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WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight
and Sunday
rpiIAXKS. Kansans. You have made
tlic Free State Fair the greatest
in history!
THREE CENTS
HOME EDITION
TOPEKA, KANSAS, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1917 SIXTEEN PAGES
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U-BOAT SCARE
SWEEPS EAST
COAST OF U. S.
Vessel Being Shelled 65 Miles
East of Nantucket.
AUTO RACES AND
BIRD WOMAN END
PROGRAM AT FAIR
Speed Demons Begin Daring
Drive at 2:30 O'Clock.
BRIGADIER GENERAL MARTIN AT FORT SILL
MUST FURNISH
GEN. KORNILOFF
REVOLT LEADER,
UNDER ARREST
Two of His Generals and a Col
onel Also Captured.
COAL TO HOMES
FIRST--GARFIELD
WEEK'S FIGURES
PROVE SUCCESS!
Absolute Troof That Exposition
Is of Value to Kansans.
Attendance for Six Days Over
the 225,000 Mark.
MORE ROOM NEEDED NOW
Crowds So Large on 80 Acres,
Interfere Exhibits.
Free Gate Idea Keeps Grounds
Packed All Day.
THRILLS OF THE WEEK TODAY
IVarplane Races With Cham
pion Automobile Speeder.
Kami Concerts and Kennedy
Shows on Grounds.
c;ovk unok
PAPPKR - "Thursday
crnnO looked like
record breaker. I;
don't believe I evi-r mi w so many people
on rlie prnmnts. It was a wonderful f:ilr.
t"o, unit I believe everyone who came went -
hum pVMse.i umi mitisfie.i. Hu net mis of j
n mi (irinif in uik mm tinu uruuiu f
four, five or six children, went home tird i
wild worn, wore happy smiles and seemed
to Itnve a pood word for the fair." j
". V. MKJAN of Hutchinson, lieu ten-
our jrov rimr "I spent a mighty pleasant
iIji.v jst the fair. It was surely a great
.-row-1 and a niiijhty pood show."
I, M. 1'KNWKIjIj. president fair assoeia- j
tn.ii- -No tjueatlou nhout it being the Mk-jrcs-
f;i!r Kiniuas i-rer saw. The only thing
tli: r hnthi'rs me is that we used every
jivii;l-'h:e foot of ppaee tiiis year. Tlie at
ten l-i-i-e and tlw iiniitb-r of exhibits are
(nviiijr :n-!i year. With t!e natural in
i.ivmsi' net yei;r I don't know what we
j;re irninp to do with them. It is jrolng
to be 7iei-rssary soon to have more ground
for tho Kitiisas free Fair."
rniTj KASTMAN. secretary fair assoeia-tlon-
"I can't see. buy place where tbe fair
f-' down. It rertainly was the biggest
v.- hi'v evpr tieb), from evory stjuul point.
Tli" fhihits witc sr renter in nimil r. bijr
?. ;iore varied.Hvervone has eompllmMuted
its o'i die rates alriio 1 ne'er saw them,
Tl.e amusement features apparently satis
fit., and heat of itll. the fair was a sne
( sh finnm-billy. Tlie books are not all
ni:'ie an' the net showing will prob
nb!v bo nothing big but it is a big relief
to "know expenses have been made and
in
A I.liKTf T l'ATTKN. suiierintenilent of
irarsportation "Th Topeka Street, llatl
wnv '-oiupany ha tiled more people to the
fair rrotnids this week than ver before ill
the Mstorv of tlie fair. It took H'-o ran
mi hour Kridav to handle tlie crowd sixty
trains around the loop every W minutes."
MAYOR J. K. HOUSE "The Free
Khk;:s fair was a credit to the men
who plntined and managed it. Topeka
or Kansas has never had a fair so
wH raanasl; so well carried out with
bo good results."
The big 1917 Kansas Free Fair is
over. Tt was an unqualified success.
