The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 28, 1918

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TT IT -i--?U!-S'Pr JF KANSAS will spend 60 million dollars on roads. It will be the best investment the state ever made. YtfEATHER FORECAST for Kansssi Fair tonight and Sunday;, not mitcli change In temperature. HOME EDITION TOPEKA, KANR A S. SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1918 SIXTEEN PAGES FIVE CENTS EBERT RULE IN BERLIN OUSTED CALL NEW GOV'T Advices Also Say Philip Schel demann, Socialist, lias Fled. LLOYD GEORGE IN British Election Returns Show Big Victory for Coalitionists. UNEQUAL POWER AMONG. NATIONS MUST BE ENDED Concert of Power Must Be Sub stituted, Says Wilson. HEADS OF THE TWO GREATEST REPUBLICS IN THE WORLD ARE CHEERED BY NATION CONGRESS ASKS BIG KANSAS LOSS

General March Announces Cas ualties 89 and 35 Divisions. IRISH REPUBLIC -TO BE LAUNCHED TODAY, REPORT Express Says Sinn Feiners Won't Take Parliament Seats. BAKER TO SPEED NEW ARMY PLAN Military Committee Bestive at Lack of Army Reorganization. 4 Former Lost 196 Officers and Premier, Himself, Retains Seat by a Heary Vote. 5,727 Men, He Says. tWT ft mar 'K'"'' iS- ks. r L7 U V "V- Supporter of Liebknecht Made Commandant in CapitJr? NEW CABINET WILL BE FORMED Government Will Include Both Liebknecht and Ledebonr. Hindenburg Marches on Berlin With a Loyal Army. The Hague, Dec. 28. The Ebert government has virtually been over thrown, according to a dispatch filed In Berlin Thursday night and received hero today. The dispatch says Philip Scheide mann. Socialist member of the gov ernment, has fled from the city. It is predicted that a new cabinet will be formed. Including Karl Lieb knecht and George Ledebour. and that the central soviet will be summoned. Molkcnshur Is Commandant. London, Dec. 28. Brutus Molken shur, supporter of Karl Liebknecht, has been made commandant of Berlin, according to a dispatch from that city to the Daily Mail today. Hindenburg Heads Troops. Berlin, Dec. 26. Government troatps renswed bombardment of the royal palace this morning, killing several of the mutinous sailors entrenched here. The defenders finally surrendered. Field Marshal von Hindenburg, with an army of loyal troops, is reported to be marching on Berlin to restore order. The Bolsheviks still c6ntrol the former Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts. Crisis Came Thursday. (By he Associated Press.) Berlin, Friday, Dec. 27. While the government continues to deny the ex istence of a crisis, developments ap pear to be rapidly approaching the point where the Ebert-Haase cabinet will no longer be able to assert Its authority. The Berlin newspapers re flect the apprehension pervading all circles. The Vossische Zeitung, for instance, says that the six men who sign for the government are no longer the government, and it calls upon the newly created central council of sol diers nnd workers to assume the re sponsibility. SPEED MEN HOME More Than 1,100,000 Soldiers Designated for Discharge. Demobilization of the A. F. Progressing Slowly, However. AV-ashihgton, Dec. 28. More than 1.100.000 American eo Idlers at home and abroad have been designated for demobilization Hince the armistice was Ptgned. General March gave the fig ures today an 937,000 men in home units to be discharged and 168.000 men and 6,800 officers assigned by Ceneral Pershing: for early convoy h from France. This includes men already dis charged and those who have landed from France. To date official reports 8 how 533.334 men and 35.409 officers actually discharged. Complete re ports for the week ust ended are ex pected to raise the total at least joo. ooo. The following organizations are Svheduled for earlv return from abroad: 492nd. 400th. 155th. 147th, 27th, 95th. 13th. 4th. 139th aero squadrons; 302nd, 305th, 307th. 105th ttench mortar batteries; 34th balloon company; 413th telegraph battalion. The assignment of the 600th aero ftquadron to early convoy has been canceled because its original assign ment was thru error. SUNDAY AFINE DAY Temperature Will Not Be Low and tike Bun Will Shine. WF.ATHKK FORECAST FOR KANSAS: Fair tnntght nnd Sunday; not much change In tem pern t tire. The hippTR forecast warns to protect JUl hour alilptiitntn north, fast, south and nest against a temperature of 20 degrees. TODAY'S TEMPERATURES. 7 o'clock 13 8 o'clock 14 o'clock. 18 10 o'clock 22 11 o'clock. 12 o'clock. 1 o'clock. "2 o'clock. The temperature for the day aver aged 5 degrees below normal. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the wind was blowing at the rate of 10 miles an hour from the northwest. The forecast for next week Bays: Probably snow with temperature slightly above normal first part of week; generally fair latter part of week with normal temperatures. As mid-winter days go, S. D. Flora, at met eorol ogist says, to morrow 'on tin iieu on Paste Two.) IN SUPREME COURT NOW Bessie Slew art Certifies Hep Suit Against Lochr Grubbs Bessie Stewart's breach of promise suit against Loehr M. Grubbs has been certified to the supreme court from the Shawnee county district court. Miss Stewart filed the appeal from the ruling of the court reducing a $10, 000 Judgment to 15,000. A Jury in the case awarded the young woman judgment for $10,000. the full amount of her claim. An item in the Judgment for 85.000 for "vindictive and punitive damages" was set aside by the trial court. The ap peal was taken on the court's order, the Plaintiff claiming the full amount al lowed by the Jury, ASQUITH MEETS WITH DEFEAT Henderson, Labor Leader, Ran a Poor Third in Race. Liberals Will Haye Second! Strongest Representation. i 1 London, Dec. 28 (via Montreal). The election results at 4 o'clock this afternoon were as follows: Coalition ists, 398; non-Coalitionists, 144. London, Dec. 28. Coalitionists had an overwhelming: lead in the parlia mentary elections of December 14, ac cording to partial results announced up to late today. In the house of commons, of the 363 members whose elections had been announced so far, not less than 274, support the government. The new house will nave 707 members. Of the members already elected, 198 are Coalition Unionists and 76 are Coali tion 'Liberals. The Independent Un ionists have elected eight members and the Asquithian Liberals only five. Labor has 35 members, the Irish Na tionalists, 1; the Sinn Feiners, 26 and there are four independents. Liberals Second Strongest. It is probable, therefore, that the Liberals will be the second strongest party in the house, but the Sinn Fein will refrain from attendance at Westminster. The Laborites, how ever, have lost two of their most prominent leaders in the defeat of Arthur Henderson and Philip Snow den. The Asquith Liberals received a se vere blow in the defeat, not only of the former premier himself, but of Sir John Simon, who was considered the probable heir to the leadership, and Reginald McKenna, one of the for mer premier's chief lieutenants. Of the fourteen women candidates, only Ave so far know their fate and they all have been defeated. Lloyd George Ke-elected. David Lloyd George, prime minister and leader of the coalition, govern ment, was re-elected to his seat in par liament from Carnarvon, Wales. All indications at 3 o'clock this af ternoon were that Premier Lloyd George and his government would have an overwhelming majority in the new house of commons. He defeated his opponent by a vote of 13.993. to 1,095. Herbert H. Asquith, former'pre mier and leader of the Liberal party, has been defeated for his seat in the house of commons from the east di vision of Fife, Scotland. Labor Leader Loses. Arthur Henderson, leader of the British Labor party and former mem ber of the war cabinet, has been de feated for re-election to parliament from the south district of EaKtham. He ran a poor third in his district. The first, election return received shows the defeat of a woman candi date. Mrs. Charlotte Despard. sister of Viscount French, lord lieutenant of Ireland. She was defeated in North Battersea by Richard Morris, coalition LIberat. Morris received 7.231 votes and Mrs. Despard, who was a Labor candidate. 5.634. In Cambridge Sir Eric Geddes. first lord of the -admiralty coalition Union ist, defeated the Rev. T. R. Williams, laborite. Sir Albert Stanley, president of the board of trade, was re-elected for. Ashton-Under-Lyne. defeating' T. F. Lister, candidate of the National Fed eration of Discharged Soldiers and Sailors. At Blackburn. Philip Snowden, laborite and pacifist, was defeated. The result there was: Sir Henry Norman, coalition Liberal, 82.076; Lieutenant Commander Dean, coalition Unionist, 30,158; Snowden, 15,274. Blackburn has two seats. W. A. BIBY 'fOrHTaYOR Well Known Topekan May Be Choice of Union Men of City. It Is reported from many sources in Topeka today that the union men of the city are considering a plan of standing behind W. A. Biby,' national treasurer of the Knights and Ladies of Security for mayor in the spring primaries. It is known that several representa tives from the unions have mentioned Biby as a candidate. When Interviewed at his home to day Biby would make little comment. "I know nothing of the plan." he said. "I have said nothing nor have I in dicated any desire to enter the cam paign. It is news to me." Bfey has been prominent In recent war Work drives in Topeka and has been most successful in his work as national treasurer of the K. and L. of S. body. He is a man of strong per sonality and is one of the real "live wires" of the city. STAHLSTE?S in race Veteran Topekan Will Run for Office of Mayor. Frank M. Stahl, former chief of po lice of Topeka. has a formal an nouncement in today's paper as a can didate for mayor. He said this morn ing: "I would like to be mayor of the city of Topeka: have known the city from the time there were neither side walks nor paved streets and have seen j it grow to be the best paved, best ugntea ana Dest snaaea city in tne state. I believe I know its needs and know that I would do everything pos sible to advance its growth and pros perity." Will Be a Battle. Chicago, Dec. 28. "Fight to a fin ish." was the defi of Chicago hotel operators to union waiters and cooks who today were to begin a three-day vote on a general strike. Two hun dred waiters and cooks walked out at the Hotel Sherman last night,, joining strikers from Hotel La Salle. Eleven hundred waiters and 2.000 cooks in 1 the city belong to the union. President Speaks Today in His toric Old Guildhall. NATIONS MUST NOW UNITE ITov fn PaaAa Ta UnarflllfliiA sTif It and ot Items. All London Today Is Observing "President's Day." London, Dec. 28. Speaking today in the historic Guildhall at a ceremoni ous gathering of Great Britain's most distinguished statesmen, .President Wilson reaffirmed his principle that there must no longer be a balance of power which might unsettle the peace of the world, but that the future must produce a concert of power .which would preserve it... The president's reception at the Guildhall carried an unmistakable note of friendship and admiration. When he arose to speak there was a pro longed outburst of handclapping and cheering, and his talk was frequently punctuated by applause. At the con clusion of his address, the audience rose with one accord and cheered, and It kept up the applause as he passed out. Received by Dignitaries. The distinguished governmc.it and the other officials received by the lord mayor before the president's ar rival, included Premier Lloyd George, Field Marshal Haig, Foreign Secretary Balfour, Admiral Sims, Former Pre mier Asquith, Andrew Bonar Law, the chancellor of the exchequer, and the ambassadors of the principal allied governments. After President Wilson's arrival all were grouped on the dais,' with the lord mayor in the center and President Wilson on his right, next to the Duke of Connaught. The Royal Artillery band in the gal lery played American airs, ushering President Wilson in with the "Star Spangled Banner." In the course of his speech the president declared the soldiers had fought to do away with the older or der and establish a new one. The old order, he said, had for its center the "unstable thing." called the balance of. power, determined by the competitive interests, "jealous watchfulness ana "an antagonism of interests." The men who have fought the war he said had been "Men from free na tions who were determined that this sort of thing should end now and for ever." The subject of a concert of power to replace the balance of power, he remarked, was coming now from every quarter and from every sort of mind. The concert to come, hj declared, must not be 'a balance of power or one powerful group of nations set off against another, but a "single, over whelming, powerful group of nations which shall be the trustees of the peace of the world. Peace Mast Have Guarantee. The minds of the leaders of the British government, the president said, were moving along the same lines as his own and their thought had been that, the key to peace was the guarantee of it and not the Items of it. The items of it he added, would be worthless unless a concert of power stood back of them. No such union of purpose had ever been seen in the world before, he said, as that which now demanded a con cert of power o preserve the world's peace. Whereas it had been the thought of closeted, academic men. he now found the practical minds of the world determined to get it. The Foundations Laid. "I am particularly happy that the ground has been cleared and the foundations laid," he continued, "be cause we have already accepted the same body principles. Those princi ples are clearly and definitely enough stated to make their application a matter which should afford no funda mental difficulties. "The peoples of the world want peace and wa it It now, not jnerely by conquest of arms, but by agreement of mind. Such an achievement, the president added, would be the finest enterprise of humanity. There had been just a hint that the president's, addtess would be the key to the conferences he has been holding with British statesmen, and the address as it was delivered today interpreted in Ameri can quarters as conlirming the pre vious intimations that these confer ences had been satisfactory from the president's viewpoint i At the outset of his address. Presi dent Wilson declared he did not fancy that the welcome of Paris ard Lon don to him was purely personal, but rather that the voices of the people were expressing not only emotions of gratification that the fighting has ceased, but also their conception that the peace to be made must guarantee that the war could not be repeated. Lives Not I .okI in Vain. fit now rests upon other to see that those lives were not lost in vain." the president added. The president concluded his address amid a great demonstration and then proceeded to the luncheon at the Mansion house with the lord mayor. The oldest observer in the Guildhall today declared no reception ever ac corded any dignitary there approached in spontaneity and Volume that which greeted the president's appearance and the address which followed. The processloi ".from Buckingham palace to the Guild; hall was thru a crowd that cheered continuously. President Officially Welcomed. London, Dec. 28. President Wilson was officially welcomed to London to day hi a formal ceremony at the Guild hall. His speech, in reply to the lord may or's address, had been looked forward to by the Rritf-ab peonle as a clear (Contluued oaI'ag"e. Two7 President Wilson and President Poincare of France riding throagh Paris streets on Wilson's arrival ia the French capital. WILL LET 10TH GO Camp Funston Division Will Be Demobilized in January. March Says Order Holding Men Is Only Temporary. Washington. .Dec 2S-r-Demobiliza-. tion of the' Tenth division, stationed at CampF.unstpn. wUl orooabljL occur In. January, Chief of Staff March told the United Press today. He 'explained that an order issued before Christmas re- quiring that only urgent cases be dis missed bore simply on the immediate present..- It was aimed largely at pre venting wholesale dismissals, for the holidays. The Tenth, he explained, is being kept. in camp until among the last, In view of the department's policy of de mobilizing combatant divisions last. GUARDS CALLED OUT Soldiers To Keep Order In K. C. Street Car Strike. Kansas City. Mo.. Dee. 28. Mayor Cowgill this morning telephoned Governor-Gardner at Jefferson City, ask ing him to call out the Seventh regi ment to preserve order during the street car strike, which has been in progress here for two weeks, and the governor assured the mayor such ac tion would be taken at once. Mayor Cowgill's decision to take such action followed numerous reports of the stoning of cars and other minor disorders, last night. The company last night made its first effort to. re sume nighrt service since the- begin ning of the strike. December 11. The disorders reported are said to have occurred after nightfall. No personal injury Was reported, to the police. Following the receipt of informa tion by the strikers, last night that William H. Taft and Basil Manly, joint chairmen of the war labor board, had agreed to hear grievances in the strike controversy, at Omaha, January 3, "representatives of the strikers, were delegated to attend the hearing. After the representatives of the 104 unions comprising the Central labor council last night voted against de claring a general sympathetic strike, they adopted a -resolution pledging their membership to a contribution of $1 per man each week to support, the strike. The. union officials estimated the action would provide a fund of $20,000 a week in addition to $15,000 a week they said the international or ganization had pledged and $15,000 a week pledged by the street car work ers' unions of 127 other cities. TO OPEN LAW OFFICE McAdoo Will Take Up Practice in New York Following; Vacation. New tork, Dec. 28. William G. McAdoo will open a law office in New York city about April 1, it was learned here today.,, The former secretary of the treasury will remain, as director general of railroads until President Wilson ap points a successor, McAdoo- plans to leave about Jan uary 6 for a three months' rest in Cal ifornia. Upon his return he will take up his law practice here. MUSfPAYIN KIND" Germans Cannot Satisfy Allies Wltb Money, Poincare Declares. London, Dec, 28. "The Germans must pay not only in money, but in kind," President Poincare. is-ouoted as saying in an interview with the Paris, cc rrespopdent of the Chronicle. Otherwise-' they will" be" able to in-Ji-reus with our machinery, while we are proeurihs; hew machinery. Pre mier Lloyd .George has agreed to that principle." NOT AGREED YET Britain and 17. S. Still Discuss Ing Freedom of Seas. England Says Navy Defensiye Weapon. ,"BI LOWELL MELLETT. London,. Dec 28. Britain and the United States have not yet reached a commdu basis of understanijing 'rela- tive to freedom of the seas. With an agreement achieved on every essential of a league of nations, leaders of the two great English speaking. democra cies are today striving .for a solution of the second of the most important factors in the peace negotiations. The basic friendship with which the two nations are approaching the sub ject cannot be questioned. But Great Britain as well as America is frankly taking into account the material fac tors in the case. From a very high British official the United Press today obtained the follpwing outline of the Bi:tlsh point of view with permission to present the statements as authoritatively repre senting the attitude of the British gov ernment: Great Britain Is absolutely con. vinced that no. international -authority on the sea is able to take the place of tne British navy in safeguarding Brit ish interests. Would Sink Hun Fleet The government agrees readily to drastic retrenchments in Its building program, providing other powers do likewise. The government wishes to start this retrenchment by sinking the surren dered German fleet. It wants the opportunity to main tain its own navy at the smallest pos sible strength consistent with the safe ty of its mercantile marine, -and its colonies and dependencies scattered over the world. It insists the British navy is only a defensive weapon and cannot be used aggressively and therefore is not- a threat to the rest of the world." Aside from these facts, the admir alty naturally is keenly, considering the purpose behind the new navaV pro gram. Frankly,- the admiralty -in the light of its own conception of Great Britain's necessity for maintain ing the preponderance of its own navy fails to see the object- in America's proposed great increase in building. JOKES FOR SOLDIERS Kastcrn. Star Will Publish Book for Those In Hospitals. The state branch of the Order of the Eastern Star is asking all members of the order in the state to coHect c'ippings of good, new jokes, after dinner stories, thumb nail sketches, funny pictures, etc., to 1e made into books for the soldiers in the eamp hospitals, and recuperating and con valescing soldiers. The collections of clippings made by Topeka members of the order should be sent to Mrs. Carrie Yates, of Junc tion City, who is chairman of the O. E. S., Soldiers Welfare club of Junc tion City. The clippings should be sent to Mrs. Yates as soon as possible. CREEL HAS NOT QUIT He Says, However, He Kirports To in Short Time-. Paris. Dec 28. "I have 'not re signed, but I espect to qait and return to the United States as soon as I can clean up my affairs here as I.in t. nded to do before I came to Europe," George Creel, head of the committee on public information, said, today. GEORGE TO W00DR0W Kins Congratulates Wilson on let ter's Sixty-Second Birthday. London. Dec 18- King George" walked into President Wilson's apart ment at 10 o'clock this, .norning and congratulated hinr on his 62nd birth day, wishing him many happy re War Dept Must "Get Busy" if Present Congress Acts. PRESENT ARMY MELTING AWAY Demobilization,; Will Leave In sufficient Men for Peace Duty. Upon National Guards Question Secretary Is Silent. Washington, Dec 28. Congress to day was growing restive at the war department's delay in announcing its plan for army re-organization- Chairman Dent of the house military- committee has told Secretary of War Baker and other officials that unless the department acts quickly it will be impossible to put across any army reorganization at this session of congress. "So far." Dent says. "Baker has given no hint of what he expects to Co to raise a force to replace the pres ent army which is being demobilized at the rate of 200.000 a week and which will be discharged even faster if present plans to get more ships are carried out." Dratted men must bs discharged fcur months after peace is declared. Volunteers who enlisted after April 1, 1917, must be discharged when peace is declared. Leave Only Small. Army. This would leave ony the men who volunteered for the regular army be fore that date and their number is not sufficient for ordinary garrison and border duty. While members of the military com mittee have been told unofficially that the department expects to ask tor an army of 600,000 men, they have not been given any reasons as to why this number has been determined upon. 'Among the other questions that will have to be answered before any army bill or even an appropriation measure can pass either branch of congress, are: What About National Guard? 'What is going to happen to the na tional guard? If it-is abandoned, what sort of a force is going to replace it? What is the department's attitude on universal training?. .If it is not' to r,r,mnnta hdintf rot D In.H The military committee Monday will begin hearings on the military acad emy bill but the date for hearings on the appropriation and reorganization bills have not. been set. While the military committee is in forced inactivity, the naval committee will conclude its hearings next week and get to work on the framing of the new naval bill which will go a long way toward determining the future naval policy- of the navy. VILNA IS THREATENED Bolshevist Troops Advancing on Lithu ania Capital; Battle Reported. London, Dec 28. Vllna, the capi tal of Lithuania, is threatened by an advance of Bolshevist troops, accord ing to a Warsaw dispatch to the Mail under date of Thursday. The Polish chief of staff has demanded of the German Generals Hoffmann and Falk enhayn1 free passage for Polish troop trains over lines now in German hands from the Polish frontier to Vilna. The Germans also are asked to permit the rejoining of the Polish and Lithuan ian railroads which were cut by the Germans. If the German reply is unfavorable, the Poles will begin a march into Lithuania, for they are determined not to allow the Bolshevists to capture Vilna without an attempt to prevent it. The Poles have telegraphed the allies asking them to send officers to ac company the troops. A later dispatch from Warsaw to the Mail says the Poles have acceded to the request of the German generals for a delay of twenty-four hours owing to the difficulty of communicating with Berlin. Battle Is Reported. London, Dec. 28. A' battle between -Bolsheviki and Polish forces in the i Domorova district was reported in wireless dispatch from Moscow today. The outcome was not known. tne aispatctt also stated that Bol sheviki had disarmed government mi litia in the Ashert district. WHAT t)F LUXEMBURG Arbitration To Decide Status of Grand Duchy, Says Paris. Paris. Dec 28. In conference cir- cles the opinion prevails that several difficult questions which will come the peace conference may be left over a Mm-lar "af" on a J2V4 per cent for arbitration after an agreement has! basis, he said, which might be the been reached as to a league of nations, i ,0: ou',?? settlement abroad. One of these questions may be the should the bill be passed quickly., future status of Luxemburg. One Lnless the bill is passed the rnanu paity there desires the re-establish- facturere. may continue turning out the ment of the grand duchv. Another supplies and we .shall be morally favors the proclamation of a republic- obkged to pay. he said. 'By the A third advocates annexation to 1 Passage of the bill, we could pay only j France, while still another prefers annexation to Behrium. The same course may be followed concerning differences between the Italians and Jungo-Slavs, as to a division of terri tory on the eastern shore of the Adri atic. A question which attracts attention is the future of Serbia where there is a conflict; of several European in fluences. Cardinal Bourne, Arch bishop of Westminster, went to Serbia recently and before leaving Rome had a long interview with Pope- Benedict. An Anglican bishop also has visited Serbia, it is reported. i. More Wounded Yanks Home. Kew Tork. Dec 28 --The Steamship j Ttirrialba arrived today with SI J iwuunut-i Amrnutn nn tv t"i ana cargo of explosives and munitions- LOSS BASED ON REPLACEMENTS National Guard Division Lost 171 Officers and 4,0S6 Men. Buss Intervention Up to Peace Council, General Asserts. Washington, Dec. 28. Gen. Peyton C. March, chief of staff, today said that the total casualties in tn Thirty- shin fifth division, from all causes as indi cated by requests from that division for replacements up to November 13, were 171 officers and 4,088 men. Up to the same data the Eighty-ninth di vision had requested in replacements is 6 omcers.and 5,727 men. The Thirty-fifth division is comprised of Kan sas and Missouri "National Guard troops. The Bighty-ninth division in cluded Kansas national army men. w Announces Auxiliary Troops. General March made public a list of auxiliary troops attached to the Ameri can Third army, the army of occupa tion, including' the following com plete regiments: 301st, 308th and 310th engineers and the First, Fifty first, Fifty-fourth and Fifth-sixth Pioneer infantry. General March said no additional American troops had been ordered to Russia, and that the war department had no information that the French- army had taken over a portion of the sector on the Rhine assigned to the American forces. He said also that nothing had reached the department to show the total strength of the allied and American forces In the armies of occupation. Russ Problem to Peace Council. Whether the allies will send a large army into Russia will be determined at the peacs conference. The ques tion. of sending additional American forces into Russia will also be decided at that time. General March stated to day. For the present no additional American troops are being; moved to Russia and he specifically denied that the Seventy-ni-sth division has been sent there. Meanwhile, thousands of Russian prisoners released 'from Germany are swamping Bolsheviki authorities, re ports to the state eepartment said. Forty thousand are expected to re turn to Siberia and at least 16.TJ00 of these have insufficient clothing. The first- contingent of released prisoners reaching Omsk and Chilabinsk was in a pitiable condition,- lacking clothing and shoes, advices stats. The Rus sian Red Cross, unable to give assis tance thru the American Red Cross at Chilabinsk,' Is rendering all possible neip witn its scanty supplies. U. S. FACES CRISIS Government Must Settle War Contracts Promptly. Failure To Do So Would Mean Business Bankruptcy. Washington, Dec 28. America faces a business crisis s?ith vast num bers out of work and many failures unless war contracts are promptly set tled by the government to enable manufacturers to return to a peace basis. Assistant Secretary of War Crowell today told the house rules committee. Crowell appeared before the com mittee to urge its placing the bill in such position on the house calendar that quick action would be taken. Secretary of War Baker and Assistant Secretary Stettinius also spoke in be half of the bill, which applies to "in formal contracts" made abroad as well as in this country. Much Unemployment Now. "The resumption of business in this country will not- be possible unless these war contracts are settled," said Crowell. "Reports that have reached us from many places show that even now there Is much unemploment. Al ready 600,000 men have been dis charged from the army in this coun try. There is likely to be a large number of these men clamoring for work with no work for them, unless something is done. "Many manufacturers are threaten ed, with bankruptcy. Reports frbm the banks confirm my judgment. j Thousands of small manufacturers. representing our most- patriotic citi zens, are affected," said Crowell. Stettinius, who was abroad for sev eral months in charge of purchasing equipment for the expeditionary fftrnM. mstA thp tIU "would khv tpnii of millions of dollars." Kngland Will Settle. Practically all the contracts let in F"?Jan ..Fram?ewe,re. an m" I "l' "JfiI,,ln The British government had agreed to settle its own unfilled contracts .of j for t"9 goods already delivered and a percentage on contracts unnuea. Chicago Snort off Cash. Chicago.-Dec. 28. Unless Chicago gets aid from the Illinois legislature, several departments of the municipal government, may have to close, ft be came known today. Two million -dollars are needed to meet current ex penses, according to Alderman Rich ert, chairman of the finallbe commit tee, while a budget of 117.500,000 has been prepared for 1V19. Huns Surrender R. R. Stock. Paris, Dec. 28. Armistice condi tions relative to the delivery of rail road rolling stock are being carried it satisfactorily by the Germans. In a single day 3, 500 cars and 2V0 loco motives, were turned over to the allies. Own Council To Be Established Immediately in Dublin. GO ELSEWHERE IF DISBANDED Proclamation In Every Parish, Says London Paper. v Irish Party Swept Three Dis tricts in Recent -Election. London, Dec 28. Posters will sp- pear In every parish in Ireland today announcing that the Irish republic has coming into being, says the Express. The newspaper adds that the Sinn Feiners, in the recent election, "swept Leinster, Munster and Connaught. Seventy members of parliament were elected by the party, but they will not take their seats. It is stated by ths Express that a central Sinn Fein coun cil will be established in Dublin almost immediately and will call itself the Irish parliament. If the government orders its disbandment. It is stated, it will establish itself elsewhere and if necessary move from place to place. Go to Peace Parley. Irish members of the British n r. Iiament plan to elect an Irish delega tion to the peace conference, it was learned today. They also plan to or ganize a separate Irish parliament. i The Irish parliamentarians have called a meeting in Dublin for Janu-. ary 1, when they will form the- repub- lican assembly, as the Irish parliament is to be known. The Sinn Feiners alreadv hnva Inn. ty-five uncontested seats In the Irish parliamentary delegation and expected today's announcement of the election results to give them fifty more, out of a total of 125 Irish seats. John Dillon, chairman of the United Irish league, was declared by the Sinn einers to have been defeated. Joseph Devlin, It was believed, will be the only prominent nationalist to attend the meeting. FIRElH PARSONS Blaze of Unknown Origin Does $500,000 Damage. Strasburger Building, Grocery, Long-Bell Yards Destroyed. Parsons, Kan., Dec. 28. Fire of nn- known origin which started at 7 o'cipek this morning and was still spreading three hours later, destroyed the four-story Strasburger building Uontaining the Strasburger dry goods store, the largest mercantile establish-! ment in the city, and several offices. The entire block in the center of tho'V business district was threatened, a grocery store adjoining the Stras-' burger building and a lumber yard in the rear being ablaze. Fome water, mains were frozen and the' pressure was Inadequate. j' The fire was practically out at noon, after it had destroyed the Strasburger' building, the grocery adjoining, and i the yards of the Long-Bell Lumber company. The total loss is estimated at 1500.000. NAMES HIS DEPUTIES Register of Deeds, Layton Appoint Misses Gardiner and Stratcmcyer. Appointments 'for his offics were announced this morning by Oran Lay- ton, register of deeds-elect, to take effect January 6, 1911. Miss Flora M.' Stratemeyer is to be first deputy- and' Miss Sidney M. Gardiner, second deputy. Miss Stratemeyer has been in the abstract business continually sines 1907. In 1911 Robert Tasker made her a deputy in the register of deeds of fice and in 1914 she accepted a position- with the Topeka Title Bund ing company, where she worked until. a short time ago, when Ralph Squires appointed her to succeed Miss Mas Graham, who resigned. Miss Gardiner, who gets second place, is well known and highly quail- -fied. having done general clerical and stenographic work for several years. U. S. EXPORTS ARE BIG Goods Shipped Out This Tear Exceed In Value Those Imported. Washington. Dec. 28. The United States exported $3,136.347. 61 mors goods In the year ending with Novem ber than she imported, according to department of commerce figures to day. This record was beaten only In ths previous year when excess of exports ran to 13.227,220.725. High values of war goods are re- sponsible for this remarkable showing. Imports for the eleven months end ing with November, totalled $2,820. 754,531. TOWN WITHOUT ADOCTOJt Elgin, Kan., Asks Governor To Find a Physician. .S The little town of Elgin, Chautauqua, county, has appealed to Governor Cap per to find it a doctor. War conditions took the Elgin doctors into military service and the town's stck have de pended on medical attention from the doctors of neighboring towns. Inr a letter to the governor today. It was asserted that One man who was sick was compelled to wait seventeen hours for te arrival of a doctor after a call had been sent to another town.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNALS-SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1918 ASK ALLIED HELP Berlin 'Discusses Necessity of Occupation of German-. English and U. 8. Troops De clared Necessary tot Order. HUN OFFICIALS ARE HELPLESS People Have No bonfidence in Present Leadership. Country,. However, Would Not Welcome French Intervention. BT FRANK J. TAYLOR. Berlin, Dec. 24 (night.) Allied pcv cupatiofi'of northern Germany to re store order wai generally discussed today. Moot of the civilians and soldiers with whom the United Press corre spondent talked, openly favored such a move. They said they would wel come American and British troops, but not the Frsjnch. Cannot Control Situation. Government officials frankly ac knowledged doubt of their ability to control the situation. 'Admission of radicals into the cabinet is generally considered as forecasting Spartacusiau control. It is believed generally that overthrow of the Ebert-Scheidemann element is a momentary possibility. "Let American and English troops come to Berlin," declared one of the sailor guards. "Wo, await them and will welcome them, but we don't want any French men. There is no peace any more. It la impossible to make conditions worse and they cannot be made better until the English and Americans come. Necd Men of Action. "Wo haven't any confidence in our leaders. We do not want disorder. We should have a peace dictatorship until things are organized, but we must have men strong enough lor tne lob. "All are like Bcheidemann. They talk but don't act. We need men of action, like von Hindenburg." Other sailors acclaimed this state' ment as representing their own sentl ments- Several of them were strap ping six footers who had visited America in the merchant submarine Peutschland. The sailors who referred to von Hin denburg called attention to a curious situation. The field marshal la the only man In Germany universally ad mired, and so far ne has stood prac tically aloof from the revolution. SOLDIERS MAY ENTER i They WiU Be Given Chance To Go to School at K. S. A. C. Manhattan, Kan., Dec. 28. Soldiers at Camp Funston will be given an op poitunlty to take college work during the winter. A, a recent conference between JIaJ. Gen. Leonard Wood and W. II. Jardin. president of the Kansas State Agricultural college, arrange ments were made whereby the facili ties rf the agricultural college will be offered to the men statloid at the camp during the demobilization period. i The plans provide for training in three different groups, namely, men- thru intensive special courses, covering a period of eight weeks, along agricul tural and engineering lines; credit ..courses of collegiate grades for under graduates of universities and colleges: !and lecture courses to be given at the icamp for those men who expect to re tturn to the farms and shops and who cannot be handled at the college in either of the other groups. prepared for action v. 6. S. Nevada Nearly Tackfed Brit- lah Cruiser Fleet Alone. r New York, Dec. 28. How the United States battleship Nevada prepared to tackle the cruiser squadron of the British grand fleet single handed in 'the North sea during a fog, was told here today by a sailor who was aboard. The Nevada, he said, ran across the 'cruisers during thick weather and showed her signals. The cruisers did tnot identify themselves, so orders were 'issued to clear the ship and take battle stations. Fire would have begun In a .few moments, it was declared, when the cruisers hoisted their signals. i "Some guy! the captain," the .sailor declared of, Capt. William C. 'Cole. "Give him a rowboat and he'd jfight the world." fiAJOlE OUT OF GAME 'King of Inllclders Announces His Withdrawal From Baseball. i Cleveland. Dec. 2S. Larry LaJoie is i out of baseball. J "I think I have earned the right to tatep down after twenty-three years in 'the game," said the king of inflelders today. "'I've a couple of good offers, but have decided to stick here the year t around. I might do.a little playing on i the sand lots." I Larry Is a salesman for the Miller Rubber company here. t'. AS PRISONERS OF WAR Belgians Deported to Germany Held fc In Prison Camps. Washington, Dec. 28. Belgian cl i vllians deported to Germany for In- dustrial purposes were treated the f same as prisoners of war, m Belgian government announcement here de- clared. Leavenworth Open Again. S Leavenworth. Kan., Dec 28. Dr. T. B. H. Anderson, the army surgeon in charge of the health department of i the city, has announced that the ln Tfluenza ban will be lifted at midnight Sunday. Schools that have been closed for a month will reopen Mon 4 day morning. 4y2 GOVERNMENT BONDS FREE OF TAX. 1918 ISSCE OF WAR SAVINGS STAMPS. Always worth what you pay for same with interest added. Tou can make, reservation for your January Investments. WAR SAVING COMMITTEE Phone 07 634 jansM Avenue PRESIDENT WILSON tet&:y -xip?' President mud Mrs. Wilson leaving That the cable dispatches telling of the warmth of President Wil son's reception in Paris were not exaggerated seems to be evidenced TELL OF THE LEADER Ownership of Berger's Paper Shown Brisbane Had 31a ny Shares. Chicago, Dec. 28. Testimony con cerning financial affairs, of the Mil waukee Leader, the Socialist news paper of which Victor L. Berger is editor, was given Friday at the trial e five socialist chiefs, charged with conspiracy to violate the espionage law. Frederick Redfeld, secretary and bus iness manager of the paper testified that Arthur Brisbane owned one thou sand shares in the paper until four j or-fiy months ago when he sold hifcL. interest, i ne wunesa gam ins Aiwr, Brisbane Fund also owned one thou- j sand shares in the paper. Rehfeld denied that the paper had i ever received funds from brewers or j P'o-German sources. 1 "Has thjs paper ever received any financial aTd from Arthur Brisbane asked Assistant District -Attorney F leming. "No,"" replied Rehfeld. The witness explained that Brisbane Hall in Milwaukee was built by Arthur Brisbane as a memorial to his father Albert Brisbane who was a socialist. Te Milwaukee Leader is published from Brisbane hall. TAKE TWO RED SHIPS British Shlif Captures Pair Bolshevik Destroyers Shelling Lighthouses. London, Dec. 28. The British war ahip Calypso has captured two Bol shevik destroyers in the eastern Baltic, according to an official report here from the Admiralty. One of the de stroyers was engaged in bombarding lighthouses in the vicinity of Bevel. EGYPT SENDS TROOPS Win Aid the Christian Peoples in Their Fight. Washington, Dec. 28. Kgypt Is sending troops to aid the Christians in Abyssinia who are fearful of Mos lem attacks. WRECK MAIL ROUTE PLANE: Amateurs at Norton Tried To Take Bide In Army Machine; Dodge City, Kan., Dec. 28. Ama teur aviators of Norton, Kan., wrecked the army airplane, stored there by Lieutenant Starr, who, with -three other aviators f.om Scott field, Illinois, is touring the southwest in the inter ests of an aerial maik route. Starr had been called home unexpectedly and his companions. Lieutenants Yarbor ough and LaGrone, came to Dodge City, where word of the accident reached them today. The message stated that residents ot Norton succeeded in starting the machine and getting off the ground with disastrous results. The- extent of the damage Is unknown. Tarborough left this afternoon for I Wichita, going by way of Pratt. CUT MUNITIONS MAKING Reduction In Manufacture in Gor many Made on December 31. Washinrton, Dee. 28. Material ire- duction of ammunition manufacture in Germany will be made December SI. avtui uiu si, vu riix in u ai itiicii b I ill. til mat! on this afternoon. GETS ROYAL WELCOME -4"rr -vjn the S. S. George W P ideate Wilson and Poincare driT- iK to the house of Prince Marat in Paris. hv the lower nhoto. which has iust I been received from Paris. Great French crowds are seen shouting; their vivas as President Wilson. THE "400" FAIL TO PAY UP BILLS AT SOME HOTELS New York', Dec. 28. Board Jump ers do not always wear overalls and rise early. Some wear evening clothes I and sleep while the sun shines. Proceedings in the G. C. Boldt es tate case in surrogate court- here revealed that guests of the Wal dorf Astoria and of the Bellevue Strat ford in Philadelphia owed these ho- teis almost half a million. Loss of these board bills seriously affected the Boldt estate. Bolda hav ing been heavily Interested in these hotels. Inquiries at the Progress hotel, a large lodging house where the charge j8 thirty cents per night, revealed that guests of that hostelry owe not one cent. Board Jumpers are unknown there. SUNDAY A FINE DAY (Continued from Page One.) will be a fine day. Temperatures will range between 20 and 30 degrees and the sun will shine at least a parti 01 me aay. When the weather observations were iaKen at o ciock tnis morning, tney inaicatea inai tne SKies were clear from Kansas west to San Fran cisco, north to Canada and south to the Gulf. The clouds came up after seven o'clock and were not expected to last all day. Flora expected the sun to be turned on for a while this afternoon. No rain or snow was reported In Kansas In life last 24 hours. A few very slight flurries of snow occurred here Friday morning. Light flurries were also reported from Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania, altho no real storms were reported from any sections of the weather map. The lowest temperature on the weather map, 6 degrees above zero, was reported from Winneuca, Nev. To say that temperatures were as low in Alabama as they were in Montana might arouse an expression of doubt, but the low temperature reported from Montgomery, Ala., waa 34 degrees, while at Helena, Mont., the tempera ture was only 4 degrees higher. The temperature here registered 13 degrees at 7 o'clock this morning. Two inches'of the snow have either melted, evaporated or settled. When tbe snow ceased falling it measured about 6.6 inches. It now measures 4.6 inches. The extremes on record for this date were 66 in 1889 and 8 be low zero in 1887. At 10 o'clock this morning the wind was blowing at the rate of ten miles an hour from the west. At that hour the pemperature stood at 21 degrees. DAILT WEATHER TABLE. 1 FnrnisliPd by the weatlier borean office. Topoka, Knn for the twenty-tour hours Dniir.. -7 m SJ Stntlon- Hltrli. Low. Prcc. W'Mir. Roaton. Muss rnlgary. Alb....... Chicago, III Clnoinnntl, Ohio r, ConcortliH. Kan Corpus Christl llpnver. Colo....... 30 1!4 O Clouily .is as 0 Clear 2S 24 .(H! Snow .TO 20 sri Snow 3!) 14 0 Clear 4S 44 O Cloudy 44 2rt n Clear 24 IS O Cloudy il H n Clear IS 13 T Cloudy 42 21 0 Clear 45 40 O Cloudy 44 So. o Clear EO 40 .02 Cloudy .Kl 20 10 Clear 44 28 T Cler 5S 54 0 Clear 4Q :(S 0 Clear SW -20 O Cloudy 22 R 0 Clear 25 12 0 Clear B2 :14 0 Clear; 20 24 .02 Snow 42 SK .0s Cloudy 28 is o Clear S4 24 .02 Snow 20 14 .01 Snow B 20 0 Clear 54 42 0 Clear 2fi 24 .02 Cloudy 40 IS 0 Clear SO 24 0 Clondv sr. 40 .so ciuody 2S 22 .0-; Snow 20-11 T Clear nt 211 o rion.iv 2! 8 0 Clear" 1 1 cs Moines, in 1 podge City. Kan f'J!'1 MJ-22 ,!'iiT' Jh-' Hnvre. Mont .Tncksonvine, Fla... I Kansas City, Mo... I Little Rnrk. Ark... 1 T.08 Awrelen I New Orleans. La... Xew York. N T... N. Platte. Nh "klahoina. Okla.... ,,hoenix. Ariz...... I'ittaburKh. Portland. Ore...... St. Joseph. Mo..... I St. Louis. Mo St. Paul, Minn I Salt Lake. ftah.... son Frnnrlsud Sault Ste. Marie Sheridan, Wyo..... Stmknae. Wash.... 1 Tnmpffr- Fla (Totclo. Ohio TOI'KKA. KAN.. UVnnlpgtfHi. 1. C..- IwlihHn. Knn 'Winnipeg, Man..... IN FRENCH CAPITAL gas?133' accompanied by President Poin- care, rides through the Paria streets on the way to Prince Marat's home. PRAISE FOR M'ARTHUR Rainbow Commander Didn't Consider Personal Safety in Battle. Washington, Dec. 28. Brig. Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur, commander of a brigade of the Rainbow division, and fof merly chief of staff of the division, i i i n. it.. has thrice been officially recommend ed for promotion to be major general. In one of the most remarkable documents ever filed In military an nals, this daring young officer is praised today by Major General Men oher, who was Rainbow division lead er and later Sixth Corps commander. Heedless ot personal dancer. Mac- Arthur (several tinies-led' his troops personally, said Menoher. This leadership out front caused the division commander to write: "He has stood for th actual physi cal command of large bodies of troops in battle, not a day, but days duration, and I believe, has actually commanded larger bodies of troops on the battle line than any officer in our army, in each instance with conspicuous suc cess. "His efforts have been untiring, un interrupted and without the least regard- for his personal safety at each of the many times when he felt his personal leadership required- his pres- ence !n'he thick of the struggle, For instance, AlacArthur, tho se- verely gassed on one occasion, refused to permit his removal to a hospital. but kept on with his duties. His leadership was largely responsible for the first break in the famous Kriem held position, it is said. BRISBANE HELD STOCK Until Recently Hearst Editor Owned Interest In Berger's "Leader." Chicago, Dec. 28. Continuation of questioning regarding the business af fairs of Victor Berger's Milwaukee Leader was the program today at the trial of Berger and four other Socialist-leaders on espionage charges here. Ferdinand W. Rehfeld, secretary and business manager of the Leader, testified yesterday! that prior to Feb ruary 2, 1918, the date on which Ber ger was indicted, the paper had .car ried no patriotic advertising. Questioned regarding the Leader company's stockholders, Rehfeld said that up to four months ago, 1.000 shares of the stock were held by Ar thur Brisbane, Hearst editor. Rehfeld declared- the Leader had never accepted financial aid from any German or pro-German source. REFUGEIN LEGATIONS Most of Members of Austrian Royal Family Appeal to Neutrals. Berne, Dec. 28. Most of the mem bers of the former Austrian royal house who have remained in Austria are reported to have sought safety in neutral legations in Vienna because of fear of rough treatment at the hands of the populace. The Argen tinian and Chilean legations have of fered hospitality to a dzen former archdukes and archduchesses. Atchison Loses Another Pioneer. Atchison. Kan., Dec. 28. Michael Ward, who bad lived on the same farm in Atchison county -eince 1861, died on Friday at the age of 81. He was born in Dublin. Ireland, arid came to America with his parents when he was ten years old- In 1857 he married in Chicago, his wife dying in 1911. Eleven -children survive. MOTHER KILLED ON WAY TO SEE SON IN A CELL Detroit. Mich., Dec 28. Helpless to give his mother warning, Frank Bor owski gazed from behind the window of his Jail ceP and saw her ground to death by a street car here Friday. The woman was on the way to visit her son who is awaiting trial for auto mobile stealing. She was crossing the street and failed to see a .street car approsch'ns. Frank was unable to lift the window to shout a warning. WILL PUSH BILL Grade -Teachers To Get Behind Legislative Measure, They Will Work for Passage of V the Sent Measure. The grade teachers of Kansas are to give their assistance, thru congres-! slonal district committees, to the pass ing of a teachers insurance or an nuity bill, to be Introduced in the forthcoming session of the -Kansas bps legislature. j Raymond K.ent, superintendent 01 thA nablia Rchnolfl of Iwrdncfil was invited to Topeka Friday to address a meeting of a committee Irqrn tne Grade Teachers'- association, met to consider legislation on school matters. Kent is chairman of the legislative committee of the Kansas State Teach ers' association, and-has led in the framing of four bills to be presented to the legislature, the Insurance bill being one of the number. The grade teachers considered the proposed bill for the retirement of teachers inadequate in some' respects, and conferred with Kent regarding some points that they wished incor porated, into the measure. The bill was lacking a disability clause, where by a teacher who has taught less than the required number of years for re tirement, might draw an annuity in ease of disability. Special Topeka Problem. The meeting also considered 'Ihe case of Topeka teachers.' already working under a local pension sys- tem.