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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
USE WOOD RIVETS
Detect German Plot in Naval
Repair Works.
Intern 80 WOrkmen From HO-
bOken Ship Yards.

New York, Oct. 2O.-Due. it was re-
ported, to discovery that German
agents working as mechanics had put
wooden rivets instead OF. steel ones
into plates used in repairing troop
ships, thirty-eight more ''enemy
ens" went to Ellis island today for
g. soiourn until the end of the war.
The thirty eight all came from Ho-
boken ship Yards They were arrested
bv bIuejackets. Most of them were
former employees of the Hamburg
American line To date, 113 German
a AGENTS and workmen in various ship
wards have been seized and interned.
Charles w. Walnum, claiming to be
a Norwegian and of late pantryman
on Harry Payne Whitney's yacht, is
believed by secret service agents to be
an important link in the German
scheme to destroy troop ships. The
authorities say they have proof OF ms
nIans to destroy at least one trans
mort.
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Evident That Hun FlOtilla
Went Around WiIheImshaven.
No Explanation Is Made in
Early Admiralty Report.
AMERICAN SCHOONER IS sunk
"Jennie E. Fighter" of New
Haven a U-BOat Victim.
Mystery as to Strength of Ger
man Sea Forces.

London. Oct. 2O.-Two German
raiders attacked convoy in the
North sea on Wednesday and sank
two of the British escorting destroy
ers, it was announced officially today
by the British war office. The British
torpedo destroyers sunk were the
Mary Rose and the Strongbow.
The Official announcement says
that three merchant vessels escaped
in the action but that five Norwegian,
one Danish and three Swedish vessels
were sunk without warning
Thirty Norwegians were rescued by
British patrol craft
The raiders, which were heavily
armed, showed anxiety to escape be-
fore they could be intercepted by Brit
ish forces, adds the official statement,
and made no attempt to rescue the
crews of the sunken destroyers.
Neither the destroyers Mary Rose
nor Strcngbow are listed in the latest
naval annual and are therefore pre-
sumably vessels finished since the
start Of the war.
From the language of the admiralty
statement, the two vessels must have
been acting as convoy for merchant
vessels.
1t may be significant that the an
nouncement does not state by what
sort Of German naval vessels the two
British destroyers were sunk. The
Germans may have been cruisers or
battlcships.
The Shetland islands lie to the ex-
treme north of the North sea Ger
man submarines are probably fairly
thick in that territory, but if the Ger
man vessels which attacked the Brit
ish destroYers were of any other type
of naval WarShipS it would seem to
to a has
managed to elude the British patrol
around Wilhelmshaven
The neutral merchantmen which
were sunk were not armed. They We're
destroyed by the Germans before any
examination of their cargOeS had beer
made and without regard to the lives
of their crews and their passengers.
Anxious to escape before other Brit
ish forces interfered. the raiders made
off without any effort TO rescue the
men of the British destroyers and the
crews of the other ships.
Berlin Claims Eleven.
Berlin, via London, oct. 20.-EIeVeT
merchantmen and the British destroy
ers 929 and 931 were s0royed by light
German sea forces in an attack on {
convoy off the coast of Norway Wed
nesday it was officially announced
today.
American Schooner Down.
London, oct. 2O.-The American
schooner Jennie f. RICHTER of GA
tons gross was sunk by a Teuton sub
marine on Tuesday off Cape Villano
Spain. Nine men of the hooner wer,
landed today at Mujia. The Jennie
e. RICHTER hailed from New Haven
Conn.
The Jennie f. RICHTER was a thre
masted schooner and was built a
Madison. Conn. in 1887. She was las
reported as having sailed from
United States Atluantic port subse
duent to August so, after a voyag
from Jamaica.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
80 TEAMS IN FIELD
Liberty Loan Enthusiasts IN
Successful Campaign.
ONLY Four More Days 70
Reach S2,OOO,OOO Quota.
PelIetier Stores Take $4,000 in
Bonds Today.

