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FRIDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA, KANSAS-, OCTOBER 23, 1914.
FRIDAY EVENING.
JAKES MORE
. I1ASRETIRED
First and Only Paymaster of
Santa Fe Quits Service.
He Will Leave Boad After 42
Tears' Activity.
7. C, F. BE1CHETOH NAMED
Veteran Assistant Will Head
the Department.
Homer B. Fink Will Be Pro
moted to Assistant.
James Moore, paymaster of the At
chison. Topeka & Santa Fe railway
for 43 years, will retire November !
from active service on account of fail
ing health. ...
W. C F. Relchenbach, employed in
the paymaster's office for more than
thirty years and assistant paymaster
for twenty years, will become pay
master succeeding Moore.
Homer B. Fink, assistant cashier,
will become assistant paymaster.
This announcement was made today
by E. L. Copeland, secretary and treas
urer of the Santa Fe.
In 111 Health.
The retirement of 5' Moore has
been expected for some time, as he
has been in 111 health for months.
He was granted a leave of absence
from duty last summer and spent sev
eral months in the lake regions of
Wisconsin. He returned not long
ago, but has been unable to spend
much of his time in his office.
Mr. Relchenbach, who has been In
W. C F. Reichenbach, who becomes
Santa Fe service for more than thirty
years, has, since the failing health of
his chief, been at the head of the de
partment. Homer Fink, assistant cashier of
the Santa Fe under A. Z. Gray, was
some months ago transferred to help
Relchenbach in the' paymaster . de
partment and. his experience in that
line of work and his ability caused
his appointment today as assistant
paymaster.
James Moore is one of the best
known' railway officials in the middle
west and the most widely known pay
master in the United' States. He was
paymaster in the early days when the
Santa Fe was only a short line from
Atchison to the Colorado state line,
before the Grand Canon controversy
was settled and the Royal Gorge had
been won in the courts by the Denver
and Rio Grande. During all these
years, Mr. Moore has been in charge
of the sending out paychecks to em
ployees all over the Santa Fe system.
Born In Ireland.
He was born August 27, 1848. In
County Antrim, Ireland. In October
of the same year he came to this
countr- with his parents. He spent
his boyhood in Brooklyn and at an
early ae was apprenticed to a Arm
of wholesale jewelers. In 1869, he
came to Leavenworth. Kan., where he
spent two years with a Jewelry man
ufacturing company. - This company
was eventually a failure and Moore
came to Topeka to sell a patent ar
ticle on the streets.
He was selling wares on the street
one day. in July, 1871, when an em
ployee of the Santa Fe treasury depart
ment came along, took an interest in
him, and offered him a position. In
August. 1872. Moore was made pay
master. And he has continued in that
capacity to this day and is the oldest
employee in point of services on the
entire system.
Paid in Cash.
In the struggling days of the Santa
Fe, every person employed on the road
was paid in cash, spot cash. The check
system was not in vogue at the time.
Consequently the road owned several
pay cars. These were more like the
armored war machines used In Europe
than any piece of modern railway
me imjimasier or tne San
ta Fe operated one pay car. bis assist
ant. W C. F. Reichenbach. tndv un
pointed paymaster, operator) a second
pay car. Several guards, armed to the
te"i. wrre on each car.
When Paymaster Moore and his ear
would rtach a point . where employees
James Moore, the first and only paymaster of the Santa Fe. who baa re
tired. Retirement effective November 1.
were to receive their pay, the car was
stopped. The men lined up in a single
column and one by one marched up to
the barred window to receive their
rightful wage. While Moore was count
ing out the money, the guards kept a
strict lookout to see that no attempt
was made to get away with the money
in Moore's possession.
Buffalo Held fp Train.
Once when Mr. Moore, accompanied
by several officers from Fort Leaven
worth, was out on the line in central
Kansas, a herd of buffaloes started to
cross the track just before the train.
The herd was so immense, that the
train was stalled for several minutes.
armaster of the Santa Fe railway on
That was one of the many experiences
that happened to Paymaster Moore at
mat early period.
