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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL "THURSDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 17, 1918
An Independent Newspaper -BY
FRANK P. MAC LKN K AN
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E'hawnee county's quota ' of the
fourth liberty loan should be sub
'scribed without further delay. Many
persons have bonds of the previous
issues which the banks will accept as
security for loans, the proceeds of
which can be invested in the new
onds. ,Zhere are few in these days
of high wages who cannot safely mort
tgage a portion of their future earn
ings for the purpose of making so
profitable an investment, and at the
same time helping to win the war.
The more speedily the war is won the
less expensive it will be so that buy
ing liberty bonds pays in every direc
tion one looks at the transaction.
What has President Wilson done to
-cause Germany and her allies to re
gard him as the world's greatest peace
maker? Turkey now has appealed to
the president to assist her in getting
out of the war. All are lodging their
appeals in the wrong quarter. Mar
: shal Foch is the man for whom they
are looking. He is the only original
'dyed-in-the-wool pacifier. His meth--ods
are warranted to stand in any cli
mate. The Huns and their allies
should take their troubles to Foch.
Now that the Huns are hastening
iback toward their own territory, burn-
ing, looting and destroying everything
..as they go, is a good time for the
allies to get together and agree on the
; price Germany will bt called upon to
, pay for this wanton destruction of
property. If the price be set high
enough it might stay the hands of the
retreating Hun soldiery. As late as
-Monday of this week, they set fire to
', Itoulers. before abandoning the city.'
In accepting President Wilson's 14
. points Germany has conceded the
'restoration of Alsace-Lorraine. All
"who believe in the sincerity of this
; concession may now stand up and be
counted.
j The government offers bonds pay
table in installments in order that all
classes of citizens may make pur
- chases within their present and rea
sonably probable future income. The
laboring men and the salaried men
and women have been appealed to and
have responded1 nobly to the call to
buy liberty bonds on the installment
plan. Why should not the men of
moderate and large means buy bonds
also on the installment plan. If they
have not the ready money In hand
they should anticipate the future. Just
as the laboring men and the salaried
men do, by obligating themselves to
take all the bonds they can and to
pay for them in installments.
LEST WK FORGET.
Interest in the rapid developments
of the war situation and in the ques
tion of who is to fill the offices within
the gift of Kansas people should not
cause them to overlook the impor
tance of casting their balTots next
month in favor of what has come to
be known as the "Permanent Income
Amendment" to the constitution. It
provides for the levying of a fixed tax
for the support of the state's educa
tional institutions. "
A significant fact connected with
the Permanent Income Amendment
and the future of education in Kan
sas after the war is that the presi
dents of the denominational colleges
want the amendment adopted. The as
sociation of college presidents to which
they all belong, has officially asked
the voters to vote "yes" on November
5. President Pihlblad of Bethany
college, Lindsborg, voiced their views
when he said: "The proposition is
worthy of the endorsement of every
Kansas voter. It will mean a step
forward not only for the state institu
tions but for those under private con
trol as well."
In endorsing the proposed amend
ment Senator Curtis says:
"The proposed change to provide
funds for th8 maintenance of the state
educational institutions is a wise one
and I hope it may receive the support
of the voters of Kansas. Our educa
tional institutions are a great success
and have done and are doing splendid
work and they are entitled to have an
ample maintenance fund."
Senator Thompson, in a speech in
the senate following his return from
his European trip told of immense
aeroplanes which are being built In
England, planes which would carry
large numbers of pascengers or tons of
explosives. Illustrative of the success
of these new monsters of the air is a
dispatch from Paris which tells of the
recent transportation of a full-sized
upright piano from London over the
English Channel to Paris, thus fore
shadowing the inauguration of the
first long-distance commercial aerial
freight line. If the news of this
voyage reach the people of Ger
many they may realize the opportuni
ties for unloading a cargo of high ex
plosives over Berlin.
WHY TEMPORIZE?
It was not reasonable to expect from
Germany a clean-cut, unevasiv- reply
to the president's Inquiry, or tha. her
forces would be promptly withdiawn
from occupied territories.
Meantime, the withdrawal will con
tinue ta be forced by our armies with
the advantage of compelling the en
emy to let go large masses of men and
material of war. which, if the evacua
tion were voluntary, the enemy would
take with him.