Everyone admits that the exhibitors,
the managers and the thousands who
attended. It was the biggest fair
from every standpoint that Topeka
and Kansas have ever seen.
The fact that the "fair is over" does
not mean that today will not be a big
day. The fair, from the old fash
ioned standpoint is over, but the auto
mobile and airplane races this after
noon make today one of the most in
teresting of the week and insure a
big crowd.
Based upon paid grandstand ad
missions the total attendance at the
Free Fair during the week is esti
mated by fair managers at more than
225,000. That would mean in excess
of 4 5.000 on the grounds each day.
Monday the attendance was light be
cause of the threatening weather, al
tho it was greater than on any pre
vious Monday. Tuesday the attend
ance was above normal. Wednesday
it fell again because of rain, but
Thursday and Friday were record
days. It was estimated roughly that
70,000 people were on the grounds
Thursday and almost as many Friday.
"I don't believe anyone will dispute
me when I say the 1917 fair has been
the greatest in the history of the
Kansas Free fair." sid Phil Eastman,
secretary. "The crowds certainly
were greater than ever before. We
didn't have to wait for the fair to j
op, n to know that the exhibits w ere I
greater in number and more varied in i
character. Our entry book showed
that days in advance.
i row tli In iK'iiartmonts.
"The big growth was in the ma
chinery department, the agricultural
department and the poultry depart
ment. We had twice as many exhibits
in the machinery field as ever before.
The cattle department was no larger
than on one previous occasion, but it
was a top-notch exhibit. The only
place where exhibits were light was in
the cattle department and war condi
tions are responsible for that. Other
fairs have experienced the same diffi
culty in getting horse exhibits. Cer
tainly no one could find fault with the
swine exhibit. It broke all records!
for the Kansas Free fair and was the
gre. test collection of swine ever
brought together in Kansas as an
exhibit."
The week's races were exceptionally
good. There was mighty little kick
ing by horsemen and every one got his
money. Secretary Eastman was so
. usy that he didn't see a race. Late
Fridny afternoon O. M. Keats, super
intendent of .peed, walked up to
Eastman's window.
"Well, the races are over," he re
irked. "Over." exclaimed Eastman. 'J in-
Continued ou fagoT Two "
MAN AT THE HELM
Phil Eastman, most efficient secretary
of the Kansas Free State Fair.
GET STATE MONEY
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JL " v nuu u nan jiiniuu wviioia
Allotted to Banks.
yixe Topeka Institutions Made
State Depositories.
More than two and a half million
dollars was allotted to Kansas banks
as state depositories today by the state
board of treasury examiners. Three
Topeka banka received $100,000 each.
Minimum bids of 34 per cent were
accepted, under the rule of the board.
The interest rate to the state is the
highest ever received and is an ad
vance of one-eighth of one per cent
over two years ago, when the mini
mum was placed at 3 per cent.
. All banks in Kansas "which bid 34
per cent or more for state funds re
ceived the full amount sought. Banks
outside Topeka which bid from 3
to 3 Ms per cent, received one-half of
their bids. Funds awarded to banks
are limited, under the law, to one-half
of the capital stock of the bank.
Five Local Banks fiet Funds.
Because of the heavy local business.
Topeka banks received the full
amount of their bids, the board
awarding deposits in the amount of
$350,000 to local banking institutions.
Five Topeka banks were made state
depositories. Three banks, the Kansas
Reserve State, Bank of Topeka and
Central National, each received an
award of $100,000 in deposits for the
next two years. The German-Amen
can and Topeka State were eacl
awarded $25,000.
Local banks originally offered 2 per
cent bids. Following a conference
with the state board, however, the
bids were today advanced to 34 per
cent. On the basis of the bids as suo
mitted, the five bank received the
full amount of their bids.
Get Money for Two Years.
