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KANSAS GIRLS TO
RUN TRACTORS ON
FARMS OF STATE
Several Thousand Will Organ
ize Monster "Gas Brigade."
All Who Have Driven "Father's
Car" Will Have Chance to Join.
SPECIAL COURSES INSTRUGTI
Training Schools to Be Estab
lished All Over the State.
Tractioniers, as They Will Be
Called, Organize in Salina.
Several thousand Kansas girls are
behind a movement for the organiza
tion of a monster tractor brigade in
this state, according to a telegram re
ceived today by Governor Capper.
The movement had its origin in Sa
lina and is headed by prominent so
ciety girls and young women anxious
to, aid in relieving the labor shortage
and contributing to the campaign for
maximum crop production.
According to the telegram which
was sent to the governor, several
thousand girls have already enrolled
as tractioniers. They will take special
courses of study and schools for the
education of the female tractor opera
tors will be opened in several towns in
the state. The movement will enlist
girls from the towns and cities as well
as from the rural districts.
Many "society girls, who are trained
in motor operation, will volunteer for
service on the farms and in the han
dling of the big trucks and motors, ac
cording to reports. Mtss Fay Fitzpat
rick is president of the organization
and Miss Helen Litowich is secretary.
Both are prominent in Sauna social
circles. They signed a telegram which
reached the governor's office this
morning and asked for recognition
and approval of the movement. The
governor will address a letter to the
young women late this afternoon.
As In France.
"What the brave women of France
and England can do, we can do," said
the telegram.
Training of the young women has
already Degun, the telegram states. , .,..- of Rv
Schools of instruction are to be estab- OI tne aefenses of Baku.
llshed at once and young women in;. nnr n l nr iaii-r-ii rtr-aii
many sections of the state especially ; LOST RACE-WITH DEATH
In towns in the western wheat belt "nwl-
nave enrolled for service. The pur
pose of the movement, the Salina
young women stated, is "to handle
crops and help Increase production of
tne nation s rood supply."
DAICT D rnrnin f-a nrr '
ilAlOt hLtU I till FARES '
Two Intcrnrhan TJnra In Ka-c. r.i..n
Permission for Increase.
Because of the increased cost of
equipment and operation, the public
utilities commission today granted in
creased passenger and freight rates
to two interurban companies operat
ing in this state. Companies affected
by the new order are the Kansas City,
Kaw Valley & WTestern operating be
tween Kansas City and Lawrence
and the Joplin-Pittsburg line.
In both cases the state commission
approved general passenger rates of
two and a half cents a mile. Ten per
cent increases in freight rates were
also approved. A supplemental order
by the commission, however, provides
that commutation rates of one and
one-half cents a mile shall be granted
as well as p.iecial rates to school child
ren travelling to and from school.
, The action by the commission today
establishes the recognition by the
commission of a mile rate basis for
electric fares in Kansas. For more
than a year the interurban companies
have waged a fight to win mile rates
Instead of zone rates between stations
in this state. The order will become
effective as soon as the new rates are
published.
FARM TO RED CROSS
Kansas Farmer Gives TJse of Land
and Provides Its Cultivation.
Newton, Kan., Aug. 15. A novel
offer to the Red Cross has been made
by C. I. Rose, a farmer living near
Hesston. a email town eight miles
northwest of here. He offers the use
of 15 acres of ground, the entire pro
fits of the plat to go to the Hesston
chapter of the Red Cross. But Mr.
Rose specifies certain conditions under '
which it is to be farmed, as follows: !
Wheat is to be planted and the plow-
Ing, drilling, harvesting and thresh
ing of the crop must he done free of
charge; all seed wheat, binder twine
and other necessary supplies "and ex
pense must be donated. The offer was
accepted.
FOR SPECIAL TRAINING
Eight Shawnee County Men in Volun
tary Induction Today.
