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Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-10
For Sale

i5S ACRES improved McNeal farm.
Owner away, must be sold. Two
crops will pay it out. E. P. Grin
dell, McNeal. $50
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THREE GOOD SHOWS
you're in Love" Tonight-AIay Rob-
son and Love o. Mike"

You're. in Love- another one of
Arthur. Hammerstein's dazzling mu-
steal comedy successes-book by Otto
Harbach and music by Rudolph
Friml--is underlined ct the Grand
opera house tonight, and has
proved more than acceptable COM
panion to "Katinka,' High Jinksn
and THE FREELY three of theN i'm
mense successes under Mr.. Hammer
STEMS honorable guidance. You're
in Love" is counted with the greatest
of New York Casino achievements and
is reputcd brimming over with original
features and song hits of lasting mem
DRY, mostly of the kind that set Your
feet tapping.
May Robson.
1t is a hard matter to recall a more
delightful entertainer than May Rob-
son, ard the announcement that this
DISTINGUISHED comedienne is to appear
in her latest melodramatic farce, "A
Little Bit Old-Fashioned," at the
good news for amusement lovers
Love O. Nike
Love o. Mike the delightful mu-
steal comedy which ran for thirty
nine consecutive weeks in New York
and which comes here almost direct
from that city, will play an engage
ment at the Grand opera house on
Monday evening, February Is, with
the original cast headed by George
Hassel1. Others in the company are
Leone Morgan. Clare Stratton, Alison
McBain, Helen Clarke, Hilda Pent-
land. Ruth Mabee, Max Leeds Clifton
Webb. Alan Edwards. Easton Yonge
and more.
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Topeka JoURNAL-ruEsDAY EVENING, FEBR


tC carry on the war to victory if the
essentials of a just peace were not
otherwise obtained. He pointed out
significantly that whatever the delays
have been, American troops are now
streaming across and will continue to
do SO increasingly. Balkan statesmen
agreed that a permanent Balkan peace
practically synonymous with Eu-
ropean peace-could be possible only
if the belligerents accepted unequivo-
cally President Wilson's principles of
DIFFERENTIATION and self-govern-
ment.
See Solution for Balkans.
Bulgarian Minister Panaretoff was
in congress to hear the speech at the
administrations invitation. The Ser
bian minister sat near by but they did
not speak
Panaretoff declared himself 'in
hearty accord" with President Will
sons proposals. The Rumanian at
tache, Lieutenant Stoica. thought the
speech wonderful offering to OPP
pressed nationalities and solution of
the Balkan problem.
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PARLIAMENT Is
fcontinued from Page one,

fCQntiQue0
government aims to have the vote on
the motion concerning the address In
reply to the kings speech taken on
Thursday at the latest, it is probable
the debate will be restricted
Recently Set Forth Aims.
Following is the kings speech:
MY lords and gentlemen:
Necessities of war render 1t 1mper-
alive for me, after but a brief interval,
to summon you again to Nour deiibera-
TONS The aims for which and my
allies are contending were recently set
forth by my government in state
ment which received the emphatic APP
prevail of my peoples thruout. the en-
pire, and provided fair basis for set
tlement of the present struggle and re-
establishment of national rights and
international peace in the future.
THE German government has, how
ever ignored our just demands that 1t
should make restitution for the wrongs
it has committed and furnish guaran-
tees against their unprovoked repcti
ton Its spokesman refuse any obli-
cations for themselves. while denying
rightful liberties of others. Until
recognition is offered of the only
principles on which an honorable
peace can be concluded it is our duty
to prosecute the war with all the vigor
we possess"
"I have full confidence that my
forces in the field. in close corpora
ton with those of my faithful allies,
will continue to display the same he
roic courage and my people at home
the same unselfish devotion that have
already frustrated so many of the enc
mics designs and will ensure the ul-
innate triumph of the righteous cause.
Critical Stage of Struggle.
Il have summoned representatives
of my dominions and my Indian en-
pire to a further session of the i'm
peria1 war cabinet in order that I may
again receive their advice on ques-
lions of moment, affecting the COM
mon interests of the empire.
Gentlemen of the house of COM
mons you will be asked to make suit
able provisions for the requirements
of the combatant services and for the
stability of our national finance.
MY lords and gentlemen, the
struggle in which we are engaged has
reached a critical stage which de-
mands more than ever our united
energies and resources. 1 confidently
commend to your patriotism the
measures which will be submitted to
| you and I pray that the Almighty
may bestow His blessing on our
| labors
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SPRING FEVER TIME

