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X 131 il MAN fumlllvr with "cans'! and not on mwaklag terms with "can'ts" m Ulom take his meals at the poor house. Bit lyEATHER FORECAST for Kansas: Fair tonight and Saturday and probably Sunday. Warmer In west ern portion tonight. - HOME EDITION TOPEKA, KANSAS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1917 TEN PAGES; THREE CENTS 16 ARE DEAD IN BIG RIOT AT HOUSTON, TEX. g:ro Troopers on Rampage Over Police Discipline. Of Killed, 13 Are Whites; 18 Victims Wounded. 125 RIOTERS CAPTURED TODAYjfjflyr; NEW PLANS Rush 350 Coast Guards and Regi rulars to Houston. Camp Under Heavy Guard; Quiet 'ow Prevails. FEELING HIGH AMONG GUARDS Illinois Soldiers Incensed Over Slaying of Captain . i White Officer's Body Mutilated associated with the section of the na tional defense council which is direct- iy Kioto us negroes. HOUSTON UNDERMIUTARY LAW s 150 egro Soldiers Run Amuck and Shoot Up City. Pin?... il,..Ui Aroused . . r,..,T Black V. S. Troopers. Houston. Tex.. Aug. 24. By one o'clock today twer.ty-five of .he negro r otors had hr-en placed in the Harris county ;ail here. - yne of this number who gave his name as James Divine, of the Twenty-fourth United States infantry, had 251 roun-ls of ammunition in his pos- se.-sn.p t least ne hundred more negro soMirrs have been rounded up by military forces, it was stated. Sixteen are known to be dead, and eihtn n wounded, some probably fatall. as the result of last night's ntrn troop rioting, latest figures up to noon showed today. Of the sixteen !r;i'!, thirteen are whites, two are ne-Tr troopers, of the Twenty-fourth United States infantry, and one a Mexican. ...... - C:i plain J. VT Mattes, battery A, Second lll'nois field artillery, was the only member of the Illinois National Guard, stationed at Camp Logan, near, here, that was killed. Find Jitney Driver Dead. Th rioting, according to best ac counts available, was caused by ill feeling bred among t he negroes thru the treatment accorded some of them by city police officers. As military police, the negroes patrolled the en virons of the city when members of the battalion were released from the camp on pass. Several minor clashes .occurred between the white police and the military, the latest p. eeeding the riot resulting in the arrest of two nero troopers for in- ! terfering when a white police officer J arrested a negro woman. TVi i vtppnth vicfitn wu v. at i Jones, a Jitney driver, whose body was found near Camp Logan shortly be fore noon. His fight arm was almost Hpve.ed by sabre strokes. There were numerous bullet wounds in his body. Mount mi. u;:. 24 The revised list of dead totals 1 men instead of 12 as earpr reported. Included is a negro sergeant, Vida Henry, believed to have As the result of the riotihg Houston been the ringleader in c ; a prising, j and its environs are todav under mar Hit; body was found riddled with buck- tial law with Brig. Gen. John A. Hulen shot, about-a quarter of ? mile f rom in command. He was named by Gen. the camp limits. f James Parker. General Hulen at once Horace Moody, one of tiie wounded j gave orders for the dispersing of police officers, who suffe -d amputa- I crowds who still thronged the streets, tion of the leg, died this morning, j for the prompt arrest of such of the K. J. Meineke. another po ice officer. ! negro soldiers as were not in camp is the fifteenth victim reported 'dead ' under guard, and for the closing of today. fall saloons and drinking places until r i such time as he may direct. Maj. L. Houston. Aug. 24 At 8 o'clock this S. Snow, commanding the battalion of morning Houston was quiet, no fur- negroes, made this statement of two ther outbreaks having been reported occurrences yesterday that crystallized since the rounding up of mutinous feeling among men of his command negro soldiers who last night killed that had been increasing since the at least 14 persons and wounded battalion was sent here from Deming, eighteen. All street cars carry armed three weeks aeo. for minrd rtntv on th guard all ammunition houses ar3IRite of Camp Logan while the camp guarded and saloons are closed. :w hHnir rnntr.,M Captain Mattes, Illinois national guard officer who was slain by the negroes, was mutilated almost be yond recognition. Feeling among the lllinoi troops is running high and regulars from Fort Crockett at Galveston ha ve been rushed here to aid in preserving quiet, At leat 13 white men are dead here today, as the result of the out break of 150 negro members of the Twenty-fourth 1". S. infamry here last right. Karlv today it whs kn.iwn two of the negro participants had been killed but it was said that possi bly some would be found on th prairie around Camp Logan which the negro soldiers were sent here to guard while it was being prepared as a rendezvous for national guard troops. Kighteen persons. Including two young white girls and three of the riotous negroes were wounded, some of them seriously. Martin I law was declared