-in case a state law is passed. Some, provision will have to be made, either to annul the local arrangement. or otherwise to bring the Topeka teachers under the state law provis ions. Kent emphasized the necessity of putting the bill upon an actuarial basis, in order that it may be a safe law. and will not require a later ap propriation to maice up any oericits. "All the states -that have a teachers' annuity arrangement," Kent explained, "are putting the law on the same basis as life Insurance, workdd out with the same accuracy and certainty. No ether law has been found to be sound Objections were made by some of the teachers to the age limits proposed in the bill. The measure is made to read an optional retirement age of 55. after a service of thirty years, or a forced retirement age of 65 after a service of forty years. The teachers thought that instructors would almost; invariably work on to the limit, how-! ever detrimental such service might be both to teacher and school children. Kent Explains Ago Limit. Kent explained that reducing the age limit five years would increase the sum of the appropriation to be asked for 100 per cent. This, he thought, would imperil the chances of the bill in the legislature. "It would be better," Kent said, "to get an imperfect bill than no bill at alW "r 'he contrary," one of the teach ers replied, "it would be better to get the bill thru as it ought to be, than to have the work to do r again in fr'ure sessions." Linna Bresette, state welfare board secretary, gave as her experience" that the committee should take from the legislature the best bill ft could get and try for improvements in future sessions. K-rt aked the women's committee of teachers to do their legislative work thru authorizd channels and not bother the legislators with scattered requests for action on the "bill. Miss Mabel Smith, chairman of the State Association of Grade Teachers, ex plained to Kent that the women of the association had tried to interview the legislative committee, presenting the views on the bill-hich concerns them more nearly than it does anyone else, and -ad been put off and given no taring. For that reason the grade teachers had chosen executive secretaries in every congressional district who should present a satisfactory Insur ance bill to their own legislators be fore they came down to the session. Every legislator will be approached on tne b.ll by his own constituents. In putting the bill into Its final form, the legislative committee has signified its willingness to accept sug gestion's from the grade teachers' committee, and to Incorporate some of .the points which that committee considers essential. A meeting" of the legislative com mittee will be held In Toneka earlv In LJanuary to get 'its bills In finished iorm. UNEQUAL POWER (Continue! from Page One.) expression of America's attitude to ward .the most vital principles of tbe peace settlement. It was the first of his "conversa tions" with the British public, de signed to promote a complete under standing between Great Britain and America and in line with his policy of open discussion of peace preliminaries. The material for bis speeoh was be lieved to have beAi developed from his conferences yesterday with Premier Lloyd George, Foreign Secretary Bal four and other British statesmen. The President and Mrs. Wilson ar rived at the Guildhall at 12:30 and were received by the lord mayor, lady mayoress and others. Mrs. Wilson re ceived a bouquet from the mayor's daughter. Is Given Official Parchment. After the Initial ceremonies, the president was given an address of wel come on parchment, in a gold casket. Following his reply, the President and Mrs. Wilson went to the mansion hoese as guests of the mayor and mayoress at luncheon. Among th3 prominent perstinages at the luncheon was the Duke .of Connaught.. The streets were crowded to see the president pas on his way to and from Guildhall. Troops lined the way and kept the people in .check. Of American presidents Grant and Roosevelt, after their respective ad ministrations, have received honors at the Guildhall- Today's event .iri the city had double interest thru (he ap pearance there of the first American president to come during his term of office and. a general belief that he v ould make a pronouncement of po litical and international importance. The president continued his con ferences .vith British statesmen this afternoon, developing .the greatest personal understanding and friend ship. In yesterday's conversations the president is known to have exchanged ideas with Lloyd George and Balfour upon every phs.se of the peace prop-ram. The conferences are said o hive- been "very satisfactory." Gave C. S. Views n Full. The president gave his views on general subjects and explained fu.-t -vhat the American people expected of him. he premier and foreign secretary we:e equally frank, and a whole week of accomplishment under ordinary p-ocedure was crowded into a few hours by waiving diplomatic formality. This evening the president will dine with Lloyd George at Downing street and meet other members of the im perial war cabinet. At 11:15 tonight he will leave for Carlisle. He has re quested the greatest privacy as this is a personal visit to the former home of his mother, and he wishes no cere monies. Before Guild hall meeting, the presi dent went to the American embassy, where ho received several delegations. Among them were members of the league of nations union, neaciea oy Viscount Grey, Herbert Asquith and Archbishop of Canterbury, English speaking ainiversity organizations, the royal institute ot publio health, in which he was asked to accept an honorary membership-, -friends of the -league of nations. Zionists headed by Lord Rothschild, the national council of the evangelical four churches, and the trades union council which pre sented a memorial. COl' RAGE TO APPLY REMEDY. That Is Great Need In Addition to Justice Says Wilson. London, Dec. ,28. Last', triahffe state banquet lasted until after 10 o'clock when King George and Queen Mary. with their quests retired to the draw ing roem, where coffee was served and those present engaged in informal conversation. There were only two speeches at the banquet by King George and President Wilson but those speeches were very noteworthy. -Addresses at state functions' in Great j Britain are usually studiously compli- 1 mentary and confined to allusions to international friendships. Last night both speeches were much longer than is customary and contained direct references to the business attending Mr. Wilson's visit. King George re ferring to tne, desire to "lay the solid foundations of a settlement resting upon the consent of emancipated na tionalities." President Wilson went even more directly to the point when he referred to the use of the "Great words, right and justice" and the "Need of moral courage to apply them to the settle ments which must conclude the war." It must have been a strange experi ence for the guests amid such sur roundings to hear the president of a republic speaking of "Men conscious of the brotherhood," but Mr. Wilson's eloquent declaration that "it would take more courage to resist the great moral tide now running in the world than to yield to it" made a deep im pression. TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS Chicago, Dec. 2S. CORN Prospects of larcer croD inurement sfter New Year's led to weakness todnv in tho corn market except for the Deceinber-dellvery. Helated uj luun, uroiiut aoout nil- ranees in that option. Trade In December, however, was relatively small. Opening prices, which ranged from c off to c up with January $1.42 and May $l.a(i to l.:tT were followed by a decided general setback, barring further tightening of December. Week end adjustment of trades led to renewed strength in the late dnellngs. Prices closed firm, January 1.43 to $1.43, May Sl.30 to fi;.M. and the market as a whole at ic off to 3-c advance com pared with 24 hours before. OATS Oats wore easier with corn. After opening unchanged to v lower, with May 4'ji.ic to UOV-jC the market continued to sag. PROVISIONS Provisions reflected the weakness of corn. Later the provision market recovered as a result of rallies in corn. Chicago tiraln anj Provision Market- (The range of prices 00 grain futures nn Chicago Hoard of Trade as reported hv TIiob. J, Myers, 301 N. -li Bldg.) ebieag, Dec. 28. l.Iose -High Low Today les. Open COItN Jan. ..142 Feb. ..1.17 Mar. Nl:aV.i May ,.13S 14314 I-'!1 K17 C914 70 J'4 LIBIA 1304 143 13-1',4 13 130 6014 eo 70-4 U2 13K i:l 130 00-JS Jan. Feb. Mar. Mnv I'll IS K 6R OO'J Jan. May ..43.10 LAUD Jan. ..2S-.33 May ..-J3.ST It I US Jan. ..25.02 May ..23.75 47.27 47.50 43.10 42.00 43.10 43.00 23.80 23.75 24.07 23.87 23.87 24.03 23.90 23.07 25.07 23.77 25.02 23.05 25.07 25.05 23.77 23.70 Kaasaa City f;rala Market. (The range or prices on grain futures on Kaunas City linard of Trad, as reported by Thos. J. Myers. 301 N IS. Uldg.t Kansas. Citv. Ilec 2R. Open COTtN Jan. ,.140 Feb. ..14Sj Mar. ..141 OATS Jan. C9 Feb -Mar. G'J nigh Low Today Yea. 147 14314 141 140 147 1421,4 143 141 141 1474 143 69 06 70 0 6 70 70 70 Kansas City Grain and Produce Market. Kansas City, Dec. 28. WHKAT Cash Market lc to 4c higher. No. 1 hard, $'J."!a3 2.3: No. 2. 2..Wi2.32: No. 1 red, 2.404 2.42: No. 2. $2.3S(02.4O, COItNMarket unchanged to lc lilaiier. No. 2 mixed, $1.52(0.1.54; No., 3. 1.01eiS 1.52: No. 2 white and No. 3 yellow, n.5Jia 1.54: No. 3. white, fl.50ai.51; No. 2 yellow, S1.54 1.50. OATS Market lc lower. No. 2 white, 72& 73c: No. 2 mixed, 71V.fi.72c. ltYK $1.4!l(ul.50. KAFIIt AND MILO SIAIZE 2.70Q2.78. HAY Market unchanged. SHOlt'rS $L'.50lii I'.UO. KUAN $2.:UH0 1.35. WHEAT Jtec-eipta 63 cars. jtI-yxi' It Ma rket unchanged. rolXTKV-Market unchanged. -KJ;S Firsts, tile; seconds 4c. CORN Close: December. $1.50: Janu ary, $1.47 February $1.43 March, 1.411.41-;i; May, $1.40. Chicago Grata and Provision Market. Chicaco; Pec. 2S. CORN Close: Iieeein ber, $1.01: January. $1.43(S1.43 Febrnarv. $L:iM51.43 March, $1.30 May, 1.3; 1.30. OATS December, 69c; Jannary, GTc; Febrnarv. (c; March, C0c; May, 70Mi'7OHc. POKK Jan.. $47.25; May. $43.10. Al:l Dec. and Jan., $23.87; Mcv, $24.05. SHOUT KIBS Jan., $25,07; May, $23.77. Chicago Produce Market. Chicago Dec. 28. BUTTER Market blpher. Creamery. 55SrOGc. KlilJS Market unchanged. POTATOES Market unchanged. POULTRY Alive, unchanged. Jffrw Orleans Cotton Market. New Orleans, Dec. 28. COTTON Spot, steady -and unchanged; middling, 3L00. New Tork Protioce Market. New York. Dec. 82. BUTTE It Market easy. Creamery higher than extras. 18c. EGOS Market firm. Fresh gathered ex tras. fi7i8Hc. CHEESE Market firm. State whole milk, flats, fresh specials. 3737e. POULTRY Alive and dressed, steady. New Tork Stoch Market. TVall St.. New York. Dec. 28. STOCKS Storks were feverishly active during the day's brief session, the shorts again at tacking at the opening some of the wore variable issues. These included Marine preferred, low-priced transiortaton. iir ticulsrly Coalers find Trunk Lines, secnd ary steels and equipments, co-vimtm. Kinchiir oil and utilities. A vigorous rally ensued :n the ocnnd bonr. however, on s demand for IT. 8. Steel ami investment rails, n t- blv the Pacific rronn. At-hlon nd ,,e-id- ing, many substantial gains being register- Holiday Season Beautiful snow Flu disappearing Jones Birch PRINTING Happiness everywhere Engines Hauled Over Bad Roads WEATIIKR REPORT VyEATHER FORECAST for Kansas: Falrtonlsht and Sunday; not much change In temperature. Depletion of the Hogshooter gas field made the organization's compressing station in that location no longer necessary. To move the idle machinery to some plaee where It could be put to use pre sented a problem, but not an unusual one, for the gas organization. The ver shifting source of supply of natural gas has made It no uncommon thing for the investment in a gas field to cease making; return, necessitating its withdrawal. The cost of moving the heavy machinery to its new location near the Hominy field in psage County, Oklahoma, was large, for 'the reason it was necessary to carry it many miles over bad roads. The two big engines which drive the compressor cylinders are sup plied steam by four new 450-horscpower boilers. KANSAS NATURAL GAS CO. WE BOTH LOUS M O N R T IV TOD DOST SELL TOVB STOCK SHIPPERS To Iilsure Yourself Best Results Consign to CLAY, ROBINSON CO. Live Stock Commission Merchants, Stock Yards, Kan. City' We Also Have Our Own nfflrm or rTilmo So fu Jnonnli. Sn. Omaha, Denver, Slonx City. So. St. worth and EI Paso. ed. The closing was strong, sales approx imated 550,003 shares. Liberty bonds again were heavily traded In at nominal changes. Shippings reflected pronounced pressure st the ontset today. Marine preferred losing points as a result of overnight advices Indicating serious opposition by British interests to the proposed sale of the com pany's tounage to this government. Kails gave way under moderate offerings with Krooklyn Trauslt. but oils, gas shares, and obscure specialties were irregularly higher and liberty bond ruled slightly -over yes terday's final quotations. Chicago Live Stock Market. Chicago, Dec. 28. IIOGR Receipts lS.OOO. Market active, strong to 10c higher. Hulk of sales, S17.45fu 17.S5 butchers. m.Oaife 17.90; light, .nfi.!5&17.!0: packing. $l.SCiy 10.85; throwouts, $13.G0filti.75; pigs, good J1J1.25IS 15.13. CATTLE Receipts 1,000. compared with week ago beef steers and butcher stock, mostly i5 cents to si. 25 higher; bulls and enners. 50 tov73 cents higher: veal calves and best feeders, 50 cents higher; common Blockers, steady. SHEEP Receipts .2.000, compared with a week ago killing lambs. H5c to si. 10 higher; wethers and yearlings, $1&1.25 higher; ewes, 50c to 75c higher. Kansas City Live Stork Market. Kansas City, Dec. 28. HO(S Receipts 2.3UO. Market steady. Hulk of sales. Sl'.lO 6J17.50: henvy. s.17.0017.flO; packers and butchers. J17.20iiil7.fi0; lights, l.0Oei7.4O; pigs, su.ooftr rt.oo CATTLE Heceipts 200. No southern. Market steady. Prime fed steers. Clx.UMg "J0.0O: dressed beef steers. S13.00tfilK.0O; western steers. $12.om& 10.00: southern steers. ST.OOfe 13.00; cows. 7..lOi&:14.M; heif ers. SS.OOii 14.50; etm-kers and feeders. S7.50 frlC.OO; bulls, S7.00&O.SO; calves, $7.0010 13.W). SHEEP Ttecelpts 200. Market strong. Lambs.SLMiOfr 13.n0: yearlings, 11.00iliio-. wethers, 9.Soail.00: ev.-ea. (8.009.25; Blockers and feeders, fu'.SOfi.lfi-OO. Weekly Grata and PtotUIoiii. Chicago. Pfr. 2. Acute ttcarclty of 1m mffllate itupitHea tin fore! a blur buttre In the corn inn rket this week, nltho must of tbe price effects have been rmifinel to utMirby dellreries. Compared with a week pgo corn quotations this morning' rariel from unchanffert flfriirc to 10 -entfi all iance, oats were off ta2 cents to 2 -ents snd provisions ranfrinjr from 90 cents decline to a rise of 10 cents. Nearly c.m tinaoiM stormy weather that Interfered with ensiling and with wagou traffic had a g! deal Co do with tbe nieagcritcrs of the movement of om to market and w:th the fact that stocks were down close to tbe vanishing .mint, Oata lacked support, notwithstanding th strength of ccrn. Most of the time shipping call was slack, especially from tbe seaboard. Provisions were beary owing to contin ued excessive offerings oft bogs. M train tlrala ioai. (Furnished by tbe Topeka Board of ra Chicago. Tee. 2. The Tribune: .ratn Tber was considerable chance in senti HIDES To T. J. Brc wn ussrVsSr-: tireen Halt Cured Hides Ne. 1 .........19c tireea Salt Cared Hideo No. I ISC Hone Hidoo (as to olse) No 1.... n.ae to SH.U Horao Hideo aa to olsot No. C 4.on tm Write for nrtree and. ohinplnn tngo 1 Paymento made promptly raul, E. feufi'alo, E. St. Louis, Fort ment reirnrding tbe immediate future corn prices after tbe close. Those who watched the trading avid they bellwvedUhat a majority of he leading local tradera -ov-ered early and while many reinstated their lines on the bulge, the short Interest had been cut down at tbe last. The Increase in country offerings bad considerable effect, as It baa been the 'ack of bedgftig pressure ami lilgb prices for the cash grain that has been the mnlj bullish Influent, for some time past. Longs In December corn were disposed to sell on the bulges. Tbe lending holder are said to be cash houses who are long against shipping Bales, sod when they secure the cash article sell out the December. May corn has been under unexplainnble pressure for several days. Those in a positiou to know say that a R:irt of the -eliing of late by houses wltb ewYork connexions has been hedging against purchases of Argentine cora. With Improvement In country roads It Is natural to look for an Increased movement of corn. Traders gen. rally bought bids on corn and onts laat night, the Impression bel ig that there has been advance enough, particular ly In corn, for tbe time being. New YorV Dec. 2S. The Financial News Bulletin; Stocks Active market Interests of a great deal of influence are recom mending tbe purchase for a turn of 8tu de baker, American Linseed. Ooodrtch cm and Amor I mil Cotton Oil. A very bulMah) sentiment is noted In active commission house closely associated with the rubber Interests. It la centering on V. H. Ro'-bcr common stock, which Is said to hare een accumulated on ell declines In tbe ejeneral market during the past few days. Ooml rlch Kubber i,tock .a being steadily sccum. ulated upon all recession In the stock mar kct. The bnylng s said to be baaed Upa preparations for a great revival In the Automobile Industry. Ie-renwe of offerings of stocks combined with mther erldem-e of a stronger technical condition, suggests that present tendencies In the stock market should ou tbe whole be toward recoveries. Topefesi Mirkff SBprt. t Prices furnished by Wolff fsrklng Ca.f Tojw-ka, Kan., Dec. 28. !WfXED AND BUTCHEltS $M.K0ftl7.nA HEAVY 14.5017 10 KING HOWti. good lu choice u.notw.on IJ'.Ml 14.. S)llf..f ri;s A.tNHt;t.4io We cannot ose rough and thin i. ft at shed tfgs for pa--king fiurpoaea. We wilt ba.s PoeKrv mm Kgge V Furnished to the I npeka I'acklng Cas Deny, corner Lanreut eni UMo i Topeka, Kan.. Dec. VL Springs over 2 .be.. 23c: old roosters t.feg .-4 m tern ta in in!er Ate tens e :v, lbs. 21c: hens under H the. ttfrt springs over 2 lbs. 22c; stage 10c Tones: ;reii Market.' .Famished by Dr.rn Urals Cow esrrtff Topeka, Kan., Dec 2S. TFMiOW Ct) ft ft -f 1 40t W'HITK Ct)RN-Lia. OATS (SC.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNALSATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1918 REAL XMAS PRESENTS Two Families In Topcka Presented With Girls by Stork. Two girls. Christmas sifts to their parents, were Manuela. N. Del Hierro, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Del Hierro, of 129 Branner street, and Marjorie Lois, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Waldo Osborn, of 1400 Polk street, who were born mn December 5, according to the following birth report turned In at the office of the city clerk for the week ending December 28. Sam Barthel and wife. 1329 Mul vane street. Dec. 22; boy, Floyd. Vesnon Braster and wife. 908 West 7th street. Dec. 15; gill. Sosetta Lee. Paul W. French and wife 2142 Lin coln street, Dec. 22; g.rl, Aileen Lucill. Manuel Del Hierro, and wife. 129 Branner street, Dec 25; girl, Manuela N. Del. Geo. E. Kirk and wife. Rt. 27. Dec. 12; Bill, Jean Mary. Frank F. Morgan and wife. 404 Monroe street, Dec. 19; girl, Mildred. J. C. Murphy and wife, 232 Madi son street, Dec 26; girl. Kathlene. Thomas Miller and wife, 422 Taylor Street. Dec. 23; boy. Virgil John. Don Waldo Osborn and wife. 1400 Polk street, Dec. 2S; girl, Marjorie Lois. Cieo. K. Taylor and wife, Rt. 27. Dec. 24; girl, Maggie Viola. Yancey C. Carmichael and wife, 1132 Morris avenue. Dec. 22, girl. Charles B. Harris and wife, 1122 Quincy street, Dec. 10. boy. William Horacek and wife, 123 Qulnton boulevard. Dec. 19, boy. George W. Halner and wife, 119 West Gordon street, Dec. 20, boy. William M. Jackson and wife, 129 North Quincy street. Dec. 21, boy. Raymond K. Morgan and wife, 42 34 Clay street. Dec. 26, girl. Karl Milton Spencer and wife, 1206 Boswell avenue, Dec. 23. boy. W. M. Nelson and wife, 311 East Fifth street, Dec. 22, girl. GAGE PARK. (Personal and news Item by Bin. Newell. I'll one 2032 eveuiuga). Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Snook and family of AubiimUiile nave moved into tlielr liunie on Wursori uven lie. Mr. nml Mrs. A. L. Gunter and little son of Kansas City spent Christmas witU Mr. nntli?r's parents on WeHt Tentli and 'rnxi-r avenue. i;vTtU Lone of Itellvlew street spent Saturday In Ktinsrs City. Mr. Itobert -NorrU of Seattle, wash., has bni'ii vlsltliifT Ills cou8.il, Mrs. Bushon of vest Tentli strtft. Mr. nnd Mrs. M. J. Gunthur and family of Kl l'.-iso, Tex., spent Christinas wltU Mr. (iiintlier's parents of West Tenth street. Cliiretic 11 nd Charlie 8nook ient Sunday In Nnrtnnrllle vlaltlng their aunt, Mrs. J'urker, formerly of Gaffe l'urk. Mr. and Mrs. (ieo. Katoa and family of Ilcrlngtou spent severul days visiting rela tives. Miss Cei-Il Lowe of Seventh and Watson has bet' n confined to her home with the tonsllltls. John 1'orter from Camp Funston end John 4ordon of lree!ey. Colo., spent Chrtst nuts with their mint, Mrs. John Douglas. Mrs. J. A. Howus apd Mrs. T. K. St heard of Kidtfp uvenue were guests at the Dren-liiu-IIitxelritftc wedding. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. MaeFarlmnl of Sev en tli and l'rosneit avenue held a lamlly reunion on Christmas dny. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence MarFarlaud and chillren of Oakland, Mrs. Cecil Hug gins and children of MacViear avenue, Mr. mid Mrs. J. T. MncFnrland of Van Kureti street Mrrnnd Mrs. Harrison Brown and children of Seventh and Watson, Mr. Chester Mm-Farlnnd and Miss Esther Kber ly, Clifford and Anna May Mar-Farlund and rniiduiR MncFurlantl. A very enjoy able time reported. Mr. anil Mrs. Ien Lloyd and family spent Christinas with Mr. and Mrs. Kanantzer of Tenth and Hldge. lon't forget there will be Sundny sehool at the school bouse at 3 p. ni. tomorrow. HIGHLAND PARK. Notes aod orsonals from Highland Fark, by Ur. u. fctiauU Teleuiions 2,'KM N-L The King's Pniighters ami Winners Sun ilny cliol -elustwa with their teachers, Mrs. Y. It. Ciiubb a ii.l A. 11. 1'lutt. were enter tained this week at the home of the Misses Killth nml Florence Mnrsh. Christmas gueats at the K. E. Mnrsh borne were Mr. ami Mrs. ltiehartl Ahlstrom and ilnughter l-Mizabeth of Kansas City and llsa Loin Carter of Kakriilge. I.. Chnplfii of the Jrent Lakes naval training flchool returned Thursday after a short visit with his sister, Mrs. F. K. JgkEiliQore anil other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cox and Miss Edns C'nx of Freeman avenue, .-ere Christmas tiny guests of Mr. anil Mrs. K. L. Jones. Mr. anil Mrs. M. K. Sterns were guests M'etlnesday of Mr. aud Mrs. D. c. Thom son. Mrs Buckner who has been stationed at Camp Kunstnn has been discharged from the army and is at the home of his parents, Mr. anil Mrs. William Moffatt. Guests at the Peter F.berhart home this week were Miss Elizabeth Hurr, on Wednes day, and Miss Maud Hmuig and Miss Minda McKee on Thursday. Mrs. K. Hall aud dnunhter Marjorie returned last week from a two months visit with relatives ill Lafayette, Ind. The little grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. I.mnh was taken to the hospital Tuesday, where he underwent the third operatiou for apiiendirltis. Mrs. w. L. Morris and three children are 111 with the Influenza. Mr. anil Mrs. .1. .1. Currv spent Christmas day with the Walter Chubb family. Klnner Bursts of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roast Thursdav evening were Mr. and Mrs. iuy Mo.ist, Miss Tansy Antrim and Miss Hcatrix Antrim of North Topekn. Mrs. Kiumn Grigs Is Improved after a week's 'llness. 9 George Crawford will leave Jannnrr 1 to take a position with the Travers-Wlck Lvrutn company of les Mnluea. Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. William Coleman and fam ily spent Christmas with Mn. Colemuu'l sister at their home on Morris avenue. Christmas dinner guests at the O. Khanl home were Mr. and Mrs. .T. W. MurSti, Mr. and Mrs. O. Stiles, Mr. anil Mrs C. Iluehrer. Mr. sod Mrs. J. 1. Vnn.e Mrs. llruee M Kee, Mlns Caroyln Vance.' Miss (itenna McKee and Cletin Kuehrer. Miss Clara Chubb returned Tuesdnv from a few days' visit with relatives in Hutch inson. Karl Moratorf. of Klmont, apent Wednes day with the KliniT Chuhb family. Mr. and Mrs. It. X Mi-Cleunhnn spent t hrlstmas with Mr. McClenulmn's mother on Lane street. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bonst had for guests Chrlxtlnaa day Mr. Suv Boast of Camp Funston awl Mrs. Boast, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Boast Miss Hazel Boost. Mr. Wm. Boast, Mrs. J. K. liohlnson. Miss Carrie Itnhluson and Sergeant Wayte Lytle of Camp McArthnr, Tex. Miss tJ. Marie Strowig is spending the week-end at her home In Paxlco. -Jlr. A. W. Weaver who has been very 111 Is somewhat Improved. Highland Park sent In nearly two hun dred membership fees In response to the Christmas Koll Call, but that does not ex cuse any one from vWk at the Ited Cross meetings on Friday afternoons. There Is uini h necessary work to be done and a full attendance Is requested. Mr. Harold C. Lott. son of Mr. and Mrs. vt. It. Lott and Miss Marjorie Hill, daugli '?r,LMr' Mrs- K. Hill, were mar ried Tuesday. December 24. Mr. Lotti has been stationed at Fort HenJ. Harrison since J ,n" summer, returning with his discharge last Mondav. Mr. Lott is a graduate of Highland I'nrk high school and Mrs. Lott of Topeka high school. Joe McKee of Kichland spent Christmas evening with his mother, Mrs. Bruce Mc wi.i?. Mr.Tln,l avenue. Mr. and Mrs. f'lrlie ho spent the past two weeks at their country home near Itlcbmond are agalu with their daughter, Mrs. McKee. Notice, K. of P. Amity lodge No. 231 will ho.d elec tor! of officers Monday night. Decem ber 30, at 7:30 o'clock. All members urged- to be present. Refreshments. Adv. SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS -Christmas. I heard the tells this Christmas day With their chimes so sweet aud clear They sent a message of love and Joy Of a new-bora child sweet and dear. They pen led a song the Angela sine Of a Christ child born today; Who came to live and sacrifice And wash the sins of a world away. Oh precious child. Thy name we love Who1 died that w-e might live; We raise Thv name this Christmas day Precious sifts to you we give. "Oh peace on earth, good will to men Thy words so sweet aud dear; They are echoed on thruout the world By Yule tide bells sweet and clear. So on this glorious Christmas day When all in peace is still We give our thoughts and souls to you And gladly do thy will. C DUANE WRAT. Topeka. The San Grael class of the First M. E. Sunday school will meet rt 1:30 tomorrow moriiiog. lioyal Neighbors of America, Camp 148, will have their annual election of officers Monday night in the K. and L. of S. hall. Sunday school will be held at the Walnut Grove M. E. church Sunday morning at U::u. lie v. C. It. Zook, former pastor, will preach at 11 o'clock. Topeka Temple No. 2, Pythian Sisters, will meet at t Kansas avenue Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. The election of of ficers will be a feature of the meeting. The meeting of the King's Herald band has been postponed until January 4, when it will be held at the home of Mrs. Homer Allison, of Green street, at 2 o'clock. The Itev. C. B. Zook, former pastor of the Walnut Grove M. K. church, now su peri uten dent of the Topeka district, will preach tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. A returned soldier who evidently had been well slckeued of kitchen polhe du ties in the army, commonly called "K. P." cirileii up the State Journal this morning. "I noticed a headline of a lodge notice in tb3 paper last night. It said 'Attention, K. P., No. 38 i'e gods, don't frighten ua this way." Company H. Fourth regiment Kansas na tional guard will drill next Monday even ing ot 7: o'clock instead of Tuesday evening. Tuesday evening being New Year's eve, It was thought best to have no drill on that night. After the holidays the company will drill on Tuesday even ings as heretofore. lr. F. L. LoTeland. former pastor of the First Methodist church in Topeka, will treat-h Kumlnv inoniin tr nt the First Hau- tist church. In the evening a program of jurisimaa music win ue unni ijr iuc choir, led bv Mrs. Arza Clark, and assisted by .Miss Helen Phli-fs, violinist. Will Anderson, who is in Topeka on a ten-days' leave of absence to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kthen Anderson, StO Jefferson street, is at present confined to his bed with a severe com, wnicu ne con-tmft-nii pn rmito from Newnnrt. H. I. Anderson was former stenographer, for the county attorney. Archie Workman, 18 years old, is under arrest today etiurgeu wirn tne tueiE or a small glass display case from the Monarch Billiard Hall, 518 Kansas nvenue, about 10 o'clock Friday night. Ed Jordan, who was in the place at the time, said he saw Workman take the case and this led to the young man a arrest. Charged with violation of the Mann act. Oliver Moony, or tveats, ivau., was ur rested at Camp Funston Friday by federal officials. Moody was indicted by a graud Jury at Leavenworth last October, ou the cbwarge of transporting llosa Harding, m Kansas City, Mo., from Kansas City to jjeavenwonn ior unmoral purposes. Lela Dot son, charged with having Honor In her nossessiou. was acquitted in police court Friday on the testimony of J oil il Larruunni, rrwa.eu k simiiur charge.' When the police made a raid on her house a, few days ago they, found a half pint of whisky in the. drawer of her kitchen cabinet, but Carruthers testified that he had concealed 'the liquor there while the officers were searcmng tne place. An answer denying the allegations of Mrs. Kuth Howell iu her petition filed some days ago, was filed this morning in the office of the district court by Ice land Howell, a silver i.aKe ceterinarian asking that the court deny his wife's prayer for a divorce. Howell claims that he is the owner of their household prop erty but that he Is indebted to his father In the sum of $1,720 for a loan and for .rent on the farm which he la now oc cupying. t-The apnointment of a receiver to look after the affairs of the Apex theater is asked in a petition filed Friday in the office of the district court by Harry o. Abbott, who says he owns a one-third in terest in the place, against John M. Wright, a deputy in the office of the county treas urer, and now In Y. M. C A. service. Ab bott charges that Wright has not paid him a cent of revenue and that the theater has been neglected. He wants it sold in order to liquidate liabilities. EAST SIDE NOTES litems for -his column may be phoned to 3530 be'.ween hours of 8 and 11:30 a. m. Other hours, call Mrs. Mar garet Bostick. 4300 White. Miss Clara Egzleston and Mr. Neil Ham mond were married Ciitistmas morniug at 11 o'clock at the home of lie v. Sutton. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond wilt be at home to their friends at 1121 Lime street. Mrs. J. H. Weaver is in Boswell, N. M., spending the Loiiday season with her son, Mr. H. H. Weaver and wife. Sergt. V. Walker of Camp Taylor, Ky., is expected the first of the year to .spend a few days with Mrs. Weaver. Miss Naoma Koger of Willis, Kansas, spent Christmas with Dr. and Mrs. Howard, also Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Howard and baby. Itev. H. W. Wallace of the Third Chris tian church announ.-e Sundayservices as follows Sunday school 0 :30. Preaching 10:45, the theme elng "The Church and Appreciation." Kvening services 7 Misto Florence Frltton entertained a few girls Informally this afternoon, theme "The Call of the Christ." Word has been received that Mrs. Jolley of Chandler street, who went to visit her daughter, Mrs. Morford lit La Junta, Colo., waa taken to the hospital Thursday; also Mrs. Morford, both, suffering from an at tact of Influenza. Mrs. James Mullen of German avenue left Friday to assist them. Miss Gertrude King of Atchison. Kansas, has been a guest of Minnie Howard. Mrs. Emma Schaeffer recently entertained the following; coasts: Mr. and Mrs. Mark Simms. Mr. rnd Mrs. C. Schaeffer and daughter Arlean. Mrs. F. G. Corbin and daughter. Mrs. Gladys Gnrrah. Mr. John Couture who has been In the chemical department of military training in Cleveland, Ohio, has returned and will be a student in Washburn, this being his senior year. Mr. snd Mrs. Pollinger, of 479 Heno ave., entertained a number of guests for Christ mas dinner. Those present were: Mr. Kaymond Beers, Mr. and Mrs. Baiighman, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Kason, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Beers. Mrs. Fanny Tasig; Mr. and Mrs. I. Beers. Mrs. J. H. Eason of Ottawa and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Pol linger and daughter Lucy. Will Anderson, military training In Newport, It. J., is in Topeka. a guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. Anderson of 830 Jefferson street Mr. Albert Schoonover superintendent of the second United Bretheru rhnrch Is look ing for a full attendance at Sunday school Sunday morning at :50. At 11:00 o'clock It. C. Rnssel will speak; also at 7:30. The onng People's meeting will be held at 0:30 led by Miss Lestn Isenberger. Mrs. L. F. Riley of Garnett is visiting her daughter, Mrs. F. C. Sutton of Lake street. The East side M. E. church will hold Its Sunday school services at 10:00 a. m. at 11 :00 o'clock Rev. Sutton will sieak on "Home Missions," and 7 :30 on "A New Year's Resolution. Capitol Lodge No. S. A. O. C. W. Notice Repular meetings will be re sumed beginning Wednesday night. January 1. Klection of officers for the ensuing- year will be held on Janu-1 ary 8. J. A. DENICK, M. W. C. COVELU Recorder. Adv. HOW THE BOLSHEVIKI RULE IN MOSCOW nTfr'-'n- "uv 'WmnSi ;rST?,A- Z Red guards arresting suspect in Moscow. This photo shows how the Bol Eheviki reign in Moscow. Red Kuards arrest on the slightest pre text any person or (Troup of per sons of whom they have the slightest suspicion. Two red iruards hare arrested a man sus pected of beuur implicated in a counter revolutionary plot. North Side News Items for this cluma mar be left st retrn's drug store, or csll Eleanor Kimball, phone &ll. after 2 p. m. otber Lours phone 4530. A still alarm was turned in at the fire station yesterday from the Gra ham clothing store. For some time the fire could not be located altho there was plenty of smoke. Steu Henry made a thoro search with a flash light but was unable to find the trouble. Finally L,. P. Fraser found the cause of all the excitement in a water bucket. Sawdust used to sweep the floor was kept in the bucket and as a small leak had started in the celling at the front of the store, the bucket had been placed beneath to catch the drip. Some one hadk thrown a lighted cigar stub in the bucket of sawdust, which resulted in a fine smudge, and also a fine scare. And now some thrifty North siders are wondering if there will be a fire sale. Shawnee County Boy Has Exciting Adventure. To be on a burning ship, 200 miles from land, the ship loaded with gaso line and TNT, is what Cyrus An drews. 1st class seaman on the U. S. S. the Rochester neighborhood, where as boys they attended the Rochester school. Notes and Personals. Miss Gladys Jenkins who is attend ing school at Lindsborg, Kansas, is the guest for a few days of her aunt, Mrs. L. W. Smith, of 1015 Jackson street. Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Seechrist of In dian Creek neighborhood, are the par ents of a daughter, born Christmas day, to whom they have given the name Velma Ernestine. The baby is a grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Farnsworth. of 124 Holman street. E. V. Pollom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd E. Pollom of route 4, has re turned to Newport, R. I.p after a ten day furlo at home. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Pollom and family of Arkansas City, who have been the guests of Mr. Pollom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Pollom the past week, have returned home. Mr. Pollom is a teacher in the high school at Arkansas City. Mr. Charles Irwin Lamb of Hering ton, who was the guest over Christ mas of the J. D. Pratt family, returned to his home yesterday. Helena chapter No. 280, -O. E. S., held an election of officers last night and the following officers were elected for the coming year: Mrs. Mary Camp bell, worthy matron; Dan Bair, worthy patron; Mrs. Minnie Maze, associate matron; Mrs. Lyda Saville. re-elected secretary; Mrs. Mattie Sherburne, reelected-treasurer; Mrs Minnie Bair, OAKLAND NOTES Items for this column may be phoned to s&'M) letween Lours of an 1 11:30 a. in. Otber hours, call Mrs. Mar garet Bostlck, 4300 White. Mr. Geo. Hart of Clinton, Mo., who came to attend the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Miller, has returned. Mr. Lepner, who has been 111 for some time at his home, DOo Forest, is improving. It. M. Williams, now liviu? at J-W Fin more, underwent an operation for gall stones at St. Frauds hospital Friday morn ins and is reported as doing: nicely. Miss Isebell Woodward is ill at her home, 145 Kellam. The senior class of the Oakland high school was entertained at the home of Mildred Wright Thursday evening. Those present were Miss Helen Car ut hers. Miss Mildred Wright. Mr. Klmil Tiffency, S. Tollon. Vave Winner. Glen Miller. Rav Gabier and Owan Woods. The guests were j Miss L. Kgert, Naoma Ray, Josephine Oak- j iem Minnie Donaldson, Gladys Hersuel and rlffil Wright. The woman's W. C. T. TJ. will meet with Mrs. fihuler oh Chester avenue Tuesday afternoon at 2:0 at which time they will have their Christmas exchange. All mem- bers are urged to be present. Mr. and Mrs. Neiswenter entertained for Christmas dinner Mr. and Mrs. I. 8. Neis "fntr of Fort Ken la ml n Harrison; A. It. Messlnger, of Kansas City; Mrs. Susan English u nd Mrs. Maguson. Mr. and Mrs. C Cole entertained at sis o'clock dinner Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. J. Lingo, Mr. and Msp. C. Lingo and children, Letha and Charles, and Ur. W. S. Fate of Walnut, Kan. Her. G. G. Horn of the Christian rhnrch announces Sunday school at 9:45 a. u, preaching at 11 and 7 -50. 9 The Oakland schools will open Monday morning. Mr. Scott Kelsey and Mr. and Mrs. Tan Sant entertained the following guests Christmas: Mr. and Mrs. C. It. Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Porter Cole and little daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Vane Cole of Merlden, Lester Good well and Haroltl Poort. Lloyd Smith, little son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith of Arter, broke his right leg while playing with some other children. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fish of 135 Kellam avenue have moved to a farm one and oue half miles north of the Sborey car line. Mrs. Arthur Woodward and family spent Christmas day with her mother, Mrs. Green way on Lima street. Mrs. WllMam Fish has been 111 with the influenza. Arthur Harris who was discharge,! from Camp Funston Is visiting his grand par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Neis winter. Mr. and Mrs. H. Ward, 310 Wabash ave., enteitalned the following guests for Christmas day A. W. Ward, Mrs. Myrtle Lodge, Mr. and Mrs. James Snyder, Mrs. Nora PuUnan, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Ware. Mr. William Ward and little Howard Snv der. They will remain for the rest of the week. i The Court of Honor will give a dance In their hall Saturday evening beginning at c. the public is invited. W. S. Pate, of Walnut, Kan., is the gnest for the week end of Mr. and Mrs. C. Cole. Services at the Oakland M. K. church to morrow will be as follows: Sunday School at 9:45; the pastor will preach at 11 :0u a. m. and at 7:o0 p. m. the young people's services will be held at ti:30 p. in. The Sunflower club will meet Tuesday afternoon, December 31. with Mrs. Helen Bates on Kellein ave. A full attendance Is desired. Capt. John Campbell and his sister Grace Campbell were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hamlll, &K) Wabash Saturday evening. The Y. T. T. club met with Fay Knox for their Christmas exchange. A large Christmas tree had baeii arranged and the evening was pleasantly spent telling Christmas stories and with Christmas stunts. Those present were Helen Nets winter, Bessie Wright, Mary May, Enid McCaslin. Flora Keffelring, May Snyder. Vernon Wood, Mrs. Clarence Ellis, Jennie Miller, Marie "Jones, Dora Elliot, Loba Webb and her guest Marie Vtt. HUNSWERE OUT LATE Because of This, British In Cologne Made Many Arrests, Geneva. Switzerland, Dec. 28. The British troops have made many ar rests at Cologne because the popula tion dl not obey orders to be in their homes at 9 p. m. according to reports received here. Fines had proved in effective. New York Montr Market. New York, Dec. 28. MONEY Mercantile pnper, U per cent, sterling. Mi iliiy nllla, 4.73; commercial. GO day bills on banks, 4.72 commercial. 00 day bills, 4.T2U lt- mand. 4. 1 4.80; cables, 4.7ft.&. Franc, tie lnaad. fi.45; cables, 5.44. Mexican del lars. 77c. Government bonds, irregular; railroad bonds, easy. Liberty bond close: 3's. 99.40; first convertible 4's. t2.S4 second 4's, 0:1.90: first convertible 4's, 90.40; second convertible 4H's. 94.00; third 44's, 95.31'; fontrta 4i's, 94.SS. Open until II Yl Open until 9 o'clock on sale after 7 No -phone or mail orders for the following, please -On the Main Floor Women's 8c Handkerchiefs; embroidered corners. .5 Women's np to 65c jHoscaizes 8 and 8, only 25$ 15c Powder Piitfswaftec this evening for. .'J 33c Daggett RamsdeH's Cold Cream for ZOf 50c French. Face Powder this evening for. -23 25c Tooth Brashes on sale after 7 this evening 10 15c Long Handle Flower Baskets after 7 o'clock .....8 Children's $1.00 Muff Beds; gray or brown lining with frill at the hand after 7 this evening 79$ All Men's Mufflers on sale after 7 this evening at just. Price Men's $2.00 Union Stilts on sale this evening $1.19 $2.00 to $4.00 un-trlmmed hats $1.00 A special lot of un-trlmmed silk Velvet Hats in black and colors regular $2.00 to $4.00 values on sale after 7 this evening 9 WW Lux 2 packages, 20c Fairy Soap 4 cakes, 20c WOMEN'S HANDKERCHIEFS of plain white lawn regular 10c ones this evening A for. GIRLS' WOOL, TAMS; blue and red ones a small lot of 50c ones on sale at 7 o'clock 4c MEN'S SOCKS of fine black cot. ton; all siies regular 85c ones this evening 4 for i?C NOTIONS 14 price Se Cotton Thread .2 spools 5$ 5c Pearl Buttons .1 cards K 10c Crochet Cotton 5 nd others. Pelletier's Barsala Basement A Great Store Within a Stare jj1 art Jr. 6 Bellas s Hot water Sure Relief QELL-ANS -FOR INDIGESTION The Dealer Knows The dealer's friends are the manufactures who advertise in his city for his benefit. He counts as his friends the newspaper representatives, his fellow-townsmen, who have shown him how his profits lies in standing behind goods that are more than three-fourths sold when they reach his shelves. He as learned to reckon among his friends articles that are newspaper advertised The marked trend of general advertising toward the daily newspaper shows clearly that manufacturers value the funda mental economy and efficiency of newspaper advertising, and that they are alive to the kind of advertising that tBe dealer understands and wants. 1 Hugh V. and Cyrus II. Andrews. Ophir, experienced a few weeks ago. Andrews enlisted December 26. 1917. in the IT. S. N., for a period of four years. He had made two trips across and was making a third, when fire was discovered on shipboard- The Ophir was a cargo transport, with a cargo of gasoline and TNT, bound from New York to Marseilles. The fire started in the coal bunkers from spontaneous combustion and was discovered when the transport was in the Mediterranean. 200 miles, or seventeen hours from land. Wire less calls brought an answer from the British authorities on Gibraltar, giv ing orders to make for that port. This was done, the fight with the fire con tinuing. When' the Ophir reached harbor, which she did on November 11, she signalled for help by blowing her whistle, but as all the other ships in the harbor were doing likewise, cele brating the signing of the armistice, her signals were disregarded. After nightfall rockets were sent up, but as these were also used by the other ves sels in celebrating, no attention was paid to them. The wireless was again brought into play and finally several British fire tugs came to the trans port's assistance. As the fire had been thought to be under control many of the seamen had turned in and were asleep. On the arrival of the tugs they were awaken ed and ordered to leave the ship. This was at 4 o'clock on the morning of November 12. The transport burned in the harbor, and two men, an engi neer and an oiler, were trapped by the fire and lost their lives. The re mainder of the crew were taken to the rock of Gibraltar, where they re mained two days. The Ophir was a vessel 410 feet in length, with a complement of 160 men. 21 being officers. Andrews is home on a thirty days' furlo, this being the customai time off allowed for shipwrecked sailors. His father. J. K. Andrews, is a well known Shawnee county farmer living two and a half miles north of the Industrial school. A brother. Hugh Andrews, is also in the United States navy, enlisting June, 1917. He was sent' to Minneapolis. Minn., to attend the bakers' school and is now a baker of the first class at the naval base. Hampton Roads, i Va. He is now home on a twelve days' furlo. arriving in time for Christmas. I Both young men are well known in conductress; Mrs. L. W. Smith, asso ciate conductress. The installation of officers will be held January 7. Mrs. H. D. Harger of Central ave nue, vtfio spent Christmas in Delia, the guest of relatives, has returned home. She was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Rupp, who will make her a, short visit. Funeral services for Asa Ward, aged 39 years, who died December 23, at Fort Lupton, Colo., following an at tack of influenza, were held this af ternoon at 1 o'clock at the home of his mother. Mrs. Warboys, 923 Van Buren street. The Rev. S. B. Alderson was in charge of the services. Burial was in Prairie Home cemetery. Among the ChaTches. The Rev. Harvey E. Phillips will occupy the pulpit at the Second Pres byterian church tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 9:45. At the Central Avenue Christian church, the Rev. 3. H. Anderson. Das- tor, there will be communion and ser- 1 mon at 11 o'clock. Subject of sermon, "Unseen Tasks." Evening service at 7:30. Subject of sermon, "Christ the Speaker, Man the Hearer." Bible school' at 9:45. Christian Endeavor at 6:30. At the Kansas Avenue Methodist church, the Rev. E. M. Paddleford. pastor, there will be morning service at 11 o'clock. Subject of sermon.) "What God Hath Wrought." The! theme in keeping with the season will be a New Year sermon. Evening serv- j ice at 7:30. Epworth League at 6:30 Sunday school at 10 and Junior church at 11 o'clock. As this is the. first service of the Sunday school or j Junior church, owing to the ban, a, full attendance is desired. At the North Topeka Baptist church the Rev. O. L. rfVeir, pastor, there will j be morning .service at 1 1 o'clqck. Snb- j Ject of sermon. "Lingering by the Jor- dan." Special Christmas music will be sung at both morning and evening j service. Evening service at 8 o'clock. Subject of sermon. "What Message -Did Chri&mast Bring You?"' Sunday school at 9:30. B. Y. P. U. and Inter mediate B. Y. P. U. at 6:30 o'clock. A j cordial invitation is extended to the: public to attend the services. Thurs-1 day evening at 7:45 there will be' nrayer meeting and also the annual business meeting. Choir practice Frf I'se RX iooo for cotds srd lagriupe. M. retro, the druggist. dT. il.l DEALERS Must Take a Firm Stand Against the "Just as Good" Evu IT IS impossible to estimate the -wide-reaching' damage which may be done by offering a "Just as Good" to a customer when a brand that is known is asked for. A CUSTOMER who enters your store door, honestly desiring to make purchases, who has his money ready for you, does not care to have some tactless or ig norant salesman offer a "Just as Good" when he asks for his favor ite brand. j 'T'.iE merchant who recognizes the truth that there is'no such thing as a "white lie" in business, and who makes the belief plain to his employes, will have no difficul-. ty in establishing and maintain ing a reputation for integrity and honest merchandising. ."THE "day has passed forever when any merchant can af ford to belittle the importance of selling- customers what they ask for. Service is the real factor in a store's success and he serves best who always sells customers what they ask for. PROPRIETORS and managers must take a firm stand against the "Just as Good" evil. This is the modern method of "running a store." v "Get What You Ask For" J NATIONAL ANTI-SUBSTITUTION LEAGUE, PhUrfdelpiua

