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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-10
Fletcher, Another Goat-Getter
Has Made But One Hit IN
Seven Times at Bat

The mighty Herzoe ho Of tho rough
riding tactics and goat getting NaNs,
seems TO be In need ~ rounding up ms
own sngora. Although he has attempted
no outbreaks beyond trying 10 tnicrter"
with base runner once, he has hcrn
less at the bat In fact, he has made
but one hi, in two DAYS bearing out hlr
previous record OF a batting average ot
about 200 for the three worlds series
Man for man the mighty ones OF the
Giants, the injured McCarty and, per
haps Holke excepted. have disappointed
Burns has hit when hits didn't matter.
and has raped into double plaNa when
his safeties were needed. llcfEog, knuf
and ZimnUrma the supposedly strong
centAr OF the heavy artillery, have tut
one hit between tho three OF them, for
the two games.
sluu0ers Have Failed.
Fletcher. another goat r"it'r has
mnde but one hit In seven official times
AZ bat. Robertson. llolkc and Mc'WN
constitute the main attacking force Of
the Giants In the games thus far pG,cd
The onus OF Giants flllur' seems to
rest a. much upon the collapse OF tho
big caliher hitter NJ upon the wenknosr
OF the pitchers In the second game
A. TO Inside play" forg" II Both
aides havo pulled several tactical nnd
uncharted blunders. But the prize one
remained for the sox TO perpc,rate THIS
WAS when Faher tried tn steal third has"
with that bag already occupied This
wss evidently "a case OF missed signal
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-10
BRITISH TO BOMB
GERMANY SOON
Retaliation in Near Future,
GcddeS Predicts,

LONDON. Oct l0-Sir Archibald
Gcddcs minister Of national service IN
a speech delivered at Nottingham last
r,ght, predicted that GRIM work oi
bombing German towns and village,
would he in iul swing before many
moons have elapsed " lie said he
wished II had been possible to avoid
w'jvuug that last punishment on WON.
900 and muoccu, children IN Germany
hul ,ha, the brutal ,r'r, ruling Gcr.
man, made It inevitable
lh, decision had been reached. the
speaker added. reluctant, and not m
any sprri, OF vengeance but IN pursn.
ancc oi the ,ueVorahlc law which hic
Law, ON every man Thou shall pro
test thy women and children or perish A"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-10
Draft Men Obtain
Big League Ball
Player for Team

SAN ANTONIO, Oct lO-Hoke
Warner. niicldcr OF the Pittsburgh Ma
ronal', has brcn drafted again, for a
worlds series, too. Warner, whose
home is IN Val Verde county Texas, re
ported Yesterday a, Camp lra,,, with
rhc 'hrd drdD, contingent ot hls county
: When Warner was assigned to the
>ir,t compar, %, military police there
was % ,cI,hrtuou iu that Dumpal,
which ha, a nine oi II, owu and vlll
use him IN q game they have scheduled
int SAmtlaN
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-10
l)MIFW66IY
AmHlShLS
MMovaM GdrIS
urcl. wlool,y and ,h. watermelon,


Copyright. 1917. 10y Mcclure Newspaper
S,ndicatc)
M IA Here's news for yon, Nurse
VII Jane DO called l'nCl, WISELY
Lnngenrs the bunny Rabbit gen
tlcmau, g. Miss Fuzzy Wu11N.
his muskrtt lady nurse. ~ nr snt un III"
porch " the hollow stump bungalow ou"
morning
"Wh"r rcus. W,rr, osr,.d tho musk
rat lad,
Why GmuIm'ryr .ooso, Gaudor IS
,ouiug tu uuurr went ,n m, huuuN
unrlr Il m-' had Pc l,ltr. uom him lu
this mail lurNt linN gnd ! uu'
Ncr'' g"odn"rs me Ek's alive n"i
some npulc urts' ,'|,i Nursr luu'.
"Ganipa Goose, coming TO dinner and /
haven't ihlng m the house uh. dear
Why n ,c"ms to mo I saw PLENTY In
the pantry sruk" luci" W'sNllv sort ~
looking over the TOP ut nlt plut 'viuklus
nose Il snN some carrot vu.c. SOM"
cabbage soup. cold roast parsley. q nit
ot Chr"s" nc sud some potato marmp-
ladr
"uh. A. 20 that. ,es. .Nd Nursc lane
"IM' hu,, uuthiug for company lluw-
lever, wH,'' II hustle ,nn goi som"
lhng ,ouk,i lu iNu, liuir, 200 NuUr
gprdru l.u,lr NIgr.H. .' s,' what s
l,N rrh up some 'nNlr'- lN uN
ihcm IH.ug n ' rum.n nud n w'h' 70
Iiy Nlsu f'tuh MO suu., .H'u 1ui hcuua
ana V' p1l have su,.u''sN Th'i pur
what NrE, 100 tho ptn'y may ku'p
Grandpa Guusrv from starving
NIl W n doesn't there's mo- Iup" Tor
/ Ihm" laughed Ind, NgglN, Nuv DO
not So 'u,trfod jlme. in'' because
IGnuipo Goosc, Is coming
"un lui nos company exclaimed
7 Nmu lnr and ! always have to gct
0uf'rr,d for rompnuy'
~u pm, pro,rrd'd 20 get nuFcrsd 9lr
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-10
War Plant Damaged

CHARLES CITY Iowa Oct lO-Th,
Hart Parr company at whose lac,orlci
many OF the parts OF thc English tanks
and much of the appliances OF the new
government wooden ships arc built SUI
ierCd by fire last night estimate AZ half
million dollars.
The tank ar Shon work viii not he
interrupted nov viii the ire cause any
interference with the department in
which shells for the allies have hccn
Constructed. The cause ~ the i've was
unknown
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-10
JENNINGS THINKS
POLE IS THROUGH
Detroit'S Manager viii Give
Pitcher Another Chance,

DETROIT 1t II an oren secret tina,
Manager Jennings NJ the Detroit Amcri-
cans doubts whether Harry CONelesKie
viii be able TO pitch major league bail
next season. Last year the big lrft
handler was star, this year he was al
most worthless. His arm was weak AMI
his curve ball and confidence were con
spicuous by their absence.
Covelcskie paSacd the 70 year mark
several seasons ago. although h. is mod
rs, regarding his real age Ilut Jennings
undouhtcdly VIII take Covie south and
rlvc him another chance, aH ho realizes
that a come hack " not an imposFibili'N
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-10
SAM LOYD'S BRAIN FOOD
II Minutes TO Digest This.
No go

IN, hl,rL. m ,a,h ~ thc ~.
lowing sentence, are 10 he hIlcd
by nI,circ IN rho Gr.t snare wo,d
which dccan,,a,cd and nlaccd N
,br ncx, ,ca,c w,ll mak, ,bc sen.
,c,re en,;rc
Into ,hc d,rl vcr, the
-n;,ate when bc was mn l.rpcr
,f sc,,;cc
When vou - ,h, ch,,d hc
v,ll RI, and
I, wiu - unor hi, nerves
when he learns fine he must
n,,,
Wb,r the ,nc,,,al .,,rc, found
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-08
KERENSKY .FLEES! SINK U. S. SHIP!
Four of Those Aboard Killed {;
IL Are Missing.
81 Survivors Are Landed
Ship Torpedoed Friday.

London, Nov S.-Torpedoing of the
American steamer Rochester was
formally announced by the admiralty
today.
Four of those aboard were killed
and the second mate and third mate
and thirteen others are missing, it was
stated. Thirty-one survivors have
been landed at Buncrana and Ross
port.
The American vessel was struck on
Friday and sunk.
Was First to Def U-boats.
New York, Nov. S.-The steamship
Rochester, sunk by a German sub
marine, was the ship that, with the
Orleans, first braved the submarine
zone after Germany rescinded her
promises to the United States. Off
cials of the Kerr Steamship company
asserted here today. The Rochester
was owned and operated by this COM
pany, when she made her trip, leav-
ing New York, February II.
The Rochester, shortly after this
journey, was taken over by the Fur
ness Witty company, a British ship
ping company, it was stated, and pre-
sumably was under British registry.
She was of 1851 tons, a steel screw
teamship, built in 1912 at Ecorse,
Mich.
The Kerr company officials said
there was no other Rochester in At
lantic. service. The Orleans was sunk
several months ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-08

A challenge to pacifists and spe-
officially reply to the propaganda of
the Peoples Council of Peace and De-
mocracy, was the message brought at
the opening session of the Kansas
State Teachers association convention
here by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, found
er of the Free Synagogue of New
York
And the challenge followed imme-
diately after the great audience had
arisen in tribute to the flag as the To-
peka high school boys chanted the
pledge of allegiance to the flag.
''I have never feared to be in mi
nority," declared Rabbi Wise. 81 held
with another American of alien birth,
My country, when right to keep right;
when wrong, to set right
To-day, my country is in the right
wholly, gloriously, holly in the
right, and I mean to proclaim this,
even tho I find myself, almost for the
first time, one of an uncomfortably
large majority"
Rabbi Wise explained that the
United States was right in the present
war, and the only peace that the
American people will ever consider is
a peace which must be disastrous to
every hope of Prussia's rulers or
peace made over the heads and per-
haps the bodies of them, and with
German people themselves.
what is the secret of the change
! of US who have been lifelong peace
advocates into unequivocal supporters
of government and it's war policies?
! The answer is the course taken by the
president of the United States since
| August, 1914. He willed, as we willed,
| not to enter the war; he believed as
we believed that the cause of Just
and durable peace would best be fur
thered by keeping our continent out
| as the attitude of peace advocates be-
fore this country entered the war.
| Our War a Backfire.
''Why did the president in the end
lead US into the war;" he asked. Be
/ cause he saw that we were not so
much challenged to war as driven to
defend sanctities of life. 1t is simply
! a case of setting backfires to stop the
desolating forest fire which the world
war seems to be, and if we have to
put our hands to weapons of force
and fury, the fault lies in those crea-
lures of blood and iron whose last
war this was in truth to be.
Il have loved and honored my
| father, who was a native and a citizen
thruout the most of his life of the Ger
man empire, but will not dishonor
my father in his grave by believing
have felt as deeply as 1 feel that no
room must be left in the world for
] that species of organized criminality
I tempora rily invested with the name
| and title of the German governIn ent-
And what has moved peace advo-
Gates for the first time in their lives
| (Continued Page Two)
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HAD BON VOYAGE
Il. s, War Mission Saw No u
Boats on Way Over.
% Persons in Party Headed by
Col. E. M. House..

London, Nov. S.-The special Amer
lean commission to the allied confer
ence arrived in London last midnight.
1t is headed by Col. E. NJ House as
special commissioner with the hon
orary rank of special ambassador.
I'VE had a pleasant and uneventful
VOYAGE" Colonel House told the As
sociated Press. ''The weather was
fair. There were no submarines. 1t
was the best vacation I have had in
two years.
The commissioners were met by
Ambassador Page, Vice Admiral Sims,
commander of the American destroyer
squadon. and Foreign Secretary Bal
four There are twenty-seven persons
in the party, including Admiral Ben
son, General Bliss, Vance Mccormick,
chairman of the war trade board; ;
Oscar T. Crosby, assistant treasurer;
Bainbridge Colby of the United States
shipping board; DR.. A. E. Taylor, rep
resenting the food controller. and Paul
Cravath. Mrs. House and the wives
of several other commissioners are in
the party. Colonel and Mrs. House
were driven to the residence of the
Duke of Roxburghe. where they will
stay while in London.
The members of the mission arose
late this morning. much refreshed aft
er this first comfortable nights sleep
in many days. The first thing they
did was to go into conference, with
Colonel House presiding The meet
ing lasted an hour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-08
Large Squadron Appears OF
Finland Gulf Fort.
About Ta Attack SveabOrg,
Strong Russ Coast Defense.
BELIEVE BATTLE AT HAND
Big Squadron Seen Advancing
in Battle Array.
Huns Haven't Abandoned Sea
Thrust Is Apparent.

