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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL THURSDAY EVENING. AUGUST 15. 1918
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CALL FOR BRITONS
Sergt. Maj. Mitchell and Sergt.
Beal Here Hunting Recruits.
British Subjects Trged to Enlist
"for King and Country."
GERMANY WILL FIGHT TO END"
Canadian Officers Point Danger
of Too Much Optimism.
Intervention of America Sounds
Death Knell Hun Aspirations.
"Not so long as Germany can main
tain an army in the field will the war
cease."
That is the verdict of Sergt. Maj.
A H. H. Mitchell of the Cameron
Highlanders of Canada. That opinion
is based on more than two years of
experience in the very slaughter pen
of the western front years when the
brave Highlanders were mowed down
under grilling attacks years when
Germany paid in blood for every foot
of advance. In Topeka to gain re
cruits to fill the ranks of the British
armies. Sergeant Major Mitchell warns
against false hoDes and oven-optimism.
Optimism uaiip-crous.
'Too much optimism is as danger
ous as too much pessimism,' said the
Canadian warrior. "Both are danger
ous America must not te too opti
mistic about continued success. There
.are to be dark days, sorrow days. And
Germany won't stop fighting so Ions
as she can maintain an army or a sin
i?le unit in the field."
The little, lithe Canadian officer was
locking Ktrnight ahead as, he talked,
seemed 10 be recalling the days in
the hell holes at Vimy and in front cf
So ssons days when th overwhelm
ins strength of the German over
powered the allied forces and com
pelled them to retreat.
Awful Features Gone.
"Those awful days are past," the
officer continued - "The..' are gone sj
far as many of the bad features of the
earlv fichtin are concerned. Our
tmn:iorts are better, our supplies and
equipment more certain, our morale
excellent. Just as we pound down the
Germnn morale, our pwn morale must
irti tin.
"But don't be too enthusiastic. It
is a lon-r war and a :tter hard war
before the. end. Germany won't give
i i u:it:i she ::i horo'y a. d complete
ly knocked ort. t-he will gain sup
p'ic! r-ncl food from Russia and she
will impress Russian manpower and
new acquisitions vill help to maintain
the morale at home.
Was un's Last Tiance.
"Aeninst the great drives Germany
m-:de in 1914 and th! ye .r, we have
the benefit of the present d.'ive that is
pushing the German army back. Her
last chance to reach fans or tne
channel ports is gone. She can't come
back. Her line is going to bend and
benfl-until we drive on to Berlin if
Germany can keep an army in the
field that long.
America lit at Death.
"America Is delivering th- final, de
cisive force in the war. It is her won
AT
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derful organizaiior tier manpower
a-T Ittr spirit that are helping the al
lied army over there. And American
forces fighting side by side with the
French, the British, the Canadians
and the Italians are helping bolster
up a morale that is hard to batter
djwn. i It is the rivalry of the armies
of the allied nations that keeps us
pushing on and will help us to smash
the Hun in a final knockout. But we
don't want to get over optimistic about
an early finish. It is a hard war. Ter
ritory doesn't make much difference
over there these days.
"It is just slaughter that counts
slaughter of the thousands and thou
sands of troops before the allied guns.
I know what it means. In one day
those bodies mowed down 604 men
in my own regiment. We stood under
their fires in front of Soissons and
their prize storm troops were concen
trated for a drive on us that was one
of the slaughter days of the war. So,
after all, it is just killing troops that
will win this war. And we have the
final punch."
Sergeant Beal Here.
With Sergt. Maj. Mitchell is Sergt.
B. H. Beal of the Canadian expedition
ary forces. Sergeant Beal is also a
veteran of the Spanish-American war.
Both men are here to organize British
subjects for service men between the
ages of 2i) and 44 years whites, ne
groes or Jews who have not completed
naturalization as American citizen.
They are enrolling men a$ the office of
T. D. Humphreys in the Crawford
building between the hours of 9 a. m.
and 5 p. m.. and from 7 to 8 o'clock in
the evening.
