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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
REVEALS A PLOT
Germany Formed Ship Co. in
Z. S. to Stir Trouble.
Tried Thus to Force Breach Be-
tween c. S. and England.

Washington. May 3O.-Another
startling German plot was revealed
before the house interstate COM
merce committee today
Secretary of State Lansing disclosed
the fact that Germans or German
officials" attempted shortly before this
nations war declaration. to involve
the United States in differences with
England and France thru organization
of a big steamship company that was
with the enemy acts
The plot is now being investigated
by the department of justice upon au-
thority of reliable government infor
nation, Lansing told the committee
Secretary Lansing, Secretary of
Commerce RedfieId and Assistant At
torney General Warren. author of
most of the war legislation. were to-
day before the Interstate commerce
committee in behalf of the Adamson
trading with the enemy act intro
duced last week
mittee member regarding the real need
for such an act.
Lansing Tells of Plot.
There was an attempt" Lansing
said, by Germans or German Off
ctals-I do not know which-to force
a breach between this country and
either England or France.
n 1LCdAI4SA4AP COMPANY was organ
lied with an American board of direc-
tors, to make troubIe-before the
American declaration of war with
Germany. between the United States
and England or France"
Lansing declared that before this
country entered into the war, Germany
sent an agent here, or designated one
of her spies on American soil-to or
ganize the steamship company.
This agent. he said. loaned Ameri-
cans the money to buy grain and
place it aboard ship in order to raise
some issue between this country and
one of the allies over the question of
seizure of American cargoes.
When Z. 5. Was Neutral.
There are many cases." Lansing
continued, doubtless inspired by
Germany, while we were neutral, of
organizations effected in this country
for the sole purpose of creating fric-
ton with Great Britain or France -
Both Lansing and Redfield declar-
ed that the Adamson trading with
the enemy act is designed TO prevent
any commerce between American cit
liens, eitLer here or in Germany, or
German citizens in the United States
and German firms or between such
citizens and firms of countries allied
with Germany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
BLOW TO SOCIALISTS
French Bill Provides Heavy Penalty
for Volunteer Peace Emissaries.

Paris. May 3o.-A bill which has
reference to the decision of the French
Socialists to take part in the interna-
uonal Socialist convention at Stock
holm was introduced in the cham Der
OF deputies today. It provides that
whoever concludes or attempts to
conclude any convention or negotia-
tons of political, diplomatic, military
economic or social character, aside
from the constituted governmental
authorities either with subjects of an
enemy power or with an assemblage
embracing a foreign enemy, shall be
punished with five years imprison-
ment and fine of 10000 to $4,000
francs"
Later the French Socialists an
nounced they would not recognize the
stockholm conference but favored
general peace convention of Socialis
called by faction of the party at
Petrograd.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
TRENCH BASEBALL
Canadian Soldiers i'm France
Begin Playing Season.
Every Brigade Has Crack Ball
Team Now.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP sIMMs.

With the British Armies in the
Field. May 30.-The big league base
ball season opened today with roofing
crowds to cheer The crack of the
bat against the ball, the resoundinG
thud of the strike in the catcher's
nnitt-even the customary batting of
the umpire-aH filled the air.
This sill happened somewhere in
France" The big league is formed
of the Canadian armies. The bali
parks arc somewhere adjacent to
where tie crack of the rifle and the
roar of artillery might well vie with
the smash of the batted ball and the
thunders of the bleachers-
The Canadian second brigade
pounded out a to 1 victory over the
third brigade in the opening game
It was II fairly free hitting contest,
despite the fact that the opposins
pitchers had had their wings harden
ed by the trench practice of tossing
grenades.
Have Many Teams
Every one of the Canadian brigades
has a ball team They wear u regu-
lation baseball uniform and have all
the big league paraphernalia of balls.
bats, masks, gloves and base plates ana
baes-a1 the gift of Canadian base
ball fans.
General Byng, commanding the
Canadian detachment, is himself 4
royal roo5er and he never misses Il
game except when the work of war
interfere5. Because the league
games can only be played when the
zen are taking their turn of rest out
of the trenches, the composing teams
will have to alternate and Il complete
playing schedule is not possible. But
that won't interfere with daily games
If Ty Cobb, or George Sisler, OF
Ferdie Schupp comes over with
Pershing ) 5000, there can't be any
doubt about their feeling perfectly al
home if they are anywhere near tho
Canadians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
MONKS TO FRONT
Demand Political Franchise, So
Get War Privileges.
Novel Punishment to Stop
Thievery in Army Barracks.

