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TOPLKA, KANSAS. TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1916 TEN PAGES
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APPAi
CAPTORS
BECAME
PIRATES
Act Termed Most Darin? Ieed
of World's War.
German Prize Crew Interned as
Commerce Raiders.
RAGE ACROSS ATLANTIC TO U.S.
Captured Other Merchant Ships
on Way to America.
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British Vessel Supposed Lost ,
Shows Up; 451 Aboard.
Washington, Feb. 1. That the cap- I
tured British steamer Appam was
equipped ns a commerce raider by the ,
Germans and captured at least seven
vessels on her voyage to America was j
Information contained in a report oil
Collector of Customs Humilton at Nor.
folk to the treasury department.
In keeping with this Information tt
was stated here the Appam has been
taken on the status of a man-of-war
and ordered Interned.
Flying flernian Flag.
Norfolk, Feb. 1. The most daring
feat of the world war was revealed
today when the missins British Uner
Appam. flying the tiernmn nag, sp
Into Hampton Roads at 5:45 a. m.
with a German prize crew aboard.
The Appam. with 166 passengers
and a crew of 134. was believed to
have floundered in a heavy storm or
to have been torpedoed off the west
African coast two weeks ago while on
the way to England. She had been
given up av lost by her British owners.
Instead, the big liner was captured
by German sailors, presumably from
one of the kaiser's monster U-boats.
They headed her about through heavy
seas, raced across the Atlantic and
eluding the British warships patroll
ing the American coast, raced into
port today, their movements cur
tained only by a light fog.
The exploit of the (Jerman sailors
is without parallel in history.
Bound for K.nglnnd.
United States immigration and cus
trms officials immediately went
aboard the Appam, barring all other
prsons. All details of the capture
wtre not obtainable for several hours,
the officials remaining aboard to ques
tions officers and passengers. When a
U-boat halted the British liner, she
was off the Strait of Gibraltar while
proceeding from the French port of
LakT in Senegal to Plymouth.
Only twelve Germans comprised the
prize crew that captured 300 British
ers, according to first reports reaching
Fhcre. A score of German prisoners,
being taken to London, were aboard
thf ship, however, and it is thought
probably these were released, fur
nished with weapons and ordered to
help on guard duty.
Wrecked Lifeboat a Ruse.
The 166 passengers, including, it Is
reported. Sir K. M. Meriwether, gov
ernor of the British province of Sierra
Leone, and his wife and a civilian
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I'uge Six.)
HOMES FOR 50
pj-jiJ-pn
That Number of
i, (,i :n TnnoL-n ' the nalf open door of the baggage car
Wanted in lopeka. in the chicaBO statIon ventured a
. . guess that it still contains a couple of
. -.- . I., .. tt!new ones capable of producing gasps
NO Baby That eIlS AH JMght.of admiration in Des Moines and To-
, . ! peka.
Vppd A tin! v. !
That 50 Topeka men want to adopt
children was the conclusion advanced
by a crroup of members ' a promi
nent lodge this morning. They want
'm fat. blue-eyed or brown-eyed, and
in pood health. No baby that yells
all night need apply. Girl babies had
th' preponderance of votes but th
JniDnimptu convention was totally
masculine in attendance.
A baby that is too young will take
too much time to care for, agree the
wcod-b,-' foster fathers, and one that
is to ol'? has developed evil habits
that would take months of spanking
to eradicate.
In 1 1 seriousness the
onvention
barted youngsters whose parents were
consumptives. One delep::te told of
Advertising in Topeka papers for an
adoptahle infant with the result that
ar.y number of desirables, all colors,
was brought to his attention.
CAUGHT Hi TORRENT
Flood Survivor Stops to Drrss l"p and
Has Hiirrowinft Experience.
San DieKO, Feb. 1. The first con
nected story from an Otay valley sur
vivor came from C. H. Lopcr. whose
I-one Pine ranch vns swept away
Loper, warned by two fleeinu ranch
ers, stopped to change his clothes, and
was caunht.
"I heard a roar which struck me
with terror and I ran for the hills." he
said. "A wave hit my knees, and an
o'her bowled me over. A straw stack
floated over me and I was caught in a
floatinR barbed wire fence. I caught
a tree branch and lost consciousness
, When I came to myself I was on a
hillside with the water running over
my feet."
Tired of War,
To Seek Peace
On Houseboat
Paris, Feb. . General o off re,
head of the British army n
France, has already arranged to
make good his recent declaration:
"After the war 1 shall disappear."
