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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-17

the result that they have to return
to their base more frequently for re-
loading.
Pick Up Many Survivors.
When not patroiling the shipping
lanes the destroyers have been con-
Voying food and supply ships and
American troop ships is welcomed by
the men. 1t is a special job and takes
them away from the routine of or
binary patrol and convoy work. Also
il stimulates interest among the rank
and file of the ships company, many
of whom feel that relatives and
friends are on the transports.
The destroyers also have taken
laurels in the humanitarian task of
rescuing survivors of torpedoed ships
The Americans began snatching tor
pedoed crews from watery graves the
day of their arrival and for a long
time not a week passed without sew
eral destroyers accounting for sur
vivors.
The rescue work is more often
than not done in mine infested areas
and places where U-boats are known
to be lurking and is always attended
by grave danger to the rescuer. Ere
quently while one destroyer is picking
up survivors another will run pro-
tecting circles around the scene
More often however, the hazardous
work is done single handed, the de-
stroyer guns booming into space as a
warning to submarines not to attempt
to interfere while the survivors are
being lifted on board by the strong
arms of the bluejackets. In tenn
pestuous weather, this work puts the
mems qualities of seamanship to a
severe test.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-17

Wall St, New York, Oct. 17.-STOCKS-
The list lost ground all around before the
end of the first hour by which time the
buying power seemed to have exhausted
itself. United States Steel reacted from
S103k to S1.O21A and related shares yielded
l to 2 points. Motors and Tobaccos also
fell on renewed pressure. General Motors
losing 5 points and Studebaker 2%. Cop
pers, Sh1ppings, Oil and Gas issues receded
1 to III and rails, notably Pacifics and
Coalers, about much. Thereafter the
market drifted idly, heavy tone prevailing
99.70
Grains extending from large fractions to ,
points were made at the opening of today's
stock market, the advance embracing issues
OF various classes. Industrials and EQUIP
ments were responsive to moderate demand
and shippings also improved substantially.
Rails hardened with United States Steel and
Distillers' Securities led the specialties
soon rising points. Fertilizers and UtiIi-
blocks Of liberty bonds sold at 99.74 to
80 10
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NEW YARDS FIREPROOF
Unable to Determine Origin of Big
Stock Yards Fire at X. Q.

Kansas City, Oct. 17.-Government
agents were reported to be fnvesIigat-
ing today the causes of the fire which
early yesterday morning destroyed a
large portion of the Kansas City stock
yards. entailing loss of approximate
ly $4,000 in buildings and live stock.
limitations of incendiariSm as the
probable cause of the conflagration
yesterday caused an investigation to
be made by officers of the fire de-
partment who were unable to substan-
tate the rumors.
The investigation is probably the
result of suspicious of foreign plots
because of the government contracts
held by packing houses, supplied by
the yards. Officials of the stock yards
corporation are of the opinion that
the fire resulted from natural causes.
Announcement has also been made by
the stock yards company that the
reconstructed yards would be fire
proof. All buildings and pens are to
be of concrete The work of rebuild
ing temporary wooden pens in order
not to retard the business of the mar
ket began yesterday shortly after the
fire had been extinGuished.
Fires Started at Same Time.
Lieutenant E. ]. Bischoff, first fire.
man to arrive on the scene, stated
that three separate fires were burning
when his company arrived. He be-
lieves that the fire was of incendiary
origin. Private detectives, hired by
stock yards concerns, are said to have
three persons under surveillance and
arrests are momentarily expected.
The Kansas City Live Stock ex-
change will receive a check for ST.
100000 from the Hartford Fire In
surance company for losses in burned
and injured cattle. it was stated by
representatives of the COMPANY
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STATE OFFICIAL