by Gov ernor mes IC Ferguson, effective in Houston and vicinity at I o'clock this morning. All Texas guardsmen have hen federalized, however, and none now is at his direct command. Shot Out Lights in Houses. The trouble is said to have been begun lute yesterday after some of the negro soldiers had complained of treatment accorded them by members of the Houston police force. About i o'clock last night some eighty negroes formed at their camp and began a march toward the business section of Houston. Lights in residences along the way were shot'out and a number of persons wounded as they sat inside ' their houses. The first shooting, how ever, is said to have been done within the camp. ( rowds or Houston men with un tned Texas guardsmen here started "ie camp, but shopped when an 3 CLEAR, . COOL DAYS Weather Man Promises Contiiwption of Fine Weather Program. Hourly temperature readings for the dav reported by the local office of the United States weather bureau: 7 o'clock 60 8 o'clock 63 11 o'clock. 12 o'clock 77 1 o'clock 78 2 o'clock 79 9 o'clock 66 10 o'clock 71 The temperature today averaged 7 degrees below normal for the date. The wind waa blowing 17 miles an hour from the northwest at 2 o'clock thin nftftrnnon. I Three days of clear cool weather i are on the program for Topeka, ac- 1 cording to the weather prediction I Continued on fare Twoi State and National Defense Councils Seek More Harmony. 3Ieeting To Be Held Here Tues day To Outline Co-operation. Oo-operation by the statr and fed eral council of defense will be out- j lined In Topeka Tuesday afternoon ! when Dr. James A. B. Scherer comes i here as a representative of the na tional defense council. Dr. Scherer is ing the co-operation with a -ate organ izations. He will meet members of the Kansas council in Governor Cap per's office in the state house A letter from W. E. CVfford, direc tor of the national organization, ad vised Governor Capper of he visit of ! Dr. Scherer. The trip thru the west is being made by Dr. Schoier in an ef fort to bring the national council into closer touch with the state councils. Information concerning o.-jranization and activities is also gal gathered by Dr. i Scherer, who will report to the na I tional organization followfhg his re j turn to Washington. 1 The Kansas - defense council has I made an effort to co-operate in every manner with the national council. I Every movement looking to close as sociation with the national associa tion has met hearty response by Kan sas members and it is believed that a number of members of thi tate coun cil will attend the reception for Dr. Scherer. He is expected to discuss not only conditions in tht mid-west but national questions of vital im portance to members in Kansas. He will visit the governor's ofr:c at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon. MOVE NEGRO TROOPS Riotous 24th Regiment Will Be Re moved From Texas at Once. Washington. Aug. 24. The negro troops engaged in the rioting at Hous ton Tex., yesterday will be withdrawn ft-rm Tftvn imm r1in t1v Sprmto i-v Baker told Senator Sheppard of Texas today. " i today. j Reports from Major General Park er, commanding the southern division, I said that the situation was under con- trol at Houston and that no further rioting was feared. army officer mounted an automobile and addressed them. Maj. L. S. Snow, commanding the negro troops guarding camp Logan, last night declared that he attempted to control the men when he saw what was about to Happen but they were "J "V. tt,lu u l mem started to shoot promiscuously in the camp and soon scattered in every di- rection. Tried to Kill Major. An attempt was made to kill Major Snow, he declared, and he had a nar row escape. Early, today soldiers patrolled the streets of Houston and all persons abr. d before daylight were stopped and questioned was being constructed Cause of the Riot. "Thursday morning a Houston po lice officer arrested a nesro woman on or near San Felipe street and -in doing so, I am informed, snapped her 1 face. A soldier Of the Twei.ty-fourth, I who had been drinking, .- ;monstrated with the patrolman for what he con- striking her. The officer then began beating the soldier with itis pistol. "The man's face and read were badly cut by the revolver butt. He was arrested by the same officer and taken to the station wherf he now is held. "Thursday afternoon, according to reports made to me by Corporal Balti more bf -my military polir force, a soldier of my command as arrested by an officer. Corporal Baltimore, who was nearby wearing is military police badge, asked the policeman, purely for information, he says, why the man was arrested. "The policeman told him it was none of his business.. He then, Corp. Baltimore and the arrested soldier both state, hit Balti more over the head with his pistol butt. Corporal Baltimore ran up the ! tre. the policeman firing et him as he fled. He took refuge in a house under a bed. The policeman followed, dragged him out, used fur.her abusive language to him and struck him twice more with the pistol. Stories Excited Xepvoes. "When the men in camp heard of these occurrences Thursday afternoon it excited them greatly and they made open threats of retaliation ' General Hulen has a considerable force in the city and has been rein forced with 850 coast guards from Galveston' who have five machine guns. General Hulen believes he has t Continued , un Twoi TAKE' OSAGE COAL PROBLEM BEFORE FUEL DIRECTOR! That Is Governor's Decision Following Conference. 