He has just bought a houseboat
on which ho intends to retire at
the conclusion of peace for a voy
age on the rivers and canals of
France, resting up. Madame Jof
fre is busily supervising the fur
nishing of her husband's floating
home.
"K-5" SHOWS UP
Submarine Believed Lost Ar
rives Near Destination.
S. Plunder Disappeared In
Atlantic Two Days Ago.
Washington, Feb. 1. The subma-
I rine K-5 is sale ana proceeding
under her own steam for Key
. orida. accordinl, to a nava.
; radio message received at the navy de
partment early today from Captain
j Simpson of the torpedo boat destroyer
sterrett.
searcher Finds K-5.
The message which came by way of
Key West says: "At 3:55 a. m. U. S.
s. K-5. five miles southeast Fowey
kock steaming soum at ten Knots. jo
casualties and no assistance required."
Fowey Rock referred to in the mes
sage is. a lighthouse and is located
about ten miles from-Miami. Navy
department officials estimated that
under the speed the K-5 is making she
should reach Key West about 6 p. m.
today.
The Sterrett was one of the destroy
ers ordered by Secretary Daniels to
search for the K-5.
Carried Crew of 28.
The K-5 has been making good time
on her southward voyage without
consort. Anxiety was felt for her safe
ty, as she had become detached from
the submarine tender, Tallahassee and
her three sister ships, the K-l, K-2,
and K-6. Sunday morning in a dense
fog off Cape Romain, S. C. The Tal
lahassee and the other three subma
rines entered Charleston harbor Sun
day r-nd reported the K-5 had become
separated from them during the fog
and that efforts to locate her by wire
less had failed. Several torpedo de
stroyers, two coast cutters, a light
house tender and a number of other
vessels were sent in search of the K-5.
She carries a crew of 28 officers and
men, commanded by Lieut. R. C.
Grady.
GOWNS ARE SWELL
Joliet Discovers Mrs. Wilson
Has Wonderful Creations.
"President's Special" Had Only
Lone Trunk Aboard.
On Roard President's Special.
Joliet, Feb. 1. The president passed
up Joliet unexpectedly today, after an
eleventh hour change in his itinerary,
in which an address of considerable
length was planned for Joliet. An
other last minute change was made
and the scheduled stop eliminated.
The train crept slowly by the sta
tion amidst the cheers of several thou-
! sand persons who climbed to the ele
! vated platforms to catch a glimpse of
the president and Mrs. Wilson.
Gasps of Admiration.
A stroll through the president's
train revealed in all its lone majesty a
I single trunk surrounded by huge va
; cant places in the baggage car. It is
; the only trunk there. "Mrs. Wilson"
i is the name on the tag and it contains
those wonderful gowns that the pres
ident s bride enjoys springing on the
I audiences in the middle west.
i Women who took one glance into
BUY ITALY WAR BONDS
People Already Have Purchased Two
Billion Lire Worth.
Romp, Feb. 1. (Via Para.) The
subscriptions to tho Italian war loan
today reached 2,000,000,000 lire al
though the lists have been open only
since January 10. They will continue
open until February 10 but the gov
ernment already has received an
amount equal to what had been ex
pected from the entire subscriptions.
The unexpectedly lartrs and rapid
i response to the loan issue is due in a
! iar?e measure to ine enerpeuc cam
, paign carried out in its favor by Pre
! mier Salandra and other ministers
! and by the utilizing of the newspapers,
: the theaters, public posters and other
j means of drawing: the attention of the
I people To the patriotic effort de
! manded of them.
Painting 1000
Cat Portraits
Costs Eyesigth
Pitman, N. J.. Feb. 1. Just as
she has finished her thousandth
painting of cats, Mrs. E. M. Gard
ner has been stricken with blind
ness in ier home here. Her sight
held out just long enough .or her
to rewPze the ambition of her life.
Mrs Gardner began tainting 30
years ago in Philadelphia. Ever
since she has painted only cats
cats of all types and degrees
aristocratic Persians ;nd plain
back yards.
One room in her modt home
here is filled with such pictures.
SWAT DAME STYLE
Club Women Rise Up in Rebel
lion at "Risque."
10,000 Delegates Will Demand
Dress Reform.
THE SPLIT WAIST! SHOCKING!
Evening Gowns Utterly Dis
gusting, Asserts Leader.