Monday in the houses of the old-fash-
toned people over the city the odor of
boiling sassafras tea could be smelled,
and tonight the small grandsons of
the old fashioned will screw their
faces in disgust and wall with antici-
patton of the bitter dose.
The lowest temperature in Topeka
for the last twenty-four hours was
3S degrees at Q o'clock this morning.
Six hundredths of an inch of rain fell
in Topeka during the early morning
hours but the fall was not, general
over the state. 1t was regular spring
shower tho, and if the warm weather
continues three or four days it would
be we'll to look to the sharpening of
that lawn mower. The temperature
in Topeka today was expected to reach
SIS degrees, down to 35 tonight, and to-
morrow a repeat order.
Forty degrees was the report from
Oklahoma City this morning, indicat-
ing a fine day. at Camp Doniphan.
About .02 of an inch of rain fell at
the camp during the night. Today
broke clear and the prospects were
for fine day.
The highest temperature ever re-
corded in Topeka on this date was so
degrees in 1907 and the lowest was
rs below in 1899.
The official forecast issued by
Meteorologist Flora, this morning
says: Fair tonight and Wednesday
with not much change in tempera-
ture; colder Wednesday afternoon in
northwest portion.
The shippers forecast states that
temperatures will be above freezing
in all directions for SO hours.
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ACTUAL PEACE

est speech. based outwardly on the
friendliness of the Czernin response to
the Jahuary message was founded
on reports of American work ers
abroad that Austria is ripe for peace.
AS for Germany, the speech is des-
tined to cause new dissatisfaction
a mong the liberals of the Scheidemann
and more radical types. Continuance
of the war is credited solely to the
military party in Germany and this
fact, plus Wilson's disclaimer of any
territory wanted by the United States,
is likely to bore into the German mind
Peace Door Open Wider.
Wilson distinctly left the peace door
WIDER open than ever, authorities say,
for he pointed out that his January
address contained the. fundamental
but not Interchangeable peace terms of
the United States
At the same time he sounded a
firrer note of confident determination
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HONOR EMANCIPATOR
Students of Coiored Industrial School
Celebrate Birthday of Lincoln

This afternoon the students of the
Industrial and Educational institute,
east of the city, remembered Abraham
Lincoln and Frederick Douglass with
appropriate exercises. The annlver-
sary of Douglass's birth is February
IA but annually the students arrange
for a joint program
The program of exercises of the
afternoon was as follows:
Instrumental solo, ''Twittering
Birds''-Marion Carter.
Tribute to Lincoln by American
Authors-Ethel Washington.
Recitation, Frederick Douglass
Daisy Taylor.
Chorus, Honey Chile Dunbar
Patriotic Club.
Quotations from Lincoln-Freeman
Black.
Frederick Douglass Bloody Shirt
Speech-Rubetta Sanders.
Piano duet-Lillian Daniels, Lucille
Freeman.
Abraham Lincoln-Jamess Finn.
Considerations duet, Douglass
Funeral March"-Lucius Borders,
Orville Hayden.
Frederick Douglass-Dora Ellison.
Melody, Humble Yourselves
Boy Scout GIee Club.
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First Time Dual Party Confer
eaces at White House.
President Plans To Discuss All
Phases of War Bills.
COMPROMISE ON WAR CABINET
His Measure To Reorganize
War Dept To Be Discussed.
White House Councils To Be
Held Regularly Hereafter.