Petrograd, ia London. May 80
All the monks f Russia will be sent
TO the front to serve in the depart
ment Of sanitation. according to orders
issued by the war MINISTRY. Lay
brothers will be recruited as soldiers.
Only recently the monks demanded
equal political rights with the lay
population, including the vote. and
they have been giving other marked
evidences of revolutionary zeal
Five hundred criminal prisoners in
the province of NiZhni-Novgorod have
petluOned the government that they
be sent to join the army A special
commission has examined and accept
ed three hundred of those who signed
the petition. A novel measure to sup
press thievery in soldiers barracks has
been put into practice in Petrograd. A
captured thief was forced to walk
along the Nevsky prospect. bearing
placards with the inscription:
Thief Is PIacarded.
Il stole sugar and shoes from sol
diers." similar story comes from
Bessarabia. where a clerk of the war
organization was accused of stealing 4
horse yoke was placed about his
neck and he was exhibited on q plat
form erected in a pbIic square.
The palace of kshesinka, a dancer
and former favorite- of Emperor Mich
olas. which had served IA strong
hold for the adherents of Nikolai Lee
nine. the radical Socialist leader, is on
the point Of being surrendered to its
rfghtful owners. After a long process
in the courts. the keys were delivered
to the woman who yesterday was per-
mitted to examine the premises one
floor still was occupied by Socialists
another by extreme Socialists. Inc
elaborate sitting room had been con-
verified into "A workshop and editorial
nom for the Socialist newspa per.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
E'WAR FORCED ON U.s.
Kaiser Evidently Has Forgotten How
Struggle Started

Amsterdam, May S0--According to
the Deutsche Tages Zeituug, Emperor
William concluded his recent speech
to the soldiers on the Arras trons
with the following words:
We will continue to fight until we
secure a complete victory against
those who have attacked Us May the
God of Armies give US blessing in the
war which has been forced upon US.
so that our children and grandchil-
dren may live free in the German
fatherland"
According to the Tageblatt, part of
the emperor's speech was inaudiblc
on account of the noise of airplanes
specially watching overhead to frus
trate an enemy attack.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
SHIPBUILDERS STRIKE
May Delay Completion of Large O. s
warships Under Contract.

Newport News, May 30.-About 400
union machinists at the Newport News
ShipbuiIding & Dry Dock company's
yard here went on strike today for an
increase in wages which the company
declined to grant summarily without
investigation. Other workmen at the
plant remained
Two battle cruisers, two dread
naughts, and six destroyers have been
allotted to the yard as part of the
new naval building program. How
much the navy will be embarrassed
by the strike remains to be deter
mined
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
HAVE SLACKERS SHOT
T. r. Tells What He Would Do With
Conscientious Directors.

New York. May 50.-CoIoneI Roose-
welt made an attack upon "conscien-
tious DIRECTORS before the Yale club
Monday night He spoke to 1900 doc
tors and brought ia applicants for
the medical corps.
The man who gives his blood is
giving his greatest service he said.
There are conscientious DIRECTORS to
war: there are conscientious DIRECTORS
to vaccination but we vaccinate Just
the same. A nan who will not fight
need not vote. I should take him to
fight anyhow. 7 should not teach him
10 shoot, but I should put him where
he could be shot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
So of EN-: Also % Kaisers, )
Leipsics and 3 krupps.
80 Hamburgs and 10 Bremens,
One Each in Kansas.
NO EFFORT TO CHANGE NAMES
But German Names Erased by
Other Belligerents.
Only IL States i'm c. s. Without
German "Namesakes."

