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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-20
MASONS ARE here
Big Class Before Scottish Rite
Reunion in Topeka.
Three Days of Mystery for
Large Glass of Candidates.

The Scottish Rite reunion got away
to a good start this morning promptly
at 8 o'clock. AS was anticipated near
ly all of the large class of candidates
were on hand to begin their tutelage
in the mysteries of this Ancient and
Accepted Order of Freemasonry. The
program of the reunion is running
strictly on schedule time, and the
halls of the Temple resound with the
shouts of Brother This, have you
registered?" or of Brother That, have
you seen Brother So-and-so, and are
you planning to hear Brother Wood
on Friday night?"
One of the noted guests attending
the reunion is Thomas G. Fitch, a
thirty-third degree mason, and the
only active member of his degree in
the state. Fitch was recently elected
a member of the Supreme Council of
the Southern Jurisdiction at Wash
ington, and is now in charge of the
Scottish Rite lodges of Kansas He
is todays guest of honor, and as
such he will speak before a gather
ing of the brothers sometime this
evening.
According to the official program
the Lodge of Perfection will be con-
ferred on the candidates tonight Ini-
tiation into this rite is under the di-
rection of William Nelson, thirty
secOnd-degree.
Tomorrow the work of Unity Chap
ter Knights Rose CroiX will be given
the candidates for that degree under
the general direction of Leroy NJ.
Penwell, thirty-third degree honorary.
Among the Out-o town visitors are
John Tudhope of Lawrence, c. A
Coon of Kansas City, Kansas, and
Louis Finger of Pekin, Illinois
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-20
Germany Sending Heavy Rein
fOrcementS to Flanders.
Report Great Movement TIC
Block Advance in Belgium.
SALONIK DRIVE MAY BE NEXT
Will Give Kaiser Reserve To
Send Where Needed.
Anticipate Blow by Hindenburg
Along West Front.

Copenhagen. Nov. 2O-R p rt s
from several sources in Germany bear
out the assumption that, taking ad-
vantage of the situation in Russia. the
German government is making heavy
transfers of troops from the Russian
front. Only part of them appear to be
going to Italy, where the front is too
narrow to permit of the use of great
masses, and a blow by Won Hinden-
burg at some other point, in the way
of a diversion, may. perhaps, be ex-
pected.
Some troops are reported to have
been moved to the western front, but
this is not necessarily significant. as
Field Marshal Haig's pounding tactics
necesSitate frequent relief for eX-
hausted German divisions.
German newspapers discuss with
suspicious frankness and avidity the
prospect of an offensive on the Sa-
loniki front but have never word to
say about the obvious chance of a
smashing blow at Rumania in an ef-
fort to end the resistance of that ma
ton. AS for Italy, if the Austrians
and Germans find the reinforced Ital-
ian army too hard a nut to attempt
to crack, the Central Powers can easi-
ly and quickly change to the defen-
sive on a strong line for the purpose
of seeking to force a decision on some
other selected front with the bulk of
their strategic reserve.
Pour Into Flanders.
London, Nov. 20.-A telegram from
Maestricht, Holland, to Amsterdam, as
forwarded by the Central News re-
ports a great movement of troops
with artillery on all roads leading to
evidently from the Russian front, the
dispatch saws
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TRANSPORT AFIRE
Breaks Out Just After Roundup
of 200 Germans.
Boat Being Fumigated; May
Have Been Accidental.

Hoboken, n. J., Nov. 20.-Fire broke
out on the army transport Pastores,
tied up at the former North German
Lloyd dock here early today. The
blaze was brought under control sew
eral hours later, after the entire Ho-
boken fire department and two fire
tugs from Manhattan had been called
to fight the blaze.
The fire was discovered soon after
200 Germans were arrested for viola
ton of the presidents proclamation.
issued yesterday forbidding them
within one hundred yards of the water
front.
The ship had been sealed for fumi-
cation, however, when the fire was
discovered and police and fire Officers
expressed the belief that the blaze was
accidental The damage was slight
Army guards held off curious per
sons with fixed bayonets For a time
the advisability of cutting the ship
loose and allowing her to float down
stream was discussed.
The Pastores is a United Fruit line
steamship and had made one trip to
France for the government
Intern Many Aliens.
The roundup of enemy aliens was
under way within twelve hours after
President Wilson had issued his procla-
nation Soldiers. working in squads
of four. entered saloons, stopped men
on the street and took them from
rooming houses on the water front
They were loaded-on boats at once
and hustled off to Ellis Island from
where they probably will be sent to
one of the southern internment
camps
Relatives and friends of the in
termed men began besieging police
headquarters to learn what had be
come of those arrested. but the police
were unable to answer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-20
Turkey Dinner To Cost No
More Than One With Steaks.
Supply of Poultry, Fruits, Vege-
tables, Is Plentiful Here.
PRICE OF GEESE IS MODERATE
Sugar Shortage May Curtail the
Use of CranberrieS.
Boys in Camp and Trenches
Will Not Be Forgotten.

