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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27
Sank LUSITANIA?
Man Who Commanded U.BOat
Reported Captured.
Tried To Destroy Papers Which
Revealed Identity.

Paris, Aug. 27.-Lieutenant Schwie-
ger, the man who sank the Lusitania,
has been captured by a French patrol
boat in the Mediterranean. according
to La Journal. A large submarine. of
which he was SECOND in command.
between Malta and Sicily. The Ger
man was waiting. to see the vessel
sink when two French patrol boats
emerged from the fog and sank the
U-boat. OF the crew of seventy-five
only one officer and four men were
rescued by the patrol boats.
While being taken to Tou1on the
officer appeared i'll at east. When ne
thought no one was looking he tried
to thrown some papers overheard. but
sailor seized his arm. He refused
to answer questions but an examina-
ton of the papers explained his un-
easiness.
La Journal asks If the man who
committed the most vile, the most
barbarous. and most cowardly act in
the annals of war" is merely to be
sent to a prison camp.
A dispatch from Toulon last Friday
which described the sinking of Ger
man submarine in the Mediterranean
by patrol boats, added that the mate
of the submarine attempted to commit
cue ship. The man appeared to be
insane and was reported to have said
that the lost U-boat had torpedoed the
Lusitania.
The German admiralty, according
to advices from london on August 10,
has admitted that Lieutenant Schwei-
ger was killed when U-boat that he
commanded struck a mine in the
North sea. A dispatch said that his
death occurred in September 1915.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27
Mcpherson Man Chairman Re.
publican State Committee.
Aliens Campaigner Named
Without Opposition Today.
WAR PLATFORM is ADOPTED
Democrats Flayed for "Keep
Us Out of War" Slogan.
PrOhibitiOnists Absent for First
Time in 40 Years.

Running a new model. high power,
carefully oiled machine. Kansas Re
publicans today rode thru the first lap
of their prediction campaign with
out missing spark. Harmony hung
over the state committee meeting and
party council in great chunks and
spilled over the sides. Not once did
the advance program slip cog and
the few orators who found a chance to
talk, kicked the shins or the Wilson
administration to the intense joy of
the men and women with credentials
for the festivities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27
LeavenWOrth Man Is Chairman
Democratic Body.
A. d. Birch of Topeka, Treas
urer; A. Jones Is Secretary.
FAITH IN Administration
Democrats Believe Party Has
Shown Worth in the War.
Harmony and Contentment
Prevailed at Meeting Today.

Peace and contentment reigned su-
preme at both the party council and
state committee meeting of Kansas
Democrats at the Throop hotel today
The stage managers of the party had
done their work well and the bust
ness of the day went along on a well
oiled road.
E. E. Murphy, Of Leavenworth, was
unanimously elected chairman of the
Democratic state central committee.
Albert Jones, private secretary to Sen
ator W. H. Thompson, was elected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27
PROPAGANDA BY PLANE

tContiuned N Page Two.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27
Police and Federal Agents Will Check
Up SIacI<ers in New Draft.

Up SIackers in New Draft.
Washington, Aug. 27. - Provost
Marshal Gneral Crowder today made
public some of the regulations pre-
scribed by the president to govern and
enforce the order of the first registra-
ton day after the manpower bill is
passed.
Federal marshals, deputy marshals,
investigation agents and police officers
shall hold themselves in readiness to
render whatever assistance may be
necessary in preserving order and
bring about a complete registration.
Officers shall examine the registra
ton list and report the names of any
persons known by them who have fail
ed to register and are liable to regis
tration.
A police officer shall require any
person subject to registration to ex-
hibit his registra ton certification.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27
ToDAY's TEMPERATUREsC.

The wind at 8 o'clock this afternoon
was blowing at a rate of twelve miles
an hour from the southwest.
According to State Meteorologist
Flora the warm weather will continue
but will get no worse. There is con-
ISOLATION in that This brand of
weather is about fifteen degrees cooler
than it was the first three weeks of
August.
There has been no rain west of the
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27

one of two hydroplanes leaving here
on an overseas expedition exDloded'
and caused the machine to fall into
the sea it was announced TODAY
Lieutenant VascOncellos and his OBJ
server were drowned. The formers
body, was recovered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27
Italian Machines Drop literature in
Capital of SIavonia and Croatia

Berne. Aug. s27.-Italian airplanes
recently dropped propaganda mani
festos on Agram. capital of Slovonia
and Croatia according to Austrian ad-
vices received here today.
The people at first thought they
were Austrian machines distributing
propaganda for the ,Austro- Hungarian
war loan.
Agram is 16 miles southwest of
Vienna and about 40 miles east of
Venice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27
OR DEATH"
German Paper Prepares Public
for Defensive Policy.
Declares Future Existence of
the Nation Is at Stake.

