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MONDAY EVElttNG.

TOPEKA, KANSAS- AUUUiST 23,1915.'

MONDAY EVENING.

THIS EDITION 2 CENTS

RUSSIA'S NAVAL

TRIUMPH THRILLS

ENTENTE ALLIES

Capitals Jubilant Over Unex

pected Gulf Victory.

Petrograd Claims Complete De

feat of German Fleet.

TURN OF THE TIDE FOR SLAVS

Stroke Expected to Allay De

pression of Muscovy.

Teutonic Campaign in Daltic

Reg-ion in Balance.

Merlin, Aug. 23 (via London.)

German troop have oivupiPd

the fortress of Ossowetz. which

was evacuated by the Russians,

Grrman army headquarters an

nounced today.

London. Auk. 23. The capitals of

the entente allies are jubilant today

over the unexpected naval victory

which the Russians, according to

their announcements, have won in

the Gulf of Uiga. England had more

than a sympathetic interest in the

battle, as a British submarine ac

counted for the German battle crui

ser Moltke. the loss of. which, added

to the destruction of two cruisers,

eight torpedo boats and four trans

ports, constitutes the greatest naval

disaster suffered by Germany during

the war.

Hiiidenhiirg Is Checkmated.

For the last week both Pelrograd

and Berlin have been sending meager

reports of naval operations in the

Gulf of Riga, which were interpreted

to mean that Germany was attempt

ing to land forces for the purpose of

supporting the left Hank of Field

Marshal Von Hindenburg in his ef

forts to overrun the whole of Cour

land and thereby establish his armies

along the coast route to the Russian

capital.

The official Russian report, claim

ing a decisive victory for the allies,

together with the expulsion of the

surviving units of the German naval

forces from the Gulf of Riga, con

tains few details in addition to an

enumeration of German losses. It is

assumed that inasmuch as Petrograd

announced several days ago that her i

large warships had retired from the ply, shot for shot, until she sank, hav

gulf, the "mosquito, flotilla," assisted j ing previously sunk enemy torpedo

liv submarines and land defenses, , boats.

irreio,-wnexper-.' -KtPijct'OTi on a .

part of the German fleet and the

transports. ' -

Russians Are Cheered.

The moral effect of this action on

the Russian people, it is expected in

London will allay the depression in

cident to the continued Russian re

treat, which has been arrested no

where except in the northern sector

frnm Riera. to KovnO.

British military critics regard tne i

Baltic advance of the Germans as of '

supreme importance, if the invaders t

really contemplate marching on

Petrograd. On that account the Rus-

Elan naval victory may be of large

effect on the German plans.

Italy's declaration of war on Tur-;

kev has not vet led. so far as is

known here, to definite results, but

it is expected to have a great effect

on Rumania, which long has been

connected closely with Italy.

Given Way to Italy.

Milan, Aug. 23. (Via Paris) One

of the main difficulties in the way

of a solution of the Balkan problem

favorabl-; to the entente allies has been

settled, according to an interview with

Premier Pachitich, of Serbia, pub

lished in the Corriere Delia Serra. The

premier is quoted as saying that Ser

bia has given way to Italy regarding

Albania.

RAIN WAS GENERAL

l-'air and Cooler Is the Promise for

Tomorrow.

Moderately heavy rains have been

general in Kansas in the last twenty-

four hours

,urs. Fort Scott got 122 inches

in was still falling this morn-,

a,.u r... -

1.12 inches. Topeka got .45 of an

inch between Z:27 and 7:25 Sunday

evening.

The sky was clearing in the north

west portion of the state at 7 o'clock

this morning; rain was falling in the

V, . at tbo snme time

The forecast calls for fair weather j

tonight in the western portion of

Kansas with unsettled and cooler in

the east. Tuesday Is expected to be

partly cloudy.

The sun broke through the clouds

late this morning and the weather

this afternoon was of a pleasant

brand. The wind was eleven miles

rr-i.n

an hour from the northwest

temperature averaged three degrees ;

below normal today.

The stage of the Kaw river at To

peka today was 11.1 feet as com

pared with 13.5 feet Saturday.

