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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
HAVE BIG PROGRAM
League of Kan. Municipalities VIII
Meet in Wichita This Year.

The annual convention of the
League of Kansas Municipalities will
convene in Wichita October 16, IT
and IS, according to w L. Porter,
city commissioner, who is president
of the league. The convention will
open October 16 and plans have been
made for entertaining more than 200
delegates to the convention.
Theodore Roosevelt fl1as been asked
to lecture before the body of Kansas
city officials who will attend the
meetings. An invitation was sent out
this morning from Lawrence, Kansa $,
thru Homer Talbot, secretary of the
league.
DR.. S. J. Crumbine of the state
board of health, has been scheduled
for a lecture October II, on Saving
Lives Thru An Efficient Local Health
Board"
J. Will Kelley, secretary of the To-
peka Chamber of Commerce, who is
president of the Kansas City Plan
ming association, will lecture on city
planning, Wednesday evening, Octo-
Der II.
w. Y. Morgan. lieutenant govern Or
of Kansas, has been asked to spea K
on the program as a representative of
the state to the league.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
ATTACKS TROOPS
U-BOat Tries To Sink 5000
American Soldiers.
But Is Sunk in Turn-Cana-
dams Sink Another.

An Atlantic Port, Sept. 26.-Two
submarine attacks on a steamer car
rying 5000 American troops was re-
pulsed off Fastnet and another attack
on ship carrying $500 Canadians
was defeated and two U-boats are be-
lieved to have been sunk, passengers
arriving here from England said to-
day. Both attacks were made within
the last two weeks.
The steamer which was carrying
the American flies the British flag
and is one of the biggest afloat. In
the first attack on it a torpedo passed
close under it's stern, the passengers
declared. Then the ships gun fire
made the U-boat dive. Next day a
submersible appeared dead ahead Of
the troop ship in the Irish sea. A
small British destroyer was said to
have rushed out from behind the big
vessel and sank the German with
three shots, according to the stories.
Twelve hours later another liner
carrying the Canadians entered the
Irish sea. A U-boat popped up dead
ahead of it but was rammed and sunk
before it could launch it's torpedo.
Soldiers on the transports deck saw
German sailors carried past in the
sea, struggling to keep afloat. Sew
eral were later picked up by a British
destroyer, the passengers said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
ST0CKYARDS BURNING
500 Horses Consumed-Four Blocks
of st. Louis Yards DESTROYED.

East St Louis, Mo-, Sept. 26.-Five
hundred horses were believed burned
to death in fire which this afternoon
was reported sweeping the National
stock yards. Four blocks of the yards
mad been wiped out up to o'clock.
AT this time the damage was esti-
mated at 100000.
a& 300 Room Hotel Burns.
The National Stockyards hotel of
800 rooms was early caught in the
sweep of the flames and is reported
a total loss.
The entire stockyards are said to
be doomed and the probable loss, ac-
cording to stockmen will be more than
half a million dollars.
Help was asked of the st. Louis fire
department which sent several pieces
of apparatus to the scene.
The fire started within a few feet
of the pavilion where the allies and
the United States government buy
900 horses a week, and authorities
began an immediate investigation to
determine if the fire was of incendiary
origin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
LOCAL MENTION

The Priscilla society of the Swed-
ish Lutheran church will meet this
evening, at the home of Miss Anna
Johnson, 1917 Grattan street The Dor
cas- society will meet on Thursday af-
ternoon at the home of Mrs Ceder-
berg, 402 Underwood avenue, and the
Sunshine society at the home of Miss
Amanda Isaacson. 1877 Grattan street.
on Saturday afternoon.
For your own safety and to ayiod
a fire hazard be sure to have your
electric wiring done thru a reliable
shop and by a licensed electrician
Adv.
George Denton has been appointed
as successor to Christian Sill as sani-
tary inspector for the city. Denton
viii fill the position until Sill returns
from military service. He enlisted two
months ago in the Red Cross Ambu-
lance corps which left last week for
Fort Pike, Arkansas
Fisher & Smith Lawyers have
moved to second floor Aetna Building
ADV.
Hazel NJ. Pratt today filed a petit
ton for a divorce from William n.
Pratt. She alleges abandonment and
gross neglect of duty. They were mar
ried June %, 1915, at Omaha She
asks 10 be restored to her maiden
name of Hazel NJ. Bell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
HAS NEGRO RECRUITS
But All White Quota Gone-St. Louis
Seeks Information.

