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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-13
~ THAvV is INSANE HALT BELGIAN AID
Court Orders Him to Pennsyl-
vania State Asylum.
Ny. Prosecutor Claims He Can
Be Returned There.

Philadelphia, March 13.-Harry X.
Thaw was today adjudged lunatic
by the common pleas court of this city
and under the law cannot be taken to
New York on requisition to stand trial
of charges of assaulting Frederick
Gump, jr, high school student at
Kansas City. Mo.
Thaw will be kept in st. Mary's
hospital here pending his removal to a
PENNSYLVANIA asylum
The courts action was based on the
report presented today by lunacy
commission which yesterday took the
testimony of Thaw and his mother.
Precludes Trial in N. Y.
In announcing the conclusion of
the lunacy commission James Gay
Gordon, counsel for Mrs Thaw, on
whose behalf the 1unacy proceedings
were begun, said:
1.-The inquisition which met yester-
day and heard the case of Harry K.
Thaw adjudged him to be a lunatfc
and the finding was today filed in the
court of common pleas
Judge Martin made the usual APP
propriate order touching his person
and estate. Thaw is now IN the Gus
tody of the sovereignty of the state
of Pennsylvania represented by its
court of chancery and under the con-
troll and protection of the court and
laws of the ommonwealth- This
necessarily settles the question of his
extradition and rings down the cur
tain on that proceeding. Mrs. Thaw
and her family all desire, if possible
that the matter may be dropped for
public exploitation. Thaw is now
safe from harm to himself or others,
and the court will hold control and
guard him. Anything with respect to
him hereafter can only be done with
the sanction of the court"
Claim He Can Be Extradited.
New York, March 13.-The decision
of the common pleas court of Phil
adelphia declaring Harry K. Thaw
insane, which it is believed there will
Illustrate attempts to bring him to
this city for trial on charges of as
saulting Frederick Gump, will not
deter District Attorney Swami, it was
learned here today, from making ap-
plication to Governor Brumbaugh for
Thaw's extradition. The impression
that Thaw cannot be brought to New
York for trial does not agree with
two decisions of the United States
supreme court, according to Assistant
District Attorney Black The Porter
Charlton case was one instance, Mr..
Black said, and the other that of
Drew VS.. Thaw in New Hampshire
when under a ST preme court ruling
Thaw was extrad 1ted from that state
under conditions similar to the pres
ent one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-13
GAR CALLS OFF DUMA
Unusually Drastic Step Strikes British
With Surprise.

London, March 13.-In the view OF
British observers, the car has taken
an unusually drastic step in prorogu-
ing sessions of the duma and of the
imperial council in order to deal with
food demonstrations which, according
to unusually detailed reports, have
not been of any marked degree of
seriousness.
The Daily Telegraph commented to-
day that it was to be regretted that
such action had been taken, since it
was to be marked heretofore that the
duma constituted the safety valve"
of public feeling: its sessions periods
of sunshine and the days of its pro-
rogation periods of eclipse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-13
More Than Half an Inch Fell in
This City.
Longest DrOuth on Record
Here Is Broken.
FIRST IN NEARLY d MONTHS
Only Soaking Rain in Topeka
Since November s.
Moisture Covered Eastern Two
Thirds of State.

the N1Iteu otdleS weather bureau
I o'clock IA II o'clock -, IS
20 O'Clock. .s5 o'clock. So
The total rainfall in Topeka up %
2 o'clock was Sc of inch. The
wind was blowing twenty miles an
hour from the northwest at o'clock
this afternoon The average tempera-
ture for the day is degrees below
normal.
At last the winter drouth is brok-
en-. Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and
Nebraska have all had a general rain
or snow within the last SO hours.
The rainfall has ranged from a half
to an inch and half Concordia
reported .72 of an inch of moisture
and it was still showing there this
morning; Wichita reported 90 of an
inch of rain, still raining; Kansas
City, go of an inch, still raining; ST.
Joseph, "a and rain still falling.
This is the heaviest precipitation
the ouly moisture that Topeka has
had since that date. The total pre-
cipitation for Topeka registered sc of
an inch at o'clock this afternoon.
The forecast given by Mr.. Flroa, To-
cal meteorologist, is unsettled weather
tonight with snow or rain in the
eastern part. Generally fair tomor-
row.
The lowest temperature Monday
night was So ana lH0 mercury Hdu
climbed to ouly 81 at this morning.
Forty degrees will probably be the
high mark today.
The shippers forecast reads to pro-
tect SO hour shipments from 20 de-
grees in the north and west, and %,
in the east and south.
The wind was blowing from the
north at ~ miles an hour at
O'Clock this morning.
The rain was of great benefit to
the wheat.
Snow in Western Kansas.
Hutchinson, Kan, March 13.-Snow
is falling here and over a good share
of western Kansas this morning after
a light rain that lasted nearly all
night.
Heavy Rain Storm at Atellison.
Atchison, Kan, March 13.-Eight-
tenths of an inch of rain, the heav-
lest precipitation in several months
fell here last night and early today.
The storm was also accompanied by
hail, sleet and a violent electrical dis
turbance.
Prayers Answered in Oklahoma.
Enid Okla, March 13.-Rain which
is needed for wheat came in album
dance during the night and a steady
drizzle was falling today. Farmers
have been praying for a downpour and
today they were thankful that the ac-
companying hailstorm was of short
duration and did no damage. Reports
from other sections of the state show
that the rainstorm spread over large
area.
Revives Wheat Prospects.
Kansas City. Mo, March 13.-Kan-
sas wheat had taken a new lease on
life today, following snow and rain
thruout the state, which began falling
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-13