Topeka's drive for volunteer dollars,
two million in all, became more inten-
sified today when the thirty commit
tees of business men taking individual
subscriptions who were out FRIDAY
with successful results again took the
field determined to double frluaS 5
subscriptions
John T. Morrisey, secretary of the
committee in charge of the delegations
making individual solicitations, today
said that five of the teams reported a
total bond sale to persons they called
on of $4,000. The other teams have
not reported but an estimate based on
the amount of bonds sold by the five
reporting would place the amount of
the loan placed Friday by the thirty
teams at more than s10O, 600. figuring.
of course, that some of the teams did
not make as good a showing some
of the five reporting.
Another meeting of the bankers and
business mems executive committee
will be held at the Central National
bank Monday evening 1t Is estimated
bv bankers that at least 100000 will
be added to the $1,05S,000 already
taken by the banks. The additional
figure may come close to three
fourths million.
The former or even the latter addi-
tional figure will be necessary Mon
day evening if Shawnee's quota of 81
100000 is to be raised. After today
only four days will remain for sub
scriptions, which will close october
25 After Monday nights meeting
only three days will remain in which
to raise whatever deficit is reported
to the S2,00OO0O
The news of the sinking of the
American transport. Antilles. with the
| loss of seventy American lives. which
was first given TO Topekans in the
| Postscript edition of the State Journal
| Friday evening. served to boost loan
| subscriptions today.
| -Four Minute men,. speaking from
| various theater stages in the city. read
| the dispatch that appeared in the
| State Journals late afternoon edition
| telling OF the disaster.
The Pelletier stores made whai
| was probably today's biggest subscrip-
| rion by a business house The firm
| took $4,000 of the bonds. Other
| firms also purchased large amounts.
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SINKS
|. U. S. TRANSPORT
70 LIVES LOST
Vessel in Ballast Sent Down on
Return Trip.
Convoy Didn't See Enemy;
Wonder How 1t Happened.
| may HAVE RUN OVER U-BOAT
167 Survivors; Is Of Lost, Sol
diers Returning on FurIOughs.
Catastrophe Tends To Wake Up
America on Reality of War.
Convoy Didn't See Enemy;
Wonder How 1t Happened.
May HAVE RUN OVER U-BOAT
167 Survivors; Is Of Lost, Sol
diers Returning on FurIOughs.

Washington. Oct 20.-Cermany is
centering large part of her U-boat
strength on getting" American trans
ports.
That conviction was instilled into
navy men today as a result of a tor
pedoing of an American transport,
the Antilles, while homeward bound
with about 20 missing.
That a U-boat got" this Morgan
liner however, was largely a matter
of late or luck" No body saw the
submarine altho the Antilles was part
of a convoy and she went down in five
minutes, victim of a square hit
The disaster to the Antilles
shocked American officialdom, and
they hoped today. that it would serve
to awaken the American people to a
realization of exactly what may be
expected from Germany; that only the
utmost precaution and utmost force
is sufficient to conquer such an enemy
Presumably Case of Luck.
The luck" in the Antilles case is
one of the incidents of U-boat warfare
Officials explained today that the An
titles must have run over the U-boat
whose surprised commander was able
to get the range and deliver a torpedo
surely. Had the L vessel been run
ming with her periScOpe exposed, she
would have been visible to the convoy
Between the destroyer patrol and the
armament of the Antilles she would
probably have been an easy victim. A:
it was, the U-boat apparently got one
sight of the transport, while lying II
wait for loaded transports, Europe
bound, and. ducking quickly, fired hel
torpedo and made off
Recent reports indicate that the
Germans are lying in wait for the
American transports especially. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
HUN AIR SHIPS
SHOT DOWN BY
FRENCH CRAFT
Guns of Allies Win in Battle
Over France.
Raiding Fleet Was Flying for
Raid to East.
AERO SLAUGHTER IN ENGLAND
German Flyers Raid Several
Counties of Empire.
Some Drop Bombs Again on
London District.
German Flyers Raid Several
Counties of Empire.
Some Drop Bombs Again on
London District.
SIX zEPpELIKS TOOK PART
Property Destruction Confined
to Homes, Business Houses.
Business Brisk on Flanders
Front but No New Drive Yet.

