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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
AXE MURDER JURY OUT
After n Hours Delibcration Cannot
Agree ON Verdict.

Red Oak, Ia, Sept. 27.-The jury in
whose hands rests the fate of Lyn
George ]. Kelly, unordained minister,
charged with numbering eight persons
at Villisca five years ago, was still de-
hberating this afternoon. The jury
received the case late yesterday
Gossip around the court room this
afternoon was that the jurors evident
ly could not agree upon the form of
punishment, five verdicts being pos
slble under the state charges.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
81 YEARS OLD TODAY
The Grcenbaum Company Celebrates
Founding of Store in Topeka.

The sixth anniversary of successful
and growing operation in Topeka is
being observed this week by the
Greenbaum company, women's cloaks
and suits.
The establishment was founded here
just six years ago today. Since that
time the store. sos Kansas avenue, has
grown considerably and a millinery
department has been added.
in addition to the growth in Topeka
the store has started branch estab-
lishments at Independence and Salina,
both of which are thriving.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
|. W. WIS ON THE RUN
Heavy Exodus to Canada, Fearing In
tlctmcnt by L. $. Government.

Washington. Sept 27.-With in
dictments expected daily from the
Chicago federal, grand jurys investi-
CATION into l. w. w. activities, a great
eXctuo Of I. w VS. is reported to-
day from the northwest Many are
fleeiI.. into adjacent parts of Canada,
causing that government concern.
Among the emigrants are members of
the organization who fear indict-
ments. The necessity for passports is
not halting the I. w. w. agitators, re-
ports here showing that they are
avoiding regular channels of entry
into ,.anada.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
IMPORT TELEGRAPHERS
.'Strike Breakers From U. S. Ar
rested as Aliens in Canada.

Montreal, Sept. 27.-Eight men and
one woman, all Americans were
brought into court today, charged with
violating the alien labor law in COM
ing here to take the place of striking
operators of the Great Northwestern
Telegraph company. They pleaded
not guilty and were released on 500
bail each.
Leaders of the strike have charged
that American telegraph operators
were being imported to take the
places of the strikers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
BAR SILVER SLUMPS
Seven Cent Drop in Two Days from
Record Soaring.

New York. Sept. z7.-with a drop
yesterday of two cents an ounce in
the price of bar silver and five cents
today. the steady upward movement
in the market quotations for the metal
has been checked for the first time in
many months. Early in the week bar
silver reached the record price of one
dollar, eight and one-half cents an
ounce. The explanation was that the
extraordinarily high prices induced a
falling off in demand and selling To-
DAVIS quotation was 1O1 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
DYNAMITE BIG DAM
Suspect Enemy of Gov't.-$5O, 900
LOss-FactOries Close Down.

Traverse City, Mich, Sept. 27.-The
spillway at the lower dam of the
Boardman River and Light and Power
company's plant, near here was dyna-
mited early today. The loss was esti-
mated at $4,000.
1t is believed that enemies of the
government are responsible. A mum.
Der of local plants which received
power from the Boardman company
were forced to shut down TODAY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
FREE 8 DEFENDANTS
But Al in Oklahoma Draft Conspiracy
Tria- Remain in Court.

Abilene. Tex, Sept. 27.-Eight of
the forty-nine defendants charged
with conspiracy against the govern
ment were discharged here today
when Judge Jack in federal court in
structed the jury to render verdict
of not guilty because the evidence,
Judge Jack said, failed to establish the
charges against them in the bill of
indictment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
GOOD HOUSEKEEPERS WONDER

How they ever got along without Red
Cross Ball Blue. This really wonderful
blue makes clothes whittier than snow.
Get the genuine Red Cross Ball Blue
at your grocers.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
Turk Visits Hindenburg.

Amsterdam, Sept. PA Berlin dis
patch says that Enver Pasha, Turk
ish war minister, arrived at German
great headqua rters Tuesday evening.
He conferred with Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg and General Won Luden-
dorff on military and political ques-
lions and departed for Constantinople
that evening
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
New YORK Money Market.

