The Leavenworth Times from Leavenworth, Kansas • Page 1

LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1916 HOPI II IS ARE CLARK AND MANN MINISTER IS SHOT Cruelty Raised To 'Nth' Degree BOY-ED A STRONG DEFENDER OF HUERTA, LETTERS TAKEN FROM VON PAPEN REVEAL Former Military Attache Opposed Hintz's Suggestion of Mexico Intervention by an International Force Viereck Ashamed of U. S. contained an unfavorable opinion of the American ambassador, James W. Gerard. Prince Hatzfeld and R.

Seiden-burg, of New York, wrote concerning "the stupidity and idiocy of Americans," whom the latter terms "Yankees." George Sylvester Viereck, editor of Fatherland, went on record as "thoroughly ashamed," of his country. DENOUNCED DERNBURG. George von Skal, former commissioner of accounts of New York City, and a newspaper correspondent, who was on Captain von Pap-en's salary list, wrote to Maximilian Harden, the noted German lauding Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador at Washington, and describing the widow of Count von Sternberg, the former ambassador at Washington, as decrying Count von Bernstorff's work and denounced Dr. Dernburg, who at one time was the unofficial representative of Germany in America. Incidentally, he informed Herr Harden how Dr.

Dernburg contemptuously of Harden. London, Feb. 7. (11 P. Interesting additions to the von Papen correspondence are contained in a parliamentary paper issued tonight.

The paper gives the translations of all the documents taken from Captain Franz von Papen, the former German military attache at Washington, and the full entries of his b.nk account with fac-similes of checks and stubs. The only historically important is the Admiral von Hintz who was German minister to Mexico, in the spring of 1914, favored international intervention. Captain Karl Boy-Ed, the former German naval attache at Washington, wrote to Captain von Papen opposing Admiral von Hintz's view and strongly defending President Huerta. "ASHAMED OF HIS COUNTRY." Colonel Herwarth of the German ftaff wrote that the American military attache at Berlin, Major Lang-horn who left Germany early in. 3915, was the bearer of letters to German officials in America.

A letter from Edward L. Fox, an American correspondent in Berlin, COLOMBIA TREATY Action of Senate Committee in Reducing Indemnity to Meet Opposition PRESIDENT HASN'T GIYEJf 0. K. Washington, Feb. 7.

Approval has not been given, by President Wilson and Democrats of the Senate are by unanimously in favor of me nS unanImousIy favor of amendments to the Colombian treaty reported last week by the Senate for- HON STARTS BY WOMAN; SAYS HE SLANDERED HER Rev. H. M. Cagle, Prominent Texas Baptist Divine, Tictim of 3Irs. Faust's Wrath.

SHOOTS WITHOUT WARNING Coming1 Suddenly Upon Pastor, Farmer's Wife Pulls Revolver From Handbag, Fires 5 Shots He Falls Fatally Wounded. Sherman, Feb. 7. Rev. H.

Cagle, a well known North Texas Baptist minister, was shot and probably fatally wounded on the public square here late today by Mrs. Annie Faust, wife of Finis Faust, a prominent farmer, who lives near Denison, Tex. Charles Parton, 15, a bystand- er, sustained a flesh wound in the left arm from one of the bullets. Mrs. Faust, who was arrested mimediately after the shooting, was later released on $1,000 bond and returned home with her husband, who had been sum- moned after the shooting.

Physicians tonight said there was slight chance for Rev. Mr. Cagle's recovery. SAYS HE SLANDERED HER. Mrs.

Faust, who it is said, came to Sherman with friends early today on a shopping trip, had just left a minister, and according to bystand- ers pUne(j a revolver from her hand- firinS five shots into his body. As the Rev. Mr. flae-lA foil to tho sidewalk, he gasped: "Take me to my wife; I have but a few moments to live and do not want to die until, I have talked with her If any words were, passed before the shooting occurred, apparently none of the persons nearby overheard them. When arrested Mrs.