A total of $2,643,750 was awarded
the banks as maximum depositories
Ttsmks which bid 3 y er cent or more
will receive an auuroval of state de
posits assregating Jl, 272. 250. Topeka
banks will receive $350,000 under their
3 U per cent bid the highest sum
ever paid by local banks for state
funds. Banks outside the city of To
peka which placed bids ranging from
3 to 3H per cent, will receive a
total of $1,021,500, or 50 per cent of
the total bid.
The depositories are named for a
period of two years. Under the ac
tion of tlie board, the interest rate
received for state funds is higher than
paid in any former year by either To
peka banks or banks in other sections
of the state. Both state and national
banks will participate in the distribu
tion of state funds. Depositories are
designated by the board until Sep
tember, 1919.
enoIjghofluxburg
Let lliin "Spurls Vcrscnkt" (Sink
Without Trace) Says fierman Papr.
Berlin, via London, Sept. 1.5. The
Berlin Vossiche Zeitung today suggest
ed the "spurlos versenkt" treatment
for Count L.uxburg, German minister
at Buenos Aires. j
"His intentions were of the best." '
the editorial declared, "but he was too
temperamental. He should be recall
ed. L.et him "spurlos versenkt.'
"Spurlos versenkt" means literally
"sunk without a trace." It was Lux
burg's own terminology of how Ger
many should deal with certain Ar
gentine ships, revealed by the Ameri
can state department.
THEIR "4 OF JULY"
Two Thousand Mexicans Are Celebrat
ing in Topeka Today.
Two thousand Topeka Mexicans are
celebrating their -'Fourth of July" in
Topeka today. Mexico declared its in
dependence from Spain September 16,
IS10.
The Mexicans in Topeka decided not
to interfere with a proper observance I
of Sunday, especially when a dance
planned for "Independence Day"
couldn't be held on Sunday in Topeka.
The Mexicans are enjoying speech
making at Metropolitan hall, 404 Kan
sas avenue, this afternoon. This even
ing they will have a big dance in the
Fred Horey Races Floyd Wil
lard and Masked Marvel.
MISS ST1NS0N A BIG FEATUR'
She FUrts With Death Flying
at Fast Speed.
Aeroplane Races Auto in Last
Event. This Afternoon.
TODAY'S PROGRAM.
Automobile day, Aviation day.
Band concerts, afternoon and evening.
Carnival on Snuf lower trail.
Racing program at 2:30 p. m.
First Heat 6 Laps.
Special match race. Purse $1,000, di
vided as follows : First, $.100; second,
$ao0: third. $200. Points to be scored as
follows: First, three points; second, two
points; third, 1 point. Winner to be de
termined by number of total points scored
in three heats.
Oar Driver.
Fiat Fred Horev
Ford Floyd Willard
Darracq Masked Marvel
Second Heat -10 laps.
Fred Horey, world's track champion,
win aerend nis title against loyu wu
lard and the Masked Marvel. Same con
ditions a first beat.
rmrci neat su Laps.
Final heat. Points scored in other heats
and this heat determine the winner.
Katherine Stinson will flv between first
and second heat, with her Curtiss war
biplane.
Miss Stinson, in her second flight will
close with a match race with Fred Horey
in his Fiat, for the Aeroplane-Automobile
cLampiouship of America.
Today is the climax, the apex, the
vertex, the zenith of the greatest week
the Kansas Free Fair has ever known.
With soul-racking automobile races
and hair-raising airplane flights inter
larded with sketches of band music
and followed by a carnival on the
Sunflower Trail, the program for this
afternoon and tonight ought to be the
best of the week.
The program began at 2:30 o'clock
in front- of the grandstand with the
first heat of the automobile race.
Three cars are contesting for the dirt
track championship of the United
States Horey, holder of the title, Wil
lard and the "Masked Marvel." The :
first heat ends at the finish of six
laps, but that is only the beginning
of the race.
Two more heats will be raced, one
of ten laps and one of twenty laps.