In the early eighties, the pay car
disappeared and Mr. Moore was not on
the road as often as formerly. A year
or two ago his health beeran to break
and lately he has been physically un-
auie to Keep quite up with his work.
Signature on Every Check.
James Moore has his far simile mi
every check that the Santa Fe has ever
issued to its employees. He signed
tuevna ior young clerks many years
ago, and is now signing big checks
t, . " . , or lne same Persons, now
high officials.
. r 8ome time It has been rumored
that a change similar to the one an
nounced today, was to occur. Moore's ill
KaLand the faet tht Relchenbach and
nave oeen running the pay depart-
i j- "t-vcrai months were the
xtnjrds of this rumor, which wnaiiQt
c. JTtiiilu until HUB HlflrHUg " ""
Relchenbach a Veteran.
W: C' S- Refchenbaeh, the new pay
master has been in the service of the
Santa Fe almost as long as Mr. Moore.
Kelchenbach was born in Baltimore. Mil.,
a? iwrVJe?u5ated in the public schools
of Philadelphia. When the Civil war
broke out, Reichenbach enlisted In the
navy and served with distinction under
Admiral Farragut. He was at the
ISM10" batUe ' MbHe Bay, August 6.
The new paymaster was engaged In
banking business in Philadelphia from
lf7 to April, 1879. In that year he en
tered the service of the Santa Fe as as
sistant paymaster with headquarters in
Topeka. He has been assistant paymas
ter since that date and has worked along
with Mr. Moore for more than thirty-five
years.
Mr. Reichenbacher is known at the Santa
Fe offices as t tireless worker and it Is
said that no other officials have more
friends on the system than he has.
Fink Well Known.
Homer B. Fink, who will succeed Reich.
encacher as assistant paymaster
vember, entered the service of tbaHSanta
Fe in 1S99, in the freight audittngdepai-t-ment.
He entered the treasurer's office
in 1901 as a clerk and later a teller and
In 1905 was made assistant cashier under
A. D. Gray. He holds that position to
day. Fink Is one of the well . known
young railway men of Topeka and Ss
well known In Santa Fe circles.
Mrs. Bayse Given IJfe Term.
Hugo, Okla., .Oct. 23. Mrs. Jack Bayse
was convicted of the murder of her step
son. Harry. 10 years old. at Boswell. Okla.,
May 8, 1912, today. She was sentenced to
life Imprisonment.
Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Rhnw.r. a (ill iHinU. fmilrilt anil flat.
urday. ?
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SINKS U SHIPS
German Cruiser Karlsruhe
Raids British merchant Fleet.
Sends the Captured Crews to
' the Canary Islands. -
London. Oct. 23. A dispatch from
Teneriffe. Canary Islands, to the Dally
Mail under date of Thursday reports
the German cruiser Karlsruhe haa sunk
thirteen l-ritlsh merchantmen In the
Atlantic. - '
The report has caused much severe
criticism of the failure to locate this
commerce destroyer. It is believed that
a fast cruiser squadron is now seeking
the German which is variously reported
as having a base In the Gulf of Mexico
and somewhere near the Cuban coast.
The news of the Karlsruhe's exploit
according to the Daily Mail's Teneriffe
correspondent, waa brought to that port
by the German steamer Crefeld, which
arrived there with the crews of the
British summers Stratheroy, . Maple
branch, Highland-,HQpe, . Indian. BJo
Iguassu, Farn, Niceto, Maria de Lar
rinaga; Cervantes, Cornish, City. Truth'.
Condor and Lynrowrfhr all of which
were sunk by the Karlsruhe. The Cre
feld was accompanied into port by the
German steamers Patagonia. Rio Negro
and Asuncion.
A later message states that over' 400
men of the crew are prisoners and that
the merchantmen were mostly sunk in
the Atlantic. The ships were mostly
engaged in the South American trade
and their total tonnage ia about sixty
mousana.
The cruiser Karlsruhe, a ship of a trifle
less than five thousand tons, has had In
this war, a career as eventful In the At
lantic as that of her smaller sister ship,
the Emden. in the Indian ocean.