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1918 ITS WAR RECORD Complete Acconnt of 1 Experi ences of Battery A.

Topeka Unit Had Long Train ing Experience. REACHED LIVERPOOL JUNE 1 First Made Acquaintance of the Cootfe in England. Finally Got Into Action Last of August. the The first authentic history of To- peka's own Battery A of the 130th field artillery. In the great world war, has arrived from France. This chronology comes almost simultane ously with the news that the battery expects to arrive home by February 1. Under proclamation of the presi dent, the battery was called into serr. Ice August 5. 1917, and went into camp at the fair grounds. On the 15th it was formally mustered Into federal service, but remained in camp until October 1, when it left Topeka on the 8anta Fe, arriving at Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill. Okla., during- a typical Okla homa dust storm, about noon, Octo ber 2. Here started the work of fixing up av camp, in which changes were being continually mad until the time of de parture. Many were the conjectures as to the date when it would leave for France, tho none thought it would be more than k.x months. The members drilled, took "phys ical torture" in the cold, policed camp, hiked, dug gun pits,, were roasted, frozen and once in a while soaked. But there seemed little chance of leaving until March 19, 1918. when the overseas detail left for France and then they knew that they would be following in two or three months. Drilled With Rifles. About April 10 they commenced to learn a different phase of the army game. They were issued Springflelus and then commenced the manual of arms, target practice and getting rifles ready for Saturday morning inspection. On May 9 they rolled their packs, packed their barrack bags and leaving Camp Doniphan to the snakeshorned toads, tarantulas, wind and dust, hiked to the train and started on their Journey to France. At Kansas City they got Pullmans and continued on their journey by way of Fort Madison, Chicago. Detroit, New Paris, Canada and Niagara Falls, arriving at Camp Mills. L. I., May 14. Leavinir Camp Mills, they boarded flie 8. S. e'eramic May 16 and steamed out of New York harbor the follow ing day. They came in sight of the Irish coast on the afternoon of May 29, arrived at Utkrpool by way of the IrlHh sea the Tallowing day, docked the next day and landed June 1. Here they boarded a train, traveling second clans, stopping at Birmingham, where a detachment of the women's auxiliary army corps served them with coffee. Leaving the train at 4 o'clock in the morning, they hiked two miles to the American rest camp at Romsey, Hants, Kngland. It was here they made their first acquaintance with "cooties." Had to Walt ror Boats. On June 6 they hiked twelve miles to the doclfe at Southampton, but fiund that the boat they were sup posed to take-had been declared un serviceable, so had to hike back to the camp on. the other side of Southamp ton, across from the commons,, where they stayed until June 8, when they went aboard a boat and crossed the channel, arriving at la Havre, France, bout 8 o'clock on the morning of June 9, one month after leaving Doni phan. They laft La Havre on the 10th. traveling third class, which was the last time they have ridden on a pas senger train, the rest of their trips being made in box cars marked forty men or eight Horses.' They arrived at Treleze, a suburb of Angers, on the evening of the 11th, where they were first introduced to "billets," which in this case proved to be a house, a sta ble and a mine office. After remaining her a week, the battery hiked fourteen kilos to Le Plessis Gramoire, a village ten kilos from Angers, and here they were bil leted in two bowling alleys. They were paid on July 9, but the rejoicing and celebration which usually follows a pay day in the army was cut short by an order to move from there at 10 o'clock that night. They hiked to Angers and next morning loaded up their material and arrived in Camp Coetquldan, at Quer, thirty kilos south of Rennes, that night. Given More Training. Here, for a little more than a If You Saw Wood Each Day You Won't Need Cascarets Great medicine, the Sawbuck. Two hours a day sawing wood will keep" any one's Bowels regular. j( No need of pills, Cathartics, Castor Oil nor Physic," if you'll only work the Sawbuck regularly, Exerctse !i Nature's Cure for Constipation and, Ten-Mile walk will do, j if yoevfcaven't got a wood pile. i lSut. it you will take your Exercise in an Easy Chair, there's 'only one t way to Jo that, and make a Success of it. 1 Beru, t.-fTf's only one kind of Artificial Exercise for the Bowels and i:s fame is "CASCARETS." Cii-carets are the only means to exercise the Bowel Muscles, without work. Druggists 10 Cents a Box, The watch on the Rhine! month, they were put thru a six weeks' course, drilling on the guns and learn ing more about their gas masks. They left Camp Coetquldan at 5 o'clock on the morning of August 13, arriving at Gerard mer, a beautiful summer resort in the Vosges moun tains two days later. That afternotfh they went five kilos northeast, camp ing on the shores of Lake Longemer. The guns pulled up into position on August 17 and three days later fired the first shot fired by the regi ment at the German trenches. Out of the first sixteen shots, fifteen were direct hits. They hiked from Longemer to Julianrupt on September 2, and next day continued on about ten kilos to Remiermont. Here they were loaded on a train and arrived in Bayon the afternoon of September 4. Leaving Bayon that night they arrived in Ludres the next afternoon, and moved on to Camp Messein, about four kilo meters away. They left Ludres on the 10th and arrived in a suburb of Nancy at 2 o'clock on the morning of September 11. They had expected to find this place in ruins, but it was a busy city with some of the best shops they had seen since leaving Angers. The entire trip from Bayon to Nancy was made on foot. Into Action at Last! On the evening of September 11 they left Nancy in a heavy rain and camped early the next morning in the Forest of Haye. where they stayed In reserve until 15th, while the St. Mihiel drive was on. On the night of the 16th they went to another woods near Toul and the next day to still another woods near Ourches. Leaving this camp the night of the 18th, they passed thru Willeroncourt next morn ing and camped in a woods three kilos south of Lavelle the morning of Sep tember 20. The morning of the 22d fonnd them encamped one kilo west of Rembercourt. From this camp the guna went Into position about one and a half kilos east of Neuvllly. moving up on the night of the 25th, and were there when the regiment helped to put on the barrage which started the drive on the Argonne forest, which position had been attacked a number of times by the allied troops without success. When the order-came to move the guna up, they pulled out on the rqpd, but found it so torn up with shells that they could not get into position "at the town of Varennes until the afternoon of the 27th. f In Barracks Again. Leaving Varennes October 2, they spent the night on a road near J.acha lade and the next morning started out again, arriving at 11:30 o'clock that night in a camp near Froiios, where they had th first barracks since leav ing Messein. Theyleft Froidos on the morning of October S and arrived in Hargeville that evening, where the majority of the men caught up with theLVeatlng and sleeping. Leaving Hagerville on the morning (Prom Trench and Camp.) of October 12, and the morning of the 15th found them at Rupt-en-Woevre. The guns went into position from there on the Verdun sector on October 2a. When the armistice was slgrfed on November 11 the guns came out of position and the batteries moved from the front to Sommedieue on November 17. where they still remained when last heard from. 69 INFANTRY SMOKER Company K Fats on Interesting Program. (From Trench and Camp.) Wednesday night, December 18, the shrill whistle of the first sergeant was followed by the boys of Company K marching- in single file Into the dining room, where the benches were ar ranged around the four walls, leaving a large square in the center. At one extremity of this space the regimental orchestra furnished the music for the entertainment; 'back of the counter the cooks and dining room orderlies were to be seen, dressed in immaculate white. Overhead the elec tric lights shone thru Rally colored cump papers, lending a certain weird appearance to everything in the room. Battalion officers had their chairs along the margin of the area. One distinguishing feature of the evening was that each was furnished with a corn cob pipe, tobacco and matches, and while no directions were furnished for their use, most of those present were soon busily sending wreaths of vapor to the front and center, which characterized the whole affair as a "smoker. There was quartet singing, boxing. wrestling, joking and jigging. -Corporal Burdick brought his rookie squad to the center and drilled them in an as sumed military manner, exhibiting found their way into the "I. T. R." We trust the members of said squad will not become weary in well doing, but will continue to drill until they become the best drilled soldiers in the allied armies. The greatest excitement of the evening was occasioned by a stunt pulled off under the designation oS. a badger fight. A large box was brought to center; also a large dog, the box was alleged to contain a large badger ana ne ana the canine were to ngnt duel. Upon opening the box the ani mal was to be thrown against his antagonist by a rope which was around his neck, guards with fixed bayonets were posted to protect the witnesses rrom the rury or the inev itable engagement, excitement ran high; some of the more timid ones retreating from the front line of benches to the security of the rea: altho Lieutenant Dean tried to per suade them there was no danger, When everything was ready the box was opened at the side and the rope was given a tremendous jerk in the direction of the dog. When the badger put in his appearance he rolled across the floor a small granite vessel with a handle on one side. Enter laughter, hysteria and applause in large quantities; tho dog escaped unhurt. Frizes were voted by the company to the ugliest man, the best looking man, the biggest eater, the best sol dier, the best ladies man, the loudest snorer, the best drilled soldier and the most popular soldier. Refreshments were served and Cap tain Martin, jr.. Captain M osier. Per sonnel Adjutant and Major Taussig, Third battalion, addressed the com pany in short but pointed speeches. Captain Morse, a visitor outside the regiment, stated that he would like to attend such a "blowout" seven nights each week. After the speeches the buglers sounded taps and every one retired in high spirits. PVT. 1ST CI. ROY DAVENPORT, Company Correspondent of Co. K. WILL HOLD TENTH DIVISION Discharge In Neap Future Is Not Contemplated. (From Trench and CampJ Demobilize ion of organizations of the 10th division in the immediate future is not contemplated by the war department at this time, according; to instructions received last week from the adjutant general of the army. On December 1 2 Major Oeneral Wood, commander of the 10th Divis ion and Camp Funston, telegraphed the war department for in tructions regarding the demobilization of the 10th division. The following letter was received: "With reference to your telegram of December 12, in which you request definite instructions as to the policy concernin the discharge of organiza tions of the 10th division, you are in formed that the demobilization of or ganizations of the 10th division in the immediate future is not contemplated by the war department at this time. "The discharge of enlisted men in these organizations should be limited to the most urgent cases." PLAN NEW LAWS