EigM mn left Topeka today' In
response t' a voluntary induction call
issued by the Shawnee county draft
board to take special training at
Kansas university in Lawrence. Walter
J. Griffith, route 27. and Leroy Brown,
route 28, left Wednesday for Wash
ington university at St. Louis, where
they will ake similiar training. The
men who left today are:
Hanson Harold Haney. 30i Winfield.
Hehert R. Green, Willnrd.
KMHn R. Cbnbb. route 1.
TVIIlinm R. West, mute 3.
Hamlfl Lee Rude, North Topeka.
Ilalph M. Davidson. 2'2-'i Illinois.
Jnmes I. Clayton. 306 Cheater.
l,riT)plot A. Jumlnnn. Fofsv!lle.
In a Cup of
POSTUM
NoWaste-No Worry
Less Sugar- No
Coffee Troubles
Delicious Flavor.
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HOW TO PRONOUNCE
NAMES OF PLACES
ON BATTLEFRONT
Albert. . . AhlA-b;!r
Ancre Ank r
Arvillers. Ar-vll-lair
Avesnes Ah-vain
Assainvillers. As-sain-vil-lalr
Bourn, Boor
Bray Bray
Brie Bree
Bouchoir Boo-shwah
Bucquoy Bu-kwah
Caix Cay
Chaulnes Shone
Chipilly Shee-pee
Combles Combl
Corbie. Cor-bee
Cornet-Malo Cor-nay-mah-lo
Doual Dou-ai
Doullens. .- Doo-long
FIsmette '- Fee-met
Freanoy-en-Chaussee
.ray-nwan-on-snow-say
Harbonnieres Ar-bon-nee-air
Le Fretoy Luh Fret-twah
Lens Lons
Le Quesnel. .
Le Tronquoy. ,
Luce
Lucon. . .
Mailly
Luh Kes-ne
. . .Luh Tron-Kwah
Luce
, Lu-son
........... May-ye
. . Mair-veel
Merville. . J
Mezieres May-se-air
Montdidier Mong-dee-de-ay
Moreuil. '. . Mo-ruh-yee
Morlancourt Mor-long-koor
Nesle Nail
Pacaut Pah-co
Peronne Pay-ronn
Plessier. Pless-see-ay
Proyart. Prwah-yar
Rozainvillers. Ro-zain-vil-lair
Rosiere Rozee-air
St. PoU Sang-pol
Thory .. . .Tbre-ee
Villers-aux-Erables
' Vll-lair-zo-iay-rahbl
Villers-Bretonneux
Vil-lair-bry -ton-nun
In many of the above names it is,
of course, . impossible to transpose
French sounds exactly Into English
sounds; so the English equivalents are
merely the nearest approximations.
BRITISH AflAKU
English Forces Arrive
Jforthwest Persia.
From
Will Take Over Part of Defense
on Caspian.
London, Aug. 15. A British force
from northwestern Fers! has reached
the Caspian sea and aken over
part
Kansas Millionaire Tried to Take Boy j
to See Grandparents.
Chicago, Aug. 15. John- F. Mc-
Can,lliss. millionaire oil magnate of
Independence and Chanute, Kan., lost
one of the most remarkable races witli
death on record at Geneva,. a suburb,
when his 15-year-old son, Charles
Agnew, died in his mother's arms in
the family automobile late Wednesday.
Stricken with a fatal heart ailment
while n a vacation in Minnesota, the
boy was told by specialists at the
Mayo hospital that he might live only
a short time. He expressed a desire
to visit his grandparents in Petersville,
Fa., before he died. Fearing the ex
citement of a trip by rail McCandlirs
decided to make tne long trip by auto-
mooue. i
All went well until Geneva was
reached when the boy gasped, "I
think I'm going," fell into his mother's
arms and died.
LESS WHEATJN CANADA
Crop Estimated at Million Bushels
Below Last Year's Production.
Ottawa, Aug. 15. Canada's wheat
crop this year is 232,800.000 bushels,
or 1,147,850 bushels less than last
year's crop, according to a report of
the dominion bureau of statistics com
piled from returns of crop. Oats are
expected to yield 418,000,000 bushels,
an increase Of 13,000,000 over last
year.