Stockholm. Nov. S.-A large Ger
man squadron of warships is off the
Finnish naval station of Helsingtors'
according to word received today
from Haparanda.
Presumably the presence of Ger
man feet in this location means Ger
MANY has resumed her naval drive in
the Baltic and is now about to attack
the Russian naval fortitications at
Svea borg. guarding HeIsingfors.
When the German fleet was oper-
ating in the Bay of Riga, Russian dls-
matches reported in view of the likeh-
hood of German sea attacks in the
Baltic, that Reval, Sveaborg ana
Kronstadt were to be evacuated by
civilians. Reval was evacuated also
of all military forces and practically
abandoned a to the enemy because OF
the threat of a thrust from the rear
after German troops had been landeu
on Werder peninsula Then Germany
apparently withdrew these forces:
the first class.
Civil War Breaks Out.
London, Nov S.-More bloodshed
seemed inevitable in Russia today. A
BoIsheviki censor allowed only the
merest outline of events to leave
Petrograd, but these indicated that
the long expected trial of strength be-
tween Premier Kerensky and the pro-
visional government on the one hand
and the Bolshevikis and Maximalists
on the other, had come.
1t was regarded likely that local
civil war in Petrograd was on in full
blast today-but the censorship hid
any such news. Dispatches did reveal
that the Maximilists and the Bolshe-
Wiki local Soviet of the workmen and
soldiers committee in Petrograd had
armed their followers and that these
armed men had seized the telegraph
offices, the Marie palace, the state
bank and, according to dispatch re-
(Continued on Page TwO)
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diers and workmen's delegates and to
the garrison and proletariat of Petro-
grad:
I'VE Have DepOsed Kerensky."
I'VE have deposed the government
of Kerensky, which rose against the
revolution and the people. The change
which resulted in the deposition of the
provisional government was accom-
plished without bloodshed.
The Petrograd council of soldiers
and workmen's delegates solemnly
welcomes the accomplished change
and proclaims the authority OF the
military revolutionary committee un-
til the creation of a government by
the soldiers and workmen's delegates
Announcing this to the army at the
front the revolutionary committee
calls upon the revolutionary soldiers
to watch closely the conduct OF tt1e
men in command. Officers who 90
not join the accomplished revolution
Immediately and openly must be ar
rested at once as enemies;
The Petrograd council of work
mems and soldiers delegates consid-
ers this to be The program of the new
authority:
First. the offer of an immediate
democratic peace.
Second. the immediate handing
over of large proprietorial lands to
the peasants.
Assume Absolute Authority.
Third, the transmission of all au-
thority to the council of soldiers and
workmen's delegates.
Fourth. the honest convocation of
a constitutional assembly.
THE national revolutionary army
must not permit uncertain military
detachments to leave the front for
Petrograd. They should use per-
suasion but where this fails, they
must oppose any such action on the
part of these detachments by force
without mercy.
THE actual order must be read i'm
mediately to all military detachmehts
in all arms. The suppression of this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-08
First Gun of Fight for Split
Fired This Morning.
Many Try To Prevent Dis
rupting Historic Gathering.
WISE TALKS ABOUT WAR
New York Rabbi Says Germany
Must Be Crushed.
This Is Not Wilson's Fight,
but Americas.

Sounding a mighty keynote of patri-
otism, the kind that will not die until
militarsm is crushed from the earth.
the first war convention" and, incl
dentally, the fifty-fifth annual state
meeting of the Kansas Teachers asso-
citation convened in Topeka this
morning and by noon registration
was far past the 5000 mark. Great
crowds of instructors, from the small
frame schoolhouse of the shortgrass
country and the monster institutions
of the states largest cities. poured
from trains all this afternoon. Indi-
cations were that all attendance rec
ords would be broken. +. L. Pinet.
secretary, declared the registration
would go to 1000. or more. by tonight
Only seven thousand enrolment
blanks were printed and two thou
sand of these were sent to teachers
over the state for mail registrations
in order to lessen the rush of enroll
ment here. Mr. Pinet has ordered
thousand more blanks printed.
Enrolment figures for the last three
years show a steady growth but the
outlook indicates that this years to-
tai will show the largest increase of
any year.
In 1914 the records show an at
tendance of $3.50. In 1915 the en-
rollment went almost to 5000 and last
year the figure was estimated at
500.
With every seat in the great hall
taken, with scores standing in the
aisles and hundreds more waiting on
the outside but unable to enter be-
cause of lack OF room, the first meet
ing Of the convention opened at the
auditorium this morning at o'clock
Preluded by an organ recital by Fred
rick Rogers, Hutchinson. and invoca-
ton by the Rev. S. S. Estey, Topeka,
the meeting took on it's flaming spirit
of patriotism with the greeting adj
dress by w. d. Ross, state superin-
tendent.
Split Amendments Read.
In stony silence the teachers heard
amendments, which, If adopted FRI
day morning, will split the annual
convention in four parts and provide
for an administrative council cf state
magnitude and comprised Of members
of the state department Of education,
officers of the state association, super
intendeHts of cities Of the first, Sec
and and third class, high school and
grade school principals and members
Of the boards of education At the
least the amendments will put II in
the hands of the directors TO divide
the state association In that manner.
The way in which the amendments
were received was just a hint Of the
bitter fight that will be Waged when
the sche me comes up for vote to-
morrow morning Leaders Interested
in defeating the plan were marshall
ing their forces today and VIII throw
ali their power into the general as
. sembly Friday morning. Those favor
ing the plan were working just as
Continued on Page TwO)
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SECTIONAL MEETINGS.

High School Section.
Friday, November 9, p. m, Academic
High School Auditorium.
Chairman. W. A Bailey, Kansas City,
Kan.
Address, High School Problems that
Are Being Solved in Kansas High Schools"
A. J. Stout, Topeka.
Address. 'The American High School and
the Unique characteristics" c. II. Judd,
Fersity.
Graded School Section.
Friday, November 9, 2 p. m. City
Auditorium.
Chairman, Emil Kratockvil Clay Center.
Address, "The Multiple Use of Child Wei
fare Facilities" William Writ, superintend-
ent of schools, Gary, Ind.
Address, Significant Teaching" H b..
Wilson, Topeka.
Address, f'The Teacher and the Superin-
tendent,'' W. A. Lewis, Fort Hays Kansas
normal school Hays.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-08

TONIGHT
Second General Session.
Thursday, November s, s p. m.
Community music, director, Arthur Nev1n,
University of Kansas.
Address, Proposals for an After-the-
War Program of Education" David Sned-
den, Teachers college, Columbia university,
New York City.
Address, Work and Play in Education"
Nathan G. Schaiffer, state superintendent
of public instruction for Pennsylvania
Music, the national hymn, director, Ar
thur Nevin, University of Kansas
FRIDAY
Third General Session.
Friday, November 9, a. N.
Music, Topeka High School Girls Glee
club.
Report on nominations and election of
officers.
Report on resolutions
Music, vocal solo, Edith Bideau, State
Manual Training Normal school.
Address, illustrated with motion pic
tures), 1.-The Gary Public Schools William
Writ, superintendent Of schools, Gary, In
Address by C. H. Judd, dean of the
School of Education, University of Chicago,
Fourth General Session.
10 80 a. m. High School Auditorium. s
Lecture recital, Music Is Human
Need" Alma Webster Powell, New York
fifth General Session.
szrF Friday, November Q, 8 p. m. 3
Music, violin solo, Frank E. Hendry, Unit
sEersity Of Kansas.
Greetings, J. E. House, mayor of Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-08
Radicals Spring Coup d. Etat,
in Surprising Fashion.
Announce Some KerenSky Govt
Officials Arrested.
PEASANTS TO SHARE LANDS
Demands All Soldiers Must
Join Regime at Once.
Places Authority in Military
Revolutionary Committee.

Premier Kerensky has been over
thrown; the BolsheVil1i-or immediate
peace advocates-have assumed pos
session of Petrograd and issued
proclamation favoring Russia's max
ing peace, according to adviceS from
Petrograd today.
Three Cossack regiments announced
they would accept no orders from the
Kerensky government, these same dis
patches asserted, and some of the gov
ernment ministers have been arrested.
At last reports the Bolsheviki, head
ed by Leon Trotsky, a former New
York resident, were in possession of
the cable and telegraph lines out of
Part of the information as to the
situation in the Russian capital reach
ed London by cable and part by wire
less
Under ordinary conditions, the wire
less is controlled by the government
and dispatches thus handled are sent
thru a semi-official news agency.
Whether the Bolsheviki in declaring
the provisional Kerensky government
non-existent, shed the wireless and
took over the government news
agency is not clear This may be pre-
sumed to be the case
The Russian embassy in Washing
ton was without war office advices of
the situation. With the Bolsheviki in
control OF all means of communica-
ton this fact is of little immediate
significance.
If the Kerensky government has
actually been overthrown there would
be no one of recognized authority to
report to the embassy until the Boil
sheviki have organized. And if the
revolt is still in progress with the
radicals claiming success in advance
thru their prOclamations. it is likely
that nothing might be heard from
Kerensky's representative until they
have regained control of the means of
communication.
Issue Proclamation.
Petrograd. Nov. S-British Ad-
miralty per Wireless Press. THE
military revolutionary committee on
the control council of the soldiers
and workmen's deputies. in a procla-
nation to the army committees and TO
all soldiers and workmen's council.
says:
We have deposed without blood
shed the government which rose
against the revolution"
1t prOclaims the authority of the
military revolutionry committee and
says that the officers who do not
openly join the movement must i'm
mediately be arrested.
Uncertain military detachments, the
proclamation adds must not be per-
mitted to leave the front for Petro-
grad. Where persuasion fails, the
statement says. force must be used
without mercy.
The text of the proclamation of the
military revolutionary committee
reads:
ITO the army committees of the
active army and to all councils of sol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-08

The temperature today averaged 5
degrees above normal. The wind was
blowing twelve miles an hour from
the south at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Smiling Indian summer weather
welcomed the teachers convention to
Topeka this moRning. Clear and sun
shiny days were promised for today
and tomorrow by the local weather
office.
Fair tonight and Friday with not
much change in temperature was the
official forecast made today. The
mercury will go to rs again today
and will probably reach the same
CONTINUED on Page TwoJ
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Report Premier Has Fled From
Russian Capital.
New Govt Orders His Arrest
Turks in Big Retreat.

London, Nov. S.-Premier Kerensky
has fled from the capital, the semi
official news agency declares. Orders,
it states, have been issued for his
arrest.
London, Nov. S.-There are indica-
tions of a general retirement north
ward by the Turkish forces in Pales-
tine, the war office announces.
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order from the rank and file by army
organizations is equivalent to a great
crime against the revolution and will
be punished by all the strength of the
revolutionary law
Soldiers for peace. for bread for
land and for the power of the people.
(Signed) THE Military Revolu-
ti1nary Committee"
Civil War Is On.
Dispatches from Petrograd. even
tho carefully censored by the BOIshe-
CONTINUED on Page Two.l