Two Patriotic Meetings.
x Sunday the two men will deliver pa
triotic speeches at a big patriotic
meeting in the auditorium. This meet
ing will be-"held at 3 o'clock: in the af
ternoon and state guard officers na
well as the battalion band, will parti
cipate. Volunteer British enlistments will
be accepted until September 28. After
that date they will be subject to call
for service in the United States army
under the selective draft.
LEFT A TRACTOR TRAIL
Violator of Law Found Without Much
Effort on Part of Police.
Paul Herman was arrested late
Wednesday afternoon and booked at
the police station on a charge of driv
ing a tractor over the pavement with
out planking:. Herman turned upon
Kansas avenue from Curtis street in
North Topeka, so that he was not seen
by the patrolmen stationed around the
t'nl n Pacific depot, and crossed the
Melan bridge, turning off the avenue
onto West Crane street.
The path of the heavy machine can
be traced the entire distance along the
avenue by the marks made in the
pavement. These holes are about
half an inch deep and equally as wide,
according to the police. Herman was
released on $50 bond.
STEEL MEN STR.KE j
Claim Conditions at Steel ton Are Not
Same as at Bethlehem.
Harrijburg, Pa., Aug. 15. Three
hundred Steelton employes of the
Bethlehem Steel company are on
strike today because they claim con
ditions in certain mills are wot the
rime as those at the Bethlehem, plant
of the corporation.
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BUY MORE LAND?
Sfec'y Baker Discusses Plans to
Enlarge DisciplinaryBarracks.
Bill to Be Urged In Congress for
Purchase at Leavenworth
Leavenworth, Kan., Aug. 15. The
vocational training farm of the dis
ciplinary barracks connected with the
federal military fort here is to be en
larged by adding, to it land, on the
Missouri side of the river. On his re
cent visit here Secretary of War Bak
er stated that his presence a the fort
was Xor the purpose of discussing the
plans for The enlargement of the farm
and also to inspect the progress it has
made since it was planned a year ago.
Secretary Baker stated he hoped to
persuade congress to appropriate a
fund for the purchase of the addition
al land.
Pleased With Progress. . . .
."I am both pleased and astonished
with the progress that has been
made,' said the war secretary. "When
I was here a year ago I went over the
plans for the farm with Col. Rice and
I came tthis time to see how far he
had gotten alone with them."
Secretary Baker indicated that Fort
i-.eavenwartn is to continue an Im
portant stronghold, declaring It to be
one of the most beautiful and well
appointed army post in the entire
country, the military men "being espe
cially interested in the school at the
fort.
Those occupying the disciplinary
ic .i fs suiuier prisoners.
WITHOUT WARNING
Penlstone First Knew of Attack When
Torpedo Hit the Hull.
Nantucket, Aug. 15. The British
steamer Penistone, victim of a sub
marine attack one hundred miles east
of Nantucket, Sunday was sunk with
out warning, Benjamin Davies. exe
cutive officer of the ship reported on
arrival 'here today with other survi
vors. A torpedo fired at close range
hit the vessel amidship, killing the
fourth engineer and injuring four fire
men. The captain of the Penistone,
who returned to his ship Just before
she went down in the hone of obtain
ing his papers, was captured by the U
boat and kept aboard a prisoner of
war.
I HARDING REAPPOINTED
i
I AVHI Hold Third Term as Head of
Federal Keser-re Board.
Washington, Aug. 15. W. P. G.
Harding today was renamed governor
or the federal reserve board by Presi
.dent Wilson. The appointment is for
a period of one year ana is the third
successive term which Governor
Harding has held.
' Bafenber Is Captured.
Washington. Aug. 15. Robert Fay
who was convicted of placing bombs
bon ships carrying supplies and troops
to Europe and who escaped after be
ing sentenced to the penitentiary, has
been apprehended In Spain. Secretary
Lansing announced today that he is
being brought back to the United
States without extradition.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS
KATHERINE MARGARET FISK. ace 62.
died August 13 at the residence, 1110 Mon
roe street: T-e funeral will be held at 10
o'clock Friday morniug from the residence.
ttunai la TopeKa cemetery..