The hourly readings:

7 o'clock 6S;11 o'clock . .;..74

- 8 o'clock 69112 o'clock 75

9 o'clock 71 1 o'clock 79

10 o'clock 72 2 o'clock 80

I 3 o'clock 80

ALLIES FAIL IN EFFORT

TO FORGE BULGARIA IN

Berlin, Aug. 23. Official circles

here today claimed receipt of posi

tive information from both Sofia

and Constantinople that Bulgaria

and Turkey had signed an agree

ment assuring Bulgaria's neutral

ity. Official statement given out in

both Sofia and Constantinople, it

was stated, proved the definite fail

ure of the allies' intention to bring

Bulgaria Into the war.

Turkey has given Bulgaria di

rect railroad connection to the sea

desired by the Sofia government.

GERMANS LOSE 11 SHIPS

IN GULF OF RIGA BATTLE;

DREADNOUGHT SENT DOWN

London, Aug. 23. An ollicial

Ilussian communication descrip

tive of the naval battle in the Gulf

of Riga was forwarded from Petro

grad today by the correspondent of

the Central News. It gives the

German losses as one dreadnought,

two cruisers and eight torpedo

boats. The statement follows:

"In the Gulf of Riga between

August 16 and August 19 the Rus

sian fleet sank or damaged no

fewer than two German cruisers

and eight torpedo boats. At the

same time a British submarine

sank one of the best German

dren d noughts.

"The Russian gunboat Sivutch

was sunk in a fight in the course

of which she sank a German tor

Iedo boat while she was herself in

flames and sinking."

The foregoing statement tallies

with previous advices, except that

the German losses were given as

three cruisers and seven torpedo

boats.

BIG GULFBATTLE

Russ Gunboat "Perishes Glor

iously" in Unequal Fight.

Petrograd Says Germans in De

feat Turned Tail.

Petrograd. Aug. 23. (Via London)

The recent naval battle in the Gulf

of Riga is described as follows in a

statement from navy headquarters:

"The German fleet, on August 16,

renewed with large forces its attacks

on our positions at the entrance of

the Gulf of Riga. Our ships during

the 16th and 17th repulsed the at

tacks of the enemy, whose secret prep

arations for entering the gulf had been

favored singularly by misty weather.

"Taking advantage of a thick fog,

hostile forces of considerable size en

tered the gulf on the 18th and our

vessels retired at the same time, con

tinuing to resist the enemy without

losing touch with him.

"On the 19th and 20th, the enemy

reconnoitered in different directions,

at the same time keeping up a fight

with our ships, in which their torpedo

boat flotilla suffered material losses.

On our side, we lost the gunboat

Sivutch, which perished gloriously in

an unequal fight with an enemy cruis

er which was escorting torpedo craft

and came up to a distance of four

hundred yards from here. The Sivutch

enveloped in flames, continued to re

in view f thf losses suffered and

the futility of his efforts, the enemy

appears to have evacuated the Gulf

I of Riga on the 21st.

"Between the 16th and the 21st, two

enemy cruisers and no fewer than

eight torpedo boats were either sunk

or placed hors de combat. Simultane

ously our gallant allies succeeded in

torpedoing in the Baltic one of the

I most powerful dreadnoughts of the

"jernwn neei.

The foregoing contains no reference

to the loss of the Russian gunbeat

Koreets, which was said in an official

German statement of Sunday to have

been sunk as well as the Sivutch.

Victory Kases Russ Tension

London, Aug. 23. Reuters's corre

spondent at Petrograd telegraphs that

the Russian naval success has come as

a great relief to the capital after the

strain of the last week. The puiblic

celebration lasted until last night.

After gathering in front of the govern

ment buildings, the crowd marched to

the British embassy.

SLAVS LOSE ONLY ONE SHIP.

Hero of Port Arthur In Charge of III

.Fated Vessel.

