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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
HALT CORN SKYROCKET
Govt. Ban on Shipments Checks Bulls
Campaign-Cars More Plentiful.

Chicago. Dec. S.-Sweeping orders
for an embargo on eastbound ship
ments of corn and oats have been
rendered necessary this week to off
set price advances that were result
ing from persistent smallness of re-
ceipts despite an increasing supply of
railway cars. Compared with a week
ago. corn this morning was 1-2 to 1
higher and oats up / is to l SIS,
but provisions were down 80 to 81.
Previous to the announcement of
drastic ban on shipments to the sea-
board. bulls in corn had a decided
advantage and there was a general ac-
ceptance of opinion that at least tenn
porarily more than enough discount
had been allowed for the immediate
effect of a westward movement of
even 100000 cars.
Bulges in the price of oats came
about chiefly from the fact that
stocks were meager and arrivals rel
atively likewise. Announcement of
! trade restrictions to meet the views
of the federal government weakened
provisions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
ROUND UP ALIENS
War on Austria Adds Million to
Enemy Alien List.
Nation-W Wide Dragnet for Sus-
poets Began Today.

Washington, Dec. 8.-The roundup
of Austro- Hungarian enemies began
today thruout the United States with
agents of the department of justice
being assisted by local authorities.
With the declaration of war more
than a million subjects of Austria
Hungary living in this country were
added to the lists of alien enemies
Many of them actually sympathize
with the cause of the United States
and the allies. and the government is
confronted with a task of much DIFF
ficulty in giving them proper consid-
Grafton.
Government agents today rounded
up many Austrians who long have
been suspected of conspiring against
the governments war plans but
been lacking. They will get fair hear
ings and be interned if they fail to
convince officials of their peaceful in
tentions.
Barred From Docks, Warehouses. Etc.
All Austro- Hungarians are barred
today from the 100-yard zones estab-
lished about piers, docks, warehouses
and terminals and will be required to
register with police as soon as regula-
tons are promulgated.
In cities where the foreign popula-
ton is large, particularly in steel man
ufacturing centers and mining dis
tricts, the task will be enormous. Of
ficials are taking pains to make the
process as simple as is compatible
with the necessity of obtaining full in
formation concerning the business and
habits of aliens.
Arrest Austrian Musician.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. S.-Dr. Ernst
Kunwald, director of the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra association was
arrested today in the associations Of
flee by United States Marshal Devan-
ney on order of Attorney General
Gregory of Washington. Kunwald is
an Austrian. He was arrested under
Section IL of the presidents procla-
nation of April as an enemy alien.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
IN SUPREME COURT
Kansas Towns Liable for Mob
Violence Damages.
Judgment to Mrs. Rebecca
Harvey of Bonner Springs.
FOLEY Wins ELECTION CASES
Court UphOlds Refusal to
Prosecute Labette Cases.
Other Decisions Handed Down
by Upper Court Today.

Kansas towns are liable to claims
for damages when they permit mob
Violence. even though the mob is con-
PreRated under the guise of posse
to arrest a man charged with crime
The state supreme court today laid
down the rule in affirming a decision
of the Wyandotte district court in
awarding a judgment for $500 in ia
Vor of Mrs. Rebecca Harvey of Bon
ner Springs.
Mrs Harvey is the widow of Rolla
Harvey. killed by a Bonner Springs
mob several years ago. The mob was
shown to have been led by the city
marshal and Harvey was killed when
he came to the door of his home. A
number of persons armed, with shot
guns, rifles and revolvers were in the
mob, which Mrs Harvey showed to
have been organized by the marshal
The fact that Harvey had shot at
the marshal prior to organization of
the mob posse was not sufficient JUS
fification for the action of the moh
had "a perfect right to arrest Harvey,
the court said it should have been
done in a peaceful and orderly man
no. When a mob was ORGANIZED, the
e las responsible for its existence.
IS Harvey filed suit for damages
following the killing of her husband.
She will now collect the judgment of
81 son awarded in her favor by the
WYandotte county district court.
Not Liable For Damages.
Agents and owners of property are
not liable for damages-even tho re-
pairs have been promised-when in
1urfes are received by a renter who
knows the dangerous condition of the
property. That was the ruling of the
supreme court today in reversing a
decision of the first division of the
Shawnee county district court, where
Mary f. Crawford and others.
The plaintiff rented house in To
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
REID TO K. C. SCHOOLS
Topeka Artist and Cartoonist Arouses
Spirit of Patriotism There.