Neg York, SeIt Mercantile
paper. 81 Sterling exchange. go day bills
412 commercial. 60 day bis on banks
41lIs: commercial. 90 day bills, 411%
demand 4.I5@s: cables. &c ZIG Francs
demand 519h: cables. 5.7IA- Guilders
demand, 41H; cables, 42A- Lires, demand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27

Wall ST. New York. Sept. 27.-STOCKS-
Money was again the chief influence In to-
days uncertain and duller market. Sales
approximated $4,000 shares
Short coverings in SteeIs and rally
of point in St Paul contributed to the
general improvement of the last hour
The closing was firm. Liberty bonds
moved between par aud the new maximum
of 10c14
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
QUITS RUSS. COUNCIL
Premier Kerensky Resigns from
WOrkmen-S soldiers Bureau.

Petrograd, Sept. 27.-Premier Ker-
ensky today resigned as member OF
the central council of the workmel
and soldiers bureau. He also an
nounced his retirement from the gov
erning boards of other similar organ
izatiOnS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27

7T3: cables IN. Rubles. demand, 16:
cables. 1G%. Bar silver. S1.01%; Mexican
dollars. 79c Government bonds. steady !:
railroad bonds, irregular. Time loans,
firm 60 days, 51a; 80 days, 5%; months,
6.
Call money, firm; high. 6; low. * rul-
ing rate 6; closing bid 5% offered o; last
loan, g.
New Orleans Cotton Market.
New Orleans Sept. 27.-COTTON-Spot
steady, % points up. Middling, 4.13
New York Cotton Market.
New York, Sept 27.-COTTOS-spot.
easy; middling, 25-20
New Y0rI stock Market.
FURNISHED u, the IopeKa Board Of Trads.D
New York, Sept n.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
X. C. QUOTA SHORT
90 Per Cent Shy on Third Contingent
Draft Judge Predicts.

Kansas City. Mo. Sept. 27.-The
Kansas City district is going to fall
twenty per cent short of its quota for
the third contingent of the nauona!
army. Frank Blake, secretary of the
district draft appeal board. said today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

ALBERT ,LETzKE. age 80, died this
morning at his home, 1915 Mulvane street
noon at / o'clock from Bomgardner's
chapel.
DIR. JOSEPH wEEKES, age IS. died
Monday at the home of his son, j. c:
Weekes, ut 406 Lake street The funeral
will be held from the Parkdale Methodist
morning. Burial in PaXico.
RAMONA BELL, daughter of Clyde Bell,
died this morning at the home of her par,
ents. at 1925 Polk street. The body will
be sent to Lyons for burial.
JAMES B. WILSON. jr died this morn
ing at the home of his parents at 21S
at FEdx Th Sr1 fne from Mill the be
dence at PA Chandler street. Burial in Mt.
Auburn cemetery.
MRS. JOHN WHITMERE, age A, died
last Tuesday evening at her home, 140a
Van Buren, street She is survived By her
husband and one son, Frank Whitmere !;
one brother. Thomas Hartman, of To-
neka six sisters; Mrs. g. Hammer Of
New New Y F:SS Mrs. an Thomas Lynn, of Berry
ton; Mrs. J. C. Stewart, of Chicago: Mrs.
C. Beeler and Mrs. Fay clearinghouse. of
O'Clock Sunday afternoon from Penwells
chapel. Burial in Topeka cemetery.
MRS. MAY f. GOODRICH. II, died
Wednesday at Long Beach, Cal, at the
home of her daughter. Mrs Ray Phillips;
The body will be brought to Topeka and
Sunday morning from the home of her son,
Harris Goodrich, 61s Buchanan street.
Sunday afternoon. Another son, +. E.
Goodrich, lives at Kansas City, Mrs. Good
rich lived in Topeka at 1898 Clay street
until five years ago when she went to Cali
fornia.
Lords Flowers Satisfy. Tel. SGT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27