Washington, Feb. 12.-President
Wilson will begin a series of confer
ences tomorrow with congress leaders
both Republicans and Democrats on
all phases of war legislation.
For the first time members of both
parties are to be taken into the Whlte
House councils in the consideration of
war legislation and in this way the ad-
ministration expects to 'smooth out
some of the difficulties which con-
front the war program. The pending
bill to empower the president to con-
solidate executive department func-
lions and redistribute work among
them, now openly opposed by the Re-
pubIicans, will be one OF the 1lrsI SUI
iects to come up.
Some of the Democrats do not 1aVor
II and the Republicans openly de-
nounce il as comforting too great au-
thority. The bill, however, is the ad-
ministration's counter proposal to the
serate military committee bill to Gre
ate a super-war cabinet and director
of munitions The president is repre-
scented as being unalterably opposed to
the committee plan and many mem
bers of congress are just as opposed to
the presidents plan.
Drops Party Lines.
The purpose of the conferences is to
arrive at some compromise on this
subject first but there is every indica-
ton that they will be carried on thru
out the war.
The presidents move is regarded as
the first step toward taking members
of both parties more into his conf
dence and toward calling the Repub-
licans actively into the war councils.
Get r.. r. Measure Under Way.
Washington. Feb. 12.-Despite
promised opposition to provisions re-
tanning government control for
giving President Wilson rate-making
today fought to bring about speedy
enactment of the railroad bill because
of its Importance as a war measure.
The necessity for early passage of
the bill wassemphasized by Chairman
Smith of the interstate commerce
committee yesterday when debate on
the measure was begun in the senate.
ban Concede Power to Wilson.
Washington, Feb. 12.-Administra-
ton leaders in the senate today
planned consideration of legislation
the president wants, to give him more
freedom in recognizing departments
and bureaus.
/. Senator Overman, chairman of the
judiciary subcommittee appointed to
consider the bill, today predicted a IA
vora BILE report. But should congress
decline to act, it was said today, the
president feels that in a large measure
he now has, and is disposed to exer-
else authority to effect, at least par
TALLY, such reorganization as he
thinks desirable.
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Wife of skiing of Bottoms
Wants a Divorce.
She Files Suit Against Arnie
Mitchell Today.
She SAYS KING NEVER WORKS
He Has Accumulated Property
by Using His Wits.
Sick Rulers Reputation Dis
cussed as Papers Are Filed.

The truth of the old adage uneasy
lies the head that wears crown is
admitted today in a divorce petition
filed by Bertha Mitchell against
Arnie Mitchell, king of the bottoms
Mrs. Mitchell expresses herself as will
ing to retire to private life and Will
discard the somewhat thorny and IN
certain crown worn by her in recent
years thru her marriage to the ruler
of the bottoms.
In her petition Mrs. Mitchell admits
her husband has kingly qualities. They
have been married since September,
1914. she states, and during that time
he has worked only three weeks He
has lived entirely on his wits, she
claims, and this mode of living has
been successful, according to her de-
scription of the property King
Mitchell has accumulated in that time.
He Owns Property.
Her husband, she claims, owns
property at Twenty-fourth and JEFF
ferson streets and at 127 North Mon
roe street. Running public dances
and other activities have enabled them
to save sufficient money to purchase
these properties, she tells the court.
All the work necessary to make these
undertakings a success has been done
by her, her husband furnishing the
wits necessary, she sets out in the
petition.
A high temper credited to her hus-
band also corresponds to that pos
sessed of other rulers. He has threat
ened her, cursed her and only recently
drew a knife on her, Mrs. Mitchell de-
clares. In addition she sets out that
she will soon be mother and a physi-
clan has advised separation as means
of escaping serious illness.
Arnie Mitchell, known thruout To-
peka as king of the bottems,' is the
best known man in police circles in
Topeka. He is looked upon as one of
the smartest members of Topeka's I'M
derwerld. Hardly a month passes that
Arnie MitchelPs name doesn't come up
in connection with some case. AS
Mrs. MitchelTS divorce petition was
being filed in the office of Mrs. Mary
Chaplin clerk of the district court, his
reputation vas being argued in the
court of Topeka in the case of the state
against Sam Core, who is charged with
stealing several bales of hay from S.
E. Grimes, a farmer living near Sea-
brook.
Found Hay at His Place.
The stolen hay was found at Mitch
ellis place and when he told officers
that he had purchased it from Core,
prosecution against him halted
Eyes, Mitchell bootIegs once in a
WHILE Sheriff Larimer admitted on
an officer anything he tells the truth
Mitchell is seriously i'll. Under
sheriff Bob Miller went to his home
after him today to take Mitchell to
testify against Core. He found a
physician at Mitche1rs bedside.
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LINCOLN STATUE
Continued from Page One,