Kansas City, Kan, Dec. S.-Albert
T. Reid of Topeka, well known artist
and cartoonist is one of the busiest
men in Kansas filling dates for
"chalk-talks'' to the schools over the
state.
Friday afternoon Reid appeared be-
fore 1,400 children of the schools here.
Next week he goes TO Leavenworth.
Reid has adopted a new form of
entertainment in his picture making
before the schools. Conservation,
Baby bonds and the Red Cross are
the texts for his present series of
drawing sermons. In his depletion of
the methods that can be used by the
children in conserving food he uses
drawings combined with arithmetic
and the pupils understand quickly.
Friday they broke out in applause
several times during his talk indicat-
ing the spirit of patriotism that exists
among the children of this CITY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
U-B0AT NEAR HALIFAX
Report Seeing One in Tow of Steamer
Night Before Explosion.

An Atlantic Port Dec S.-Two
mysterious craft. apparently a large
submarine in tow of a steam vessel
were sighted off the Nova Scotia
coast in the vicinity of Halifax on
the night before the Halifax explo-
sion, according 70 the captain of a
steamship which arrived here from a
st. Lawrence river port today.
He said his steamship nearly ran
into the two strange craft, neither of
which displayed any lights. At first
ne believed the vessel in tow was a
buoy but later became convinced if
was large submarine. The towing
vessel he said. appeared to be sig
mailing either some other ship or a
point on the shore
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
RELIEF TRAIN THRU
Boston Red Cross Special
Reaches Stricken Halifax.
City Again Isolated by Raging
Blizzard-TwO-fOOt Snowfall.

Halifax, Dec. S.-(From a staff
correspondent of the Associated Press)
The Massachusetts relief train tbs
left Boston Thursday night. arrived
here today. There is absolutely no
way of estimating with any degree of
accuracy the number of dead as a
result of the explosion on Thursday.
Fifteen hundred dead is the generally
accepted figure by the authorities.
In one morgue there are 800 bodies.
The latter were viewed by a multi
tude today but only a few were iden-
titled There are probably 200 other
bodies on view awaiting Identification.
A citizens committee issued a state
ment saying that between 5000 and
1000 dwellings occupied by the poor
er classes had been destroyed, affect
ing approximately $4,000 persons.
Investigation shows that almost 90, 900
persons are destitute.
Snow to the depth of two feet covers
the devastated area. The district is
under strict guard, Canadian soldiers
being assisted by American blue jack
cts. The mayor today issued an order
suspending the Sabbath holiday and
directing that all stores remaining safe
for occupancy be kept open and all
labor continued.
Search of the ruins is greatly de-
layed by the heavy snow. tho many
injured had been removed to nearby
towns before the storm set in.
Furious Blizzard Raging.
st. John, Dec. S.-Reports from
Truro, sixty miles distant from Hall
fax, say the entire area there is storm
swept and the fury of the blizzard is
hardly less cruel than the flames that
preceded it.
Trains from Halifax and other
points east were reported as hours
behind" and there were no promises
made regarding them
These trains are loaded with injured
persons and deaths upon them are al
together probable, as scarcely a train
load Of injured has arrived heretofore
without bringing the bodies of some
who died after the journey to the hos
pitfalls at Truro was begun.
Storm IsoIates Halifax.
st. John, Dec. S.-Halifax is prac-
tically isolated today. Stormbound,
the devastated city has been cut off
from virtually all communication
with the outside
Intermittent communication by tel
egraph, uncertain and hesitating in
the early hours of the day has been
followed by complete suspension.
The fate of the sufferers from the
explosion of Thursday is causing the
greatest concern, as temporary quar-
tiers for the homeless are limited and
supplies of window glass and roofing
paper that might make damaged
buildings again habitable are still
lacking in sufficient quantities to meet
the need.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
CAPSIZES IN LAKE
Eight of Crew Lose Lives Off Chicapo
in Heavy Gale.