Faust said, according to deputy sheriffs, that the minister had slandered her and she had shot in revenge. ALLIED CRUISERS ARE ON GUARD French and British Ships May Be Looking: for Other Vessels Cap- tared by Germans. Newport News, Feb. 7. British shipmasters arriving here today reported that two allied cruisers one British and the other French are patrolling the coast off the Virginia Capes.

Since there is no probability that the German prize Appam will put to sea in the near future, marine men take the presence of the warships to 1 CHOOL BUILDINGS MAY BE USED FOR PUBLIC'S BENEFIT Board of Education Decides to Eliminate Former Ruling and Create Civic Centers. MOVE STRONGLY OPPOSED Tendency Was to "Get Out of Rut" and Permit Use of Property for Gatherings of Educational and Moral Upliftment. A rule was adopted by the Leavenworth board of education about six years ago providing that public school buildings should not be used for any other purpose than that for which they were originally designed. The rule has been violated dozens of times since its adoption and recent requests for use of public school buildings particularly that of residents in the Cleveland Park district for the use of the building in that neighborhood fr union Sunday School purposes brought forth much discussion of the topic in the board meeting last night. The matter culminated in the adop- tion of a resolution setting aside its previous ruling and substituting one in its place providing for use of school buildings for educational purposes other than regular school work.

01 form ruling and adopting a more elastic one its stead, there was consider- 1 abl discussion of the public school iuiiv. oome weens ago, juon unacey, jn. 'T Atwell and Clarence L. McPher- son and about thirty other residents and tax in the Cleveland Park district petitioned the board of educa-J tlon for use of the Cleveland Park school for a union Sunday school. lney maintained that road condi- tions in that neighborhood were bad and that the distance to the nearest available church of any denomination was more than a mile.

The matter was referred to the building and grounds committee and- W. D. Ross, state school superintendent was appealed to with "regard to the legality of such a step. Mr. Ross answered and put the matter up ot the discre- tjQn of the members.

of the board Tnfflpr rlimnn lily WllllUXtlVV) reported favorably on the matter. WANTED FOR MALE CHORUS. Walter Buford, president of the Leavenworth Male Chorus, an organization composed of representative citizens and designed to sing for the benefit of the people of this corn- munuy ana to advertise tne city and of the high school auditorium on Mon- I day nights. He said that the chorus was willing to pay all expenses incurred and that there was no other place in the city of sufficient size to accomodate tho chorus now numbering 111 members. An amendment, to the original ruling of the board regulating use of school buildings, granting permis- rr" .225 auditorium providing that proper measures be taken to defray ex penses and also for the safeguard- ing of the property was adopted unanimously.

Then came the Cleveland Park nratter for the same action but it was opposed by Joseph D. Hurley and W. S. Albright. S.

B. Lang-worthy, president of the board, Fred D. Bolmon, M. ToffLer and Lous H. Wulfekuhler were favorable.

This difference of opinion resulted in the matter being taken up and discussed. "I am not- in favor of letting school buildings be used for religious purposes." said J. D. Hurley. "I am opposed to favoring one class to the detriment of another.

Permitting the use of school buildings for religious purposes by the board would only be inviting injunctions." "I do not feel that the board should permit school buildings to used for any other purpose than educational," said W. S. Albright. "With proper regulations," sail Louis H. I am in fav-oi of throwing the school buildings open for community use.

OC course, there would be a limit to such matters but things of educational nature should not be barred from the buildings. I believe in broadening cur ideas relative to the school buildings." "Gentlemen," said F. D. Bol- (Contlnued on Page'Eight) JOIN IN DEFENSE FIGHT IN HOUSE Speaker Takes 'Floor to Champiod the Administration's Prepared ness Measure's. INCREASE NAVAL CADETS 300 Additional Jlldshipment Are Fro Tided In Bill Passed by Unan imous Vote Republican Leader, Pleads for Unity.