Petrograd, Aug. 23 (Via London)

The little Russian gunboat Sivutch

with a crew of 148 men, is said by the i

Petrograd newspapers to be the only

Russian warship lost in the battle in

the Gulf of Riga. Commander Tcher

kassov, who distinguished himself at

Port Arthur, was in charge of the

Sivutch. The number of survivors has

not been announced.

Although the president of the duma

announced that the German battle

cruiser Moltke has been sunk by a

German submarine, there still appears

JJottke or a vessel of that" type which

was gent tQ tne bottom.

to be some doubt whether it was(the

was sent

The only other German warship of

the type of the Moltke, according to

1915 naval records, is the battle cruis

er Goeben. sold to Turkey in 1914,

and renamed the Sultan Selim.

NEW BATTLE ON BORDER

Sheriffs Posse Engaged With Men

Believed Carranza Deserters.

Brownsville, Texas, Aug. 23. A

.sheriff's Dosse and some Mexican

bandits were today reported to have

had a fiirht in Hidalgo county, west

of here. It was said several Mexi

cans were killed, but this report

lacked confirmation.

The Mexicans were believed to be

the band of Carranza. deserters who,

according to reports from Carranza

military authorities in Matamoras,

last week, crossed into Hidalgo

county.

WILSON STAYS AT DESK

President Gives l"p for Present His

Plans to Return to Cornish.

Washington, Aug. 23. President

Wilson has given up for the present

his plans to return to his summer

home at Cornish. N. H.. and will re

main in Washington. He had hoped

to go to Cornish late this week.

The president does not expect to

hold the usual cabinet meeting to

morrow. All save three of the cabinet

members are out of the city. A meet

ing will be held as soon as conclusive

evidence about the sinking of the

Arabic is received.

FLOOD

OVER DIKE INTO

NEWPORT, ARK.

Hundreds of Volunteers Work

to Save Levee.

Negroes Forced at Point of

Gun to Join Them.

VAST AREA IS UNDER WATER

Damage Millions, Many Thou

sands Are Homeless.

St. Louis Slowly Recovers

From Latest Disaster.

Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 23. White

river is coming over the Rock. Island

levee at Newport and the town w'll be

flooded, according to reports here to

day. The $25,000 causeway just com

pleted over Newport lake has broken.

Hundreds of volunteers this morn

ing were working on the levee and ne

groes had been forced at the point of

shotguns to join them. The Stevens

Steel levee at Ingleside, near New

port, has broken.

Reports were received here last

night that a family of five persons

had been drowned in the bottoms near

Oil Trough. In Newport all business

has been suspended. The water and

electric light plants have been put out

of commission by the rising waters.

The damage to crops in White river

bottoms will be enormous, as thou

sands of acres of the most fertile land

in the bottom is flooded.

The steamers Muskogee and Mary

G. Lucas are running day and night

rescuing families from the overflowed

districts, many of the dwellers of the

lowlands being taken from trees.

The present stage of the water is

higher than for fifteen yearsand the

(Continued on Page 2.)

VILLA A GUERRILLA

Northern General in Bush Cam

paign Against Obregon.

Artillery to North of Torreon

as Reserve for Bands.

Kl Paso, Tex.. Aug. 2 3. Arrivals

from northern Mexico today declared

General Villa is mobilizing his forces

at Torreon, preparatory to a guerrilla

warfare against General Obregon, in

the belief that Obregon's forces are su

perior in organization and equipment.

Sixty pieces of artillery have been

placed at Santa Clara and Santo Ro

salio, many miles to the north of Tor

reon. as a reserve for the guerrilla

bands which are reported to be placed

in units of 1,000 men. Villa is said to

have 20,000 men, including the expe

ditionary force arrived recently from

the south.

It is said General Felipe Angeles,

now in southern Sonora, is endeavor

ing to induce southern Yaquis to at

tack Gen. P. E. Calles, Carranza com

mander in that state, with a view to

relieving pressure against Governor

Maytorena at Nogales.

A report of hospitaT service at Chi

huahua shows 7,140 wounded re

ceived between March and July. The

mortality was seventy-eight, 5,179 be

ing discharged and 1.865 remaining.