Four Tenets of Reform Will
Affect AH Ages.
New York, Feb. 1. Extreme fash
ions in women's press will be one of
th most important topics to be con
sidered at the convention of the Gen
eral Federation of Women's Clubs of
America, to be held next May, says
Mrs. William Grant Brown, chairman
of the local board of the federation.
"Ten thousand delegates will take
back to their homes a concrete idea
of dress reform that will be a blessing
to the whole country," said Mrs.
Brown. "We believe in the decollete
gown so far as it is a work of art. but
it should be modest and never sensa
tional. There has grown up a cus
tom of dress for women, especially
young girls, that is sin ply frightful.
The extreme split skirt that shocked
us once has given place to the ex
treme split waif.t. Evening gowns
worn nowadays by women Who prob
ablv mean well but are foolish, are
utterly disgusting, being cut in some
cases almost to the waist line. These
women do i.ot do this to attract at
tention, but because they are possessed
by the idea that to be partly draped
is fashionable.
Against Indecent Extremes.
"Most club women want to estab
lish a general rule against indecent
extremes In evening dress and a cus
tom of making women's gowns con
form to the following four rules:
First, Individuality, every wo
man trying to express her own
ideas.
Second, modesty, not puritan
ism, but a decent regard for what
is proper.
Third, good taste, a degree of
art in the expression of individ
ualism. Fourth, appropriateness. Young
girls should not be dressed like
matrons. Old women should not
dress like girls.
"Many women suggest that if the
present custom of sensational dressing
continues an established ballroom cen
sorship should prohibit women so
gowned from appealing on the floor,
exactly as indecent dancing is forbid
den." -
GOQP UP 80,000
Turk
Garrison in Erzerum
Short on Eats.
51 Killed in Zeppelin Raid on
London Last Sight.
Rome, Feb. 1. The G jnale de
de Italia learns from Tetrograd that
Field Marshal von Der Ooltz is now
in command of the Turkish forces at
Erzerum and that here are KO.UUU
men locked up in the city with pro
visions for only a fortnight.
The Black sea fleet is supporting
the Operation of the Russian forces on
land. The Russian right wing is now
marching on Trebizond, according to
the same information.
Zeppelins Visit I.onili n.
London, Feb. 1. Fifty-four per
sons w e killed and 67 injured in
last night's Zeppelin raid. It appar
ently was not directed at London, the
course of the raiders being more to
t' north, possibly taking in the great
manufacturing center of Manchester
and apparently being intended to seek
out and damage or destroy munitions
fac ries.
What is believed to have been an at
tempt at a third air raid on Paris
within three days, was foiled by the
lookouts on the French front, accord
ing to Paris advices.
French Lose Ground.
Berlin, Feb. 1. The official state
ment of today from army headquar
ters states that in the region of the
Somme, the French have lost more
ground in hand grenade encounters.
BANK MEETS HEAVY RU N
Offers Reward of $5,000 to Find Out
Who Started It,
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 1. The run
which began Saturday on the Farmers
Deposit Savings bank -vas still on to
day, although the crowd had dwindled
to less than a thousand. All demands
were promptly paid.
A reward of $5,000 offered by the
bank for the apprehension and con
viction of the persons who started the
run had much to do with quieting the
excited people.
AUCTION GIRL FGR $55
Preacher's Daughter Tells Sensational
White Slave Case.
New York. Feb. 1. How she was
kidnaped, stripped of her clothes and
auctioned on the block In a New York
white slave market for $55. was told
by pretty 18-year-old Marie Klein,
daughter of the Rev. Charles Klein, of
Bethany Reform church, here today
following her rescue and capture of
'Jimmy Naples," her alleged kidnaper.
She had been missing since Decem
ber 16.
Naples once befriended Miss Klein
when hoodlums attacked her on her
way home from organ practice at
church, according to Rev. Mr. Klein,
was introduced to the Klein home and
visited there frequently, saying often
he would "always protect Miss Klein."
YET MORE FLOODS
Five Counties Inundated
New Levee Break.
by
Sio 3fews as to Fate of 50
rooned Families.
Ma-
IN ARKANSAS, WORST IN 25 YRS
Larger Cities Filling With Ref
uges in Sad Flight,
State Prison Farm Swept Away
Rescue 1,168 Convicts.