Paris, Oct. 2O.-French defenders
today destroyed four Zeppelins of a
raiding fleet which flew over French
territory to the east.
One of the aerial cruisers was
brought down at a. m. by antiaircraft
fire near Saint Clement, in the de-
partment of Meurthe and Moselle.
Another came down in flames in the
region of Rambler Villiers.
At least two others fell victim to the
French defensive fire.
The official announcement did not
give details. One report in Paris to-
day was that more than three of the
invading squadron had been destroyed
Rambler Villiers. mentioned above.
is in the Vosges, sixteen miles north
east of Epinal.
| st. Clement is village in the de-
partment of Meurthe ct Moselle which
is the bordering province to Belgium.
The battle line runs thru II and its
principal city is Nancy. where recently
there haYe been numerous German
aeroplane raids.
Raid Over England.
London, Oct. 20.-Twenty-seven
persons were killed and fifty-three in
jured in last nights air raid over east
.ern and northeastern counties and
part of the London district. Lord
French announced today.
The material damage done by the
raiders, it was officially stated, was
confined to houses and business prem
ises.
This was Germany's first air raid
! since the British government formally
decided upon reprisals. 1t occurred
shortly after midnight. Half dozen
or more Zeppelins flew over eastern
and northeastern counties and
/ dropped bombs, some of them pene-
| trating to the London district
Owing to the time of the raid, Lon
don's streets were practically deserted
4 but air craft warnings to take cover''
sent quite a crowd into underground
shelters.
The London protective batteries
were busy only a few minutes and Il is
believed the raiders were checked ef-
| fectively from making any serious at
| tempt against the inner part of the
city.
On the Flanders Front.
I On the Flanders battle front the
British aerial and artillery activity
continues intense. probably in prepa-
I ration for another stroke against the
! German positions east of Ypres within
the next few days
The British airmen have been IA
| vored with fine weather in the last
two days and have carried out much
] photography work as well as bomb
ing raids against German supply de-
pots. Field Marshal Haig's artIIIerv
has been shelling the Zonnebeke seq
tor and other points northeast OF
Ypres heavily. His official statemenf
or Friday declared that the artfflsrv
was carrying out "a concerted bonn.
Dardment OF the enemy positions"
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RUSS HELPLESS
BEFORECU OF
ENEMY ARMADA
Only Winter Freezeup Can
Avert Fall of PetrOgrad.
Slav Navy Toys Compared With
German DreadnaughtS.
OUTCLASSED IN RANGE, SPEED
Never Has Germany COncen-
trated SO Powerful a Fleet.
But Can't Possibly Reach Pc.
trOgrad Before lee Forms.

London, Oct. 20.-Hope that Russia
would be able to make effective resist
ance to a German development of
Reval and occupation before winter s
SHOWS of that strategic point from
which a campaign may be directed
practically abandoned here today.
Germany has never concentrated
such a powerful fleet of all types of
vessels since the war began as that
which is smothering Russian defense
around Riga gulf. Any one of ten
dreadnaughts forming only one part
of the invading squadrons is in itself
able to cope with the whole Russian
fleet-outranging and outspeeding the
Russians. Zeppelins are being used
over the whole naval fighting zone.
Hundreds of small mine sweepers are
cooperating.
No Soldier Transports There.
The only thing lacking in this fleet
are transports, according to reports
from Petrograd. All landing parties
SO far have been of sailors. Hinden-
burg cannot spare soldiers just now.
Today's reports indicated that the
German sweep over Dago island was
landing in coast of Esthonia for the
expected rear movement against
Reval. already being abandoned by
Russians. Such a move will also re-
QulTe reauJuSlmenI OF the WhOle RuS-
sian army line. further south in Lii
vonia.
Petrograd has been exceedingly
reticent of all news of the army front
in this section. 1t was believed here
| however, that Kerensky's visit to the
front and drastic disciplinary meas
ures had resulted in a new strength
en1ng of the Russian army morale.
London does not expect Petrograd to
be seriously menaced by any German
drive before spring. Even at the tor
speed with which the Germans are
now carrying out their naval cam
paign, it appears impossible that they
can get ready for a land offensive
against the Russian capital before
winters cold forces inactivity In the
meantime Petrograd will be aban-
doned as the capital
kerensl1y Goes to Front
+ Petrograd, Oct 2O-Premier Ker.
ensky, it is announced officially has
left Petrograd for the fighting front
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HIT A SNAG
Coal COHfereeS Resume NegOti-
atiOnS Over Fine System.
Expect 10000 Illinois Miners
Back to Work Monday.

