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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-21
U. S. POLITICAL

Continued from Page One)
channel of communication availa BILE
is provided by the German Socialists
and particularly by the minority So
cialiSts. Personally, 1 would much
rather consult with a German minority
Socialist during the war than with an
official of an autocratic German gov
eminent after the war.
If we really desire to see a demo-
cratic Germany we should do all in
our power to strengthen the demo-
cratic elements in Germany. If we
intend that peace when it comes shall
be a democratic and last peace,
made by democratically elected repre-
sentatiVes of all the peoples concern
ed, surely it would be better to ad-
dress our speeches not to the German
imperial chancellor, which is the ser
want of the kaiser, but to the elected
representatives of the German people.
so long as military effort is neces-
sary there must be~no slackening on
the part of the allies, but that is no
reason why side by side with such eff
fort we should not attempt, by a wise
and sensible use of the political
weapon, to hasten the settlement of
the war by peace which shall be just,
honorable end democra tic
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COUGH NEARLY FATAL
Boches Heard Lurking Sammy and
Turned Loose Machine Guns.

With the American Army in France,
Tuesday, Nov. BODY the Assoc
ciated Press Only the fact that the
Grmans failed to venture into No
Mans Land on a recent night saved
them from an American surprise. One
hundred and sixty men of the first
battalions to enter the trenches for a
week were given special training and
after being transported to the front
crawled across No Mans Land and
took positions in front of and in the
German wire entanglementS at a point
where it had been discovered the
enemy came out every night.
Each man had been trained in a
special task and the entire unit had
rehearsed the part it intended to play
under conditionszsi to that in
front of the German lines. The Amer
leans reached the position soon after
dark and remained in position all
night but not one German appeared
either there or, as far as known, at
any place in No Mans Land.
Shot Man Who Coughed.
The plan was to allow several
groups of ten to fifteen Germans to
emerge and meet at a rendezvous.
Then the Americans would fall upon
the enemy and repay them fully for
recent trench raids.
A cold which a soldier caught in the
trenches brought him wound in the
hand and gave warning to a German
patrol of an ambuScade on another
night An American patrol had ar
ranged an ambush near a shell ruined
farm house in No Mans Land. Sew
eral of the Americans had colds and
coughs, but managed to control them.
Finally when the shadowy forms of an
enemy patrol were seen approaching
one of the Americans coughed. The
enemy patrol promptly disappeared
toward its own lines, from which
there soon afterward came a hail of
machine gun bullets, one hitting the
man who had cOughed
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EARLY Grain Gossip.
FURNISHED by the Topeka Board of II

New York. Nov. 21.-The Financial Bulle-
tin says. General sentiment is suggestive
of conservative bullish activity But we
velopments in the Russian situation are not
satisfactory and may Influence some &c
alizing. Further ADVANCES will probably
remove most of the short interests. On
reactions. however, purchases for turns are
believed to be good policy. The market
is held in some quarters to have been dis
counting a settlement of the railroad and
labor questions. Information ehannels con-
tinue bullish Marine preferred.
Prosperity is evident In all parts of
the United States" said Hubert T. Parson
of the Woolworth Co. There is plenty OF
business for every one and the only setback
Chicago. Nov. 21.-The Herald says: 1t
was the general belief of the trade that
the advance in corn Yesterday was due to
the market being oversold. The bullish
talk about increased consumption of corn
by Wheeler, the food commissioner, was a
help to corn as much as any other factor
There has been a big decline i'll the last
few days on some of the very poor corn
Moisture content has little. to do with this
1t is simply a question OF quality. Indus
tries can use part of grain badly dam
aged and willing 10 pay around 80 cents
per bushel. After it gets below this class
sales are frequently made around 80 and
40 cents.
1t is said that the poorest corn with high
moisture returns small yield of alcohol
One of the feature of the oats trading yes
terday the selling of December by
longs on the advance at half cent over the
May, the latter being bought at the dis
count to replace the December holdings
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RESTORE CENTRAL BRANCH.
Utilities Commission 10 Hold Hearing
in Jewell City.