Washington, Feb. 7. Speake Clark and Republican Leader Mann, fought side by side in the House today for adequate national defense With party lines thus obliterated, two navy measures passed without a dissenting vote. One, to provide for adding three hundred midshipmen to the entering class at Annapoli3 next July, passed 173 to 0, and the other to equip navy yards for constructioa of battleships numbers 43 and N41, passed without a roll call. Mr.

Mann tried to put the antl preparedness advocates on record by calling a division on the naval academy bill, but there was no negative response. The appearance of Speaker Claris on the floor to champion preparedness measures aroused wide interest Rumors persisted that he would take active charge of the fight to Increase the army and navy, Majority Leader Kitchin having joined the opposition, SPEAKER'S SUGGESTIONS. Immediate Improvement of the navy by designing new battleships along1 the lines of the best now in use, doubling the membership of both Annapo- lis and West Point, creation of many additional regiments for the army and short term enlistments to produca a reserve, were among suggestions made by he speaker. He said "he ex pected to discuss the subject of pre-j paredness generally soon. ivir.

Mann reiterated his previous pleas for a larger army and navy and aided in maneuvering the bills to pas sage. "This is not the time for crimination and recrimination," said he. 'It Is not the time to find fault with that which has been. It is the time for all to Join hands for that which may, The debate went far afield from th measures under consideration, extending to the general subject of military preparedness. The unusual sight of the -speakef and the minority leader battling together for administration measures while the -majority leader sat silently in the back of the House, attracted crowds to the galleries and members rushed to the floor from thei offices and committee rooms.

"UNCLE JOE" CREATES STIR. Representative Cannon of Illnoia, created a stir by asking if the talk of preparedness was a sham performance for campaign purposes. Later he said he did not intend the remark aa a criticism of the President. "The gentleman was trying to put in a nice way, a very nice criticism of the President, but he did not get away with Representative Fitzgerald of New York, said. "The President of the United State.

answered Mr. Cannon, "is my President as well as your President, and tf I can find out what is the proper thing; to do, if it Is necessary to do anything I stand ready to help do it." "If we have another war, which do not believe we will have, If we attend to our own Speaker Clark said, while advocating the naval bill, "what we will need more than anything else, will be officers. You can get all the volunteers you want thirty days." "PLAYING INDIAN" IS FATAL. Coy, 7, Finds a Pistol and Kllla Hl Slater, Aged 3. New Orleans, Feb.

7. While "plaj ing Indian" today, Erwin Bugb, 7 years old, shot and killed his sister, Juanlta, aged at their home frerew The boy found a pistol under a pillow in the bed room and In play pointed It at his sister. The bullet penetrated the child's abdomen. Inflicting a fatal wound. FAILS IN EFFORT TO NAB BURGLAR Wife of X.

Y. Jurist Leaps On Thiers Back, But He Escapes With Jewelry. New York, Feb. 7. Mrs.

John Tlerney, wife of a supremecourt Justice, encountering a burglar rifling a safe in her home here tonight, sprang upon his back and attempted to pin him to the floor while she screamed for aid. The Intruder, however, shook her off and escaped through a window with several thousand dollars in jewelry, including a diamond necklace ha had torn fro-ai Mrs. Tlerney's throat during her struggle with him. ANGRY; THREATEN TQ GO ON WARPATH I'ollce Officers Kill One of Tribe and the Remainder Are Aroused. 6,000 RESIDENTS IN FEAR 5,000 Indians LiTe on Navajo Reservation in an Inaccessible Part of Northern Arizona May Ask Cavalry Be Sent.

Phoenix, 7. Five thousand residents in the northeastern portion of Arizona are alarmed over the reports that the Hopi tribe cf Navajo Indians were threatening to go on the warpath, according to reports received here early tonight. 25,000 Indians are living on Navajo reservation, but it vas not known what proportion of them were involved in the threatened uprisings. The Hopi Indians became angered, it was saicL when one of their number was shot and killed several days ago by police officers. The Indian' opened fire on the officers wrhen they attempted to arrest him, according to information received by Thoma3 Flynn, United States district attorney.