31ines Cannot Run Under Price Fixed by Government. OPERATORS IN FIRM STAND Would Lose More Than $1.15 a Ton by Continuing Work. On Top of This Miners Are De manding Higher Wrages. Unions Say Slay1 Depopulate Osage District. Operators in the Osage county coal fields told Governor Capper today j ties commission against its enforce they would not attempt to reopen i ment of the 2-cent passenger rate and their mines under the government I also asking the courWo declare the rate schedule. Books were produced j 2-cent passenger rate statute uncon- by the coal men to shew they are losing money. The conference between ' the operators and miners was resum- S ed this afternoon with litjle chance for an agreement, Conditions in the Osage district are of such a character that Governor Capper may not seek to force opera tions under present" prices. Instead he will go to Washington for a con ference with Harry A. Garfield, coal director, In an attempt to work out a solution to the problem. He will confer with Herbert Hoover, food di rector, in Chicago Saturday and will consult Garfield in Washington early next week. Loaded to the guards with, fa4rtn and figures, the Osage operators went into today's conference with arms loaded with facts and figures. Every local organization in the district was represented by miners. The mine men, tho, sought and secured a recess until this afternoon. Before hie gov ernor leaves for Chicago this evening they will seek to establish the Justice of their claims for wage increases. MaJiy Mines Shut Down. Seventy per cent of the mines in the Osage fields are shut down "under . the railroads begin tearing holes in the strike orders by union workers. Co- ( Kansas statutes, describing them as operative mines are runningf hut will , discriminatory and unreasonable ajd throw up the sponge Saturday night fin direct contradiction to the cor unless relief is afforded under the merce clause of the federal conatitii- government order. There isnt a bit of doubt as to the attitude or plans of the operators. They simply declare they cannot pro duce coal at the price in tho govern ment schedule and don't propose ,to try. The government has fixed ' price of $2.55 a ton for coal of the class produced in the Osage field. It costs $3.20 to $3.50 a ton-to de liver this coal at the top of the mine under conditions at this time, it was asserted. If the operators meet the i demands of the miners for a 60-centJ The ruling of the interstate corn increase in the tonnage rate, the oper- ! merce commission in the Union Pa ators declare they must stand a loss ! cific case in which 2.4 cents a mile is of $1.15 to $1.45 a ton. j placed as a compensatory rate in one "We not only can't stand it, but we j section of the state and 2.6 cents a don't propose to try," was the flat, j mile as compensatory in another sec final and defiant statement which one ! tion is cited in the appeal. The" Ig operator made to John Hunt, assistant ' noring of this ruling the railroads de- attorney general. "The minute we consent to the wage increase, up goes other cost charges and there isn't a method of arithmetic in the world that will enable us to deliver coal at the government figures. We" want to run and to keep our mines open." But we simply can't do it." Capper Gets Facts. Xor was there mnrh argument to offset the claims. Governor Capper. who earlier in tne week had declared m'l'wius Iai c- that all mines in the state would be 1 Attorneys for the roads declare that compelled to operate, was confronted I while the Kansas statutes make it lm by an avalanche of facts. He hesi- ! possible for a federal judge o permK tated. Then he said he would go be- ' an increase in rates, he can find the fore Director Garfield in an effort to enforcement of the statute to be con see if something could not be done to fiscatory and unconstitutional and is relieve the situation sue an injunction against its enforce- "It is doubtful if the government I nient- T!1 wlli1Pe? thr avenu,!s rate affords a return to the men who of action by which it is hoped the produce coal under conditions such as I s-fn passenger rate decision of the exist in the Osage field." said the gov- ; units commisaion mav be knocked ernor. "Conditions there are different i s ky. . JV. - . - i i from those in fields where shovels are !' Jne of th bj1Ia. ?f complaint used and the coal veins are not suffi cient to enable production at minimum cost." Alexander Howatt of Pittsburg, president "of the Mine