Jewell City, Kan, Nov 21-The
state public utilities commission will
hold a hearing in Jewell City, Deem
Der Z, to consider an application for
restoration of passenger service on the
Burr Oak branch of the Central
Branch of the Missouri Pacific rail-
way. Many complaints have been fill
ed since passenger service was re-
moved from the branch and the state
commission will be urged to restore
service in the interests of public well
fare.
November q, the state commission
will hear Rock Island complaints at
Norton. These hearings will concern
the removal of Rock Island trains Nos.
361- and 1862 between Belleville and
Goodland. General opposition over
the removal of these trains exists in
the towns affected.
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Federal, State and County OIL
cials Unite in Cleanup.
Augusta and EIDOradO Field
Hotbed of Disturbances.
laying PLANS FOR WEEKS
Are. Determined To Rid Kansas
OIL. w. WsPropaganda.
% Arrested at Augusta and
Headquarters Raided.

Kansas City, Mo, Nov. 21.--What is
expected to prove the greatest round
up of I. w. w. agitators in the history
of the middle west is on turnout the
Kansas oil fields today and within the
next forty-eight hours it is probable
that 5000 arrests will be made.
Governments, state and local au-
th0rities are determined to rid Kansas
Off. WV. propaganda agitation. All
arrested who, can show that they are
notf@I. w w will be released, but
those who fail to give satisfactory ex-
plantations will be prosecuted by fed
eral. state or county officials.
The largest raid reported yesterday
was at Augusta, where twenty-five
were arrested. Several leaders for
that district and a large amount of lit
erature were taken. Many other ar
rests were made during the night in
the Augusta and Eldorado oil field
districts, which has been the hotbed
of the disturbances.
Reports to the federal officials here
and .in Kansas indicate that thruout
the state private citizens are lending
the authorities every aid in an effort
to clean up the state. or several
weeks, agents of the department of
justice have been watching the opeF-
atoms of the agitators and have been
laying the plans for the raid now I'M
der way.
~ AEftSlS
Kansas City, Nov. 21-Two trunks
full of papers, some of which are said
to contain plans of the 1. w. w, have
been seized in Butler county, Kansas,
it was announced early today by Fred
Robertson, United States district at
torney for Kansas. Mr.. Robertson
said he would not at this time. make
public the contents of these papers,
but said they were important. 4
The total number OF arrests in But
Ter! county reached fifty today, Mr..
Robertson said, but that a number of
these had been released. Word was
received from Eldorado, Kan. that
eighteen men. had been arrested there
and that all had been charged with
conspiring to foment riots in the oil
fields.
Oil Field Under Military Law.
Houston, Tex, Nov. 21-FoIIowing
a clash late last night between union
and non-uniopA men in front of a
Goose Creek theater in the oil field
near hore.1 Goose Creek and the adj
Joining fields were under martial law
today. Soldiers were patrolling the
streets. Several were painfully in
jured in the clash, one man having
man was Killed could not be verified.
The riot was quelled by the appear
ance of troops on guard at the Goose
Creek field
Altho United States soldiers have
been patrolling the oil fields several
weeks, this is the first time martial
law has been instituted since 10000
oil field workers struck three weeks
ago.
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Shorn lambs and sheep e unuer above
prices Positively cannot sheep or
lambs unless fat.
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ALIBl OFFERED BY II
Other Alleged Mutineers Claim They
Joined Riot Under Duress.

San Antonio, Tex, Nov. 21.-That
seventeen of the sixty-three defend
ants in the Houston riot case will
take the witness stand in the court
martial here and undertake to show
that they had no part in the raid, was
announced by Maj. Harry s. Grier.
for the defense, today.
Since Monday, when the defense
opened, seven of the black soldiers
have attempted to show an alibi.
Others of the sixtyrthree, according
to Grier. will admit they went to town
but will claim they did so unwilling
ly and that. they acted under duress
They will declare, it was stated, that
Sergt. Vida Henry, who either killed
himself or was killed on the night of
the riot, headed the mutiny and forced
others to accompany him.
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DENIES HE CONFESSED
Langman Adds Confusion to Mixed
Stories of Poison Plot.