Kansas Educational Council In Legislature Work. Committees Meet in Topeka Next Month for Action. ENFORCE ENGLISH TEACHING Language to Exclusion of All Others In Schools. I Teachers Also Will Take UP Pension Appropriation. According to the plans laid out for the meeting of the educational coun cil of the Kansas State Teachers' as sociation in Topeka January 17-18. the delegates to the body will have their hands full with the considers, tion of an extensive legislative plat form proposed by the legislative com mittee of the association. Two hundred delegates, one from each local teachers' organization, are accredited to attend the meeting and take part in the discussions. The reflection of the war is dis tinctly visible in one or two of the proposed bills to be Introduced at the sessions of the Kansas legislature this year. Of especial interest is the bill to enforce the teaching of English in all elementary schools in the state to tha exclusion of any other language. It is thought that the passage of this bill and its proper enforcement would do much for better citizenship among the alien races which go to make nip so large a part of the American popu lation. It is felt that if nothing but English be allowed to, be used In the elementary schools that all fertility would be taken from the soil in which foreign propaganda has flourished and flowered in the world war. For Health of Child. Another bill which it is proposed will be introduced at the coming ses sion of the legislature deals with the health supervision and physical educa tion of the child. This bill like the one concerning the use of the Ens lish language is more or less an out growth of the war. The improve ment in health shown by the men who were drafted and sent to the training camps is thought to be sufficient con crete example to insure the passage of a bill which will make the physi cal education of a child compulsory in the schools of the state. A bill providing that all instruc tion in elementary schools of the state be placed under the jurisdiction of the state department of education is designed to abolish the present inde pendent attitude of some of the parochial schools. It is thought that the passage of this bill, and its slsVr the "teach English only" bill, will do much to obviate any recurrence oX the sensational disclosures which were made in connection with the recent senatorial campaign as regards the attitude of the teachers in some of the parochial German language schools. Fop Teachers' Pensions. Looking specially to the welfare of the teachers it is proposed that a bill be introduce in the legislature favoring teachers' pensions and the organization of a teachers' employ ment bureau maintained by the state. The coming meeting of the educa tional council is also expected to pass favorably on a proposed bill to har monize the present child labor law and the compulsory education htw.i The educational council will favor also proposing to the legislature that the otflces of state anil county super intendents of public instruction be re moved from politics. It will consider a proposal to make the county the unit of school taxation, instead of the township as at. present. The instal lation of rural school libraries will be advocated, and numerous smaller and lesser proposals will be considered pending their submission to members of the state legislature. The meeting of the educational council of the Kansas State Teachers' association will be presided over by J. O. Hall, president of the associa tion. F. Finet of Topeka is secre tary of the association. THOUGHTS (N TOPEKA Soldier Sick In Hawaii Writes Poem to His Sweetheart. A Topeka boy who is In the army and who was sent to Hawaii became ill and was confined in a hospital for many weeks. While confined to his bed he wrote the following poem to his sweetheart in Topeka: When the snn has passed Old Diamond Head ana is sinking out of sight And the wind coines thrn the palm trees along the wings af night. When the moon is gently shining on the placid ocean blue. I am feelin' sort o lonesome and I want to be with you. Ukuleles 'ronrvd me ringing, songs are soundlug every where, Mermaids sporting at Walkiki beach with out a thought of care. But to me there comes a feeling, have yon ever felt it, too? When it's night time in Hawaii I jnst want to be with you. When the moon comes from the ocean, or is sinkiug there from sieht. When the waves are murmuring softly, as they wash lie beach at night, Then my thoughts are eastward flying, flying on across the sen When it's night in Honolulu, I jnst want; juu uc niui inc. When the snn comes up at morning above the mountain towers. Throwing glorious rays of sunshine on the pearly, dew-kissed flowers. Making brightest tinted rainbows reach from mountains to the sea, la this garden spot of Kden I jnst want yon. here with me. SEFES 8BXTEXCB SCKMOKS. He lives long that lives well. Thomas Fuller. It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that make life worth looking at. O. U. Holmes. It la the heart and not the brain That to the highest doth attain. Longfellow. If every day we can feel, if only for a moment, the elation of being alive, the re alization of being our best selves, of filling onr destined scope and trend, we may be snre that Ve are succeeding. Bliss arman. Nothing that is worth having ever comes to one except as the result of bard work. booker T. Washington. Let ns dream of noble things, and then work for them, too. Tbo' we may not attain to them quite: Unless we shall plan grander tasks than we do. We shall not climb as high Hlrt might. v Nixon Waterman. I am la the world, not only to do all the good I can, but to prevent all,tlia evU 1 can. William. Knibb. Bible Study BY MRS. C. F. MENN1NCER Published every ftaroniay ereatBf tm Topeka 8ete Journal. iesson ix. Text, II Kings, 1B-1T. II Chronicles, 26-2S. A key verse Is II Chron. zs:ia. "Sorrow tracketh wrong as echo fol lows song. On! on! on!" Chapter names to be marked in your Bible: verse 12. unapter ayi, auu, vein. II Chronicles Chapter XXVI, Uzziah, verse 6. Chapter XXVII, Jotham. verse 6. Chapter XXVIII, Abac, verse 19. DIVISION Li Uzzlan or Azarlan. 1. What four things are told of Uzziah in II Chron., 2:8? 2. What Is said of the character of Uzziah? 3. What .was the spiritual condition of the country? 4. What did Uzziah do for his coun try politically? G. What did he' do for Jerusalem and the wilderness 5. State three facts concerning Uzziah's army. 7. When he became famous and prosperous how did he dishonor God? 8. What is the record for his last days? 9. Who were the prophets during Uzziah's reign? DIVISION II Jotham, Son of Uzziah. 10. How much space is given to the story of Jotham? 11. Outline the facts of his life that are recorded in the text (thirteen). DIVISION III Ohaz, the Depraved King of Judah. 12. In what chapters Is the story of Ahaz recorded? 1 3 In what is the account In Chronicles more complete? 14. At what age aid Ahaz begin to reign over Judah, and how long did he continue? 15. Outline seven wicked things that Ahaz did. 16. Name some of the judgments that came uDon Ahaz (four). 17. What is said of the death and burial of Ahaz? DIVISION IV The Last Kings of Israel. 18. How many kings of Israel be tween Jereb.oam-M and the captivity? 19. What prophecy was fulfilled in the death of Zechariah? 20. During whose reign did Paul of Aasvariainvade Israel? 21. What tragedy befell the nation under Hoshea? 22. What became-of the king him self? 23. What reason is given for the captivity of Israel? 24. Who were brought to inhabit Samaria? 25. From what plague did the peo ple suffer, and why? 26. What was the character of the Samaritan religion after the captivity? 27. .How long did the northern king dom last? 28. How many kings were there? 29. How many Dynasties? 20. Who was their first king? Last? 31. Who was the best king? Worst? 32. Whose reign was longest? Shortest 33. What was the general character of all the kings of Israel 34. Name all the prophets for Israel. (See chart for Israel.) Notes. Lesson eight followed from Joash to Amaziah. who are succeeded in to day's lesson by Uzziah, Jotham and Ahaz. Joash was good thru the reign of the High Priest. He repaired the temple, but he sanctioned the worship of Baal. Amaziah, his son, was like his father. He began good enough, but he brought the heathen gods fromm Edom, and like his father, he died, slain by his servants. Uzziali's was a long andt glorious reign fifty two years. He really did things in the right way until his prosperity made him tyget and in a moment of thoughtlessness he sinned and failed. Jotham, his son, took his place, and for long years filled the place of that fr.ther who has to be shut up in a house alone a punishment for sin. Jotham seems to have been a brave and successful ruler and maintained the same honorable position his father had been able to hold. But while peace and prosperity reigned outwardly, conditions within and with out were weakening the kingdom. And when Ahaz, weak-and wicked naturally, came to the throne, cor ruption was rife in family, state and religion, and his only hope for protec tion without was to invite some power ful heathen king to join him against his enemies. Resin of Syria, and Pekah of Israel had united their for ces that they might be strong against Assyria, and. to fortify themselves on the south, they invaded Judah and marched against Jerusalem. s Then two great events occurred. Ahaz gave all Judah's treasure to Tiglath Pldeser of Assyria for help and, of course, was successful against his petty foes, but every loyal Jew was outraged and humiliated at the lack 0 trust hv Jehovah. The result was that the worship of Molech was es tablished thruout the land, and gave occasion for the second great event the coming of the prophet Isaiah, who came to warn King Hezekiah, succes sor to Ahaz, and the people against falling away from God. After Jero boam II anarchy was rife in Israel. Kings came and went until, finally, with Hoshea Israel joined hands with Egypt and for three years Samaria held out in a wonderful siege begun by Shalmaneser and finished by Sar gon. On the Assyrian tablets we read his own story of the capture of Szmaria. 722 B. C. Thousands of peo pl3 were taken to Assyria and the "Ten Tribes" disappear from history. Please do not neglect cutting out these Bible Lessons, because some of you know how hard it is to get them later. There was no lesson In the State Journal of last Saturday. We will meet -again Tuesday, the 31st, both morning and evening, and 1 shall be' glad to see as many as possibly can be on hand for the lesson on Ellsha. It will be a little hard to do all we wanted to do at the begin ning of the year, but I trust no one will be discouraged. We can even now make the year's work worth while. Having lost out on our usual Christ mas doings let me suggest that each one bring a piece of money or a can of something and do trie same things we have always done on Christmas, on the New Tear, instead. Jt would be nice not to lose out on the helpful things we have been doing for so many holiday seasons, and it is not necessary that we should. Hope I may see everybody on next Tuesday, for a new start in onr Bible study. Bring a verse beginning with the letter "E." Fulton Bests Lang-ford. I f San Francisco. Dec. 28. Sam Lang ford, the striking -brunette, boasted today only a good showing against Rangy Fred Fulton. Ina four-round bout here last night Fulton won a decision. FOR FRENCH. TOTS Topeka Committee of Father less Children Renews Activity. It Is Cold Overseas and Pledges Are deeded Nqw. ADOPT A NEW YEAR CHILD! Even the Yanks Are Taking Care of Poor Youngsters. -v Mrs. J. C. HcCllntock Heads the 1 Movement Here. The Topeka Committee at the Fath erless Children of France, is making a successful campaign to Increase the number of subscribers to its cause, and to bring in a renewal of former pledges. The pledge cards prepared for the use of the committee, are pro vided for those who make adoptions thru the local branch. A story of an American soldier, some children and a dog has reached the committee. To the story the com mittee adds its plea: "In a auiet street of Paris a little girl of ten or twelve was leading a frightened little boy by the hand and a frantic yellow dog by the leash. The dog of the dear and lovable va riety called mongrel, was demonstrat ing his joy in life by affectionate leaps and bounds; the children patted bis head gently, but walked along with out saying a word. There were trees at regular intervals along the street. Near one of these they stopped and hesitated. I could hear them talk ing softly. 'Come,' said the little girl, 'we'll tie him here; and surely when the American soldiers pass, one of them will see him, love hi. and take .him. They will understand by the card that is tied on his neck that we had to lose him on purpose and why and you must not cry Jean Pierre you are the man now, you know and one must be 'reasonable; there are not enough sous to get soup and bread for the five of us and milk for baby George; as Mamma says we can not keep Medor. You know well how hard Mamma has worked since Papa was killed and she is so tired she can not earn enough to even feed us all properly. There, be good. Where is your handkerchief? It seems they are gentle these Ameri cans; they have good hearts and they always help the unhappy ones.' "An American soldier did pass by. He saw the dog and on a little piece of cardboard tied to its neck the quaint words in childish handwriting: 'This is Medor, our pet. Please, dear American soldier, take care of him, we can't any more.' "The soldier had no use for a dog, and did not know what to do with it. But the children's trust in America he could not resist and he adopted the dog. a "He would have liked to do more and take care of the children, too. The few words had brought back to his mind a big family in a village where he was billeted: Six little children and an old. old grandmother. And to support them all, only the mother, a soldier's widow, who in the midst of her sorrow for the man who would never come back, .was making the bravest efforts to feed her little flock, and in spite of all her courage could not earn enough to give them suffi cient food and clothes. "But there was no address on the cardboard tied to the dog's neck. "You who are that brave boy's wife, or mother, or sweetheart, will you not complete his work and adoDt the little children of those brave comrades of France who have given their lives for an and whose children have not their daily bread." Those interested In helping theor phans of France may fill out and send to the treasurer of the committee a pledge blantt. Officers of the local committee are: Mrs. J. C. McCIintock, chairman; Mrs. S. S. Estey, secretary; Mrs. Bennett R. Wheeler, treasurer. HELP WITHJNSURANCE Life Insurance Men Pledge Support to Government Plan. (From Trench and Camp.) Thp lifA inGnrnnpA mfln n A m ..In. thru their representative national or ganizations, have pledged their full indorsement and co-operation in carry ing out the government's program for the continuation and conversion of United States government insurance on soldiers and sailors. At a meeting held in New York last week, J. K. Voshell, president of the National Association of Life Under writers pledged the support of the entire field force of the life insurance business. The convention of Insurance Com missioners, the National Fraternal Congress, the American Life Conven tion, the Association of Life Insur ance Presidents, and the Association of Life Agency Officers have all adopted resolutions pledging their complete co-operation and assistance In the campaign to keep in force the largest possible amount of government insurance after the soldiers and sailors have returned to civil life. Thru the patriotic co-operation of tne lite insurance fraternity the gov ernment will be able to carry on an intensive educational campaign reach ing not only the soldiers and sailors themselves but their relatives as well. ,00 IS- When the Children Cough, Rub Alusterole on i nroats and Chests No telling how soon the symptoms may develop into croup, or worse. And then'a when you're glad yoa have a jar of Mus terole at hand to give prompt, sure ro ller, it aoes not Duster. Am Imt u1 mnri r f in .m.if Musterole is excellent. Thousands oi mothers know it. Yoa should keep a Jar in tne nouse, resay tor instant use. It is the remedy for adults, too. Re lieves sore throat; bronchitis, tonsUitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, head. acne, congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, pains and aches of back or joints, sprains, sore muscles, chilblains, frosted feet and colds of the chest (it jften prevents pneumonia). 30c and 60c jars; hospital size S2JQ. CHURCH NOTICES 'Then math meat K la tne Mat. tottrnal efrw Hy t 'rtnrk Friday ff. terswe- Csleas etlterwt. MateA le thla rolnmai serrlpes will be feet at II e'doek In the morals Its e'elork tm the tvanlns.) Baptist. FIRST SWEDISU. Fourth and Fillmore, C. A. Segeratrom, pastor. Morning and eveuutg scrrtccH. Coagregatlonal. SEARROOK. Rev. Aaron Rreck. pastor. Morning sermon, "Reconstruction.' Chrlattaa. FIRST, 623 topeka avenue. R. A. Kehell. falniater. Morning sermon, "The Klt'saed miminity." Evening sermon, "Taking Stock." WEST SIDE, Lindenwood and Dunne. Mra. Clara Haselrlgg. pastor. Morning sermon. "Essentinl anil Non-Easential 1C membrantva and' ltaaolutlons." Evening service, "Where Art Thou?" CENTRAL 1'AltK. Morning sermon. "The Things That Are Before." Ereuiug sermon, "The Call of Christ." Lvtharaa. SWEDISH. Fourth ami Tyler. J. A. Jacohaoa. pastor. Morning service 11 o'clock. Evening service s o'clcK-k. KlitST KNGLISlt, Fifth anil Harrison, Ir. C. W. Mnggart. Morning sermon, "At the Close of the Year. Where lo You Standi" Evening sermon, "The Best Leg acy." Methodist. WVSf.KVAV Thlnl .ml Tpfr.tMin T J Tomeror. liaator. Memorial service r Mil ton Kanoiie. ainen in the Argonne r orest. at 11 o'clock. Evening service. WALNUT GHOVK. Harrison and Six teenth. E. J. Gardner, pastor. Morning service, "Life Retrospective and Irosec- uve." evening sermon, -new xear s ueso lutlons Wise anil otherwise." Preabrtoriaa. WESTMINSTER. College and Hnntoon. Morning anil evening services. THIRD, Fourth and Branner. S. K. Al deraon. pastor. Morning sermon, "Chris tianity's Interest In Chtlilren." Evening sermon, "The Nation's Wealth Is in Ita Children." SECOND UNITED PRESBYTERIAN, Hnntoon and Fillmore, W. M. Jackson, pnator. Morning sermon. "The All-Seeing Eye." Evening sermon, "A Year Kud Medi tation." Miscellaneous. ST. PAUL'S EVANGELICAL, TbWd and Hancock. Morning service. FIRST UNITED BRETHREN. Twelfth and Quincy, E. H. Given, pastor. Morn ing and evening services. EAST 8IDE UNITED HRETHREN.Fifth and Leland streets. U. C. Hussell, pastor. Morning and evening services. REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS, King and Clay. Elder A. P. Crooker, paator jnoruiiiK Knur, i.u riruiuK service FIRST EVANGELICAL. Seventh anil Monroe, E. H. Uobbs, pastor. Morning and evenluo services. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST. SCIEN TIST, nun toon aud Vols, services at 11 a. m. snd 8 p. a 1 SPIHITUAI. TEMPLE BCILDKHH, Fourth and Mnerns: 7:30 a. m., lecture. J. H. Foncht. Messages. Mrs. Lord Mra. Huffner and Mrs. Smith. Chri.tlan- THIRD. Lake and Third, IT. W. Wallace, pastor. Morning sermon. 'The Church An Appreciation." ETeuing sermon "The Call of the Christ." NEGRO WILL- LJCAVK SOUTH. Federal Director Saya Director Saya His life in Army Will Change Ilim. Chicago, Dec. 28. The glacier of war will leave strange racial deposits in its wake, according to Mark I Crawford, federal director of employ ment here. Most important of the shifts, Craw ford said, will be the movement of negroes to the north. "Army life has given energy and self-respect to men formerly indo lent," he said. "Southern negroes will hesitate to return to their former homes. Reports from demobilisation centers everywhere indicate our col ored troops, almost to the man, plan to live in the north. "These men have worked and fought for their country. They feel they de serve a bigger chance than the south often. Migration to the north looks like their opportunity." The DIET During mnd After The Old Reliabl Round Package MALTED V0tDiUn)TrW!Unj JnS''tSaM" cooiiaKiaiS3 I 1 vecta A 1 trjIA TWf Vh"I Top Repairs. Cushions and Curtains, A I I 1 I I II 11' Blacksmithlnir and Painting. Wheels -fa 1 J J I III ll Built or Repaired. Truck Bodies. Plrer stone Truck Tires Applied. Expert 1 Engine Work. REHKOPF BROS, 212-214 West Sixth Street Phone 994 VW Fa, head or threat Catarrh Irv the spot treatment JhSV ir bo J. NEW PRICES SO. eOa, 1.20 TEETH or nrst Class oomwiraUOl Painless Dentistry, at tlie Mom Reasons ble Prices, consult 734 KAN3. AVE. fo.jeka, ivan I he bresent war. or high cost ot liv ing, has not caused hlin 10 raise hi furlces. Tfou can afford to travrt miles o patronise him, and save money. M.I, DKNTAI.WOIIK IJIIAIt ANTFFT f flee hours. 8 to Sunday. 10 to 11 Phone 78. Lady Attendant. EXPERT DYEING Dry Cleaning Hat Renovating Out-of-Town Work Solicited. Topeka Laundry Co. S7th Xenr Phone S053 Louis Van Dorp 509 Jackson St, Topeka Phone 130 Galvanized Iron, Slate, Tin Work FOR HIGH GRADE Auto STORAGE end REPAIRS Phone 2114 If you want to' buy or sell a used car it will pay you to see the Auto Storages Repair Co. 506 W. 8th St. Hoo-flocCw's Malted Milk Very Nutritious, Digestible The REAL. Pood-Drink. Instantly prepareo Made br the ORIGINAL. Horllck prooMaaiu from carefully selected materials. Used' successfully over V 'century. Endorsed oy physicians everywhere. InSlrtllorlick'snieorigin,! Thus Avoiding Imitations Closing Out Sale On MONUMENTS tine Klork I'rti-rd at aao. ST.. J and siuo ALL MUST GO AT COST C ome and See rtiem H. SCHROEOE" TBI Jrlreranti W Phone tons COOK SON Contractor and Bulkier We Repair Door Checks of All Kinds Call us. We give special at. attention to weather stripping' and storrr sash. -HQ West Otb Are. Simp Phone Sts. Res. fn. 2M7-R1

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1918 MORALEWAS LOW Discipline on Haa Ships Vio lated Armistice Terms. WHEN HUBY COMES MARCHING HOME AGAIN THE HERO'S FINISH A CHECK ON HUNS THE RESULT GOOC Pershing Order Regulates in habitants of Occupied Region London Mail Says Conferences' Extremely SnecessfnL Fntnre Relations Between Two Coantries Promise Bright. x Gathering of Crowds, With Ex ceptions, Strictly Forbidden. I A Mi HERO! Z7 r-iew fvJrTLL I I British 'Heresies, After Inspec tion Trip, Brings in Report. London. Dec. 2S (British Wireless Serrlce). Bearing an allied commis sion which inspected German naval bases and airship and seaplane sta tions under the terms of the armistice, the British .battleship Hercules has re turned to her home port. During a trip fraught with peril many German ports were visited and preliminary ar rangement to the surrender of Ger man warships made. A dramatic episode of the voyage was the passage of the Kiel canal on Iecember 18. Accompanied by the British destroyers Verdun and Viceroy, the Hercules gave the Germans along the banks of the canal their first sight of the British flag since 114 when light British cruisers passed thru. Made 'Em "Sin Oat.' Germans who watched the ships were, for the most part, indifferently carious but not infrequently women and children waved their hands. There was not the slightest response from the ships. Discipline on board the German war ships is very low ac cording to officers of the Hercules. They found on the first enemy ships boarded, sailors were' lounging about the ships in bad condition as a result of neglect. This was In direct viola tion of the terms of the armistice and drastic action was taken by the in specting officer. He notified the Gr mans that the ships must be cleared of sailors and If his orders were not obeyed he would return to the Hercu les and report that he was obstructed in his work. Fearful of probable con sequences the German seamen left their ships at once." Germans Well Clothed. Inspection of airplane and seaplane stations required considerable land travel, which permitted the members of the commission to gain information as to the condition of the people in the interior of the country. It is ported that every one encountered in Germany, even in such an industrial center as Hamburg seemed as well clothed and fed as are the people of France and England. Winter crops, owing to the mild season are doing well, and the land is well cultivated and fertilized. SOLDIERS LIKE FICTION Harold Ben Wright, O. Henry and Peter B. Kyne Are Popular. What sorts of books do the wound ed soldiers in hospitals and men in camps awaiting demobilisation most desire? According to the library war service of the American Library asso ciation the immediate pressing need is for light current fiction, the men's minds turning quite distinctly just now to recreational reading. A recent list of books particularly wanted includes such writers as Rex Beach. B. M. Bower. Edgar Rice Bur roughs, Zane Grey. Henry Herbert Knippa, O. Henry. Peter B. Kyne. E. Phillips Oppenheim. Mary Roberts Rein hart. Bertrand W. Sinclair, Booth Tarkmgton. Stewart Edward White. Harry Leon Wilson and Harold Bell Wrisnt. It is evident from this list that whatS Hie soldiers are looking for is stories. Jf action. The one characteristic these. writers have in common is their dra matic ability. Books by any of these writers are especially welcomed as gifts for the men in service and can be sent to any public library with the anunncc that they will promptly be forwarded. WILL FIND EVADERS National Draft Inspector Says Search Will Continue for Years. Chicago. Dec. 28. Draft evaders,! will be traced to the ground if it takes 100 years, declared V. J. O'Kelliher, national draft inspector, today in out lining the new department of justice campaigns to be waged by Chicago and northern Illinois draft boards. Draft board officials avere to open a meeting in Chicago today. "Deserters and evaders will be prosecuted, the first by court martial and the second by civil courts, and shall be made to pay the penalty for failure to answer their country's call," O'Kelliher said. MACHINISTS EN" MEETTXG James E. Borgctt Speaker at Union) ScsHion Friday Night. At a meeting of the machinists local at Labor hall Friday night twenty- three petitions were considered and I three new members were initiated. James E. Burgett. formerly of Topeka. but now an organizer for the grand I lodge of the craft guild, waa the speaker of the evening. In a short talk he outlined the pro gress which is being made in all parts uf the United States in organising labor. Officers of the local union will be elected at the next meeting I or me oody. "SYRUP. OF FIGS" CHILD'S LAXATIVE Look at tongue! Remove poisons from stomach, liver and bowels. Acwpt 'California' Tyrup of Figs ily look for the name California on :he package, then you are sure your child is having the best and most harmless laxative or physic for th little stomach. liver and bowels. Chit dren love its delicious fruity tarte Full directions for rhihi's dose on each bottle. Give it without fear. gjcg (lw .vUJuy 7tLe Rjpt& n. house (Copyright by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate, New York City.) Toe Fashion for Superimposing One Color on Another for Evening Gowns Has Come Back Into Fash Ion Since Women Have Begun to Wear Gay Ciothes With Unburden ed Hearts. New York. Since America entered the war. women have worn evening gowns. It la true, but they have done it with an air of bravado, rather than one of frivolity and gayety. The only real call for such ciothes waa for the opera and the entertainment of sol diers and sailors. Apricot-colored crepe satin veiled with tunic of blue tulle. The interesting sleeves are made of tulle and edged with tiny roses. There is a necklace of these roses over each shoulder. Our social customs are so arranged in this country that we dress for din ner without thought of its being an episode of gayety; we change from treet clothes to thin clothes as a leans of comfort, but the relaxation 1 formal dressing has been conspicu ous. Gayety Apparent Again. Tea gowns of elaborate Work man I R .11 1 U WW L. -4-71 4vU- I 1 I i 'I 11 i 1 fsa I Jr ship and vivid color-ins were constantly present at the dinner table, and last year's afternoon gowns cave yeoman's service. At pubhc places the lack of evening costumery was apparent be cause it was in vivid contrast to what went on before we entered the war. Wartime activities, and the war spirit made apology unnecessary for grad ually sliding into a different scale of dressing after 7 o'clock. Womne with the high est p resti ge of social posi tion went to dinner and the' play in a street costume, if it suited their convenience. But when the armistice was signed and peace was -a cer tainty, even the most war-worn spirits rose to the gayety of vivid evening costumery. It was their way of show ing the reaction. There were women who had sent all their menfolk to the front, who, when "cease firing" h,M been called out in Europe, im mlfeiately put on the most costly and decollete gown they had and sallied forth for pleasure. Places where men and women dance and dine have been crowded without thought of the cost of the food. To dance without thought that our men were dying, to be warm without hav ing to remember that our men were in the bitter cold of the trenches, lifted such an iron band from the brain and heart of our women that no gown seemed too brilliant and no gayety too wild to express the gladness- The dressmakers say that more evening gowns have been bought since the armistice was signed than for two years before, and novelty begins to creep in. There is no doubt in the minds of the dressmakers and the re porters that soon we shall see a splen did and triumphal mass of evening clothes. But at the present moment AMERICAN GUARD OF HONOR GREETS 1 t V Kits J These pictures are historic ones, fhey show scenes attendins; the first visit of a United St-ites presi dent to a foreign land. When il. .wr-&mr52--r i i -t i t v 4 V jm 'V mm. Okw. TJ we are -content to revive many of the bes( pre-war traditions. Roses and Layers of Tulle. Since time was and nations have conquered each other, there has been a fashion in gowns of gayety for pil ing one color atop another. It has gone thU excessive phases in its re cent revivals, and we are rather weary of it in certain manifestations which have been exploited by the. best known dancers. But hoop-skirts and gypsy ragged ness have not appeared in the new method of dealing with layers of col ors. Tulle is put over tulle and then over satin in even linesT and with ex ceeding slim effect. It is the same in the usage or roses as in the layers of coiored fabrics. They have always been symbolic of victory and have come in the conquer or s tram. They leaped into fashion after the armistice 4ffp.a signed in the same quick and myrious fashion of the numerous French flags that ap peared on the balconies and terraces of the French buildings scarcely an hour after the Germans had left the invaded territory. The sketch shows an evening: gown worn at a dinner dance which com bined both of these fashions, the gar lands of roses and the layers of tulle. Apricot crepe satin the foundation, and pink tulle is covered with French blue tulle, and the wheels of roses go around tne loose, barrel sleeve. HAD TALK WITH WILSON Papal ITndr Secretary of State Met President In Paris. Rome, Iec. 28. Monsignor Cerretti. the papal under-secretary of state, asked President Wilson to mediate with a view to settling the Vatican situation during their interview in Paris according to the newspapers here. He also submitted to Mr. Wilson documents justifying the Vatican's at titude of neutrality during the war and set forth the humanitarian work done by the Vatican in favor of prison ers, deported persons and others who were similarly affected by the strug gle. r 4-"r or F 5' S: 541 President Wilson and party ar rived at Brest, France, aboard the liner Georjre Washington, the haire ship anchored in the harbor and Eve- r I' a I