Workers asso dation of Kansas, added more trouble i mission, filed a dissenting opinion and to the Osage mine situation in a state- ' suggested a table of rates for various ment hefore Governor Capper this railroads, above the 2-cent rate, which afternoon. Howatt declared that un- , in his opinion would give the rail less the operators granted an increase ' roads a square deal. - in wages declared by operators im- ' The roads filing the bills of corn possible under the government rate ! plaint are. AtcHison, Topeka & Santa ordei that the union would depopu- Fe. Union Pacific, Rock Island, St. late the mining camps of Osage ' Louis & San Francisco, St. Joseph & county. ; Grand Island. Missouri, Kansas & Move More Miners. Texas, Missouri Pacific, Kansas City "We have already shipped 200 men I & Northwestern, Kansas City South out of the county," said Howatt. ern. The charges set forth in the "When the operators refused to keep complaints are practically the same. their agreement for a wage increase, I told them we would spend i few thou sand dollars to depopulate the county. We propose to move the miners to other camps unless this is done. If u,e up;rtv, Th tKo v fan 1 1 7BB;T wage on which they can live and keep their families, we will send them to other districts." j One operator who attended the con-' . . . i lernoon uif inuiers anu operators re- frereinrJ urLZ!rto to try again but with little fice during a lull in the proceedings;, . f put the issue squarely up. to the state officials. "My mine will run if we can live," said the operator, "but I can't run at a loss. I owe money at the bank. I am paying interest. I can't pay inter est and dig up more money all the ( time to produce coal. Mind you. we want to run. The towns in the dis- i us more to deliver the coal at the top! of the mine than we get for it, some " one else must take the burden. We can give up and quit easier than we ' can run under these conditions. t,a.-a rnn. ,.,nK . . say. The statement from the opera tors were final, flat and forceful. Miners Want "More Money. On the other hand the miners were 9 KAN. RAILROADS APPEAL DECISION PASSENGER RATES . Bills of Complaint Filed in U. S. District Court. Claim P. LV C. Ruling Is Con - fiscatory to Roads. ATTACK THE STATE STATUTE Assert Laws Are Discrimina tory and Unreasonable. I Fight wrfl Be Based on Ruling of the I. C. C. Nine Kansas railroads today filed bills of complaint with Morton Al baugh, clerk of the United States dis trict court, asking that court to issue an injunction agairjst the public utili- stitutional and confiscatory. The bills I or complaint are aimed at the public utilities commission, its attorneys, as persons upholding the 2-cent passenger rate and the attorney general's office, charged with enforcement of the Kan sas statutes. The railroads in their appeal for relief to the United States district court vary from their usual custom of asking for a temporary injunction, awaiting final decision of the court. They ask for no relief until a final judgment is rendered at a hearing to be held probably in November. The railroads attack the recent 2 cent passenger rate decision of the utilities commission on the grounds that the 2-cent rate is confiscatory to their property. The appeal declares that a fair return on investment is found by the utilities commission by overcharging revenue from freight service. ' Attack Kansas Law. , In their appeal the railroads quote the Kansas statutes which set forth that the railroads are denied an in crease over the 2-cent rate unless an order is issued by the utilities com mission providing for the increase. Just whether this is constitutional is questioned by the railroads. Then, tion. The fact that Kansas intrastate pas sengers are obliged to pay onjy 2 cents a mile while passengers into; Kansas from other states are obliged to meet a 3-cent rate is described as discrim inatory in the appeal. Neither does the habit of Kansas City passengers purchasing tickets to the Kansas side at 2 cents and taking a street car to the Missouri side fit in with the rail- roads idea of justice or anti-discrim- ination. x , clare is a violation of a federal clause. Freight Revenue Overcharged". The confiscatory charge against the enforcement of the statute is sustained in the appeal by the charge that freight revenue is overcharged by the commission in its ruling. Revenues derived from the 2-cent fare are eith er a minus quantity or of such small dimensions as to make an investment a loss or lacking in a fair return, the , xoiiows me rweni uecisiun oi two members of the utilities commission that the 2-cent passenger rate in vogue in Kansas is compensatory. C. F. Foley, third member of the co ni I clamoring for more money. They de I clared they were not receiving a livinr wage. These miners came from every ! local in the district. Yet figurin i more wages for production sold at less t.n nat , a rfiff,i Q .wk than cost is a difficult matter. With J these issues presented the