Chicago, Nov. 21.-John Henry
Langman, who halted a coroner's in
quest by declaring policemen had
forced him to confess he had poisoned
his foster father and mother by beat
ing him up. was expected to be for
mally charged with murder today.
Langman denied that the admis-
sions made in his confession were
true. In it, he had implicated his
present foster mother, Mrs. Marghe-
rita Langman. John Kigas, the latter's
son by her first marriage, and Philip
Kaufman, a boarder at the Langman
homo Mrs. Langman is under arrest
and warrants are to be issued for the
others.
Assistant States Attorney Lowery, in
whose office young Langman made
his confession, denied that the boy
was beaten.
Langman already has told several
versions of the poisoning, each time
declaring that an $4,000 estate of his
fathers was involved.
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GERMAN SEES LIGHT!
Argument America Wouldn't Cut Fig
use in War Termed Foolish.

Amsterdam, Nov 21.-Theodor
Wolff, in the Berliner TagbIatt con
cludes an article on Frances reliance
on America by saying:
"Inasmuch as France probably will
be unable to tap fresh resources. -CIe[
menceau too must pin his faith on
Americas aid. If hope on America
did not exist then not only would
there have been long since outbreaks
of moral crises in all the entente coun-
tries but an unmistakable readiness in
the direction of peace would prevail
1T is shown how foolish were the
German arguments that America, s
entry into the war was immateriaI
and would not prolong the war;
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1900. Market 1Oc higher. Bulk of sales,
17.60@17.S0; heavy. S177061790; packers
and butchers, $1TG0@17S5: light, $I73O@
17.75: pigs, $17.50@1S.OO. -
CATTLE-Receipts $4,000, including 200
southerns. Market steady. Prime fed
steers, $3.50 a 1915; dressed beef steers,
S11 1900; western steers, $S.O0013OO F;
southerns steers. $6.50611 90: cows 81 SOFA
1000 :heifers sc. Goa l.. 90 :stockers and feed
ers, Sc I5@I.50; bulls, S525@750 calves
$6.O06111 100
SHEEP-Receipts 1000. Market strong
Lambs, $16.50G1T50; yearlings, $4,000
IL. 20; stockers and feeders. $7OOG17.75
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KANSAS City Produce MarLet

Kansas City, Nov 21-CORN-Cash: Mar
ket steady to 4c lower. No. mixed, $1,000
202; No. 3, $1.TS@1-9S; No. > white, SOHO
los; No. 3, nominal; No. yellow, $2.05@
40; No. ). nominal
OATS-Market steady to 1c higher. No. >
white, 71c; No. = mixed, 596I7Oc
/ RYE-$1. 74@1.75
kAFIR AND MILO MAIZE-$3. 25@3.35.
HAY-Market unchanged.
SHORTS-$2.2 20 a 40
BRAN-$1.T2dI73
WHEAT-Receipts 6S cars
BUTTER-Market unchanged
POULTRY-Market unchanged
EGGS-Firsts. Ale; seconds sec
CORN-Close: December 81 265s; Janu-
airy, S12112; May. $119@119A.
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Chicago, Nov. 1.-HoGS-Receipts 3s.-
900. Market strong. 10c to 15c above yea
terday's average. Bulk of sales, $17G5M
17.95; light, $17.45@1790; mixed $1745M
1905; heavy, $17.40G1S.05; rough, ST. 400
1850; pigs. $14,75@17. So
CATTLE-Receipts p, 900. Market firm
Native steers, $50 "a 1900; western steers
S6.1OG13.T5; stockers and feeders 5000
S7.O0d13.25
SHEEP-Receipts 10000 Market strong.
Wethers, $S.15@12o0; lambs, $12.65td17 40
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FAMED LINE
Continued from Page one.)