DONALD H. McHOBERTS. lee 7 months.
son of J. H. 'McHoberts. 919 Madison street.
died August 15. Funeral aanouncements
later.
Lord's Flowers Satisfy. Tel. 827.
Adv.
LOWER INTEREST RATE
Money for Marketing Crops Will Go
to Banks at 5 Per Cent.
Washington, Aug. 15. To aid fur
ther in financing crop movements, the
war finance corporation today re
duced from six to five per cent the
annual interest rate on short term
advances to banks to cover loans made
to farmers or merchants for market
ing wheat and other crops.
These advances to banks, limited
to four months, are made up to
sevehty-fivt per cent of the loans to
farmers. Notice of the reduced rate
was sent to federal reserve banks of
Richmond, Atlanta,. St. Louis, Minne
apolis, Kansas City, Dallas, and San
Francisco, which previously had been
requested to notify both member and
non-member banks to apply to the
war finance corporation for these
crop moving loans.
KANSAN COMMISSIONED
I- H. Reyburn of Leavenworth Is Now
Lieutenant in the Marin Corps.
Washington, Aug. 15. Ninety-one
enlisted rien o the marine corps re
ceived today commissions as second
lieutenants at the graduation exercises
at the narine corps officers' training
camp at Quantico, va,
Among them are: Clay R. Apple,
Tamalco, III.; Har. y H. Crouch. Lair-
renceville; - 111.; James H. Eason, Big
Springs, Tex.; M. P. Gross. Saginaw,
Tex.; J. W. House wrisht, Wylie, Tex.:
W. T. Howze, Comanche, Tex.: A. L.
Johnson, Spur. Tex.: T. McFarland
McLean. 111.; Howard Mayes, 881 Oak
street, Kansas City, Mo.; M. McA. Mc
Moss, Mt- Vernon, 111.; L. H. Reyburn,
Leavenworth, Kan.; J. A. Zimmerman,
Lincoln, Tex. -
FIXSILVER PRICE
i
Government Places It at $1.01 Per
Fine Ounce Export Controlled.
.
V-! shin K'nn. Aug. 15. The treasury
announced today that it had virtually
fixed the maximum price of Bilver at
$1.01 per fine ounce and that ex
port licenses for silver would be grant'
ed by the federal reserve board only
for essential ' ivil or military purposes
and on condition that the maximum
price was not exceeded by the pur
chaser.
Attempt on Chicago Bank.
Chicago, Aug. 15. The burglar
alarm of the federal reserve bank
here, went off early today, but detec
tives and police found no evidence
that the big safe had been tampered
with. Deputy Governor McCabe and
others bel'eve an attempt was made
to burglarize the bank out. that tne
yeggmen Were frightened away by
the ong. .
STATE JOURNAL
SOME MISCEtXAN-BOTJS QVES-
TIO.NS ASSWERED BY THF. IV
, FORMATION BUREAU IX
ONE DAY.
Why Interned Genaaa officers are paid by
tbe Cnlted Stalest
How hoaxSing law, affect the home ?
How to reaiater for war work ?
What la tho literal moanlaa of "earnoa-
flKlf
What la a -top aeraeaatT
How anany anbaoibera to aba second
Liberty Loaaf
How to eocore material for patriotic talks?
How to raise and eell rainea pics ?
Is the Rod Cross baying mice?
Where doea a baker apply for a lieenaof
How to address mail to aoidlera abroad f
How to address a man In tho KavyT
Who founded tbe X. W. W.T
How to "candle ogee?
Where la the lara-eat park la the world?
What la the difference between tho bo!-
aherilrJ and tbe maxlmallete?
Can a soldier's wife apply for his war rlak
insurance?
What rules areTera the aao of serrlee
flaga?
Are there any Turkish console fa the
United States today?
Why are Initod States soldiers forbidden
to accept foreign medals?
Is Slam taking any actiTo part in tbe war?
Who ia General Smuts?
What ia tho Gary plan?
Hat conacriptioa bora applied to Ireland?
Where to aecare a hand flour-mill?
What is the meaning of -Sinn FetaT
How to keep egge in home storage?