Vacancies caused by discharges per

mitted reception of 5,000 more

wounded from hospitals at Torreon

and elsewhere, making a total of more

than 12,000 wounded treated since

March 1.

REUF DODGES CAMERAS

Former Political Boss of San Fran

cisco Quits San Quentin.

San Rafae, Cal., Aug. 23. Abra

ham Reuf, under fourteen years' sen

tence for offering a bribe, left San

Quentili penitentiary on parole to

day, departing by a side gate while

photographers and reporters stood

about the main gate in yie rain. The

former political boss of San Francisco

had served four years and five months

and fifteen days of his sentence,

which had been cut by good behavior

to eight years and ten months.

Reuf will spend ninety days on his

ranch near Ukiah, Cal., at his own

request, because a cisy election is

pending in San Francisco in which

he does not care to participate. Later

he will enter the real estate business.

He is said to be worth $450,000 or

more.

M'GLUGGAGE IS DEAD

Was Veteran Physician and Oldest

Kansas Probate Judge.

Wichita. Kan., Aug. 23. Dr. A. R.

McCluggage. a probate judge of But

ler county, died in a hospital here to

day of heart disease. He was 71 years

old. He was chosen last fall on the

Democratic ticket. He had practiced

medicine in Butler county since 1863

and is said to have been the oldest

probate judge in the state.

CRUDE OIL AGAIN SOARS

North. Lima Xear Dollar Mark. Oper

ators See 41.50 Market.

Lima. Ohio. Aug. 2 3. Crude oil

markets for the central states soared

again today with the opening of the

market when the Ohio Oil company

added 5 cents a barrel to North and

South Lima, Wooster, Princeton and

Illinois, while Indiana also got its first

raise.

North Lima is now only 2 cents be

low the coveted dollar mark and. op

erators predict a $1.50 market.

BIG THREE RIDES

OVER LITTLE TWO

IN THECITY HALL

House, Wasson and Tandy Pass

a Budget Ordinance.

Ride Rough Shod Over the

Other Commissioners.

PORTER AND NEWLAND VOTE NO

Their Estimates Were Cut

Deeply in the. Levy.

Tandy Gets Big Share of the

Increase in Taxation.

A budget ordinance fixing the city

tax levy for the year 1916 was adopted

by the city commission today. The

property owners of the city will pay

a tax of eight mills on each dollar of

assessed valuation and 447,534 will

be raised with which to conduct the

city's business during the year. This

is an increase in the city tax levy of

one and one-fourth mills. Of this in

crease 42-100 of a mill was voted by

the people of the city at an election

for the support of a double platoon

fire department. The election author

ized as much as a Half mill levy for

that purpose, but the city commis

sioners figured that the full amount

authorized would not be needed. Ap

proximately $23,000 is the increase

in the expenses of the fire department

due to the Iwo-platoon system.

Frank M. Newland, city commis

sioner of water and lighting, was de

nied his request for money for im

provements at the city light plant. His

budget was cut $13,644 below what he

requested. His budget for 1916. how

ever, is approximately $1,000 larger

than for 1915.

Xo Rest " Room.

W. L. Porter, city commissioner or

parks, was denied a public rest room

calling for an expenditure of approxi

mately $5,000, and an animal house

and comfort station comb.-ned, to

Gage park, for which he asked $10,

000. His budget increase over last

year, however, is approximately $10,

000 of which $9,000 goes as a partial

payment on the purchase of Klein

park, and $1,000 is for improvements

on the sewer pump in North Topeka.

W. G. Tandy, city commissioner of

streets, gets an increase over last year

of approximately $11,000 to be used

for bridges. Of the increase in city

taxes of more thair ,hree-fourths of a

mill not accountedyior by the -two-platoon

fire department levy, one

fourth goes to Tandy for bridges. The

bridge levyis increased from one-quarter,

to one-half mill.

House Cuts Own Budget. '

Mayor House voluntarily reduced

his budget request approximately $6,

000 by deciding not to purchase an

other motor (ruck for the fire depart

ment, and to get along with a motor

patrol for the police department.

Porter Voted No.