When sending silver to a fcride. It Is best not to have it markedf, as she may receive duplicates and prefer to exchange some pieces for others. She may also have a preference as to the style in which her silver is engraved. (Miss Reilly will, answer in this col umn all questions on matters of eti quette addressed to her in care of this paper. If a personal reply is desired, enclose a 3 -cent stamp.) Miss L. I.: You should wait until the young man's; Invitation Is con firmed by his mother. She should be the one to extend the invitation to spend the week-end at her home. Frances: As yoa are not engaged to the young man. he has the privilege of dividing his attentions if he so wishes. The fact that he also calls on other girls does not necessarily mean that he does not regard you highly. Klla Flags Young Last of Family. Chicago. Dec 2 8. Ella Flasrg Tf ung. widely known former super intendent of Chicare schools, was the last of her family line, it became known here today In connection with the filing of papers in probate court. WILSON IN BREST V i y, y Tar carry ins; PreaMeat "silsoa and party from liner Gcors;e Waasiag toa arriving at dork in harbor cf Brest, France, and Aszersraa guar at of honor hned ap aloag dock to welcome the president. Not the Americaa aappUea piled on the wharf. the party was transfered to a harbor tnjr and landed at the re ceiving1 deck. The president's first irlimpse of the city of Brest in cluded the guard of honor of American soldiers drawn op en the dock to greet him. The troops formed a solid line along- each side of the dock in the midst of moan taiaa of supplies from the U. S. (By the Associated Press Coblenz. Friday, Dec. ST. Rules for the guidance of inhabitants of regions i occupied by American forces were is sued today by General Pershing. Except for minor and specific regu-." lationa, the Americans have not inter-j fered in local affairs op till today. Cafes nave been open filled night after night. and theaters j Newspapers. until recently, have published without restraint such articles as they desired. while crowds promenaded the streets I until midnight, and even later. The j Germans haj come to believe that I such conditions would continue and I while there were no serious incidents as a result of the tolerant rule of the Americans, it vas deemed best to check any tendency toward abnse. The regulations publshed today were signed by Gen. J. W. McAndrew. chief of staff, "By command of General Pershing." In drafting them an ef fort was made to avoid the inclusion of any rules which would merely hu miliate the population or which savor ed of retaliation or revenge. They ere intended simply to maintain good ordest Hnns Most Carry Cards. Tender tte terms of the regulations. the authorities will know the exact whereabouts of every individual, for each roust carry an identification card and give notice of changes of habiia tion. Householders must keep posted on their doors a list of the residents tionality and occupations. All weap ons and ammunition must be surren dered. The gathering of crowds is forbidden and no meetings except courts, schools, councils and religious services will be allowed without per mission. The people are informed that a mili tary court will punish any one attack ing or impeding American soldiers or officers and those who destroy or in jure property belonging to or used by the army or ho commit any act whatever injurious to the American army." The custom of soldiers trading or selling chocolate or soap to the Ger mans is forbidden by the rules. GIVE XMAS CANTATA Vested tholr or First M. K. Church To Sing Program Sunday Evenins;. The vested choir of the Kirst Meth odist church under the direction of Paul Lawless wiil give a Christmas cantata. "The Star of the East." in the church service Sunday evening. De cember 28. Dr. E. J. Kulp, pastor, will deliver a brief Christmas message during the program. The soloists are: Miss Inez Tiffany, soprano; Miss Juanita McDowell, con tralto: Br. E. Leigb Mudge, baritone: Paul Lawless, tenor. Mrs. E. H. Anderson, organist, win play rpec:al numbers. The program will be as follows: Organ prelude Chorale. Antiphonal "Jesu Bambino Tne Infant Jesus" Miss Tiffany and choir. Hymn "Joy to the World." Antnem "T'nfold. Ta Portals" "Redemption." Solo. "Open the Gates" Mr. Law less. Christmas cantata. "The Star of the East" Choir and soloists. Organ postlude. Hallelujah chorus "The Messiah. SHOULD HOLD HOGS 3fem?r Thinks Farmers VntJuIy Alarmed Over Futnre of Market. Undue alarm exists among farmers on the hog market situation. Joseph H. Mercer, state livestock commiasion er. says he believes. To thus is ac countable the rushing of hogs to the market, he says. "The farmers are uneasy about the fixed price of hogs. declared Mercer. "The present fixed price based on $17.60 at Chicago, runs only until Feb ruary 1. The farmers do not know what the government may do to main tain the present prices after that date, and considering the uncertainty, do not care to take any risk on hogs Thai are eating doHar and a half corn. There is undue haste In marketing hogs, even In Kansas where the nor mal number of hogs is not being fat tened for market this season. Too many light hogs that should be kept over until spring, even tho not fat tened, are being rushed to market. The rush Is by no means so conspicu ous in Kansas as it is in the states contiguous to the Chicago market, where there was a good corn crop last summer, and where hogs now are mul titudinous. The rest!t has been seri ous congestion and embargoes at mar ket centers." HAWKES WILL REMAIN Hopkins Announces En Will Stay in Attorney GenraTs OIBrcr. Judge S. N. Kawkes, of Stockton. Is to be retained as an assistant attor ney general by Richard J. Hopkins. attorney general elect. John Hunt, of Topeka. wiil remain with the de partment during the coming sess-on of the state legislature. It is also report ed that John K. Rankin of Topeka. a law partner of Senator W. F. Schocb, will be named to one of the positions i as assistant. I Several additional appointments will j be made later by Hopkins- Requests have been made by Fred W. Knapp. st-te auditor, for one or two additional 1 places in the attorney general's de-: pirtment. For the present, tho, the i new attorney general will name but j two assistants and two special assist- ants. Th9 new staff, however, makes I certain that the Topeka bar will be represented in the department. 1 For nearly four years Judge Hawkes has been an assistant attorney general, t He is one of the most widely known lawyers in the state and has made an j excellent record. An equally strong record in the department was estab lished by John Hunt, who remains in the office during the session of the legislature. Following this service. Hunt will Join S. M. Brewster, the re tiring attorney general, in a law part nership in Topeka with Bennett H- Wheeler. j Toe people of the T'nitetf states earry awre than Sf.UO,am.0UO of life tnra-. tbe largest record of anv rouatry ta the i world. Of this -cv om nuo ws) I. goveraiaeat 1 ca for sotdarrs aad sauWra. SIXTEEN KANSJUIS IN LIST The following asmes ot Kassss asea ap peitr iu today's casualty lists 1 tk.lV.ri s Art:.. Prt. Chaa. liord McCoia. Uoddard. Uicd Wends. Uenfc Dwipbt L. Brown, Madisoa. j iTL Jue Titalaki, Lenveawvrtb. Wagoner C. K. alagnassu. Ucrbersoa. Died of Disease. Wagoner F. W. Skifer. Chsrrjvaie. Weaadrd severely, Corp. Richard W. Talbot. Downs. vt. t haa. Small, St. Francs. Wm. T. Futi?r. Llueoluviile. 1 Tt. Miirtou U. liiact. Hortua. -Pra. Isaac A Harris. Kismet. tvC Mike Mikrat. Kuasus City. n'eaaded stlghtly. Pvt. Antone Bortka. Kansas City. lrt. Lou Cantreli. Frescott. Pvt. Jos. i- sn, Mewtott. Simla Aettoa. t Percy Jobusou. Wklilts. Weuauvd severely (previously reported died of Ueaae, pvt. sleyd C. Brotrumg, isaaperia. 61 -NURSES IN.CiTY Hcspttml Gradnatcs Ars Taking Exaai inatloro at National Hotel. Sixty-one young women from the which the president is trying to fin various hospitals of the state are tak- in the capitals of Europe as be da. mg the test this week before the state i rlgned to enable him to give a calm nurses' board. The examinations are t and cogent exposition of his views onj being held in the National hotel. i cardinal issues," th- newspaper saysr Candidates foY certificates as grad-! a member of Mr. Wilson's partv re uate registered nurses include: marked. "Mr. Wilson eneounterad m. Axtelt hospital. Newton Emma May Burnett, Lootae Elizabeth Habbvll. Laura Horteuse Lacier, Kora i'nnin JoKptawe linsb. Oertrude Uirnes. Ura K. Moaser. UeU Memorial koitai, Uosedale Mary Elizabeth MtKee, Leah Alexaader. Ada MilUceut KUrman. Nora T. Hutchinaoo. Uutb Viraa VaagUa. Miunif Alice l'oweli. Betbel Lwacoueira aoaoitai. Seartoo Sis ter Elixabetb Uoertx. Clay Center boapltal. Clay Center Grace Alias Jamison, Laura feealdiu. Jr'loreute Marie ilder. Charlotte Swift hospital, Manhattan Kara. Margaret Simousou. HaUtead hospital. Malatead Mary EUaa Wilson. Hutchinson Methodist hospital, Hutchin son Harriet Jaue Gosa. Johnsoa hospital, Ciiaante Bertha May Adams. Blauaas sanitarinm. Wichita Evelvn Marie 1'etera, Nea Ury Iteeucr. Lroest Miswell. S Lstm!n: ho"',it11' L"Be Jeanette Merey bespital, Arkansas City Agnes Kaamnaaen, Lacy C. Karrell. Sister Mary Fraueis TUlel, Slater Mary Madeline Feelr. filacer Mary Lawrence Wearboff. Lcoa M. ICeid. Viola Holder. Fern Ba. Smith. fara Ikw aaniLdriam. Manhattan Enla Marguerite Sargent, Emma Harriet Travla. w Lr?"?...hPiul Sterling-Alt Rachel Stormout faJspttal, Topka Fannie May Cowf, Vests, I'auiitie Drown, Ktb-1 Klizabettt a -juiiiasuD, siursoce Jaue umr. Carmea Puree!!. St. Harnabas hospital, SaTIna Lnlu May Brnttoa. Xbettla A-coes K.jutx-rc-. iSt- Fr.llH-ii htmitirai TmuaL a u.i-r 1 Marie Paraous. ftt. JoIib i hospital, L?ott ii worth Emilia Zelta Vcrara. Uu- Mari Wilson. St. Joseph's boitral, C'oac-urdia Sister Mary Loanle Mt-Jrmk.-k. St. Mary's huapitaj. Winflel-i Madeline Marie SLatt-ry, Clare Locey. Topeka State hospiU!, Topeka MUdre-1 Owen, K-iita McCltntuck, Triftle fcstclia Pant, Emioa. Stiveter. Wesley hospital, WU-hlra Ilaxel Aadrui Frankllo, Hazel lerkins Ltnytlle. Wichita hospital. Wichita Maod Hrrh Wlnfield hoapital, Wioflel-J Edith liut ed. bntika sanitarfDm, Lincoln, Nb. Wil lie ill ux. r on lis and WilUarn H. Cordis. BiS MASONIC MEETING Mere Than 7G" Attended the John's loy Celebration. More than 709 persons enjoyed the1 program and ate the lunch given by) Tape's Cold Compound- Is the the Orient lodge No. SI A. F. and A. i quickest, surest relief known and eoets II. at the Masonic temple Friday night lonlv a few cents at drug stores, n acts in honor of St. John the Baptist. The 'without asfstnee. t notes nice. aftl' ceelbration was the flf ty flrst annur.l ulw, tnnvenience. Don't sc. observance of the day In Topeka by vt a substitute Advertisement. t. i uc ii ict 11 uri w saVLtiriiUTiif lodge. The members tne proemm ana luncneon were ror t a.v uivm v ntii B1M.VU1 faiiu uj t,ucaa w.ves, mothers, or sisters. It was announced at the luncheon I that the chapter will hold open hfjuse I at the Masonic temple New Year's1 q,-' v hftw?t-n oVfiri pnn 5 nVlork. H'imrhreya "Swenty ajerwn hrHkai up (AHiji, Irir.i.iil, CVii tt. the) r1el. Csuirrli. S re? 1 hr a,bjuiruy. T.tmuitif,ct Jnp twsl COLDS FRANK R. CONW-ELL Funeral Home Wl EAST STB ST. PkM tSI rrrwaal Hew ire If your mortjrase 13 as large as ever, try our semi-annual payment plan and reduce it $50.00 every July anc January. It is a simple interest plan and the rate is lovf and no commission. No harm to inquire .and it may save you lots of money. State Savings Bank 601 Kansas Avenue Sold TYPEWRITERS Rented TOPEKA TYPEWRITER EXCHANGE H. C. PARKER GO 7 Kansas, Avcsrae "That Exctaatve Typewriter Hoase of Kane as London. Sec 2 Conferences) be- tween President Wilson. Premiesx LJoyd Georgt and ether members of the British cabinet Friday were ex. tremely successfu'. according to the Mail which says that-the most cor dial harmony1 of Ideals was found t exist, "with the happiest augury for t e future relations of the Us iced States and Great Britain." The premier nrely has been so thusiastic over the results of any con-fe.-ence the newspaper continues. It states that the first session of the peace conference at Paris will begin l-te next week or on the Monday fol lowing. President Wilson cordially a sen red all the statesmen who met for the conference of the gratitude of him self and wife over the reception Thursday at Dover, during the Jour- ney to London and in this city. He said they had expected a fins reception, the Mail says, -not essen tiaily for themselves but for all Araer ica. but they were not prepared far air ovation of such magnitude as was given them. When Mr. Wilson reached the pan. ac this evening he was in cosspic uously good spirits, without the slight est trace of fatigue. Those nearest him who were trained observers of his moods, according to the Hull, ars "convinced the president had a fruit ful and satisfactory day.. They be. lieve it unquestionably laid the foun dations for an Anglo-American entente eordiale on all vital subjects at issue. "The conferences were mmiiirtti 1 in that h rt.tn.hH W .tmnnK. good deal of the White House environ ment in Downing street and so felt very much at home." G.W. BORMAN IS DEAD Father of Well Known Topeka Bujd srjsa Man Lived at Hope. T. A. Borman has received word oaV the death of his father. George W. Borman. of Hope. Kan., which oc curred after a lingering illness from paralysis- George V. Borman was born in Lincolnshire. England, and came to the United States with his parents when ha was eight years old. In 1870 he married Elixa.ieth Bissett in Jefferson county, lndian.1. and soon afterward came to Kansas, locating in Dickinson county. T. A. Borman is the only son of G. W. Borman. He Is former president of the Kansas Farmer and the Continen tal Creamery company.' He has beesi in the creamery business In Lincoln. Neb., and with the Koa River comnanw I preparing 'to move hi. fa mil r Wk t in vnicago. lor some years, and 1 ToDk- will again be connected t w'h the Karnaa Farmer. BREAKS A COLD -IN A FEW HOURS First dese of Tape's Cold Com pound' relieves all 1 grippe miserr. Don't stay stuffed-up! (.Quit blov-ine and snuffiins! A dosa oT"Pape-s Cold Compound" taken evi erv two hours until thren dnm irl taken will end grippe misery and break up a severe cold either in th head, chest. lody or limbs. It promr.tly opens clossed-up nos- ri !a anri air rtasb'ise. atntia n.ar. .1 i. jheedaohe. dtrllnese. feverishiieea, mrt throat, sneezins;. soreness and sti'fW L. M. Ienrelt livstilenr THE L M. PENWELL lM)KltTKNO W. A. BLAIK SIEKt'NAN T POLICE Itesldeiace- una tiehlbl llmne 3704 lUuck MOTORISTS WHE oc" STARTER give yon trouble take ft to KEELE ELECTRIC CO. Ill W. Sittl Ave. Ftmne T DM. CCa POUT ASHTOM BJ. w. Ose. Stk mm at an las Ave.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28. 1918 5.0 OPEN MONDAY .Topeka Schools Ready To Re I sume Their Work. XHare Plan To Make Up Time They Hare Lost. SEEN CLOSED SEVEN WEEKS -Graduating Classes Will Suffer Most, A. J. Stout Says. 'Many Want To Shorten the School Year. 4. The Topeka city schools are to be 'opened for regular work Monday morning, December 80. The present plan to be presented to the board of education at Its next meeting, will be m to continue the school sessions thru all holidays, except Saturday and Sun 's day, extending the length of the school day, and continuing the first term to the latter part of February. The plan is made in accordance with a ruling formed by the state board of education at a recent meet ing. At that meeting careful con sideration was given to the school sit uation growing out of the prolonged influenza epidemic, and resolutions embodying the ruling of the board were adopted, as follows: "Be it, resolved by the state board of education, assuming that schools may resume work not later than Jan uary 1, 1K19, that if schools make up at least one-half of the time that has f been lost neither the credits of their pupils nor their standing as schools will be called Into question on account of Mme lost? and that for making up this time any one or all of the follow Ing methods will be acceptable: teach- Ing every school day regardless of the usual holidays: teaching at least every other Saturday: extending the length of the school day by equal additions to the recitation periods: extending the length of the term in the spring. "Be it further resolved, that the case of schools not following the above suggestions will be considered only on Individual showing, and special in vestigation by the board." Seven Weeks Lost. J In the Topeka schools, it will be possible to make up about three and one-half weeks on the first term of school, out of the seven weeks lost by Y the closing order. The opening of school next Monday and continuing j-thru the week makes up one week, in 1 as much as that time is normally a pi:rt of the midwinter holidays. The increased school day wl.l make up two 'f and a half weeks. 'Even under this plan only about half of the time lost 2 will be made up. It will be necessary, therefore, that all extra school activi- ties and sidelines will have to be ex eluded, so that there may be no inter i ference with the work or covering the course of study as effectively as may 4 be under the enforced handicap. All but the most important and essential matter "will be eliminated from the course. The action of the school board at J their meeting Monday, January 6. will determine fhe closing date of the term, which will probably be about Febru- ary.il. The regular work of the term can r not be made up, but with the begin--, nihg of the new terrh. the classes will go on from the point' of completed work, and not from beginning of the regular term's work. Many Would Shorten Work, v There has been considerable dis- cussion of a plan to abandon any ef fort to make up lost work, and to be gin the first term's work over again, j attempting only the work of one term during the entire year. Many of the teachers favor such an arrangement, as they consider that it will enable them to do their work more thoroly t than would be possible in trying to make up so much lost time. "The only real losers ty the closing order In the school." A. J. Stout, superintendent, said, "are the students finishing the high school. The other students can gradually make up the work, if not in the year it was lost, then In the following year, with but a little Intensive effort. For the gradu ates, however, who plan on entering higher schools next fall, the only chance of making up the time seems -to be In summer school work." DELAY BELGIAN TRIP 'President Wilson's Visit to King Al- i bcrt To Be in January. Paris, Dec. 28. President Wilson's J trip to Belgium, to include a visit to Brussels, as the guest of King Albert, will probably be deferred to the end of January, it developed today. WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT .Surplus Shows Decrease of $16,887,410 While Loans Increased $7,238,000. New Tork, Dec, 28. The weekly victual bank statement today showed cjiie followng changes: Surplus, decreased, 116,887,410. Loans, ncreased, 17,238,000. Cash in own vaults of members of 4be federal reserve system, increased, .,$3,438,000. v.. Reserve in federal reserve banks of member banks, decreased. (16,318,000. Reserve in own vaults of state -banks and trust companies. Increased, -J9S5.000. "'v Reserve in depositories of state banks and trust companies, decreased, 210,000. Net demand deposits, increased, S9, 20.000. Net time deposits, decreased, $2, 06.000. -Circulation, 'increased, $118,000. Aggregate reserve, $561,937,000. Sew York Stock atnrkct. t urulnueu ut T. J Mvers ml N B. ttldg.) V New York, March 28. Today Ye II 4 wy. i'lVi 51

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Tvn ....102 12! tH 44 ijmitherii Tncifle r iiin rn-irir f S. Steel, c tflh Conner It. I.. i -Wabasli, c ITU DEATHS AND FUNERALS ANNA L.OKA FI.EIINO. age 30. daugh ter of Mr. ami Mfs. Krauk Fleiuinu of Wlllant, KaiisHd, died Thursday eveulug at the Lome. The funeral was held Satur ilny nfternoon at 1 :-U o'clock at the grave in itochester cemetery. JOHN J. UOSSETTEK, age 85, died Friday at hlH home ou It. It. No. L The funeral was held from the home 'Saturday at 12 o'clock. Iluriul la Rochester ceme tery. The funeral of Mrs. E. D. McKeever, who died Saturday In Phoenix, Ariz., was held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock from tirute Cathedral. Burial in Tojieka ceme tery. MHS. AUMINA B. HUBER, of 1311 Fill more trtretft, died Tuemlay at the borne of her daughter, Mrs. Hees, of SyracUKe. Kan sun. Funeral nervlces Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Meriden Methodist church, iuurlal in jueriuen cemetery. MISS UK ACE MaIHe KINGSLAND, a (re 24. died December 21. at the home of her mother, Mrs. Ely Johnson. 14.18 Van Buren street. Funeral services Sunday afternoon at o'clock from I'enwell'a chapel. Burial lu Mt. llope cemetery. WILLIAM A. CLAKKacre 5. died Friday nipht at hia borne, 221 Kim wood street. Funeral announcement later. VIHOIL JOHN MILLER, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Miller, died Friday at the home, 4JX Taylor street. Funeral announte- meut later. 5RACIE SHIELDS TODD, age 21, died Friday morula it at her home. 1313 Wan Bnren street. Funeral services Sunday af ternoon at 2 o'clock from the Second Bap tist cuurcn. Burial in Mt, Auourn ceme tery. Liberty Bonds bought and sold. Shawnee Investment Co., 634 Kan. asr. Adv. DUES ARE INCREASED Members Woman's Kansas Bay Clab Must Pay S1.2S a Year Now. The Woman's Kansas Day club has found it necessary, on account of in creased prices, to raise its dues from $1 to $1.25. Ever since the organiza tion of the club, the members have paid $1 per year, which Included the price of the club luncheon at Its an nual celebration of Kansas day, and also a membership fee of 25 cents. The new price allows a dollar a plate for the luncheon and cents lor tne dues. The committee on arrange ments found it impossible to give a luncheon at a cheaper price. The annual meeting will be held Wednesday. January 29. at the First Methodist church. The luncheon will be served by the members of the Methodist Aid society. The place for the evening reception has not yet been decided upon. IN MEMORIAL SERVICE Members of-Lincoln Post Will Meet Tomorrow Afternoon at 2:3Q. Memorial exercises will be held at Lincoln Post hall tomorrow at 2:30 p. in. in memory of the comrades of the post who have died during the last year. The following program has been arranged for the occasion: Call to order Post Commander. Martin America By the audience Pianist, aiiss uermce uiier. M. C. Holmau. leader. Invocation Rev. J. K. Miller, D. D., Post No. 71 Reading roll of deceased comrades Post Adjutant J. M. Miller Drum roll Sob of Comrade John Kempton Address .Comrade Joseph G. Waters America, the Beautiful By the audience Pianist, aiihs- ifermce f uuer. M. C. liolman. leader. Bendlctton Iter. J. K. Miller, D. I. There's Voowq otro lE'S qoT LOTSOFAAONE -,2RE S iOur, tnNtt, LL -INTRODUCE iOU JO be mine ros)e!) Yes!) nov that.we a so WAlS,REsrD J Jrr CARRIED WELL HAVeJ M. I HuNqRVlJ' IPRACTI C ALLY r FOR THE WEDDiwq J rg r srx hirrru i Kir- vPVXXr BREAKFA5T TiLuV-V 0KjJJ SiJ H OTH,NC; JHIw D0WH To TtcvS tvW nSS? Ao" CKxt S vw i? -r-ljf IS yl'k V B AMNCE FAMOUS HOTEL NOW HUGE HOSPITAL ART GUILD MEETING Miss Marian Peers Will Address Mem bers at the What-Not Shop: Now that the war is over and the people have the time to think of something besides war activities, there is beginning to be a revival of inter est in music, literature, and art. Not least among Topeka's organizations which are striving to maintain a proper interest In the finer side of life, is the Topeka Art Guild. The Art Guild was organized about two years Ago as the Topeka chapter of the Kansas Federation of Art. The Guild includes in its member ship most of those persons in Topeka who are actively interested in one way PRACTICALLY or another in the fine and applied arts. Among its members are George M. Stone, Merrell Gage, I A. Gillette, Miss Frances Lindsay, Miss Marian Peers, Miss Clarisse Laurent. Mrs Oscar Perkins, Mrs. Cady Hodge, Mrs. L. D. Whittemore, Mrs. Robert W. Coppedge, Mrs. Catherine Hand and many others equally well known. The club meets on the evening of the last Saturday in every month at the "What Not" shop on West Eighth avenue. At these meetings lectures in the pursuit of the various phases or art, and the speakers- include per sons from other cities. Exhibits of painting, sculpture, photographs and handicrafts are shown from time to time, and the work is reviewed and discussed by the guild members, led NOTHING 2ivy rs Miss smith: -&A T FOR YANKS Scenes at U. Si army general hospital No. 35, formerly West Baden Springs hotel. Disabled soldiers ready for daily hike. View of hotel-hospital and wounded soldiers being helped from ambulances on arrival from overseas. Lieut. CoL B. W. Bliss, commanding officer, below, and Capt. E. T. Sellers, adjutant. The srovernment has transformed the West Baden Springs hotel at West Baden, Ind., one of the most beautiful hotels in the world, into the United States army general hos pital No. 35. Injured soldiers are being brought daily from France to recover from their wounu's. The building, which formerly was the meeting place of millionaires, covers live acres of ground and will quarter a thousand soldiers in comfortable style and in case of necessity will be able to quarter as high as twelve hundred patients. by some competent person. Ways and means for fostering the art spirit, and stimulating and edu cating the public along artistic lines, both in Topeka and thruout Kansas, are freely discussed. The discussions sometimes take the form of resolu tions to be presented to municipal officers, state fa associations, school boards and the state legislature. Miss Marian Peers, a pupil of Rob ert Henri of New York during the last eighteen months, is to talk to the frulld's members this evening, and will have on view a small collection of her best Work. Only three men out of every tinnrirfd leave nt death $10;fl00 flnd over; 17 leave estates of $2,000 to $10,000: eighty leave no asnets. Thus onlv eighteen widows oat of 100 are left lu good ctrcumstauces. HOPPER AT WORK New Water Expert Tackles Job With Boots On. He Has Nothing To Say About Conditions at Plant. The city's new water engineer, G. E. Hopper, has now been on the Job for two days. Attired in high boots, can vas fur-lined coat and a fur ca,p he waded into the difficulties present at the water plant. It is the outfit Hop per wore while building a waterworks ii Montana, and according to Com missioner Newland It has seen hard service, which was quite evident. Hop per said that it was the only kind of an outfit which would keep a man warm out of doors in an atmosphere of 40 degrees below zero. Commissioner Newland says that Hopper has not asked -for a great deal Of information or asked many ques tions. Practically all that he request ed was a blue-print of the waterworks system and when that was procured he lit out on his own hook. Hopper has expressed no opinions and says that it will probably be some time before he is in a position to do so. Owing to the tremendous variety of conditions and technical difficulties he could not hazard an opinion as to the local trouble based on experience de rived from work at other plants. Each waterworks system presents dif ficulties in engineering, weather con ditions, rainfall in the country from which the water comes, and a thousand other things so that no defi nite opinion can be made until the situation has been thoroly gone into. Water pressure today was still low. It averaged about twenty pounds for the day. Conditions regarding the water supply, says Commissioner New land, are now abnormal Not since last April has the water supply been so low. FOOD TO AUSTRIANS Swiss Send 1,000 Tons to Vienna To Save Civilian Population. Washington, Dec. 28. The Swiss government began today the shipment of more than 1,000 tons of foodstuffs to Vienna for the relief of the civil population, with the co-operation of Dr. Alonzo Taylor, Herbert Hoover's representative in southern Europe. Word to this effect was received by cable today by Dr. Hans Sulzer, the Swiss minister. The emergency shipment consists of six hundred tons of flour, 400 tons of rice, and 60 tons of milk and choc olate. To make it up the Swiss pop ulation sacrifices a part of Its own food card. It is believed here that the present shipment is an initial one thru Switz erland and that whatever sacrifices of foodstuffs the Swiss people make out of their meager stocks will be replen ished from this country as rapidly as tonnage becomes available in greater quantities. MODOCS WILL CELEBRATE Topeka Club WU1 Ba 42 Tears Old Monday Xlglit. The Modoc club will celebrate Its forty-second anniversary Monday night with a big smoker and cider drink. The affair Is to be held atte club, quarters on West Sixth street. The celebration will also be the an nual meeting of the club. Officers for the next year will be elected. Founded In 1876, the Modoc club has made a most enviable record as one of the premier singing organiza tions of the United States. It has made numerous trips from Topeka, to other cities. It has taken part 1 in hundreds of local entertainments and for many years staged an annual comic opera. About six years ago the Modoc club vras apparently doomed for the scrap heap, but energy on the part of a few faithful members gave it a new lease on life and today the Modocs are in great demand as entertainers for fairs and large public meetings of all sorts. GOLD POWER IS DOWN Will Xot Recover Purchasing Power Until Prices Drop, Says Sillier. Richmond, Va., Dec. 28. High prices will prevail until the expansion of currency and credit resulting from the buying of war securities on credit has been eliminated and until the vol ume of credit and currency has been reduced to an equality with the needs of industry and trade, declared A. C. Miller, a member of the federal re serve board.- speaking today at a ses sion of the annual convention here of the American Economic association. Tested by price levels in the leading markets gold has lost about one-half its purchasing power since the begin ning of the war in 1914, said Mr. Mil ler. Gold as a standard of exchange has fallen in Its purchasing power, he said, because it has shared the fate of paper currency from rislnir prices Tuberculosis, Pneumonia, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, CATARRH suf ferers send name and aililreaa to the Respl Zone Company. 220 West l-'tb St., K. C. -lo. Municipal Bonds NON-TAXABLE Wichita, Kan. 4 Bonner Springs, 5 Kansas City, Kan. 4 t Write or call for list with prices. Liberty Bonds Bought and Sold. The Forbes Agency TeL 1096 116 W. 6th St. which on a whol sale basis are up about 100 per cent in the countries where the gold standard still obtains. "Gold will not recover its lost pur chasing power until prices decline," Mr. Miller said. "Financial credit and business relationships which have been thrown into confusion by reason of C:e rise in prices will :.ot be straight ened out until the price situation is rectified. But the price situation will not be rectified until th3 expansion of our currency and credit attributable to the buying of war securities on credit has been eliminated and the volume of cedit and currency has once more been brought back to normal eco nomic volume that i; to say. a volume corresponding to the needs of industry and trade for the production and exchange of goods at normal values." SUES THREE OIL MEN C .M. WcMerman Soys Tlicy Won't Give Him His Just Profits. A bill of complaint was filed this morning in the office of the federal court by C. M. Westerman. of Mis souri, asking that the court determine and fix the interests of the person in volved. He claims that on Novem'.er 1, 1918, he entered into a verbal con tract with W. E. Zachner, Lon Deif rich and S. C. Ashton, by the terms of which he has to employ hfs time against a large number of shares of the capital stock of the Aetna Oil and Gas Co which the three men owned: the profits and property derived from the business to be divided among them on the basis of five per cent for Westerman and the balance for his three partners. The plaintiff claims that November 1, Williard Foster purchased the stock for $65,000, of wh'ch $55,000 re mains unpaid, and that Zachner, Deitrich and Ashton are collecting thd money and appropriating it for their own use without releas:ng his five per cent, in violation of their agreement f 88 Per Cent of the high schools teaching shorthand in the State of Kansas use 'GREGG THE adoption of Gregg Short hand by the Boards of Educa tion for exclusive use in the high schools of 75 per cent of the cit ies and towns in the United States, constitutes the highest indorsement a shorthand system has ever received by educational authorities 107-109-111-113-115-117 East Eighth Street FOR TWO DAYS V Mondav and Tuesdav I Pre-Inventory Sale The last chance to buyr groceries at Less than fa Jobbers' Prices For Consumers Only CORX Ever Reary brand can 13c; doz ....Si. 50 tVUd Flower brawl Main style, can 15c; doz.... $1.75 Cherub brand Fancy Country Gentleman: can 18c; doz. $2.00 SPINACH Starkson Brand No. 3 can, 22c; doz $2.50 PKAS Green Tree brand can 15c; doz $1.70 Summer Girl Sifted; can, 18c; doz $2.00 Rlohellcu small sifted; can, 20c; doz $2.35 BEANS Summer Girl Lima 2 cans 25c; doz $1.45 Summer Girl Red Kidney 2 cans. 25c; doz $1.50 Pumpkin Pallas; 2 No. 3 cans, 25c; doz... $1.45 Asparagus Summer Girl; No. 1 round can, 18c; doz. $2 CANNED FRUIT lire's Sliced Pineapples No. 24 cans, 33c: doz. $3.90 Rk'hcllru Sliced Pineapple No. 2 can. 5c; doz..$3.0 Summer Girl Peaches No. 1 H can, 15c; doz.. $1.70 Cadet Peaches Xo.2!ian. 30c: doz.. 83.40 Whole Sweet 1'ii -k led Pear 'lies; No. 2 Vi can, 25c; doz..$2.VO COCOA AND CHOCOLATE Walter Baker's Cocoa; Vi lb. can 20c Hershey's Cocoa lb. can .Sc Wn Iter Baker Chocolate lb 5c 0 I sft ft i s Tou take no- chances when you supply your table from us. price and quality must ba richt. :i QVAlJTy- CA A Austrians Think He Is. Really Crown Prince Rudolf. President May Be Honorary President of Hnn Republic. Amsterdam, Dec. 28. President Wilson may be proclaimed the first honorary president of the 'German Austrian republic the Wiener Neues Journal declares, according to a dis patch from Vienna today. "A new superstition is spreading thruout Austria that President Wilson is really the late Crown prince Rudolf, whose death many did not believe," the newspaper says. V V "In lower Austria, it is popularly believed that Wilson will save Austria from a final smashup.' Crown Prince Rudolf, heir to the late Emperor Frans Josef, mysterious ly disappeared several years ago. His death was never authentically estab lished. 1 .oca 1 Mention. The members of the Federation of the Colored Women's clubs will have open house New Year's lay ut the rhib rooms. Thirteen anil tjuincv streets, fnilll 2 to T o'clock in the nftf rnoon Kveryone Interest ed in the feilerntion Is asked to ran ana leave a silver offering. Those who cannot are asked to send an offering, as the Dinner is needed to furnish the club rooms. The women of the federation were aastHted in giving presents of cnmlv and frnlt to needy uepro ehildreu at Christmas time by the Elks crub. E. E. Howe Is temporarily taking the Place of raul K. White, who reslgoed riday, as mull carrier on route 28. SaYety razor blades sharpened bet ter than new, 25c-35c dor. Krunt Martin. Adv fa MHJi Libby's large 2 cans, 25c; doz,. .$1.45 Wilson's large 2 cans, 25c; doz $1.43 Eagle can, 20c; doz $2.35 Horlick's Malted Hospital size .$3.25 Large size .00c Small size 45c i BAKING POWDER Calumet, 1 lb. can 20c Rumford 1 lb. can 23o SOAP AND SOAP CHIPS Lenox, 10 bars 48c White Borax Naptha 10 bars 48c Bob White. 10 bars 58c Rub No More, 10 bars..,. 63c P. G. Naptha. 10 bars. .83o Ivory i Soap Flakes IV pkgs. 75c Goblin Toilet, It bars...SOo Old Dutch Cleanser i 10 pkgs 75c 9 O'clock Tea, 10 pkgs...$8c Mule Team Borax Chips i large pkg. 30c Mule Team Borax 3 1-lb. pkgs 55c SUNDRIES New H. P. Mich. Beans 4 lbv 48c California Sardines, Balboa brand 1 lb. round can.lOc dszen $1.15 California Sardines, Ambassa dor large oval can. ...22c dozen $2.50 More Grape Juice bottle. 20c; doz. $2.85 Wisconsin Cheese lb 87c Texas Pecan Nuts ,20c Pink Salmon 1 Hk can..20c Genesee Jam. 27-oz. Jar. 43c Summer Girl Jelly ,7-oz. Jar 15c i o 0 O i i 9 The S H GROCERS'

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TftE TQPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL- SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23. 1918 MIKE AND IKE THEY LOOK ALIKE ropyriRbt. 1918. by R. b. Gnliibera. BY GOLDBERG i j 'PAMiOMS "THg v I -r- tYLQR. t Free Lecture on Christian Science By Dr. John M. Tutt, C.S.B. OF KANSAS CITY, MO. Member of the Bcfturd of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. Grand Opera House Sunday, Dec. 29th, at 3 o'clock You are cordially invited.- FOR A JUST PEACE French "Workmen Want Terms Based on Wilson's Points. They Are United for Treaty Which Will Prevent War. Paris, Dec. 28. Workmen of France, determined to prevent future wars, will Insist on a peace based on President Wilson's program, Albert Tl.omas, minister of munitions, told the United Press today. He said he based this statement -on information obtained from thousands of French soldiers. "We do not want our descendants to engage In ar other, wan we do not want them even to know the mean ing of war,' declared Thomas, who is a socialist and labor leader. "Thousands of poilus have told me this. The French workmen demand that kind of a peace. Thea did every thing possible to win this war against wars, but tliey have, always be in fundamentall pacific. Now they are equitably determined on a Wilsonian P ice. "I am glad to say that President Wilson's fourteen points are restoring t unity of the French socialists. Divided on other questions, they unan imously endorse his views And are confident of his wisdom and right Judgment- League Is Their Ideal. "The league of nations Is the dear- est laeai ol r reocu muur. x- uny un derstanding Its necessity, the work men know it does not matter whether tho league satisfies war profiteers, i who would put a ban on mankind. I "We are eagerly watching America's '.strong, open attitude and its readiness ;to discuss any proposition provided it is based on right and justice. We are not worrying about such questions as indemnities, which President Wil son settled splendidly when he de clared there should be reparation for damages. The demand of a section of the French press for repayment of the Kranco-Prusslan indemnities of 1870 plus compound Interest to da'e cer tainly does not represent the labor viewpoint. -.'"Instead of wasting our time on such things, we. should apply our selves to solving sucn problems as the Russian situation. We should adopt a friendly, prudent attitude toward Hussla and extend that unhappy country real Isjelp. "When the Bolshevik revolution be gan, the Russian ambassador told me it would not last more than te. fort night. Nearly fifteen months have elapsed, and the Boishevik army now numbers approximately 800,000. "Russian regeneration is impossible with Bolshevism. From what I have learned thru a visit there, quick In tervention is necessary. But ft must be a democratic intervention by demo cratic powe.-s, injluJi.ng the United States. They must respond to the wishes of the different Russian na tionalities. Then a change may be expected." HOUSE'S DAUGHTER WITH PEACE PARTI Mrs. Gordon Auehinclora. Mrs. Gordon Auchincloss, daughtei of Col. E. M. House, is one of the members of the party accompanying the U S. peace delegation to France on board the George Washington Her husband Is now with Colonel House as special assistant for the tat department. IRIDESCENT BEADS TRIM NAVY FROCK Here is a charming afternoon frock for the debutante. It is built on simple straight lines over a foun dation of rich red satin. 'Navy chif fon heavily beaded in iridescenUblue and black Deads forms the overdress. The sleeves are long and tigit and also beaded while a single strand of the beads finishes the round neckline. PLAGE BOOKS IN BARRACKS Camp library To Supply Soldiers With Books. (From Treuch and Camp.) In the last few days -there has been j quite a change in the personnel of the library staff. Ferdinand Henke, in AT THE THEATERS CHRISTMAS AT Y 6 Cider, Apples, Doughnuts and Enter tainment for Boys. (From Trench and Camp.) If you happened Into T 6 on Christ mas day you were struck with the beautiful decorations and the Bpirit of Christmas thruout the entire build ing. The building was covered with red and green streamers in the social room and auditorium. Christmas bells were hanging everywhere and evergreens were strung about so you always thought of the old home place. Remember the days when you had a tree and hung up your stocking? Well, the tree was there, shining with red and green lights and covered with shining snow. You did not miss home so much, after you waded into the treats either. Two barrels of old fashioned cider and huge quantities of dough nuts were there for the soldiers. Also as many apples as you could eat and many other eatables. There was entertainment vaude ville stunts on Christmas eve. Also some bearing and wrestling. Christmas night the Santa Claus girls from Man hattan blew in and made the night merry with music and songs. Secre taries Milne, Eggleston, Voight and Trentleman were all there and labored hard to make the Christmas program a success. The refreshments were all donated by Kansas City friends of M. S. Bernard, who knew the boys would' like it. OPERATED MANY HUTS Wl"n Armistice Was Signed Y Oper ated 1900, (From Trench and Camp.) When the German amies cried, "Enough!" and the kaiser fled to Hol land, the American Y. M. C. A. had under its charge in the war zone 1,900 huts, tents and buildings of various kinds. This tremendous total, erected as an essential factor of a new theory of winning' the war, has accomplished that purpose and now will be turned to the needs of a just and enduring peace. They have been the home, the club, church and theater of the Amer ican expeditionary forces. They will continue to be all those things, and their school and college besides. There is to be no lack of opportunity for the ambitious American to fit himself to occupy a higher plane hi social and industrial life than he left to answer the call to the colors. Rag Pickers Asphyxiated. Detroit. Mich., Dee. 28. Matthew Peason and Louis Smith, rag pickers, were found dead today from asphvxia- tion In a one-room shack.. A lighted I cigaret had fallen on the mattress, the I fumes killing the pair. charge of branches, has been appoint- ed acting camp librarian. Mr. Albert Bushnell of St. Joseph, I Mo., and Mr. H. Clifford Brown have i been added to the staff as assistant I librarians. j Mr. Bushnell has had considerable 1 experience in educational affairs, hav- ing been an instructor in the Central high school ot St. josepn lor lour years. With Mr. Bushnell ajid Mr. Miller, already of the staff, the library is fortunate in being in a strong posi tion to aid in all educational work contemplated by the camp authorities. Mr. Miller is also an expert on all mat ters pertaining to agriculture. He. .was formerly connected with the Kansas State Agricultural college at ManhaS tan, .Kan. Mr. Brown Is a youngster just re cently released from the S. A. T. C. of the University of Missouri. Acting Librarian Henke says: The staff is full of pep and good humor; the "Big League" method t of his predecessors will continue. He regrets the inability of his li brary to deliver more magazines. Since the armistice was signed, only seven or eight sacks of magazines are re ceived weekly, whereas a few months ago almost one hundred sacks a week was the total. Tell your friends to place- a 1-cent stamp on that latest magazine, drop it in a mail box. It will reach the library. Another campaign for books has been started. .Soqfh the library will be able to supply thousands of volumes for use in the camp. It is planned to place ,books in all barracks where they are wanted, The companies will build their own shelves. A collection of popular titles will be gladly supplied. Orders are being received now and will be 'filled in the order of their re ceipt. It is a very simple matter to secure the benefits of the camp li brary. Just -ask for them; they will be delivered promptly. The following is a sample of the form' used for or dering books foe your barracks: Company A, Building No. 333, F. A., desires a collection of (No.) books. OK J. J. JASPER, First Serst. The O K of the first sergeant Is all that is necessary. If in doubt about anything in this plan to supply books to the men in the barracks, consult the librarian at the camp library, building 1515, east end of the Zone. LOCATING JOBS FOR SOLDIERS. P. S. Employment Service In Kansas Asks Every Community to Assist. (Froai Trt-nch and Camp.) Every community in Kansas has been asked to assist the United States employment service in securing in formation which will aid in locating Jobs for the returning soldiers who have no work in sight when they are discharged from the army. Com munity labor boards, chambers' of comjierce, county councils Tf national oerense and other agencies have been notified of the burning need for close co-operation in replacing these men in industry and are working hand in hand with the federal employment service. Thirteen Kansas cities have already named chairmen for the local com mittee which will aid In compiling the neceesary information, and others are expected to take this step in the im mediate future, according to J. Wifl Kelley. state director of the -employment service. In addition to the local employment officers located at To peka, Atchison, Kansas City, Emporia Wichita, Hutchinson, Salina, Parsons and Hays, these local committees will broaden "the functions of the service which will be rendered the returning soldiers. Wnen these committees are formed and in working order, it is be lieved that no soldier returning from the army will need spend much time 1 looking for a job. The fact that he wants a place to begin civil life again at some useful occupation will have been determined before he is mustered out of the army by the local employ ment agencies stationed in each cantonment- The information whic:i he supplies by filling out a blank fur nished for the purpose is forwarded to the state director of employment and thence to the committee in his own town. Thus it is known Just what kind of a Job he wants and la fitted for, and every effort "made to locate the kind of position he wants. The following list of towna and chairmen is announced by the state director: Pittsburg, John. Barrett; H-rton, W. H. Wheatley; Coffewille. F. E. Ayers; Fort Scut. Martin MMler: Independence, J. G. Adams; Welling ton, A. W. Lynn; Newton. J. W. Bramblett; Fredonia, George B. Spen cer; Winfield. L. P. Crawford; Mc pherson, V. M. Emmert; Atchison, H. S. Sharp; Arkansas City, F. E- Good rich; Hutchinson, Frank Vincent. Found Dead In His Room. Wichita, Kan., Dec. 28. Louis Oudesluys. 45 years old, an advertis ing solicitor for the Wichita Eagle, was -found dead In his room Fridav. He died from apoplexy. Oudesluys at one time was a millionaire hat im porter, but lost his fortune. He came to Wichita six years ago. At The Majestic. A dramatic playlet direct from the big time vaudeville houses in the east will be the offering of the North Bros, at the- Majestic for the first three days of next week. Harry North, one time stock favorite at the Majestic, has just arrived from the east and will play one ot the important roles in "Father Son. This will be the first time in years that Harry Sport have ap peared here, both playing big parts in a big play. Wonder if some of the "Old Timers" will think of the days when these two actor brothers played "Puddenhead Wilson," "David Har um," "Going Some." "Heir to The Hoorah," etc. We guess they will. At the Novelty. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Novelty the patrons of Topeka's Joy Spot will witness the closing epi sode of "Fight for Millions." The bill consists of Eary and Eary, whirlwind Novelty gymnasts; Freida and Mack in a farm yard specialty; Gertrude Graves, songs and character flashes; Rose and Moon, song and dance orig inalities; Wanzer and Palmer, "She's Hard to Get Along' With." and' the last half of the week starting Thurs day matinee, Edith Thoma will open the bill in "Her First Rehearsal," Morlen. with accordion, "Rubeville Revue," presented by Willard Jarvis. Otto Brothers in a burlesque travesty on vaudeville entitled "In the First Entrance"; La Keillors, novelty bur lesque contortion and gymnastics; also the eighth episode of "Hands Up." Topeka's most popular screen favorite. Eddie Polo In "The Lure of the Circus," will be seen soon at the Novelty, At the Orpheum. Marguerite Clark is the star In the drama "Out of a Clear Sky" which will be shown' at the Orpheum three days next week. Critics say that "Out of a Clear Sky" measures up to and beyond any of Miss Clark's former films. It is a story of Belgium but not war. The setting is soon shifted from Belgium to. America and the cli max of a pretty love story Is reached in Tennessee; Miss Clark takes the role of a wilful Belgian countess in which she reflects many humorous in cidents and interesting situations. She has as one of her supporting cast, Bobbie Connely, almost as much of s: star as the actress herself. The remainder of the Orpheum program will be Official War Review pictures, the latest obtainable from the other side. Pathe News will also be shown the first three days of the week. At the Iris. 1 William Farnum ift "The Heart of a Lion" will be at the Iris beginning Monday for four days. Farnum wears the familiar blue shirt, bringing with him a story of absorbing interest and excitement. The story of this super feature is of two brothers. Barney, played by Mr. Farnum, and Dick, played by Mr. Courtleigh. Dick is a worthless sort who does not awaken to a realization of his own shiftlessness until Barney catching him making love to the .woman engaged to marry Barney. Dick reforms, studies for the ministry, and is sent to a lumber camp. .Barney, who has withdrawn from civilization after losing faith in his brother, becomes a physician in the sami camp. Dick is wounded by the rough lumber-jacks and then Bar ney' reveals his .Identity and does all he can to nurse hts brother back to life. The friends of Farnum will be interested In his reappearance at the Iris, and the picture is certain to In crease Farnum's admirers in Topeka. TV. ninlurn a H t t in r-t 1 V fftATlirA nf the season's film offerings; one of he big plays of the season. Some Dance! Some Music! TONIGHT Gordon-Steinberg "Jazz Band AT STEINBERG'S (New Location Seventh and Qulncy) Ladies Free Gentlemen 50c KELLAM HALL Pnder New Management DANCING TONIGHT RAY HALL Manager NEXT WEEK w. MON. TCES. WED. MARGUERITE ClAREt IN "OUT OF A CLEAR SKY 9f It wasn't necessary for lightning to strike twice in the same place in "Out of a Clear Sky!" It struck right in the bull's-eye the first time and cemented the Belgian Princess and the American Citizen in the bond of matrimony. You see Marguerite Clark had to leave her tiny kingdom in Belgium when the Prussian Hun defiled her country. So she came to America and when she was walking thru a mountain gorge, a bolt of lightning popped out of a clear sky and "introduced" her to her future husband. Don't Miss the Movies' Mighty Midget PTHE NEWS OFFICAL WAR v REVIEW THE ORPHEUM ORCHESTRA Has never been better than now SHOWS 3-7:15 9; Matinee 15c, Evening 25c Tax Included MON TUES WED-i-THURS S."HEART?LION" Based on Ralph Connor's Novel, "The Doctor" Like King Richard, the Lion Hearted, big, brave and handsome, he feared no one and nothing. He conquered his opponents and gained peace and happiness. Such a character Is the one portrayed bv William Farnum in his great William Fox picture "The Heart i of a Lion." v Prices Matinee 15c Evening Balcony 15c Lower Floor 20c Including War-Tax Shows 3:007:15 9:00 Gems From "The Doctor" Here are tome of the outstand ing sentiments from "Tb Ioc tor," the oorel on which William Farnum's new William Fox pio tnre. "The Heart of a Lion,'1 is founded: C jDoIer- a good turn out of a sense of duty Is of little Importance. IoTe-li paramount when ae companled with- pood deed. It multiplies the effect. Too cannot always deceive per sons with selfish deeds. To make them more effective, the deed must be accompanied by a true j feeling; that emanates from the heart. Carry an air of cheerfulness -with you wherever you may be. It leares pleasan memories. It is not alwaya the gift be stowed that leaves the most bap- filness. It Is the spirit ta which t 1 ci-en. 3;; TUB VOUKVULLS SHOP MON TUES WED DAILY AT S:O0 T:30 :0O THE LAST EPISODE OF FIGHT FOR MILLIONS EARY and EARY WHIRLWIND NOVELTY GYMNASTS GERTRUDE GRAVES SONGS AND CHARACTER; -FLASHES ROSE and MOON SONG AND DANCE ORIGINALITIES WANZER and PALMER THEIR OWN ORIGINAL NOVELTY "HARD TO GET ALONG WITH" FRElDA and MACK IN A COMEDY SKETCH "ESSENCE FROM THE FARM" N O R T H B R n Xoswlw'a Bcaati Mawt MON TUES WED DAILY AT 8:00 7:80 :0O A RATTLING GOOD FAST MOVING MELODRAMA FATHER AND SON MAT. 10c. NIGHT 15c-25c WITH' vBo'TH HARRY AND SPORT NORTH IN THE CAST Tv-f-ro Leroj Evans, late of -4AW Dockstaders Min strels, In very latest songs. "UNIVERSAL WEEKLY" THROWS OPEN THE DOORS win 17 r MR. STEPHEN GASER will Open the Studios of the XER0STATIC FILM TO THE PUBLIC AND EVERY BODY EVERY DAY NEXT WEEK. Everybody and the public Is Invited to see the scientific research department making their new ed ideationals. Three wonderful studies. iron v" SEE- LOOK OBSERVE The delicate method of Makln Sausage Without I'slng the Hands or Feet NOTE Visitors are requested to leave their pet dogs, gophers, cats and skunks at home. The Bolshevlkl Method of Raising Chil dren on Powdered Pool Balls and Bay Rum. Teaching Fish to Perspire Without the Aid of a Gimlet. N.S.A. If you have a house or room for rent, don't run around town trying to find a center. Let the SHUf Journal do your running by placing a small ad In our want columns.

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8 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1918 Pictures of the Great War Have Your Children' Paste Them in a Scrapbbok PANIC-STRICKEN GERMANS CROSS DUTCH BORDER; ARE INTERNED Iff w n4fewr' ,w ss Us new photo shows German lo!i. s.iilors and civilians be in,; a:. by the lutch authori ng. deserting and fleeing across the border. The uerman figotinf mm were promptly interned. The Ger mans in the photo seem triad to be out of the kaiser-ruined land. SOLDIERS AND WORKMEN REPLACE NOTABLES IN REICHSTAG rpSs SrSSf? -afe i Pholo shows soldiers' and workmen's council handling Germany's affairs in relchstag- en November 8, wneo a r public was declared. The above photo shows a much different scene in the rcichstap at Btilin than was common before .the close of the war. In place of the titled difrnitaries and notables, workmen and soldiers occupy seats in the chamber. Soldiers' uniforms predominate. The picture shows the chamber the day the "council voted to declare a provisions! gov ernment and arrange for a general election, American soldiers drawn up in courtyard at Buckingham palace, before King George and Queen Mary, just be fore sailing for tome. England's friendship for Amer- I ture. King George asked that he and Queen Mary might thank iJtJj u s boyi who offered I thess American soldiers, ordered them personally on behalf of Eng Kltr "Jves to bring victory to the nome. be invited to Buckingham land and the other allied nation Joiiea is shown by the above pic- I palace before sailing jji order that 1 lot their aid, WANT TO LEARN TROTZKY'S LANGUAGE? ALPHABET HAS THIRTY-FIVE LETTERS 'v. S. ,1 !5 s t-. if. The Russian alphabet. v The Russian alphabet, which is unknown to most Russians, but is W ing studied in America by a number of embryo commercial travelers, has thirty-five letters. Here they are: Ah, beh, veh, gay, day, yeh, zeh. ee. ee (twice the same) and again ee (pronouncd short), lah, ell. em, en, aw, peh, err, ess, teh, oo, eff, hah, tseh, cheh, shah, schah, (next follows a. hard sound, not pronounced, showing that thj preceding letter is pronounced hard) yeh-h-h, eh, eh (twice repeated), you, yah, eff, feetah. JUST ORDINARY CITIZENS OF AUSTRIA NOW f git i A

x-mperor Karl and wife as This unique photo of ex-Emperor Earl was taken where they are living as private It shows them out walking on A f ainy dajr they appear today. of Austria and the ex-empress citizens in Baden, near Vienna. c LONDON CELEBRATES COMING OF PEACE "Sit Scene, outaide Biwaingnam palace ou psactj day. BILL AND HIS BOYS ARE ON THEIR UPPERS LOOKING FOR JOBS; DOV'T WANT TO WORK, DONT KNOW HOW; IT'S A TOUGH LIFE P b. Ml The Hohenzollern family in its palmy days. Back row, left to right. Prince Joachim, Duchecs of Brus'jwltl and Duke of Brunswick. Second row: Prince Oscar, Princess Augustus, Crown Prince Wilhelm and I'r no Eitel Frederich. Front row: Princess Eitel Frederich, the Crown Princess, Prince Adalbert and Princi August Wilhelm. The downfall of the Hohenzol lern dynasty in Germany throws ex-Kaiser Wilhelm, and his bevy of pretty, thin-brained sons out of m means of livslibood. If the nenre delegates and the present leaders in Germany do their work well they probably will confiscate the riches the family has hoarded up. So the cheese war lord and' his boys will be n .-i5:nt it. It'll be a tough life for them. The kaiser's short arm will handicap him. He can paint a little, but not much. The boys aren't exactly accom plished in any honest traio Any short of labor? HERE'S IDEAL "PALACE" FOR WILHELM AND THE CLOWN PRINCE JBfk Ready to receive the former German emperor and his handsome he!r. These soldiers have made ready I nice little grave all doiloii up siderable labor. All t'.rt is laclrina the ideal home for old Will and J with a marker, well drape i. The is the body of Wi y-J.i.y and Lui little Will, his oldest son. It's i marker was carved put with con- carcass of his son. HOW AMERICA BACKED UP ITS BOYS v4sn Stream of supplies pouring into Argonne section for the U. S. fighters there late in the war. Hill 304 Is Is Om background. One of the many remarkable sc- kept up with the fighters Accord- compi:snments of America's war I ing to an -g"c:.iI of the omarter- forces was the efficient way in I master's depai-unent net a U. S. which fond and other supplies were I soldier missed a meal because of lack of supplies. The 'picture shows immense quantities of suaw plies on the way to the American forces in the Ajgan region, -ki 1 i) s f) A 1

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0 Si. j0rijjr i. 0 SATURDAY Evening. December 28. 1918. S r. By Permission of the Estate of Samuel L. Clemens ancl the MarK Twain Company copyngnt.1918 By the Mark Twain Company. TOM SAWYER and HUCKFINN He Who Laughs Last HaV. I should say it i-n Ho Ju'. V&a-fc a steal Seckv, 3otvC tsttnts 4-n "Vou -watvi -fa -aV tide 01 I sr. -X- -i2,M oTT&fS -i i i ir cbsv. M'7" Jifedeed CTawca I'd Igve tB )f f CEfttoffi fide on- ..Tom'sJ4 f (Sk Picturedby Clare Victor Dwiggins W jus IJ 4?) I Tom. flellotfucfci Of course,! 6t say, Ien4 J X XVDH9- 1cm caf j"6so O LefsA Ut M tig:, Torn.. -S-5H I 98S cea3tIv Ill lav -fe -teU lluct to 5coL3 1ce ii

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MY SOLDIER HUSBAND ADELh GARRISON'S CONTINUATION Oh REVELATIONS sf A WIFE How Memory Troubled the Meeting with Mr. Stockbridge. OH, Missis Graham, do't heem I bef," dot's heem!" Katie fairly squealed the words as the doorbell rang:, and instead of going Instantly to the door, she sidled toward a window with the evident intention of peering out at the person on he door step. "Katie! I was compelled to pitch my voice- low, but the lctness of my tone made up for its limited volume. I think my little maid had never heard anything like that note from me before. Shs turned a startled, frightened face toward me. 'Answer the door at once, please X said, "and be quiet about It." She scuttled to the door, outwardly obedient and dottle, and I heard her voice demurely answering ths query of the man. upon the doorstep. "Yes, Mrs. Graham Is In. "Will you please say to her that Mr. Stock bridge is heie?" The voice was deep, resonant, the srrt one associates with a pulpit or a rostrum. And it was mellow and kindly, best of ail, free from any affectation or condescension. "Yes, tank you. Tou pleea coom In? Katie's manner was perfection, even though my reproof had driven her care fully practiced American accent away. But when she had ushered Mr. Stock bridsre into the ro?m her utterance of his name was like a clarion- call, sc-ner-vously loud was the "Meester Sto-ck-bridsc, Mees Graham" with which she heralded the visitor and speeded her own tieparture to the kitchen. X had been Intensely annoyed at Katie only the minute before, but the appear ance of her retreating shoulders hid something ludicrous about them, I felt my lips twitching, and, as I advanced toward Mr. Stockbrldge, I surprised a twinkle hi his eyes which told me that his schoolmaster's schedule hadn't crushed ils sense of the ridiculous. Something "Hauntingly Familiar."' "Mrs. Graham!' He bowed over my outsti etched hand with a touch of court liness which was also unexpected, and, curiously enough, hauntingly familiar. I knew that I'd never met this man in my life, yet strong upon me was the impres sion that I had seen him bow thus over a woman's hand sometime in the past. "Will you not be seated, Mr. Stock- ODD FACTS I Bamboo-trees do not blossom until 0 yeais old. In some continental churches notices may ba. seen requesting women to keep on their hats. The purest of all (rah horses are the Koshlanl, whose genealogy has been preserved for over H) years. At the Church of the Sacre2 JJeart, In Paris, a 22-ton bell is tolled by elec-tricky- A choir-boy now does the work, which formerly required the services of five men.

The old name for the sunflower was solsoece. the sun-follower. The ancient sunflower, or sun-follower, was the marigold; the tall plantsof the present day are of American origin.

No flsh were eaten In Europe until the Romans showed the people how to catch and cook them, and ewn In the begin ning of the 11th century the treasures from sea and river were prepared only for the rich. The name "rose" varies only slightly arhong different nations, i The Romans called It rosa a form adhered to in Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Rus sian. In Polish it ia roza; in Dutch, roos; in Swedish, ros; and in French, i German and Danish, rose. Rome remarkable variations in plant i structure and color from exposure to the sun at different hours of the dny j have bren brought to the noting of the Royal Mici oseopical Society of England) by Col. R. K. rtawson. In (lew era of the j common nasturtium Tropaeo;t;m majus j the low sun of the early morning de- eloped yellow coloring matter, the mid- file sun brought out the red, and the highest sun of midday stlmxfluted the -violet. bUies and purples. The color of i the foliage and lobinr of the leaves also J changed. Diary of She Describes a Gown J hat is Ad rruraote tor Wear at All Times. TO me duvetyne is one of the most exquisite of the many lovely fabrics tho textile artists have given us. The girls laugh at my delight over the texture of materials. They say I always "feel" the material, as I run it through my fingers. I suppose it's be cause X appreciate the genius and the patience that lies behind the finished product, suc-b as we behold when it (tomes from the looms. America has made such wonderful ainoes in weaves, dyes and designs rhat sometimes I wish that I could leave the: alnn and go where I could learn some thing of tho making of these fabrics. I "want to see the wheels go round." 1 know I would love to work In some great textile mill. The girls say I would soon grow tired and become homesick for the softly colored, quiet surroundings to which I am accustomed here. But some day I may have the opportunity to real ize this ambition. Who knows? Just now duvetyne is my fabric fa vorite. We have the loveliest piece of estor-colored duvetyne, which looks like tho sofest leather, that might have been brushed and softened for some knight of old by vaasnls who loved him for his bravery and his kindness. This castor duvetyne was developed ny Madame Into a fascinating frock. The straight basquo curves a trifle at the break of the waistline, but is mostly flat and straight to make a perfect background for the wonderful embroid ery which embellishes this blouse like the tooling of a rare dook or the colors found 1p the patient 'illumination" worked out In an old volume. This em- fcroidory is carried out In shades of bridge? I unobtrusively drew forward an easy chalr f ir I had noted as he came in the door that the principal of1 the Fay View school was lam, that the tick which he carried with such a jaunty air. of usage when standing still was a distinct necessity when walking. "Thank you." He placed his hand upon the back of the chair, but waited punctiliously until I had seated my-, self before he sat down. There was the same note of absolute correctness in everything he did, the happy medium between affectation and carelessnesi which so few men attain. That he had enjoyed the advantages of a home in which good breeding was one of thei foundation stones, and had piled upon that foundation a structure "of the best; social and educational-advantages, t was certain. i "The Fiery Streak I found to my surprise that my ner- Vousness over the question of Mr. Stock- bridge's acceptance or reTusal of my i application was rapidly being dwarfed i by curious interest in his appearance land personality. For there was some thing almost uncanny In the contrast be- twecn the air of the mm, the undoubted charm of his personality and his physi cal appearance. He was not only lame, but maimed as well. He had removed his right glove as he came in, and the hand which had shaken mine was the right one. The other hand remained gloved, and my e es. nntunjlly Rather observant, and now sharpened by curiosity, told me that two of the fingers weren't quite natural looking. I was surd that underneath the glove was a hand with two digits miss ing. Last, and most pitable of all, was a cruel, jagged looking scar reaching from the temple to the chin of the left side of his face. I gave a mental tribute to the adroitness with which he had kept that side of his face farthest away from me until the first formalities of our meeting were over. "Before w begin to talk about your very satisfactory reply to my letter," he began when we were both seated, and my heart gave a little bound at what his words implied, "let me get one thing over fir.st. These beauty spots of mine," he touched the scar, his gloved hand and his knee iti rapid succession, are relics r.f football and a boating accident. They don't bother me in the" least, I amnot sensitive abmit them, and you neediever fear to hurt my feeiinss by any in tdvertf.nt word or look, t always say thU first to any new associate." He henitr-tcd ever so slightly over the word, "and then 1 can comfortably drop the subject." j He finished with a smile so full ot charm and courtesy that I could visual ize the handsome lad he must have been. But try brain was busy with the word 1 "football." Even the assurance, which "top, the second tine he had tacitly given, me',' 'that' the coveted position was mine, failed to detract from the knowledge i which came to me of the occasion upon which I had teen this man. iVFcolball!" I repeated, leaning for ward a bit breathlessly. "Youyou must be 'The Fiery Streak! WINIFRED HEKR'8 another somebody suffering because she never can forget herself long enough to be happy. -If she goes to a party, she's worried because her dress is too long, or too short, or lod pink, or to faded, or she thinks maybe her hair isn't done 'Jus -right, or oh, heaven! why didn't she get a pair of slippers like those the woman in white is wearing? Oh, she isn't a belle-the men ar nice enough to her, but they don't flock around her the way'they do, n stories or in the movies. One at a time seems to be all she age him. i Forget Sometimes, Just when she1 thinks 3he's really beginning to be fascinat ing, she looks up and there he is staring at somebody else, and she. feels &st if she could sink Into the floor. And then sometimes she laughs too loud and people look at her, or she doesn't langh enough and they wonder about her. a Faskion Model 5 By GRACE THORNCLIFFE This Unusual Frock Is Made of Castor-Colored Duvetyne. THE WONDER TELLER W U v t n i l 1 1 STORIES wonder stories of the war stories in ''"which the GOOD soars triumphantly in tfte telling and sings in the eager ears of those who listen., with bated breath and widened eyes. iHER adventures BLACK SS? Copyright, 1918, by Newspaper Feature Service Inc can have and shjp can't always zrian i Yourself henna, black aritf brown, with Just a trace cf burnished gold wandering In and out of the design. I saw some of thuae rare, old books in the Pti blic Library once, and I never forot the charm of their decorations.- The embroidery oa this gown forms a pquaix line around the neck, and is used on the cuff and on a band across the edse of the blouse, fcracic and front. Tiutton moulds covered with castor duvetyne are closely set down the cen tre of the blouse back and front. The skirt of this "picture" gown Is gathered a little and hangs .straight LbeloW the wonderful blouse without the sjigntet ornamentation of any kind. Tou will be surprised, possibly, to hear that the hat worn with this gown Is "almost" peacock blue. Thifr velvet which iakcs this hat is just a little darker than the shade known as pea riock blue. The crown is worked in a lattice of chenille thread of the same nolor. Tou may think this blue sounds a bit vivid with so many other colors. But,' after all, castor is the dominant note of the costume, and the neutral tone of ca&tor Is just the color to bring out every shade, used on1 this- gown. Besides, It's also a charming complement for blu Hearing the discussion of color so con stantly, and seeing its effect in the com binations on the gowns, we absorb -a certain amount of artistic judgment. The r-oior -of gown may be perfect. Its trimmings haviijg just the right bal ance of tone or contrast, but if worn by a woman whose coloring isn't adapted to it, cr whose coloring fs subjugated to it, all the beauty and all the effort behind a beautiful .creation are lost. how wonderful they are!- Glowing with- the spirit -of self-sacrifice, they rise above the commonplace of '.war, and set her comrades in the.flerrice in a special niche of love in -every HEART. 'S: -i The "Self-Conscious. Sisters" And if she stays cJt home she's perfectly miserable, wondering' why some one doesn't rail up .or come by and take her somewhere. And if she meets a man on the street she doesn't know whether she night to stop and -talk with him', or nod gayly across the crowd with a. look -f mutual understanding -that's the book girl again or whether she ought o pass him with a cool stare of indifference. She's terribly worried about doing just exactly what she ought to do, lust precisely when she ought to do it, and .how is she going to know, pray tell, and who will tell her, and will I be a lamp and a guidance to her feet? No, my fiear, I will notf I dont know a thing about you: For all I know, you may be Bfty op fifteen--oh, they grow both ages, the self-conscious sisters and you may be dark of fair, plump or slender, clever or stupid. How am I to advise you what to wear and Jiow to act, to be fascinating or evenftterestlng? One thing is perfectly sure, dear sister, whoever you re and however you look,, you think entirely too much about yourself. You may care tragically how your hair is combed or what the length of your dress is, but no one else on earth cares the snap of their finger about either of these desperately important affairs. y Learn to Why should you think that the eyes of the wholes world are riveted on von, and on you alone? Who are you" to play so important a part In the thoughts of every human eing who walks the globe? The man. you meet in the street, for instance--he may seem to be look ng at yoa, but all the time he's probably thinking" about somer other girl in some very different kind of a hat a girl who thinka about him once in a while, and not all the time about heralf. A girl who laughs when she thinks a thing is funny, and not when the thinks she ought to laugh at it; a girl whose mind is taken up with what other people are saying, and not with how she is looking. A girl who isnt the least bit like you, little Bister. Be human, be broad-minded, be generous. Sympathize with other people, laugh with them and cry with them, and worry with them and rejoice with them, and the first thing you know you'll forget all about being self-conscieus, and when you do that youTwilt be well yes, well is fhe word I meant to use, for morbid self consciousness i$ a symptom of something which may turn into a very serious disease, if you don't in some way abate It. Advice to JJKAR ANNIE LAURIE: I am a girl 16 years, old, and have been going with a young man 18 years old, and X like htm better than any of my other boy friends, and he seems to like me very much. He doesa't go with any one besides me, end for a few days after I gd with another boy he doesn't seem Uke him self. Otie mght he tried to kiss me, and I would not let him, and since then he has rot asked to go with me any more, but he always speaks to me when. I see himT eaV Annie Laurie, please tell me how to win him hack. X have not been friendly with any one since then, thinking maybe I might win" him hack that way. Is it proper to go car riding with my chuiiu and their beaux? PUZZLED. J COopyright, 1018. b Jtewv-papet; By Juaniia Hamel Like Others I. Girls By ZlKD: There can be no harm in young people taking a ride together, providing it is 4 seasonable hour and they have their parents' permission. Ab for this young man, you are too young to consider marrying, and surely the boy isn't old enough to be serious. Just forget about him for a' while. Do not allow any boy to kiss you, dear, saveycur kisses for the onetman in all the work! who wjll some'day ask you to marry him. JBAK ANNIE LAURIE: I am a girl 20 years old. I haVebeen going wrth a young man two years, and we are engaged, but we have de cided to wait a while to marry. TVhtn my father found out we were enPged he wouldn't let him ealL J want to know if it would be proper for me to meet this young man at, my girl friend's home. He fs a nice' Featur Service. Iacj Secrets o) -Health How the Sun's Burning Rays Cure Some Diseases By DR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG A. B., M. A., M. D. (Johns Hopkins University) THE sun moves In mysterious ways to perform his wonders and radiates ultra-swift, microscopic par ticles, which your senses takehold of as heat, light, energy, power, tanning, phototlnic and chemotinic forces. Sunshine checks decay and decomposition by destruc tion' Of those other mighty forces of micro-life, called bacteria, fermentation and disease germs. Moulds, mushrooms, fungi, disease bacilli, and cocci thrive in and upon darkness, despair, twilight, gloom and black night. When you "let a little sunshine in," you may destroy some of those demons of darkness and disease. When you expose them to the full glare' of strong, outdoor sunlight, even' tubercle bacilli, leprosy and other stanch adversaries of health will succumb. Heliotherapy is the highfalutin Greek name which ponderous medical pundits inflict upon plain English for 'sun treatment." Before the days of the Egyptian suit worshippers the first men recognised the curative value, of life In .the great Bun Ht open air. Even animals, such as the dog, bear, sea lion and -seal, have per ceived that the sun heals sores and ether distempers. Like savaees, they often expose themselves when ill to the di rect rays of the sun. The eun glass or burning glasses 4 means with which to destroy the noxious r.nd fungus growths upon the skin, such as warts, tubercles and lupus. Spots of psoriasis have been eliminated in this manner. While we are more or less alive to the healing value of sunlight. Its use is largely neglected, because the closest scrutiny and superintendence of sun treatments require patience, attention and much time. Unless the Influence of the sun upon the sufferer's skin and eyes, blood and tissues generally are ob served and recorded with scientific pre cision the effect is as dangerous as equal carelessness would be with the use of the X-rays. .Scientific Treatment. Exposure of any sore, skin eruption, local or distributed disease of the whole Individual should be measured exactly as to the Intensity of the Sunlight, the duration of each treatment, the amount of concentration upon the diseased area, tTl o A-nfh nf unatMHnn H..ral n- ceived, the amount bf moisture and ,nl mem mecnanicaiiy witnout ln oxygen present in the air and the quality terest and attention or association with of glass used to focus the sunshine upon things already known. Join them with the diseased area must all be taken Into consideration. At the American Hospital In France it has been found that the sun's-rays have over and above their own beneficial ef fects, also the capacity to make the nitrogen and oxygen in the atmosphere active and helpful in healing bone diseases and other deep-seated affec tions. "Keep out In the sun," "take sun baths," "let lots of sunshine into your rooms end UDon your beds" are a few 1 of the hastily given directions when I your doctor wishes you to "go heal your Iself" with sunlight. Obviously, these are not precise or complete directions to follow. Unless each Individual is given thorough, full and precise methods in prescription form and according to a nurse's chart the average person cannot be expected to know just what ia best to do.. Sun Cure for Tuberculosis. Take, for example, the oase of a child with tuberculosis of the bones. In addi tion to the surgical or the Pridham-L,a Porte treatments, the patient should be exposed, warm and well bundled up, upon a roof or a sunlit porch at inter vals of one hour," four to six times a day. The affected area should be less wrapped up than the rest of the body. To avoid dulling a glass oven or cover should be I placed upon it. The glass should be of Little Stories of the Nations TIME'S ASTONISHING CHANGES IN THE GROUPINGS OF THE EARTH'S PEOPLES By Albert Barrett Sayres How Democracy and Autocracy Battled 'in Greece. A3 we have seen.Uhe Greeks repulsed the Persians and drove them back to Asia. It was Athens, democratic Athens, that led in ,thla ""war. There fore, out of the war Athens rose above the other Greek cities and states, al though Sparta previously had been con sidered the chief state of Greece. Then instead, of merely leading, Athens gath ered to herself her confederate cities and states and achieved a wonderful degree of power. At this time the chief man In Athens was Pericles, under whose influence the Athenian government be- i came still more of a perfect democracy, j But out of this great power of j Athens there came jealousy. Led by j Sparta, some of the Greek cities and states -banded together and for 29 years there was waged the Peloponnesian war. 'ow. Snarfa wasn't a democracy, but I Annie laurie .jng man; every one thinks well of him and his family, and I want to know what to do about it. as I want to do the right thing. Isn't ft all right for your flares to kiss you good-night? Mother and father don't think it is right. They say that 1 ought not to let him kiss me till we are married, and I want to know if it is wrong to lt him kiss me. LONELY" BLUE EVES. LONELY BLUE EVES: Surely, if you are really 20 years old, your parents are willing to allow you to,-have company. Do they object to this young man or are they unwilling to allow any young man man to call? It certainly is wise for you to wait a while before you marry. I suppose all older people think it very wrong to how any .affection until one is married. Perhaps you can gain your mother's consent by talking To her and making we you are really serious yourself, my d-ar. 1 and Happing DR. HIKSHBERO errstal quarts to concentrate the ultra violet rays upon the tubercle bacilli. Of course, the correct' dose Ot sunshine, Uke the correct dose of any medicine, is much smaller for some persons than for others. What is bread, to one Is poison to another. 'Each individual is studied for himself. A few withstand frequent exposures of short intervals, some call for long ones, others require continuous sunshine. The degree of tanning and bronzing of the skin Is no standard. Blood tests and other scientific examina tions tell the alert doctor what to do. Answers to Health Questions D. 8. A If you wift send a stamped self-addressed envelope with your queny repeated I will be glad to answer your questions. S. R. A If you will send a stamned. self-addressed envelope with your query repealed I will be glad to give you the information you desire. A CONSTANT P.KADER. Q-Klndly advise me how to strengthen my mem ory. 2 Kindly give me a remedy for wrin kles on my forehead. A-Tou have not linked as fa-t with something already known. Tou have 0'J11" uunmar ana gee some pleas- ure from learning them. Be able to re call them whenever you want them. Trouble is not in remembering but in recalling. V 2 Massage is a good corrective for wrinkles. Use the following cream when you are doing this... It helps to tighten the skin: -Almond milk. Rosewmtsr.... Alum ltt ounces 6 ounces 0 grains If the wrinkle is too obstinate for this treatment to produce cure, then cut some adhesive plaster into strips and paFte- them across the wrinkled surface after the skin has been drawn tight. SUBSCRIBER. A If you win send a stamped, self-addressed envelope with yonr query repeated I will be glad to answer your questions. Dr. Birthbsrg will answer fitestioK far readers of this paper an ttvdical, hygienic and sanitation rubjects thai are of general interest. He vannot aticay undertake to prescribe or offer advice for individual caics. Where the subject is not of general interest letters trill ansKered personally, if a stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed. Address ALL INQUIRIES to nr. L. K. Hirsh berg, in care of this office..-. an oligarchy that is, a state In which the chief power Is restricted to a few persons or a few families. Therefore, this war waa in part a contest between democracy and oligarchy. In the end Athens was defeated, and her democratic government was set aside and an oligarchy of 30 men under he protection of Sparta was set up. Then the Spartans began to wage war against the Persians, and the outcome was a peace that drew the lines of power strictly. Persia was given all the cities of Asia to rule, and every Greek city in Europe waa declared free. Out -of this war Sparta came with greater -strength in Europe, but later on. tnrougn the rise of the city of Thebes, Athens was able to regain much of her democratic independence. And then the Kings of Macedonia gradually increased in power, and democracy once mere was endangered. Philip, the Mace donian King, managed to mix himself so thoroughly in the affairs of the Greeks that he was elected captain-general of all Greece. Then Philip was killed, and was succeeded by bis son Alexander the Great. i It was Alexander who, within a period of six years, subdued the Persian em pire, and sighed for new worlds to conquer." Alexander died In 323 B. C, having made greater conquests than any other European prince before him or after him. T To us the conquests off Alexander are Interesting only as they show the first great conquest of an eastern power by a western nation. The effects of this con quest have lasted to this day. for It was then at the time Greece lost her freedom that she made an intellectual conquest of the world. Prom this time the political ascen dency of Greece began to wane and in tis B. C. the rise of the Romans became felt i:i Greece itself. But we msfet re member that the Greeks were the first people to show the world what real free dom and real civilization are. That country has influenced-every other na tion since. It is with the rise of the Romans, however, that began the chain of events vhich are unbroken until this day. In our next Instalment we shall trace these events from the beginning. w-i- tlluttratei ey QrueXU PEGGY VISITS JACK FROST,' PEGGY climbed up to the window and found it all covered with beau tiful frost pictures of ferns and trees. "Mama, what makes the frost on the window pane?" she asked, .blowing her breath on the pretty designs. "Oh. I guess the little artists from Jack Frost's palace," replied hef mama ail She Went on with her work. Perty sat by the window a long time watching the little pictures melt and run down the pane. One of them seemed so much larger than the others, and when It splashed on the windows!!! out of it popped a queer little Imp. "Good morning. Foggy,, he saM, dof fing his cap "And you never knew Jack Frost had a studio In Jiis palaeeT" "Bow should I know It," laughed Peggy. "I've never been to visit him." '"Then come right along and we'll go there." Before Peggy could blink her eyes she was standing before the doorway ot a great big castle built of dark gray clouds.' The great, wide doors swung open at her companion's knock and they en tered the beautiful palace of Jack Frost. Icicles hung from the celling and walls and sparkled In the caad'e light like a blase ot silver. "This Is Jack Frost's throne room,' whispered the frost imp In Peggy's ear. Hundreds of Frost Imps Painting. Peggy looked up, and there at the Other end of the long room on a throne of lea higher lian Peggy's head sat f funny little old man with a happy face and Ions; white whiskers. Peggy knew he must be J ack Frost, for he looked just like she had pictured 'him, a Jovial, old white-haired man,, not nearly as tall aarraggy nersen. 'Well, well!" he laughed, jumping from Jiia throne and running down to grtet teggy. "So you've come to e my studio. When Peggy nodded her head he grinned. 'Well, first of all," he said, "you must make me a promise that you won't de stroy any frosted window picture yoc find on your windows, and that when they begin to melt, instead of smearing them up with your hands you'll wipe them oft with a cloth' "That's what mama tries to get me to do," laughed Peggy -"it U really makes any difference to you then I'll surely promise." Jack Frost led Peggy Into his great, big studio, and there seated on tiny stools were hundreds of frost Imps paint ing tiny pictures of llowers, ferns, trees and leaves, all from a palette filled with daubs of sparkling white frost. "You see, if little children's mamas give us the right to paint on their win dow panes we don't like to have the children dirty the w'ndows with their hands, for the nit makes their mamas work, said Jack Frost, "and then, too. It maks my artists sad." He pointed to a crowd of little imps huddled in a corner cryiug. "Some one hat destroyed their design and they can't think of any new ones," said Jack Frost. Hegay was very scrry, and said so. When Jack Frost bade her good -by she promised never again to destroy his pat terns on her mama's windows. Since then. Instead of rubbing her hand over the melting frosted windows, Pesgy al ways runs for a nice clwtn cloth and wipes the window panes as soon as the fronted pictures begin to melt away. By ueuevtfve Kemble SUNDAY AND MONDAY. DEC. 29-30 Kimdav KhnuM he a oulet d&r. deotd largely to pursuits or avocations of the osind. Mercury, well aspected, being the most fortuitous astrological factor. It would not be advisable to travel, make changes, risk money or to ask favors, uid the heflth and household interrpflta may require some protection. Those whose birthday It Is should keep quiet, avoiding change and traveling, a child born on this day may have a mind and a will of Its own. Monday bids fair to be a lively and interesting if not a wholesomely excit ing day with line surrcc-ss and gratifying achievements under the powerful im petus of the two over-ruling and fiery heavenly orbs Sol and Mars, In close juxtaposition, a figure emphasized by the semi -sex tile of the luminaries, the lunar trine to Neptune indk-at I ve of tho unusual and sucoes4 with plaas or com binations, and by the sextfle of Moon to Mars. .Push, all affairs with energy and connoence. DeeK istoti ana promotion. Those whose birthday it is should have an vnl mi ami MMfCttjUtTtMl Mr a ok 11 bom on this day should be active, enter prising, snd should succeed. 1