The Karlsruhe first came Into notice
at the outbreak of the war when she ap
peared In the vicinity of Sandy Hook, ap
parently in wait for British merchantmen
leaving New York. For a few days the
rlritlsh shipping hugged their piers and
then came news that the Karlsruhe had
been driven away by the approach of sev
eral British cruisers.
On August 9, the Karlsruhe appeared in
the harbor of San Juan, Porto Rico,
where she coaled and then again took to
the sea. Soon after it was learned that
the Karlsruhe had a sensational running
fight at sea with the British cruisers
Suffolk and Bristol.
It appears that the ' British cruisers
came unexpectedly upon the Karlsruils
while she was coaling from the German
steamer the Kron Prinx Wilhelm. The
cruisers engaged in a running fight while
the Kron Prlnz Wilhelm, through her
superior speed easily escaped. The Karls
ruhe also eluded her pursuers and an un
confirmed report had It that she --damaged
the Bristol in this fight.
Since then the Karlsruhe has appeared
in several West Indian ports for coal,
after preying in various Southern seas
on British commerce. An official state
ment given out in nerlln on October S
said she had sunk seven British steamers
in the Atlantic.
The Karlsruhe is a comparatively new
snip.
CONGRESS CAN'T QUIT
dent Wilson May Be Compelled to
Dismiss It.
ington. Oct. 23. All efforts to ad
journ congress sine die failed again to
day fnd the senate by adjourning over
to ndpn tomorrow, postponed the end of
the session at least another day.
. Tai of President Wilson's exercising
his Constitutional privilege and adjourn
ing congress was general in official cir
cles but nothing materialised.
Senate leaders hoped some arrangement
could be made to pass the bank law
amendment and the cotton warehouse bill
tor which cotton states members were
filibustering. without the necessary
aiasrum tomorrow.
In the house the filibuster continued
before a quorum less body until 1 :4a
o'clock when adjournment was taken to
neon tomorrow.
IN FEDERAL PRISON.
Callahan of "Wichita Damp" Fame
Now in Leavenworth Pen.
Leavenworth, Kan.. Oct. 23. John Cal
lahan, notorious in the "Callahan dump"
s-andal at Wichita, several years ago,
waa brought to the Kansas state peni
tentiary today to serve from five to ten
years for bank robbery in Sumner county.
Callahan was under arrest on this
charge when he was arrested by federal
officials in connection with the Wichita
scandal. After his release from the fed
eral prison he went to Oklahoma and
sought to evade punishment for the Sum
rer county offense, asserting - that of-
f trials - there had rellnnuiahed all lii
claim on him In turning him over to td -
er 1 authorities.
Pre
SLAU
her
Loss of Life inOreat Battle
Raging la elgtam
Transcends Anything: Hitherto
Recorded' In History.
con ffpnfED not
Has Been in Progress for Near
ly a Weekf' '
Germans Still Continue Their
Hacking Through WW
,
London, Oct. WThe only ock bot
tomed factito which Englishmen are
able to point today as a basis-for their
belief that the climax has" about been
reached in fye sea. land and air bat
tle across trta channel Is thai armies,
however numerous, 'cannot indefinitely
face the decimation of their ranks,
which has marked this the latest phase
of the great campaign For nearly a
week now this combat ha raged, with
unabated fury between forces up to the
present so nearly equal that the fronts
have swayed back and forth without
either being able to register a decisive
Victory.
That the slaughter In , these fierce
efforts to break through opposing lines
transcends anything heretofore seen is
admitted on both sides. . Nevertheless
neither the terrible effect of the long
range British naval guns over flat
lands, offering no natural defensive po
sitions, nor the onslaughts or tne ainea
forces on land, has yet succeeded in
stemming the "hacking , through" tac
tics of the Germans. English news dis
patches make sweeping claims of anni
hilating successes. German advices as
sert continued progress and Russian
telegrams report area victories, but
well defined evidence to support these
various contentions is lacking, and the
real facta aDnear to be that- in neither
the eastern nor -the, western arena of
the war has the tjde turned decisively
The great haul of merchant ships
by the German cruiser Karlsruhe, now
fully confirmed from Las Palmaa, has
been a rude shock to those who have
contended that the Atlantic ocean was
held safely by the British navy but the
apologists have lost no time In pointing
out that the fleet cannot at the same
moment convoy hundreds of transports
and safeguard every- merchant ship.