How much money baa tbe United fltatna
lent to Ruasia?
Mean for a wheatleao day?
How to take ink apote from white bnck-
akia ahoea?
How to copyright a
Mow many -united
- sunk by U-boat a?
How to make rice bread?
How to apply for a federal Tram loot
How to pollah braeo-work? t
How Is the German retohstaar elected?
Who ia eiigiblo for admlssjoay to next
Officers' Training Camps?
Wat ia the oldest member of Congreaa?
Rules for flying the American flag?
N amber of men killed in the war?
Bills passed by tbe first session of the
War Congreaa?
YANKS IN SIBERIA!
Regiment Arrived Today at
. Port of Vladivostok.
Additional Regiments Will Go
There Soon.
Washington, Aug. 15. American
troops today begau to disembark at
Vladivostok and Immediately will join
the International force . to aid the
Czecho-Slovaks' army In its campaign
in Siberia. '
The Americans compose the Twenty-seventh
regular infantry regiment
from Manila and will be followed ly
another regiment from the Philip
pines and additional troop- from the
.ited States.
The Twenty-seventh regiment has
not been recruited to war strength and
the exact number of men Is not defi
nitely known here, but is estimated
at from 1,200 to 1,500. Col. Henry D.
Styer commands the Twenty-seventh
regiment. The entire American force
will be under Major General Graves,
who has been commanding a regular
army division in Camp Kearney, CaL
SIGNAL CLASS GROWS
Eldon Covert Made Yeoman of New i
Y. M. C. A. Activity. j
Eldon Covert has been appointed !
yeoman of the boys class which is
receiving instruction in the art of sig
nalling, under J. B. O'Meara, TJ. S. N.
Ten more boys were taken Into the
class at the Y. M. C. A. this morning,
making a total of thirty-five members.
O'Meara predicts that he will have a
full class of fifty boys by the last of
the week, and urges those who wish to
enroll to do so at once, while, there is
an opportunity. The boys will drill on
the state house grounds Saturday
morning. They will be advanced ,as
soon as they become proficient In
transmitting and receiving code mes
sages. RUNISH LICHNOWSKY
German Prince Who Told Truth Im
pelled From Prussian Diet.
Amsterdam, Aug. 15. The action of ;
tne Prussian upper nouse in unseating
Prince Lichnowsky, former , German
ambassador to Great Britain, received
royal assent, according to advices re
ceived here today.
Prince Lichnowsky wrote a pamph
let in which he demonstrated that his
own country and not the allies forced
the war upon the world.
ITALIAN SARE ACTIVE
Fighting; Is Reported .off Various Sec
tors of Front.
Rome, Aug. 1 5. Continued activity !
in various sectors of the Italian front .
was reported today by the war office.
Lea! Mention.
Safety razor Cades sharpened bet
ter than new. SBtv 35b do. Brunt-Martin.
Adv. .
eong?
states
112 Army Casualties.
Washington, Aug. 15. The army
casualty list today shows:
Killed in
ac"on-- 11 wunaea severely, as; w
Ull 1U,
KILLED IN ACTION. -
Lieut. Geo. T. Kogers, Brookavllle. Pa.
('oru. John W. Cordes. Indiana. 1'a.
Pvt. Wilbur J. Anderson, Millpratown,
fa.
Pvt. tieo. 'llaumler, MillTale, Pa.
Pvt. Hurney Blakensulp, Pauls Valley, Ok.
Pvt. George H. Briggs, Tyrone. Pa.
Pvt. Thomas Brown. Runimerfield, Pa.
Pvt. Harry Dunn. Dutina Station, Pa.
Pvt. John C. tirainptorff, Everftt, Muss.
Pvt. Lawrence J. Grltiu, Lalrobr. Pa.
Pvt; Floyd T. Hickman. Maycostnug. I'a.
Pvt. Fred W. Marshall. Time. I'a.
Pvt. Edward C. Moffitt, Pittabursh.
Pvt. Walter B. Morris. "tVaanlnKfou,
i'a.
Pvt. Wm. C. BuDert. Sallna
i'a.