With all rules of the food admins
tration being observed. Thanksgiving,
one of the four most sacred of Amer
lean holidays, only little more than
a week away will be observed in To-
peka this year with feast and plenty
With the exception of the use of cram
berries which, it is possible. may be
curtailed slightly because of the su-
gar shortage a bountiful Thanksgiv
ing menu with the accustomed tradi-
tional commodities thereon may be
assembled upon the table of the aver
age Topekan at a cost no higher than
that of last year. In truth. a purely
Thanksgiving menu with fowl, fruits
and late Vegeta bleS may be made up
at as low a cost as an average week
day dinner, with beef and pork, of
the same size
Turkey, the bird of the national
dinner table for Thanksgiving, will be
plentiful this year and may be OBJ
tanned at a price very little higher
than last year, according to Frank
Cope Of The Copes. In addition to
this the supply will be of better quail
ity than for years.
Government Order Helps.
This" said Cope, lis caused by the
holding turkey hens weighing less
than 8 pounds and young turkeys
weighing less than II pounds until
after December 1. There is also an
embargo on the shipment of turkeys
from Texas until after December 1.
and the food administration has or
dered that the 100000 pounds of
frozen turkeys in storage must be sold,
regardless of price, before he same
date.
THE order to sell the cold storage
turkeys will hold the price down in
the feast We will get none of them
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BILLIARD STAYS IN U. S.
Topeka Aviator to BE Trained Here
Before Going TO France.

Washington, Nov. 2O.-Captain Phil
Billiard of Topeka, will complete his
training as an aviator in the United
States. In Washington this weak
Capt Billiard made arrangements to
complete his work in this country
before being sent abroad His case
was presented to the department this
week by Senator Curtis, who aided the
well known Topeka bird man during
his stay in Washington.
Billiard will complete his training
course at Long Island before being
sent abroad for active service. II IL
probable he will be sent directly TO
France following completion OF the
course at Long Island. other men in
Billiards. class were sent to Egypt, but
the Topekan. because of his experience
and knowledge of the flying game. was
permitted to receive his finishing
touches before leaving this country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-20
SAMMY RAIDER KILLED
American and German Patrols in Bat
tie Between Lines.

American Field Headquarters
France. Nov. 20.-One more America n
soldier was killed early this morn
ing in a fight between patrols in No
Mans Land No details were received
here today
Up until this encounter, American n
patrols doing night scouting in front
of the trenches had found German pa
trolls disinclined to offer battle dur
ing the last few days
Night accommodating is an import
ant part of front line duty. AS soon
as it becomes dark troops on both
sides go over the top to repair barbed
wire entanglements. build up shaky
entertainments and to spy on the en-
emy-
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like THAW CASE
AlienistS Again Take LimeIight
in n. Y. Trial.
To Prove Mrs. de SaulIeS Had
"Dementia Materna."