Little Rock, Feb. 1. Today was one
of watchful waiting in the areas of
eastern Arkansas threatened by the
worst floods in the last 25 years. Res
idents of Cotton Plant, Conway, Wat
son, Lewisville, Pine Bluff, Dumas,
Lake Village and Arkansas City were
casting anxious eyes at the levees
about their cities in the hope they
would withstand the tremendous vol
ume of water against them.
A sudden drop of the temperature
to below freezing lent further distress
last night and today to the sufferers
in sections inundated. Clearing skies
with a high pressure area extending
over all the state indicated a tempor
ary cessation at least of the down
pours that have been steady for almost
a week. Every large city adjacent to
the flood area is filling with refugees
from the smaller and less well protect
ed points.
In the wake of the Arkansas flood
today came cries of distress from
scores of families in the vicinity of
Fort Smith. A committee of business
men of that place was appointed by
Mayor Keid to devise plans of reller.
Clothing, food and medical attention
are needed by many who have sought
refuge in the larger towns.
Convicts Removed.
The Arkansas river, meeting the
Mississippi high water, has backed up
sixty miles from the mouth and at
11 o'clock last night broke the levees
at the state convict farm at Cummins,
65 miles from here. Varner, Dumas,
Douglas and Lake Village will be
(Continued on Page Tlx.)
BIG FIRE INK. C.
Western Union Building
Flames This P. M.
in
Operators Forced to Flee
Fire Escapes.
by
Kansas City, Feb. 1. Fire broke out
at 1:40 oVlwk tills afternoon in the
Wester ii Fnion Telegraph company's
three-story building at Seventh and
Main Htrcets. Many ocrators were t
forced to leave the working rooms on j
the upier floors by means of fire ;
eMcapCH. It was thought at 2 o'clock
that all had escaped. j
Lives of 300 employees at work in
the operating room were endangered.
Fifty were carried down fire escapes
to surety. At 2:10 o'clock the blaze
was under control and all employees
had been safely accounted for. The
building was not seriously damaged.
Fifty employees were women.
WESTWARD HO!
President Takes Morning
on Strenuous Trip.
Off
At Des Moines Tonight
On to Kansas.
-Then
Davenport, la.. Feb. 1. Presi
dent Wilson's special arrived here
at 2:30 this afternoon and was
welcomed by 15.000 ersons. A
battery of state troops fired a
presidential salute. The president
made no addresses at Illinois
towns as previously planned,
merely stopping long enough to
greet those gathered at the sta
tions. He made his first rear platform
talk here.
Chicago, Feb. 1. The fourth day of
President Wilson's tour of the middle
i west today carried him west of the
Mississippi river through Iowa, where
his program called for the principal
address at Des Moines at 8 p. m. Four
brief talks from the rear platform of
his car at Davenport, la., Iowa City
Grinnell, and Newton, la-, are on the
program for the afternoon.
Before the president's special left
Chicago today the members of his
party expressed their pleasure at the
hearty welcome accorded him here
They said the local response to his
plea for support in preparing for an
adequate national defense had fully
met their expectations. The great
crowds that welcomed him and the
throng that stopped to hear him
most of them unsuccessfully because
of the limited capacity of the audi
torium were interpreted by them as
favorable expressions of Chicago's ap
proval of his policy.
Yesterday's somewnat strenuous ac
(Continueti ou Page Six.) "
MONGOLIAN REBELS
CROSS "GREAT WALL"
London. F"eb. 1. The Mongolian in
surgents have crosseG the Great Wall
of China and an advance guard of
2.000 is besieging the city of Da Turn
Fa, according to a dispatch from Muk
den forwarded by Reuter's correspond
ent at Petrograd.
Texas lias 15,755 Miles Railroad.
Austin, Feb. 1. Total railroad
mileage in Texas is 15,755 and the av
erage value is $26,304 per mile, ac
cording to the state railroad commis-
I s: on report made public today.
ON PUBLIC VIEW: BODIES OF VILLA LEADERS
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Bodies of Mexicans who killed Americans on public exhibition at Juarez, Mexico.
Mexican justice is short and swift. Almost before the bodies of their seventeen American victims had
grown cold, the Villa leaders who were chiefly responsible for the cold-blooded murder in Santa Ysabel, Mex
ico, had been captured and executed and their bodies placed on exhibition in the public square. The photo shows
tile "finirih" of General Rodriguez and Colonel Valles, prominent Villa leaders implicated in tbc wholesale ciu-ider.
SHOWS AJ5IG GAIN
Growth in State Receipts and
Disbursements for January.
