post.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-13
History In Aimanacs.

It is possible to trace in records
OF almanacs all the changes of popu-
lar belief and taste. They were pre-
pared to meet the current demand and
to constitute a systematic story OF
what took plaec Ir successive periods
and how knowledge increased with
the revolving years. We owe to them
most that we know of the people for
whom they were made and by whom
they were indorsed.