Between the first and second heats
of the automobile races Katherine
Stinson, the brave little girl aviator,
will give her first flight. She will
fly twice during the afternoon and
will end her second flight with a race
around the track, against Fred Hor
ey, now holder of the title as cham
pion dirt track automobile driver.
Entries in Auto Race.
The three entries in the automobile
race are Fred Horey with his Fiat
car, Floyd Willard with his "fastest
Ford on earth," and the "Masked
Marvel," driving whatever car he
chooses. They are expected to deliver
mnrA Kneed in the two hours or more
they will be on the track than Kansas
Free Fair visitors nave ever seen ue
fore. Miss Stinson is known thruout the
United States and in China and Japan
as the greatest woman aviator. She
takes off her hat to no mere man who
thinks he can drive an airplane. Any
thing a man has done with an airplane
she does.
She is only 20 years of age, but she's
j been up in the air more than any
other living woman. She drives a
' Diane like other women drive automo
biles, except Detier. -ssne persuaaes
her big biplane to turn over and fly
on its back. She heads it towards the
ground and lets it drop for a thousand
feet, or until the heads in the audi
ence begin to turn away, then rights
it and soars away with a smile and a
wave of the hand.
Miss Stinson reached Topeka from
Kansas City just before noon and went
directly to the fair grounds to superin
tend the necessary work on her big
Curtiss biplane. The biplane arrived
Friday night. She will leave Topeka
immediately after her flights this
afternoon.
Kennedy Shows Tonight,
Besides the races and the flying the
Kennedy shows will continue to fur
nish amusement at the grounds for
young and old. They have been doing
la capacity business since 10 o'clock
today. Saturday, ordinarily a dull day
at the fair, has pulled the crowd this
year- a bigger crowd than ever before
passed through the gates on the last
day of the week.
Tonight there will be the midway
shows and the big carnival on the
Sunflower trail. That will finish the
day, the week and the 1917 Kansas
Free Fair.
FALL WEATHER HERE
Bell Kings Down Curtain on Summer
Headgear Today.
Hourly temperature readings for
the day reported by the local office
I of the United States weather bureau ;
- 7 o'clock 65 1 11 o'clock 7S
8 o'clock. . . . .67
9 o'clock 72
12 o'clock 8 3
1 o'clock. ... .83 '
10 o'clock 77
2 o'clock 84
The temperature for the day aver
aged 5 degrees above normal. The
wind had shifted to the northeast at
2 o'clock this afternoon and promised
to bring the predicted cool weathel.
"Swat the Straw" is the motto of
every kid in Topeka from now on. It
is September 1 5, pay day, and ac
cording to the ukase, issued by some
unseen power today is the day for die
carding the summer headgear.
Summer is over, according to an
! edict issued from the local weather
bureau office this morning. Xo more
hot weather is on the program until
next year. Tonight the mercury will
drop to 60 degrees, rising tomor
row to the 80 mark and
that will
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Brigadier General C. I. Martin of Topekj, commanding the Kansas Troops
at Fort Sill, photographed on his famous horse "Kansas" presented to him
before he left Topeka several weeks ago.
Famons Avlatrix, Heroine ol
FROST KIKES PRICE
Scare About Crop Loss Boosts
Corn Market.
Oats Also Up a Little Farmers
Hold Them in Bins.
Chicago, Sept. 1 5. Weekly corn,
oats and provisions. Frost scares have
largely dominated the corn trade dur
ing the last week. As a result prices
this morning showed gains of 814 to
5 cents compared with a week ago.
Oats were up 1 to 2 hi cents. Pro
visions finished at a range all the way
from 95 cents down to a rise of 65
cents.
Buyin
of corn broadened out at
wondftpfiil fashion when
times
rianeer aDneared imminent that crop wrote any communication recom-.
maturity had Tbeen Too long Cronholm for a decoration
escape killing frost. Active demand for his services to Germany I
from the seaboard did much to givel Von Eckhaidt further declared that!
reeth tothe oata T market ! did not know Cronholm personally, ,
sir.?; J" " L".. - ionlv havine met him at diplomatic i
Xitsiues iiia.iy Miuiria wine .am l
be holding back on sales of oats until
I they are assured of the safety of corn.
