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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-07-25
The Beast of Berlin.

Most people have heard of the
Beast OF Berlin, but if you want to
see him go to the opera house Aug
ust 18th and 18th, matinee and night.
This is pronounced by those who
know to be the finest picture pro-
duced OF its kind. 1t gives a clear
protrayal OF just what our boys are
fighting for over there" The de-
mand for the picture was so great
that Mr.. Fisk had about given up get
ting it but finally succeeded in max
ing arrangements for it on the above
dates. Owing to the high price $I75,
the prices OF admission will be Is and
80 cents.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-07-25
Supreme Court Denies New Trial to
Mooney; Fate is Up to
Governor.

San Francisco, Cal, July 22.-The
California Supreme Court today af-
firmed the order denying a new trial
to Thomas J. Mooney, now at San
Quentin State Penitent;ary, facing
execution for participation in the
Preparedness Day explosion here two
years ago.
This action places Moneys fate
squarely up to Gov. Stephens said
Attorney f.. V. Mckenzie, who ap-
peared for Mooney.
Appeals for executive c1emency for
Mooney are now pending before Gov
Stephens
The defense took its appeal to the
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-07-25
DISLOYALTY MUST BE PUNISHED

There was arrested in this city thi:
week a nan who had been talking dis.
loyalty, questioning the cause of tn,
American people against the unspeak-
able Hun, and criticising the Govern
ment for warning against German
Kultur. Some have intimated that he
is mentally weak and others lay his
attitude to his political beliefs, BIT.
whatever the cause of his disloyalty
the case is now in the hands of the
government and the government will
deal with him.
But the matter of disloyalty in this
county should not be dropped with
the arrest OF this man. The fight
against disloyal propaganda should
now begin in earnest.
Day by day the American casualty
lists increase, and while our boys are
living in the trenches, enduring the
horrors of the most terrible war the
world has ever known, there are men
in this county who, owing their all to
these boys and their forefathers, who
are at heart utterly disloyal. Many
Sof these men are known. Some of
them have been warned. But the
warnings have only made some of
them the more cautious in the ex!
preston of their opinions while their
attitude remains the same. These
men should be dealt with swiftly and
without mercy, and all loyal Ameri-
cana owe it to their country and their
bcys to prefer charges against even
shis ntsrest neighbor if convinced that
Je = not absolutely loyal to the gov
esnsnent.
Too many eases Of rank disloyalty
4nSe gone unpunished because our
3nval citizens have been prone to con-
= 4 messure the disloyai utter
pr actions Of friend or neigh
~ that condition must end.
1T loyalty 10 the natjon = aa
ttefs SON. and no conddet1r.
~ a11 stand be4Neen : tsajtof1
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-07-25

President Wilson has signed the
wire control resolution under which
he is given authority to take over the
telephone and telegraph lines of the
country for the duration of the war.
Friends of former Representative
David J. Lewis, Maryland, a leading
authority on wire systems in the
country, declared he would be placed
in charge of the wire operation under
Burleson. 1t was officially limited
that the Postoffice Department will
be placed in authority.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-07-25
CZAR KILLED" AGAIN
The Sentence Was Carried Out Tues
day to Stop a Counter Revo-
lutionary Conspiracy.

London, July eo.-Former Emperor
Nicholas Of Russia has been shot, q
Russian wireless statement today an.
nounces.
The message announces that Z
counter revolutionary conspiracy was
discovered with the object oi wrest-
ing the eN-emperor from the author
ity of the Soviet council. In view OF
this fact, the president of the Ural re-
gional council decided to put the for
mer ruler to death and the decision
was carried out on July 10.
The former empress and the young
Alexis Romanofi. the former heir ap-
parent, have been sent to "a place of
security.
The central executive body OF the
Bolshevist government announce
that it has at its disposal important
material documents concerning the
former emperor's affairs, including
his own diaries.
Documents concerning the con-
spiracy which was discovered were
forwarded to Moscow by special mes
senger. 1t had been recently decid-
ed, the message explains, to bring the
ex-emperor before tribunal Ito be
tried for his crimes against the peo-
pie" Later occurrences, however,
led to delay in adopting this course
The former emperor's correspond
ence, includingA letters from the
monk, Rasputin, who was killed
shortly before the revolution, written
to the then emperor and his family,
will be published in the near future,
the wireless message says.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-07-25