Pvt. Arthur A. Vidal. Chlcaco.
Pvt. Albert Yaozmiskv. New London, Conn.
WOL'NDKD SEVEKKLY.
Lieut. Henry A isenaer, ieniar. lowa.
Sergt. Lonio J. Markham. Tuacnhoina, Okla.
Lieut. Henry A. Bonder, Lemara. Iowa
MARRIAGE LICENSES
On- marriage livn.- was issued today
In the probate court to i wearing tne nam unaer aeia.ii irora
Joe Stailler, Topeka 2T ! Uncle Sara and helping to make the
Marie Leinacker, Toiieka 20.;worid safe for all of us.
Wedding rings. Ift-K gold, 14 up.
Harris-Goar Co.. 1!2- E. 6th. Adv.
One Killed, Four Wounded.
Nantucket. Aug. 15. The killing of
the engineer and the wounding of four
firemen on the British steamer Peni
stone. sent down by a German subma
rine in New England waters Sunday,
was reported today by nine survivors
of the vessel who were brought here
by a tug. The tug picked up two of
ficers and seven men and other ves
sels landed 2 of the crew at Cape Cod
points earlier in the day. The men
were not permitted to discuss the at
tack on the Penistone until they had
been questioned by naval authorities.
Clarence Martin Not Guilty.
Austin. Tex., Aug. 15 Clarence
Martin. Austin attorney, was adjudged
not guilty of charges of conspiracy to
defraud, by a Jury in federal court
here today. Martin's trial extended
thruout the past week. The Jury re
mained out since yesterday afternoon.
- Mrs. L. P. Morton Dead.
Poughkeepsle, N. Y.. Aug. 15. Mrs.
Levi P. Morton, widow of the former
vice president of the United States, is
dead here today, having succumbed
after a month's illness of valvular
heart disease. ,
CIGAR LASTS 50 YEARS
Freeport, IH., Aug. 15. Fifty
years ago Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B.
J. Dufour were married. Dufour
lighted and partly smoked a cigar
then. He finished it recently when
they -celebrated their golden anni
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WAR AMENDMENTS
People or Kansas Have Important
Vote in riectlon This Fall.
; "You are suporting the two war
amendments, of course?"
: "What war amendments?"
"Why, the amendment to American
ize the ballot in Kansas, and . the
amendment to make our state schools,
which are really great war plants,
more efficient by putting them on a
permanent basis and separating their
funds from other state funds in the
'. fame way that the other school funds
are kept seeparate ana scarea to eau-
mlmn
"You bet, I'm for them both.'
That is the way everybody talks
when he understands tne purpose oi
the two amendments to the State Con
stitution that are to be voted on No
vember 5.
The State Council of Defense re
gards the permanent income amend
ment as of so much importance that
it has appointed a committee on edu
cational efficiency to bring it to the at
tention of voters bo that no one may
inadvertently fail to vote for It
thru lack of understanding.
"The war has placed a new bur
den on ou: schools." declared Ed. T.
, . , - . , .
' Hackney of Wellington, chairman of
L11C IIHIU'lllKV. nit iiaiiiiii
Lspecialists for this highly technical
war. Their shops, laboratories ana
classrooms nave """'""
"These institutions must be made
must have a permanent Income."
The difference between the old
grab-bag method and the new is that
the legislature will determine the
fixed and regular needs of the state
educational institutions and establish
a. levy to meet these needs and mat
levy will continue until the need
changes.
The legislature can change the
levy at any time.
Leading business men have urged
for years that the schools are big
business institutions and that the best
business methods should be used In
supporting them.
Members of the legislature have
long appreciated the wastefulness of
the old plan.
The presiding officers of the two
houses, W. Y. Morgan, lieutenant gov
ernor, and A. M. Keene, speaker of
the house, say: "We are convinced
that , the permanent Income amend
ment would greatly expedite ths work
of future legislatures and allow them
to provide for. the schools more ef
fectively and efficiently."
The official state war body adopted
a resolution. July 11, 1918. In which
It says; "The council of defense fully
endorses both of the amendments and
asks the people of Kansas to vote for
the mas war measures."