operation in military and industrial
preparedness will be discussed at a
conference of the governors of the
six New England states at the state
house late today. Major General
Leonard Wood. commander of the de-
partment of the east also sent word
that he would be present.
Local chairman of the railroad
brotherhoods said that they had re-
ceived no strike orders up to an early
hour today and that they had not beer
notified that the national officers of
the four brotherhoods were planning
a general strike. H. J. Blake, chair
man of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers of the Boston & Maine
system, denied having been informed
of such q proposal.
Brotherhoods Notified Wilson.
Washington, March 13.-The rail-
road brotherhood on March Z wrote
to President Wilson it became known
today, formally notifying him of the
conference with the railroad repre-
sentatives scheduled for March Is.
In this letter the brotherhood lead
ers declared they were hopeful" of
making a satisfactory adjustment of
questions pending with the railroads
The Brotherhood representatives al
so informed President Wilson that #
while they were negotiating with the
railroads the nation became involved
fullest extent with the government.
Discredit Strike idea at St. Louis.
st. Louis, Mo-, March 13.-Commit-
tee chairman of the four brotherhoods
of the southwestern railroads will
meet here today in a general confer
ence to make recommendations for
the settlement of the eight-hour day
controversy. The chairmen intimated
that the brotherhoods were somewhat
pessimistic over the failure of the
United States supreme court to pass
on the constitutionality OF the eight
hour law, but discred1ted reports that
the session here would recommend a
strike at this time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-13
Germany Said to Have Protest
ed Against q. S. Mission.
Consul Sends Graphic Report of
Sinking Relief Ship.

New York. March 13-Germany
has protested. unoffieia1ly, against adj
ministration by Americans of Belgian
relief work in the occupied portions
of northern France. This fact was
revealed today when Herbert c.
Hoover. director general of the re-
lief work, sailed suddenly for Spain.
Hoover sailed for Cadiz, Spain, to-
day on the steamship Antonio Lopez.
At the offices of the commission it
was explained that German authori-
ties had intimated they would rather
have the relief work in northern
France administered by citizens of
some neutral nation, in view of the in
ternational relations of the United
States and Germany
Hollanders to Continue Work.
Hoover will arrange for Holland
ers to take over the work in this sec
ton. He dropped the great new cam
paign for funds recently launched in
this country and made hurried ar
rangements for the trip abroad
Before leaving Hoover refused to
comment on the situation brought
about by the torpedoing of the Bel
gian relief ship Storstad.
Sink Relief Ship Unwarned.
Washington, March ia graphic
picture of the unwarned torpedoing
of the Belgian relief steamer Storstad,
the severe battle with the sea by the
survivors and report of torpedoing of
the Cunard passenger liner Folio
with one American aboard, was given
by Consul Frost, Queenstown, in a
message to the state department to-
day.
His message concerning the relief
ship served to aggravate the question
of further relief for Belgium. As in
Dictated by the state department yes
terday, the case of the Storstad raises
the question of whether even the Bel
GUM relief fiag-supposed to be i'm
mune from German ruthlessness-
hereafter serve to protect vessels car
rying supplies to starving BelgianS
Some officials expressed grave doubt
that the relief work can continue.
Frost's message said:
Carried 5000 Tons of Food
Norwegian steamer Storsdat,
Buenos Aires to Rotterdam, with o.
600 tons of maize for Belgian relief,
under English charter, sunk by Ger
man submarine 20 miles west of Skel-
lig, 1870 a. m, March g.
Submarine shelled ship from three
miles for Is minutes during which
Storsdat stopped and hoisted unmist-
taxable signs of Belgian relief errand.
after fifteen minutes interval
Storsdat torpedoed without warning
from four hundred yards, Belgium re-
lief signals being permanently visible.
1t carried neither gun or wireless. No
attempt to escape or resist. Weather
heavy, sea strong, east wind, dull,
showery sky.
Three boats became separated
ga plains boat was rescued by pa
troll $50 p. M, March 8.
One Died From Exposure.
after severe battle with sea-
fourth engineer died of exposure and
shock Sole American. John Roy
Christian. 121 Mercer street. Seattle.
saved other two beats landed Capri
civeen evening tenth
The second message raid:
"Cunard non-passenger liner Folio
sunk off Waterford tenth instant, sur
vivors landed Dunagrron. Sole
American boat surgeon, w. c. Core
Nashville. Tenn, saved uninjured."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-13
VOTE ON CITY GOVT TODAY
ousted arkansas City Mayor Cham
pions City Manager Plan.