State Supreme Court, after Superior
Judge Franklin A. Griffith of the
Trial Court refused to vacate the
death sentence. The Supreme Court
on July IS denied Moneys applica-
ton for a stay of" Imprisonment, and
two days later Mooney was taken to
San Quentin prison.
Mooney was sentenced to be
hanged August 23.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-07-25

The British steamer Carpathia of
$4,000 tons has been torpedoed and
sunk, it was officially announced.
Her passengers and crew were land
ed The Carpathia was the steamer
that rescued the survivors of the tt
tanic, while that steamer went to the
bottom after striking an iceberg.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-07-25
German Church Given Coat
Yellow Paint.

Eana, ILL.,, July 22.-Night riders,
masked and armed, gave the German
Evangelical Lutheran Church thick
coating of yellow paint, studded at
intervals with black skull and cross
bones, tonight. The warning, No
German language sermons will be al
lowed herein.' was painted in bold
black letters across the door, posts.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-07-25

Charged with conspiracy to snug
gle ammunition to Mexican Federal
agents in Juarez, Jesse Mayer, man.
ager Of department in store at FL
Paso, was arrested by Federal Off
GERS after he was said to have deliv-
cred to Mexican 100 rounds of
Mauser ammunition. According to
Federal officers, this was the first of
q number of arrests to be made in
connection with what they character
lied as wholesale ammunition smug-
Cling plot. Mayer is a native of Aus
tin, Tex.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-07-25

One single corporation in Chicago
paid $39,ooo,ooo income tax July I.
The total collected in that district for
the year ending June 81 was $ooo,ooo,-
900 as against S;3,ooo,ooo a year ago.
AS the big packing houses are in this
district it would seem that their wall
about not making any big profits out
of the war is largely "camouflage."
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-07-25

The German officers along the
Marne who have 50 persistently told
the Huns in their command that the
Americans only had seven or eight
hundred men in France are probably
now convinced that they should have
said seven or eight hundred thou-
sand
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-07-25
GENERAL NOTES.

The first brewery to be closed as a
result Of Fuel Administrator Gar
fields coal order quit Saturday in
East St. Louis. 1t is the Helm brew
cry, which has been in continuous
operation the last sevcnty-two years
and which still has big trade to sup
ply
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-07-25

Ii the unframed Americans about
whom the Germans have had so
many humorous things to say could
not only stop the great German drive
across the Marine, but counter attack
and drive back the crack shock troops
of the Huns, what will they do to
Fritzie when they get little expert
ence?
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-07-25

A dispatch from Geneva, Switzer-
land, June 27 said the Ukraine bu-
reau at Lausanne had received con-
firmation of the report that the
Bolshevist authorities at Yekaterin-
burg condemned Nicholas Romanoff
to death after short trial and then
shot him.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-07-25
Wilson Commutes Death Sentence oi
Oesefter.

Washington. July 27.-President
Wilson today commuted to life i'm
prisonment the death sentence i'm
posed by military court-martial up
on Private Albert E. Beuregard OF
Company H, Sixteenth Infantry,
who was charged with deserting in
the face of the enemy.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-07-25

We are authorized to make the fol-
lowing announcements, subject to
the Democratic primary of Bates
County to be held in August, 1913:
For State Senate 10th District:
JOHN BALDWIN
ROSS'E. FEASTER
OF Henry County
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1918-07-25

and the punishment he SO richly
merits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26
STATE JOURNAL
WAR FEATURE