the state should "look the other way"
The state labor department is one
of the big departments of state. 1t
employs numerous deputies, clerks
inspectors and assistants. With the
state fire marshaPS office, the labor
bureau recently conducted a survey
and investigation of theaters and pic
ture show houses in the state But
the investigation concerned fire es-
capes, exits and machines-not Sun
day shows.
No one-not even Fred w. Knapp
state auditor state the number of
thousands of dollars spent each year
for state inspectors and investigators
One department has a heavy pay rol!
for investigation of germs. Another
prunes and canned peaches. Another
measures sheets in hotel bedrooms
Another looks after the trash piles
behind buildings. Another inquiries
concerning the welfare of girls in
shops and stores. Another investi-
gates factories. Another investigates
mines. Another investigates public
schools, both as to the teeth and ewes
of the pupils and the course of study
Another looks after liquor law viola
tors. Another inquiries concerning
trusts and combinations in restraint Of
trade. Another rides on passes and
probes the relations of the public utiI-
tiles and the shipper. Another looks
after the safety of the innocent invest
or. Another inquiries concerning con
ditiOn. of the banks. Another probes
insurance companies. Another tests
the oil and gasoline. r.
Army of Spoilers. 20
Kansas has a regular army of in
vestigators and spoilers on the state
pay roll All have authority to direct
arrests on their own motion and com
plant. Nor are the least of the in
spectors and Investigators those I'M
der the state labor bureau. That de-
partment has much heavy and i'm
portant work, and Commissioner Nc
Bride has made clear that he doesn't
propose to be kept busy all the time
by looking after Sunday labor law
violations outside the capital city. It
is much easier to look the other
way" using his own well chosen and
clearly understands BILE expression.
Mr.. Mcbride came to Topeka from
Goodland. He was a member of the
house of representatives from Sher-
man county in 1915. Because of a.
former excellent record as a locomo-
tive engineer. he won the support Of
labor organizations, and during the
1915 session was appointed by Gov
ernor Capper as state labor commits
sioner to succeed w. ]. O'Brien, who
held the office during the Hodges
regime.
Enforcement of the anti-sundav
labor law is largely in the hands Of
the state labor department. Action in
these cases by the attorney generals
office is either at the request of local
officials for assistance or under direc-
ton of the governor for action. Off
Wyandotte county have not sought
aid in enforcing the law. Nor has
the governor directed the attorney
generals office to act.
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HAS NEW SEA POLICY
Pertains to Cooperation Between o.
S. and British Fleets.

London, Oct. 1.-THE greatest in
terest was aroused here today by an
nouncement in the house of commons
by DR.. MacNamara, secretary to the
admiralty that Sir Eric Geddes, the
new first admiralty lord, would short
ly make a statement of his policy.
Together with recent Washington
dispatches carrying reports that Ad-
miral Mayo, commander-in-chief of
the American Atlantic fleet, just re-
turned from England, had brought a
plan for even greater cooperation
between the allies on the seas, the
above dispatch may be significant as
presaging important announcements
Sir Eric Geddes has not yet appeared
in the house of commons, his selec-
ton as first admiralty lord having
been made during a parliamentary
recess.
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CENERALSMOB
KOrnilOff Supporters Stoned
and Jeered by Thousands.
Ferced To March Thru City to
Shouts, skill the Traitors"

Petrograd, Oct. 1.-THE generals
arrested for participation in the Korni-
loft uprising on their departure from
Berditchev province of Kiev on Octo-
Der 10, were compelled to walk three
miles to the railroad station, while
they were jeered. pelted with missiles
and. threatened by mob of several
thousand persons. The officers barely
escaped alive thru strategy of a mem
Der of the cadet guard who started
the train out of the station as it was
being fired upon by the mob, accord
ing to reports which have just arrived
here.
The prisoners were brought from
the guardhouse at O'Clock in the
evening to where motor cars, sur
rounded by a hostile crowd, were wait
ing. The thirty-six cadets who formed
the guard had difficulty in standing
off the mob which demanded that the
generals be surrendered to them for
summary punishment. The mob re-
fused to permit the prisoners to ride
in the automobiles and insisted that
they walk the longest possible route to
the station thru the principal streets.
The mob followed, throwing sticks and
stones. The procession was stopped at
each street lamp to prolong the bait
ing while the crowd shouted, kill
them kill the traitors
General Arloff' was struck in the eye
by a missile and General Vanoufsky's
spine was injured seriously.
When the prisoners arrived at the
station, the mob demanded that they
be put in a convict car instead of the
coaches prepared for them. The
guard compromised on the baggage
car, but the mob still refused to per-
NIT the train to depart. The situa-
ton became menacing and when the
mob opened fire on the train, one of
the cadet guard ordered the engineer
to pull out as quickly as possible.
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GARFIELD WARNS