FIRE IN OIL FIELD
Bis Leases Are Threatened With Bad
Conflagration.
Wichita, Aug. 15. Fire In the
Towanda oil field this afternoon has
destroyed derricks and tanks of the
Revert Oil company on the School
bouse lease valued at $15,000 and
threatens to sweep over leases owned
by the Empire Gas & Fuel company.
Fire departments from Towanda and
Eldorado are on the scene.
STEP UP, HARRY BEAGHAM
A Medal Awarded by British Govern
ment Is Waiting for You.
Washington, Aug. 15. Step tip,
Harry Beacham, seaman and, get
your medal. The British government
awarded a silver medal for your part
in. saving the crew of the British
schooner Busybee.
The department of commerce Is
holding your decoration and trying
hard to find you. All the depart
ment knows is that you were born in
Maryland either at Baltimore or at
Grantville.
Three Men Drowned.
Washington, Aug. 15. Three men
were drowned from the, U. S. S.
Supply on August 11. the navy depart
ment announced today.
GEE, HOW YANKS
HATE THAT WORD
"SAMMIES" THERE
Washington, Aug. 15. If there is
one thing that the American soldier
dislikes in France, It is to be called
"tiammy.M Nobody seems to know
how that term started, but on seeing
the strong, virile men from over here,
the British rejected it at once, and
they call the American, troops
' Tanks.
The statement In -some of the papers
that it was originated by the French
is absolutely not so, because all the
French want to have it explained why
it is those big, strong men are called
Sammies.
Nobody in France wants to be called
by that name, and nobody here ought
to call them "Sammies."
THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL
DOUBLE ITS QUOTA
Kansas Enrolls More Than Call
for 3furse Reserve.
Returns to Topeka Indicate
Sweeping Victory for Women.
FROM SHAWNEE COUNTY, 82
This Is Twice Number Assigned
for Recruiting Here.
Excellent Work by Mrs.' Mul
vane, Mrs. Thomas, Miss Corbet
While the enrollment of girls and
women for the student nurse reserve
is being continued over the state, the
intensive campaign for volunteers la
closed. Returns are arriving at the
headquarters of the woman's commit
tee, council of defense, from the coun
ties over the state. The reports show
that the state has about doubled its
quota of volunteers. The quota for
the state was 2,700.
Shawnee county, to date, has eighty
two enrollments, which more than
doubles its quota. Miss M'Edna Cor
bet is chairman for this county, and
her township and precinct 1 workers
have visited practically every home in
Shawnee county in the interests of the
recruiting work. The registration has
been in charge of Mrs. Charles Brooks
Thomas, the committee's department
chairman for the maintenance of ex
isting social agencies.
Sedgwick county sends in a report
of eighty-two enrollments, which is
about twice Its quota. Mrs. Henry
Ware Allen is chairman for that coun
ty. Mrs. Carl Friend of Lawrence,
chairman of .Douglas county, reports
100 enrollments in her county. This
is about three times the quota.
Shortage In Blanks.
On account of a shortage In appli
cation blanks in the state, the enroll
ment cards will be sent to Washing
ton, and blanks mailed from there to
the applicants. Headquarters today
ent to Washington 100 application
blanks all properly filled out, with
physician's certificate, dentist's certif
icate, and certified notice of the ap
plicants educational qualifications.
Volunteers who are accepted from
those applications will probably be
placed in training schools at an early
date.
The committee has the most effi
cient organization in its central office
in Topeka, with Mrs. D. W. Mulvane
as state chairman, and county units
with their chairmen and subordinate
organizations, of any society of wo
men in the state. Thru the machinery
f the woman's committee, every cam-
:tign ordered by the government to
be carried on by the committee is car.
l ied to the remotest parts of the state.