There was also fear of wet weather
delay to threshing.
Arrivals of wheat, altho finally
showing some enlargement, proved
altogether too meager to satisfy an
urgent demand from mills.
Provisions averaged . higher with
corn. Profit taking on the part of
holders, however, counted in some
cases as much more than an offset.
RUSS SCORE ADVANCE
Defeat Germans on Riga Krotit and
Occupy Three Towns.'
Petrograd, Sept. 15. Russian forces
yesterday defeated the German troops
on the road to Pskoff on the Riga
front and occupied the small town of
Kronberg. the Russian was ofiice an
nounced today. The Russians also oc
cupied the towns of Keitzen and Sis-
! serai, which had been held by the
J Germans.
-Photo by Willard.
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Air in many nations. Is Her.
ECKHARDT DENIES I
German Minister Claims He
Didn't Use Swede as Spy.
Baron Says It's Just Intrigue to
Discredit Germany.
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von Kckhardt
the German minister
to Mexico, last night made
ment denying everything in i connection
witn tne aisciosures irom asnington
that be had been employing a former
Swedish charge d'affaires to convey
information to the Berlin foreign
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Von Eckhardt declared that he had
j never sent -any communication thru
t Folke Cronholm and that he never
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recepiiuns ui luxu cuts unices ui iurr
introducers of ambassadors or some
such formal means.
Baron Kckhardt makes a formal t
denial of everything in connection'
with the Washington disclosures and
in reply to an assertion that Wash
i ington had full proof of his com
plicity, declared that this was merely
an American intrigue for the purpose
of casting discredit on the representa
tives of Germany. :
HAS GOODS ON VOX ECKHARDT.
Despite Denial, V. S. Gov't Mas Letter
;- Which Speaks for Itself. ,
Washinirtnn. Sent. 15. German XI 1 11 1 '
ister von Eckhardt's denial that he
used the Swedish, charge d'affaires in
Mexico City for transmitting messages
to Germany or that he had written a ' cnarge ui .ur retonsigimeni
letter recommending an award for was Justified when advance notice of
those services, arouses no anxiety at 'rnEnffe of destination is not siven he
the state department where officials for the original destination Is
consider that their investigation de- reached. This ruling and a series of
terrnined the authenticity of the dis-sixteen other requirements tentatively
closures and that von Eckhardt's let- j promulgated affect all the steam rail
ter speaks for itself. I roads of the country.
"Luxury Industries" Get luel
After Houses Are Supplied.
Emergency Bureau to Handle I
Acute Shortage Cases. j
NO HOME SHALL FREEZE
But Situation Is Worst Ever
Faced by United States.
Fuel Dictator Will Revise Fig
ures, Raising Some.
Washington, Sept. 15. Prompt ac
tion was taken by the fuel adminis
tration today to relieve serious coal
shortages and stimulate production.
So-called "luxury industries" will be
forced to wait for fuel until house
holds and. necessary industries are
amply supplied.
Coal export to Canada has been put
under license restriction. Tentative
increases over the president's prices
will be granted next week to certain
bituminous mines with high costs.
An emergency bureau in Adminis
trator Garfield's organization is ar
ranging immediate relief for acute
cases.
Garfield Optimistic.
Serious tho the situation is, Garfield
is certain the country will pull thru'
the winter without any shutdown of
munition plants or public utilities.
Some "luxury industries" may be
forced to close temporarily. He also
announces his determination that no
home shall freeze.
Investigation has revealed that
some bituminous miners were unfairly
scheduled in President Wilson's price
fixing. These will be given tentative
increases as soon as the president has
approved new schedules drawn by the
fuel administration and the federal
trade commission. These increases
are designed to show the government
means to be fair to the operators, re
lieve uneasiness in the industry and
stimulate production.