Nearly a Million Greater Than
in Any Previous Month.
NEW RECORD IS ESTABLISHED
If Last Month's Showing Be
Maintained All Year
It WrHI Make an Increase of
About $12,000,000.
Continuation of the January record
of receipts and disbursements in the
state treasurer's office, means an in
crease of nearly 12 million dollars in j
the state's business this year, accord-
ing to a report today by Wiley Cook,
assistant state treasurer. Receipts and ,
disbursements in the state treasurer's
office for January showed an Increase
of $957,195. over the corresponding
month last year.
The January showing was a new
financial record for the state. In one
month the state received and dis
bursed a total of $3,157,764.56, as
against a record of $2,200,569.07 in
January, 1915. .
Receipts for January this year were
$1,829,153.23, as against $1,328,605.33
in the same period last year. Dis
bursements by the state increased
from $923,841.83 in January, 1915, to
$1,276,727.24 in January this year. It
was by far the biggest month's busi
ness in the history of the state.
lteeord Never Kqualed.
"The state has never equaled the
record established in the month just
ended," said Cook. "It was an in
crease of nearly a million dollars over
the corresponding month of 1915 and
indicates the rapid growth of the
state's financial business. Records of
former months show nothing to equal
the record for receipts and disburse
ments in January."
Itemized copies of the report have
been sent to Governor Capper, W. E.
Davis, state auditor, and other state
officials. Should the increase started
in the first month of the new year con
tinue, the state treasurer's office will
receive and distribute nearly 12 mil
lion dollars more than was handled
in 1915.
Some of the January financial trans
actions of larger state departments in
cluded: General revenue fund; re
ceipts, $396,871.28; disbursements,
$402,609.80; permanent school fund,
receipts, $453,099.65; disbursements,
$101,060.90; annual school fund, re
ceipts, $174,014.64; disbursements,
none; state university permanent fund,
receipts, $10,400; disbursements, $3,
000: sinking fund, receipts. $50,864.77;
disbursements, $159,000; fiscal agent,
receipts, $638,730.04; disbursements,
$559,648.07; agricultural college fees,
receipts, $12,266.02; disbursements,
$10,158.31; grain inspection depart
ment, receipts. $14,339.61; disburse
ments, $5,851.96.
DR. WOOD HAS LANDED
Former City Physic-Ian Employed by
State Board of Health.
Dr. H. B. Wood, former city phy
sician, who was suspended by Com
missioner W. L. Porter, has been em
ployed for special work by the state
board o? health. Dr. Wood was sus
pended pending the taking of an ex-
i amination for a license to practice
medicine in Kansas. He has not stat
ed whether or not he will take the ex
amination which will be held the sec
ond week of this month.
Dr. S. J. Crumbine, secretary of the
state board of health, was instrumen
tal in bringing Dr. Wood to Topeka aj
city physician and the latter kept in
close touch with the state board dur
ing his service as city physician. It
was stated at the board of health to
day that Dr. Wood's work is along a
i special line and is purely clerical.
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FORGE CLOCKS TO GO
ON STRIKE IN LONDON
London, Feb. 1. By direction of
the naval and military authorities
the police today ordered discontin
uance of chimes and the striking of
hours by public clocks between sun
set and sunrise, as a precautionary
measure.
FAIR ANDWARMER
Indications Are That Ground
hog Will See His Shadow.
Winter Temperatures Probably
Will Linger Some Days.
Conditions over the state are slight
ly improved with the coming of fair
weather. The entire state is still cov
ered with Ice and snow, although no
precipitation has been reported in the
past thirty-six hours. Railroad, wire
and street car service is better and the
good weather will afford an opportun
ity to repair broken wires and fallen j
poles. Zero temperatures prevailed i
over most of Kansas this morning.
Many calls for aid were received by
charitable associations during the past
week and numerous needy families
were supplied with food and cloth
ing. Stock raisers are prepared as a
result of the previous cold snaps, and
suffering among livestock was prac
tically eliminated
With groundhog day only a day off
the sky has cleared and the sun is
shining bright. This morning dawned
cold, calm and clear, the temperature
standing at 2 degrees below zero and
only a slight wind blowing from the
northwest This is the first fair day
of the week. Prospects are good for
a period of fair weather in the state
at least for the first few days of the
second month. It was expected this
morning that the mercury would go
near 20 degrees today. The snow on
the ground will not melt.