morning session took an early recess. This af ternoon the miners and operators re- hope of success. The conference was called in an effort to settle differences. Instead of a settlement, the men seem as far apart as ever and the shutting down of the mines in the district seems most certain. Operators will hold meet ing Saturday night, it was asserted. and there is slight chance coal will be dug next week Governor Capper will leave th eXenin fr a conference m Chicago with Herbpr H5r'w!? director, T1 wi" o to Washington to con- coal problem. While the governor nas given nu; a lemauve outline or his plans, it is probable he will urge a higher rate for light vein "mines The governor will probably spend a week in the east. POPE INCLUDES INDEMNITY FOR RAZED BELGIUM His Holiness Amplifies Recent Appeal to Nations. , Believes It Should Particularly Appeal to Americans. REITERATE IT WASN'T INSPIRED Appeal Sot Suggested or Di rected by Any Belligerent. "Form of Gov't Imposed Arms Cannot Prevail." by (Copyright 1917, by the United Press. New York, Aug. 24. Pope Bene dict, ii. & statement issued thru the papal secretary of state and the Unit ed Press, today gave the world his views of democracy in relations to the world war, as follows: "History teaches us that a form of government imposed by arms does not and cannot live. ."Democracy will receive suchian im pulse from the war that wisdom must prevent it deteriorating into excessive forms such an anarchism." -y . Considered Wilson's Appeal. The statement was in response to a request from the United Press that the pope amplify- his appeal for peace with special reference to the Ameri can demand that "the world be made safe for democracy.' His Holiness stated that his refer ences to disarmament and freedom of the seas were based directly on Pres ident"Wilson's address to the senate. He took up every point in his appeal, explaining that it was chiefly based upon the public speeches of states men of the warring nations. Rejec tion .of the appeal, the pontiff de clared, would mean reversal of tho sentiments previously expressed by these.officials. He denied emphatical ly that it was inspired by any warring nation, thus directly replying to the charges that the appeal was made in behalf of the central powers. f No Reference to Democracy. Explaining why he made no refer ence to democracy in his apnea! to ,the nations, the pope said he refrain- ea Because or the loregoing views and "out of respect for the free will of thA, people themselves, . whoT having the right of universal suffrage may choose whatever form of noverjament they please." Obviously in response to criticism from entente nations as to his refer ence to Belgium, in the peace appeUl, the pontiff today declared that "it is necessary to remark that as to con donation of damages caused by the war, there is an exception applying particularly to Belgium. 'Text of the Vatican's Message. ' BY JOHX H. HEARELY. (Copyright, 1917, by United Press.) Rome. Aug. 24. The United Press was authorized today by the papal secretary of state to make the follow ing statement: "The first first two points in the pontifical appeal for peace," treating respectively of disarmament and free dom of the seas, were suggested by President Wilson's well known mes sage to the senate. "'Consequently we are inclined -to believe that they will now find, on the part of the American people, the same reception that they enjoyed when President Wilson proclaimed them at the capitol. "The third and fourth points, wherein mutual condonation of war expenses and damages as well as mu tual restitution of occupied territories, was proposed, were formulated from public speeches recently-delivered by statesmen of the different belligerent , nations, and from resolutions passed I by their respective parliaments. -. "Therefore, the same statesmen-can-not refute them now without contra- dieting themselves. "Moreover, it is necessary to remark ' as to condonation of damages caused j by the war, that there is an exception applying ynrucuiai ly iu ncigium. "The fifth and sixth points concern special territorial questions about which the Holy Father does not .and could not propose any definite and concrete solution. Consequently he confines himself to expressing the wish that said questions shall be ex amined in a concilatory spirit, taking ! into consideration, as far possible. anv jusi aspirations oi me -people. "The Holy See wishes to emphasize the facf that the appeal was not sug gested by any of the belligerent pow- j era and was not inspired for the par ticular advantage of any warring na j tion. I "World Safe for Democracy." I "Finally, the Holy Father said : nothing about democracy and the democratization of any existing gov- ernment because history teaches us I that a form of government imposed by I arms does not and cannot live and also ! out of respect of the free will of the people themselves, who having the ! right of universal suffrage, may j choose whatever form of