Arkansas City, March 13.-Sup-
porters and opponents to the city
manager plan of government marsaaf-
ed their forces early today for the
climax of the fight which has been
waged in the city.
The supporters are led by former
Mayor O. s. Gibson, who was ousted
by the supreme court for promising
Jobs before election and the oppcn-
ents by Mayor c. y. Hunt. who was
awarded the office by the supreme
court A good vote was expected in
spite of the fact that rain and hail
are falling internationally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-13
Wheat Drops Again Today

Chicago, March 13-The wheat
market today opened nervous and
excited over the possibility of rail-
road strike. Following yesterdays s.
cent decline prices were off an ad
ditional cent May wheat, which
closed yesterday at s1.803s to $3.50 Il
ranged at the opening from s1.T9 Is to
S1.7914.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-13
strike in Canal Zone.

Colon, March 13.-Another strike
was begun today by negro employees
in the canal zone One hundred of
the eight hundred negroes at the
Cristobal dry dock quit work, demand
ing higher wages. There has been in
reference with work at the dry dock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-13
STRIKE ORDER ISSUED
Nickel Plate Employees Hold Orders
to Quit Saturday at p. m.

Bellevue, Ohio, March 13.-Strike
orders calling for strike on the
Nickel Plate railroad have been print
ed and in the hands of brotherhood
men, it became known definitely here
today. This is a division point of the
Nickel Plate The order calls for a
strike at 6 o'clock Saturday night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-13

Russians are to COLOMBO in South
America
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-13

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Unsettled; SNOW or rain in east
tonight: generally fair Wednesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-13

parched and cracked ground are
10 be satisfied.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-09

Burlington. vt.-Forty-two bushels
Of potatoes in the season of 1916 from a
plot of ground only eight feet square.
or All equivalent of over 20, 900 bushels
to the acre OF ground space used, was
the feat of r. T.. Hendricks. a resident
of Kansas City, Mo, says Fl. Nj. George
in the Free Press.
This achievement was made possible
by the use of an entirely new and
original method which. when generally
introduced. promises not only TO revo-
lutionlze the potato growing industry
throughout the world but to solve the
problem OF an unfaiiing source of cheap
food supply for the nations of the
earth.
Mr.. Hendricks had often watched
the potato pile in the cellar bin, which
every spring sent out it's shoots through
every possible crack n crevice. Some
times these sprouts would crawl out
along the floor a distance Of seven feet
in order to reach the light. From this
this pile vas removed out into the
open and given soil and fertilizer, the
potatoes would grow n multiply.
Three years ago he built what he
called a potato pen," which was moth
ing more or less than a huge potato
hill, the sides of which were supported
by a loosely constructed Enclosure
built after the fashion of an old rail
fence. Within this Enclosure, only 8 by
8 feet in size, he planted his potatoes in
thin layers of dirt dressing, piline
one layer OF another until the pen was
eight feet high. The potato PEN be-
came a mound of green. He had foun
that his potatoes not only grew better
than they did i'm h cellar but that "a,
the digging time he was able to harvest
40 bushels of an fine potatoes as are
grown anywhere. The following yea,
he got so bushels in the same sized pen
and last year the total of AZ bushels.
Up to this time Mr.. Hendricks has
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-09

Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes. well
known writer and lecturer on socia!
problems, is now engaged with her
husband, j. G. Phelps Stokes, in the
organization of a new political party,
which is expected to come into. being
in September. Before her marriage
to the millionaire Stokes she was q
~cigarmaker in Cleveland. receiving
eight dollars Q week.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-09
LONG BOY.
Marching Song of the Rockies.
By William Hersohell. :