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING. DECEMBFR 28, 1918 IT KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS (From Trench and Camp.) Dad Galagher, our genial general secretary, is spending the holidays with his family, at Parker, S D. While ve miss him a great deal, especially V during this time of rejoicing, never theless we can spare him to his fam ily for a few days if they can spare him to us during the balance of the time. We take this means of wishing Dad" and his family a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosper ous New Year. Judge Henry C. O'Reilly, received his discharge on the 24th and departed for his home in Strong City. Kansas. Harry says that it is the best Christ mas present that he could haves re ceived, and that he's going home and present himself to the wife and fam ily. Maybe the wife will appreciate the Joke but we have serious doubts upon the subject. Sec. Arthur D. Mudd, who has been 111 at the base hospital for some time, is convalescing at the home of his brother in St. Charles, Mo. We trust that he will be among us again in the near future. "Arthur" as he was affectionately known, was a very pop ular secretary, and one that we could ill afford to lose, tho for the past month he has been confined to the base hospital, much to the sorrow of everybody whom he has come in con tact with during his activities in our midst. Dr. Ghio, a member of the commis sary staff of building No. 2 is spend ing the holidays with his mother, at St. Louis During his absence the, entire responsibility for feeding the 'gang devolves upon Dr. We in stack Sergeant Stud ley and fvt. Joe Byrne are spending the holidays wit a their respective families. Sec. James J. Lannan spent Christ mas day with his family in Topeka, During the absence of the general secretary, the Job is being held down, so far as the office and signing the checks are concerned, in a very ca pable manner by Chief Clerk George Kavenkamp. Needless to ;ay that George is a very popular man these days, especially among those having outstanding bills and needing the money for Christmas shopping. Capt. J. C. Gunn, mess officer of the medical officers' mess, is taking ad vantage of a ten-day pass to spend the holiday season with his family at Belleville. Illinois. Very elaborate and Impressive serv ices are planned at the various K- of C. buildings for Christmas day, a full account of which will be given next weeki Pvt. Albert Schwatske, of the camp personnel office (Gold Bricks) left Monday for Omaha, where he will spend Christmas, with his mother who resides in that city. Open house will be kept by the Knights of Junction City during the holidays, free smokes, entertainment and a royal reception to all members of the order, culminating on Tuesday the SI st, when a dance will be given to which all members of the order t-.tatIoi.ed either at Fort Riley or Camp Funs ton and their ladles are cordially invited to attend. Capt. J. M. O'Malley, was called to Kansas City, last week by the serious illness of his wife. At the present writing we are informed that she is greatly improved and that she will sunn be on the road to recovery. Lt. H. H. Taylor of tho receiving station is spending a ten-day pass with his parents in Brownwood, Texas- In closing the correspondent takes this means of extending to all his best wishes for a merry Christmas and a very happy and prosperous new year. A few of the boys were comrades and soldiered with him, others have known him since their entrance into military service, and have felt free to come to him for assistance and advice. His earnest wish is that they continue to regard him as a comrade and if in need of assistance of any nature to call upon him and it will be freely granted, if it Is at all possible for him to do so. THE EXPLOITS OF ARSENE LUPIN By Maurice Leblanc 2o 21. "8 23. 7 a a 26 27 28 So4 IO.,' 14 53 5Z IO If 5 a. 51 2-3 3 4e 50 47 45 51. .2. 35 A 37 28 ,4o A Barbel will near your oar If you will trace to fifty-four. Draw from one to two and so oa to the end. VttU Si dsfS. tngravbidf Halftones and Zinc Etching for Promotion Cfet&lod aad Circular 0 D3Ml5for Lttclu2adt cuo UWCKI Kapswd PUIS I ir,ssP (Coprrtfht, UU. by the McChm H(npp ajattl et.) TWO or three times a year, 011 the occasion of important func tior s, the Comtesse de Dreux Soubise would wear the Queen's Necklace. This was really the historic neck lace which Bohmer and Bassenge, the crown jewelers, had designed for the Du Barry, which the Cardinal de Rohan-Soubise believed himself to be presenting to Queen Marie-Antoinette, and which Jeanne de Valois, Comtesse de La Motte, the adven turess, took to pieces, one evening in February, 1785, with the assistance of her husband and their accomplice, Retaux de Villette. As a matter of fact, the setting alone was genuine. Retaux de Vil lette had preserved it, while Sieur de La Motte and his wife dispersed to the four winds of heaven the stones so brutally unmounted, the admirable stones once so carefully chosen by Bohmer. Later, Retaux sold it, in Italy, to Gaston de Dreux-Soubise, the cardinal's nephew and heir, who had been saved bv his uncle at the time of the notorious bankruptcy of I the Rohan-Guemenee family, and who, in grateful memory of this kind ness, bought up the few diamonds that remained in the possession of Jeffreys, the English jeweller, com pleted them with others, of much smaller value, but of identical dimen sions, and thus succeeded in recon structing the wonderful necklace in the form in which it had left Bohmer and Bassenge' s hands. One evening, at the Palais de Cas tille, then occupied by Isabella II of Spain, the countess had a great suc cess, and King Christian of Denmark, in- whose honor the reception was given, remarked upon her magnifi cent beauty. The gems streamed round her slender neck. The thou sand facets of the diamonds shone and sparkled like flames in the light of the brilliantly illuminated rooms. None but she could have carried with such ease and dignity the burden of that marvelous jewel. She took the necklace from her shoulders, not without regret, and handed it to her husband, who ex amined it with admiring eyes, as though he had never seen it before. Then, after replacing it in its red morocco case, stamped with the car dinal's arms, he went into an adjoin I ing linen closet, originally a sort of alcove, which had been cut off from the room, and which had only one en trance a door at the foot of the bed. He hid it, according to his custom, among the bandboxes and stacks of linen on one of the upper shelves. H6 returned, closed the door behind him, and undressed himself. In the morning lie rose at 9 o'clock, with the intention of going to the Credit Lyonnais before lunch. He dressed, drank his coffee, and went down to the stables, where he gave his orders for the day. One of the horses seemed out of condition. He made the groom walk and trot it up and down be.fore him in the yard. Then he went back to his wife. She had not left the room, and was having her hair dressed by her maid. She said: "Are you gAng out?" "Yes, to take it back." "Oh, of course, yes, that wftl be safest'' He entered the linen closet But in a few seconds he asked, without. however, displaying the least aston ishment: "Have yon taken it out, dear?" She replied: "What do you. mean? No, I've taken nothing." "But you've moved it?" "Not at all. I haven't even opened the door." He appeared in the doorway with a bewildered air, and stammered, in hardly intelligible accents: "You haven't you didn't but then" She ran to join him, and they made a feverish search, throwing the band boxes to the floor and demolishing the stacks of linen, xnd the count kept on saying: "It's useless. AH that we are do ing is quite useless. I put it up here, on this shelf." "You may have forgotten." "No, no; it was here, on this shelf, and nowhere else." They lit a candle, for the light in the little room was bad, and removed all.the linen and all the different things with which it was crowded. And when the closet was quite empty they wer compelled to admit, in de spair, that the famous necklace, the Queen's Necklace, was gone. The countess, who was noted for her determined character, wasted no time in vain lamentations, but sent for the commissary of police, M. "Yes, but it is blocked up." "I should like to see it." Candles were lit, and M. Valorbe at once remarked that the window was only blocked half way by a chest, which, besides, did not abso lutely touch the casements. "It is close enough up to prevent Its being moved without making a great deal of noise." "What does the window look out on?" "On a small inner yard." "And you have another floor above j i:: this?" Jj "Two; but at thev level of the ser-':i: vants' floor the yard is protected by 1 K- a close-railed grating. That is what Si makes the light so bad." j :g Moreover, when they moved the i? chest they found that the window was latched, which would have been impossible if any one had entered from the outside. "Unless." said the count, "he went.:3 out xnrougn our room. "In which case you would not have found the door bolted in the morning. The commissary reflected for a mo ment, and then, turning to the countess, asked: "Did your people know, madame, that you were going to Wear the necklace last night?" "Certainly; I made no mystery about it But nobody knew that we put it away in the linen closet" Nobody?" No unless "I must beg you, madame, to be exact It is a most important point" She said to her husband: frwa? thinkinS of Henriette." Henriette? She knew no more about it than the others:". "Who is this lady?" asked M. Va lorbe. "One of mjc convent friends who quarreled with her family and mar ried a sort of artisan. When her hus band died I took her in here with her son, and furnished a couple of rooms for them in the house." And she added, with a certain confusion: "She does me a few little services. She is a very handy person." "What floor dors shm "On our own floor, not far off at the end of the passage. And, now that I think of it her kitchen win now "Looks out on this yard?" "Yes, it is just oooosite." A short silence followed upon this statement. Then M. Valorbe asked to be taken to Henrictte's rooms. Thev found her film nn'ni, wnll- her son Raoul, a little fellow of 6 or 7, sat reading beside her. Some what surprised at the sight of the poor apartment which had been fur nished for her, and which consisted in all of one rnnm witririiir a finw place, and a sort of recess or box room that did duty for a kitchen, the commissary questioned her. She seemed upset at hearing of the rob bery. The night before she had hef selt dressed the countess and fasten ed the necklace round her throat. "Good gracious!" she exclaimed, "who would ever have thought it?" "And you have no idea, not the smallest inkling? You know it is possible that the thief may have pass ed through your room." She laughed wholeheartedly, as though "not imagining for a moment that the least suspicion could rest upon her. "Why, wasn't the necklace in the closet?'' "How do you know?" "Goodness me, I always knew that they put it there at night! They used to talk of it before, me." Her face, which was still young, but scored by care and sorrow, show ed great gentleness and resignation. Nevertheless, in the silence that en sued, it suddenly assumed an expres sion of anguish, as though a danger had threatened its owner. Henriette drew her son to her. The child took her hand, and impressed a tender kiss upon it "I presume," said M. de Dreux to the commissary, when they were alone again "I presume that you do not suspect her? I will answer for her. She ss honesty itself. "Oh, I am quite of your opinion,' declared M. Valorbe. The commissary did not arrive any further with the inquiry, which was taken up by the examining magis trate, ana completed in the course of the days that followed. He ques tioned the servants, experimented on the way in which the window of the linen closet opened and shut ex plored the little inner yard from top to bottom. It was all fruitless. The latch was untouched. The window could not be opened or closed from Uie outside. After four months investigation the magistrate's private impression was that M. and Mme. de Ureux, driven by their monetary needs. which were known to be consider able and pressing, had sold the Queen's Necklace. He filed the case, and dismissed it from his mind. The theft of the priceless jewel struck the Dreux-Soubises a blow from which it took them long to re cover. They also suffered in their pride, as though they had lost one of the quarterings of their coat And, strange to say, the countess wreaked :.:.:.x.tt:.x.:.:tt:: THE QUEEN'S NECKLACE J &kh::::;;:;& envelope, two notes of a thousand francs eaah. she enclosed the en velope in her letter. It was stamped with the Paris postmark and bore only her address, written in an ob viously disguised hand. Where did that two thousand francs come from? Who had sent it? And why had it been sent? The police made inquiries. But what pos sible clew could they follow up in that ixkncss? The same incident was repeated twelve months later and a third time and a fourth time and every year f.i six years, with this difference in the fifth and sixth year the amount sent was doubled, which enabled Hen riette, who had. suddenly fallen ill, to provide for proper nursing. There was another difference the postal authorities having seized one of the letters, on the pretext that it was not 1 jistered. the two last letters were opportunity of teasing the count, brought up the affair of the necklace a subject which M. de Dreux de tested. Every one proceeded to give his opinion. Every one summed up the evidence in his own way. And, of course, all the conclusions were con tradictory and all equally inadmiss ible. "And what is your opinion, mon sieur?" asked the countess, of the Cayaliere Floriani. Oh, "I have no opinion, madame." There was a general outcry of pro test, inasmuch as the chevalier had only just been mort brilliantly de scribing a series of adventures in wich he had taken part with, his father, a magistrate at Palermo, and in which he hati given evidence ot his taste for these matters and of his sound judgment "I confess," he said, "that I have "But I tell you the window was closed 1" cried the count, impatiently. This time Floriani was obliged to reply. He did so with the greatest calmness, like a man Who refuses to be cut out by so insignificant an ob jection. "I have no doubt that it was. But was there no hinged pane?" "What makes you think so?" "To begin with, it is almost a rule in the casement windows of that pe riod. And, next there a must have been one, because otherwise the theft would be inexplicable." "As a matter of fact, there was one, but it was closed, like the window. We did not even pay attention to it" "That was a mistake; for if you had paid attention to it, you would obviously have seen that it had been opened. "And how?" "I presume that, like all of them, M. de Dreux mumbled a few words His words echoed for a moment e more, and then suddenly turned jIwo ,n.thi; restless silence, and th, the door and went out races of M. and Mme. de Dreux re- v. i Ati vealed a desoerate ntun, A i Mann mm K. .J l .w...ulI1t.u wini .n agonizing a9 of' ""demanding. The count asked, between his teeth! ;TeU me,sirt Who are your I? Why, the Cavaliere Floriani; whom you met at Palermo, and whom you have had the kindness to invite ..ur house ,lme fter time." -story What th meamn ot "Oh, nothing at, all! It is a mere joke on my part 1 am trying to picture to myself the delight wnicla enriette s son, if he were still alive, would take in telling you that he is the only culprit and that he became so because his mother was on -tht point of losing her place as a domes tic servant, which was her only means of livetthood. and because the child suffered at the sight of his mother s anhappiness." He had half rin l. land, bending toward the countess. anxiously, as though convinced that a particle of the truth was about to appear. And the silence was marked by an extreme gravity. At last the count, was seen stand ing in the doorway. Hev'was pale, and singularly agitated. He address ed his friends in a voice trembling with emotion: i "I beg your pardon.' Monsieur Floriani's revelations have' taken me so greatly by surprise. I should never have thought His wife asked him, eagerly: "What is it? Tell usl Speak 1" He stammered out: "The cleft is there at the very place mentioned down the side ot the pane." Abruptly seizing the chevalier's arm, ne said, in an imperious tone: Ana now, monsieur, continue. I admit that you have been richt so far, but now That is not all. Tell "e..)vh" JPPened. according- to C'esSed enfe'r"'" '"T fl you? Floriani gently released his arm, n ae a moment's interval, said: Well, according to me, this is what happened: I The- individual, whoever he was, knowing that Mme. de Dreux was going to wear the necklace at the reception, put his footbridge in position during your absence. He watrhH the window and saw you hide the dia monds. As soon as you were gone he passed some implement down the pane and pulled the ring." very well; but the distance was suppressed emotion. There was no doubt possible. The Cavaliere Flor iani was none other than Henriette'a yn. .verytnmg in his attitude, ia his words, proclaimed the fact Be-i sides, was it not his evident intention, his wish, to be recognized as such? I he count hesitaierf Wh. i;. f j conduct was he to adopt toward this ,...B individual.' io ring the bellr Provoke a scandal? No, ft was bet-1 tcr to accept the position and pretend I not to grasp its real meaning. And! I i ii 5,nt "P to, Floriani. said. Your In 4.1- hineed nanr" taicen hold of me. I assure "Ah, Mad.ame, yoa are frightened! Have I carried ny little comedy of drawing-room magio too far. handed in for registration ane at Saint-Germain, the other at Suresnes. The sender hid signed his name first as-Anquetry, next as Pechard. The addresses which he gave were false. Attheend of six years Henriette died. The riddle remained unsolved. All these particulars are matters of public knowledge. But what I am now about to relate is known to none except the principals interested and a few persons among whom the count imposed jsolutt. secrecy. As it is nrobable that Jiev will break their promises sooner or later, I have no Krminles in tearincr asid? the veil: and her resentment upon her old school I thus my readers will receive together friend. She bore her a real rruc?e. 1 with the key to the riddle, the explan- friend. She bore her a real erudee. and accused her openly. Henriette was first banished to the servants' floor and afterward given a day's no tice to quit The life of M. and Mme. de Dreux pass without any eveiR ot note. ation of the paragrapL that appeared in the newspapers two mornings ago an extraordinary paragraph, which added,- if possible, a fresh modicum of darkness and mystery to the ob scurity in which this drama was al ready shrouded. We must go five days back. Among M. de Dreux-Soubise i guests at Valorbe, whose sagacity and insight; They traveled a great deal. One fact they had already had occasion to ap- alone be recorded as belonging of the details, and his first question Henrictte's departure the countess re-1 lunch were his two n'"" ?J was: "Are you sure, monsieur le comte, that no one can have passed through your room at night?" "Quite sure. I am a very light sleeper, and, besides, the bedroom door was bolted. I had to unfasten it this morning when my wife rang for the maid." "Is there no other inlet through which it is possible to enter the closet?" "None." "No window?" ceived a letter fronr her that filled her with amazement: -Madame I do not know how to thank you. For lt was you. was ft not who sent ma that? It mut have been -you. No one else knows of my retreat In this llttli village. Forgive me if I am mistaken, and. 13 any case, accept th expression f my gratitude for your past kindnesses." Henriette was calleC upon to ex plain and replied that she had re cousin; the men were ine rrcsiucni d'Essaville; M. Bachas, the deputy; the Cavaliere Floriani, whom the count had met in Sicily, and General the Marquis de Rouzieres, an old club acquaintance. After lunch the ladies served coffee in the drawing room, and the gentle men were' give:i leave to smoke on condition that thej' stayed where they were and talked. The conver sation turned on the subject of cele brated crimes. And thereupon M. de fed by post in a unregistered I Rouzieres, who never neglected an sometimes managed to succeed where the experts "had abandoned all their attempts. But I am far from consid ering myself a Sherlock Holmes. And, besides, I hardly know the facts." All faces were turned to the master of the house, who was reluctantly hinged pane.1 If he was unable to open the win dow he must have got in through the hinged pane itself." "Impossible; there is not a man so slight in figure as to obtain admis sion that way." "Then it .s not a man." nVhat do you mean?" TVhat I say. If the passage was too narrow to admit a man, then it must have been a child." "A child?" "Did you not tell me that your friend had a son?" "I did; a son called Raoul." It is extremely likely that Raoul committed the theft" "What evidence have you?" "What evidence? There is no lack of evidence. For instance" He was silent, and reflected for a few sec onds.. Then he continued: "For in stance, it is incredible that the child could have brought a footbridge from the outside and taken it away again unperceived. He must have employ ed what lav readv m hnA i tuL little room where Henriette did her m maow, c J lu. Y 8 you. wnat Decame- ot that exemplary young man, that model son? I trust that he did noti stop on his prosperous road to for- tune. "Certainly not!" A shudder passed through his rer- What mystery concealedl the life of this self-styled Floriani? How extraordinary must be the exist-, ence of this adventurer, a gifted thief at the age of 6, who today, with tha refined taste of a dilettante in search, of an emotion, or, at most to satisfy a sense of revenge, had come to brave his victim in that victim's own house, audaciously, madly, and yet with all the good breeding of a man of the world on a visit! He rose, and went up to the coun tess to take his leave. She suppress eda movement of recoil. He smiled. "Ah, rradame, you are frightened! Have I carried mv litis rotnedv at drawing-room magic too far?" jxot at all, monsieur. On the con trary, the legend of that good son has interested me srreLllv. and I am has- py to think that my necklace should cooking were there not some shelves have bn the occasion of so brilliant aeainst the wall nn n-hiVh i,.. her pots and pans?" mere were two shelves, as far as I rcrnember." We must find out if these shelves were really fixed to the wooden brackets that supported them. If so. a career. But does it not seem to you that the son of that of that woman, of Henriette, was, above all things. oDeying nis natural vocation r He started, felt the point of her remark, and replied: l am sure he was; and, in fact. we are entitled to believe that the n". vocation must have been quite vuuu unscrewed tnem and then fast- entea mem together. Perhaps, also, if there was a range, we shall dis cover a stove hook or plate lifter which he would have emnlnveH n open the hinged pane." The count went on-without a word, and this time the others did not even icci m nine touch of anxiety at tendant upon the unknown which they had experienced on the tint oc caston. They knew, they knew abso lutely, that Floriani's views were serious, or the child would have been discouraged." "Why?" """Well, you know, most of the stones were false. The only real ones were the few diamonds bought of the English jeweler. The others had been sold, one by one, in obedi ence to the stern necessities of life. "It. was the Queen's Necklace,! monsieur, for all that" said the1 countess haughtily, "and that, it seems to me, is what Henriette son correct And no one felt surprised i was unable to understand. when the count icturned and said: "s, its the child there's no doubt about it Everything proves "Did you see the shelves the plate mi de Dreux-Soubise ex- But Mme. .1.: i "The child! Ynn mean hi. Henriette is the only guilty person! She must have compelled her son "No," said the chevalier, "the mother had nothing to do with it" Come, come! They lived in the He must have understood, mad ame, thpt, false or genuine, the neck lace was, before all, a show thing, a signboard." M. de Dreux made a movement. His wife stopped him at once. "Monsieur, she said, "if the man to whom you tllude has the least vestage of shame She hesitated, shrinking before Floriani's calm gaze. He repeated after her: "If he has the least feeling of shame" She felt that she would gain noth- 'And did this rinir hane down be tween the casement and the chest?" "Yes, but I do not understand It is like this: Through some same room. The child cannot have tn DT 'Peak'ng to him in this way:i acted unknown to Henriette." "o. despite her anger and indigna-J I "They ccupied the same room; but tlon quivering wth humiliated pride,, everything hapnenc- in the adjoining ,he 8a,d a'mt politely: recess, at night while the mother i 1 Monsieur, tradition says that was asleep." Retaux dc Villette, when the Queen'a "And what about the necklace?"! Necklace was in his hands, forced said the count "It would have been' out a 1 the diamonds with Jeanne de found among the child's things." I Valois. but he dared not touch tha "I beg your pardon. He used to setting. He understod that the dia co out The verv ir..-.rn!no n,l,.n monds were but the ornaments, th you found him with his book he had accessories, whereas the setting was arm, me creation oi nm respected it Do you man understood as ii upciia uy means ji iwmni nun i come DacK from school, and perhaps lne essential w wire, furnished with a ring at Us j the police, instead of exhausting artist; and he ower enar I their resources against the innocent thin' that this ICS. mother, won 1 H Kr.-n A murh vised to make a search there, in his desk, among his lesson books." "Very well. But the two thousand trancs which Henriette received ev- I have no doubt that the setting exists. The child respected it "Well, monsieur, if ever you hap pen to meet him, tell him that he la i i compelled to recapitulate the derails. cleft or cranny in the pane they must ery year is not that the best sien acting unjustly in keeping one of Tl 1 1; 1 1 a I I h.n, MnlntrMl wi.l. im i i A n( t n C 1 1 Ill 1 1 I The ehevalicr listened, reflected, put have contrived, with the aid of an of her complicity? 4rr n.ectinn4i and murmured; I instrument of some sort sav. an iron I "Would hi li ferr questions, and murmured: instrument of some sort say, an iron It's oddat first sight the thing rod ending in a hook to grip the does not seem to me so difficult to guess at". The count shrugged his shoulders. --t the others flocked round the chevalier, who resumed, in a rather dogmatic tone: "As a general rule, iu order to dis cover the author oi a theft or other crime, we have first to determine how this theft or crime has been commit ted. In the present case nothing could be simpler, in my view, for we find ourselves face to face not with a ring, press down upon it and open tne pane. The count sneered. i those relics which are the property Would she have written fn tliant and irlorv of certain families, and you for the mdncy if she had been that though he may have removed tha an accomplice? Besides, was she not i stones, the Queen's Necklace son kept under supervision? Whereas 1 tinues to belong to the house of. the c i ill) w free and k.J lS--,, v..Ciihie It nnrl aa mtii-t. mats perfect! fertectl ou,cility for going to the nearest town, as our name or our honor. settle it all so easily! Only you have j seeing a dealer, and selling him -a. The chevalier replied, simply: forgotten one, thing, my dear sir. diamond cheaply, or two diamonds, "I will tell him so, madame." which is that there was no cleft oras the case demanded, the only con-1 He bowed low before-her, bowed cratrhy in the pane." j dition being that the money should to the count, Lowed to all the visi- "Oh, but there was!" j be sent from Paris, in consideration tors, one after the other, and weat "How can you say that? We should of which the transaction would be out nave seen it i repeateJ next year." Four days later Mme. de Dreux "To see a thing one must look, and The Dreux-' '.oubises and their found a red morocco case, stamped vou did not look. The cleft exists, it truest were onm-esgrd Kv an md. :.u .1.- .f .h- Cardinal Am t?- number A different suppositions, but I is materially impossible that it should finable sense of uneasiness. Thore han, on her bedroom table. Sha with one hard certainty, which is that .'not exist down the side of the pane, was really in Floriani's tone and at- opened it It container the necklace aiong me puny vertically, oi uiuae someining more than that cer- of Marie-Antoinette. course." j tainty which had so greatly irritated tut as in the life of any logical and The count rose. He seemed great-, the count from the beginning. There single-minded man all things must ly excited, took tw or three nervous was something resembling irony an needs concur teward the same object strides across the room. and. going -irony, moreover, that seemed hostile and a little advertisement never up to Floriani. said: (rather than sympathetic and friendly, does any harm the Echo de Franca "Nothing has been changed op as it ought to have been. The count of the next day contained the follow there sim that day. No one has set! affected to laugh. sensational paragraph: foot in that f'.oset I "All this is delightfully ingenious.' "In that case, monsieur, it is ooen Accept my -iliments. What a' "The Queens Necklace, th famooa the individual was able to enter only tne door of the bedroom or the window o' the !inen closet Now. a bolted door cannot be opened from the outside. Therefore, he must have entered by the window." "It was closed, and it was- found dosed," said M. de Dreux flatly. Florian. took no notice of the in terruption, and continued: "In order to do so he had only to fix a bridge of some sort say, a plank or a ladder between the bal cony outside the kitchen .and the ledge of the window; and. as soon as the jewel case to you to assure yourself that my ex planation is in accordance with reality." "So I will, this very minute. I con fess that in the long run, your assur ance brilliant imagination you possess!" ,hltorlc Jewel stolen many Tear, alnc "No. no. no!" cried Floriani. with lAr. more seriousness. I am not imagin- LoP)B na. hastened to re. tor. u ing anything; I am recalling circum--1 ita lawful owners. This delicate stances which were inevitably such and chivalrous attention M aura tm as I have described them to you." .meet with universal commeodAtloa." t