government j they please. j "For the rest the democracy will receive such an impulse from the war, i that wisdom must prevent it deterior ating into any excessive form, such as anarchism." REVIVE PEACE TALK IN D. C. New IJht on Situation Cast by Con cession In Favor of Belgium. Washington, Aug. Z4. I""-pe Bene dict's amplification of his peace ap peal will be read at ameeting of Pres ident Wilson and his cabinet this af ternoon. Copies of the new Vatican statement, furnished both the presi dent and Secretary of State Lansing by the United Press immediately re vived peace discussion here. The '"Holy See's remark that Bel gium must be accepted in his original advocacy of mutual condonation of damages by the war. caused new inter- est in the pope's proposals. The orig- LAST OF VERDUN FORTS CAPTURED . BY FRENCH ARMS Crown Prince Loses All Jle Won a Year Ago. One of .Moist Bitterly Disputed Positions of War. r NOW FIGHTING WITHIN LENS;Metcalf' Also Brigadier, Ha, i Left for Beauregard. Pershing, Sees Successful Oper ations on the Verdun Sector. Germans Try To Drive Ru manians to Separate Peace. (By the Associated Press.) In a brilliant attack this morning on the Verdun front, the French carried t Hill 304; one of the jnost bitterly dis puted positions of the war, in the struggle for which thousands of men have lost their lives. The French ad vanced to -an average- depth of 1 miles over the sector between Avo- court wood and Dead Man's hill, Paris ; announces, and in addition to Hill 304, ! stormed the. fortified works between Haucourt and Bethin court. The j French are now masters of all the i important points on the Verdun front which they held before the beginning of the great German attack last year. On the British front the bitter fight for possession of Lens was continued during the night. The, official British statement announced that the British now hold German trenches immediate ly northwest of the Green Grassier to the south of Lens, and that especially heavy losses have, been inflicted on the Germans. Portuguese troops which are holding a sector in northern France rerfulsed German raids in the vicinity of Labassee. Heavy artillery , fighting continues around Ypres. Advance More Than a Mile. Paris. Aug 24. The French at tacked this morning on the left bank of the Meuse, between Avocourt Wood and Deadman Hill. The war office announces the capture of Hill 304. Camard wood and the fortified works between Havercourt wood and Bcth incourt. The French gained more than their objectives, advancing tc an average depth of two kilometers (14 miles). The taking of prisoners as the re sult of the victory at Verdun amount ed today to nearly 8,000 and large numbers of cannon and machine guns 'were captured or destroyed. The bat tle which i being continued, is. con fined .to' the artillery,, with the French holding great superiority in the fire. Major General John J. Pershing commander-in-chief of the American forces, had a splendid view of the first day's operations from a positior. near Le Morte Homme. Germans After ' Romanian Peace. . Petrograd, Aug. 24. General Alex ieff, former commander in chief of the Russian forces, in an interview at -j a tor from the Cherokee county dis Moscow, asserts that German strategy trict. aimed at driving the Rumanian army I ' Capper Named Martin, from all its positions in order tq com- General Martin was commissioned pel Rumania to conclude a separate ! Dv Governor Capper as brigadier gen peace or enter into an alliance with 1 era 1 of the Kansas National Guard the Teutonic allies, The seat of the Russian government General Alexieff continued must be transferred to Moscow, altho Petro grad at the present is not really threatened. The situation on the Rus sian front, he added, though serious, is not hopeless. Air Raid Successful. Londai, Aug. 24. Bombing attacks' were carried out early Thursday ! morning by the royal naval air service , on the following military objectives in ' Belgium: j Middlekerke dump, Raversyde dump, and Houttave Aerodome. PRESS FURTHER ON LENS. Sanguinary Fighting Continues Conquest for Coal City. T.nnHnn Ann 91 In catiiminarv fighting, Canadian troops in the out- skirts or Lens pressed suli further into the French coal city today. "Sonth of l.en thrA wa fiorno fighting." Field Marshal Haig report - ed, "as a result of which we hold German trenches immediately north- west of Green Grassier. ' The enemy losses were particularly heavy," the statement declared. VGreen Grassier is a huge heap of slag in the midst of the railway yards, a few blocks from the main railway station of the city itself. Canadians doggedly pressed forward to it Thurs- day night. Desperate counter-attacks succeeding violent further assaults by the Canadians kept the lines here in a constant battle all day yesterday and last night. For the most part it was bayonet-to-bayonet fighting, with guns playing on massed troops behind. "The slag heap is actually in Lens itself.' Heretofore fighting has been in the