the blow to the nation was, it was
tory that his career ended when it
did. There may be measure of
truth in this, as in most epigrams.
His martyrdom softened or removed
all asperities and inclined everyone to
favorable view of his character and
conduct. The Chicago Times. which
during his administration had as
sailed with vindictive bitterness his
motives as well as his acts, applied
to him these words written of Will
liam of Grange: AS long as he lived
he was the guiding star of a whole
brave nation and when he died the
little children cried in the streets
OF all our national heroes Lincoln is
the most thoroly human, and that is
why he ranks first in the affection of
the American people.
There is little room to fear that
the world will be permanently mis-
led as to the character of Lincoln,
either by over-zealous eulogists or by
indiscreet intimates His position in
history will be no less exalted if any
faults fairly attributed to him are
conceded and condoned, rather than
! denied and explained away. No one
can doubt that now, more than fifty
years after his death, his renown is
wider and brighter at home and
abroad than ever before He oc-
| cupies niche in the American tenn
pie of fame from which he will never
| be displaced"
After the program at Memorial
Hall, the company went to the state
| house grounds for the unwilling of the
statue, which was done by Mary Ruth
Larimer and Bob LariTner, the niece
and nephew of Merrell Gage This
was followed by the bugle call to the
| colors. the. salute to the flag, and a
short speech by Governor Arthur
Capper, who formally accepted the
| statue on behalf of the state. The
ceremony ended with the singing of
| America
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HUTCHINSON TO STICK
Fans Agree to Sell aaG Tickets to SUD-
nor. ran TIM.

Hutchinson. Kan. Feb. I2.-Hutch-
inson accepted the proposition Of q.
w. Dickerson, president of the west
ern league, at a baseball meeting held
Monday night, and named o. p. Byers,
president of the Anthony &, Northern
railroad. and an ardent baseball fan
to head q committee to sell $50 sea-
son tickets. 1t was enthusiastic
meeting, largely attended, and Hutch
inson will be one of the cities ready
when the season opens.
Last years team, owned by Jake
Holland, will represent Hutchinson
again President Dickerson, here for
the meeting, guaranteed baseball for
the entire season, the money to be
paid monthly to Manager Holland, in
surfing in this manner a full season Of
14O games, seventy at home.
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FLEE FROM HOMES
Hundreds of Families in Gin
cinnati Flooded Out.
Ice Georges Again Are Menac.
ing Ohio River Bottoms.

Cincinnati. Feb. 1.-THE Ohio riv-
er reached flood stage of ell feet
at IL o'clock today and United States
Weather Forecaster Devereaux pre-
diets that if the Sugar creek gorge
continues to hold the water will go to
65 feet by tomorrow morning.
Waters have invaded the lowlands
of the city proper as well as in Cum
minsville, the East end and Riverside
and at both Newport and Covington,
KY. Many families who only a few days
ago returned to their home from the
high waters that had receded, are
above this city at Manchester. Ohio,
and elsewhere have given way and
much ice is expected.
House Refugees in Schools.
A number of street car lines have
been rendered useless. A stage of
siXty-fve feet will almost paralyze
railroad operations around Cincinnati
Five district schools are being used
to house refugees. A telephone mes
sage from Aurora, Ind, says that one
half of Aurora is under water and
that 1000 persons have had to leave
their homes The same conditions are
reported from Lawrenceburg, Ind
Hundreds Driven From Home.
Cincinnati, O., Feb. 12.-Hundreds
their homes here today when a rise in
the swollen Ohio river flooded homes
in the river district. The river is still
rising and will continue to do so so
long as the big ice gorges here hold,
weather officials say.
With the river at this point show
ing a stage of 60.5 feet early today
and continuing to rise at rate of 2
foot an hour, river men contend that
only the breaking of the ice gorge be-
hou this city can save it from dis
astrous flood The United States
weather forecaster has announced the
water will go above SIS feet if the dam
holds This will be 5 feet above the
danger line and will inundate large
area of ground on both the Ohio and
Kentucky sides of the river, i
Blow Up Gorge With Dynamite.
Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 12.-To move
the danger of a flood and to permit
the resumption of river traffic, United
,, breaking up of the nine-mile ice gorge
| in the Monongahela river. near
Brownsville, Pa, by the use of dyna-
mite. The dislodging of the large
gorge, said to be thirty feet high in
places, which started to move out
early Sunday but later damned at a
bend in the river, will enable many
| steel plants in the Pittsburg district
having coal mines above Brownsville
to receive badly needed coal.
Plants Closed. 100000 Idle.
1t is estimated that removal of the
goig e will permit the shipments of
/ Workmen numbering more than 10O,-
| 900 have been idle for several weeks
! thru the inability to move coal on the
Monongahela river.
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BIG BOND REGISTRY
Many Kansas Towns Prepare for Ex-
tensive Internal improvements.