ALBERT LETZKE, age 80, died this
morning at his home, 1875 Mulvane street
The funeral will be held Saturday after
chapel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27

The Quicker You Get n Free Trial
of Pyramid Pile Treatment the Bet
ter. 1t Is What You Are Looking
For.
Don't talk operation. If you can't
wait for a free trial of Pyramid
drug store and get relief now If
not near a store send coupon for
free trial package in plain wrapper.
and get rid of itching, bleeding and
protruding piles. hemorrhoids and
such rectal troubles. TaEe no substitute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27

RAMONA BELL, daughter of Clyde Bell,
died this morning at the home of her par
ents, at 1925 Polk street. The body will
be sent to Lyons for burial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
SNAP SHOT S
1T HOME NEWS

NeIs Yingle's Latest.
Mary. Mary, quite contrary.
How does your garden grow
It's doing just fine
I've a bean on my vine,
And one ear of corn in each row.
Little Jack Horner.
Who thought he'd corner,
on sugar and spuds by the peck,
Is beginning TO wonder
If Hoover by thunder
Is getting astride of his neck.
-Nels Yingle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27

| FURNISHED 1y the IopeKa Board Of Trade
New York, Sept. a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27

Lords Flowers Satisfy Tel. S27.-
a DIV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
New Orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans. Sept. 27-COTTON-sp
steady, % points up. Middling, 24-la.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
.sAck US uP.-

The letter which Captain Steller
ssnt to his brother as Ottumwa's sol
der unit reached Europe was moro
than message from brother to broth.
e., lts demand. Get busy over
tAeee and back US up; don't lie down
for q inmate; stop all the pro-German
talk you can," is . charge from the
men who ara fighting our fight to all
OF ~ here at homo.
As-Ve send Christmas greetings to
our boys whether they be over there
n France, stationed at camps or can
teaueuts in America or challenging
he U1oat for the mastery Of the seas,
our expression of good wishes would
Be mockery il it did not spring from
the consciousness that we are doing
our utmost to share the burdens Of the
war % that theirs may be made a
little lighter.
They have made the team and we
are LEFT along the side-hnes. but our
loyalty must be none the less. nor our
readiness to strike for tho common
cause when opportunity offers.
And every day is rich with oppor.
tunities-with duties. 1t is in meet
inR them that we must prove our
loyalty, our right to call ourselves
American citizens. our right, indeed.
- call those khaki-clad fighters "our
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28

bespeak the loyalty of the community.
Two Liberty Loan quotas have been
oversubscribed The Y. NJ. c. A.,
the Knights of Columbus and
the Y. W. C. A. war work funds have
been supplied. The Red Cross has
conducted two highly successful cam
paigns and made certain that its work
of sending supplies to the front will
be financed throughout the coming
year. A dozen minor war funds and
related enterprises have been handled
successfully The community is rep
resented most creditably in nu-
merous units connected with prac-
tically every arm OF the nations war
making machinery.
And meanwhile business has been
kept upon healthy basis. Dependent
poverty is at a minimum. Jobless men
are few. The sacrifices which have
been necessary have been made cheer
fully Patriotism is at. flood tide
Wapello county and the
people face the future with determi,
nation to continue or excel the record
they have made thus far in the war.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
FOR NEW YEARS.