suburbs." inal form of reference to Belgium, In i the initial message, was sharply criti Jcised in government and aUied diplo - matic circles. i The vxtican's comment on world democracy has aroused considerable speculation. Some regarded it dis- Itinctlva message to the allicso aban- I don intentions to fight until abdica- tion of the kaiser is forced It squares, however, with recent comment by Foreign Minister Balfour of Knland. . " . , , who said democratization of Germany must come from witnin. Not Yet Ripe for Peace. His. warning against Amocracy's impetus reaching a state o anarchism is believed to have een uttered par ticularly for -the benefit of Russia. The president's friends however, declare, he does not believe the time ripe for peace. They point to his statement yesterday to Viscount Ishii: "At the proper time" tr-- efforts of the allies will lead "to a permanent and serene" peace. This statement coupled ' with . the government decision yesterday to in crease its aid for Russia-, "defense against Germany," was neld to. be plain proof that the United States has just begun to fight; that t.ow is not regarded "the proper time . for peace. TO POST TONIGHT e2 hvui Arr"e at sm n 2;th xni- tary Anniversary. TO COMMAND DEPOT BRIGADE Jump Is a Climax of Long and Active Military Service. Brigadier General Charles I. Martin will leave Topeka tonight for Fort Sill, Ok la., where he will assume command of the depot brigade of the Kansas and Missouri division of national guard organizations, recently muster ed into federal service. 'General Mar tin will also send to Fort Sill the handsome chestnut sorrel mount pre sented to him by Topeka businessmen. state house officials and employes and residents of Fort Scott, his former home town. rhoto by Willard Brigadier Charles I. Martin who will command the depot brigade of the i Kansas-Missouri troops at Ft. Kill. I As soon as he arrives in Fort Sill, ! General Martin will immediately as- sume control of the cantonments built for the troops from Kansas and Mis souri. The training of the brigade will be under General Martin's direc tion. When transported to the fight ing lines in Frajice, he will command it' as brigadier (general. - With the leaving tonhjrht of Gen eral Martin, Senator O. S. Huffman, of Columbus, JCherokee county, will take control of the ofice of adjutant general. Senator Huffman will be placed in command of state army units and enlistments. He has an ex cellent record for service in the Spanish-American war and is serving his f Aiirth itinaantitlvo farm a a at a to ua n under order dated June 21. this year. Two weeks ago President Wilson sent to the United States senate the nom inations of General Martin and Gen eral Wilder S. Metcalf of Lawrence as brigadier generals. The nomina tions were confirmed and General Metcalf. also with an enviable Spanish-American war record, will be placed in command of a national army brigade. He will be stationed at Fort Beauregard, La., and left Lawrence Thursday night for his new post. In the eight years' General Martin served as adjutant general of the : state, he did not receive a vacation period. His record of military activ I ity extends1 over a period of 27 years and his arrival at Fort Sill Sundav njwill be the twenty-seventh anniver ! sary of his entrance in army service. August 26, 1890, . General Martin I IT1 the "atio,naI uard service a' 1 fc """t ' ' ,v v j as a sergeant in Company F, First m- ! fantry. April 6. 1S93, he was corn- 1 missioned as a second lieutenant in j the First infantry and was made a captain February x, 1896. He was mustered out of national guard serv ice in April, 1898, and entered the regular army service as captain in the famous fighting Twentieth Kansaw-vol-unteer infantry in the Spanish-American war. He wa commissioned 'as a major in July, 1899, and was mustered ' out of the federal service October 28, I 1899. March 4, 1907, he was made 1 colonel inspector general of Kansas j National Guards and March 29. 1909, ; was appointed adjutant general of the ! state with rank of brigadier geenral. 1 The appointment was made by Gover- nor Stubbe. Governor Hodges, altho a Democrat, reappointed General Mar tin and last winter he won his. third four-year appointment when his nomi nation was sent to the state senate by Governor Capper. Doesn't Mention Riga. V eitrIofcrad Auf '( T t T KuBaau ffic4al statement issued today makes no mention ' " Kipa ?ln fJi fron there w y fuslUdea and "I? wperations- L i?" 11 T."" II?0' j.' n. .,.. .iT; .k ii t "wT? ?t LJ 5 f?8."La"d?f,hI 5EU22?B ! part of the trenches of the defenders. lrL ctd bv -,.. attack I wre eJectea Dv a counter attack ISSUE WEEKLY BULLETIN GIVING KEWS OF THE WAR WTashington, Aug. 24. All infor mation regarding the movem.'nLi of troops in this countrv anj in France, arrival of transports J.nrt such other news as may be sa!y published will be given to the pub lic In a weekly bulletin which la to be issued by the war depart en under the direction of recrary Baker and with the advice of th? war college ;- V f CAST OFF YOKE ' IS TAGEBLATT EDITOR'S PLEA Appeals "End This Most Abso lut Bureaucratic System." 