jefferson City, Sept. 26.-The adj
jutant general of Missouri today tele-
graphed to Provost Marshal General
Crowder for instructions regarding the
policy to be followed in three ST. Louis
wards in sending their next quota of
the national army to Camp Funston.
Instructions as received are that the
AS per cent of the ward quotas to
be modified on October 8, shall be
white men. Three St. Louis wards
have a large number of negro regis
trants. and these wards already have
sent their full white contingents.
The adjutant general desires to
know whether negro troops shall be
sent on October 8, or whether no men
shall be sent from those wards on
that date. ~ g.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
KANSAN GETS THERE
Philippine Record of Ex-sOldier Wins
Him First Lieutenancy.

Washington, Sept 2e.-At the re-
quest of President Wilson William B.
Trembley, of Kansas City, Kan, who
several years ago won a congressional
gold medal for heroic services in the
Philippines, has been commissioned
first lieutenant in the army and
ordered to a training camp.
Trembley twice was refused adj
mission to training camps for being
under weight.
Representative Little of Kansas
called the presidents attention to
Trembley's Philippine record, and the
executive acted Immediately.
Trembley and Edgar White, as
members of Company B, of the First
battalion, Twentieth Kansas volun-
teers, swan a river, tied a rope to
tree so as to afford a crossing to other
soldiers, and then routed fourteen
Filipinos from a first line trench with
handfuls of mud.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26

No matter wrat ails your child,
gentle, thorough laxative should al
WAYS be the first treatment given
II your little one is out-of- sorts,
shalf-sick. isn't resting. eating and
acting naturally look. Mother! see if
tongue Is coated. This is a sure sign
that the little stomach. liver and
bowels are clogged with waste. When
cross. irritable. fe--erish. stomach
sour, breath bad or has stomach -ache,
'diarrhoea. sore throat, full of cold.
give q teaspoonful of California
Syrup of Figs" and in a few hours
ali the constipated poison. undigested
food and sour bile gently moves out
Of nhe little bowels without gripping.
and you have a we'll. playful child
again
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this harmless fruit laxative" becau.
1T never fails to cleans The l. tie ones
liver and bowels and sweeten the
stomach and ley dearly love its
plea mt taste. Full directions for ba-
-bfes, children of I'll ages and for
..grown-ups printed on each bottle.
= Beware of counterfeit fig syrups-
Ask your druggist foI a 50-cent bot
tie OF California Syrup of Figs; then
see that it is made by the California
Fig Syrup Company. advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
HIT CAR STACKER
Railroads To Refuse Cars to
Those Who Waste Space.
Shippers Who Load to Capac-
ity will Be Given Preference.
PLAN TO Be ADOPTED SOON
Consignors of Grain First Al
fected by the New Policy.
Will Be Extended Over Other
Commodities as Need Arises.

In view of further alternating the
car shortage. western carriers are ex-
pected shortly to notify shippers that
they will refuse ITO allow the light
loading of grain cars, and that, all
things being equal, the man who loads
to ITO per cent of capacity will get
first service of available cars. The
policy, the railroads say, will be just
titled on grounds that the roads have
no right to deprive shippers of grain
of an adequate part of the car supply
because some other shipper elects to
use two cars when one would suffice.
The plan is being worked out by
the roads. Several conferences per-
tanning thereto have been held re-
Gently and it had been decided that
this policy would benefit the people
at large.
Freight traffic men explain that
shippers who are obeying the govern
ment's advice to load to full canaciy
are demanding that the carriers meet
their demands ahead of the man who
persists in wasting space, contending
that by so doing the largest amount
OF business and greatest number of
shippers will be provided for.
The practice of furnishing cars on
demand is likely to be superseded, it
is asserted, by shippers informing the
carriers of the amount of gross freight
to be shipped and the railroads furn-
1shing the actual space needed. The
unusual conditions prevailing are said
by railroad men to require construc-
tive action of this kind, Irrespective
or tariff obligations applicable to
normal times.
The new policy being worked ont at
present IN reference to grain only,
will be extended to other commodities
If the same need arises
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
TAR |. w. w. AGENTS
$50 Farmers Severely Treat AgitatOrs
in Arkansas Rice Fields.