An eight per cent decrease of pro
duction for the week ended September
8 accentuated the shortage somewhat,
but the falling off is believed due to
the Labor day holiday. Production to
June 30, this year, was the largest in
the nation's history.
Finds Enormous Shortage.
It developed today that the fuel ad
ministration has discovered enormous
shortage of coal n many industries
and mines. This caused a stampede
among other industries having no re
serve supply. To care for acute cases
Garfield's emergency bureau has been
formed to 'work with Judge Lovell's
priority doara and the car service
committee of the American Railway
association.
The fuel administration's action
coupled with decreased car storage
and promised improvement in the
mine labor situation stood out today
as encouraging factors in what is re
garded as the worst coal situation in
the history of the country.
Can't Hike Price Xow.
Washington. Sept. 15. If your coal
dealer has boosted the price of coal
this month, don't buy it of him.
If you have already bought you
may get your money back.
This was the advice- of men who
talked today to Henry A.. Garfield, the
coal administrator. He is rapidly
formulating an announcement in this
respect within a few days.
Mr. Garfield will reach the retail
coal dealer thru local fuel adminis
trations, co-ordinated with the central
administration at Washington. Many
of these local administrations already
have been named and others are now
being formed. Rapid work will be
required of all as soon as the organ
ization is perfected
DRIVE OFF YEGGMEN
Civilians Keep Tp 4-Hour Battle
Bandits Finally Flee.
Junction City, Kan., Sept. 15. After
an exchange of rifle, revolver and
I shotgun fire for approximately four
ulsi 'asi nignt, with citizens of the
.own, mree roDDers who w.
temntimr to Mow
n-r-u .. .,,. 7 . " ""
j . cauapea wicnout any
' i spoils and iinin1urrl tv...o
was
: about $30000 ln the ' accordinK
i to the cashier of th . k
j Xhe alarm was given by a night tei
; ephone operator who was working in
' a building opposite the bank after
. the robbers had tired one shot of an
explosive MT,i"'. " Vv. . OI "
. e1,ienU of. the town as"
KHIl ll fll Y. II n Q r rv- t nnri l
sembled with arms and the shooting
Degan. l"wo of the robbers held off
, ' m i"e
ird ftred seven more .hot. in the
The discovert' f rh ,
. ihe discoery of the Intended rob-
bery wa3 made at midnight and at 4
o'clock the robbers slipped thru the
hnrk rlnnr nf th K.ni, k.,.i
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; ran to the Union Pacific tracks, where
iney iouna a gasoline section car. A
posse gave chase but the men escaped.
Soldiers Chased Robbers.
j Camp Funston, Kan.. Sept. 15. Cit-
I lzen soldiers, in training here, got
j their first taste of warfare last ni'ht.
I When robbers attempted to enter a
bank at Milford, Kan., - in Geary
county, near the big military camp,
citizens fought them off until the sol
. diers arived. The robbers escaped.
after a running battle in which scores
j of shots were fired.
K-on-siernment Car Charge O. K.
"Washington. Sept. 15. In a tenta-
tive report made today the interstate
commerce commission ruled that a
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Faces "Death for Treason" j
Penalty He Installed. j
CHEERS TURNED HIS HEAD
Reception at Moscow Instilled
in Brain Dream of Power.
He Misjudged Men; Soldiers
Refused to Fight Brothers.
Petrograd, Sept. 15. General Korni
loff, leader of the recent rebellion
against the provisional government,
and General Lokomsky, the com
mander of the northern front, who re
fused to take command of the Rus
sian armies after Korniloff was de
posed, have been arrested.
. News of the arrest of General
Korniloff was first conveyed in a tele
gram received by Premier Kerensky
from General Alexieff, the chief of
staff. So far only the following de
tails have been received:
At 10 o'clock last night. General
Korniloff and Generals Lokomsky and
Romanovsky and Colonel Pleustchev-sky-PIiuskhen
were arrested.