The organization works all the year
thru, without any warm weather va
cation, and the result of the present
campaign for student nurses is evi
dence of its efficiency, as well as of
the enthusiasm for service that the
young women of Kansas have shown
in response to the call for a student
nurse reserve.
CELEBRATE FOR BOYS
Mothers, Wives and Sweethearts of
Ro.--dnlo Yanks Give Fete.
. f '
Rosedale, Kan.. Aug. 15. Mothers
v ivos and sweethearts and relatives
of the Rosedale boys in the Kansas
mmumuon train now on the firmer
line in France will give a fete in Rose-
nle the night of August 19 to rele-
brnte the work of the boys.
Ine city council has given the wo-
men permission to use one block of
Westport avenue, which will be fenced
off for the occasion. The program for
tne evening consists of dancing, mu
sic, speaking and "concessions." A
review of the work of the members of
the train will be a feature. The pro
ceeds will be sent to the ammunition
train.
J.WO Companies Of the train r
hoysP.aleXrther
300 to the color, ts V..i..iil ..I
be mulor thJ TLh Jlvltle "'
auTU arv ftheWOmen s
y
HUN PRINCE RELEASED
Cousin of Kaiser Cnder Interdiction
Since August of Last Year.
Amsterdam. Auer. IS. Th o-.,.
dianship under which Prince Frieder
ich Leopold of Prussia was placed last
June has been rescinded, according to
the Zeitung Am Mittag of Berlin.
Prince Friedcrich Lennold nf Tto-u.-
sia is the youngest son of Frieaerlch
Leopold, first cousin of the emperor
of Germany. Last Aliens ha
placed under interdiction by Count
von Kulenburg, minister to the royal
house, and was charged with extrava
gance. This action brought about a
controversy In court circles which
ended in June, when Emperor Wil
liam approved the action nf rm.nt
Kulenburg.
OKLAHOMA CROPS SUFFERING.
High Temperatures Have Caused Sc.
ere Damage Thruout State.
Oklahoma City, 6k.. Aug. 15. With
maximum temperature ranging from
105 to 110 degrees the last fiv rlav
and no precipitation of consequence.
vyiMc.iit.rua crops are still suffering
from drouth, accordine to th rennrt
weather and cron condition for- th
week ending Tuesday, August 6, gotten 1
' oy ino weatner bureau. United
States department of agricalture. The
injurious effects of heat and the lack
of moisture were intensified during
the week by clear skies and drying
winds.
Conditions are reported to be the.
worst ever known in Jefferson, Cotton,
Comanche, Tillman, Jackson and
Harmon counties, the report states.
Except over relatively small areas, fa
vored by small showers, spring crops
are practically an entire failure in
these counties, with the exception of
cotton .and it is in a critical condition.
Cotton was greatly damaged in oth
er sections of the state during the week
covered by the report. It made prac
tically no growth, is shedding badly
and is beginning to burn on the up
lands. Corn, over all the state has been
injured beyond recovery. There is very
little stand that promises to make
half a crop and most of the acreage
is a complete failure. x
Peaches, the report concluded have
been much damaged, both in yield and
in quality by the drouth and many re
ports are being received daily of fruit
'trees dying entirely. .
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS
Speed the Tiny.
Sometime, for poor consumers.
nere win dc news iui tnwnug,
And that's wben some one has removed
The profit from profiteering!
Clr-Ctngle.
Dance tonight Kellam Hall. Adv.
The members of the different girls'
clubs of the T. W. C. A. will have a
swimming contest about the first of
September. ' .
Miss Irene Taylor. emergency
county home demonstration agent, is
attending the state home demonstra
tion meeting in Manhattan this week.
The Woman's Home Missionary so
ciety of the Euclid Avenue M. E.
church will meet Friday afternoon
with Mrs. Anna Givens, 1357 Garfield
avenue.
The nlavlet "Sleeping Beauty," which
was to have been given at Chesney
nark Wednesday night, has been post'
poned until Friday night on account
of the rain.
A county grange meeting was held
today at Muddy Creek, ana an aa
dress was made on "War Discoveries"
by I. D. Graham, chairman of the
Shawnee county draft board.
Miss Laura Gates will take the place
of Miss Ruth Tomllnson as swimming
assistant at the Y. W. C. A. Miss
Gates will assist Miss Laura Ramsey
until the opening of Washburn college.
The Moose lodge will &:ve an enter
tainment next Monday night at the
hall. A program will be given. Mis"
Minnie Howard, daughter of Dr. and !
Mrs. C. C. Howard, will g've several
musical numbers. j
A cablegram received Tuesday by
Mrs. F. J. Ernest tells of the safe ar
rival in France of her husband. Dr.
F. J. Ernest, captain of an ambulance
company in the Kighty-eighth divi
sion. Captain Ernest was f:rst station
ed at Fort Riley and later transferred
! to Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Clayton D. Moore, who has been
with the McCord-Kistler Grocery
company for the last two years, has
resigned to accept a position with a
St. Louis firm, making his headquar
ters at present at San' Antonio, Texas.
Moore was with the Loose-Wiles Bis
cuit company fifteen years before en
tering the employ of McCord-Kistler.
Mrs. Moore, Clayton, jr., Frances and
Helen Miore will, remain in Topeka
during the coming winter.
R. J. Catlett, of the thresher com-
hmittee of the Shawnee county food ad
ministration, has been investigating
reports of farmers whose machines
have been doing poor work. If the
reports are found to be correct, the
owners of the machines will have to
repair them, or they will be stopped
from operating.
Charles F. Bridge, of 1320 Buchan
an street, has received wo.-d of the
death of his nepl.ew, Charles Bridge
Hart, who was killed in action in
France July 24. I was in Company
G, Thirtieth infai.try. Young Hart
was the son of S. S. Hart, of Grant
county, a brother of Mrs. Lridge. The
young man was the namesake of
Charles F. Bridge.
In the playground tournament at
Chesney park Wednesday, the city
championship was won by the Ches
ney girls' volley ball team. In a con
test with Polk, the scores stood 15-14,
14-15 and 15-13. The boys' volley
ball team of Westlawn defeated the
Quincy boys, taking the city cham
pionship. Their scores vere 15-12
nd 15-14. Virginia Smith, of the
1 Chesney courts, defeated Vivien Simms
j f th.f WaSni,nfto1n. cou"s 'n the ten-
jnis finals. Virginia Smith won the
; championship of the unlimited class
""" s7irl by scores of 5-7, 6-2, -3.
A meeting of the executive commit
; tee of the Shawnee mimiv fai-m
I bureau was held Wednesday .rtnn.,
in the farm 4 hnr.gi, ifri.A .
the court house A successor
; to A. D Folker, who has re-
i signed from the office of county farm
apent, was discussed. No decision on
his successor was reached, but another
meeting is to be held ext Saturday
afternoon. H. Uberger, of Manhattan,
county agent leader for Kansas, will
be present. The committee hopes to
be able to name the successful candi-
t farm ft crpnt at that murine
Perry Brush and Wade ' Summers,
i Dotn elsnteen years or age. will start
August 19 for Mare Island navy yards,
San Francisco. They have enlisted!
nnc.ori thelf - ...... . I
and received their parents' consent for
service. . They signed up for work as
electricians and will take a course of
training. Brush is the son of Perry
Brush, traffic policeman, and Sum
mers is the son of Raymond Sum
mers, of the Santa Fe yard force, and
a grandson of Frank Summers, a vet
eran of the Topeka police force.
Brush has been employed by the Bell
Telephone since he left high school.
WANTS HER ALIMONY
Mrs. Coberly Says Colorado Court
Granted Divorce and Money.
Lillian Myrtle Coberly today filed a
petition in the office of the Shawnee
county district court asking a judg
ment of $600 against Albert Jacob Co
berly. Mrs. Coberly says she got a di
vorce from the defendant June 2.
1915, in .Pueblo county, Colorado, and
that the court there decreed that ro-
beriy pay her $600 and 120 a month
alimony. A demand made upon him
for the money was refused, she says.
una now sne wants tne IBUO with in
terest at the rate of 6 per cent from
January , together with the ac
crued alimony of $20 a month.
MILK PRICE GOES UP
Retailers In Kansas City Are Now
Charging 14 Cents a. Quart.
Kansas City, Mo.. Aug. 15. Milk
handled by retail dealers here was ad
vanced today to 14 cents per quart, an
advance of 1 cent. Cream has gone to
164 cents a pint for grade A and 14
cents for grade C.
Curtailment of the milk supply be
cause of a shortage of grass from hot
weather, and scarcity of feed for cows
is blamed for the increase by dairy
men. It is said the prices now paid
are equivalent to winter prices.
MAN, 70, MARRIES
GIRL OF 15 AFTER
REAL CAMOUFLAGE
Fort Sn-ith, Ark., Aug. 15. Dying
his gray mustache black in an effort
to camouflage his 70 years, J. M.
Grigsby, a Scott countyf armer, today
obtained a marriage license and wed
ded Margaret Banks, aged 15. The
girl carried a note from her step-
mother giving consent to the wedding.
THURSDAY EVENING.
MARNE THE TURN
The Americans Gave Decisive
Punch at Jaulgonne.
Henceforth ' Germans Mast
Fight on Defensiye.
BY J. W. T. MASON.
New Tork, Aug. 15. One month
ago today, Germany lost the war on
field of battle when the Americans
broke the center of Von Hindenburg's
fifth offensive nd drove the kaiser's
troops back across the Marne. at
Jaulgonne.
This initial use of American man
power on an extensive scale, com'
pelled Von Hindenburg's first retire
ment since he started his bloody cam
paign to wn the war with a decisive
victory, along the west front. It was
not until three days after the success
ful American counter blow that Mar
shal Foch ordered a general attack
along the Marne salient. The inter
val was used to determine whether
Von Hindenburg could recover from
the stunning effect of his failure to
establish his line south of the Marne
along the American front.
Initiative I led Passed;
He tried feebly to do so, but his
strategy had been too seriously inter
rupted by Pershing's men. As soon
as this fact was demonstrated Marshal
Foch realized the initiative had passed
into his own hands. The Americans
put it there and the Americans will
keep it there. This is why Germany
lost the war at Jaulgonne.
Henceforth von Hindenburg must
fight on the defensive. His conquer
ing cause can no longer inspire him
with hopes of victory this year, or any
other year. The kaiser is no longer
conqueror. One month ago today the
kaiser started moving his army "back
ward toward Germany, under the un
yielding pressure of America's military
prowess. There will be no perma
nent interruption c that process.
The allies' successes north of the
Marne ai.l in Picardy are the direct
results of America's victories a month
ago at Jaulgonne.
FLOCT TO CZECHS
Russian Fejtsants Have Just
Heard of Allied Success.
Eastern Front May Be Ee-es-tablished
West of Moscow.
Washington, Aug. 1 5. Russian
peasants are reported in advices reach
ing the state department today to be
flocking to the standard of the Czecho
slovaks operating In force about MO
miles east of Moscow. In this con
nection particular significance is at
tached here to the report that the so
viet troops have begun the- evacua
tion of Moscow,, opening the way for
the Czecho-Slovak and allied troops
aiding loyal Russians to re-establish
the eastern front on a line much far
ther west than was believed possible.
With the soviet government otisted
from Mogcow, the Czecho-Slovaks are
immediately put in control of the rail
road lines from Siberia to Moscow
and from Archangel to Moscow. The
peasants reinforcing this army are
just learning the -truth about the as
sidiously spread German report that
tne allies had been beaten on the west
front as Russia had fallen in the east.
Have Heard of Allied Landings.