Zurich, Aug. Give are now
fighting for life or DEATH" declares
the Cologne Volks Zeitung.
THE. war will determine the future
existence of Germany. The question
is to know whether our people can
have political and economic freedom"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27
5000 MEN CALLED
All of Them VIII Go From Illinois
and Pcnnsylya nia

Washington, Aug. 27-Provost Mar
shall General Crowder today issued a
call for five thousand white men for
general military service supplement-
ary to the general call made last
week. OF the five thousand called,
$500 will come from Illinois and $500
from Pennsylva mia. The men of both
states will entrain for Camp Forest
Lytie. Ga, between September .
and 6.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27
MAY SEIZE SHIPS
Norwegian Papers Urge Drastic Ac-
ton Against Hun U-Boat Warfare.

ChristiaBia. Aug. 27.-Replying to
Norway's protest against sinking of
be- shipping outside the danger
zone" Germany has offered compen-
sation where 1t is proven a ship was
sunk without warning. 1t was an
nounced today
Norwegian newspapers advocate
seizure OF equivalent German tonnage.
such, as Spain forced upon Germany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27
SUB SINKS ANOTHER
Boston Fishing Schooner Lost on the
Canadian Coast.

A Canadian Atlantic Port. Aug. 81
The new fishing schooner, Rush, of
Boston, was sunk yesterday by an
enemy submarine while on the fishing
grounds off this coast The crew ar
rived here safely today on board
another fishing vessel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27
RETAKE BERAT
Austrians Win ImDortart Victory Over
Italians in Albania.

Vienna. Aug 27.-In Albania Aus
trian troops have reca ptured Berat
and the town of Fieri, near the mouth
of the Semeni. says the official state
ment from Austro- Hungarian head
quarters today The italians lost
heavily in men and material
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27

jefferson City. Aug. 27.-Three air
planes of the Flying circus. which is
touring the United States. arrived here
afely at $50 o'clock this morning
The other machines of the squadron
are expected here later in the day
when the entire fleet will proceed to
Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27
MEISSNER GETS HIS SIXTH
Rickenbackers

Rickenbackers "Gimper'' Hero
Achieves Another Victory in Air.
New York. Aug. 27.-Jimrnis
Meissne-. Eddie Rick .nbacker's hero
of his "gimper" series which ap-
peared recently In the State Journal.
has downed his sixth German air.
plane. according to letters received
by relatives in Brooklyn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27
CROSS TO A ROOSEVELT
British Bestow Honor Upon Kerrnit
for Services in Mesopotamia.

London, Aug. 27.-Kermit Roose.
welt has been awarded the military
cross for his services with the British
army in Mesopotamia, it was an
nounced today.
Roosevelt was a major IN the motor
service in Mesopotamia- Recently he
obtained a transfer to the American
army. receiving a captains commits
sion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27
INDICT GERMAN "SPIES"
Supposed Nephew of Won Bernstorfr
Charged With Using Bogus Passports.

NIIt'I gu VIII tsIHg BOGUS passports.
San Francisco. Aug. 27-Baron
Allardt Won Mueusch and Edward NJ
Zacho, alleged master German spies,'
were under indictment here today.
charged with using fraudulent pass
ports and failure to register as alien
enemies. Muensch has been in Gus
tody here. Zacho is held at Ellis Is
land. y. Y
Muensch. said to be a nephew of
former Ambassador Won Bernstorff
formerly was a prisoner in Russia
federal officers say. Zacho obtained
his release and they came to America
via Siberia.
Among highly confidential papers
officers claim to have found were
plans of Qualifications in the Orient
and the key to a German code.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27
NO KICK ON WEATHER
Temperatures Averaging is Degrees
Below First Half of Month.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS
Fair tonight and Wednesday: somewhat
cooler Wednesday in the north and west
portions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27
SHOT MUTINEERS
Rumor Says Battalion Refused To
Fight and Was Decimated.