The shooting occurred near Lee's Ferry, a crossing on the Grand Can-yen of Arizona, about fifty miles fccuth of the Arizona-Utah boundary lme. Word of the threatened trouble vas first brought to Flagstaff by aa Indian runner. MAY ASIC FOK TROOPS; Although instructions from tho United States authorities at Washington were being awaited by offi cials here before taking any action, a number of deputy United States marshals were preparing to make the journey to the reservation to investigate the reports. Efforts probably will be made to have a troop of cavalry from -El Paso accompany the deputies to the Ecene, it was said tonight. The Indian reservation is locate in one of the most inaccessible portions of the state.

Flagstaft, which is about 150 miles away, is the near-eist point to which telegraph and telephone communication is available. Snow is several feet deep throughout this section. THREATEN TO ATTACK TOWN Indians Menace Whites at Tuba and Say They'll Burn Public Buildings. Flagstaff, Feb. 7.

The In-cians on the Navajo reservation 11 northeastern Arizona were theatea-ening to kill all the white inhabitant of Tuba and burn the government buildings there, according to William DuBree, superintendent of construction of the Indian school at Tuba, who has arrived here with information concerning the threatened uprising. The few Caucasian families living at Tuba have but a small amount of arms and ammunition with which to defend themselves, DuBree said today. Tuba is on the desert, about ninety miles north of here. The Indian school and headquarters of the In-uian superintendent are locate! there. VILLA TO ATTACK CHIHUAHUA CITY? Is Said to Biave Yowed ne Wont Share Until He Takes the Place, El Paso, Feb.

7. Fearsr that Chihuahua City will be attacked by forces led by Francisco Villa, are general in that city, according to persons reaching here today from the south. The fears, it is said, extend to the soldiers of the de facto government and numberous concerning the activities of Villa are given credence. Among the reports circulated; is one that Villa has vowed not to shave until he can do so in Chihuahua City. Ranchers in the vicinity cf Santa Clara are said to have brought this story to the capital.

SUFFRAGE LEADERS C031IXG. 3Hss Doris Stevens Another Who Will Vote In Kansas. Topeka, Feb. 7. Kansas suffrage leaders today, received information from Miss Doris Stevens, of New York and Washington, national organizer for the Congressional Union for Worn- an Suffrage, that she will come to Kansas this month to establish her legal residence here so that she may vote for state and national officers.

Miss Mabel Vernon of Wilmington, DeL another organizer for the Congressional Union, is establishing her legal residence in Topeka. while or- gresslonal Union for Woman Suffrage, so that she may vote -at the presidential election next November. Oklahoma Parents Accused of Forcing Two Children to Remain Ja Cold Until Feet Were Frozen and Had to Be Amputated. Bristow, Feb. 7.

Charged with forcing their two children to remain in the cold until their fest were so badly frozen that amputation was necessary, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Clark, were placed in jail here today.

It is alleged that three weeks ago Mrs. Clark, to punish the children, aged 6 and 7 years, locked them in a woodhouse oh their farm, twelve miles from this city, and kept them there several hours. Medical attea-tention was refused the children until last Saturday, it is qharged, when a physician then amputated their feet in an effort, he said, to save their lives. WILL DECIDE 01 GERMANY'S REPLY President and Cabinet to Take Answer in Lusitania Case Today. Up JiISPUTE PRACTICALLY EXDED2 Washington, Feb.

7. President. Wil son will take up with his cabinet to- cnorrow the latest communication which Germany hopes will bring the negotiations over the Lusitania disas- ter to a satisfactory termination. Official indication or announcement as to wnemer me otter or tne gov ernment is satsfactory, is expected soon thereafter. The President did not request Secretary Lansing- to come to the White House for a conference today and the conference which had been planned, did not materialize.

The secretary expects to discuss the latest proposal that Count von Bemstorff. the German ambassador, may be informed of the Umfnnthf High officials are known to believe that the expressions of optimism regarding the outcome of the negotiations, which have been heard In cer-tan official and diplomatic circles, are not without foundation. Chairman Stone of the Senate foreign relations committee, declared after conferring with administration officials, that he believed the case was "practically settled." PRINCE OSCAR IS AGAIN WOUNDED Shell Splinters Inflict Injuries On Head and Thigh of Kaiser's Son. Amsterdam, Via London, Feb. 7.