As the ordinance was being ap

proved section by section. Porter voted

no on each section and Newland voted

in the negative on most of the sec

tions. When the vote on the final

rContinued on Page Six. I

BRIDGE OVER BAY

Galveston Relief Work Goes

Forward Rapidly.

Cases Requiring Help Are Re

markably Small.

Galveston, Tex., Aug. 23. Relief

work in Galveston, lound necessary as

a result of the Oopieal storm which

struck this city last Monday, is mak

ing satisfactory progress. The num

ber of cases needing help has been

remarkably small so far and all will

be taken care of. Rail lines have been

established to both ends of the cause

way and pile drivers and material

and mer to operate them are ready to

build a trestle across the bay.

The crew of the United States tug

Talfor, which was on the way at

Lynchburg for repairs, saved about

fifteen lives Monday night and Tues

day. The tug is practically undam

aged, said Captain Kllisor today.

The drawbridge across the Inter

coastal canal at Quintana was washed

away. Three other bridges are prac

tically undamaged.

Clean up work in the city is going

steadily forward with very satisfac

tory results.

The city's waterworks system will

likely be in operation by tomorrow at

the latest. In the meantime there is

abundant water for drinking and

cooking purposes. There has been no

illness as a. result of the storm.

Telephone service is being rapidly

restored. Street car and electric light

and power service will be resumed

when ample water is assured. All the

plants are in readiness.

EVENTS IN THE WAR

ONE YEAR AGO TOOAY

The allies' first line driven back

in Belgium and Lorraine. Retreat

of the French southern wing at

Verdun reported cut off by German

crown prince's army, the latter tak

ing many prisoners.

Luneville, Blamont and Cirey

taken by Germans.

Battle has been raging 24 hours

between the Lesse and Meuse riv

ers. Losses on both sides heavy.

Russian forces take Gumbinnen.

Ortelsburg and Johannisburg and

are advancing in large force on

Koenigsburg.

Japanese, English, French and

Russian warships begin blockade

of Tsing-Tao, following Japan's

declaration of war on Germany.

FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF LEO FRANK

visa? 4rfw

' -3 r? -""i " J4 V . - 44 ,

Shackled and handcuffed, Leo Frank's lifeless form is shown hanging

from a tree while the mob looked on. The auto curtain that covered the

lower part of his body is clearly shown, also his night robe which he wore

when taken from prison.

ENEMY

Italians Enthusiastic From

" Alps to Libya.

Berlin Declares Rome Jlerely

Obeys London Mandate.

Rome. Aug. 23 (via Paris).

Several transports laden with

troops and escorted by warships

have departed from Naples, Tar

anto, Syracuse and Brlndisi for

an unknown destination. They

sailed under sealed orders. It is

generally believed that they are

to he employed for operations

against Turkey.

I'dlne, Italy. Aug. 23 (Via

Paris). The fac-t Is disclosed

that joint military avtion by Italy

with Kngland. I'ranre and Rus

sia against Turkey was arranged

today by the Italian General PiiTo

during his visit to the Anglo

rVencli front in .Inly. Plans

studied then, it is said, can im

mediately be put into action.

Rome, Aug. 23 (via Paris).

Italy's declaration of war against

Turkey has been greeted enthusiasti

cally from the Alps to the Ionian sea

and across the Mediterranean to

Libya, from which the governor gen

eral has sent a telegram declaring

that his troops claim the privilege

of being the first of entering into the

new campaign.

Amsterdam, Aug. 23 (via Lon

don). The German newspapers,

copies of which have been received

here, express indignation over Italy s

declaration of war on Turkey, assert

ing that Italy is merely acting on the

orders of Great Britain.

The Tageblatt says that although

Italy has not declared war on Ger

many, she Is ready to act whenever

she is ordered by the allies.

Geneva. Switzerland, Aug. 2Z. (via

Paris) The Bucharest. Rumania, cor

respondent of the Tribune sends the

following:

"News of the Italian declaration of

war against Turkey reached here at

8 o clock last night. There was much

enthusiasm throughout the city. The

king at once called a meeting of the

cabinet and the Italian ambassador

was present.