He was just a long. lean country gink - -
From away out west where the h0ptoads wink;
He was six feet two ia his stockin' feet,
But he KEEP gittin' thinner the more he d eat.
Yet he was as brave as he was thin: ~
When the war broke out he got right in, *
Unhitched his pillow put the mule away,
An then the old folks heard him say: -~~
~ss15y*TETs>.
la
Goodby. ma! Goodby, pa! t@
Goodby, mule, with Yer old he-haw!
| may not know what the wars about,
But You bet. by gosh. I'll soon lind out
An. o my sweetheart, don't you fear,
III bring you a king fer a souvenir!
Ill git YOU a Turk aud a kaiser, too. s8~
An that S about all one Teller could do. e
One pair OF socks was his only load
When he struck fer town by the old dirt road.
Ie went right down to the public square
An. fell in line with the soldiers there. .yA
The sergeant put him i'm a uniform, ~
His gal knit mitts fer to keep him warm;
They drilled him late, they drilled him long;
Then he marched away to his farewell song:
REFRAIN.
The evening world., 1917-10-26
CHILEAN PEOPLE NEUTRAL,
SAYS RETURNED CONSUL
Hays Declares Army Is PTo-Ger-
man, Navy Pro-Ally-Woman
Brings Jaguar as Pet.

An American steamship with seventy
ono passengers arrived this morning
from Central American ports. Perry G.
Hays Of Mendon. o., Of the United
states Consular Service arrived from
Valparaiso, Chill, where he had been
on special duty. Mr. Hays said the
Chillan army is pro-German, the navy
pro-Ally and the people neutral lie
declared a stir was caused by false
story In Santiago newspaper that a
Chilian officer had killed an American n
officer in n duel in the United States.
Among the other passengers were
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel r. Erskine. Mr..
Erskine Is a Western cattleman and
was in Colombia in the interests OF a
large Western packing house.
Mrs. Erskinc brought back with her
as a pet a ten-pound ocelot species
Of the jaguar family. She assured the
customs mon It was as playful as a
kitten. but they decided to take no
chances and viewed 1t from afar.
The evening world., 1917-10-26

dcrs-an easy task since he is only
Ave feet tall.
Fifteen minute Liberty Loan rallies
are being held all over the city to-day.
Thcla Bara. famous movie vampire,
will sell bonds In the booth of the
Association Of stage Women In front
Of the Public Library Building at
2.3O o'clock.
William S Kies, Vice President OF
the National city Bank, speaking of
the fact that too much reliance was
being placed on the ability Of cor
porations and wealthy individuals to
make the loan success. declared to-
day that under the generous terms
offered by the banks there was not
an individual in tho country who
could not afford TO take at least one
800 bond.
THE masscs must make this loan
n success" said Mr.. Kies, "and IL is
among them that the great effort
must be made. The people of this
country are patriotic; they are whole
hoartedly in support of the Govern
mcui In this war; they arc imbued
with the spirit Of determination that
will win the war. Iiut they must be
brought 10 an immediate realization
of the fact that the most effective
thing that can be dOnc OF the moment I
is TO save and buy bonds and TO help
In the campaign of education which
seems 20 be necessary TO bring home
to every one the absolute necessity OF
a large ovcr-subscription OF the Sec
ond Liberty Loan"
The evening world., 1917-10-26
mo Time TO EXPLOIT
PERSONALITIES" M'ADOO'S
VETO OF M'kDO0 DAY
Secretary However Will Speak at
WaShington's Patriots Rally
Tor Loan TO-Morrow.