Prince Oscar of Prussia, fifth son of Emperor William, has been slightly wounded in the head and on the upper part of the thigh by shell splinters during- the fighting in the eastern war theater, according to a Berlin official report received here. Prince Oscar was wounded at Vir-ton, Belgium, in September, 1914. He was ill for a long time and was de- clared to be suffering also from an affection of the heart. He returned to duty in the field in November, 1914. and narrowly escaped capture the fol lowing month during the fightinj Poland.

in TEIPER HELD FOR 3IUEDER. Accused of Slaying Mother, One of Buffalo Tragedy Victims. Buffalo, N. Feb. 7.

John Edward Teiper was held without bail today on a charge of murdering his mother, Mrs. Agnes M. Teiper, one of two victims of the Orchard Park Highway tragedy. A hearing will bo held Wednesday. Today's proceedings consisted merely in reading the formal charge.

Teiper was not given an opportunity to plead. In the meantime all the evidence in the possession of the district attorney wai being submitted to the grand jury, which is expected to make a special report on tomorrow or Wednesday. Commercial Organizations Meet. Washington, Feb. 7.

The Chamber of Commerce of theUnited States composed of more than 700 commercial organizations, will open Its annual meeting here tomorrow. Men high in the business and political life of the nation, including three cabinet officers, will deliver addresses on legislative and commercial topics now under gen- eral discussion and the session will close with a dinner Thursday night with President Wilson as the speaker. A Water Tank Is a Barrel. Kansas City. Feb.

7. A water tank is a barrel. By this decision at the joint conference here today, carpenters and coopers decreed that coopers had the right to build water tanks on buildings, thus disposing of a problem that has caused many labor disputes. A11 I can offer you Is love In a cottage." said the impecunious suitor. "How delightful!" exclahned the apartment house glrL "Then -there won't be any janitor, will there eign relations committee.

It developed 0ise and the Aisne and of effective today that, a strong effort probably wc -k by French batteries in the Ar-will be made in the Senate to defeat tois and Champagne regions. French the changes which reduce the shells on the former sector caused proposed indemnity to Colombia for powerful explosions northeast of Ar-the partition of Panama from and a great fire in the to $15,000,000 and revise the Pagne near Challerange. expression cjf regret that anything The Germans have been busy with should have marred the relations be- their against the British tween the two countries so as to around Loos, while the British in remake it mutual instead of on the part urn have bombarded German of the United States alone. trenches near the Ypres-Roulers rail- Miniser Betancourt of Colombia, 7- ai Ttn The Vienna war office reports the called on Secretary Lansing during situation unchanged on all fronts the day and was assured that the where Austro-Hungarian troops are President had not given his approval fighting. to either of the amendments.

Later it Nothing new ha come through con. t-. cernlng- the reported concentration of became known that many of the Dem- troops of the- Teutonic allies in the ocrats of the foreign relations com- region of the Greek border. mittee opposed the Changes. i A Copenhagen dispatch Indicates A Republican, Senator Smith of tliat authorities at Kiel are fearful n.

111 it mi- mean that the allied governments ex- give concerts absolutely free, Jpre-pect other prizes captured by the -mys- eented -a request to the board for use ALLIED AIR RAID ON KIEL FEARED Warningg Issued to People to Seek Refuge in Case of Attack on Xaval Base. ARTILLERY DUEL IS UNCEASING London, Feb. 7. Except on the front in France and Belgium little fighting has been reported. Paris tells of the bombardment of German positions near Het Sas and Steen- straete in Belgium; the destruction of a German blockhouse between the tr ine1popu" lace has been notified that a steamer siren will give advance notice of a raid and that in case raiders come, the people should not unduly expose them' selves.