The forecast calls for fair weather
tonight and probably Wednesday with
slowly rising temperature. The wind
is expected to shift toward the south
tonight. "Winter weather will con
i tinue for some time to come," said
S. D. Flora, weather observer, this
j morning, "but it will be much more
, agreeable than the past few days."
The mercury was expected to mount
more rapidly than yesterday. The
high reading yesterday was 12 de
grees. The mercury will be down to about
5 degrees .bove zero tonight, accord
ing to the prediction. The shippers'
I forecast indicates zero temperatures
; for 36-hour shipments north and west.
: Eastern and southern consignments
I should be protected against tempera -
tures of 5 to 10 degrees above.
I The mercury dropped to 9 degrees
i below zero on this date in 1905. The
i highest on record was 68 degrees in
J 1911. The Kaw river maintains a
j stage of 6.3 feet, only a slight fall
: since Monday morning. The stream
I is free of ice.
I Temperatures today averaged 22 de-
grees below normal. The wind re
j mained in the northwest all day kep
ing the mercury low. Following are
hourly temperature readings for to
day: o'clock .
1
11 o'clock
12 o'clock
1 o'clock
2 o'clock
. . 8
. .10
. .11
. .11
8 o'clock . . . . 1
9 o'clock .... 2
10 o'clock .... 5
( Below zero.)
ZEPPELIN TURKS BACK
Dirigible Starts on Another Raid But
ean-liliKli;g llnd It-
Paris, Feb. 1. A Zeppelin started in
the direction of Paris last night at
9:45 p. m. A warning was sent out
from Campiegne that a German air
ship had been sighted in movement.
The military goverr r of Paris gave
orders that preparations be made to
give the alarm if necessary. When the
Zeppelin, however, gol into the field
of the searrviehts on the French
front, it turned back and is supposed
to have abandoned a projected raid.
WHO SLEW U. S. MEN
WILL NOT MARC
3Iembers of Farmers' Union
Refuse to Join Parade.
In Honor of the President's
Visit to Topeka.
OPPOSED TO PREPAREDNESS
Will Sot Give It Aid or Com
fort, Tbey Say.
Convention of the Organization
Will Open-Tomorrow.
Fifteen hundred formers. members
of the Farmers' Union meeting here,
will not march in the Wilson parade
tomorrow morning. Such was an an
nouncement made last evening by M.
McAuliffe, president of the Union.
W. C. Lansdon, secretary of the
Union, substantiated Mr. McAuliffe's
statement this morning. Mr. Lansdon
explained that the Union is a non
partisan body and in his opinion 85
per cent of its members are against
"Preparedness." However, Mr. Lans
don admitted that this action, decided
upon at a meeting of the executive
council, might bo changed at the last
minute, when the Union convenes in
annual session at the auditorium to
morrow morning.
Absorbs Some Facts.
Since his arrival in the city the Sa
lina man has discovered that non
partisan organizations such as the
Rotary club, Co-Operative club. Good
Governmentchib and similar organ
tContlnueq on pane 1
VICTIMS UNCONSCIOUS
Two Survivors Not Yet Recovered
Enough to Tell of Auto Holdup.
Buffalo, Feb. 1.: The hope that
Miss Grace J. Teiper, one of the in
jured victims of Monday's tragedy on
the Orchard Park road, would revive
to tell of the murder of her mother
and brother was dispelled today when
surgeons reported that she again had
lapsed into a state of coma after brief
periods of semi-consciousness. In one
of these moments a doctor asked her
who struck her and she leplied:
"I don't know."
There were other mumbled words
but whether they gave any clew to the
murderer, doctors and detectives re
fused to say. The condition of John
Teiper. the second survivor of the
traged-. who was under guard of a
deputy sheriff at his home in Orchard
Park last night continued to improve.
District Attorney Wesley C. .Dudley,
reiterated today that Teiper would be
hrnueht to Buffalo as a material wit
ness as soon as doctors consented to
his removal.
"FeeHthe Birds"
Is Governor's
Advice Today
"Feed" the birds."
That was the appeal sent to Kansans
today by Governor Capper, following
reports from W. G. Ttgmeier, tate fi.sh
and game warden, to the effect that
thousands of birds in Kansas have not
been fed and are starving. From the
state's plenty, the governor urged the
state to care for th falling vparrow
and ihe starving lark.