Stuttgart, Ark, Sept. 26.-Tour
white men, believed to be 1. w. W.
agents, were whipped and tarred and
feathered by a mob of $50 Arkdns
county rice farmers near here early
today.
They were warned that if they re-
turned to this county necktie
party" would be held.
The men were arrested yesterday
after officers had been informed that
the farmers were organizing to stop
activities of the four in endeavoring
to incite laborers brought here from
working in the rice harvest. The $50
farmers composing the mob were in
fifty automobiles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
BOY IN SERVICE.
Kansan Is Years Old Is in the
Canadian Army.
He Is the Son of Earl Evans,
Wichita Oil Attorney.
ARRESTED AS AN IMPOSTER
Officers UnaccustOmed TO Boys
His Age in Uniform.
Lad Expects To Be in France in
Short Time.

One of the youngest boys in the
European war is a Kansan He is
Bruce Evans of Wichita. son of Earl
Evans. widely known attorney and
chief counsel in Kansas for the Stand
ard Oil company. Young Evans is
fifteen years old and is an orderly
attached to the military service of the
Canadian national army.
Without question Evans is the
youngest Kansan in the world war
game 1t is quite proba BILE that he
in the volunteer service of any of the
allied nations. Too young to enter
the ranks as an active combatant
and bearer of arms, Evans was as
signed to the Canadian military serv-
ice with rank of orderly.
Father in Topeka Today.
Earl Evans, the father. was in To-
peka today on his way home from
Canada. where he witnessed maneuv-
ers and a review of a number of Cana
dian troops. His son participated in
the maneuVers. But his age aroused
suspicion among the Canadian war
veterans and the Kansas lad in the
service uniform of the Canadian army,
was handicapped by frequent inter
ference at the hands of his elder COM
missioned and superior officers.
Four times during tie day young
Evans was arrested as an imposter and
was compelled to send word to staff
officers in order to secure his release
The Canadian war veterans simply
could not accustom themselves to the
appearance of the lad in service uni
form. And Evans was the constant
victim of their suspicious.
Mother "A Canadian.
The boys mother was a Canadian.
His father is a native Kansan- The
cause of the allied nations thrilled
: ruce Evans and he yearned for a
CHARGE to get to the firing lines. His
age, tho, prevented his enlistment in
American military units. He was too
young for conscriptive service. So with
the consent of his father, he was able to
find a place in the military service of
the national army of Canada. 1t is
quite probable he will be sent to
France with the Canadian troops and
will enter the war as the youngest
Kansan in the service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
IN WAGE conference
Shop Men of Frisco and Officials Try
to Get Together.

St. Louis, Sept. 26.-Twelve mem
bers of the wage committee of the
Federated Shop Craftsmen of the st.
Louis & San Francisco railroad, con-
ferred here today with General Man
ager Levy regarding their dema Is
for a wage increase of ten cents an
hour
The present scale is 43 to 46 cents.
A strike vote has been taken but the
men deferred going out until after the
conference today.
T. II. Beggs. president of the FEEDER
ated Craftsmen, said the company had
offered a wage increase of to "
cents, but this has been refused by
the men.
Pattern Makers to Work.
Norfolk, Sept. 26.-Pattern makers
at the navy yard today decided to re-
turn to work after receiving advices
from union officials in washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26