time. He said that he had no further
information as to the intentions of the
miners except the strike resolution.
"WiD Quit Work iday."-Howat.
Pfttsburg, Kan, oct. 1.-The strike
of Southwestern coal miners called
for Friday morning has not been can
cened or postponed, President Alex
ander HoWat of District IA, United
Mine Workers of America and leader
of the Southwestern miners, an
nounced this morning.
The miners will walk out of the
mines Friday morning just as they
have been ordered to do" Mr.. Howat
said 1.-The strike has not been called
off nor postponed.
1.-THE one issue in the dispute is the
automatic fine matter and 1 stand
where I have stood all along on that.
1 refuse to allow the men who dig coal
to be misused in the manner pre-
scribed by the operators" Mr.. Howat
returned to his headquarters here this
morning from Kansas City.
Situation Worse in Illinois.
Springfield, Ill. Oct. 17.-Early re-
ports today to the headquarters of the
Illinois Coal Operators association
here indicate that many more mines
in the central and southern Illinois
coal fields are shut down, as a part of
the movement of miners to force an
immediate increase in wages. 1t was
estimated that sixty mines are idle
Operators say they are helpless to give
the miners an advance in pay unless
the fuel administration at Washington
allows them to charge more for coal
on the market. The situation has
been placed before Doctor Garfield,
fuel administrator. Governor Frank
o. Lowden is being kept in close
touch with strike developments. Min
ers in the northern field, who have
named a committee to formulate new
demands. are said to object to the pro-
posed agreement reached at Washing
ton. The advance of $140 a day to
day laborers, provided for in the
Washington pact, it is declared, would
enable the laborers to make more
money than expert coal miners.
Frank Harrington, president of the
Illinois Mine workers, has informed
the federal authorities, it is said here,
that open rebellion exists in the IL
linois field. Miners officials say they
are unable to control the situation.
Make No Demands in Texas.
Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 17.-Con-
ferences between John Wilkinson,
president of District No. FL, United
Mine Workers of Texas coal operators
are expected to begin here Saturday.
Wilkinson is now on his way here
from Oklahoma. Proposals similar
to the ones presented in Kansas City
and refused by the operators are ex-
pected to be offered at the confer
ence here.
So far. it is said no demands of any
kind have been made on the Texas
operators.
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/ Morning Grain Letter.
FURNISHED by the Topeka Board of Trade

Chicago, Oct 1.-THE Herald saws
Heavy covering of short corn yesterday by
eastern bears left the technical situation
OF the market weaker most operators
saw it last night and resulted in liberal
buying of bids for today Sentiment is
growing more bearish the time for the
movement of the new crop approaches. The
general belief and mainstay of the bears
is in the attitude of government favoring
lower prices for feed. Traders said the
ease with which the large quantity Of corn
futures were bought yesterday indicated
either one or two things or both that tired
longs were getting out or that traders in
the main are disposed to sell on btfIpes
Taking the loss of million acres in
corn owing to frost on the estimated Weld
per acre given in the October report IL
would make the crop billion bushels This
loss does not scare the bears but encour-
ages the bulls to believe that there will he
little contract corn here for delivery i'm
December. "
Selling/of December oats by several of
the largest professionals was said to be on
the expectation that there NAV an Invest
CATION on the part of the government to see
who has the concentrated holdings and the
reason OF it. The December snread
has widened. Bears expect that December
viii lag unless there is a lifting o. the em
barge on shipments to the seahoard whiclv
fish effect.
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KILLED IN A LIFEBOA7
Two American Sailors Victims of Ger
man Ruthlessness-Eight Wounded

Roanoke, Va, according to a dispatch
to the Daily Chronicle from a British
port, was killed by shrapnel fired by
a German submarine upon the open
boats of torpedoed British steamer
on which the American was employed.
Another member of the crew in Trim
gor's boat, fireman, was wounded by
a shell from the submarine and died
as he was being placed upon a rescu-
ing ship. There were twelve Amerf-
cans among the 40 survivors landed
at a British port
Byron Wood, one of the American
survivors, said that eight survivors
had been taken to a hospital suffer-
ing from serious wounds
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RUSS Down TWO!
Damage Two Other German
Torpedo Boats Near SOela.
SIav Battler Also Sent to Bot
tom in Sunday Fight.