Chicago, Dec. Slight men were
believed to have been drowned when
the steamer. Desmond, capsized in
the heavy seas off South Chicago this
afternoon. She carried a crew of IA
and the coast guard rescued six. The
latter are unconscious and some of
them may die.
The Desmond was of the tvpe
known as sand sucker" She piled
regularly between the Michigan shore
and South Chicago. The sand she
obtained was used in the steel mills
in the latter place
The steamer was returning, loaded.
when she turned over near the en-
trance of the Calumet river harbor
The waves are believed to have caused
her cargo to shift.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08

peka. She paid a rental of 81 a
month. She was two months delin-
quent in the payment of her rent She
had asked for repairs to a defective
porch. The repairs had been prom
ised five months before the woman
fell thru the porch and was injured.
She brought suit for damages and Sc
cured a judgment in the district court.
In reversing the case today the su-
preme court held that the plaintiff
had failed utterly to establish cause
of action. The ordinary rule the
court said, lis that an award of dam
ages for a landlords breach of cove
nant to repair adweIling house is not
extended to include liability for per-
sonal injuries sustained by the tenant
in the use of the unrepaired property
The plaintiffs case entirely
fails
King Goes to Prison.
The supreme court today refused to
grant new trial for Ed King, con-
victed of first degree robbery in Cher
okee county. Testimony of state wit
nesses was attacked by King in an APP
peal to the supreme court He al
legged the admission of testimony
which should have been stricken
from the records. In a review of the
testimony, however, the supreme court
allied to find reversible error and af-
firmed the verdict rendered in the
trial court.
Court Clerk Is Ousted.
The supreme court today ordered
the removal of j. B. F,ishback, clerk
of the city court of Wichita FISH
back was charged with failure to turn
into the county treasury fees collected
by him in cases in his court
Original custer proceedings against
Fishback were filed by the county at
torney of Sedgwick county. The court
refused to approve Fishback's de-
Tense to the effect that he did not
understand the statutes conpellins
him to turn over the fees. The court
held that the failure to turn over the
fees constituted a violation of the law
sufficient to justify his removal
Must Pay Damages Twice.
When a boy is injured and dam
ages are collected by the father, such
action does not constitute par
against a claim by the son When ne
aftains his majority. That was the
ruling of the supreme court TO-DAY IN
approving an action brought by Alfred
Leslie against the Proctor & Gamble
Manufacturing company of Kansas
City, Kan.
factory when II years old. The faith
er collected $500 in damages. After
attaining his majority, Leslie brought
suit for $4,000 damages. Both the
district and supreme court upheld
Leslie's right to maintain the suit.
Foley Wins His Cases.
Pete Foley. well known Parsons
publisher and politician, today won
his election cases in the supreme
court. The court upheld the action of
the county attorney of Labette county
in refusing to prosecute the cases
against Foley.
On complaints by individuals, sew
eral suits were filed against Foley by
Labette county lawyers. Foley was
charged with paying men for election
services. The county attorney dis
missed the suits as fast as they were
filed and an appeal was taken to the
supreme court, which today decided
the county attorney acted within his
rights
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
SUPREME COURT OPINIONS
By Johnston, c. j.