The advantage of the president's In.
quiry, says the Bache Review, is, per-
naps, that it makes impossible a claim
on Germany's part that she has asked
ror peace on President Wilson's own
terms and : is been refused.
The-claim would be as false and full
of sophistry as are all of Germany's
pronouncements.
Such an enemy can be brought fr
terms only by insisting UDOn uncondi
tional surrender. Germany cannot be
taught any lesson by negotiating with
ner.
The danger is that we msiv Ta
brought to an armistioe and negotia
tions, in which event, no mutter what
terms were demanded, there would be
no way of enforcing them upon Ger
many except by a resumption of hos
tilities and such a thin as re.umn-
tion of hostilities is a rare thing in his
tory after an armistice has once been
declared.
It is difficult to see why the same
course as pursued with Bulgaria
should not be taken with Germans
Bulgaria asked for an armistice. The
request was firmly denied and uncon
ditional surrender immediately fol
lowed. When the Huns sought a peace
thru negotiation did they think we
had forgotten the Lusitania, Belgium.
Rumania, Poland and the millions of
lives given by England, France and
Italy?
Germany no longer boasts of what
her army will do. Her latest bluff
a promise that next winter her subma
rines will begin to do business in earn
est. he does well to set the date so
far ahead when there is every indica
tion that circumstances" will arise
which will upset her program. With a
continuance of the present rate of
progress by the allied armies, Ger
many should be thoroly beaten before
winter sets in so. vigorously as to stop
the fighting.
What did President Wilson mean
by "guanntees" in his reply to Ger
many? Any German guarantee is
worthless as long as the Huns have
arms in their hands. The armies of
America and the allies are furnishing
the only guarantee of Germany's fu
ture course that can be relied on. Let
Marshal Foch alone- and he will whip
the Huns so that - they will stay
whipped for a long time.
, TOPEKA STATB JOUUNAL
INFORMATION
BUREAU
FREDERIC J. HAH KIN. Director,
Washington, D. C
PRODUCING OCR OWN POTASH.
Washington, D. C, Oct. 13. That
potash in unlimited quantities can be
produced here in the United States is
tl e amazing fact recently brought to
light almost by accident. At the be
ginning of the war, practically our en
tire supply o potash came from Ger
many. Since then, while we have
managed to struggle along with the
help of our brine lakes, it has been
understood that one of the blessings
of peace would be a large cargo of
potash from Potsdam. Now, quite un
expectedly, it has been demonstrated
that we will never'again be dependent
upon Germany for this substance.
When Germany refused to send this
country any more potash in 1914 on
the grounds that it was being used in
the manufacture of munitions, the
sovernment immediately started a
potash investigation. We consumed
over a quarter of million tons of pot
ash annually in the form of fertilizer
and matches, and we could not get
along without it. The United States
bureau of mines, the department of
agriculture and the geological survey
were all called into consultation and
offered the privilege of solving the
problem.
These bureaus put their experts in
the field, and it was not long before
potash was being produced from the
brine lakes of California and Ne
braska; from the large brown seaweed
of the Pacific coast, and from other
sources. The scarcity of potash sent
the price up. and a new potash indus
try came into being. But from all
these sources not nearly enough pot
ash could be produced to supply the
demand. It is expected that 60,000
tons will be produced this year, but this
is only 25 per cent of our pre-war con
sumption. Our brine lakes and sea
weed alone could not free us from the
German potash monopoly. But there
is now another source of supply, and
this is the story of how it was dis
covered. -
Several years ago. there was a pro
fessor in a California university named
Dr. Frederick Cottrell. His specialty
was metallurgy, but his hobby was
the abatement of the smoke nuisance.
When he ceased teaching the youth of
California about the metals, the pro
fessor hurried home and worked on a
smoke-eliminating device, the princi
ple of which had come to him as a
sudden inspiration. For years he
worked on this device, constantly im
proving and perfecting it. Then Doc
tor Manning of the bureau of mines,
who had occasion to know something
of the professor's ability, appointed
him, chief metallurgist of the bureau.