Petrograd, Oct. 1.-Two German
torpedo boats were sunk, two others
were damaged and one Russian tor
pedo boat went to the bottom in an
engagement on Sunday in Soela
sound, north of Oesel island, the Off
cia1 statement announces.
Tho Russian torpedo caft sunk was
the Grom destroyer of 100 tons.
built in 1914-15, speed "a knots, COM
plement of SO menu
More than a dozen German torpedo
boats had forced their way thru Soda
sound, supported by a German battle
ship, when they were met by the Rus
slams and turned back.
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GETS WILSON'S PRAISE
President Proud of Loyalty of Family
With Five Sons Enlisted.

New York, Oct. 17.-Vincent Kelly,
Jersey City, yardmaster, whose five
sons enlisted in the army and navy,
has received the following personal
letter from President Wilson:
my Dear Mr.. Kelly: I want to
give myself the pleasure of telling
you how gratifying and heartening
it is to have brought to my atten-
ton such an inspiring example as
that set by your five boys with all
of them under arms in the service
of the government.
You may we'll be proud of such
a record and 1 warmly congratulate
you on the fine spirit you and they
have shown.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON"
The oldest son is rs years old and
the youngest II. Three boys are of
draft years but all volunteered.
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ANNA HELD
CONTINUED from Page onel
myself, helped organize the Frencl
how scouts

Continued from Page One)
myself, helped organize the French
boy scouts.
Buy Liberty Bonds.
you must, must, must buy liberty
bonds. Men are putting their for
tunes into the loan. 1t must be- If
the bonds are not bought, fortunes
will have to be conscripted.
You think it may be easy to whip
the barbarians-the Dutchmen. 1t
broken now. America will be all but
exhausted before this is over. But
the Hun must be subdued even tho
the world be reduced almost to chaos,
as it will"
Then the French beauty sat up
right and volunteered an idea.
For Christmas Presents.
'I'll tell you. Let the people buy
liberty bonds for Christmas presents.
They must buy them anyway, of
course. but wouldn't that be just
right? Buy a liberty bond and lay it
away and then give it to someone,
father, mother, brother sister, or a
friend for a Christmas present"
A telephone interrupted. Another
shrug of shoulders. The telephone
conversation took a minute or two. but
it did not separate Miss Held's mind
from the one object she seemed to be
in Topeka for. Her musical comedy,
seemed forgotten for a moment, and
again she urged and plead for the
success of this liberty bonds.
At the statehouse today she was in
troduced by Governor Capper.
Il want you to tell them in France
when you go back" he said, that
America is proud of brave, fighting
France. Tell them that We'll win thus
war because America never starts
anything that she can't finish
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INTO AN OPEN SWITCH
Conductor Jud Wyman of Pittsburg,
Kan, KiIIed-Crew Scalded.

of Pittsburg, kan, a conductor, was
killed and Engineer F. o. Matthews
also of Pittsburg, and Fireman Lang
ley were badly scalded when the Kan
saS City Southern extra freight train
ran into an open switch near this city
early today
Two cars and the engine left the
track 1t is said that Wyman, who
was riding in the engine, was caught
between the engine and the tender
and killed instantly when the accident
occurred. Matthews and Langley
were taken to local hospitals.
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Kansas City, Oct 17-CoRN-Cash: Mar.
@1.79; No white. sol; No 8, nominal
No. ? yellow, -$1.s4011.s5; No. 3, nominal.
OATS-Market steady. No. 2 white, 591k
a soc; No. 2 mixed, 5S1z@59c.
RYE-$1.73.
KAFIR AND MILO MAIZE-$3 256340.
HAY-Market unchanged.
SHORTS-S2 1062.17.
BRAN-$147
WHEAT-Receipts A cars
BUTTER-Market unchanged
POULTRY-Market unchanged.
EGGS-Firsts, 361ac; seconds 29c
., C0RN-Close: December, $1.15h; May
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SNOW IS COMING
Continued from rage one,

scheduled to arrive here tonight. The
mercury will probably pass the freez-
ing point tonight, will rise to as or so
tomorrow. The mercury Tuesday
night reached a maximum height at 2
o'clock this morning, registering 70.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon it stood
at 70. But a genuine cold snap
will reach here tonight. The
be a clustering cold spell that will fill
the weather bill tonight and tomorrow.
The lowest temperature on record for
this date is 80 in 1892, and the high
oSf 81 in 1894
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STRIKE PARALYzEs CHICAGO.
situation Worst Ever Confronted by
City-State Dictator Helpless.