Kansas City. Oct 2O.-Representa-
tives of the Southwestern Interstate
Coal Operators association and of the
United Mine Workers of America in
the southwest coal fields resumed the''
negotiations for the signing of a work
ing contract today with the only out
standing difference the automatic
penalty clause.
The representative of the miners
declare they will not agree to any con-
tract embodying the penalty clause
Each of the mine workers. D. A
Frampton, president of the Missouri
district; John Wilkinson, president Of
the Oklahoma and Arkansas miners
and Alexander Howat, of Kansas. are
meeting separately with a representa-
tive of the operators in their respective
districts.
A joint meeting of all will be held
later in the day. Differences in the
wage scale and other minor points of
disagreement were settled in confer
ence yesterday.
Chicago Sees Hope for Relief.
Chicago. Oct. 20.-Relief from the
coal famine which threatens Chica go
and the state the result of the
strike of 10000 Illinois miners may
come today and union officials are
SContinued on Page TwOI
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MEET K. U. TODAY
IchabOds Of to Lawrence on
Early Morning Train.
Bad Weather Keeps Many
RoOters From Making Trip.

Filled with determination to do their
best to make things interesting for the
Jayhawkers this afternoon, the Wash
burn football team, accompanied by
Coach Kennedy and a few loyal fol-
lowers left this morning shortly after
o'clock for Lawrence The big
crowd of rooters that had planned to
make the trip waited for the Santa Fe
special that left at 1:15.
Altho the weather was threatening
and there was a chance for a muddy
field, the players were not concerned.
Mud, snow slush or sleet, they were
determined to do their best and did
not seem to believe atmospheric or
earthly conditions could matter very
much. However, the rain kept many
rooters from making the trip.
1t was expected that the TX. L.
coach would send in a substitute line
up and that he would continue to use
it unless compelled to fall back on his
regulars The probable line up was
announced this morning as follows:
mn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
SAW zEPPELINs IN FLIGHT.
At British Coast 3 Went One Dfrec-
ton, Another-Over England Hrs.


An East Coast Town, Oct. 2O.-
Seven or more Zeppelins crossed the
east coast at about 8 O'Clock last night
four going in one direction and three
in another. At 1880 O'Clock one
Zeppelin passed out on the homeward
journey. This airship dropped six
bombs at II o'clock and three at
1890.
After an interval of twelve months,
London, last night, experienced an
other Zeppelin raid. Nobody saw the
raider which flew at a great height,
and dropped only one bomb on Lon-'
don and few missiles in the outlying
districts.
The people who had been given an
early warning of the approaching air.
craft had left their shelters and were
going home when a bomb fell from
an unseen and unheard alrship.
breaking many plate glass windows.
The sound of the bomb was unlike
that of any in a previous raid. 1t was
less shrill and heavier
The Evening News, commenting on
the raid. says:
"ast night another Of our fond war
delusions was shattered. Statements
from authoritative quarters made at
various times, had led us to beIievs
. the airshIp menace had been mas
tered. How far this is from being the
case is shown by the official report
1T may be pointed out that the
moon set at eight minutes past Z II
seems, therefore, that the moon 10
not factor in German air calcula-
tons which most people supposed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
LOW FUNERAL SUNDAY
Afternoon Services for Topckan Killed
in Motor Accident.

The funeral services of Dean Low
who was killed in an accident at Per
rim, Tex. Thursday will be held from
the residence, 1271 Fillmore street,
Sunday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock The
body arrived in Topeka this afternoon.
Additional information received by
the Low family states that Dean Low
and three other men were on their
way to Mineral Wells from Jacksboro.
Tex. when the accident occurred. Mr..
Braymer superintendent of the con-
cern, was thrown from the back seat
of the motor car and was seriously in
. ilIred
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AIIege Collectors at Camp Funston
and Other Camps Are Abused.