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12 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNALr gATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28. 1918 tittrptka tatt- 3imxrnnl An Independent Newspaper BY FRANK H. MAO L EN Hi AN VOLUME XL.. .No. Sll Entarad as necond-claaa matter. OFFICIAL. BTATB FA HER. OFFICIAL. FA I' Bit CITY OF TOPEKA. Subscription ztatee By mall lu advance, ooa year (4.80 By wall lo advance, tlz moutha.... 2.o By inall l sdvanea, three months.. LJO By wall la advance. ue mouth. 50 Bate b Carrier. On. week tH eeaj Two weeks for a quarter 23 cents Four weeka 60 cents Telephone 333U. Eastern Offices: Paul Block, represents. tl?e, X Fifth avenue, New York: Mailers bt.D.ll.itf. Clilcsso; Little Illdg., Uostoui KrcK bulldlog. Detroit; Lawls Side liuffalo. Member: Associated Press, American Newspaper Publishers' Association. Audit Bureau of Ciriulation. alBMBEU Or TUB ASSOCIATED PBEMS. Tbe Associated Press la excluaively en titled to llie uss for republication of -l news disputchea credited to it or not otuer wlse circulated Id this paper and alio tue local news publlabed herein. lyroKMAHON FOB ALL HEADERS OF THE TOPEKA STATE AOCBNAL. Each reader of Tbe Stats Journal la of fered tbe unlimited use of lb largest in loruiallou bureau In tba world. Tbia 8crr.ee Bureau Is located in tbe ca. ttooal capital, wbere It is lo Immediate toucb Willi all the great resources of tbe United Statee government. It can answer practically asy question you waut to ask, out It canubt give ad vice, nor mske exbauatlre reeearcb. Tba war forced an many v lis ages In the dally life of tlie American people "Hat tba services of tbls Information bureau will bs Invaluable to all wbo use It. Keep tn toucb wltb your government at all times. It can beip you In a tbau sand ways If your wants are only aade Jkuown. Tba Htate Journal paya for tbia aplendid service In nr.ter that every one of Ita tea 1 ara may take free Advantage of It. You are welcome to use it as often ss you like. Write yuur request briefly, sign your name and address plainly, enclose a 3-cent atamp fur return postage ami address tbe TOPKKA STATE JOUUNAL INFOUMa. HON .tlJKEAC. Frederic J. Ilaaklns, Director, Waahlaz ton. V. c. This country has grown so wonder fully because business men have taken advantage of their opportunities to de velop its untohL-resources. The gov ernment did not build railroads, devel op coal mines, create cotton, woolen, silk, iron, copper, oil and other great Industries; This was done by business men. They risked their money in th enterprises and called into co-operative effort the intelligent, high-class labor, for which the United States takes credit. Yet there now are those who Would have the government take over and operate all these great in' dustrles In whose establishment and upbuilding it Has had no part. The greatest danger arising from govern ment operation of public utilities is that it will stifle Initiative and prog ress. Business enterprises are pro jected for profit. The government lacking this incentive, would be un likely to measure up to the require ments of a country possessing ao many undeveloped resources. It is announced that if it be found necessary, the government will start public works in order that every re turning soldier may have' a Job. But if it take the government the usual length of time it employs In starting any kind of public undertaking, the discharged soldier may be without work a long time. It was announced a few days after the signing of the armi- t atice that the erection of public build ings, held up by the war, would be resumed at once. Since that time bids on Just one postofflce building have been asked for. It is located at Paris, It is reported that the peace Jelega tion of. the United States to Paris has requisitioned an entire city block in that city. Including a large hotel, for Its accommodation. It begins to look as tho the expedition was to take on many of the aspects of a junket, so beloved by all politicians. Topeka has tried both a barber and a groceryman at the head of her water department. Another election la coming soon. In a continuation of experimenting, why not try soma one with a knowledge of engineering, if one can be found who ia willing to work for $1,600 a year, which is doubtful. Humors that the former czar of Russia is alive are running about an even race for public attention with those regarding the death of the for mer German kaiser. Except as a mat ter of news, the facts possess little interest for the world. Both of these personages are back numbers. It is reported in Paris that 'William Hohenzollern has been assassinated. The rumor probably is without foun dation in fact, but doubtless there are thousands of persons who feel that they would be Justified in killing him. One Kansas editor has discovered that the people are opposed to uni versal military training in the ratio of four to one. But greater paper major ities than this have disappeared In the past, when the citizens themselves have been heard from. Reading the life of this Hohenzol lern person from the cradle to the Holland frontier, says "Thrift," is an' other horrible example of squandered time. Let us be satisfied with the noble careers of old Captain Kidd, the affable Mr. Atilla. the Hon. Simon Lenree. or that gifted humanitarian and sensitive soul. Emperor Nero, Who showed the folks how to keep the home fires burning. Not only are the people with smaller Incomes losing proportionately less thru taation, but thru the money they are Investing In government bonds they are going to be, collective ly, the heaviest creditors in the future, says the 'World's Work. If the rich were financing the war by bonds and the people with the smaller Incomes were financing It by taxes, the reverse would be true. In that case the poor of tbe next generation would be taxed to pay Interest and principal of the war loans which would be held by the rich, as ultimately were the loans of the Civil war. This was not "a rich man's war and a poor man's fight." It was everybody's fight, and the poor man's profit. THE RAILROAD OMELET. j Director General McAdoo has pro- posed to congress the continuance of government operation of the railroads for a period of five years. He takes the position- that under the present law, which provides for such opera tion for a period of a year and nine months after the conclusion of peace, the time is too short and the finan cial provisions are insufficient for any real test of the value of government operation. Improvements necessary for efficient operation could not be completed in that time and he holds that neither officials nor employes, facing an almost immediate change in methods of operation, would de vote the proper attention to their work. He believes that an extension of time will give such composure as is necessary to efficiency and prepare the public mind for an intelligent de cision In 192S as to whether or not any other plan for the roads should be adopted. Substantial benefit should result from Director General McAdoo's pro posal regarding the railroads. A con dition approaching a crisis has been precipitated, and this, in itself, is bound to lead to an early definition of a permanent policy. With public intelligence so sharply aroused, it should be possible to reach at a much earlier date the solution of a problem which Mr. McAdoo wishes to defer for five years. If it were possible to put into the scale and weigh the elements responsible for our railroad fiasco, impartial opinion probably would divide the blame on a fifty-fifty basis. It would say that the mistakes of railway management, thereby including operation, adminis tration and financing, are about equal ly at fault with political errors con sisting of "adverse legislation, hamper ing regulation and short-sighted rate restrictions. It might be claimed that most of these mistakes were the natural out come of our railroad evolution. In the early stages of our transportation development little thought was given to the obligation of public service. It was merely a case of enterprise tak ing a risk in an untried field, and the primary purpose in most cases was to make these ventures pay. Railroads were private enterprises, and the most powerful interests obtained control and got the profits. Sometimes, as in the case of Commodore Vanderbilt, Harriman, Hill and Huntington, this power was used to build up a great property. On other occasions it was employed for purely personal ends. It was but natural that abuses should arise. The dazzling rewards from the flotation of securities proved too strong a temptation to be resisted by railroad promoters, and excessive capitalization -frequently resulted. Many roads became footballs in the great game of speculation. Banking directors, placed on boards to safe guard financing, also took advantage of their influence. Some roads were weakened by a diversion of earnings to subsidiaries controlled by Inside groups. Vast Sums were spent on non-revenue producing improvements; ambitious expansion extended mileage without due regard to earning power. The swelling protests reached the ever-ready ears of the politician. Party lines were drawn in a score of states on the "railroad issue." So- called reforms were Instituted. Some of them may have been well-lnten tioned. Most of them were the work of inexperience and merely made bad matters worse. The moving Impulse in the flood of railroad legislation was politcal opportunism, and the impas sioned rhetoric that had done service for Civil war questions and the tariff was refurnished for the solution of the transportation tangle. Forty-eight state commissions and the interstate commerce commission vied with one another in the issuance of hampering and contradictory regulations. The net result was a climax of bureau cratic ineptitude, which refused to ac cord full appreciation either to the public service or the dire necessities of the railroads. It is possible to accept past mis takes as the natural outcome of ear lier conditions. It is Impossible to permit their continuance as either necessary or Inevitable. Just as pub lic protest called for a correction of the abuses inherent to the old type of railroad administration, so Impera tive economic necessities of the coun try demand the end of former regula tory methods. The time is ripe for constructive action. Our country is too big, and public interest is too sharply aroused to permit a backward step. The prob lem is crying for immediate consider ation. At last we have realized, says the Wollman Review, that this is the peo ple's problem. It is bigger than poli tics. No partisan issue is involved. It is tpo important to make any one party responsible for either' failure or sucess, and the best brains of the na tion are required for its solution. The old question: "What shall we do with our presidents?" has been answered. Ve provide them with newspaper jobs. Both Taft and Roose velt have been disposed of in this way. Probably there is a place waiting for Wilson. TOPEKA BTATB JOURNAL INFORMATION BUREAU FREDERIC J. HAKKIN. Director. Washington, D. C LAIJOR STANDARDS. Washington, D. C, Dec. 25- Thru out the war the government used its influence to insure certain standards of comfort and safety for the work men in the factories which executed war contracts. Factory owners in general co-operated enthusiastically, for these higher standards promoted efficiency. But now that war con tracts are being cancelled, the power of the government to suggest and ad vise in this matter is at a end. The whole matter of labor stand ards now rests with the states. Will those states which have few or no labor standards create new ones, and will the states that have admirable labor Standards enforce them? These are questions now being debated by those interested in the s-iccess of American industry, in the smooth pro gress of reconstruction, and in the resolutions passed by the recent an nual conference of governors, which have not yet been made public. The department of labor at Wash ington emphasizes particu arly, the great danger involved in abrogating the labor standards for women in in dustry advocated by the government during the war. Many people are voicing the opinion that now that the war is over the women will pour out of industry as rapidly as they poured in. The authors of this opinion usu ally dispose of the future of these women by marrying them off "to re turning soldiers with whom they live happy ever after in the shelter of their homes. 'The fact that women have always been employed in American factories, and that there were women's trade unions as far back as the middle of the nineteenth century, does not seem to have gained the attention that it should. ''There is nothing new about women being in industry, wdmen have always worked," says Miss Mary Anderson, assistant di rector of the women in industry serv ice of the labor department. "In 1910 there were eight million of them in gainful occupations. Those who have gone into war industries are, for she most part, women who have worked before. They have been garment workers or waitresses or workers in other occupations to which thSy must go back." Before the war the problems con nected with women in industry were just as complicated, if not more so, than they are now. Many cases ex isted where women were doing work that only men had. done before. They were almost as much investigated. Reports were turned out on the status of women working in certain occupa tions, some of which revealed the ex istence of shocking conditions, but somehow these reports failed to ob tain results. The public was not in terested. With the entrance of the United States into the war, many more wom en poured into industry. The woman factory worker became a popular fig ure. She was helping to win the war. People immediately became excited as to her welfare; employers began writ ing articles about the efficiency of their women employes; physicians be gan issuing warnings concerning her health; fashion designers began draw ing her uniforms, and a whole staff of photographers was kept busy tak ing pictures of women engaged in various interesting factory processes. Women who did not work in factories suddenly became interested in those who did, and were indefatigable in working for their welfare. Out of all this popular enthusiasm for the woman war worker certain splendid reforms in the conditions of women in industry were brought about. In the first place, the public was converted-to the idea that women should receive as much pay as men for the same amount of work. This was a tremendous victory, for up to the outbreak of the war the general opinion had been that under no con ceivable circumstances should a wom an be paid as much as a man. The second victory was the cleaning up of hundreds of dilapidated factor ies; the installation of comfort facili ties, and, in some, the establishment of rest rooms and cafeterias. In some states having fairly good laws concerning the employment of men at night and in various danger ous 'occupations, an attempt was made to abrogate these laws for the period of the war. Men were leaving in huge numbers for the front, and the factories had to have some sort of labor to keep the wheels moving But this attempt was blocked by delega tions of women appointed by their clubs to look after the welfare of women in factories, who -established powerful lobbies at the state capitals and managed to defeat the necessary legislation whenever it came up. Only a few states managed to get by with the abrogation of their pre-war labor laws. When the United States government entered the war it made every effort to encourage the reforms that had already been instituteed in many fac tories bullied by public opinion. It appointed a division of well-known women labor experts, known as the women in industry service, with Miss Mary Van Leeck of the Russell Sage foundation as director, and Miss Mary Anderson, trade union expert and member of the Boot and Shoe Work ers' union, as assistant director. Thru this service, with the co-operation of the war and navy departments and the war labor policies board, certain labor standards were 1 put into effect In many factories employing women on government contracts. Here are some of them: No woman should be permitted to work more than eight hours in any one day or for more than forty-eight hours in any one week. The time when the woik of the women em ployes should begin and when It should end should be posted in a con spicuous place in each workroom, and a record kept of the overtime of each woman worker. Half holidays on Sat urdays are urged, but in any case every woman must have one day of rest out of every seven. Wages should be 'established on the basis of occupation and not on the basis of sex. Women doing the same work as men should receive the same wages, with such proportionate in creases as tne men are receiving in the same industry. This standard has received the endorsement of the American Federation of Labor. Every factory should provide facili ties for comfort and sanitation. It should comply with its state regula tions in the matter of safety appliances and precautions against accident from machinery, danger from fire and ex posure to dust, fumes or other occupa tional hazards. Thruout the period of the 'war the influence of the government and of public opinion has been sufficient to get most of these labor standards in regard to women introduced. But now the government's Influence is waning, and public opinion Is occu pied with other important questions. The woman war worker may change from a war princess to a peace Cin derella and hardly anyone will notice It unless the woman worker herself chooses to make a fuss about it. ON THE SPUR 'OF THE MOMENT BY ROT K. MOULTON And we are still waiting anxiously to see what is going to happen to George V. A buckwheat cake is a buckwheat 'cake, no matter who eats v A brotherhood supreme Across the seas baa swept, And. In this maddest year, Tbe sanest Fourth waa kept. General Pershing kisses the pretty yosmg misses who present him with bouquets. The number of bouquets presented has Increased rapidly. Where are those horrors of war they used to speak about? The national emblem of Germany is the Doison ivy. The national flower, sometimes called the Kaiser Flower, is known in this country as the skunk cabbage. Fifty cents for a haircut will be the new order in a few weeks. It is said. Well, we can put it in curl papers and braids if we have to, and then again we can get jobs as professional piano players or proprietors of Wild West shows. v Always a solution. -The Tide. BY TONY EMMANS. Tide of tbe valiant swift tide of the Kigbt Ever ty gleaming currents outward surge, Straight to those far, war-ridden, Pleading ianda, Numbered by the fnry of the Tenton'a scourge. Tide clear and resolute soon thou shalt flood Over tbe deeds of the merciless Hun, Cleansing the world of that dastardly foe By tby pure might will Victory be won! Tide of our Nation'a manhood, trne and shall not be in vain thy strength Is spent! Bear thou abroad fair Freedom and Peace; then Ebb to tbe home-shores, so proudly con tent. A young lady in Syracuse wears a pin with nine service stars on it. Not nine brothers nine sweethearts. The real war will start when this one is over. They don't use "steam rollers" In political any more. "Steam rollers" are obsolete. Now the politicians use tank tactics. The kaiser is obliged to stand a lit tle "nonsense" from America, after all. t The movement for the conservation of songbirds has our heartiest support. And while about it, be sure and save Galli-Curcl and Geraldine. HEART AND BEAUTY PROBLEMS BY MBS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON. Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a girl twenty-two years old and I work. At high school I went with the very best class of girls, but I could not go away to college because my father died in my senior year and I didn't feel I Could afford it. I worked for two years and then I took a very good course at business college and went to work again. The girls I used to go with have been going together ever since high school. Most of them have been to college. They got up a club and asked me to be a member. At that time I waa going to school- and so I was ire j to join. I had a miserable time. We met every two weeks and all we did was say mean things about our acquaint ances. Half of the girls were, married and they acted as if there was no hope for me and I would surely be an old maid. A young married woman from another town moved here. I loved her, she was so pretty and Jolly and unaffected." Of course we got her into the club right away. After club meetings I wohld go home and cry, because the girls had treated me with such contempt. So when I started to work I dropped out. The other night I had occasion to telephone one of the girls whom I always liked very much and who still is a member of the club. She said that it had been reported at club that 1 was secretly married which of course as ridiculous. She also said that the dear married girl from ojt of town had met me on tha street and spoken to me and I didn't answer I just laughed in her face. Now I will ask my Question. Would I compromise myself to send all of the girls a New Year's card? I es pecially want this married girl to feel kindly toward me and not think I her intentionally. I m.Kht not have seen her I don't know about that, but I do know that I didn't laugh in ner race. KATHKKIMi Don't send the cards. You know that you have done nothing rude to upur old friends, and so you should not care or worry about how they feelf and what they say. If you sent the cards they would probably say that you are trying to get back into their crowd again. Dear Mrs. Thompson: When the war began I thought the United States would get into it and so I studied military tactics. Nothing happened and I got married just three months before the United States declared war. I have wanted to do my part and get into service, but when I even suggest It I have war at home my wife cries and pouts and makes me just about as miserable as a man could be. She is strong and worked before -we were married, and I know very well she could take care of herself if I had to leave her. I have not been called as my draftnumber is near the end. L -.ck is against me. Don't you think my wife ought to let me go? SAMMIES IN HEART. Your wife certainly ought to let you go cince you want to so badly. The time is probably coming when you will have to go regardless of the way she feels. Be patient and make the' best of staying at home, but at the same time do not settle down Into a lazy contentment and let the fellow "over there' carry your bur den in this war as well as his own. There are many things you can do at home while you wait for your call. It is not necessary to urge you to do your part in helping the Red Cross and other war organizations, because I know that you wilL EVENING STORY Leak in the DJke.w BY R. RAY BAKER. In his suit for Marian Bennett's heart and hand Matthew Earlwick had several items on the credit side of the ledger, but on the debit side was one large one that counterbalanced all the others. Irf so far as Marian was concerned, the fact that Matthew had a genial, radiant, unselfish personality was suf ficient. His curly light brown hair and his expressive blue eyes were also acceptable, altho merely incidental. The high -financial standing of his family had nothing to do with it, as far as Marian was concerned. The high financial standing did have considerable to do with it, according to Richard D. Bennett's ideas. It was the only item on the credit side that he considered. Of course it was 'not Richard D. Bennett that was going to marry Matthew, but he was the girl's father and insisted on having a say in the matter. "That girl isn't gCing to run off and marry some boob, even if he has loads of coin," was the way Air. Bennett ex pressed it. "Her pld dad has a few greenbacks of his own, not anywhere near as many as the Earlwicks, but enough to keep her in a comfortable home and prevent her starving." The big item on the debit side was the fact that Matthew Earlwick never had done "an honest day's work in his life." Get out and earn some'money of your own," he admonished the young man on the occasion of their interview whe-i Matthew pleaded to let Marian make him happy. "I know ypur father has heaps of it, and I am not exactly a pauper myself; but no one can tell what may happen to fortunes these days. Get a Job even u it s driving milk wagon but get a job! Then come and sed me about it. But don't you dare show your face here again until you have proved that you are some good In the world." So Matthew Karlwick made himself scarce around the Bennett home. I'll get a job, aTl right," he de clared, "and you'll never hear from me till I do. I think just enough of Marian to prove it by some hard work." Thereafter he was not heard from. At least Mr. Bennett aid not get any word from him, and so his commands in that respect were observed by his would-be son-in-law. There was no guarantee, however, that Marian was in ignorance of her lover's whereabouts, altho she man aged, for diplomacy's sake, to carry a doleful expression on her face when in her father's presence. There was a certain sparrow that frequented a branch of a maple tree just outside the window of Marian's room, and that bird was wont to peep thru the window whenever there were no insects that needed attention from his bill. And the sparrow could have told Papa Bennett a few things if he had been so inclined. He could have revealed how Marian delved into her dressing table and read and reread letters; he could have disclosed that the pile of concealed missives grew steadily each day, and that none of the envelopes bore postage stamps. It went along two months, with Mr. Bennett still without any word con cerning the whereabouts or activities of Matthew Earlwick. One day he called his daughter into the library and saidLio her: xou see, x was ngnt aDout young Earlwick. He hasn't the stuff in him. or else he doesn't care enough for you to make good on a job." Marian smiled slightly, ana bit her lip and replied: Give him a chance, rather. A man can't make erood in-two months ex cept in books." 'mat same nignt tne "accident oc curred. The accident was a frozen and burst water pipe and a consequent flooding of tbe basement In tne Ben nett residence. Mrs. Bennett brought the intelligence to the Jiead of the house while he was perusing the even ing paper and enjoying a black cigar in his den- t "Can you beat that?" he exclaimed. dashing the paper to the floor and rushing from the den. "Can you beat it? A flood on our hands and the very night Winslow is out." Wlnslow was the sole male servant employed in the household. Papa Bennett rushed to the cellar steps and peered down. He could hear a swishing and a spattering that were not exactly pleasant to his ear. It was cold down there in the cellar and it was warm in his den. Furthermore. that swishing and spattering did not indicate that the temperature of tne cellar was rising. "B r r r!" he shuddered, trying to huddle his corpulent form into his rather tight smoking Jacket. "Well I suppose somebody has got to stop the leak in the dike, and it looks like I'm elected. He turned the light switch and started gingerly down the steps, bu halted on the second one from tne ton and shouted back: "Marion, call a plumber, and tell him to. violate the rules of the profes sion and get here quick." Then hs continued the descent, but he took only a few steps. The stairs were somewhat uneven and slippery and Mr. Bennett was nervous. The two conditions combined to acceler ate his progress and he slid gracefully Into a foot of water that had accumu lated on the cellar floor. Somewhat dazed he scrambled to his feet, gasped for breath, shook the water from his head and wiped it from his eyes and shivered: "there's the the b-blame leak?" he groaned in despair, his teeth chat tering. The swishing sound, now much louder and more foreboding, guided him, and the dim electric light showed him a fountain spurting from the wall. Groaning, chattering and shaking, he attacked the stream head first, slipped, almost lost his balance, and finally managed to get his hand over the leak in the pipe. He stopped the now considerably, but could not entirely dam the torrent. An hour later the plumber ap peared and found a very badly drenched and discouraged Papa Ben nett up to hia knees in water, holding with freezing fingers to the water pipe. "Quick! Fix this some way. Gfit this water out and repair the leak. Do something quick, no matter what it is!" called the frantic man, dancing up and down on his toes to keep his submerged legs from freezing. The plumber surveyed the situation. "There's two things to be done," he asserted. "One is to open that door yonder and let this water out into the back yard. The other is to turn off the water outdoors where the branch pipe from the main enters tbe house." Papa Bennett glared at him, his teeth clicking desperately. "Why don't you do it, then?" he roared, getting a Vesplte between chat tering spells. The plumber stood on the stairs. near the bottom of the Tlight. making t 4 V no move to carry out his own instruc tions. "It's like this," said the plumber. You once told me that I could have Marian if I proved that I could hold a job and that I coulddo the world some good by my work. Now, the question is, does this plumbing job fill your ex pectations of an honest job, and do you figure that by stopping that flood and letting it loose in the yard I would be doing some good in the world?" Papa Bennett almost lost his hold on the pipe,, to which he was clinging now more to support himself than to stop the leak. The ordeal had been severe on him and he feared he would sink to the floor from weakness and be drowned in the miniature flood. "My dear young man," he managed to gasp, "if you will get me out of this predicament you will be performing one of the noblest deeds in the history of this planet; and you can have Mairian tomorrow. I consider a plumber godsend to humanity." (Copyright, 1918, by "the HcClnre News paper Syndicate.) DINNER STORIES A captain was in command of a col ored company in one of the southern training camps when one day an en listed man asked permission to spend Sunday in a nearby town. The cap tain sa4 he might if he could show that he had enough .money for his ex penses and a little over, whereupon he pulled out a roll of bills and count ed out (700 before the commanding officer. That astonished Individual asked, "Where did you get all that money?" The man replied, "My wife thought I might need a little spend ing money, so she sent me a thousand dollars." Upon further questioning he said oil had been discovered on his land In Oklahoma, hence his riches. In the small hours of the morning nre call roused the barracks to a feverish scrambling into clothes and a wild grabbing of fire buckets. But in Company D one rookie slept sweetly on under his blankets. His bunkie, anxious to save him from a rude awakening by his cor poral, shook him sternly and yelled. "Get up. Harry, quick! The war is over and we are all going home." Harry, awake at last, seeing every one rushing downstairs, received the Joyful news with a whoop. Leaping out oi his bunk, he threw on his clothes and, grabbing his suitcase, he dashed into the company street, where his comrades were already standing at attention oenind tne water buckets. It took five minutes to get the com pany back to attention, but Harry hasn't yet entirely snapped out of the idea that the war ended the night he answered nre call with a suitcase. GLOBE SIGHTS From the Atchison Globe. War or no war, people should con serve abuse. There are a lot of odd fellows out side of that lodge. The hens seem .to be patriotically uuserving eggies aays. Business is selling something for more man one paid lor It. That a alL The lazier the man the more ex planations he has as to why he hasn't maoe good. When a man makes a mistake he nearly always makes it all the worse in his efforts to cover it ud. The soldiers who are actually going to be shot don't worry nearly as much about it as some of our sent! mentalists. Ever since time began political ora tors have mounted platforms, and stated that the country was on the verge of an abyss. An. old man who marries a young girl gets no sympathy when she is mean to him. People sav: "Well. why did he marry a girl young enough 10 oe nis aaugnter?': 'GANGWAY!! DOROTHY DLX TALKS BY DOROTHY DEC Warla's Highest Paid Woman Writer. Appertaining to and Concerning Love. 1. A young woman asks these ques tions: "When a woman does 'the courting, so to speak, do you think a man tires of her, if they marry, sooner than he would of a wife that he had wooed himself? "Does it show that a man Is a non entity If he lets the woman taka the active part in love making?" I should unhesitatingly answer NO to both questions. I think the woman who is more in love with a man than he is with her is more apt to retain his affection than la the ease when the relationship Is reversed. There are several reasons why this should be true. The first Is because in such cases a woman does not throw away the bait with which she caught her fish when she gets married, as is the custom of many improvident ladies who have lurefl a man to the altar by means of beauty, neatness, amiability, sympathy and other such charms, and then, hav ing secured their meal ticket, have de generated Into slouchy, sloppy, peevish shrews. It is easy to see how a man, who has been caught by a girl's good looks, would wriggle off the hooks when he found that her beauty waa merely camouflage, and that when she took off her complexion, and her hair and her straight front in the privacy of home, she' was as plain as a mud fence. But the man who has married a woman because she loved him gets a wife who has an attraction for him that time cannot wither nor custom stale. Ftor as we grow- older we crave love more, not the romantic love of youth, but that dee'p, stronsf steadfast affec tion that we can lean upon as upon a staff, sure that it will never fail us in our hour of need. As life beats and bruises us in our fight with the world, more and more we need the love of someone close to us to bind up our wounds with their faith, and salve them with the healing ointment of their affection. N woman need be afraid that her husband will grow tired of her be cause she loved him. He may weary of her for a thousand other different reasons, but never for that one. The one voice in the world that never gets upon our nerves is the voice that sings our praises; the, one story of which we never hear enough is the saga of how handsonfe, how wonderful, how talented and how adored we are. The homeliest woman singing that song becomes morn attractive to our eyes than a Venus; the dullest one is en dowed with an immortal wit. CepyrlrktaJ. W, T Tke WaaaWr mal eats. laO A HERO EVERY DAY Brave Deeds of men la? America's Fighting Sar-rlea The navy department has com mended John Bowen, chief gunner's mate, John S. Russell, chief machin ist's mate, and Harry B. Alderman, chief yeoman, U. S. N., for conspicu ous services rendered when a fire broke out on board the U. 8. S. Cleve land while at sea. Despite the fact that the word "Fire" was "passed over the ship, and believing the magazine to be on fire, these men entered the compartment situated above the maga zine, which was filled with dense smoke arising from burning cellul-dd. and after forty-five minutes of con tinuous effort, succeeded In locating and extinguishing the blase at xrvat risk of suffocation. Bowen enlisted January 21, 1 r-ivin as next of kin his half-brother, Edward Mella. who resides at 71 Col ton street, San Francisco, Cal. Russell enlisted in March. Kit. c:--ing as next of kin his mother, Mrs. Mary Ellen Russell, 714 Muncie boulevard, Kansas City, Mo. Alderman enlisted September 11, 1917. His mother, -frs. Mollie V. Alderman, lives in Pocomoke City, Md. HOUSEHOLD HINTS Menu Hint. BREAKFAST. Oatmeal. Top Milk. Rice Waffles. Honey. Nut Margarine. Lunch. Creamed Fish on Toasted Biscuits. (Left over.) Stewed Tomatoes. One-Egg Cake Lemon Sauce DINNER. Boston Baked Beans. Boston Brown Bread. Raisins. Piccalilli. Stewed Pears. Mpck Spong'e Cake. Tea, Caramel Pie For a large pie: Bake a fine crust first. Then set It to cool. Take one and one-half cups sugar (light brown), put in skillet with two tablespoons v melted butter. Let scorch a very little to give the cara mel taste; then add two cups milk, yolk of two eggs, two tablespoons flour, beating milk, flour and eggs together. Then add the caramel and boll till it thickens- Pour into the baked crust. Beat the whites of the two eggs, add spoonful sugar and spread on pie. Return to oven till a light brown. Butterscotch Pie- One cup brown sugar, one and one-half cups water, one tablespoon butter, two table spoons cornstarch, yolk of one egg. Stir together and boll In double boiler until well cooked; pour into baked crust. Beat white of. egg very stiff; add a little powdered sugar, cover top of pie with it and place in oven to brown. Buttermilk Pie One cup sugar, two cups chopped apples, two eggs, one) cup buttermilk. This makes two pies. Lemon Pies One and one-half cups granulated sugar, one and one-third cups water, three teaspoons flavor, four eggs (save whites for top of pies). Do not boll; ready for pies as' soon as mixed. This will make two pies. Lemon Pie Moisten a tablespoon cornstarch, add It to a cup of boiling water, stir till it boils clear. Pour over one cup sugar, a little butter: when cold add juice of one lemon and grated rind and a beaten egg. Bake with one crust and frost. Cheese Pie For the dough: One pint scalded milk; when cool add two tablespoons butter, one teaspoon salt, one cup sugar, two eggs well beaten, two cups flour: then add a 2 -cent yeast cake dissolved in a little warm water and sugar. Set this aside in a warm place to rise; when double its size add enough flour to handle and roll out a little thicker than pi,crust. Put in pie tins and set aside to rise again until double Its thickness. Then spread with melted butter and fill with the following: Two pounds cottage or Dutch cheese beat well so It is f re from lumps, then add four well beaten eggs, one and one-half cups) sugar, juice and grated rind of on lemon, two cups rich milk or cream, one cup currants and a little nutmeg. This amount will make six pies nicely and is an old recipe. The Table. Orange Cake One and one-half cups granulated sugar; one-quarter cup butter (creamed), one cup twast milk, two and one-quarter cups flour (sifted twice). Add beaten yolks of three eggs, two and one-half tea spoons baking powder, grated rind of one orange. Add whites of two eggs eaten). Bake in three layers. Apple Pudding Prepare apples as for a pie. Fill a quart pan nearly full. Take two cups sifted flour, a little salt, two rounding teaspoons baking powder nifted In flour, three tablespoons melted shortening, milk t make stiff batter. Pour it over the apples and bake thirty to forty minute or until apples are don. Turn pudding crust side down and sea son .pples with a little butter, plenty of sugar and a dust of nutmeg. Keep) warrm uooa wttn cream or any good IjiplaPU tiding i uce. i Parts of Freneb motors benght by Is military remnant!'- division at Wasblngt. and formerly a hud t over SKUKJO.UJU. a now obsolete and must be sold as Juak at K to 1120 a too. 1 a) -a J

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