Under the new plan the people will
know what they are raising money for
and the funds used for . .:penses of the
state can be more easily scrutinized.
The schools will be able to save
money, on salaries, on maintenance,
and on construction work, since they
can plan for years ahead along lines
of g.-eatest economy and efneiency.
- The state will thus enable its busi
ness manager to get the best results
by giving him the same conditions for
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supply data necessarily incomplete in cases which de
mand the personal services of a physician or a lawyer.
THINK IT OVER '
The purpose of this announcement is to urge that you
consder' the possibilities of this Information ser
vice in relation to your own needs and problems. The
service can be of great value to you. Just how valuable '
it will be depends on yourself, and how freely you make
use of it.
Bear it in mind from day to day. It is established to
give you the benefit of the great work of the federal
government in research and investigation, to supply
an additional means for keeping you in touch with
great national movements at a great moment in history. '
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Journal Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Direc
tor, Washington, D. C. Enclose a 3-cent stamp with
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bulletins, etc.. announced for free distribution require
pnly a 2-cent stamp. y
ager of a great concern should have.
The amendment will take the- state
institutions out of politics.
It will make higher education in the
future safe for Kansas children now
in the elementary and secondary
schools.-
It will prevent selfish interests of
one kind and another from seeking to
use money which ought to go to the
schools. - - :
it will, by introducing permanence
into school affairs, tend to keep strong
men from leaving Kansas for posi
tions in institutions having more per
manence. - -'
It wi relieve the legislature from
the impossible task of trying to mas
ter, in a few days, the intricacies of
large appropriation bills
It will put Kansas alongside of the
other sixteen states which have adopt-
the fjxed llmjte1 lncome method
Negro Aged 147 Years?
- New York. Aug. 15. William
Masios. a negro, who said he was 1T
years old, was dead in Beileview hoa- ,
pital today of pneumonia. '
. .... New Jjoan to France. -
Washington, Aug. 15. France to
day was given a loan of $200,000,000
by the treasury, bringing the total ,
credits to France to $2,065,000,000. i
Xrw "York stark Market.
Wall St., New York, Aue. IS. STOCKS
Trading in tnclav'a dull stork market was
uiiuaiuilly restricted, half a doaen- speculative-
laaues contributing about two-thirds
to the nominal turnover. Sales approxi
mated :00.0u0 aha res.
Marines' and Leathers monopolized tne
final bonr'a light opemtlons at materially
higher levela. The closing was steady.
Final prices on liberty bonds were: SUt'm
innni firmt Minv,rtlhl 4a f4 14 rond 4
I m.S2. ' first convertible 4ti's M 20. second
. convertible 4Vs 83-. third 414 s 95 52.
Chleaco Grain ens Provialna Markets
Chicago. Aug. 15. COKN Close: August.
f.m; September, (1.02; October, $1.633
oats Anguat. osc; sepiemoer, wtci
' October. 7iH4c
PORK Sept., 44.(: Oct.. S14.30.
LARD Rppt.. 20.S2: October. $2C.7Z
K1BS Sept.. $24.70; Oct.. 2i.8S.
New Yerk Cotton Market.
New York, -Aug. 15. COTTON Spot,
quiet; middling, 33.35.
HOW IS YOUR BABY?
In a recently completed survey,
in deitb rate of Infants in one
section of an American city was
271 to tb 1,000, while In another
I, was only fifty yet that city
owe the same duty to one . baby
as another.
Tha average deaths in one city
are 134. In another they are
oniY e!,'hty-four. '
single ward In a certain ' city
has bee . ab.x to reduce Its Infant
-irtality to thirty-nine deaths to
'hs thousand birth. Most of the
conditions respons'ble for this low
death rate could he reproduced in
.tnei ward If the parents took
thf same trouble and knew what
c co.
Th'j .State Journal will place !n
'he hsi.ris of an; reader the litera
ture o thu United States Public
Health service on the care of the
oe by.
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close a 3-cen stamp, and address
The Topeka 8tate Journal Infor
mation Bureau. Frederic J. Has
fin. director. Washington. D. C