The sinking of merchant vessels with
out loss of life, it is being remarked,
involves no military Injury while the
capture of a group of transports would
be a disaster. ChamDorsJpf commerce
are agitating for1 af sweeping operation
sufficiently w hie--to; foat Dot tne Ger
man ruiser-lEn4mjn in Indian waters
and the eouaflv successful Karlsruhe.
A dispatch from Paris to Reuters
Telegram" 'company says that- according
to trustworthy accounts received atthe
French capital this morning. freslt
troons brought up by the Germans
have enabled them to deliver attacks
with increased vigor on the . French
right wing, where the battle has been
of a ding-dong character, with alter
nate gains and losses. .
TO INVADE BRITAIN
Germany Making; Preparations
to Land Their Troops. v
Thirty Armored Ships Will
Carry 500 Hen Each.
Copenhagen. Oct. 23. Two ship yards at
Kiel, the German and the Howard, are
building thirty armored lighters capable
of carrying 500 men each and traveling at
the rate of nine miles an hour, to proceed
to the river Scheldt should events permit
the landing of German troops on the coast
of England. Furthermore it is asserted
that three of these lighters are complet
ed and already on their way to Scheldt.
The Germans are building an airship
shed in Schleswig for two large Zeppelins.
The Kockum ship yards at . Malmo,
Sweden, are building two submarines, but
as no money has been appropriated by the
Swedish parliament for submarines, ac
cording to information here, the sugges
tion is made In Copenhagen that they
were ordered by Germany. .
JUST LIKE SEPTEMBER
Bat Weather Man Is Looking for Rain
Tonight.
September weather prevailed ; this
morning pleasant and warm but a
brisk northerly wind accompanied by
showers is slated for tonight and Sat
urday. The minimum temperature of
sixty degrees recorded at seven o'clock
this morning was seventeen degrees
above the normal for this date.
The highest temperature on October
23 in the twenty-three years that the
local records have been kept was 85
degrees in 1899; the lowest was SI in
1904. The Kaw river has been station
ary in the last twenty-four hours.
Cooler Weather Here.
There was a three degree dron in tem
perature between one and two o'clock
this afternoon and indications were that
the scheduled cool wave had arrived. The
' wind was three miles an hour from the
east. "
The hourly readings:
7 o'clock 60(11 o'clock...
8 o'clock 61 12 o'clock...
....74
....76
.....78
9 o'clock.. t6i 1 o'clock.
10 o'clock.
73
Z o'clock.
HIGH SCHOOL GAf'E.
At End of First Half Topeka Was 7,
Ottawa O. -
Ottawa. Kan., Oct. 23. At the end
of the first half in the game between
Topeka and Ottawa high schools today,
the Topekans were ahead with a score
of 7 to 0. Sargent made the touch
down. - Bank , 4Teartng. - -
I th TTnited States during vast week, ac
, eordlng to Don's Review, were SUa.384jna,
a decrease of all per cent from last year.
A DEVIL IF1 IIIS
OUIlllOTOVJtl
That Was Mrs. Carman's Esti
mate of the Doctor.
She
Heard People Ask Him
About His Girls.
SUSRCO S3B7 O GREW
Until Dispelled by Dictagraph
and the Murder.
All of This Brought Out on
Cross-Examination.
Mineola, N. . Y Oct. 23. Mrs.
Florence Conklin Carman, on trial as
the-- slayer "of Mrs.' Louise' Bailey,
smilingly stepped into' the witness
stand today for the order of cross
examination by the district attorney.
She appeared cheerful and refreshed
and said she was ready to reply to all
questions District Attorney ' Smith
might ask her, no matter what they
were. She faced a crowded court
room. Among the 200 or more spec
tators who occupied every available
bit -of space were long time friends
and neighbors, whose faces . were
wreathed with hopeful smiles as she
began her story.
Ranged directly opposite her chair.
within the enclosure and less than a
dozen steps away, were the mother,
the daughter and the husband of tho
woman- whose life the state asserts
she took. This little sttoud followed
wih intense eagerness every wcVd of
her testimony.