Amsterdam. Aug. 27.-A German
battalion, ordered to the front, unan.
imously refused to go, according to Q
dispatch from the frontier published
in the Telegram. Thereupon, every
tenth man was shot. The remainder
Welded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27
HAIG GOES THRU
HINDENBURG LINE
OPPOSITE ARRAS
Famous Front Penetrated by
British Troops Today.
They Advanced Successfully
Astride the Scarp River.
ROYE IS CAPTURED TODAY
Slow but Continuous Progress
Made Everywhere.
British Took Several Thousand
More Prisoners Yesterday.
Slow but Continuous Progress
Made Everywhere.
British Took Several Thousand
More Prisoners Yesterday.
STRIKE SOUTH OF BAPAUME
Take 1,1OO Prisoners, Including
Two Battalion Commanders.
RepulSe Counter AttackS-Ad-
vance Near Bagneux.

Paris, Aug. 27.-French
troops have captured the town
of Roye.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-27
Six Flyers Killed.

EashingtCn. Aug. 27.-Six deaths
occurred on American flying fields in
the week ending August II.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05

position and your cooking, but I am
not going to say lot of things just
to fatter you," was his reply.
Thought All Men Liars.
Howard, | thought all men are
liars and that they always said a lot
of empty nethings to the women they
loved. | have read so in books and
L expected the same from you, but
now | arh convinced that your name
should be Frank instead of How
ard was the playful rejoinder.
"Well,,I cannot answer for other
men. | find it hard sometimes to an
swer for myself. l just want you to
understand what sort of a man | ex-
pect to be after the minister has done
his part, so that you cannot say, I
told you so,' after we are married."
he continued.
Helen began-to grasp the true
worth of Howard's philosophy. She
realized that she could not success
fully contravert the soundness of his
position. Her misgivings gave way to
feeling of elation. He was a diff
ferent sort of man, she thought.
There is another matter | wish to
bring to your attention before we
are wed, and it is that I believe that
betrothed persons should reveal
themselves, instead of unmasking
after they enter upon the long, long
trail of domestic life. | am fond of
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05

whistling, and I whistle while I am
shaving and | whistle while am
asleep, This is an affliction or an ad-
diction, and so l thought | would tell
you about it," he continued.
Helen Gets in Tune.
Helen got into tune with the situ-
alton and was reassured. She made
bold to Aeep step with the thought
suggested by Howard.
will you be cross after we are
married if I should not look as at
tractive at 7 a. m. as l do at 7 p. m.?"
she asked.
Not bit Of it."
"And you will promise that you will
never, never refer to your mother S
cooking if my biscuits are not as light
as they should be-"
81 promise"
"And you will not say unkind words
if your slippers are not always in the
exact place where you left them?"
II will not"
1t might be said that Helen spurn-
er such a practical and unsentimental
man, but in fact she accepted him as
the one man for her. They were mar
ried and lived many happy years.
The most serious jar they have had
was on an occasion when Howard car
fried two of Helen's letters in his
pocket four days before he thought to
mail them.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05
STEALING BEATRICE's
STUFF.

Friend Fred: KNOWN that
you'd been all through the
world and smoked cigarets and
everything. I thought I'd ask
you about . swell wren wha,
works In q saw bones factory
what I thought was stuck on
me. You see it's this way: After
pipin' this Jane off for cou-
pie o. weeks land there wasn't
any wind blowin' either) and
than fixin' It for . Introduction
through n friend what writes
military stories for 9 Omaha
paper. I takes her home on
Forest St. and then / calls up
and makes q date with her and
the scribe to go to a movie and
we sees, well I don't remember
what we sees for dime but we
eats some kind O. special sodie
water what has peanuts on top
on the way home. and then l
makes another date and takes
her and a blonde friend what's
dlppy about soldiers to q vaude-
VILE purfermance an buys 'em
strawberry Sundays what
groves in Louisiana for 20
cents at the swellest joint right
on the main stem and I pays
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05
and wei broken, she would not be

and wer broken, she would not be
consoied.
"The play does not ring true. That
man had no right to make such prom
ises to his lover" Howard said, with
perfect calmness. 'He was bucca-
neer, pirate, to picture such an i'm
possible situation and to inspire false
hopes. He was just an ordinary liar,
and he knew it all Of the time, when
he told the woman that their lives
after marriage would be beautiful
pathway strewn with roses and hon
eysuckles and all of the rest OF it."
Becomes Willing Listener.
Helen's face grew more tense. A
new facet of Howard's character, she
thought. seemed to have been re-
vealed. She fought an inclination to
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05
IN OUR TOWN.

A visit from the sun Is ex-
pected this week.
An election of selectmen will
be held Tuesday next.
John Does wife, Mary Doe.
was arrested last week,
Lew Adams, the well known
county engineer, took In the
trap shoot last Sunday.
The base ball season opens
Wednesday. Pa Rourke prom
ises good time will be had by
all.
The, opening Of the marble
season has been greatly delayed
by the disappointment Of the
sun.
Tommy Toy Is watching the
base ball standings closely in
the hope that he may win q bet
this year.
Commissioner Jardine 10 con-
soled by the knowledge that
after Tuesday he will at least
no longer be alone. He will
have company In one way or the
other.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05

the car fare home and the next
week I frames It up for . big
date with the same two filliea
and asks . friend o. mine to
help me out and go fifty-fifty
(what amt married and works
in a advertisement apartment)
and we spends the evinin' and
IL cents hearing the pipe organ
while Sid Drew Kit Gordon's
Purple Lily and then we es-
courts 'em to q high class calf
upstairs What has half china
men and one civilized waiter
with music and eats s2.65 worth
OF chicken sandwiches and
sliced bannanoes what almost
blowes the bank roll and then
o. the way home tells my
girl all kinds o. nice things
like that / grcwed to be fond
OF her and all educated things
like that and when we gets on
the stupe I looks In her sinco-
pated eyes and ! says good night
with sort o. quivver In my
voice likefI had the He cups
and ! holds her hand and she
tells me l can come out to see
her all the time she aint doin'
somethin' and I goes back home
with a sort O. happy feelin'
KNOWN that I had her from the
81 away. and then I calls up
about SO times the next week
but can't make a date because
she's in de posed and tells
her I'm lonesome and she tells
me I'm sarcasim but she gives
me a date for Saturday night
when Its rainin' and blowin' and
] amt got no sllcker or, rain
stick so have to get in a Tight
with her to jam the party, and
i aint seen her since the nighv
! thought ! had her. I pulled
that old stuff that I was going
to leave town. but she's too wise
she comes from Gretna so she
started to say goodbye and
thank me for all the good
times she had without me, so
/ told her I might change my
mind about Ieavin'. but she
didn't change hers. Now Fred
am / right or wrongf Yours rep
ortoriaily. JACK.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05
BY EDWARD BLACK.

]. Dean Ringer visited Omaha fire.
quently when he was playing guard
on the Cornhusker foot ball team, and
while he was otherwise identified with
the University of Nebraska. The more
ne saw OF Omaha, the more he was
convinced that some day he would like
to live in a little bungalow in the
metropolis and grow UP with the
Gate City.
When the Cornhuskers were play
ing here on a bright autumn day,
TREND suggested to Ringer that he
should pack up his law books and
get his name in the Omaha city di-
rectory. He bid his Lincoln friends
goodby in 1905, bought ticket for
Omaha, rented an office in South
Omaha, placed his name on the door
and then waited for a client
He was born in Lincoln in 1873,
attended the elementary and high
schools of the Capital City and was
graduated from the law/school of the
University of Nebraska.
Always On the Job.
Making the most of his time was
Mr.. Ringers keynote during his
school days. Before he had finished
the Eighth grade he carried tele-
grams and learned telegraphy. He
was out of school four years, during
which time he supported himself and
saved money. He became impressed
with the importance of higher educa-
ton, so he qualified for entrance to
the Lincoln High school and then
entered the university. During the
summer vacations he worked as tel
egrapher.
While at the university he was in
terested in athletics and made a~rec-
ord as foot ball star. He was on the
lornhusker team from 1899 to l9OS
and also during 1905. He was on the
Cornhusker team during 1902, when
the goal line of the Nebraskans was
never crossed, and il was during that
season that the Qornhuskers defeated
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05