Doctor Cottrell came to Washington
with very little personal property oth
er than his invention. He had hoped
to put it on the market in various
American cities conspicuously in need
of some such device, but he found
that few manufacturers were interest
ed in installing an apparatus which
was largely for the benefit of other
people.' The smoke didn't worry
them! Finally, the professor turned
his patents over to the Smithsonian
Institution, with the understanding
that if the device were ever marketed,
the money should be used to aid other
inventors who were struggling as he
had struggled.
For a long time it looked as if the
device would never appear as any
thing but a specimen of the ingenuity
of man, and that American Inventors
would continue to struggle unaided,
dirt,, about a year ago, a large cement
plant, situated in the vicinity of the
orange fields of California, began to
develop a smoke problem. The huge
olouds of alkali dust Issuing from this
plant were creating a tremendous
mortality in oranges, and the Califor
nia farmers showed their resentment
by lodgingja. protest in court. Before
the litigation was finally settled, the
cement plant decided that a means
must be found of dispensing with its
smoke. A representative was sent
eaBt to investigate the question, and
when he returned to California he
carried Doctor Cottrell's smoke-eliminating
device with him.
The device was installed; It carried
off the smoke, and when an analysis
of the smoke was made it was discov
ered that it contained potash. With
potash selling at a price 800 per cent
of its pre-war value, the cement plant
soon found that it eould make enough
money out of this by-product not only
to pay for the smoke litigation but to
warrant the, elimination of the cement
end of the business. It has now stop
ped making cement until after the
war. and is confining itself to the
production of potash.
The news of this discovery traveled
about the cement industry, and a few
months later a small plant in Mary
land wrote to the Smithsonian institu
tion asking for particulars. It was not
interested in eliminating Its smoke,
but it was Interested in obtaining pot
ash out of it. Accordingly, the device
was installed, and this year this plant
has made $200,000 profit out of the
potash it has put on the market. It
is now estimated by government auth
orities that the cement mills of the
country alone can produce 100.000
tons of potash annually as a by-product.
When the Cottrell device proved
successful in the cement plants, the
steel industry became interested, be
lieving that it could be used to carry
off the smoke of the blast furnaces.
An experimental plant was established
in connection with the Bethlehem
steel works, and, again, altho the ma
terial used was iron instead of rock,
potash appeared in the analysis of the
smoke. A commercial plant for pro
ducing potash is a by-product of steel
is going to be built by the Bethlehem
works as soon as the war is over-
Further investigation developed the
fact that the iron ores used in this
experimental plant were from certain
deposits in the state of Alabama,
known to contain a large percentage
of potash. The bureau of mines esti
mated that if all the blast furnaces in
the United States could use these ores
which, of course, they can't, they
could produce over a million tons of
potash a year. The bureau also be
lieves that there is a large opportunity
in the Alabama ore deposits for the
development of blast furnaces In the
south, especially since 60 per cent of
the potash used in the United States
is used in the south. These ore de
posits, it is estimated, would supply
the potash demand of the south for
the next fifty years.
With this prospect of an unlimited
potash supply before It, the United
States will need no more of the sub
stance made in Germany. This will
be a great disappointment to the Huns,
who had figured upon using their
potash monopoly as a bargaining point
at the peace table. "Germany has
thought all along, and still thinks no
doubt," said Secretary Lane in discuss
ing the new discovery, "that she has
WHO WINS THIS WAR?
I amthe one that wins the war,
Declares the rapid firing gnu ;
1 mow like grass the hateful Hun,
And put them oa the deadly run
I win the war.
I am the one that wins the war,
Declares the lofty aeroplane;
1 am the rwlft-wlnged hurricane.
Whose bombs pile up in heaps the alaln
1 win the war.
I am the one that wins the war.
Declares the -hip's exultant crew:
That safely takes the Sammies thru
The duug.r aoue in waters blue.
1 win the war.
I am the one that win:) the war.
Declares the elephantine tank,
Tlmt slays the Germana rank on rank,
on wooded hill or river bank
1 win the war.
I am the r.ne that wins the war,
Declares old Liberty's big loan ;
1 atn war's muscle, blood and bone;
"Xts money's bragganocio tone
1 win the war.
I am the one that wina the war.
Declare the ammunition plants;
Hefore uiy products combatants
Are only pigmy pitiable auts
1 wiu the v.ar.
1 am the one that wlD3 the war.