A London newspaper Is authority for the state meat that Earl Kitchener, British secretary for war, probably will leave the war office to undertake work of a more important character elsewhere. If Earl Kitchener should leave, the newspaper adds. Sir William Robertson, chief of staff, will actively, cllrect the war and a civilian will become secretary for war. FLOODS FORM A GREAT LAKE Situation in Arkansas, Where Towns Are Under Water, More Hopeful, However. Little Rock, Feb.

7. At Ar-Lansas City and Lake Village In southeastern Arkansas, both submerged in the great lake formed by flood waters pouring through broken Arkansas river levees, and which are threatened with destruction should the Mississippi river levees break, the situation is reported more hope-tul tonight. At Arkansas City it was reported that it is believed the levee wItnstand a Mississippi river stage of 57v5 feet. The prediction Is for 57 feet. At Lako Village, the flood water3 rose a foot today, but it is believed they will go little higher.

A relief committee working out of the town is bringing marooned families from the rural districts into the town tnd caring for them. Another Rnai Cabinet Change. Petrograd, Feb. 7. (Via London.) Another Important cabinet change was announced today.

Pierre A. Karllon-off, controller general, retires for reasons of health. He is succeeded by M. Pokrovsky, a member of the council of the empire Michigan, by changing his vote on a tie in the committee, carried the amendment reducim the indemnity by $10,000,000. "I voted against the amendment first," said Senator Smith today, "because I am opposed to the treaty.

I am opposed to the United States paying one dollar to Colombia. But when I saw how close the committee stood on the issue, I concluded that was $10,000,000 less than $25, 000,000, and I changed my vote. Now, I am glad of it because I see it has started a row." GERMAN WAR BOOTY BIG. Besides 1,429,171 Prisoners, Much Material Has Been Taken. Berflin, Feb.

7. (By wireless to Sayville.) "A total of 1,429,171 enemy soldiers to date are prisoners of war in the Overseas News Agency announced today. This is not inclusive of prisoners made by German troops and left in Austria-Hungary In order to shorten the transport. In addition, 19.700 cannon, 7,700 mil. itary carriages and 3,000 machine guns have been conveyed to Germany, these not including numerous cannon" and machine guns destroyed by the enemy before capture and those used at once by German troops.

"The number of rifles taken which are still fit for use, is 1,300,000." Were Winter Plowing. "We've been plowing for a farmer i at said one of a pair of hoboes in answer to a question applied! by James Thompson, a railroad detective, Sunday night. Thompson had just taken the men from the "blind" baggage of Missouri Pacific train No. 106 bound for Kansas City. Officer Thompson escorted the hoboes to the south side of the city and watched them disappear In the darkness, walking' toward Kansas City.

xerious uerman raiaer, 10 ue orougut to Hampton Roads. Collector Hamilton said tonight he had received no word from Washington concerning the status of either the appam or of the thirteen Germans formerly civil prisoners of England, who requested that they be allowed to land from, the Appan. ROAD HOUSE FIRE FATAL. One Girl Burned to Death; Othm Escape by Leaping- to Ground. Chicago, Feb.

7' One young woman was burned to death in her bed and six other girls and wto men were injured by jumping from second story windows of the Hammond road house at Burnham, 111., today. The one who lost her life was Miss Laura Clark, 26 years old, known also as "Rose Staley." Samuel Sanrob, a waiter, was taken to a hospital at Hammond, Ind. Burnham is near the state line. It is said that all of the injured will recover. HIPOLITO VILLA ARRESTED.

Held In Havana at Reqnet of American Minister. Havana. Feb. 7. Col.

Hippolito Villa, brother of Gen. Francisco Villa, was arrested today at the request of William E. Gonzales, the American minister to Cuba. Villa is charged with damaging a railroad near El Paso. He was placed in jail to await extradition proceedings.

Sir Edward Canon 111. London, Feb. 8. (1:45 A. Sir Edward Carson, formerly attorney general, has been ordered by his phy sician to take a five weeks rest.

He is suffering from exhaustion due to his activities of the -past four years..