Continued from Page one.)
of, attacks between St Quentin and
the river Scarpe. These attacks were
carried out without previous artil-
Iery preparation and in each case the
enemy was completely surprised.
Go Across to Miles.
Our troops have broken into the
enemy's position to depth of be-
tween four and five miles on a wide
front, and have captured several thou
sand prisoners, with a number of
guns Our operations are continu
ing.
''At the hour of assault on the prin-
cipal front of attack a large number
of tanks moved forward in advance of
the infantry and broke thru success
i've belts of German wire which were
of great depth and strength"
There was every evidence today
that the enemy was utterly paralyzed
by ting tremendous force of the British
blow no less than its surprise. There
has been no fighting of any magnitude
in the Arras-St. Quintin sector since
early in the summer.
Hindenburg Line 40 Miles Long.
The Hindenburg line starts at Dro-
court, Just northwest of Douai and
runs in a fairly straight line down
thru Vitry- En-Artois,A Villiers, Cagni-
court to Queant and Pronville, thence
on to Boursies, Havrincourt, Gouz-
eaucourt, Epehy and St. Quentin.
The first, or upper section of this
line-that from DrOcourt to Queant
has been named the "Wotan line" The
Both together form the general
scheme of the Hindenburg front. The
total length is about forty miles.
The attack came almost without
warning, the only premonitory symp-
toms being a series of somewhat elab-
Il =,
extensive operations in this sector re-
ported last night by the British war
office gave hardly hint that a push
in any such force or over such a wide
extent of front was in prospect.
Looked Only to Flanders.
There has been little speculation
over the possibility of British attack
in force on the western front this fall
in any area other than that of Elan
ders.
1t has been apparent, however. that
German attention was largely CEN
tered on the Italian front. Admitted
ly mum bers of German troops had
been sent to the Italian front, but the
assumption has been that these had
been largely drawn from the Rus
sian front.
1t is considered possible, however
that the British secret service had
knowledge of a wee kening of the Ger
man front in the west by the with
drawal of highly trained, experienced
troops to give backbone to the push
in northern Italy. an opportunity thus
being afforded to catch the Germans
unaware and hit them a crushing blow
while their strategic reserve in the
Franco Belgian war area was de-
pleted. ~
Caught Enemy Mapping.
The element of surprise, the re-
ports reveal, was a large factor in
the initial British success, as there
was no advance preparation by the
British artillery. the troops going
over the top and falling upon the
enemy who was apparently without
any expectation that he was about to
be attacked
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A NEW HIGH RECORD
CONTINUED from Page one

registered a temperature of degrees.
Barrie further states that we may
confidently look forward to a con-
tinuation of pleasant weather. Last
night the-Inercury stayed well above
normal.
The forecast for the day is fair to-
night and Thursday; cooler in east
portion tonight.
Thirty-six hour shipments in anv
direction need not be protected
against freezing
The o'clock reading showed a
temperature Of As degrees.
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SUFFRAGE UNLIMITED
-mFI ETuO 1O0 u9moM x N aLods,4
>ited Franchise Was Mistake.

New York, Nov. 21.-Thru an err
ror in transmission. New York dis
patch on November stated that lin
tied suffrage had been granted to the
women of New York as the result of
the election November 6. The women
of the empire state were accorded I'M
limited suffrage, which will be ef-
fective after January 1, 1918.
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$4,000 GEM ROBBERY
Bandit Trio Enter Minneapolis Kew.
elry Store in Broad Daylight.

Minneapolis, Nov. 21.-Three auto
mobile bandits stepped into a jewelry
store on the principal downtown street
here today, drove the three clerks into
a back room, forced another clerk to
open the safe and escaped with dia-
monds and other gems valued at be-
tween $45, 900 and $4,000, according
to the estimate of the proprietor, H. H.
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No More 8 Cent Fares.

Cleveland, Nov. 21.-Three cent
street car tickets in Cleveland will be
boosted one-third of a cent effective
January l. The new fare will be three
tickets for a dime, as against the pres
ent fare of five tickets for 10 cents.
The 1-cent charge for transfers will
remain in effect. Cash fares will be
cents instead of cents, as at pres
or7f
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LIST ENEMY'S GOODS
American Property in Germany In
cluded in List for ReprisaI.

PetrogTad, Nov. 21.-The provisions
of the German regulations requiring a
report on all properties in Germany
belonging to enemy citizens now has
been extended to American citizens.
The reports are of such nature that
they can be used as basis for finan-
cial reprisals.
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o. S. District Attorney Resigns.

Kansas City, Nov. 21.-William G.
Lynch, assistant United States attor-
ney for the western district of Mis-
souri,, rendered his resignation to Dis
trict Attorney Francis NJ. Wilson to-
day, effective December l. Mr.. Lynch
has been assistant division attorney
for four years. He leaves to becom e
attorney for the Kansas City Railway
Co.
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ONLY MADAMES CAN VOTE
AND MUST Be 30 YRS. OLD

London. Nov. 21.-Only married
women whose husbands are en-
titled to the municipal franchise
are affected by the house of COM
mons decision yesterday to extend
the municipal vote to women. The
women must. as in the case of
those having the preliminary fran
chise. have reached the age of 80
years.
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'Arrest Rasputin,s Shaver.