Beginning today on page 10 the
State Journal prints the first of
series % human interest war tories
from France by First Lieut.. E. D.
Keilmann, former Topeka newspaper
man. who has returned to this country
after several months service with rail-
way heavy artillery on one of the
many american fronts"
Lieutenant Keilmann wrote several
fascinating letters that have been
published in the State Journal for
many months and he has attracted a
large following of readers.
Lieutenant Keilmann has seen many
years oi army service, both in the
regulars and in the national guard.
h served two enlistnlents/ with the
First regiment of national guards at
Lawrence. He then saw two years of
activity with the regular army coast
artillery at Fort Stevens, on the Pa
cific coast, and Fortress Monroe on
the Atlantic. He was on the Mexican
border With a Manhattan company in
the national guard. He entered the
first training camp at Fort Riley and
was sen to Fort Monroe. where he
was commissioned first lieutenant in
coast artillery. He landed in France
ard as a member of the coast artillery
corps or heavy railway batteries he
fired the first shot of the American
army in this branch of the service.
He was given an honorable discharge
January 1 5 and landed in America this
Month.
Lieutenant Keilmann is an expert
enced newspaper man and writes in a
clear, convincing and original style.
HIS stores to be published in the State
Journal regularly are really worth
while
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26
TO OPERATE |. Ct.
Farmers Along Route Plan To Buy
and Run Railroad.

The Topeka Chamber of Commerce
and the men in the towns along the
route refuse to admit that the L. &
T. is ready for the emba liners On
the other hand, they state that the
L. & 7. is merely in a state of coma,
and that they have certain plans for
it's resuscitation that are certain to
meet with the approval of Judge Pol
lock at the conference to be held in
Ka nsas City.
After a meeting at Oskaloosa the
other day. it leaked out that a certain
plan. would be submitted to Judge
Pollock today by a delegation of men
from Topeka and the other towns on
the road At the meeting a commit
tee was appointed to assess the farm
ers along the road 81 per acre, the
money to be used in purchasing the
road, and in hiring a man to run it
The old station agents along the line
and a few influential men from the
towns are on this committee. The
man to run the road has already been
located in Kansas City, but his name
has been withheld until after the close
of the conference today.
According to statements from a
number of the men who were to at
tend the c-jerence in Kansas City
today, the notorious L. & T. will be
in operation again within the next
thirty days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26
GALE LASHES new YORK
SO-Mile Wind Makes Toys of Pedes-
trians and Damages Buildings.

New York, Feb. 26.-New Workers
staggered today unoer the force of an
eighty-mile gale that blew out of a
clear sky. People on the streets were
picked off their feet by hurricane
blasts. tin roofs were ripped off. bill
boards, chimneys and trees blown
down and some ships torn from their
moorings.
In the canyons of the skyscraper
district the gale cut queer capers lash
ing itself into whirlwinds, blowing in
powerful gusts seemingly from all
directions at once. Pedestrians were
blown about almost helplessly. while
hats were snatched from their heads
and carried skyward.
Two girls trying to get by the Wool
worth building were knocked down
and severely injured. The front wall
of a three-story building in the, down
town district collapsed. but no one was
hurt.
The gale followed a heavy rainfall
during the night and continued with
slightly diminishing force for several
hours
One of the most serious features of
the gale was the interruption of tele-
graph service on account of the blow
ing down of poles and wires outside
the CITY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26
IN HUN SEA RAIDER
Two Americans on Pirate Shin
Wrecked Of Denmark.
IgOtz Mendi, CO-Pirate of the
Wolf, just Landed.
HELD CAPTIvES EIGHT MONTHS
Prisoners Included Nine WOm-
en- and Two Children.
The Wolf Carried 400 Prison.
ers and Valuable Loot.
HELD CAPTIvES EIGHT MONTHS