BY WILLIAM a. SHEPHERD.
Petrograd, Sept. 16. Korniloff mis
judged Russia; therefore, it seems he
must die.
Word from the "rebel front" late
Friday night, said Korniloff had still
not surrendered. He was in his head
quarters. His rebel troops are melt
ing away rapidly.
His fate has not yet been official
ly decided today. But Petrograd
sees only two courses open to him
suicide or surrender. 'The one means
death just as certainly as the other.
in the view or the populace. Korni
loff himself decreed punishment for
revolters in the army. It was the
main issue which he projected into
the Moscow convention. He put it
into effect at once. Probably a num
ber of Russian private soldiers have
already paid the penalty for infrac
tions of discipline.
It was at the Moscow conference
that Korniloff planned his coup I
'Continued on t'afe Two)
U. S. STANDS PAT
Peace Bait in German Reply to
Pope Not .Alluring.
Kaiserism Must Go Germany
Choked by Embargo.
Washington, Sept. 15. The central
powers' reported reply to the Vatican
peace proposal aroused only curiosity
here today.
Inasmuch as vague forecasts of It
gave no hope of fulfillment of Presi
dent Wilson's demand for elimination
of kaiserism, authorities here showed
little interest.
The single possibility it offers is
that it will create new peace discus
sion interfering with America's war
work and perhaps inspire thpope
to further proffers. That the tnited
States will stand pat on its declara
tions to the pope is certain; and the
allies will be with her.
The United States government is
positive that the tide can be turned
against Germany by both military and
economic blows and hence is not in
terested in any half-way peace offers
of Germany. Kaiserism must g
that is the sum and substance of
American demands.
Meantime, Germany is being choked
by the embargo.
Germany and Sweden at Outs-
This will become even more aggra
vated by the Swedish-German-Mexican
exposures. One of their purposes
is to break up the alliance between
! Germany and Sweden. Between the
embargo and the likelihood of a gov
ernmental house-cleaning in Sweden,
there is little chance that Germany
will get further supplies from her
friend, the Swedish government. And,
with Argentina and other Latin
American countries now fully aware
of German methods and aims on this
continent, it is inconceivable that anv
gold or credits will be obtainable for i
I Germany in the south
Diplomatic quarters buzzed with '
Dutcn Minister Van Rap-
pard s r?ca11- Some quarters thought
fn"e m,S.ht be some connecting link
! .'VTA L,", ',""ra'
! tho official explanation was lacking
1 Van Rappard. himsf If. offered no infl
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part to induce tne Lmted States to
relax iu embargo further,
h? Russian situation appeared
still to have much dynamite about
j it, tho Russian officials here insisted
! that Kerenskv has so demf,nT,trf
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i ' "b"-" -. oe aoie io
1 rio"e. tne next storm the threatened
caoinei upneavai.
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I-HPFR PfiQ KFPCMOlV
w I1L.III.I1 VJI
Samuel Gompcrs Cables Him Sympa
thy of American I.alnjr.
Washington, Sept. 15. Hamuel
Gompers, president of the American
Alliance for Labor and Democracy,
has cabled Premier Kerensky at fet-
rograa pledges of American labor's
suppurt- He said:
The American Alliance for t.abor
and Democracy, representing every
loyal thought of American labor and
American socialism, pledges and dedi
cates the American working class to
the support and service of the Rus!an
democracy. It calls upon the work
ing people und the socialists of Amer
ica and also upon the government of
the United Ptates to strain every ef'
fort and resource in their command
to the aid of the Russian democracy."
S. O. S. Flashes Predicament to
British Steamship.
WARN LINERS TO WATCH OUT
Name of Ship in Distress Not
Clearly Signalled.
British Report Says U-Boat in
West Atlantic Waters.