New York, MAY 30.-Comment by
members of the British and French
war commission recently in this coun-
try on the number of towns in Amer
lea with German names today re-
suited in an unofficial investigation
revealing that Uncle Sans map brist-
les with I1aisers, kaiservilles, Beriins,
Germanyvilles, Leipsics. Krupps and
such like places with 1eutonic mon
ickers and American dispositions.
The United States is the only nation
now at war with Germany which has
not weeded out German town titles,
street and boulevard names and the
like.
Russia renamed ST. Petersburg.
Petrograd Germany responded by
stating an English, Russian and
Italian ua ines
Berlin, Ontario, was changed to
Kitchener.
London renamed all its German
streets
Paris renamed all its German cafes
There are at present 50 towns in the
United States named Berlin. Only
eleven Of the 4S states in the union
are without at least one. Ohio leads
the list with eleven
Beriins in One State.
There ere no Berlins in Maine, Mis-
sissippi, Rhode Island, Delaware,
South Dakota, Montana, New Mexico.
AOdI1Os wyoming, I tan nor Arizona
There are two Berlins in New
Hampshire, two in Connecticut, two in
Massachusetts,, two in Illinois and two
in California
There are four in Pennsylvania and
three in Virginia and one in each of
the remaining states except for the
non-Berltn eleven
There are in the forty-eight states
eaxctly forty-eight Germanys, Ger
mantowns. Germanyvilles and Ger
mans.
There are twenty-three Kaisers, five
Leipsics and three krupps.
Then there is j smattering of others
! like kiel. Wash, which also has a
krupp; Karlruhe, n. D.; Hochatown
and Hochheim, Okla, which also has
a Kiel; Koenig, no.
| We have Leipsic. Della; Leipsic, o.;
Leipsic, Ind; L-ipsic. y. D., and Leip-
sic Junction, .. There is Koenigs-
mark, Ia. The-e is Krupp, Ky, A.
kansas and Washington.
Kansas Has Her Share.
| Next come the Bremens and Ham
burgs. of which there are ten of the
former and thirty-two of the latter
Most of them are in the eastern part
| CT the United States.
New York mas four Hamburgs. but
no Bremens. Alabama has both d
Bremen and a Hamburg. So has Ohio
land Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, while
Arkansas has two Hamburgs and n
Bremens. Kansas has one each.
So far as known none of these Ger
man named towns has considered
changing its name
Berlin, Wis, May Change Name.
Berlin Wis, May 30.-Citizens OF
this city are seriously considering
| changing the name of the place or
account of its namesake across the
ocean. While there are literally dozens
| of cities in the United States bearing
the same name, this is the first so far
as is known, where the agitation &c
| change the name has assumed def
| mite shape.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
:. S. win Take Over shipyards.

Washington, May 30.-Unless the
strike at the plant of the Newport
News Shipbuilding company is ended
Immediately the navy department will
take over this plant to prevent delay
in the construction of two battleships
now building in those shipyards, it was
stated today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
U-BOATS ARE SLIPPING
Months Report Will Show Decrease
in Destructiveness.

port of British merchant vessels sunl-
BY submarines will again chow a IA
vorable total when it is issued tonight.
Summer weather and the long days
favor warfare on the submarine and
the adm rally is taking full advantage
of these conditions. It is the belief
of naval men that as long as these
conditions prevail there is little 1ikeli-
hood that the submarines will make
any better showing than in past
months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
NOTICE, SCOTTISH RITE MASONS

All Scottish Rite Masons will meet
at the temple at 1880 p m. Thurs
day, May 81, for the purpose of at
tending the funeral of William E
Stickel. 32e. Funeral from the resi-
dence, 1881 Polk street at 1880 p. m
WILLIAM A TINKER.
32e K c. c. H Master of Kadosh-
Attest: Jas. 3. DoncySon. 32e K c.
c. H. Registrar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30

London. May 30-LeopoId de Roths-
child died this morning at his home
at Leighton Buzzard after an illness
of six weeks. Mr.. De Rothschild was
seventv-two years old and was the
third son of Baron Lionel De Roths-
child founder of the English branch
of the famous banking house
For many years prior to the war
Mr.. De Rothschild was a prominent
figure in English racing circles and
in 1904 his horse St Amant, won the
DERBY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
5000 POLES IN PARADE
Carry Banners at Detroit Celebration
Supporting Z. S. Cause

Detroit, May 30.-More than 5000
Polish residents of Detroit bearing
banners denoting alliance to Americas
cause. marched with Civil war veter-
ans and other organizations N the
Decoration Day parade When the
parade was completed about 100 of
the Polish marchers enlisted in the
army and navy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
BAD Colds From sudden CHANGES

Sprin- brings I'll kinds of weather and
with IL come colds and the revival Of win
ter coughs and koarseness. DR.. Bells
Pine-Tar- Honey will head off lew cold
or stop the old one. the soothing balsams
relieve the sore throat aud heal the irrita-
ted tissues Get a bottle today and start
treatment at once At you druggist. &c.
Formula on the bottle.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
Charge Jury Was Packed.