The office of Fred W. Knapp, state
auditor, nit another near top mark in
the registration Of bonds today, when
issues totalling $2S4,SSO were record
ed. With the big showing of the day,
Auditor Knapp also reported that in
January his office had registered
bonds aggregating $902,310.91.
Included in the issues registered in
the auditors office were: Larned in
te-nal improvement bonds, $12S,000:
Hays, internal Improvement bonds,
$23,0 Hoisin,gton. internal improve
ment, S44, 900; Kansas City, Kansas,
internal improvement, $67,8S0; Utica
waterworks, 1921 Based on the
January average, bond issues for the
year would total nearly II millions
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TONIGHT.
Topeka working men, mass meeting I'M
TO pledge loyalty to United States Otto L.
Rain, chairman. So'c1ock.
Topeka association of letter carriers, in
Press club rooms. 30 O'Clock.
WEDNESDAY
Board of directors, George P McEntire.
president. O'Clock supper with meeting
following
1t becomes increasingly peculiar that one
committee man, because he happens to be
on the board of directors. can force that
agust body to spend nearly two hours IN
for the nubIie aooaI mnst needs wait in
the ante-room while the river of explana-
ton and opinion flaws .nobstructed in the
that board of directors was a body who
acted with due elaboration, but who de
manded that when thing was brought to
them for consideration it be in concrete and
easily handled form. Suggestion: Have
the committees iron out their own trou=
bles.
There will be pep meeting for the
members of the Chamber of Commerce some
night as yet undecided next week.
1t seems as tho the club had been sort
Of alternating. During the below-zero
manner of a snail. Now that Old Sol has
shed his beams thghtly) on the ambient
atmosphere. the members are coming out
there were three good -natured clashes and
it was late in the afternoon before the pow
WOW broke up.
Judge Whitcomb discussed the peculiari-
ties of the decisions of juries: In one case
an old negro shot young one twice thru
the back and shot bystander. There was
talk of a plea of guilty with parole, but
the lawyer finally concluded to plead self
defense. In the outcome it was somehow
developed that the young man who was
shot in the back had been shot from the
he nj loose.
1t developed in the talk Monday that the
average noon attendance is fifty.
The pecuIiarities of the man who wants
lunch was on the carpet and it develops
that he wants what he wants and will go
where he can get what he wants. So the
directors are hard pressed between the
man who wants what ne wants ana the
necessity for making a nominal profit for
the ones who do the work
At an auction sale pool table was
knocked down for a dollar and half. One
of the directors who has an economical
ing it against the time when the club
would need it
Cliff STATIONS picture has been handed
to the club as a nucleus for the soldier
gallery that was suggested in these notes
some days ago.
The coming meeting of the membership
will tell of the four hundred odd miles OF
hard roads that are actually under way in
Kansas in some stage and are the result
of the activities of the Good Roads as
ISOLATION.
The club is on the lookout for two hun
dred folding chairs The house commit
tee will attend to you if you happen to
have them in your garrett.
Dr. Estey and George Stansfield have
been among those not present for a couple
of meetings of the directors.
The war is a continual bar to the activi-
ties of the directors. If the kaiser will
kindly stop it the directors will begin to
function in the d-time way.
The house committee has failed to gel
the new coat rack so long now that the
club has saved the expense. The mild
weather has made it unnecessary. But the
attendance has nowhere to lay its hat
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would rush to his defense. The let
ter, they said, was written with the
object of urging upon this country
strict observance of its neutrality
The division of strength between
Adams and Hays for the probable test
before the committee was somewhat
uncertain. The Adams men claimed
that they would enter this afternoons
meeting assured of a sufficient num-
Der of votes to elect Hays's hackers
were increasingly confident.