An Atlantic Port, Sept. 15. A Brit
ish steamship that arrived here today
reported that early yesterday morn
ing a wireless S. O. S. call was heard.
stating that the ship from which th
message came was being shelled by
a German submarine, the location be
ing sixty-five miles east of Nantucket
lightship.
The name of the ship attacked did
not come clear, only the word "Ab
bey," presumably the last half of the
name being caught.
Additional information that subma
rine was in the western Atlantic was
brought by another British liner which
arrived here today from an English
port. Officers of the liner said they
had been instructed to watch out for
U-boats when nearing the American
coast.
There are a. number of vessels, both
sail and steam, of which the word
"Abbey" is a part of their names, now
engaged in Atlantic trade.
In Former V-Boat Hannts.
The place where the ship reported
shewas being attacked sixty-five miles
east of Nantucket is in the vicinity in
which the German submarine U-53
sunk six steamers on its visit to
American waters in October, 1916.
The U-53, under command of Lieut.
Commander Hans Rose, appeared In
Newport harbor October 7, and after
a three hour stay put to sea.
The next report of her activities was
when the American steamer Kansas,
since sunk, was stopped off Nantucket
but permitted to proceed upon estab
lishing her identity. Then soon after
came word of the sinking of the
British steamers Strathdene. West
Point. Kingston, and Stephano, the lat
ter a coastwise passenger vessel; the
Dutch si earner Bloomersdijk and the
Norwegian steamer Christian Knuii
zere. i ' Passengers -from the Stephano
and crews from the other ships were
rescued by American destroyers.
May Be More Than One.
Unconfirmed reports reaching an
other port may indicate still another
ship was attacked by a German sub
marine somewhere off the New Kng
land coast.
A steamer (name withheld) report
ed she intercepted a wireless message
from a ship off the coast which said
a German U-boat had been sighted.
She was about to give her position
when the calls suddenly ceased. Re
peated efforts to locate her brought
no reply.
Many Reports Hut Xo V-Boats.
There have been numerous previous
reports of visits of German subma
rines to this side of the Atlantic since
the trip of the U-6S to Newport a year
ago. All these reports, however, have
turned out to be erroneous.
Captain Ready to Report,
The British steamer which brought
the report, anchored in this port at
noon today. The captain immediately
made ready to go ashore and report
at the offices of the owners' agents.
It was understood, however, that
under instructions from the navy de
partment ln Washington, he would be
unable to tell his story until a complete
detailed report had been made to Sec
retary Daniels.
A'avy Orders Fact
Washington, Sept. 15. The navy
department, hearing of the reported
submarine attack off Nantucket, talk
ed with the commandant of the New
York naval district and instructed him
to board the British ship bringing the
news and get full particulars of the
British captain's story.
The only information the depart
ment had was that the skipper had
told of intercepting the message when
he arrived in port. The department
planned also to get in touch with the
Boston naval district.
TO DIVIDE MEET!
) Committee Would Split Teachers' Con
vention in Quarters.
The committee for the State Teach
ers association to Investigate the mat
ter of splitting the annual state con
vention, recommended in their report
to the directors today that the con
vention be divided into four dixtricts.
The committee also asked that th
membership fee in the association b
raised to 2.
Late this afternoon the directors had
not voted on the report but were still
discussing it.
The report of the committee is th
! result of what is Claimed to be a con
dition that has arisen because the
convention as a whole is too large to
be held in any one city.
The report of the committee is not
effective until adopted by the board
of directors and then adopted by the
teachers in the form of amendments
to the state association's constitution.
The vote of the teachers, providing
the report is adopted by the directors.
I will be called at the convention in To-
peka this fall.
The proposed new arrangement
does not alfect this fall's convention.
pass 11 Billion Bill.
Washington. Sfept. 15. The war
j credit bill authorizing iwc bonds and
certificates agfrreeating $1 1.53$, 000,
000, and the Isnsen measure of Its
kind in the world's history, was passed
by the senate late today without a roll
i call or dissenting vote,
passed the house.
It had already