The great mass of Russians the
government here is informed also, are
just learning of the landing of allied
troops on the Murmon coast and at
Vladivostok and of the recent victories
of the allies in France. As these
facts become known there is a revival
of the anti-German spirit among the
Russians and according to reports
reaching Washington, they are flock
ing to the ranks of the Czecho-Slovaks
in large numbers.
Prof. T. G. Masaryk, the commander
In chief of the Czecho-Slovak forces.
who is in Washington, is of the
opinion that the retirement of the
Soviets from Moscow may have been
compelled by refusal of Lettish troops
to operate against the Czech-Slovaks.
It is understood that an army of Letts
commanded by German officers was
sent to oppose the Czechs.
MYSTERIOUS SIGNALING
Cottage Sent Ont Messages to Some
Unknown Boat at Sea.
Newport News, Va.. Aug. 15. Gov
ernment authorities today are inves
tigating alleged signalling to sea from
a cottage at Virginia Beach.
A spectacular raidmade by justice
department agents and naval intelli
gence officers last night is said to
have developed the presence in the
cottage of several men attached to
the government radio station and
rifle range at Virginia beach and three
young women understood to be em
p lores, of the ordnance department at
Washington.
Laid Trap for Those in Cottage.
Last night a boat from the coast
guard station was sent out to sea in
charge of Captain Barnes of the Vir
ginia beach station. Aboard it were
a government agent and an expert
radio man. On shore other government
agents surrounded the cottage.
The signal man stated he had
read several code flashes sent from the
upper story of the cottage and that
following these flashes there had been
an answering signal flashed by a blue
light from some boat which could
not b seen.
Miss A. L. Pratt, a registered nurse,
who is proprietor of the cottage, de
clared she is a loyal British subject.
Among the others found in the
house and closely 'questioned by the
officers wre Mrs. Max J. Rohlder.
who has an office in Norfolk, and
William Sykes-
PLANE$ BOMB YANKS
No Infantry Activity Along Vesle
River Is Reported Today.
With the American Armies In
France. Aug. 15. More airplane
bombs than artillery shells have been
thrown in'-o the Vesle river sector by
the Germans during tne last 48 hours.
The Toche heavily bombed American
front lines and rear areas from great
fleets of airplanes. There was little
infantry activity. A few patrol en
counters occurred but no big opera
tion has been attempted since the
flghting quieted down. Artillery on
both sides of the front was active last
night. 4
AUGUST 15. 1918
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Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Stuart McElroy Jr.
These photos of Rev. Isaac Stuart McElroy Jr. and his bride, formerly
Miss Alice Wilson, were taken shortly after their marriagre at the Whits
House recently. Mrs. McElroy is the daughter of Joseph Wilson, the presi
dent's only brother. The McElroy wedding was the third in the White HousS
during the Wilson administration. Eleanor and Jessie, the presidents
daughters, were married there. Mrs. McElroy also was the fifteenth bride
of the White House. Rev. McElroy is pastor of the Presbyterian church
at White Suinhur Springs. Va.
PRESIDENT LOST
Huddleston Won Two to One
in Alabama. -
Wilson's Beqnest for His Defeat
Turned Down Hard.
Birmingham. Ala., Aug. 15. With
the exception of the first district con
test, which still was in doubt today,
all the present members of the Ala
bama delegation appear to have been
re-nominated in Tuesday's Democratic
primary. In the ninth district Rep
sentative Huddleston was re-nominated
by a vote double the combined
vote of his two opponents. President
Wilson, in a telegram published sev
eral days ago, declared that Mr. Hud
dleston's record "proved him in every
way an opponent of the administra
tion." Returns so far tabulated fail to
definitely decide the contest for the
gubernatorial nomination between
Thomas E. Kilby and W. W. Bran
don. Both claim the nomination.
Will Ratify Dry Amendment.
Prohibition leaders claim to have
nominated a majority of the legisla
tive candidates and assert that ratifi
cation of the national prohibition
amendment is assured.