AIif4sola- L. I...Nov. "DementIa
materna" is the plea that is to be ad-
vanced in an effort to save Mrs.
Blanca De Saulles from conviction and
possible death for the murder of her
former husband, John Longer De
Saulles.
AS the trial of the Chilean heiress is
taking its place with the other sensa-
tional struggles of New York court
history the plea promises to rival the
famous "dementia a mericana" of the
? Thaw case.
Attorneys for the defense are de-
termined to get a jury of square
jawed men" to pass on this plea Aft
er repeated appeals for possession of
her 5-year-old son. Jack. it will be
argued that Mrs. De Sauless mind
was so affected that she was tempo
rarily irresponsible.
Have Four Jurors
Going to THE Box" the De Saulles
home. she made a final effort to OBJ
tain the boy The dashine young club
man she divorced turned his back on
her then she killed him
Four Jurors had been accepted
when court reconvened today
Mrs. De Saulles. pale listIess and
demure. listened, apparently un-
moved to the preliminary wrangles in
the battle for her life. She seemed
the most unconcerned person in the
room.
The battery of four prosecutors had
one stock question: Would the fast
that De Saulles had been divorced bv
this defendant for infidelfty on his
part influence you in your verdict in
this case?"
The state expects an attempt bv the
defense to expose some of De Saulles'
secret life in court, probably with the
summoning of weIl-known stage char
acters-
Actresses May Testify.
The defense is also wary of a prose
cuuon trap. When Uterhart has
proved thru alienists that Mrs De
SaIlIes suffered from "dementia ma
terna' when she killed her former
husband. the prosecution-if con-
vinced first degree murder verdict
is impossible-ts expected to produce
expert witnesses to prove Mrs. De
Saulles still insane and send her to
an asylum. Failing in this alienists
may testify that a women subject To
sudden lapses into homicidal mania is
not fit mother for little Jack, five.
for whose possession Mrs De SaulIes
yearns above all else
Alienist physiological Chemist"
Among those who will be called as
witnesses is Lewis c. Thompson. de-
scribed by Henry A. Uterhart. counsel
Tor the defense, as a physiological
chemist What he viii have to saw
regarding Mrs. De Saulles's mental
condition a. the time of the shooting
Uterhart had intimated will be sec
ond only in Importance to the story OF
Continued on Page Two)
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NBy IIc aSSOcldleu 1-FtSS.J
Italy's armies are holding firmly at
the point at present most vital to the
preservation of the Piave river line.
The Austro- German attempts with
heavy ma SSeS of troops to drive south
ward along the west bank OF the pave
from Quero and thus Outflank the
lower river front have been checked
by the heroic resistance of the Ital-
ian troops at the Monte Tomba-Monte
Monfenera line. The reports of both
the Rome and Berlin war offices to-
day show this clearly.
In the light of the current state
ments, it appears probable that the
Austro German drive at Monte Tom
ba, which protects the Italian right
flank west of the Piave, did not re-
suit in the capture of the entire emf
neEce, as yesterdays official report
from Berlin indicated.
Italy Still Holds Monte.
The German staff today mentions
positions captured by the Teutons ION
indicating retention by the Italians
of the remainder of the height. Even
this much of q Teutonic hold on the
hill is being freely contested by the
Italian forces for Berlin announces
the continuation Of a desperate strug-
gle there with italian counter attacks
by concentrated masses
No further advances anywhere on
the Italian front are claimed by the
Germans. They tried in four success
i've thrusts to capture the Monte
ivfonfeaera spur but each time were
thrown back by the determined re-
sistance of the Italian troops.
Invaders Bring Up Big Guns.
With the Italian Armies, Nov. 90
Baked in their sweep for more than
three days at the Piave river line, the
Austro-Germans today changed tao
HGnnafnlsfh hn Sv,+ a
to concentrate tremendous pressure on
certain spots in the Italian line rather
than follow the previous program OF
constant, continuous hammering along
the whole of the fifty mile front.
Scout planes today reported a tre-
mendous and steady stream of enemy
re-inforcements arriving at various
points back of the Teutonic lines.
German big field guns are being
brought into action
Due to this new strategy of con-
centrated attacks the enemy under
General Krobatin of the Austrian ar
mics succeeded in achieving some
progress today in the critical corner
of the Piave river line near Quero.
The Italian lines were strained
back slightly here due solely to the
overwhelming weight of men flung
against them.
The Italian general staff has made
special arrangements to defeat the
enemys plan of operation
Germans Attack Near VeKdun.
Paris, Nov. 20.-The Germans made
an attack last night on a front of one
k1lometer in the Verdun sector north
of Caurieres wood. They succeeded in
penetrating the French advanced posts
over small extent of this front, says
qhently We're expelled for the mos
part.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-20
TOPEKAN IS HONORED
Clay Hamilton Admitted to Practice
Before L. S. Supreme Court.

Washington, Nov. 2O.-Clay Hamil-
ton. we'll known Topeka lawyer, has
been admitted to pra ctice before the
supreme court of the United States.
Formal admission to practice before
the nations high tribunal was given
several days ago while Hamilton was
in Washington on business before fed
eral departments
Clay Hamilton is brother of Mai.
Clad Hamilton, now in the federal
service at Fort Sill The two brothers
compose the law firm of Hamilton &
Hamilton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-20
EPIDEMICS IN CAMPS
Funston Only One AFFECTED With
Meningitis. Four Have Measles.

New York, Nov. 2O.-According to a
statement issued today by Dr. Charles
health and education of the New York
board Of health. Medical officers of
the army and navy are much con-
cerned over the frequency with which
infectious diseases of all kinds de-
velop among the recently drafted men
now in various training camps thruOut
the country Among these are menin-
gifts at Camp Funston, malaria at
camps Logan and Pike, typhoid at
Camp Dix, measles at Camp Wheeler,
Shelby, Sewer and Bowie. and pneu-
monia at Camp Pike. This is in con-
trast, he said to the regular army
camps which show remarkable free
dom from infectious diseases.
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BRITISH LOSE 32,227
Weekly Casualty List Shows Increase
-6456 Killed.

London. Nov. 2O.-British casual
ties reported in the week ending TODAY
reached a total of S2,227. They were
divided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds; Officers
296, men, $50.
Wounded or missing: Officers 923.
men, 24,S4S.
The British casualty lists have been
increasing recently, probably in con-
sequence of the bitter fighting in
landers Last week they were 25.O65
ana the preceding week 2I,S41
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L. s. District Attorney Resigns

Kansas City, Nov. 2O-Winiam G.
Lynch, assistant United States attor-
ney for the western district of Mis-
souri,, rendered his resignation to Dis
trict Attorney Francis NJ. Wilson TO
day effective December / Mr. Lynch
has been assistant division attorney
for four years. He leaves TO become
attorney for the Kansas City Railway
Co.
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HID 5 MO. FROM DRAFT;
CAUGHT FIRST DAY OUT

New York. Nov 2O.-Daniel
Reegan, %, hid in his home since
June to dodge the draft, but to-
day is held by the federal author
tiles.
When he came out of hiding
yesterday for the first time he was
picked up for lettering. Failure to
produce a registration card did
the rest.
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eight days after being submitted.
w II. Wasson. finance commis-
sioner. said today that 1900 Topekans
have paid a 50 tax each under the
law. the city having collected some
thing like $1,000.
The money collected. IL was assert
ed at the city hail by both Wasson
and George Hayden. city attorney,
will be returned to the taxpayers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-20
KANSAS SAMMY DIES
Private Cecil A Rowan. Of Chanute
Dead of Two Wounds.

Washington, Nov. 2O.-General
Pershing today reported the death of
Private Cecil A Rowan, headquarters
company. infantry.
Rowan died November l of two
gunshot wounds Next of kin, Aaron
Rowan. 1714 West Main street, Cha
mute, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-20
AUSTRIA HANGS 80, 900
London Says Hemp Moose Takes
Mighty Toll in That Nation.

London, Nov 20.-Eighty thousand
persons have been hanged in Austria
Hungary since the beginning OF the
war, for political or racial opposition
to the government. pacifist activities
and separatist propaganda, according
to estimates here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-20
Invaders Firmly Repulsed To-
day in Thrust Near QuerO.
Heroic Resistance Turns Back
Four Massed German Attacks.
TRY TO OUTFLANK ITALIANS
TeutOns Evidently Don't Hold
Ridge as Berlin Claimed.
Invaders Bring Up Big Guns
and Center Attacks.

Washington, Nov. 2O.-Capture of
200 Austrians who crossed the
PiaVe river is announced in mes
sage from General DiaZ, the Ital-
ian commander in chief, to his army
received here today by cable The
chief pays high tribute to the young
reserves of the class of 1899, who
have just received their baptism of
fire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-20
FAIR AND WARMER .
That Is the Happy Outlook From To-
peka Cloud Headquarters Today.

In the absence of S D. Flora the
weather changes are predicted by q
new assistant, Roy A Barrie. vOuched
for by the local Observer. Barrie
states that all indications point to .
continuation Of the bright suRshiny
weather of the past few days. and
fContfuued on Page TwOD
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Fair tonight and Wednesday
Probably warmer tonight.
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MO. GENEVIEEE. conservation o
sweets will not include kisses,
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Brig. Gen. Mcintyre in his Office at Washington

L "a. B 8. Sc 29-37-9. Mike
Bercsenyi to Karoly Szilagyi- 2.625.Oo
L 30, S15 L so. B IA. NV 20
S79. East Chgo. Bldg. Co.
to Harold F. Fiegenschub-- 10000
TOLLESTON
L l. \ fit. L 2. B l. Oak
Knoll Park Add. Gust. New
man to Andrew Kurdelak $500. 90
L 50. 6. End Logan Park
Add. Katie Seigert to Mich
ael Hartman------------- 100
l. Is. B 6. Central Park Add.
Earl \. Sroaf TO Marvin L.
and Julia A. Russell------- 100
HAMMOND.
Is. So 81. IL. Eschenberg's
State Line Add. Barney Sur
dyk to Adam Kazmierski- 1000. 90
L Al. B /. Birkhof's Add.
American Tr & Saw Blk 10
Sadie c. Hoffman-- 100
Ma L 33. L "a. S1a L S5. u.
E pit North Side Add. John
d. Smith to VIM. Jaskulski 5000. 90
Is. 81. %. B 1. Fritz Miller's
Add. Fred Michaels to ]. s.
Blackburn Co. -------- 100
l. 101. Stafford & Trankles
Grove Add. Home B. L. & s.
Assn. to G. c. White 4O97
L u Tex W IS ft). L IL tex E
IS IT.. 4, North Side Add
Bertha Walls to Charles
Reilly 100000
L IS. B l. Fl. W. sohrs 5th
Add. Julian H. Youche to
Phina Webb------ 100
-I-
1865 Frank H. Halfman
to Trabue Pittman- 100
EAST GARY.
Is. 40. II. B 10. 3rd Add Grace
lola Won Forester to George
spiror 100000
PIT So sla M Sc NV 2-35-9.
John P. Spite. Sr.. ct al. to
G. B. Wall, TT. - 51317
PIT NJ Ma S1a Nj Sc NV
2-S5-9. Margareta Gerlach 10
G. B. Wall Tr. - 10000
HOBART
Blks. to 8, Ridge Road Add.
Fannie A Barnes to Martin
NJ. Reiss 100
INDIANA CITY.
IND 1-3 BIS. rs to 80, 35 to 80,
Norcotts Add Sheriff to
Union Station -10,07725
CEDAR LAKE.
L .. B 1. Plat d." Shades
Add. Pub. Sub. Co. to Belle
NJ. Donahue ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ss45
PIT Wa NV 32-33-7. James "
Turner to Jesse Little 10000
WHITING.
L l. B 3. Davidson's Fred ST
Add. Henry HIATT to Frank
i, and Anna Matlon-- $4,000
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

CROWN POINT.
Is. % to %. Youngs 1st Add.
Lucy c. Stevens to Arthur
Platt 24o.OC
INDIANA HARBOR-
I. 6. resub 10, 4th Add.
Sheriff to Ind. Har. Lbr.
& Coal Co. --------------- 1878
L "a. resub B Il. 4th Add. Sher-
if to Ind. Har. Lbr. & Coal
Co. ----------------- 1.s6746
L II. sub Bs- 20. 81. 4th Add.
Marina c. Saric to andre
Maslanka LOO
GARY.
l. so. B 2. Lincoln Park Add
Edwin F. knight to Lillian
Panebianco ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS $500
L Il. B 9. Broadway Add.
Wojciech Kwolek to Joseph
striczek 10000
L ~. B 8. So. Broadway Add.
Frederick A. Borns to George
La Barge ----------- 100
L SIS. B 2. Lincoln Park Add.
Eunice A. Youche. ct al. to
Mary Metz " 100
l. 49, B 12 McKey's Add
Karolyne IS elisha to Elisabeth
Kormos 100
L 10. B 5. Lincoln Park Ada
Joseph Nebereza to Bernard
Plavni1 10000
l. II. 8 l. Pleitner's 1st Add.
Ralph G. Keller to Peter
There's LOO
l. "A. B II. Broadway Add.
Charles ]. vopicka to Adam
Benzewicz ------- 100000
LIS. Il, Is. Is. B 6. Lincoln PIX
Add. Julian H. Youche to
Mary Lane ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 5000
EAST CHICAGO
L %. B Is. NV 29-37-9 LIewe,-
lyn D. Williams. ct al, to
Smith Bader-Davidson Co 100
L 25, B Is. NV 29-S7-9. Geo.
w. Lewis. Tr.. to Lewellyn
D. and Francis T.. williams 100
Is. 10. II. B 3. Rivershore Add
Emily NJ. Mealiff to Alice NJ
Mealiff LOO
L AZ. B %, Calumet Add. Cal
Kennedy Land Co. to David
A. Felsenthal - $4,000
L 81. B IS. Calumet Add Cal
Kennedy Land Co. to David
A. Felsenthal - 4e5.o0
l, B 20. Calumet Add. Cal.
Kennedy Land Co. to David
A. Felsenthal - 1880
y 221s IT L IS. S IL #. L 80.
B IS. E Al Sw 29-37-s.
Reese w. williams to Earl
L. Reid ------------- 100
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CROWN POINT.
Is. % to %. Young's LIST Add.
Lucy C. Stevens to Arthur
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l. "a. resub B Il. 4th Add. Sher-
if to Ind. Har. Lbr. & Coal
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l. II. sub Bs. 20, 21, 4th Add
Marina c. Saric to andre
Maslanka 20
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L II. B 9. Broadway Add
Wojciech Kwolek to Joseph
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GARY.
L so. 2, Lincoln Park Add
Edwin F. knight TO Lillian