Chicago, Oct. 117.-Unless the coal
strike is settled within ten days bust
ness in Chicago will be paralyzed, ac-
cording to a statement made today by
Fred W. Upham, president of the
largest coal company in the city.
There is less than ten days supply in
the city and no coal is coming in
said Mr.. Upham.
THE situation is the most serious
which ever confronted the city, con-
tinued Mr.. Upham- There is no coal
headed for the city except that which
was started from the MINES before the
men went on this unauthorized strike.
Unless the miners resume work Meth
er office buildings nor homes will have
fuel.
q have just returned from talking
with Mr.. Williams. the new fuel adj
ministrator for Illinois. He is doing
all he can, but he cannot force the
men to live up to their contracts"
$500 Miners Idle.
Terre Haute, Ind. Oct 17.-Approx-
imateIy $500 coal miners are on strike
in the district north of here, resulting
today, due to the operators refusing to
guarantee the increase in pay as
agreed upon at the recent conference
in Washington, D. c. The average
daily output of each of these mines is
about twenty carloads.
Mr.. Upham said that his company
had but three days supply on hand. He
said that he believed that there was
not building in the city outside the
industrial plants with more than a
six-day supply on hand. Most of them.
he said, could run only three days
more.
Commercial life in Chicago Will be
wrecked by next week, unless Fuel Ad-
ministrator Garfield moves quickly
said Mr.. Upham.
All Illinois Mines Closed.
st. Louis, Oct. 17.-Announcement
was made here today that practically
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VOTE NO WAR CREDIT
German Socialists Agree to Force
Chancellor to Resign.

Amsterdam. Oct. 17.-CBritish adj
miralty per wirless press.)-A Ger
man Socialist newspaper says the So
cialists have decided tosvote against
the new war credit of 10000, 900, 900
marks which is to be submitted to the
reichstag in December unless Chancel-
lor Michaelis resigns.
For Military Dictatorship.
Copenhagen, Oct. 1.-THE Berlin
correspondent of the Fremdenblatt, of
Hamburg, discerns indications that
forces are at work in the encourage of
Chancellor Michaelis with the thought
of a military dictatorship or at least
with the idea Of having the chancellor
continue in office in defiance of the
reichstag, supporting himself by mill
tary backing. Conservative and So
cialist papers in Germany have been
engaged in controversy on the sub
1ect of dictatorship, but hitherto it
had not seemed to be of such a nature
that it should be taken seriously.
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American Gov. I'm Australia.

Adelaide, Australia, Oct. 17.-John
Greeley Jenkins, of London. who is
one of the founders of the new Ma
tional party in England, bears the dis
tinction of being the only native
American who ever became the head
of an Australian state. He was born
in Clifford, Pa, in September, 1851.
In 1873, however, he came to Aus
tralia and settled in South Australia
From 1901 to 1905 he was premier of
that state.
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3norh iamos and sheep &c under above
PLIGes- positively cannot use sheen or
Poultry and Eggs.
FURNISHED by the Topeka Packing Can
pany. corner Laurent and Madison
rYr,>,e Topeka, Kan, Oct II
o. hE I,Ns-3H lbs. and over 20J5c: und.-
2a3 IDS, la1ac; springs, over Z lbs aac
hooss,ters' lZc; STACEY young rooster 13o:
"f9DtrI.s 5sSS' IDS and under, 24c.
BUTTER-45049c "7e1"e'
Topeka Hay Market
FURNISHED by T. A Heck. 2I2o1A Y a.
pp.n Topeka, Kan. Oct II
PRARIE HAY-S17OO Ut ~.
ALFALFA-S20.0O
Topeka Grain Market
~ uniS"so oy J. Billiard. corns Kanaaa
Ave. and Curtis Stl
oATsL.eo,sso Topeka. Kan. Oct. II.
CORN-x1 90
Retail HAY.
FURNISHED BIZ w \. fiilchrlst 626 ms, al.
Street,
PRARIE HAY-$14.O06R16.O0 49,
ALFALFA-$1e.OO020 o..
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READY FOR NEW DRIVE
Resumption of Heavy Artillery Fire
Presages Another British Thrust.

London, Oct. 17.-Resumption of
heavy British artillery fire coincident
with clearing weather added to the
public's belief today that the British
commander was preparing another
drive in Flanders. Sir Douglas Haig
reported extraordinary aerial and
raiding activity.
Field Marshal Haig merely reported
today nothing of special interest"