Just before the defendant took the
chair she crossed over to her mother,
fContinued on Page Two.
ON LAND AND SEA
Fierce Battle for Possession of
the Channel Ports
Is Being Fought by the Armies
of Europe. ?
London, Oct. 23. Vessels from the
French navy having crept around-the
coasV'were today standing by the
pBrttisb., monitors ' which, are "hurling
sheila landward between , Osten and
Nieuport, on the Belgium coast, In
continuation of the fierce battle be
tween Germany and the allies for the
possession of the North sea channel
ports.
'. For the first time since the T ar be
gan, aircraft and warships are aiding
simultaneously in the movements of
land forces; , thus the struggle Is be
ing waged in the air, sea and on the
land at the same time.
The Germans are hurrying forward
fresh troops and heavy guns, the lat
ter- to make reply to the damaging
fire from the ships, and although they
nave been pushed back at certain
points, they appear to be holding
their line between the aea and La
Bassee. without making noteworthy
progress. The fight, so far as Bel
gium Is concerned, haa now resolved
itself into a terrific artillery duel, in
which it is claimed that the allies,
by reason of their long range guns,
have had the advantage. The muddy
roads and t'ie network of canals
doubtless have hindered the invaders
in getting their guns of . equal or
greater range Into position.
CONGRESS STAYS
Cotton Men's Filibuster Pre
vents Adjournment Planned.
President Wilson Signs the War
Rerenue Bill.
- - -
Washington. Oct. 23. It appears that
unless an agreement can be reached
for a recess until after the November
elections, congress will stay in session
Indefinitely without a quorum of either
house in Washington.
Filibustering of Southern Democrats,
who are fighting for legislation to re
lieve financial stress in the cotton
states, upset carefully laid plans for
adjournment of congress at 6 o'clock
Led by Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia
the Cotton Belt members, at the last
moment, prevented action in the senate 1
on a Joint resolution to adjourn sine
die, already passed by the house.
. The collapse of the adjournment pro
gram came after every hope for its suc
cess had been held out and supreme
efforts had been made to accomplish the
conclusion of the session, after adop
tion in both houses of the conference
report on the War Revenue B11L
A spectacular feature of the situation
was a dash by President Wilson in a
motor car from a golf course to the
capitol, to reach there in time to sign
the War Revenue Bill before adjourn
ment. The president rushed into the
capitol, followed by secret service men,
at 5:45 o'clock in the evening. Attired
in his golf clothes and without his
reading glasses he' hastened into the
president's room, where the revenue
measure, signed by Speaker Clark and
Senator Clarke, president pro tempore
of the senate, awaited him. "Borrowing
glasses from Senator Hughes of New
Jersey, the president signed the bill and
several others which were waiting for
him.
The. War Revenue Bill is expected to
yield about te million dollars, as finally
enacted. The taxes on beer and wine
go into effect today, but the tobacco
tax does not become effective until No
vember I. and the stamp taxes will date
from December 1.
Cotlxuid aa Page four.
AOIGTIIE
PIIILIPPI.IES
The Ammunition Supply I
Being Replenished.
Corregldor Fort Is Being Hear
fly ProTlsioned.
FREW5ED mp ASSAULT
Must Be Able to Hold Out Until
Tavy ArriTes.
May HaTe to Send More Troops
to China.
- Washington, Oct 23. While the war
department officials were unanimous In
agreeing that there is no extraordinary
excitement over the far eastern situa
tion, they admitted that the Philippines
are being armed and provisioned rapid
ly. In part, the reason for this is a
comprehensive armament plan, sanc
tioned by congress, but a high official of
the army general staff admitted that
the far eastern situation lent some
background to the activities. .
Ammunition which two years ago
was insufficient for one day"a fierce
fighting in the islands has been re
plenished. Just how much is on hand
the general ttaff would not divulge
for military reasons. Corregidor fort.
a strong defensive point at the en
trance to Manila bay, is understood to
be undergoing heavy provisioning.
The chief complication the far east
ern problem has lent thus far in the
islands to the harboring of unneutral
vessels, many of which, it has been
suspected, sttod to use the Philippines
as a base of supplies lor vessels at sea.