A new year is coming, with its crop
of resolutions and new leaves to turn
Ottumwa could do much worse than
resolve to turn out the gamblers and
bootleggers who are plying their
trades in the city, in open violation OF
national. state and city laws.
Gambling and the illegal sale OF
lioours are bad enough crimes in or
binary times At such time as this
when the nations every atom OF
strength is needed for the defense OF
the government and it's institutions
these crimes are so disgusting that it
is difficult to describe them in lang
mage fit for print.
The police are doing what they can
TO stamp out the evil, but their eff
forts are not successful. The county
and township officers are doing little
or nothing. The state is making a
half-hearted effort now and then, with
paucity Of good results that reflects
anything but credit on the force OF
sleuths the attorney general has
gathered about him.
The federal officials, whose records
reveal the names of the holders OF
federal liquor licenses, exhibit no anx.
'iety regarding the enforcement OF
local laws and there is almost an
abs olute failure on their part to CO.
operate with local officials.
This is a condition which is not 20
culiar to Ottumwa. 1t is true In al
most every section of Iowa. The de-
feat OF the prohibitory amendment
which is chargeable in large part to
the governor and the attorney general
has emboldened bootleggers and other
law breakers.
It is time for the people themselves
to take hand in law enforcement, to
become informers and to insist that
their officials who are charged with
police duties perform those duties.
This would be good resolution for
the coming year The present year
closes with Ottumwa in disreputable
condition morally. That is plain
statement OF plain fact. The public
can do much to remedy the condition
within the coming year by insisting
that their officials adopt an energetic
attitude for law enforcement and by
assisting those officials by giving in
formation.
A gambler is community leech.
A bootlegger is that and more. for he
not only takes money from his victims
but supplies them with liquor which
reduces their efficiency and their
manhood. Both gambler and bootleg
ger are beyond the pale Of the law
and the pale OF responsibility. Both
should be turned out Of every decent
community. by the people themselves
IL the officials are unwilling or unable
to act effectively.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
INVITING CALAMITY.

Extreme care is being taken BY
this government to avoid antas-
onizing the bolsheviki movement
in Russia despite the information
al irritations it has caused. Ameri-
can officials do not care, to appear
to resist the development of demo-
cratic ideals. even if it assumes
the form OF extreme and chaotic
socialism reported in Russia I'm
der the new regime.
In line with this policy, it is ex-
planned. preparations for dealing
with the encroachment of bolshe-
vikism on America is not for po-
ljtical reasons, but only to insure
material safety and to promote
moral unity of this nation in the
war.
This is an extract in an Associated
Press dispatch sent from Washing
on, regarding the suspicion amon
American officials that the |. w. w
n America and the bolsheviki in Rus
Tia are conspiring together, with othe
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
boys" and to count ourselves worthy
Of the sacrifices they are facing fer

boys" and to count ourselves worthy
Of the sacrifices they are facing fer
US.
Had the war come upon us decade
or two ago. the soldiers who are fac
ing the boche horror now would have
been the children for whom we who
are older would have gone forth to
fight. A decade or two in the future,
the children of today would be doing
battle. This war is for all the genera
tions of Americans, for those who en-
cage in 1t and for their posterity, and
the measure of courage and loyalty we
display is but a revival Of the spirit
which impelled our forefathers to
fight VIGOROUSLY for the flag Of the
nation which they bequeathed to us.
Captain Steller's Back US up" may
well be our watchword here, our in
SEPARATION to put down disloyalty and
to seek each day to perform some act
of patriotism and devotion.
The Red Cross backs up the boys at
the front; the Y. NJ. C. A., the Y. w.
C. A., the Liberty Loans, the War Saw
ings Stamps, the conservation of food
all these back up the men who are
doing the fighting which, but for them,
we must do. The most we can do for
the cause is less than they are doing.
II we do less than our utmost we
are unworthy.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
MODIFYING THE FACTORIES.