Minnesota for the first time. Mr..
Ringer was a member of the uni
versity athletic board for two years
and was on the intercollegiate debat-
ing team, winning the chancellor's
prize in 1905.
Involves Sackett Law.
While practicing law in South
Omaha he was instrumental in in
voking for the first time successfully
the Sackett law, causing removal of
two public officials on charges of
malfeasance. He served as special
counsel for the attorney general on
that occasion.
Mr.. Ringer was chairman of the
Douglas county dry campaign COM
mittee in 1916 and is now serving
as chairman of the Young Mems
Christian association war work COM
mittee for Nebraska; also chairman of
the state committee of the same as
sociation.
His entrance to municipal politics
as candidate for city commissioner
came as a surprise to himself and
u
many of his friends. He did not file for
the primary until o'clock of the aft
ernoon (of the last day of filing. He
thought long and hard before he de-
cided to file, but, having filed, he went
at the task just as he did in his foot
ball days, when he cossrdinated brain
and Drawn to take him through diff
fcult situations. At the primary cleo
ton on April9 he was seventh man in
a field of rs runners. On May he
intends to be one of seven who will
be elected out of field of ID can
didates.
Lives in Magic City.
Although particularly identified
with the South Side for years, Mr..
Ringer maintains law Office in the
First National bank building and lives
in the Magic City.
IL was urged to get into this race
and / was slow to make the decision" "
Mr.. Ringer said. II believe Omaha
needs vigorous service at the head
of its polies department. It is my
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05

pronounced conviction that great
service can be rendered by one who
can act and vote as if he would never
be a candidate again. Any public Of
fetal who trims for votes can not
do his full duty. 1 shall 60 in abso-
lutely without strings or promises, ex-
cept promise to myself to act en-
tirely on principle"
Mr.. Ringer is one of the candidates
whose election has been conceded.
even by the administration. His name
has been one to conjure with in the
campaign. His record all Of the way
from school at Lincoln to law Office
in Omaha has stood the test of inves-
tigation.
Mrs. Ringer and two Isiddies have
endorsed this candidate
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05

say the wrong word, smiled with an
effort and then assumed the role of
willing listener.
II am interested in your little dra-
matte clinic. Do you think that all
men are liars before they are mar
riedi" She asked, with little show
OF womanly confidence in the man
whose opinions she always had re-
spected.
1T is big subject. My point is,
that the engagement period should
be on such a basis that there need
not be any Establishments after mar
riage. There is too much sentiment
tality and wishy-washy, meaningless
prenuptial declarations. ! don't want
to have lot Of things to undo after
our marriage. 1t is waste of time,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05
roo MUCH.

We admit Of q reluctance to
believe the British report that
the Germans sought instruction
IN frain-wrecking from Mexi-
can revolutionaries. Why q Teu-
ton IN good standing ~should
need instruction In train-wreck-
ing . beyond our limited pow.
srs % comprehension.
We presume the next discios-
l1re will be that Ludendorff has
been taking lessons In bomb
Inc churches from the swedes.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05
TINE WEEKLY BUNDLE BEE.
4. STINGER. EDITOR.
Communications on any topic
resolved. without postage or
signature. None returned.
NO ADS AT ANY PRICE.
SPRING,


long time ago
4 guy named Chaucer
Or something like that
Was Z great poet
Or . great bricklsyer
or something.
And he wrote 4 poem
Which must have been
A good poem,
Because all the
school teachers
Go crazy over Ii
And make
The kids study 1t.
And anyhow
III was called
s1Spring Lyke!"
And Chaucer 8
Never lived
In Nebraska
Or he would have
Called II
Not Spring Lyke,"
Hut Spring Lykell..
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05
THE POOR POET.

The poet took his pen in hand.
To write a song Of spring.
He scribbled on to beat the
band,
And this is how he'd sing.
IT love the gentle springtime.
So airy and SO light,
As dainty. sweet and soundless
As a blast of dynamite.
IT love the roaring torrents.
I love the pelting rain,
/ love the grippy feeling.
The muddy. murky lane,
~ love the chilling north blasts
That chill you to the bone,
The bowling winds that blow
you
And / love their lulllng moan.
Il love the gentle springtime,
With Its snow and hail and
storm
And then he suddenly remem-
bered he was poaching ON Whit
tiers copyright on "Snowbound." /"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05

The New York Giants should
be complimented upon their
neighbors The Dodgers never
fail to make the afternoons
enjoyable for the Giants.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05
SECTION
TRAINING TIP.

Larry poyle's fine showing
with the Giants should con-
vince NcGraw that Chicago
is an excellent place TO send
his players for more season.
ing.