The king will hold a conference to

day with all the representatives of the

Balkan states. Yesterday he signed

several decrees of a military nature."

Italians Want V. S. Warships.

Rome, Aug. 23 (Via Paris). Ap

preciation is expressed here ip gov

ernment circles and by the people of

the weighty steps undertaken by the

American embassy at Constantinople

in the protection of Italian interests

in Turkey. Unofficial hopes are ex

pressed that the United States will

send additional warships to render ef

fective the representations of Ambas

sador Mongenthau. Many Italians

are employed as laborers in the in

terior of the Turkish empire remote

from the direct influence of American

consuls.

Italians Evacuate Pclagosa.

Vienna. Aug. 23. (Via London)

The-Admiralty announced today that

reconnassances on Saturday estab

lished the fact that the Italians had

evacuated the island of Pelagosa, in

the Adriatic sea, having destroyed all

buildings and fortifications.

Kansan Buys Oklahoma Paper.

Tusla, Okla., Aug. 23. N. D. Welty,

of Wamego, Kan., candidate for con

gress last year, has purchased the

Bartlesville Examiner, according to an

announcement here today.

LAST WITH SIOUX

Savages and Indians . Have

Their Final Argument Today.

Grover Given Chance to J)o a

'Come Back."

The

Sioux City.

Cooney, 2b.

Cosgrove. If

Callahan, rf.

LeJeune, cf.

Kane, lb.

Her.sling, 3b.

Richards, rf

Crosby,

. Boothby, p.

Lineup.

Topeka

Rostick. ss.

Cochran, 3b.

Rrown, If.

Tyde nan, rf.

Lattimore, 2b.

Jackson, cf.

Fisher, lb.

Monroe, c

Grover, p

Umpires: Cusack and Ryan.

The Savages and Sioux City In

dians battled their last game of the

season this afternoon, and Manager

Jackson announced that Grover, the

first pitcher who tumbled from the

pedestal Sunday, would be given a

chance to redeem himself.

Sioux City leaves tonight for Lin

coln, where the Indians and Tigers

will begin their final argument

Wednesday. After the season closes

Manager Gasper plans to take his

team on a barnstorming trip.

Tomorrow the Savages will recu

perate and Wednesday St. Joe will

make her final showing here. As de

feat this afternoon would likely land

the Savages in the second division,

Jackson made every effort to put his

warriors on their toes and announced

that he expected a better showing

from his pitchers than was made

Sunday.

5 UNION MEN ON TRIAL

Ilclca Mine Rattle Is Kc'io'nl in Colo

rado Court.

Boulder. Colo.. Aug. 23. Five mine

union leade's charged with the mur

der of Pit Staneff. a miner, in a i:trike

battle at the Helca mine, April 28.

1924, were to go on trial in the dis

trict court here today. The Helca

battle was an incident in the riotlrg

through Colorado coal fields atter the

Ludlow battle. April 20, 1914.

The defendants are E.. L. Doyle,

secretary-treasurer of district No.. 15,

United Mine Workers of America; W.

T. Hickey, secretary of the Colorado

Federation of Iabor, and John Con

nor, Mack Cassiday and Joe Potestio,

union leaders in the northern Colora

do coal fields.

BLAGKHAND IS ACTIVE

Two Buildings Badly Damaged by

Kxplosion In Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 23. Two

buildings in a row of small two-story

houses were badly damaged and

three others less seriously damaged

early today in the section known as

Little Italy." The destruction is

said to have been the result of a

bomb explosion.

Two negroes sleeping in one of the

buildings were blown into the back

yard and covered with wreckage, but 1

not seriously injured. !

According to the police twenty

threatening letters have been received

by wealthy Italians here the last

month.

GERMANY FACES

BANKRUPTCY AS

PRICEOF STRIFE

Secretary of Treasury Sounds

Note of Alarm.

Needful to Declare for an Hon

orable Peace.

BETHHANN-HDLLWEG TO OUIT

Fire-Fating Chauvinists. Are

Riding to Disaster.

Von Moltke Holds Complete

Slav Defeat Impossible.