Copenhagen, Neb. 26.-The Spanish
stea mship Igotz Mendi, with a German
prize crew from the Pacific ocean on
board is ashore near the Skaw light
house. Two of the passengers aboard
are Americans.
were taken from six ships which had
been sunk. Several of the prisoners
had been aboard the vessel for eight
cific ocean
Twenty-Five persons, including nine
women, two children and two Ameri-
cans, have been landed by a lifeboat
from the Skaw.
The Danish authorities have in
tered the German commander of the
refused to leave the ship. 49,
There had been an epidemic of beri-
beri and scurvy on board the vessel
The German auxiliary Wolf has
reached port after a raiding expedi-
ton of fifteen months in the Atlantic
Pacific and Indian oceans, the Ger
man admiralty announced yesterday
A British statement yesterday gave
the names of eleven ships assumed
to have been destroyed by the Wolf,
one of which was the Igotz Mendi
4,64S tons gross.
In addition to this vessel another
ship, the Tuttitella, was fitted out
as raider, but was quickly sunk.
The Skaw, where the Igotz Mendi
has grounded, is the northern extrem-
ity of Jutland, Denmark
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26
Day-LOng Rain and Sleet Mires
the Fighting Zone.
Americans Effectively Shell
German Working Parties.
OVER The TOP FIRST Time
Corps of Picked Americans Fol-
low French Barrage Across.
Find Germans Good Sprinters
but Capture a Score of Huns.

With the American Army in France,
Feb. rs (delayed) d).-German working
parties and enemy front lines were eff
fectively shelled by the American artil-
lery today. Cannonading continued
all day.
The front was mud-1ocked. A day
long sleet and rain storm transform
ed the trench areas into knee-deep
mire. Animals and wagons were plas-
tered with mud.
Despite these conditions, the United
States patrols went about their busi-
ness as usual during the night, sliding
on their stomachs thru the muck of
No Mans Land. The most welcome
incident of the darkness was the mid
night coffee ration.
German patrols are now using dogs
as sentries. During the night
boches were repairing their barbed
wire when dog gave warning of the
approach of an American force.
Look what we got, colonel! Was
the cry of Americans who participated
in the Chemin des Danes raid Satur-
day as they returned thru the German
counter -barrage with their prisoners.
An American colonel and a captain
were in a front line observation po;
during the raid.
The Sammies were so enthusiastic
at the accuracy of the artillery bar
rage they administered that they fol-
lowed closely behind the curtain of
fire. The American boys were ad-
vancing within thirty. yards of the ex-
ploding French shells when they
reached the enemy's barbed wire en-
tanglements.
The German officers captured were
a captain and a lieutenant.
(By the Associated Press.)
With the American Army in France,
Monday, Feb. 25.-Details of the
Franco American raid in the Chemin
des Danes, Saturday show that
tive rrty-six picked American soldiers
participated after every member of
their battalion had volunteered.
The Americans moved forward eag-
eriy to the attack behind barrage
fire, the first time this has been done
by our troops. Some of the Ameri-
cars made captures and others chased
Prussian troops thru the trenches as
far as seventyfive meters, going be-
yond the objectives sought.
The raid hal been planned careful
ly and rehearSalS were held the day
before. The barrage fire began at
$50 o'clock in the morning and con-
tinued until 6:35, guns of all calibers
taking part. The Americans among
the 100 in the attacking party were
surprised at the precision with which
the French shells fell and went a little
faster than they should have and were
within thirty yards of the dropping
shells yhen they reached the enemy
lines.
Some Hand to Hand Fighting.
Relief had just been completed in
the German trenches and officers were
making the rounds. The Germans
took shelter in a dug out rooted with
rails and sand bags. A French shell
made a direct hit and the enemy scat
tel ed about the trenches. AT the same
moment the Americans and French
jumped in.
There was some hand to hand fight
ins but the entire enemy party at this
point was captured. The raiders
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26
GETS A REBUKE!
La Toilette Condemned by Wis.
Senate for Disloyalty.
Call Him "Traitor," "Judas" in
Defending States Fair Name.