WASHINGTON. oct 26.-Secretarv
Liberty Loan Committee to designate =
tomorrow as McAdoo Day for patri-
dtic Liberty Loan rally here.
u have conaentod to speak briefly AZ
q Ana rails In behalf NJ the Liberty Loan
10 morrow Afternoon" 10 said but
thinl, II hiGhlv improper mat this meet %
inF be In an, sense testimonial to my
self This rs 10 time to exploit person.
alities II Is time to serve country
alonc and to think Of country alone"
with the $4,000. OOO.OO minimum Of ihc
Liberty Loan exceeded by subscriptions
+'rrcaSury officials announced to-day that
tho tremendous drive would he continued
throughout the country to-day and to-
morrow IN an effort to bring the tota
up IN $1,000. 100000.
From the Federal Reserve district
!; was announced. come reports show
ing that plans contemplate making Sat
urdny, the final day OF the drive. the
biggest one OF oil. Its returns may even
outstrip Liberty Day, when all recort
lor a single days sales were smashed
Some of the largest subscribers have
been holding of until the last day. ant
they and an army OF wage earners wl'
viii draw their psy to-morroy are ox'
pected to come forward and ttlo bonds
Totals for the Liberty Day'salcs atll
are incomplete. In Boston and ClrN"
land districts particularly they are pll
ing up with rnpidity,
Boston already has subscribed TO
the city itsclf fll2.OOO. 900 and Worces
ter, Hartford. Pittsnold, Portland, Nor
wood, Bath Gardiner, Saco Stoningtol
and Iitchned sll have passed thei
max imum quotas.
The Kansas city district. Nhicl
probably has reached its minimum o
tl2O.OO0. 900. gave partial report b!
states o-day which indicated great ac
tiyily In the Southwest.
New York. having passed the 81,
900, 900 900 mark yesterday, Is drivinl
to- day hard Tor its maximum quota o
81 .5OO. 100000 with high hopes Of sue
cess"
The ..rst days response To Secrctar!
MCAdOo's offering of an indefinite
amount OF Treasury short time ccrtifi
cates oi indebtedness was Slbl.191 900
: This brings the total OF outstandNI
certificates, TO he retired by receipt
from second Liberty Loan Bonds, up I,
81, ,7gg. .ygI 90. or nearly 20 per cent Of th
loan minimum,
The evening world., 1917-10-26
PUBLIC HEARING
ON MAYORS FOOD
PLAN IS CALLED
City, State and Federal Direc-
tors Discuss Municipal Sales
TO Aid Public.

with view TO cnordinating the
work Of tho v,ri,p. food admins.
,..,,.
''N as Sooh as p'"7lpI'' ''hh M'''Pe'''
chairman OF the state Food Commits
sion. Arthur Williams. Federal Food
Administrator for New York an,
H.
n'.',,S ,,'o'No" WI" ,"''''',,''o'''r W
,,,, $40, Nc ''" ~
''"' ''''''''' '" ,,''
'o' '''''''''s''"'' "''' '''' VI
NV '''''s
~ Pup''' nearing was ''''" on
mayor Ml''h'Is 'rpuca'l'h I" lhe
H'd'e ROOD COMMISSION Tor pormis-
SION LOT inc Guy I" purchase mHk'
'h'a's' olHcr foods 'nd iurh under
/ ''' STATE Food 'oniro. Law author
izihG III" issue OF bonds for in's pnr-
( pose ana To sell these necessities -
the consumers. Both the Board OF
/ Estimate and the Board Vf Aldermen
nave passed resolutions declaring That
cmorgcn,y n'ros'itatcs such action.
The hearing is To nc hcld IN the
Board Of Estimate room IN the city
Han next Thursday morning, begin
ming at 1890. Al associations and in
dividuals interested ln the food con-
sorvcngy movement are asked To- at
The evening world., 1917-10-26
MUL0WSKYS INDICTED.
HRnkcrs Accused of Accepting De.
posits while InsoI,ent.

Harry and Louis JarmuloNsky. whose
private bank at No. 81 Canal street
was closcd by the state Superintendent
of Banks on May II last. with liabilities
of S2,2l6an5. OF which sl,iN.OO belonged
to dcpositors. were indicted to-day.
They are accused OF receiving deposits
on May 10 last. knowing they were in
solvent.
Bench warrants were issued by Judge
Mulqu"cn and stops were taken to ar
rest tho two bankers.
y bank conducted by Meyer JarmuloN-
sky. q relative. failed IN 1914 and Henry
and Louis Jarmulowsky, according to
tho District Attorney. agreed TO guaran-
tee 20 per cent. or tho amount due the
dcpostors Tho fins; act of new cor
pordtion formed for this purpose was
to vote $4,000 to Samuel : Koenis,
who represented them. and $50 OOO to
Meyer Jarmulowsky.
The evening world., 1917-10-26
MAY SEE AMERICANS
HELD IN GERMANY
Authorities viii Permit Y. N. c. A.
Secretaries TO Visit Them
If There Are ANY.

ATLANTIC CITY, n. j., Oct. s6.-
The German Government has sane
toned visits OF Young Mems Chris
tian Association secretaries to camps
where Americans may be interned
during the period of the war, II was
announced here to-day at confer
ence OF 400 directors and district
Chairmen OF the nationwide cam
paign which will open Nov. II TO raise
f3j,0OO.0OO for organization work.
Srhe concession from the German
military authorities, according TO the
announcement. gives secretaries the
privilege of meeting the iuterned
Americans once q month. secretaries
fresh from battle grounds estimate
that there are 100000 allied prisor-
ers in the German intCrnmcnt camps.