Let er rain Inc talr Is over
Miss Litta France, of the statis-
teal department of the Santa Fe, has
returned to her home in Chicago.
The man with egg on his chin has
ceased to be a plutocrat. The man
with coal in his bins is the silk stock
citizen of today.
Mrs. A. S. Thomas. who was oper-
ated upon at a local hospital today
was reported doing as nicely as could
be expected, this afternoon.
The street cars were jammed today.
Dripping passengers were packed
within the cars and trickling umbrellas
filled the summer shoes of the good
natured patrons,
The heavy rain overtaxed many
sc wers in different part of the city
this morning. In many places the
streets were running curb fun with
water
The Sunday school class of c. p.
Morrison of the Lowman Hill M. f.
church that was to have met at the
residence of Mrs. Jones tonight has
postponed the meeting to later date.
Auto trucks are reducing railway
revenues between nearby cities and
Topeka. One local moving van con-
Germ has two trucks always hauling
household goods into or out of the
city.
Bowling alleys at the r. r. Y. NJ.
c. A. will soon be open to members
of the organization free of charge, it
announced this morning. The alleys
are now being repaired and will
probably be ready for use next week.
A musical program will be given
Friday evening, September 28, at the
Gage park schoolhouse. After the
program a meeting will be called and
various matters of interest to the COM
munity including the payments for the
Tenth ma will ha discussed
The soldiers at the fair grounds
were given a taste of the French rains
last night. The water made brooks
around the battery quarters and in
the case of the headquarters company
under Captain Mills the flimsy tents
dripped.
Three Topeka men were listed
among the ,74O midshipmen who en-
rolled in the government Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis, according to word
received here this morning. School
opened for the men Tuesday morning.
William p. kellogg, Wendell Switzer
and Gale C. Morgan are the men reg
istered from Topeka.
Judge r. NJ. Yates, who received a
commission as a second lieutenant and
refused it, has finally accepted the
commission and will leave late to-
day for Fort Riley. Judge Yates at
tended the officers training camp at
I OIl 1NiIey uuTlHS the summer ana
when the camp ended he was prof
fered a second lieutenancy.
Miss Lucille Hopper, 15-year-lld
daughter of Harry Hopper, driver of
the fire chiefs car, who fell while
running to catch a car and sustained
broken limb and was taken to ST.
Francis hospital where an operation
was found necessary, was reported
resting easily today after her opera
ton.
Three recruits were received at the
local recruiting office of the United
States navy Tuesday Chester A.
Smith, of West Salem, ILL.,, enlisted as
an apprentice seaman. Donald Fay,
sos Lincoln street, and Raymond
Moorehouse, 1144 Grand avenue. both
enlisted as wireless telegraphers All
three men were sent Immediately to
the Great Lakes training school
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
PROVISIONS WAY UP
Provisions Take Another Skyward
Soar, Breaking All Records.

Chicago, Sept. 26.-Sweeping ad-
vances took place today in the pro-
visions market, smashing previous top
records. The biggest upturns were in
pork and ribs (bacon). January de-
livery of pork showed at one time an
overnight jump of $1.67 barrel
January ribs kited up 81.
Government buying of such volume
that stocks are being sharply reduced
was said to have been a factor in
causing the soaring of values. Be-
sides scarcity of hogs has of late been
daily apparent at the stockyards here
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
TURN MINERS DOWN
Operators Reject Wage Increase I'm
less Govt Raises Coal Price.

Washington, Sept 26.-Coal oper-
ators of Illinois, Indiana. Ohio and
Western Pennsylvania today notified
miners representa- ives in conference
here that they were unable to meet
the miners demands for a wage IN
crease of about rs per cent unless the
government revises the prices on hi
luminous coal.
1t is probable that after another
conference between operators and
miners late today. DIR. H. A Gar
field, the coal administrator, will be
called in to consider the situation.
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quilted.

New York, Sept ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
paper 81. Sterling. GO day bills. 4.72
commercial, 60 day bills on banks. 4.71h
commercial, 20 day bills 471%. Demand,
475 9.16; cables, 4.76 ZIG. Francs, demand,
Sissy cables. 5.77H. Builders. demand,
47K; cables, 42h. Lires. demand. 7.72 ca
bles III RVbles demand. 1917 : cables.
165s Bar silver, S1.O61a Mexican dollars.
SIC. Government bonds, steady; railroad
bonds. irregular. Time loans, strong; go
days, sly: 80 days and & months. g.
Call money. strong: high, 6; low, 5; rul-
ing rate, 6; closing bid AZ; closing 3; last
loan, D.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
ONE RAIDER MISSING
Berlin Says One Airplane Did Not
Rcturn-Belgium Battle On.

Berlin. Sept. 26.-One of the Ger
man airplanes which took part in last
evenings air raid over England. has
not returned, it is announced official
ly. The raiders, the statement saws.
attacked London and the English
coast at towns ION both sides of the
Channel"
Two-Days' Battle
Berlin. Sept. 26.-Ground north of
the Ypres- Menin road was recaptured
yesterday from the British. the war
office announces. Four British coun-
ter attacks were repulsed, the state
ment says. and ground captured be-
tween Polygon wood and the high
road was maintained. The British
lost $50 prisoners. After strong drum
fire the British attacked this morn
ing. The statement says the battle is
in full swing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
TwO-DaYs, Battle
LIGHTNING HIT BARN
Much Hay and Feed Lost in Fire by
j. w. Meade.

The barn on the place of J. w.
Meade. twelve miles southwest of TO-
peka on the Auburn road, was struck
by lightning Tuesday night during the
storm and was destroyed by fire.
The barn was a new one and con-
tanned a considerable quantity of hay
and feeds. The loss, it is estimated.
was worth about $1,000. There was
no insurance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
SECRETARY RESIGNS
Action of Texas Official Follows I'm
parchment of Governor

Austin. Tex. Sept. 26.-Secretary
of State Churchill ]. Bartlett has ten
dered his resignation to Governor
Hobby, who has not yet made an
nouncement as to what action he will
noon.
1t is not known whether the GUST
ing of James E. Ferguson from the
governors chair had anything to do
with Bartlett's resignation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
RIOTS IN BUENOS AIRES
Anti German Demonstration and
Strike Disturbances-One Killed.

Buenos Aires, Sept. 26.-Serious
disorders occurred in various pa t.
of the capital today as the result Of
an anti German manifestation and
strike agitationS.
As an outcome of the firing upon
street cars by strikers or sympathiz-
ers an inspector was killed and several
persons were wounded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
Rep. c. B. Miller.

Representative C. B. Miller, of
Minnesota, member of the house
foreign affairs committee has en-
barked for France on a secret mis-
sion for the war department and Red
Cross. He is accompanied by Henry
Franklin Bouillon, majority leader
in the T.ench chamber of IDENTITIES
who has been in this country the
pas several weeks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

THOMAS MACK died Tuesday at his
home 944 North Fillmore street. Funeral
arrangements have not been completed.
MRS. ZOA. A wHITMORE. age "a. died
Tuesday at her home. 140I Van Buren,
street Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
CLAD H. WILSON, II month old son of
D. Wilson, died this morning at the home
of his father. at 1206 North Madison street.
The funeral will be held from the reside nee
at O'Clock Thursday afternoon Burial in
Mt Auburn cemetery.
Lords Flowers Satisfy. Tel s27.-
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Wall St. New York. Sept. 26.-STOCKS-
Trading i'll stocks today WAS governed
largely by the restricted money market
leaders recording extreme declines of l to
3 points. Sales approximated $4,000 shares.
Important issues. notably Industrials,
Rails and Coppers were subjected to great
er pressure in the final hour. The closing
was heavy. Liberty bonds ranged between
par and 1OO.02
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
Ex-WAR CHIEF GUILTY
General Soukhomlinoff Guilty of High
Treason-His Wife Is Acquitted.

Petrograd. Sept. 26.-General Sioux
homlinoff. former minister of war.
was sentenced to hard labor for life
after conviction of the charge of high
treason in the court here today
Madame Soukhomlinoff was &C
united
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New York Sept 26.-COTTON-Spo
easy; middIing. 25.0c-
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New York. Sept. 26.

New Yorl. stock Market.
Furnished uy line Topeka Board of Trade
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SNAP S MO 7 S
AT HOME NEWS

Great Snakes!
A Ford" will never go across
A '.rattler"-thus We find
1T is fellow feeling
That makes us wondrous kind!
-CiF-C ingle.
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Lords Flowers Satisfy. Tel s27--
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-10-02
BANK Gets
NEW OFFICIAL
At {. CHICAGO

At meeting of the board of directors
Of the East Chicago bank. held satur-
day evening, the resignation Of Fl. X.
Groves as cashier was read and accept
Cd and Harvey J. Gilman. assistant
cashier, promoted to take his place.
Mrs. Groves resignation was no sur
prise. as it has been known for some
time that he was interested in the new
bank which is TO open up next spring in
the quarters now occupied by Dick era
hams saloon
He resides at 1918 Magoun avenue. is
a loyal. patriotic citizen. and an eff
cient business man who has made many
friends during his business career.
He is member of the 100000 club Of
the New York Life Insurance Company,
being the East Chicago representative
Of that company. These members quail
ify by writing 500. insurance in
twelve months-he qualified in nine
months. which is a pretty good indica-
tion of his powers of craftsmanship.
His genial manner. accommodating
and keen business insight
viii make him a valuable asset TO the
bank with which he has thus become
connected in a new sphere of activity.