Senator WhitmOre'S letter 10 GOV
ernor Harding in reply to the CHIEF ex'
ecutiyes suggestion that special leg
islatiye session be held raises ques'
ton which is very pertinent just now
and which promises to vex the law
makers il they should be called to-
gether.
The governor fears that several rae
tories in Iowa which are engaged IN
the manufacture of non-essentlais
must close during the war, and he
proposes that the legislators enact a
statute empowering some one to OBTAIN
war contracts to keep them going. SEN
ator NVhitmore seems to sympatn!Ae
with the aim, in the main. but ne IN
dicates that he has no definite IDEA as
to the form a bill must take to achieve
the desired object.
For several weeks there has been
considerable discussion Of the situa.
ton created by the railway congestion
and the consequent proposal to de-
clare a ban on non-essential manutac-
lures. But in only q few isolated In
stances has this discussion borne
fruit.
II would seem that first of all the
business of turning non-essential rae
tories into essential ones should be
the business of the owners OF the fac
tories. This does not mean that they
should not have all the help and en-
couragement from the state that 1t is
possible to give, but it does mean that
in this situation as in any other which
~ h,yc n
man or the concern which attempts
the solution OF his own problems gen.
orally enjoys a material handicap over
those who wait for help from Provi-
dence, the state or the public.
The danger OF pa.ernalism in gov
eminent is the same danger which
socialism in every form holds. It
tends or threatens to weaken the in
diyidual initiative and ingenuity. thus
weakening the whole structure and
making for decadence and ultimate
downfall
The Courier would not minimize the
danger to Iowa's industrial interests
which the governor points out: Meth
er would it disparage any effort ne
may be able to make successfully 10
overcome that danger Neither, in.
deed. would it oppose any reasonable
plan promising to keep in motion the
wheels Of industry in Iowa when the
order shall go forth that only essen.
tials shall be manufactured.
There is homely old adage which
comes involuntarily to mind: The
Lord helps those who help them
selves" and in all seriousness we COM
mend it to Iowa manufacturers who
may have been lulled into serene
sense of security by the governors
proposal that the legislature pass 4
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
THE GERMAN VIEW.

1t is interesting to consider the
German Interpretation of "negota-
tons" in the light of the farce which
was conducted at BrestIitovsk and
which is to be continued at Stock
holm. known as a peace conference
between representatives OF Germany
and of the self-styled Russian govern
ment of the holsheviki
Having agreed to move no troops
from the eastern front during the
arInistice. the Germans are sending
great forces of their soldiers from
northwestern Russia not only to the
western front but to the southwestern
Russian front where the wheat supply
of southern Russia awaits seizure by
the kaiser's hooters.
1t was thought probable that the
Germans withheld their acquiescence
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK
Nv IHN DADR
BY LEE PAPE


Pubs Sin1kins and my cuzzin A1de
came erround to my house after supp8
yestidday, and my sister GladHS ~
setting on the parier sofer reedtng
book and eating chocklits out Of box.
the box being on the little table nGxf
to the sofer. and US fellows wes N
there looking at her reeding and eat
ing them, and Gladdis sed, Now IN g1yO
you boys each one peece OF candy Per.
viding you cheer out Of heec.
Wich we sed we wood and she HoO
Us each peece insted Of lowing N
take eny peece we wunted, and ~
went out in the hall and started 70
wtsper, me wispeFtng. Lets psrts.,d 2
be German spies and got up . pAoe =
get more candy. And AToe WisD0Sd.
Lets ask the telefone ge1 to r4ng ~
telefone to see il its work1ng an Httas
and then let's ten Gaaddis - 6nR b..
and wen she goes to an6sr8 lk1 ocA
take another peece.
Being a fine ideer. and 1.upNO
the setting room and took the ruDs0R
of Of the book, and the gesS 80 Mum
Der please, and sed. win yoa 49,
make this teaefone ring to So II i VIM
And si,e sed, Have you hd eny 1usb-
bic with it? and sad. No. but - r.,
poet to have some, and she I'D, VI,
III give you ring. Wlch sho ID, E1D-.
Ing fine, and J. went down se1 0Gn0
and me and Artie and Pud WWDd
into the parier trying TO- 1uDk nse1Bo1.
me saying. Gtaddis. youForWUn6an
the teaefpne.
O bother. rust wen mrAA 11ee @
comfort abia sed Gladdis. And ~ cot
up and started to go OUT and th1D 80
looked at mo and Pubs and kxeD md
came back and picked up a. 61s-sf
chockltts and took them up Wa6 -.
Aw heck, said us Germ9n speA
And we all quick got or ooaAD ~nd
hats and ran out just az GlRd6as se1e-
ed to call down. Benny, W. thereD0-
er i8ent even of the hook, BennL B.
ny.
Proving the more German of1sUeit
Is the moro its libel to fail.