Richmond, Ind, Oct. 2A-Allega-
tions that Quakers at some of the
training camps are being brutaIly
treated because of their stand with
regard to participation in military
drills have been made at sessions of
the five year meeting of Friends, the
national governing body of the church
in convention here
A telegram was tead to the dele
gates yesterday which stated that at
Camp Zachary Taylor one Quaker
had been slapped by a sergeant be-
cause he ''conscientiOusly objected to
drilling and another had been sent to
the guard house for refusing to drill
1t was declared that a Quaker at
Camp Funston had been beaten.
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..Romb. American Cfties.

Dayton. o, Oct 2O.-weather con-
ditions were ideal at the Wilbur
Wright army aviation field near here
today for the flight of twenty air
planes to Columbus Cincinnati. Day
ton and Indianapolis. to drop liberty
loan literature bombs on these
cities. Ten of the machines were to
go to Columbus. and four each to Gin
cinnati and indianapolis. Two were
to fly over Dayton. The field was
astir early this morning with activity
for what promises to be the greatest
peaceful air raid in the nations his
tory.
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RAIN POSTERS ON HUNS
American Flyers Shower Germans
With L. 5. Liberty Loan Placards.

Washington, Oct 20-American
aviators in France flew over the Ger
man lines today and showered thou
sands of liberty loan posters on the
enemy troops
While flyers from training mps -
the United States raided the prin-
cipal cities with paper bombs" air
men on the fighting fronts, under or
ders from General Pershing, carried
the liberty message of the loan to the
Huns themselves, the treasury depart
ment announced
$4,000 Posters to Pershing.
The Lafayette escadrille took the
leading part in the liberty lombard
ment in Europe. The posters used
depicted Uncle Sam in a fighting at
titude smashing horne an argument
for the loan. backed up with endless
lines of troops and bayonets while
overhead soaring aeroplane fleets
were pictured. Another poster show
ed the Statue of Liberty and another
carried President Wilson's battle cry.
Make the World Safe for Democ-
racy."
Altogether seven designs were rep
resented in the consignment Of 1900
posters sent Pershing. So import3n
was the loan message to the German
forces considered by officials that the
supply sent Pershing was from the
first batch printed.
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CORN UP A TRIFLE
Official Denial of S1O Hooverized
Hogs. Strengthens Market.

Chicago, Oct. 2O.-Official dis
avowaI of reports that the food ad-
ministrator had planned to make $40
a hundred weight the standard price
on hogs did a good deal this week to
harden corn and oats in value. and to
overcome in part big declines in pro-
visions.
Corn gained IS cents to 1 Is net and
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art is PRICELESS" SO
SOLDIER BARBER RESIGNS

American Field Headquarters,
France, Oct. 2O.-Clinton. Mo, fur
nished the first contingent with
temperamental barber. He quit his
job as company barber because he
couldn't do artistic hair-cutting af-
ter days hard drilling. The bar
bering brought his pay up to about
s135 a month-but art is priceless
so he resigned.
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The mercurN TINS afternOOn did not
climb as high as was predicted the
maximum for the day being less thar
so. The average temperature for the.
day is Is points below normal
Partly cloudy weather was pre-
dicted for tonight and Sunday. with
tConfinneF 81 Page rsSoi
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oats Is to IS a q cents Nearby de-
Hveries of pork, lard and ribs rose
30 cents to S1.50. but deferred months
finished Is cents to S1.70 down
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LONE BANDIT MAKES HAUL.
Holds Up Accountant and Taps office
Till For $4,000.

Springfield, Ohio, Oct. 2O.--A lone
masked bandit held up and robbed L.
Lynn Arthur. accountant for the
American Seeding Machine company
of s1O,5S2, in the company's offices
today,
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CLOUDY AND COOL
That Is Outlook for a Normal Fail
Sunday.

Hourly temperature readings for the
day reported by the local office of the
limited States weather hnreau: