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THURSDAY EVENING-
TOPEKA, KANSAS. QOTOBEB 15, 1914.
THURSDAY EVENING-
TWO CENTS
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TIDE OF WAR EBBS AND FLOWS
ON THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE
.Reports That the Allies Are
Holding Their Own
Lightens the Gloom That Had
Overspread England.
RUSSIAN NEWS" STILL BAD
Muscovites Forced to Abandon
the Invasion of Silesia.
Troops Needed on Another Part
of Battle Line.
HEADED FOR THE CHAOEL
Germans Making Desperate Ef
fort to Reach Tide Water.
Allies Are Just as Determined
to Prevent It.
London. Oct. 15. The gloom which
has enveloped England since the fall of
Antwerp has been somewhat lightened
by the news contained in official com
munications, that the allies are more
than holding: their own in the furious
fighting along the Franco-Belgian bord
er but this feeling of elation has been
tempered by the growing realization
that the Russian invasion OI
Silesia which was believed to be im
mediate must be postponed indefinitely
pending ihe outcome of the battle in
Kuesian Poland. Russia in the east
seems to have been compelled to fol
low the steps of her enemy in the west
and sacrifice the fruits of her victories
by sending reinforcements to another
part of the long battle front.
The resumption of the Austro-Ger-man
offensive in Galicla was an out
come of the action of Russia in sending
heavy reinforcements to the River Nie
men, evidently under the impression
that invasion of the Suwalki district
una ii real menace and not merely a
divertine movement. The withdrawal
of Russian forces from western Galicia,
however, is regarded here to be not as
complete as first reported, for Vienna
admits that Frzemysl is still Invested
on one side, while Petrograd reports
that the garrison of, this fortress, has
been invaded by disease and is on the
point of capitulation. :
Other dispatches from the Russian
capital refer to activity along the Vis
tula river, . where several attacks . ere
said to have been repulsed and. declare
that the great battle, probably is now
under way unless the Austro-German
advance has been hampered by bad
weather.
Some idea of the fierceness of the
fighting in Western France can be
gs.ined from the fact that the town of
Roye. now in possession of the allies.
Continued on Page "fwo.J
CHECK GERMANS
Encircling Movement Toward
the Channel Is Arrested.
Line of Advance Is Bent Back
by the Allies.
London, Oct. 15. The German encir
cling movement toward the channel has
failed in its purpose. Unofficial word
received here indicated that the Belgian
and British forces, formerly concen
trated near Ostend, has successfully ef
fected a Junction with a strongly re
inforced column of French troops and
had inflicted a severe check on the
Germans. Their line of advance west
ward across the Franco-Belgian fron
tier, it was reported, had been bent
back under an assault in which the
Germans lost heavily.
The British forces are bearing the
brunt of this particular fighting. The
official press bureau has not made pub
lic anything that would indicate the
number of British troops in this sec
tion, or whether they have recently
been added to by reinforcements sent
fmm England.
Ultimate occupation by the enemy of
Ostend is accepted and discounted. A
blockading fleet of medium strength
such as could easily be spared from the
flotilla now concentrated off Heligo
land would render Ostend useless as a
base for aerial operations by the enemy.
The public in London continues in fear
of a Zeppelin raid but military and
aeronautical authorities point out that
Germany would hardly be able to
establish such an aerial depot at Ostend.
A fleet off the harbor could easily shell
a Zeppelin hangar in the city and
hangars are absolutely necessary for
Zeppelin operation.
TWO DAYSMJATTLE
Results in Overwhelming De
feat of the Austrians.
Losses Are Reported Heavy on
Both Sides.
London. Oct. 15. An official state
ment issued today by the Montenegrin
consul general announces tho over
whelming defeat of an army of 16.000 i
ausirwns near Sarajevo by the com
bined Montenegrin and Servian armies.
The battle raged for two days, with
eiiuruiuua losses on
both . sides. Thp
statement admits severe 1om
the Servian nnrt M,ti -
-"oJ1 8Bering- The Mo"tene-
grina captured many prisoners and
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IJEIXJICM.
Poor little land beyond the sea
Tramped 'neath a world-power's mur
der host;
Bruised by the mighty's iron heel; '
Crushed in the War Lord's mailed fist.
Where ancient fane and carved, hall .
Are blackened wood and shattered
stone.
There shrapnel wrecks the peasant's
cot
And cannon-blasts, tne craftsman's
home.
Closed in the port whence yesterday
A thousand ships sailed o'er the main;
Cold are the forges of Liege.
Gone are the treasures of Lou vain. '
While village streets which heretofore
Sang with the clack of Flemish loom.
Now shake beneath ten thousand feet
Of vandal hordes that wrought their
doom.
That little land beyond the sea
Tossed with turmoil, racked by war.
Tho' patriots' corpses dot h?r fields
And verdant meads are mucked with
gore
Tho' mothers wait their sons in vain
And widowed hearts are wrung with
pain.
Think ye her folk will now despair?
Turn history's page and view her
past.
Its sires of yore the great defied
Oft brought to earth the pride of kings,
or fettered in a conqueror's chains
And weighted with his galling yoke.
They stood erect in spite of bonds
And wrought with their enshackled
hands.
A proud array of noble things
That lift mankind, and bull! the race.
Now let us reach across the sea
A friendly hand with plenty filled.
To feed the widow, clothe the child
Whose spouse and sire the Teuton
killed.
Then when war's clouds have rolled
. away
And Belgium in her native strength
Shall stand upright and smile again.
We here may feel with honest pride
We helped a virile race of men.
Carl P. Bolmar.
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CANAL JIED UP
Landslide at Culebra Cut Stops
All Traffic
Several Ships Are Caught in
the Waterway.
Panama, Oct. 15. A serious landslide
in the Culebra cut at a late hour last
night interrupted completely all traffic
through the Panama canal. Several
ships in the canal have been unable to
complete their passage.
The reports indicate that there were
earth movements on both sides Into
the channel from the slopes of Gold
and Contractor hills which are vir
tually opposite each other. Colonel
Goethals and other officials are this
morning making an examination of the
extent of the damage. It is said that
traffice through the canal probably
i will be interrupted for some time.
, , Washington Is Not Worried.
Washington, Oct. 15. News of the
landslide into Culebra cut caused no
alarm at the Isthmian canal commis
sion offices. While regretting the tem
porarily closure of the canal the of
ficials say this slide would have its
compensation from an engineering point
of view, because it would hasten the
final subsidence of the mobile matter in
the cut, thereby insuring the perma
nency of the waterway. No official re
port on the slide had reached the com
mission. It was recalled that in almost every
reference to the Culebra operations
Col. Goethels had pointed out that the
earth had not reached a state of
equilibrium and that probably it would
be necessary to continue dredging oper
ations for many months after the wa
terway waa opened. It was hoped that
these earth movements would not be
sufficiently extensive to Interfere with
the navigation of the canal, though the
channel at some points in the cut,
notably at Gold Hill, where the earth
reached its greatest height on the
isthmus, would necessarily be consider -
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J proportions beyond the ability of the
(great hydraulic dredges to control.
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STATE OFTIIE WAR
Official Statement Issued by the
French Government
Covering the Various Scenes of
Military Activity.
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ADVANCED IN THE CENTER"
Allies' Report of Gains Against
the Germans.
Little Change Shown in Gen
eral LInenp in East.
Paris, Oct. 15. The official commu
nication given out by the French war
office this afternoon is as follows:
"In Belgum German troops coming
from Antwerp are marching toward the
west and the evening of October 1,
they reached the region of Bruges and
Thielt, (fifteen miles southeast of
GERMANS APPROACH OSTEND; PLAN RAID ON LONDON.
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view of the Dime or dike, the promenade extending aionir Ostend's sandy beach.
of Bruges).
"First: On our left wing, the enemy
has evacuated the left bank of the Lys,
Between the Lys and the canal of La
Bassee the situation shows no change.
"In the region of Lens and between
Arras and Albert our progress has been
marked. '
"Between the Somme and the Oise
there has been no change. The Ger
mans have cannonaded our line with
out delivering any infantry attacks.
"Second: On the center between the
Oise and the Muse we have- advanced
in the direction of Craonne.
"To the northeast of the highway
from Berry-Au-Bac, to Rheims and to
the north of Prunay in the direction of
Beine several German trenches have
been taken.
"Between the Meuse and the Moselle
after having repulsed during the night
of October 13-14 certain attacks to the
southeast of Verdun, our troops ad
vanced and on the 14th to the south of
the highway from Verdun to Metz.
'"Third: On our right the partial of
fensive movement undertaken by the
Germans in the Ban de Sapt. to - the
north of Saint Die. has been definitely
concluded.
"In Russia" the fighting continues
along the front beginning in the vicin
ity of Warsaw, stretching along the
Vistula and the San as far as Przemysl,
and further in a southerly direction as
far as the Dneister. There has been
no change in east Prussia."
CHOLERA MARCHES Oil
The Disease Is Making Rapid Strides
in Hungary.
Venice, Oct. 15. According to re
ports reaching Venice, cholera is
making rapid strides throughout Hun
gary and the progress of the disease is
causing alarm among the people. The
Hungarian authorities, it now ap
pears, were too lax in the beginning
In the matter of sanitary supervision
of prisoners' camps, which since have
been placed under special control.
Prisoners no longer are permitted to
camp in the open air, and now all
suspect cases are being isolated.
Other dispatches reaching Venice
relate that the Austrian commissary
department is breaking down, so far
as the equipment of new recruits is
i concerneu. mew men are suffering
concerned. These men are suffering
especially heavy winter garments.
i Weather Forecast for 'Kansas.
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German Army! Said -to Have
Suffered Enormous Losses.
In
Battle With the Russian
. Forces in Poland.
BERLIN CLAPS THE VICTORY
Says Every Attack 1y the Mus
covites Has Failed.
Storming of Their Trenches Re
sults in Heavy Losses.
London, "Oct. 15. A dispatch from
Petrograd to the Messagero of Rome
says that the Austro-German army
yesterday was completely defeated In
the neighborhood of t Warsaw. Russian
Poland. The Austrians and Germans
suffered enormous losses. The Russians
are stated to have taken thousands of
prisoners.
Disputed in Berlin.
Berlin, Oct. 15. It was officially an
nounced today that the battle to the
east of Wirballen in Russian Poland
which has been raging since Oct. 4.
continues favorable to the Germans.
Repeated attemps of ' the Russians to
storm the trenches have resulted in
heavy losses. The Russian efforts to
drive out the Germans by terrific artil
lery fire daily so far have failed.
" Battle of the Rivers.
London. Oct. 15. The battle of the
Rivers, the long line of which still
stretches across France, stood in the
background today in contrast with the
comparatively small field of operations
in the department of Nord and in West
Flanders, where the contending allied
and German armies may decide dur
ing the next week, or perhaps sooner, a
phase of the struggle which became
acute when the Germans occupied Ant
werp and Ghent a German attempt to
seize and hold the seaports of Belgium
and France.
Continued on Page Two. J
NAVY YARD FIRE
Austrian War Vessels Are Dam
aged Badly by Flames.
New Dreadnaught Launching
Was Scheduled for Today.
1 Trieste via Havre. Oct. 15. A ne
Austrian dreadnaught,. just completed,
whose launching was scheduled for this
afternoon at the government ship build
ing yards at Nonf alcone de Prieste,
mysteriously caught fire today and was
badiy damaged. Six new torpedo boats
were also round aflame and several
were seriously damaged before the fire
was extinguished.
The 1.400 employes were Just starting
the final day's work, on the big dread
naught when the fire was discovered in
several places on the scaffolding and
in .the hull. The rapidity with which
the flames spread gave rise to the be
lief that the incendiary, had used oil
in different places to, start the fire.
The entire ship yard was under mill'
tary control today. The government is ' Spain, they added, had given no in
conducting air investigation to discover j timation- of any Mnd that she would
who started the fire.- ' alter' her neutral attitude. "
CASE FALLS FLAT
State Was Weak in John Col
lins Blackmail -Hearing.
No
Evidence : to Prove That
Crime Was Committed.
WITNESSES WERE STO
Roy L. Bone Engaged That
Kansas City Detective.
Motor Party Say Collins Rode
in Their Automobile.
At the preliminary hearing of John
Collins charged with attempting to
blackmail Theodore Hammatt into giv
ing him $15,000, held In the court of
Topeka today, W. E. Atchison, county
attorney and Rad M. Lee, assistant
county attorney, after stating to the
court, "The state rests its case," dis-
covered that their side of the case was
out on a limb and that J. s. Ensminger,
attorney representing Collins, was saw
!ng off the limb.
Ensminger offered no evidence what
ever, but called the attention of the
judge to the fact that no evidence had
been offered tending to prove Collins
the author of the threatening letters
and further that the state had even
neglected to prove that a crime had
been committed or attempted on the
Topeka avenue road or any other place,
Even the flashlight and the part played
by the detective from Kansas City in
discharging his revolver at something
had been overlooked by the state. All
the state had done was to identify Col
lins as the man who had stopped the
Campbell automobile and had ridden on
the running board of the machine to
a place in front of the Allenhurst farm.
Judge Ensminger contended that it
had not been proven any crime had
been committed other than the writing
of some threatening letters and that no
evidence had been offered establishing
even probably guilt on the part of Col
lins. Judge Garver was inclined to take
this view of the case, and W. E. Atchi-
(Continued on Page Six.J
TO DRAIVSPAIN IN
Effort to Get Her to Side With
the Allies.
Believe Portugal's Action Would
Mean Spanish Invasion.
Washington, Oct. 15. Appeals to
Spain to take up arms with Portugal
on the side of England were described
by officials at the Spanish embassy to
day as anti-government propaganda
set on foot by the radical party. , This
party, it was stated, opposed the cam
paign in Morocco on humanitarian
grounds, but now, joining with the
army officials, is urging that Spain
espouse the cause of the allies. -
There is, on the other hand, em
bassy officials asserted, a strong pro
German feeling among many Spanish
civilians with whom the historical
sympathy of the two nations plans an
important part.
Statements that participation in the
war by Portugal would mean an in
vasion of Spain by the Germans were
considered absurd. " by the officials.
sc;.:iRY cf K2m
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Xlie Germans have occupied Braces,
15 miles east of Out end.
The German encircling movement
toward the i''-" has failed.
- The ultimate occupation of Ostend
by Germans la accepted in London.
Twenty-six thousand Belgians and
2,000 have been interned In
Holland.
Typhus and various other diseases
have broken out among the German
troops along the western front.
Cholera to making rapid strides
throughout Hungary and is causing
great alarm among the people.
The docks at Ostend are crowded
with terror-stricken refugnees waiting
for ships to take them to FTn gland.
The Germans were defeated at Ar
ras after being surrounded by the
French In the marshes, losing ia,uuv
The ratification of the treaty of ar
bitration between Soain and the
United States has been approved at
Madrid.
The Russians have captured several
fortified towns and have been suc
cessful in many skirmishes with the
Germans and Austrians.
The Montenegrins announce the
overwhelming defeat of 15,000 Aus
trians near Sarajevo oy tne comntnea
Montenegrin and Servian armies.
The masses of Behrian refugees
promise to become a serious problem
both in England and Holland. These
countries may call upon the United
States for aid.
A new Austrian dreadnaught. just
completed, mysteriously caught fire in
Trieste today and was gutted by the
ones. Six new torpedo Doats were
also found
The Freneh-British-Beiifian column
has checked the German advance to j
the coast . and a successful offensive
along the center of the French battle
line has been repulsed.
Owing to the failure of the Rus
sians to make progress against the
Germans In the east, thousands of
troops have been transferred to the
western frontier for an advance on
Paris.
'- The war fever In Italy is abating.
Turkey is still in a turbulent mood
and heavy firing In the Black sea is
believed to indicate . an . engagement
between Turkish and Russian fleets.'
' German troops in Belgium" are
marchimavon. Ostend' and. ta , south I
westeriydireetiosi -Swsa!rViaewiSd
frontier. Tne r-eaaquarxers m n
peror. WUIiam have been moired;fur
ther Into France. ' ; ;
17ILSQHJLETS UP
President Will Stop His Attacks
on Big Business.
Legal Machinery Now Sufficient
to Bestrain Monopolies.
Washington. Oct. 15. President
Wilson Intends to stop his attacks on
"big business."
In a letter which it is understood
the president is preparing to send to
Oscar W. Underwood, the Democratic
house leader, it 's announced that
there will be no further effort by the
administration at business regulation.
The next legislative program of the
president will be directed to the pas
sage of laws to develop the natural
resources of the country. ,
The last of the bills which had for
their" object the regulation of big busi
ness was the Clayton anti-trust meas
ure that has Just passed congress.
At the White House it is said that
the president feels that now the
country "for the first time" is pro
vided with sufficient legal machinery
to restrain monopolies and to curb
any attempted unfair practices in
trade or commerce.
TO STAYJ1EUTRAL
Italy Will Not Be Drawn Into
European Conflict.
Ministry Changes Will Not Af
fect Policy, Says Ambassador.
Washington. Oct. 15. The Italian gov
ernment's policy in regard to the Euro-
Dean war was made plain by Ambassa
dor Macchi di Ceflere today, when he
stated that Italy would not take up
arms unless she was forced to do so
by some overt act which threatened her
own safety.
Although officially a member of the
Triple Alliance, and bound by this
agreement with Germany and Austria'
Hungary for purposes of mutual protec
tion, the ambassador declared that his
country had no intention of endanger
ing Its neutrality by yielding to the in
fluence of any outside powers to take
aides in the conflict.
Policy to Continue.
This" attitude of positive neutrality,
Mr. Dt Cell ere continued, which was
supported by the present ministry. In
all probabilty would continue to be
upheld even in "case of minor changes
in the government. This assertion was
made in answer to inquiries as to the
possible- effect, of the appointment of
a successor to tne Marquis dl San
Giuliano, .minister of foreign of fairs,
who is reported to be seriously J1L
The ambassador explained that the
reported troop ' movements In his
country were in no way in the nature
of offense. The- return of the colo
nials rrom Tripoli, be stated, wai
merely part of a previously content
plated plan for two-year volunteer
service In the colonies. The present
class having served its required period
is now returning to Italy for dis
charge.
"U.S.ISU0T
FITJUFIBIIF
Congressman Gardner Says We!
Are Unprepared for War.
Hs Asks for a Congressional
Committee to Prove It.
ge:.:x:j cmse is u::::n.Y
"God of Battles Will Yislt
Defeat Upon the Kaiser." '
America Cannot Defend Mon
roe Doctrine With Money.
Washington, Oct. IS. Inquiry as to
preparedness of the United States for
war, offensive or defesive by a na-
posed in a Joint resolution Introduced
today by Representative Gardner of
Massachusetts, who recently returned
from Europe. "I have introduced this
resolution to investigate the military
status of of the United States," said
Mr. Gardner, "because I know that a
public search will open the eyes of
Americans to a situation which is be
ing concealed from them.
"The United States is totally unpre
pared for a war, defensive or often-
slve, against a real power. In my
opinion the effect of the vast sums of
money spent by Carnegie in his peace
propaganda has been to bUnd Ameri
cans to the fact that our national se
curity from military point of view
is undermined. v
"Nearly every army and navy offl- .
cer to whom I have spoken tells me -the
same story of Inadequate security.
I have yet to speak to a sina-le mum-
ber of either the committee on naval
affairs or the committee on military
affairs of the house of representatives
in wnose judgment i nave confidence
who does not. In private, make the
same admission. Yet all these aentle-
men seem to consider it their duty to '
refrain from any public statement."
The Monroe Doctrine.
Mr. Gardner, referring to the pros
perity and peace of the United States
and to the "wonderful South Ameri
can continent which we have closed
to European colonisation by the Moil-'
roe doctrine," declared he could not
understand "how any intelligent stu
dent of history can fail to see that we
are impotent to defend ourselves and ' '
to enforce the Monroe doctrine by "
moral- suasion and financial might
alone.'' . "
bSV"!"' hee V-ot yet corned he
'wnea m -united states can -afford
to allow the. martial spirit of
Ber sons to be destroyed and all tho '
Carnegie millions in the world will
not silence those of us who believe
that bullets anont be stopped with
wiuiMBk , yvwuvr vanuuisnsa DT
platitudes."
Mr. Gardner further declared in hta
statement, accompanying the resolu
tion, mat wttn respect to the Euro
pean war, he having been in the ton
of conflict, his views were "not those
of a neutral."
' Expects Germany's Defeat.
"I am entirely convinced." said hey ,
that the - German cause Is unholy. -
and moreover, a menace to the prin
ciples of democracy. Furthermore, X
believe that the God of battles will
visit defeat upon the Germans, but
no matter which side wins we must
remember that since the beginning of -time
victorious nations have proved
must begin at once to reorganise our.
military strength if we expect to be
able to resist high handed cases when
the day or necessity comes."
The Gardner resolution proposes a
commission of three senators and '
three members of the house and three
persons to be named by the president
to make full Investigation of the pre
paredness of the United States for '
war.
CHILLY ai:d cloudy.
Weather Man Says Sunshine Is Due te
The fair weather promised for Wed
nesday night and today failed to arrive
on schedule time. When the foreoaat
came In this morning "Sunny" Flora
the local observer, made this com
ment: "The forecast is optimistic, hut
the weather is pessimistic."
The forecast: "Fair tonicht and
Friday; not much change in tem
perature." -x-nere nas oeen little variation In
temperature at Topeka in the last
three days. The minimum temperature
at 7 o'clock this morning 44 degrees
was three below the normal mini
mum xor tnia date. The weather
chilly and the dampness was pene-
li ill if ik. uvercwu were comiortable.
The highest temperature on this
in the 28 years that the local rnrAm
have been kept was 86 degrees In ISSt;
iuc iuucbi wu n in i o vx. Tne great
est precipitation was .41 of an Inch la
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The temperature todav.haa ar.ra4
nine degrees below normal but a change
uvu nvTanm xu ucioDer weather si
expected Friday. At two o'clock this
afternoon the wind was eight miles an
uour irom me nortn.
The hourly readings:
7 o clock 44 I 11 o'clock..
o'clock 45 12 o'clock. .
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t o'clock 45 I 1 o'clock..
10 o'clock
4 I 2 o'clock..
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New Tork, Oct. 18. Two expetUuoaai-r
farces of Portuguese troops, for one
which English transports were vsed. saw
ed fresa Lisbon on September M te rwa-
ioroe garrisons in Portuguese i iisslui i
in Africa which adjom those of (ht-v- .
This was made kaowa today by C. )
de Sampalo. Portuguese rinis gen. .
New Tork and la the B4 news te .
this country of any actual ml ii tary wm.
ratinn tv 1nriil 4mm ! t .
lot that country's participation la the.w.