The official count of the votes is be
ing made today.
Printers to Meet at Albany.
Scran ton. Pa., Aug. 15. Albany, N.
Y., will be the scene of the 1919 con
vention of the International Typo
graphical union, if a session is held
next year. Delegates today agreed to
a referendum submitted by the execu
tive council by which conventions are
suspended during the period of the
war.
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OF THE WHITE HOUSE
CASUALTIES LIGHT
Losses of Allies Less Than
Xumfoer of Prisoners Taken.
Picardy Drive Proves Inexpen
sive for Allies.
London, Aug. 15. The total casual
ties since the start of the Picardy
drive August 8, are less than the num
bcr of German prisoners, it was
learned this afternoon.
Field Marshal Haig today announc
er! the number of prisoners taken by
Hawiinson's and Debeney's armies, as :
30,544, but Humbert is reported to
have taken an additional 10,000. j
The latest count of prisoners on
Haig's front shows that 34,000 have (
been taken since August 8.
The excess of German losses over
those of the allies is greater than In
ii-evinns battle, it is reported and ,
the percentage of killed Is enormously j
greater. i
ANOTHER HUN KILLED !
Russian Terrorists Keep fp Campaign,
Against German Officials. j
Amsterdam. Aug. 1 5 . Henr von ;
Senbusch. German sheriff, in the dis- ;
triet of Wendon. Livonia, has been as- ;
sasslnated. according to m. Riga dis-.
patch received today. The murderer
is reported to have escaped. ,
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Starts today in all of our thirteen
Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri.
Dont buy a Piano until you read our full
page announcement 4 in tomorrow evening's
Journal.
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KAISERS CONSULT
Wflhelm and Karl Are Hold
ing Important Conference. .
ire Talking Over "Military and
Political Questions." 2
Amsterdam. Aug. 15- Emperor
Charles of Austria is at German main
headquarters, according to a telegram
to the Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin from
Karl Rosner, its war correspondent.
Emperor William and his advisers
have been holding an important con
ference at headquarters, the corre
spondent reports, and these delibera
tions, on political and military ques
tions, are "reaching their highest
point," with the coming of the Aus
trian emperor and his advisory staff.
Rosncr's Telegram.
Rosner's telegram, sent from Ger
man main headquarters, reads:
"For days past the headquarters
have been, the scene of important and
f tiltful deliberations by the kaiser
and his advisers on political and mlli'
tary questions. Wits the arrival of
Emperor Charles and his political an4
military advisers the deliberations ar
reaching their highest point.
"Accompanied by Count von WedeU
Admiral von Hintee (the German for
eign secretary) and his suite, the kai
ser received his august guest at the
station. After an exchange of greet
ings the emperors and their personal
retinues proceeded to the quarters of
Field Marshal von Hindenburg and
General Ludendorff to hear their re
port on the military situation."
NO HOTEL LOAFING
Work or Figlit Order Applies In Lob
.bics at Oklahoma City.'
Oklahoma City, Aug. IB. The
"work or fight" order has, reached
those who in the past have made a
practice of lounging in Oklahoma
City's hotel lobbies. Each person who
was known not to be a patron, but
who insisted on spending most of his
or her time in the lobby of a large
hotel here, was recently handed a
blue slip of paper on . which waa
printed the following:
"The hotel management respectful
ly advises that the lobby chairs are
for hotel patrons and their friends, or
those having business with them. Eo
not permit yourself to be embarrassed
by having a note handed to you re-
questing you to vacate."
"Other hostelries have since adopt
ed the "blue ticket."
Blotchy Skin
Many a time yoa have looked into
the mirror and wiabed that roar akin
would be like other people whom Ton
know, "without a blemish." Waa
D. D. the lotion of tnalinc oils, sref
roar plmplei or blotches tonifht and
wake up in the moraine to find them
ponW A SjC bottle will give yon rrliefc
Why don't Ton try D. D. D. today?
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