Amsterdam. Aug. 23. (Via Lon

don) At the secret conference uf

cabinet min'sterri political leaders and

influential writers, called by the Ger

man imperial chancellor before the

reassembling of tne reichstag last

Thursday, t- discus" the political sit

uation, the Teles-tin says. K;irl llelf

ferieh. secretary of the treasury, ex

plained that the rot. G?rma:l war loan

would completely exhaust the em

pire's financial resources and that the

increase in exchequer bonds wo.ilrt

cause bankruptcy. Therefore U' .

Helff?rich irgued tbat it was needful

to prepare for :m honorable peace.

Kmpire's Difficulties Increase.

Chancellor Von Rethniann-Hollweg.

accor-lin to the same report, declared

that the difficulties of the empire

wei e increasing and advised his hear

ers to use their influence to soften

down bellicose inclination and expan

sion policy in the rcichssag and the

country and carefully to consider

peace proposals which would be ac

ceptable to the four members of the

entente.

Dr. Von Uernburg's report of thw

failure of his mission in the United

States and other neutral countries, Th

Telegraf says, made a strong impres

sion on the conference. Lieut-Gen.

Count Von Moltke. former chief of

the general staff, declared that h

fully agreed with the chancellor, and

added that only those not fully In

formed on the situation could hopn

for the possibility of complete Kusslan

defeat.

Itcichsiag Stands I'at.

Despite these declarations, th-. story

concludes, the meeting refused to

adopt a resolution advocating modera

tion in the reichstag. whereupon th

chancellor declared that if a majori

ty in the reichstag should show an ir

reconcilably chauvinistic attitude he

would be obliged to resign as he could

not accept responsibility for Ger

many's disaster.

shipTdistress

Paris Hears Channel Vessel

Met With .Mishap.

Fate of Steamer From England

Veiled in Mystery.

Paris. Aug. 23. Rumors of a mil'

hap to a channel steamer on a voyaga

from Folkestone to Boulogne are b

ing circulated widely in Paris. Ap

parently they originated in the fact

that' passengers from Kngland who

were due in Paris last night did not

arrive.

Railway officials had a report that

the vessel met with an accident and!

leturntd to Folkestone, where th

passengers were transferred to an

other steamer.

The official press bureau was with

out information concerning any such

incident.

Germanic Allies Ixise Two.

Sofia. Bulgaria, Aug. 23 (vl

London). The Turkish collier Es-.

pahan has been torpedoed by a Brit

ish submarine at Haidar Pasha, and,

the steamer Budoa, of the German

Levant line, loaded with munitions

and provisions, was sunk In the Se

of Marmora.

British Schooner Down,

London. Aug. 23. The. British,

schooner Martha Edmonds, 182 torn

gross and owned at Cowey, has been,

sunk. Her crew was landed.

German Destroyer Sunk.

Paris, Aug. 23. "Two French tor

pedo baots encountered and sank a,

German torpedo boat destroyer off

Ostend (Belgium) last night." say an

announcement made here today. "Our

boats were undamaged."

British 1 Homed Down.

Queenstown. Aug. 28. The British

steamship Diomed has been sunk by

a German submarine. Her captain,

quartermaster and steward were

killed by shells fired by the submarine

during a pursuit of four hours.

Weather Forecast for Kansas.

Fair in west: unsettled and cooler

in east portion tonight. Tuesday

partly cloudy.

JAPAN TO GIVE GREATER

AID TO CZAR AND ALLIES

Toklo, Aug. 23. The Kokumin

Shimbun says:

"Premier Oku ma states that Ja

pan lias decided to give greater

assistance to Kussiu to prosecute

the war. lie con Id not discuss de

tails, but allowed it to lie under

stood that this asistance would

take the form of Hie forwarding of

greater supplies o: munitions."

The Associated lres learns

that Japan has decided to employ

all available governmental and

private resources for Increasing

the output of munitions for the al

lies, csiiecially Ku-sla. The Japan

ese gov eminent believes the time

has arrived for more concerted ac

tion against the enemies of Japan

and her allies.