Bertram Brice-Nash. appellant VS..
The Hutchinson Interurban Railway
company, appellee; appeal from Reno
county; affirmed.
]. E. Norris, appellant VS.. G. W.
Mckee. appellee; appeal from Sedg-
wick county DIV. p; affirmed.
Isnace Tersina, appellee VS.. The Liv-
erpool and London and Globe ms.
Co. and H. F. Brooks Get all, appel
lants; appeal from Cherokee county;
affirmed.
]. F. Walk, appellant VS.. Peter KEEL
Ter, ct al. appellees; appeal from
Trego county; affirmed.
The Hamilton-CoIIinson Hardware
Co. appellant VS.. The Arkansas City
Oil & Gas company, ct al (Dan w.
Brown, receiver, etc.), appellant G.
w. Mounts, interpleader, appellee; APP
peal from Cowley county; affirmed
S. F. Helms. appellee VS.. The East
ern Kansas Oil Co. Limited, appel
lants; appeal from Allen county; af-
firmed.
BY BurcIl, j.
The Kelley & Lysle Milling Co.. ap-
pellee VS.. L. Schneider. etc. appellant:
appeal from Wyandotte county (Div.
%; appeal dismissed.
By Mason, j.
T. F. Garner, appellee VS.. The
Dodge City Wholesale Grocery Co.,
appellant; appeal. from Ford county;
affirmed.
William Storm, ct al, appellees VS.
The Leavenworth Light, Heat & Pow.
er CO., appellant; appeal from Leav.
enworth county; affirmed
p. I. Foley. appellee VS.. T. B. Ham,
ct al, etc, appellants; appeal from
Labette county; affirmed.
BENJAMIN Mullarky, appellee VS.. H
A Marker, appellant; appeal from
Jewell county; affirmed.
b M. McCue, appellant VS.. ]. w.
Hope, appellee; appeal from Finney
county; affirmed
Remigi Ricardo, F. B. Wheeler. and
G A. Mcneil, appellees VS.. Central
Coal & Coke Co, etc, at al I'd. @.
Smith, appellantO appeal from Chero-
kee county, affirmed
BY Porter, j.
Geo. A. Grisier. appellee VS.. the
Farmers State bank of Belpre, Kan,
ct al. appellant; appeal from Stafford
county; affirmed
Rebecca Harvey, appellee VS. city OF
Bonner Springs, Kan. appellant; APP
peal from Wyandotte county (Div. 81
affirmed. Johnston. c. j., Marshall
and Dawson, J. j., dissenting)
Belle Holcomb, appellee vs. Clifton
township. appellant; appeal from Will
son county: affirmed.
W. M. Forbes, appellee VS.. John c,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
JOIN "HELLO" STRIKE
General Walkout by Unions in Sympa-
thy With Telephone Operators.

Fort Smith, Ark, Dec. SIN sym
pathy with the strike of the opera
tors of the Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone company who have been on
strike for the past two and half
months, a general strike became eff
fective here today. At o'clock this
morning the bakers, carpenters, plas-
terers, cigarmakers, sheet metal work
ers, paperhangers, painters and all
building tradesmen except bricklayers,
quit work
The street railway employees will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08

quit at $3.50, the stage hands and mo-
ton picture operatives at I o'clock, the
retail clerks at 5, the laundry workers
at $40, the BARRIERS at 10 p m.
The attitude Of other craftsmen is
not yet certain. 1t is stated that fed
eral interposition ha" been secured
against a strike of employees of power,
light anil natural gas public utilities
in order to avert tie suffering that
would attend the situation in conse-
quence of the severely cold weather.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
STAGE A MOVIE BLUFF
Bandits Proved Genuine and Escape
With Banks $4,000.

Culver City. Calf, Dec. S.-Two
men, pretending to be making a mo-
ton picture, held up and robbed the
Culver City Commercial and Savings
bank today and escaped with $4,000.
Culver City is near Los Angeles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

WESLEY BOYLES. 10 years old, died
at his home. T22 Madison street on Decem-
Der a. The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon at O'Clock from the residence
Burial in Mt Auburn cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08

The funeral of Jacob Hefner will be held
tomorrow afternoon at = o'clock from st
Josephs church. Burial in Mt. Calvary
cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08

The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Crockett
viii be neld tomorrow afternoon at 30
O'Clock from the New Hope Primitive Bap-
fist church. Burial in Mt. Auburn Gene
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08

Lords Flowers SATISFY Tel s2I.-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08