70 Million Pay for Its Faults With "Blood and Gold." CHANCELLOR JOINS "IN BADS" Reichstag Takes Iim To Task for Evading1 Peace Plan. 3Iichaelis Then Makes Amends Press Also Assails Him. Amsterdam, Aug. 24. Theodor Wolff, editor in -chief of the Berlin' Tageblatt, discusses the ineident which brought about a temporary disagree ment between the majority coalition and the chancellor, saying: "It is no longer possible that a na- -tion of 70,000,000 who nave to pay for every fault with blood and gold should be given a government with out its representatives being consulted. It is the retchstag's duty to end thia most absolute bureaucratic system." Ruction In Reichstag. Berlin, Aug. 24. Berlin was sur prised to learn on awakening this morning that the reichstag yesterday had been the scene of a political flurry which assumed varying proportions as seen thru partisan editorial eye glasses. The Incident which brought about the temporary disagreement between 1 the majority coalition and the chan cellor was the chancellor's somewhat indefinite phrasing of his attitude to ward the reichstag's peace proposal. The impression created was thu t Doe tor Michaelis was circumscribing his endorsement of that action. During Wednesday's intermission for luncheon the majority parties drew up a statement to the effect that there could be no doubt respecting; the chancellor's acquiescence in the coalition peace views. The presenta tion of this declaration at the after session drew forth a second statement from the chancellor, in which he def initely corrected any false impression . that might have been created by hia utterances at the morning session. Under stress of this tension the main committee adjourned its sitting. Chancellor Fares Badly. The chancellor received the party leaders late Wednesday night for the purpose of htIdlng a confidential con ference. The unexpected episode which became known despite the al leged confidential nature of the main committee deliberations, teday gives a section of the press occasion to di late upon the incident in columns of plain spoken comment in which the chancellor fares rather bidly. .When the committee resurued Its session this morning a number of the progressive people's party speaking ftr the ma jority coalition, explained that the chancellor's supplemental statement had cleared up the misunderstanding and that the joint declaration of the majority parties would have been modified or entirely dispensed with if the correcting legislation offered by Dr. Michaelis could have been antici pated. Plan Important Conference. London, Aug. 24. A Berrn dispatch received via Copenhagen says it is un derstood that Dr. MichaeUs, the Ger man Imperial chancellor and various parties in the reichstag are negotiat ing with a view to summoning their leading representatives to a confer ence for consideration of Important measure. POLICE FOR GERMANY International Guards to Watch Auto cracy Is Plan Senator Owen Urges. Washington. Aug. 24. International police to guard the world against "Prussian military autocracy," was urged in a speech by Senator Owen of Oklahoma. He said: "My proposal is an immediate in ternational conventioin of all belliger ent and neutral nations to establish, an international government with leg islative, executive and judiuia" powers and an army and navy to enforce the rights of member nations to coerce Prussian militarism. "Some man has said: This is Uto pia. "My answer is first, Utopia is better than hell, and second, that this propo sition is not Utopia, and, third, it is already nearly an accomplished fact in the union of the great oelligerents now waging a common war on Prus sianism." The senator recently introduced a resolution carrying his recommenda tions. He predicted today that Germany was-beginning to show sigr.s of chang ing her attitude. "The fact that Pope Benedict pro poses "simultaneous and reciprocal diminuatlon of armament with the approval of Austria, and apparently with the approval of the German im perial government, seems to promise that even the Teutonic autocracy is coming to its senses." he remarked. Senator Owen further declared: "German diplomacy -hruout the world has been busy In awakening other nations, whose powers might be used against the military autocracy." CRASH INTO "SLEEPER Fast Freight Plnnfcf Into Krar of Pawirngnr Train, Killing Two. ManBfield. If.. Auff. 24. A fart freight train on the BiB Four railroad orertnok passenger train No. 44. east, hound, early thi morning as it m halted In front of the station here and crashed into the rear sleeping car. I the wreck resulting in the death of I two persmFs and the injury to at least I ten other.. " , Passengers on the train included the I Dayton. Ohio, . bawball club of the Central league, en route east from IVoria. 111., and several players vera slightly Injured.