The armament plan for the islands
aa outlined by the staff officer is that
the Islands should be so strongly equip
ped that they can withstand an assault
until sucn time as tne navy oium ar
rive and use the Islands as an offensive
base. It is understood that arms, am
munition and men are now up to tne
full legal quoto.
' It may be necessary to araw irom
the Dresent small force of American
troops to send them to guard the Peking-Mukden
railway in China, ac
cording to the war department. If the
English and French have evacuated
that section or (jninese nmrari
through which the railway runs, It will
undquBtedly devolve upon the Ameri
can -government to furnish protection
tinder the Chinese neutrality treaty;
The French and English were: assigned
Hia nrntcrln,-dutv tinder the-treaty.
f General , Barry, in command of . the
rnuippines. nas oeen invnusmuis utv
Chinese situation and he Is inclined to
believe that troops will have to be sent
as a guard for the railway. One bat
talion of infantry from the Philippines-is
now in China. ' . '
The war department expected today
that if troops go they win De, sent rrora
the Philippine islands.- . '--
HOT! LOOK HERE!
Special Train Hired to Carry
Body Dead Dog.
Westburv. N. 1.. Oct. 23. In a hermet-
leallv sealed satin-lined coffin, covered by
flowers and on Doard a special train, tne
body of Betty T, a pet Pomeranian dog.
owm d by Herman B. Buryea, win be
taken today to Hickory vauey, renn., ior
burial.
The dog was valued at 15,000. It was
about 2 years old. Mr. Duryea has an
estate at Hickory Valley and the burial
of Betty T will be the second that has
taken place from his stock of pet dogs.
TO JURY TONIGHT.
Betts Case to End of Arguments This
Kvenlng.. . . j
The suit on the part of Luella Betts
against her step-children to quiet t
tle to the home property at 825 Bu
chanan street has been hotly contest
ed, occupying the time of Judge
George H. Whitcomb'a division of the
district court for the greater part of
the present week. It probably will
go to the jury tonight. The case was
fought on the ground that undue
pressure was brought to bear on the
late J. B. Betts in obtaining the trans
fer of the property before his death.
Testimony was taken by which the
attorneys for the defense endeavored
to show that Mr. Betts waa under the
influence of opiates administered to re
lieve the suffering of his illness so that
he could not have understood the char
acter of the document he is alleged to
have signed. - -
Arguments in the case consumed the
greater part of today's session.
he has .:o;:ey left.
Democrat National , Secretary Files
Report on Campaign Contributions.
Washington, Oct.. 23. Treasurer
Rolla Wells of . the Democratic na
tional committee filed his report to
day, showing the campaign commit
tee had received $57,580 in contribu
tions to the present congressional
campaign and has $20,282 unspent,
C. E. Davis of Chicago was the, larg
est Individual contributor-with 88.000,
Ambassador Gerard at Berlin, candidate
for the senate in- New. Tork. gave. 42.080;
James Speyer, the banker, 85,000; J. Schlft,
another banker, : $tiM; Samuel TJnter
myer, Thomas D. Jones and E. R. Bacon,
81.000 each; Senator Plttman. S5,0M; Rose
Sullivan, $500; ' Charles ' R. - Crane, of
Chicago. 83.0W; Ambassador Wlllard.
at ' Madrid. - 82SO; Postmaster- Gen
eral Burleson. - $800; : Secretary.-- Dan
iels. $100; Secretary - McAdoo. . $106
Attorney General MeReynoMs (now In tne
J supreme court).. $100; Governor Baldwin,
Connecticut. 8250; Samuel Res, Philadel
phia, tuw; .Governor-Dunne, Illinois, 8250:
carter Harrison, mayor or cnicaajo, sa;
Francis Lynde Stetson. New Tork. S500:
South Trimble .clerk , house of representa-
The report covers the period ending Oc
tober 21. and shows there were 1ST contri
butions, of which cs) amounts ware undei
3S0 each, made op 84aX.
D0'u.ANOT
to owe sc::.
Member Board of Control Vlt
' Help Award Contracts.