(Mrs.) Agnes Ekblad, appellee, VS.
Justus B. Linderholm, appellant; ap-
peal from Mcpherson county; af-
firmed
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-08-04
COURT PLASTER|S
INFECTED WITH
TETANUs GERMS
Pole Is Arrested in Salt Lake.
Charged With Attempting to-
Infect Americans With Lock-
jaw.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. a.
Charged with selling in and about
Salt Lake court plaster infected with
tetanus germs, Joe Bergerman. u
years old, was arrested this morning
by Deputy Sheriff John S. Corless.
The arrest followed almost immedi-
ately the announcement of DR.. r. b.
Beatty, secretary of the state board
of health, that court plaster sold by
Bergerman showed under analysis the
presence of the germ.
Bergerman is a Pole, born in War
saw, and has lost one leg. He claims
to be selling the plaster to obtain
funds with which to purchase an arti-
ficial limb.
The prisoner claimed he purchased
his stock of court plaster from local
drug store a year ago and that much
of his story has been verified. At the
drug store it was stated he has been
in the habit of purchasing the plaster
by the gross.
Efforts are being made to learn
whether Bergerman Is German
agent Bergerman claims a consider
able quantity of his stock was stolen
from him a short time ago and pro-,
fesses to believe that the same per-
sons who committed theft also in
fected his remaining stock.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-08-04
JAPAN AND b. S. IN
ABSOLUTE ACCORD


Washington, Aug. 3.-Just as soon
as the export council can come to an
understanding with the Japanese gov
ernmcnt as to the meaning of the
term war uses" as applied to ship
ping, the quantity of American struc-
tural steel which may be exported to
Japan for the purpose of building
ships will be fixed.
The Japanese government, 1t may
be authoritatively stated, has n
thorough understanding of the pur-
poses of the export council in regu~
lating the distribution of American
steel among the allied and neutral
countries. 1t has been informed that
the demands of American ship build
ers are so great that absolutely no
steel can. be spared for export unless
the tonnage to be constructed there
from goes to swell the total volume
of shipping available for war pur-
poses"
Recognizing the legality of this po-
sition on the part Of the United States
the Japanese government for its part
is quite willing that large portion of
it's mercantile shipping shall be utiliz-
ed by the United States or the entente
allies to meet the necessity created by
the German submarine warfare.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-08-04
WOULD WORK SHOULD
U. S. CONFISCATE MINES

Columbus, N. NJ, Aug. 3.-Repre-
sentatives of the miners and others
deported from Bisbee July IL, for
mally authorized by meeting of the
exiles, today sent telegram to Pres
ident Wilson, offering to "dig copper"
for the United States government If it
woul dtake over the copper indus
try. 1t follows:
miners deported from Bisbee vot-
ed unanimously that they were will
ing to dig copper for the United
States government. provided that the
government will take over and oper-
ate all copper mines and smelters in
the country"
Several civil and military officers
attended the meeting, seemingly
greatly interested in the account Of
the deportation given by William b.
Cleary, an Arizona attorney deported
with the others.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-08-04
MOST TERRIFIC BATTLE
OF EUROPEAN WAR

Berlin. Aug.3 (via London. )-Spe7
cal dispatches from the front in the
Berlin newspapers agree in describ-
ing the battle in Flanders as strug-
gle for the submarine bases in Bel
GUM, as we'll as characterizng 1t as
the most stupendous combat of the
war.
The great brutal force of the ini-
tial blow has been parried," writes the
1ageblatts correspondent regarding
the Flanders battle. THE main
spring which impelled the German
fighting man on was the strong
realization that he was here called
upon to defend the German U-boat--
to serve the mightiest most promis-
ing weapon of his country and bar
the path to it with his life. The
German troops counter-attacked in
frightfuT bayonet and hand grenade
combats. 1t was the mightiest coun-
ter-thrust, following the mightiest i'm
pact, which the world has ever seen.
'Nightfall witnessed the happy
German achievement. The foe had
won German trenches, had gained
control of BiXschoote and had carried
off prisoners, but he lay bleeding at
the foot of the wall he desired to
scale"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-08-04
AUSTRALIAN METALS
ARE TO BE CONSERVED

Melbourne, Austrian, Aug. 3.-Tho
chairman of the Sydney metal ex-
change states that the policy of the
federal government, with regard to
metals, is that all minerals produced
in Australia will in future he treat
ed in Australia.
An exchange similar to the London
metal exchange is to be created and
instead of metals being sold to Lon
don, they will be sold to Sy ney and
Melbourne
Efforts are being made il induce
Premier Hughes to fix i stan lard
price for copper, for three Years.
The government has made arrange
ments fixing the price of zinc for ten
years.
Regarding rare metals, Mr.. Hughes
has submitted plan to the producers
whereby the government will contract
OF take over the whole of the tungsten
production at the worlds current
prices.