davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-20
New Ships to Be Started In Year.

New Ships to Be Started In Year.
Washington, Feb. 2O.--All OF the 16
capital ships already authorized for
the navy will be under construction
on the ways. within year, Rear Ad.
miral Taylor, chief Of construction. In.
formed the senate naval affairs com.
mittee.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-20
DECLARES GENERAL STRIKE
German Anarchists Active In Rhine
Industrial District.

Industrial District.
Copenhagen, Feb. 20.-A general
strike has been declared in part of the
Ruhr Industrial district along the
Rhine and the Spartacans have occu-
pied Bochum. Hamborn and a number
OF other places, according to report
from Berlin.
The Spartacans are reported to be
fortifying the waterworks and electric
power houses at Dusseldorf, Muhlheim
and Hamborn.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-01

THE GOODS and THE PRICE
H Exactly as Advertised
H gin 1917 America purchase "Vicory:"
H g"Viory
H The to the sum of American odandeoLd
H gin 1918 ntory"w delivered
YWas represented
H gNow the last that memorable purchas s
III give would the goods" the
Therefore, let all
H due.
II gBuy Bonds
gBuy the Fifth and final Liberty
gLet be finish
III qBuy Bonds today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-24
Bavarian Government Is Get
ting Ready for a Fight.
RevOlutiOnists Are Strongly In.
trenched in Munich Now.
FOLLOW KILLING OF EISNER
Two Governments Are Set Up
in Land of the Hun.
Soldiers, Peasants, WOrkmen
Have Their Soviet There.

Paris, Feb. 24.-War Minister Ross
haupter is preparing to attack the
revolutionists in Munich, who are
being strongly reinforced, according to
d Berlin dispatch to Information to-
day received by way of Zurich.
The dispatch also said that Interior
Minister Auer. who was shot Friday,
and Count Arco-Valley, who shot
Eisner, are still alive.
Latest previous advices reported that the
Spartacans had completely overthrown the
Bayarian government and set up soviet
republic in Munich. Rioting and piilaging
was said to be going on Friday and Satur-
day. Rosshaupter. one of the six minis
ters shot during Fridays session of the
diet. was Tarfously reported to have died
from his wounds and to have been captured
by the Spartacans. 1t was also reported
their wounds. The latter, a monarchisi
and former captain in the Prussian guards
was wounded by a guard after he had shot
Eisner.
Civil War Threatens.
Weimar Feb. 24-Civil war is
Threatened in Bavaria unless a com
promise is effected between two rival
elements which set up separate gov
ernments, following the assassination
of Premier Eisner, according to ad-
vices received here today. The com
bined soldiers, peasants and work
mems soviets seized the government
machinery and proclaimed com
munistic republic. A few hours later
the majority and Independent Social
lists effected an amalgamation, organ
lied a central council and claimed the
right to administer the affairs of the
whole of Bavaria.
A great majority of the Bavarians
were reported to resent the assump.
ton of authority by the communists
elements. which are largely non
Bavarian. For this reason, it was be-
lieved the country would mostly sup
port the Socialist coalition instead so1
the soviet faction.
Riots At Nuremberg.
London, Feb. 24.-Spartacan riots
have taken place in Nuremberg, Ba-
opened and street fighting is in prog
ress, according to an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Copenhag gen TO.
day. -r'T
Simon Heads the Council.
Basle. Feb. 24-The central counci
which is administering the affairs o.
the soviet government in Munich in.
cludes the following, it was reported
today: Herr Simon. chairman. ant
Herren Ganderfer, Hoffman, Utzen
dorfer. Saubtr, Goldschmidt, Niekats
Koreselin, Lisenhut, Levin and Hage
meister.
Soviet Republic Formed.
Paris, Feb. PA soviet frepubli,
has been proclaimed in Nuremberg
(Coutinued- on Page SKI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-24
TO MEET MENACE
Francis COnfers With Wilson as
to the BOISheviki.
Reign of Terror in Russia Will
Be Told About.

Boston, Feb. 24.-Ambassado
Francis home from Russia for the
first time in two years. had several
conferences with President Wilson
while coming over on the George
Washington and made several recon-
mendations for action on the part of
the allied and American governments
for meeting the Boshevil1i menace
and restoring Russia to the family of
nations. Mr.. Francis probably will
disclose them later when he appears
before one of the congressional COM
mittee. He probably will remain in
Washington some time, advising the
state department and congress on the
situation as he saw it on leaving.
"a reign of terror instituted by the
Bolsheviki, with the purpose of MAIN
tanning themselves in power. is pre-
vailing in central and northern Rus
sia," said the ambassador. THE out
ages they have committed are incred-
ible. I think it Impossible to restore
peace to Europe with chaos pre-
vailing in Russia. In fact with Ger
many practically uninjured Industrial
1y. 1 am persuaded that if a peace is
negotiated with Bolshevik rule contin-
uing in Russia. Germany in twenty
years or a decade will be stronger than
she was at the beginning of the war.
She is familiar with the Russian char
acter and for a generation has been
studying it to influence it. If this
turns out Germany instead of having
been defeated will have gained a vic
forV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-24
BEATEN BY HUSBAND
Bride of Year Also Says Mother
In-Law Drove Her
from Homo.

Alleging that she is alone with her
child, penniless and destitute; that she
was driven from home by tyrant
mother-in-law; that she has no shelter
and no place to go, and asserting that
she is in constant fear of violence to
herself and baby at the hands of her
husband, Mrs. Katherine Pauline
Hayes, bride of a year, filed suit in
the district court today for divorce
from Charles Raymond Hayes, 12O
Adams street.
Mrs. Hayes charges that on occa-
sions too numerous to remember. her
husband, who, she says, is a large,
powerful man. has struck and beat
her with his fists; that he has threat
ened to kill both her and her infant
child and that, altho he makes on an
average of S2S a week working for the
| Merchants Transfer and Storage COM
pany, he has failed and refused to pro-
! vide adequate clothing for herself or
baby. When she has asked him for
money to buy clothes with( she as
serts, he has told her to go out on the
street and make money for herself.
| According to his wife, Hayes
! possesses a violent, vicious and uncon-
! trollable temper, which causes him to
! frequently plunge into a mania cal
| frenzy and while under its influence
I possesses more of the attributes and
propensities of a fiendish demon and
/ brute than father and husband"
When he gets drunk, the wife says,
| the life and limb of herself and child
are in danger.
After the suit was filed, Hayes
waived the issuance of summons and
+; entered his voluntary appearance. The
wife wants the custody of the child
| $50 at once for her care. $25 suit
! money, s25 attorneys fees and perman-
| nent alimony upon the final hearing.
Fear of violence at the hands OF
her husband, it is said by attorneys
is leading Mrs. Hayes to keep heI
present whereabouts a secret. She
claims that the Merchants company
is paying the rent on the house fol
Hayes and that he is supporting his
I mother who lives with him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-24
MUCH STOCK DIES
1000 Cattle and Horses Lost in
Greeley County Alone.
Snow on Ground Two Months
Makes Losses Heavy.

Tribune. Kan. Feb. 24.-Greeley
county and the western end of the
state has been covered with snow since
the middle of December. Train serv-
ice has been bad and for two days it
has been showing and country is still
covered. Cattle and horses can't feed
upon the range as they usually do.
Farmers have spent more than half
of the worth of their cattle now for
feed.
The Liggett Ranch Co. of Kansas
City have lost from 800 to 500 head
on their big ranch of cattle alone
while c. r. Hudspeth of Kansas City
is reported to have lost between zoo
and 500 head. The Mailer ranch peo-
pie whose headquarters are Las Vegas
N NJ, have lost over 700 head. The
biggest losses are among southern
cattle shipped here late in the season
but few cattle, native cattle have beer
lost. the native people are equipped
with feed that they have raised, have
silos, and plenty of water.
In Greeley county alone there has
been from 5000 to 1000 cattle and
horses perish in the storm since De
Cember
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-24
POLICE PINCHEb CHORUS
Prosaic. EIat-F'oOtod Cops Inter-
fcred With Topeka Show la
Boheme Saturday Night.

Curtains were drawn Saturday night
for a show, a la Boheme. The cast
was here, and scenes were shifted into
a place for a night of revelry-then
the police interfered and spoiled the
plans of the chorus.
They came in from Kansas City, st.
Joseph, Wichita and, maybe, other
places-girls and women with lips of
rouge and jewels too brilliant to be
real Uniforms were thlckly scattered
thru the Kansas avenue crowds. Boot
leggers not yet discouraged from their
chosen trade saw a big night ahead,
for in a cast of this kind Old John B..
held by precedent the right to play the
star part, if not the predominating
one.
AS has been said-the curtains were
drawn, and the visiting women fitted
into theater lobbies, restaurants and
where @not-mostly where not. But
Then the police interfered. All eve
ming, by ones, by twos-sometimes
more-the members of this sparkling
chorus were shooed toward railway
stations by flat-footed cops not at all
a la Boheme. Girls who questioned
the authority of the policemen were
taken to the police station first to be
convinced. One of these-a woman
who was yet striving to retain her
girlishness, despite the plump proper
tions of her figure, sat in the head
quarters lobby, tears substituted for
the come hither' look in her eyes,
and wept, kicked and cursed alternate
ly. Her protestations, punctuated by
stamps of her dainty. high-heeled
French boots. gained nothing and she
joined several of her sisters on a
late night train to Wichita.
So quick were the curtains dropped
again after they were drawn, Topeka
| L., - NO. eI, nr1Ixy n
few night patrolmen and plain clothes
men can testify to it's intended pro-
gram. No names appear on the police
docket but Rock Island, Union Pa
cific and Santa Fe ticket agents tossed
out more pasteboards than usual to
women whose lips were of rouge and
whose Jewels were too dazzling to be
real-'neverything.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-24
NOTHING TO OFFER
Opponents of League in Attack
for Political Reasons.
Lewis Says They Have Only
Criticism-NOt a Plan.

Washington, Feb. 24.-Opposition to
the league of nations" is political and
personal attack on President Wilson
made by men who have nothing to Of
fer in place of the plan they assail, :"
Senator Lewis. Democratic whip. de-
clared today in a speech to the senate,
opening the defense of the league
plan.
In reply to the specific objections
raised against the league plan, Lewis
said:
'It is asserted by the opposition tha t
it violates the principle of the Monroe
doctrine which guarantees the coun-
tries of South and Central America
from aggression by European coun-
tries. 1t was to prevent this very as
ter pledged all of the governments in
the league to resist aggression on any
state or government The words of
this section ten are taken from the
spirit of the resolution passed by The
Hague peace conference in 1907, re-
solving to preserve the Monroe doc
trine in any treaty of, or alliance of.
world nations for world peace
Lewis said that the fear Europe will
out vote America is groundless since.
with the eleven American Republics
lined up together. the nations of this
continent could outvote Europe nine
to five on any American policy.
Instead of Great Britain and her
colonies working against the United
States, Lewis said the colonies at least
would vote with this country on Jap
anese naturalization or kindred SUBJ
jects, and England, he asserted. would
not oppose her colonial children.
The document on its face refutes
every attack" said Lewis.
! Now, l protest against our oppo-
nents assuming to create the political
issue by crying 'nationalism' against
the object of the league. I oppose
their design in trying to convince the
American people that the spirit OF
democracy was against nationalism OF
America for internationalism of the
world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-24

Mr. Gohlke was the father of Miss
Marguerite Gohlke, whose voice has
charmed many Topeka audiences in
the last few years. While in Topeka
he was interested in the Capital Live
Stock Insurance company. Nearly a
year ago he moved to Oklahoma City,
where he was with the Million Dollar
Live Stock Insurance company. He
came to Topeka seven years ago from
State Center, Iowa, where he vas en-
gagged in the real estate business.
Gohlke was born in Chicago, Ill,
August 80, 1870. He was married to
Miss Mary Schilling, of Chicago, in
April, 1892. Four children were born
of the union, two sons, now dead, and
two daughters, Myrtle and Marguerite,
both of whom survive him. He is
also survived by his widow, by his
father, Herman Gohlke, of Chicago;
and by two sisters, Mrs. Fred
Kowalski and Mrs. Paul Achtenberg,
both of Chicago.
He was a member of Sloan lodge
No. 225, A. F. & A. M: was a member
of the Abda1lah Shrine, and of the
Scottish rite. No. 800. He was a mem
ber of the Elks at Mitchell, S. D., and
of the uniform rank
The funeral arrangements have not
been completed. 1t is asked that the
friends do not send flowers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-24
Twenty-six Measures Strangled
by the House Committee.
Weekend Record Boosts
Seven-Day Total to 100.
HAWKS "PARTY" TICKET DEAD
Crepe Also Decorates Proposed
City Manager Repeal.
Three Constitutional Amend
ments Are Also Blocked.

This was slaughter day for house
committees. Twenty-six bills and
concurrent resolutions were strangled
by committees during the weekend
and the mortuary record sent to the
reading clerks desk this morning.
With the committee reports filed to-
day, the death toll of the lower legis-
lative body has exceeded 100 during
the last week.
Several nice pet bills were crucified
by the committees. The house cleo
tions committee used a meat AK in
trimming up a bunch of bills affecting
city, county and state election sys-
TENS. Some of the favorite recon-
mendations of house members for
changes in the election policies in Kan
sas were decorated with crepe and
sent to the morgue.
Representative Hawks straight
party ticket" bill was one of the real
favorites which failed to survive the
visit to the operating table in the
house elections committee room.
Hawks bill provided for a return of
the circle, the square and a bunch of
the party emblems to the ballot. Two
years ago the bill was vetoed by Gov
ernor Capper after having been Of
fered by Mack of Harvey county.
When Hawk came to Topeka to rep
I0S0Il I1dINty III lllV pI CoCLl oCSoAOii
he brought a copy of the Mack bill
with him. So far as the present leg
islative session is concerned, there will
be no livestock designs or squares or
circles for the aid of the voters who go
to the polls in 1920.
Mobiles bill to repeal the present city
manager law was also nipped by frost.
The Labette county member intro
duced the bill for opponents of the
Wichita city manager plan. When the
report came back from the committee
on cities of the first class, a decent
burial was the only comforting sug-
gestion of the committee members.
A total of twenty-three house and
senate bills in house committees were
slaughtered in the mornings report.
Three proposed constitutional changes
were also chopped down.
Ridgway of Wyandotte, who wants
the name of Kansas City, Kan,
changed to Wyandotte, shared in the
limited. supply of good news. Ridg-
ways bill was recommended by the
committee for passage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-24

At 2 o'clock this afternoon the wind
was blowing at the rate of IL miles
an hour from the west. In the half
half preceding it shifted from the
south to the west. Before o'clock,
says Flora, it will blow from the north,
bringing with it the promised cold
wave.
The temperature for the day aver
ages 0 degrees above normal.
Right off the ice there's a cold wave
coming to Topeka. so says S. D. Flora,
state meteorologist The present south
wind will shift to the north during the
afternoon. 1t will ride in with a tenn
perature of about 10 degrees below
zero. Up in the northwest where the
responsibility for all the cold lies.
there was a temperature this morn
ing of 80 degrees below zero at Prince
Havre, Mont, was 20 degrees below
Dakota, temperatures were all below
zero. The cold north wind will not
allow temperatures to rise above 20
degrees all day tomorrow.
Snow is featured on the weather
menu for western Kansas tomorrow.
The snow is not expected to reach east
ern Kansas. However, unsettled
weather will prevail. 1t was. showing
this morning in Colorado. Wyoming,
North Dakota and Montana. No pre-
cipitation has occurred in Kansas dur
ing the last twenty-four hours, but
a little rain fell at St Joseph.
The extremes on record for this date
were ~ in 1918 and below zero in
1913. At o'clock this afternoon the
temperature registered 4S degrees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-24
Solons to Take Up Administra-
tion Bills This Week.
Appropriations and Salary Re.
quests Also Scheduled.
HIGHER PAY FOR STATE JOBS
Wednesday Will Be Field Day
Constitutional Amendments.
Senate Attitude Toward EXecu-
tive Leash Not Shown.

This is the do or die week of the
Kansas legislature. The final strug-
gle for passage of. administration
measures will be made in the house
and senate during the next few days.
IL the scattered and dsorganized
forces can be herded together, Gov
ernor Allen may pull a few chestnuts
from the fire. If a new fighting force
is not in evidence by the middle of the
wesk, there is little of concern except
lassage of the appropriation biiis and
adjournment.
Both the house and senate started
today On the seventh week Of the leg
islative grind. Final considera ton of
bills may stop by the end of next week
-ce rtainly not later than the succeed
/ ing week The final ten days will be
set aside practically entirely for con-
| sideration of appropriations and the
! salary bill. In view of this fact the
saved this week or must go by the
| boards so far as this session is con-
| cerned.
Practically all of the appropriation
| bills are going to conference That
| fact is already established. If the
| two houses hold out and refuse to Of
| fer compromises, a deadlock such as
was experienced in 1915 is in pros
| pect. Ways and means committees in
! both houses have pursued Independent
/ courses III dppE
| Committees from both houses have
visited state institutions. They have
called department and institutional
| heada before the committees for hear
| ings. When an institutional head was
not in Topeka waiting for committee
hearing, he was rushing home to re-
| ceive bunch of legislative visitors. II
has been busy winter and the end
| of the big appropriation fight is YET
| doubtful and uncertain.
Report on Salary Bills.
OF practically equal concern is the
salary question. Committees from the
| two houses will this week report bills
1t is generally accepted that salary In
| creases will be urged for all state en-
PloyeS with the possible exception OF
the high salaried department and com
mission heads and members of tht
fancy priced state boards. A demand
has also been made for a considerable
boost in the ridiculously low salarie:
now paid the secretary of state, state
auditor and state treasurer.
/ One factor which may enter into
salary considerations to a considera blt
extent is the fact that the employees ~
the appointive offices receive higher
salaries than those in the elective of
flee. Yet the big responsibilities and
really heavy duties are in the elective
offices. Another reform which seem.
probable in the salary adjustment i:
the abolition of the lump sum appro
priation system. This plan was triet
departments. AS a result the depart
ment fixed its own salaries for EN-
ployes and were able to retain trained
and efficient office help when othe1
departm with salaries fixed b,
| (Cnntiuued .,n Page TwoD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-24
SINK HUNS SHIPS
Supreme War Council Expected
to Act in the Matter5
Cannot Be Salvaged at a Profit,
Is the Report.

Paris, Feb. 24-While the supreme
war council has not discussed the dis
position of surrendered German war
ships, the naval experts of the council
have studied the subject, British and
American officers agreeing that the
proper solution of the question will be
to sink them in deep water. French
and Italian officers do not take this
view and if the experts do not soon
reach an agreement, the matter may
be taken up directly by the supreme
war council.
The British navy has captured the
greater number of German vessels
taken during the war, and the British
delegates feel they have greater in
terest in the determination of the
the opinion of American experts with
them.
Half Million Tons.
There are seventy-four German war
ships, aggregating half a million tons,
or an estimated building cost of $780,
| 100000 at Scapa Flow. These naval
vessels cannot be used profitably in
/ commerce, as they are too heavily en-
gined and have no cargo space, fact
which has been proved.
1t has also been demonstrated by
| American wreckerS that naval vessels
cannot be broken up at profit. The
Italian government claims to have
/
/ Duello at a profit, but no one else has
been able to do so well. The turrets
and side armor plates could not be
utilized excepting at great expense and
even the boilers and engines would be
unsuitable for commerce. 1t is pointed
| out that it would be possible to detach
| the navigating instruments and much
brass work which would be done in
any case. but the recommendation OF
British and American experts is that
! the hulls should be sunk.
One naval expert of the peace COM
mission said today there were inn
portant naval reasons for complete
i destruction of the German ships. Il
| has been suggested that they should
| be distributed among the entente
powers in proportion to the maritime
/ losses sustained by each. On thai
/ basis the American share would be
absurdly small. Then, he said, the
distribution might involve disagree
ments and leave bad feeling among
the powers and also provoke an en-
largement of rival building program:
at great expense. At the same time
the German ships would not fit into
any of the entente navies.