San Francisco. May 30.-Charges of
irregularity in the selection of jury
in the murder trial of Mrs. Rena
Mooney were made here today in court
by Assistant District Attorney Louis
Ferrari who IS conducting the case
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
SWAT CONSUM ER AGAIN
Senate Puts Consumption Tax on
Sugar. Removing War Tariff.

Washington, May 30.-Another fun
damental change in the war tax bill
was agreed upon unanimously today
by the senate finance committee
which decided TO strike out the whole
section levying 5000, 900. 900 by gen.
eral tariff increase of 10 per cent on
an ad valOrem basis. AS a substitute
the committee proposes direct excise
or consumption tax on sugar and cof-
fee and cocoa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
Z. S. Embassy Leaves Turkey

Amsterdam. May 30.-A dispatch
from ConstantinopIe via Berlin. states
that Ambassador EIkus. his wife and
twenty-six attaches of the American
embassy and consular service in Tur-
key, left last night for Berlin. enroute
TO America
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
NEW SWISS MINISTER
Hans Sulzer Approved by Z. S. Leaves
for Washington.

Berne, May 30.-Hans Sulzer who
has been appointed Swiss minister to
the United States is leaving for Wash
ington. his appointment having been
approved by the American govern
meut
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
Team Kills a Draynan.

Delphos. Kan, May SOL L Van
gampolard a ,ocaI drayman was run
over by his own dray wagon loaded
with 1850 pounds of cement, which
he had been unloading when his
horses ran away Both wheels passed
over his body. breaking his back
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
PROBE NAVY CHARGE
Senator Alleges Conditions on Hospital
Ship VIGOROUSLY Bad"

Washington. May 3O.-Secretary of
the Navy Daniels today ordered ar
investigation to go to the bottom
of charges made in a round robin in
troduced in the senate by Calder
New York, that conditions aboard the
hospital ship Solace were rotoriously
bad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30

Chicago. May 30.-Chinese resi-
dents of Chicago will meet this week
to organize for helping in the cam
paign to obtain 500. 900 mem bers of
the Red Cross in Chicago. Reports
made public today show that Chicago
now has 295,07 members of the Red
Cross
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

GOOD White sewing machine. House cab
met SIS. also porch rug Phone FARO
Blue
MODERN light housekeeping single and
connecting rooms bath porch swing
electricity So to $40 Close in. Phone e26.
WANTED-Experfenced delivery boy Dbl
BILE Grocery Co. North Side Store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
LOCAL MENTION

The F. A Z. No. 1902 will give a
home social Thursday at the home of
Mrs W. D. Carpenter. 1921 Quincy St
ADV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

MRS. AMOS X. BRANDT. died this
morning at a local hospital She was
formerly Miss Louise Tauer. and lived with
her sister. Mrs Thomas McCreary. at 1912
Harrison street She is survived by her
husband and an infant SON. Funeral ar
engagements have not been completed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30

The funeral of Lloyd W Higgins was
held at o'clock this afternoon from his
home in Highland Park. Burial in Mt.
Auburn cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30

Paris has adopted electric vehicles for
garbage collection experiments having
shown that these are more economical and
more easily handled than any other for
this purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30

The funeral of William E Stickel will
be held Thursday afternoon at .. 80 O'Clock
from his home. at 1881 Polk street Burial
in Topeka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30

Lords Flowers Satisfy Tel s2T.-
Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-26
This MEDICINE
WOMEN Value
Positively Relievesti1e
Suffering.
More Convincing Proof.

When Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound was first introduced its cur
alive powers were doubted and had to
be proved. But the proof came, and
gradually the use of it spread over the
whole country. Now that hundreds of
thousands of women have experienced
the most beneficial effects from its use
its value has become generally recog-
nized and it is now the standard medi-
cine for women's ills.
The following letter is only one OF the
thousands on our files.
Dennison, Texas. - az cannot feel
that | have done my duty until tell
what Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done for me. suffered
from female troubles so | could hardly
drag around and do my work. | was
very nervous, and had dizzy spells, heat
flashes, and headaches until life was a
burden. Ny husband brought RIO bot
tie of Lydia Z. Pinl:hcm's Vegetable
Compound and soon began to Improve.
| continued its use and am now free
from all pains and aches that made life
a burden. You may use this letter in
any way you like for | want the world
to know what grand medicine Lydia
&. Pinkharn's Vegetable Compound Is. f"
Mrs. G.. o. LOVELY, 9l1 S. Barrett
Ave, Denisen, Texas.
Write the Lydia e. Pinlzham Medi.
cine Co., Lynn, Mass, for free Gtvice,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-26

Crowded the same becomes law
for the purpose of raising funds to
pay or retire Indebtedness OF like
amount represented by bonds lawfully
issued and outstanding and unpaid up
on the date of the passage of the vote
hereunder, the said bonds being dated
July /, 1897 and being due July J.,
1917, to determine the time and place,
when and where SAID bonds shall be
payable the rate Of interest thereon,
whether they snail be in registered or
coupon form and such other particu-
lars as to the issuance, execution,
form and sale thereof as may be de-
termined, or to take any proper action
in relation thereto.
10. To see il the town will vote to
have medical inspection of the schools
of the town.
IA. To see IL the town will vote to
install uniform system of public ac-
counting as recommended by the Of
ficials as appointed by the Governor
under the act of 1915.
10. To see what sum, If any, the
town will appropriate for the plant
ing or protection Of shade trees, pur-
suant to the provisions of No. Is of
the Acts of 1904, entitled, IAN Act to
Provide for the Protection of Shade
Trees"
16. To determine at what time the
tax bills shall be delivered to the
treasurer of the town for collection.
IL. To see If the Listers for 1917
shall be paid for their services Sep.
TENDER LIST, next, and what sum per
day shall be paid to other town of
flcers the town clerk, and the board
of civil authority for their services
for the coming year.
1S. To see what sum, If any, the
town will vote in aid of, or for the
purpose OF maintaining public libr-
airy or libraries therein and also, to
determine how the same shall be dis
tributed.
10. To see what sum, If any, the
town will vote toward the expense of
observing Decoration or Memorial
Day.
20. To transact any other business
found necessary when met.
Dated at Bennington, Vermont this
goth day of February, 1917.
]. o. Burt,
w. r. White,
Selectmen OF the Town OF Benningto
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-26
HOW GOOD THAT
MUSTEn0lE FEELS!
1t Gets to Tat Sore Spot
Ike NJ GIG

A-a-h That's delicious relief for
those. sore muscles. those stiff joints
that lame back.
Musterole is clear. white ointment
made with the oil If mustard and
other home siinplca.
1t does the work Of the old
fashioned mustard plaster, minus the
plaster and minus the blister,
You simply rub Mustcrole on the
spot where the pain is--rub it on
briskly-and usually the pain is gone.
No muss, no bother. lust comfort
ing, soothing relief - first gentle
glow, then delightful sense Of cool
ness. And best of all no blisters like
the old-fashioned mustard plaster used
to make.
Use Musterole for sore throat, bron-
chitis, tonsilitis, Group. stiff neck,
asthma, neuralgia, headache. conges-
ton, pleurisy, rheumatism. lumbago,
pains and aches of the back or joints,
sprains, sore muscles. bruises. chill
blains, frosted feet and colds of the
chest Gt often prevents pneumonia.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-26
STOMACH UPSET?
Get at the Real Cause-Take DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets

That's what thousands of stomach
sufferers are doing now. Instead of
taking tones, or trying to patch up a
poor digestion. they are attacking the
real cause OF the Acknowledgment liver
and disordered bowels.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse
the liver in soothing, healing way.
When the liver and bowels arc per-
forming their natural functions, away
goes indigestion and stomach troubles.
If you have a bad taste in your
mouth, tongue coated, appetite poor.
lazy, don't-carc feeling, no ambition or
energy. troubled with undigested foods,
you should take Olive Tablets, the sab
stitute for calomel
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil You will know them by their
olive color. They Go he work without
gripping, cramps or pain.
Take one or two at bedtime for duiclI
relief, so you can eat what you like.
At l0c and 25c per box. All druggists.