When the recent cold wave came to
Kansas, it meant starving conditions
for millions of birds in thie state. The
two inch coat of ice was a burglar
proof barriei against ieeds and grains
and crumbe for the birds. Then a
three inch snow covered the troat of
ice. Now the birds- are starving.
Warden Tegmeier stated today that
the state had arranged to feed hun
dreds of ducks in the Cheyenne bot-
I torn s, the well known hunting marshes
: of southwestern Kansas. Appeals will
J probably be made to club women and
s humane societies to direct the cam
' paign for the care and feeding of. the
1 birds.
SPOTLIGHT OF A
NATION. ON THIS
CITY TOMORROW
President Wilson Here for Two
Speeches to Kansas.
Topeka Will Be Crowded With
the Up and Down Staters.
BRIDE A BIG DRAWING CARD
Mrs. Wilson Will Be Given a
Club Women Escort.
Parade and Demonstration Be
fore Auditorium Speech.
For five hours Wednesday Topeka
will be in the spotlight of the state
and nation when President Woodrow
Wilson and party stop here in defense
of the administration's program for
national defense. Every section of
Kansas will be represented in Topeka
when the president's party arrive
Wednesday morning and thousands of
visitors will try to crowd into the bis
auditorium in an effort to hear from
the president's own lips his plea for
urepa redness.
Not since President W. H. Taft
came to Topeka in 1911 to lay the cor
nerstone for the half million dollar
Me morial hall, has Kansas entertained
a real president. Added interest sur
rounds the visit of President Wilson
and repois from all sections of the
sti'te indicate a record crowd. The
fact that President Wilson is to be ac
companied by his bride has aroused
almost frenzied interest among the
women of Kansas, who want to see a
real, sure enough president's wife.
With it all, is a dignity and a serious
ness that Kansas lu - not failed to
appreciate and respect.
President Wilson will give his mes
sage to Kansas, not as a partisan is
sue, but independent and free from
politics. It will be the story of ex
perts as affecting the nation's need in
the matter of war defenses. The fact
that the president is not making a set
speech on his present western tour has
added interest to the Topeka meet
ing. Tt is not known what utterances
will be made or what course the
speech will take.
How Does Kansas Feel?
For several days political obBerv
ers have speculated as to the manner
in which the president's plea will be
received in Kansas. News sent to
Washington indicated strongly that
Kansas was not ith President Wilson
and his defense propaganda. That
was one reason why the president con
sented to come to this state. A new
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SLAY 2JENERALS
Patriots Assassinate Defeated
Montenegrin Leaders.
Rebelled Against Warriors
Surrender to Austrians.
Paris F-;b. I. The Rome corre
spondent of the Journal reports that
General Becir and another Montene
grin general have been assassinated
by patriots in Montenegro, who op
posed the capitulation to Austria.
General Becir had been entrusted by
a provisional government in Monte
negro with negotiations for capitula
tion. According to a statement insued by
the Overseas News agency of Berlin,
on January 28 General Beeir andi
Major Lompar, as delegates for the
Montenegrin government, signed
agreements on January 25 with tho
Austro-Hungarian lieutenant field
marshal, vop Hoffer, and Major
Schuppich for the practical sur
render. THEY COME IN EARLY
Visiting I-'armera Clamor for Admit,
tanco to the Auditorium.
Because of the early arrival of a lot
of members of the Farmers' Union It
was necessary to throw open the doora
of the auditorium this morning. The
auditorium had not been engaged for
the union for today and all the wreck
age incident to the Midwinter exposi
tion had not been removed. It was in
tended that the cleaning up should t
completed this evening and the doors
thrown open to the farmers tomorrow
morning.
At 8:30 o'clock this morning out-of-town
people were trying to get into
the auditorium. A short time later
J. Will Kelley, secretary of the Com
mercial club, called up Commissioner
W. L. Porter's office and declared h
was swamped; that there were so
many rrore early arrivals than he had
expected that he would Just have to
have the auditorium today. Seats wer
installed as rapidly as possible and at
noon the building was ready for use--;
EXPLAINS SHIP TRAGEDY
EnRinccr of Estland Pwlareu Boat
Rested on Bottom.
Grand Rapids. Mich., Feb. 1. Jos
eph Erickson, chief engineer of th
steamer Eastland continued the story
of his experiences in the Chicago
ri- tragedy last July at the hearin
in federal court today end with his
examination the. defense will close.
In his testimony yesterday Knginesr
Erickson said he was certain the East
land was resting on the bottom wltaa
she toppled over.