Petrograd, Nov. 21.-Prince Yusu-
hoff and NJ. Purishtevitch, reputed to
have slain the monk. Rasputin, were
both arrested today charged with hav-
ing corresponded seditiously with Cen
eral Kaledine, presumably in a con-
spiracy against the Bolsheviki govern
lnent.
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New York Produce Market.

New York, Nov. 21.-BUTTER-Mark
firm. Creamery higher than extras, 4615@
47c
EGGS-Market irregular. Fresh gathered
extras, 54Cd55c.
CHEESE Market steady. State fresh
specials, 2313c.
PoULTRY-Alive quiet; no prices quot
ed. Dressed. strong
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(The following sales were made this morn
ing at the Stock Yards, Kansas City, and
reported over long distance telephone di-
rect to the State Journal by Clay Robin
son & Co., live stock commission mer-
Kansas City, Nov. 21-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 5000 head. Market slow: steady
HOGS-Receipts 1000 head. Market
slow; steady. Bulk of sales, ST. 25@17.75;
top. $3.50.
SHEEP Receipts 1000 head Market
oil dr
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"POM POM0 THURSDAY.
Famous Mitzi Hajos With Comic
Opera at Grand.

The first really premier musical
comedy of the season will appear at
the Grand Thursday night. under the
name of Pom Pom" starring the in
comparable, saucy Mitzi Hajos, who
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AUSTRIA HANGS 80, 900
London Says Hemp Moose Takes
Mighty Toll in That Nation.

London, Nov. 21.-Eeighty thousand
persons have been hanged in Austria
Hungary since the beginning of the
war, for political or racial opposition
to the government, pacifist activities
and separatist propaganda, according
to estimates here.
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Congress Envoys in GLASGOW.

Glasgow, Nov. 21.-Glasgow well
coined the party of American con-
gressmen today in the course of the
Americans trip of five days to NUM-
ton and shipbuilding centers.
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GREATEST BRITISH BLOW.
TOday's Advance Is Renewal OF
Somme and Arras Drives

London. Nov. 21.-The British drive
covers a part of the field of last years
offensive on the Somme and the sec
ton of the Arras battle front south Of
Arras. The British center in this
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Chicago Grain and Provisions Market
-tThe range Of prices on grain futures on
Chicago Board of Trade as reported by
rbos- Myers. 301 N e BldgD
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captured the hearts of Topekans three
years ago in The Spring Maid"
Mitzi-the nation over she has be-
come known as Mitzi-is the actress
who has ='immortalized' trousers for
women of the stage. She'll wear such
a saucY costume in Pom Pom
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Only One ..BRoMo QUININE."

OHIy OHHo DItONO QOININ T.
To get the genuine, call for full name, LAX
ALIVE BROM0 QUININE. Look for sig
nature of Z. W. GROVE Cures a Cold in
one Day. 30c-Adv.
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" VI ny d. Dlllaru. corner kanRan
Ave. and Curtis st.
OATS-5S660c.
OLD CORN-S100
NEW CORN-S1. 40d15O
Poultry and Eggs.
FURNISHED by the Topeka Packing Com.
pany, corner Laurent and MadisonD
$1,000 Topeka, Kan, Nov 81
HENS-3I2 lbs. md over 1Sc; under az
lbs. 15c; springs over lbs. II: roostera
d2e: shaggy young ROSTERS. l3c; broilerL
lbs. and under, 23c.
EGGS-42c
Eggs are retailing in Topeka. zoe.
BUTTER-44@4Tc
Retail Hay.
FURNISHED by ". A. GIlehrist 626 Quincy
Street.
Topeka, Kan. Nov 81
PRAIRIE HAY-S17.OO
ALFALFA-$24. 90. n N* So ~
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Kansas City,

(The range OF prices grain futures on
Kansas City Board of Trade as reported
by Thos. ]. Myers 301 N E. Bidg.I
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WEATHER TABLE.

Furnished by the weather bureau office.
Topeka, Kan, for the twenty-four hours
ending at a. m. Wednesday.
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To Cure Cold in One Day.
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QuININE Tab
let's Druggists refund money if ii fails to
cure. f. w GROVES signature is on each
box 30c-Adv.