Continues His Charges Against
Brooks and Myers.
erE oct to a::zets
Democrats Say Increase TTaa
Due to Better Quality.
Brooks' Relative Was an Irriga
tion Expert, He Says. .'
: Continuing his charges against this. .
Democratic members of the state board
of control, Harry C Bowman. Repdb
can member, today pointed out 70 dry
goods and 47 grocery Hems In which
the 1913 prices were hipher than in Mil.
Bowman charges that W. XL Brooks
and Stance Myers, Democratic mean
bers, "pooled" the contracts. Discuss
ing his own part in the letting. Bowman
stated that he went to a moving picture
show and was not present when the
contracts were awarded.
- Too many Leavenworth and Fort
Scott firms received state contracts Is
one of the Bowman charges against th
Democratic members of the board. Tst
the facts concerning contracts which
Bowman now claims constituted illegal
action on the part of the Democratic
members, were In his possession more
than a year before they were made pub
lic The comparative figures on sop
plies for state institutions are based
on prices paid In June, 1913 and MIS.
Bowman states that he did not pro-
fContinued on Page Two.
TO A DEATEN DD
Russia Predicts Quick Chans
in German Progress.
Czar's Caralry Pressing on Ee
- treating Teutons.
' London, Oct 28. 4:80 a. m. The "
Petrograd 'correspondent of the Post
in telegraphing a review, of the situa
tion on the Russian front says:
"Only time. ia. now required to re
duce the Germanic forces In thetrra- ' "
tirety from - a fighting army to 'a
oaftteniriOb IOTm -: RttsSiaa. oavalry Is
pressing hard upon their retreat which
is over abominable sloughs of foads,
fringed by boa; land and marshy for
ests. Prisoners and other trophies of
sveceas tare , being taken- all the time
but nd attempt' las-yet-been madetsr
estimate their numbers. - . s . . , ,
"Wounded meh in their-accounts Of
the fighting around -the- village of
Kozienica, state that While the artil
lery duel was proceeding ' for several
days and. nights the troops were un
able to move., Finally the artillery fir -became
equal on both sides and or
ders came to make -a bayonet- attack.
"The soldiers, stiff and miserable from
their long confinement in tho flooded .
trenches, were only too delighted at .
the order and dashed upon the German
lines with irresistible vigor. The Gar
mans, for the second time during tho
war on this side, met them with tho
bayonet and a terrible fight ensued.
Neither side could gain the advantaga
and the slaughter was fearful."
SU7..A;iT It IUJAI S
rna crts a a-c.
The German forces are in full re-,
treat from Warsaw.
Westminster Abbey has been tav.
sured against a Zeppelin air attack. .
?
The French parliament has beea
called to meet in Paris Instead of Bor
deaux. , .
- The- German cruiser Karlsruhe baa
sunk IS British merchantmen in the
Atlantic.
; . '
" The Belgian flag has been restored'.
In Antwerp and German troops ha vet
left the cttjr. -
The Germans' attempt ' to turn the
allies' left "and reach the French coast. '
has been defeated.
' The total losses of the Germans to
killed, wounded and prisoners In Po-; :
iaoa nauiuti zvw,vw.
One hundred Belgian locomotives
have been collected in Ostend to be
used m case. of a German retreat.
The United States has protested to -
Great Britain against the sehtore of :
American merchantmen by the Brit
ish. ; : :r v
-mere are pienir oi sownen m me
Held and In reserve In Germany and
It has been unnecessary to call for;
volunteers.
Vessels from the French navy have)
joined tne nasn
burling sneus into tne
on the coast, -s-' .
The Gessaana are buildtne- SO neut
ers capable of carryfna; SO amen each..
to be used, In landing- troops on tha.
of Kngisswi.
British
Flanders ate doinc
the fill si I trench
General Von Trlpc and bis
Sharp . consscta ftwoa ctiC -and
repubUcan tsL, ia the a,
of Portugal have ocijTed mm a sasv
of activities of the
The battle alone; the lenaenrt C
extendlna-.tnto Belgium f tea i
a fierce struggle near tha i t '
Jules Verne, m wanch 4 a
Bsvtlct-ue. t .