Madison. Wis, Feb. 26-United
States Senator Robert M La Toilette
stood condemned today by the upper
house of the Wisconsin legislature for
failure to support the war.
Following speeches in which the
Wisconsin pacifist was branded as
traitor and Judas the state SEN
ate voted 26 to 3 in adopting 10y
atty resolution denouncing his utter
ances tending toward sedition and re-
hecting on Wisconsin's patriotism.
The lower house, which passed one
loyalty resolution without mentioning
La Follette's name, will be the scene
of another bitter fight over this issue
Wednesday or Thursday when the
senate's amended resolution is taken
up.
Read His ST. Paul Address
Critics of the Wisconsin senator. in
attacking his attitude, read into the
record La Follette's St Paul sDeech
and editorials printed in his magazine.
The La Toilette section of the reso-
luton read:
THE people of the state of Wiscon-
sin always have stood and always will
stand squarely behind the present war
to successful end. We condemn Sen
ator Robert NJ. La Toilette and all
others who have failed to see the
righteousness of our nations cause
and have failed to support our gov
ernment in matter vital to the win
any attitude or utterance of theirs
which has tended to incite sedition
among the people of our country and
to injure Wisconsins fair name before
the free peoples of the earth.'
Always in Favor of Germany!
Senator Henry ]. Bennett, speaking
on the resolution, said:
La Toilette has been accused thru
out the country of disloyalty. The
things he has done, as we'll as the
things he has declined to do have con-
vinced the people that he is guilty
Notwithstanding the charges against
him, he has proclaimed himself loyal
THE congressional record on the
draft bill is full of utterances show
ing La Toilette fas absolutely against
the United States and against the
president. The record on the armed
neutrality bill is to the same effect
His utterances thruout congressional
debates always have been in favor of
Germany rather than the United
States"
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ton ana that made by Crockett, de-
manded to know which was right
Carver objected. However, the wit
ness seemed to think Crocket's figures
were correct. Southwick denied that
he promised Mrs. Gresser there would
be no prosecution if "she would re-
turn as much money as she could"
j. D. NJ. Crockett, the accountant
followed Southwick to the stand He
asserted that errors" in the books
amounted to SS,304. OF this amount,
he said, interest Enormously charged
amounted to $1,450. He cited one case
where erroneous interest amounting
to $50 was charged on a $50 certifi-
cate.
Crocket's testimony soon began to
drag out" Under Garver's question
ing he went into detail as to his audit
and each deposit certificate was han
died and introduced individually
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26
GRAND DUKE SUICIDE
German Autocrat's Body Found in
Lake Near His Castle.

Amsterdam, Monday, Feb. 25.-The
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz,
whose death was announced yesterday
in a dispatch from Neu-Strelitz, COM
mitted suicide. according to the Ber-
lin Lokal Anzeiger. His body was
found in a small lake with a gunshot
wound in the breast.
Commenting on the grand duke S
death. the Lokal Anzeiger says:
Sad experiences, about which, as
about everything, the grand duke was
silent and reserved. affected him per-
haps more deeply than his encourage
imagined"
The grand duke left his castle Sat
urday for a walk and as he did not
return, a search was made for him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26

ceived q commission IN the army as
Judge advocate general with the rank
of major, according to word received
here from Washington
Major Harvey passed the physical
examination for the appointment in
Kansas City Monday afternoon With
several ether Topekans he offered his
services to the government at the be-
ginning If the war, without getting ac-
ton Recent communication with the
war DEF artment won him recognition.
His rank will be the same as that
of Maj = S. Dean, also a judge advo-
cate general.
Major Harvey is one of the most
popula- of the Topeka Bar association
members and is a veteran attorney
here. One son. Randall Harvey, is in
military service at Camp Doniphan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-26
OFFICIAL WAR
STATEMENTS
GERMAN.

Berlin, via London. Feb. o6-'.The
stubborn enemy WIS defeated in a
violent battle south of Pleskau
(Pskov) and the town was captured.
the German official statement declared
today.
The fortress of Reval was captured
after battle"
Near kolenkowitZ the enemy threw
themselves against our forces, which
were pressing in upon the Pripet
toward Ukraine" the statement said.
They were thrown back upon the
town and the railway station was cap
tured by storm.
Recent captures in the east include
three divisional staff officers. $50
other officers and 1876 men At Pskov
our prisoners and booty have not been
estimated"
Berlin, Feb. 26-General Linsingen's
forces operating in Nolhynia have cap
tured the town of KolenkowitZ after a
battle. the German general staff an
nounced today.
BRITISH.
London. Feb. 26.-Repulse of a Ger
man attempt last night to raid a Brit
ish sap was reported toda- by Field
Marshal Haig. The enemy raid was
attempted south of the Arras Cambra
road.