Declare the jroMeu ftelda of wheat;
Men cannot fight unlesft they eat;
With me lies victory or defeat
1 wiu the war.
I am the one that wina the war.
Declares with thunder voice The KIght;
Without tue there can be no might,
Tho gold, gun, food and ship unite
I win the war.
J. M. CAVANESS.
Chanute. Kan.
a whip-hand over America because of
her supply of this mineral, but Amer
ica can in two ytars become entirely
independent of Germany."
It has been argued against the de
velopment of a potash industry that
after the war Germany will pursue her
old practice of "dumping"' and that
American manufacturers will be un
able to meet her prices. But this
argument is readily refuted by "the
mere statement that potash is a by
product. The manufacturers must in
stall devices to eliminate smoke any
way, and the potash extracted from it
is just so much clear profit. If neces
sary .they can without great loss stop
the production of potash and go on
with their regular business until Ger
many gets tired of holding down her
prices.
In conclusion, it may be stated that
the discovery of a mew potash supply
in this country is the last step but one
towards complete economic independ
ence. According to the bureau of
mlnesTthere is only one more step to
take before it would be possible to
build a wall around the United States
and live within that wall, entirely
self-supporting and independent of the
rest of the world. Already that step
is being taken in the construction of
nitrate plants.
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT,
BY ROT K. MOULTON
It cannot be said that America Is
not sending her best to France. In
one colored regiment the following
answer to roll call: Alexander Hamil
ton, Horatio Seymour, George Wash
ington, Cotton Mather, Benjamin
Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Re
vere, John Qulncy Adams. Phil Sherl-.
dan and Patrick Henry.
And again we are recalling tho
words of a certain august personage
during a summer conference at great
headquarters: "Us emperors must to
gether hang." Prophetic words.
Spanish influenza shows signs of fol
lowing the lead of Bulgaria In effect
ing a separate peace.
Two rival stage magicians are en
gaged In a dispute over the ownership
of the "vanishing duck" trick, and
the controversy will be settled by the
Society of American Magicians." The
authorship of the vanishing duck trick
in Europe is not questioned for a mo
ment. The author is Foch and the
duck who is about to vanish has only
one wing. You know the bird.
It is 674 miles from Paris to Berlin,
but about 67,400 miles from Berlin to
Paris.
Looks as tho they have been trying
to crowd too much history into four
years. The first pages will hardly
hold the headlines any more, s
If anyone hears a soft, gurgling
sound somewhere in the mysterious
shadowland, it will be Napoleon Bona
parte enjoying a quiet and well-earned
chuckle.
If the editor of the Congressional
Record would liven up his sport de
partment and get a couple of good
comic strip artists and a good head
line writer, said journal would not be
such a sheer waste of white paper.
Five out of the last nine czars were
assassinated, but now Russia's favor
ite outdoor sport seems to be over.
Wilhelm will eat his Christmas din
ner in a hurry.
Sir: The cooties are doing their
share in winning this war. When a
guy is entertaining a batch of them,
he just has to get out and shoot some
body. PRIVATE H. W.
We will never fully believe in Swed
en's neutrality until she proves that
the matches she is sending Germany
are as worthless as thoe she is send
ing us.
GLOBE SIGHTS
From the Atchison Globe.
The kaiser isn't offering peace
terms. He's asking for them.
The average married man always
feels like a person who had been in
ducted. -
When a man gets in a fight and has
a bruised knuckle to show it, how
proud he is.
Hihdenburg is weakening. Today
he isn't half as rough as the main
street car line.
Fact Is. the children of today have
just as much fun as you did, when
you were young.
We seldom defend politics. But
we don't admire the man who blames
all unsatisfactory conditions on pol
itics. When a man has a little trouble
and takes a glass or two of liquor.
Seople begin to say he has taken to
ard drink.
Five years ago a lot of crazy peo
ple raved about the high cost of liv
ing, and we know now they were only
raving to rave.
A man may become so despondent
that he will say, "I wish I were
dead," but did you ever hear of any
one so reckless as to say, "I wish I
were a Russian?"
EVENING STORY
The Heart of Eileen.
' BT LOUISE OLIVER?'
Eileen Wainwright, leaning back
wearily against the cretonne-covered
back of the piazza rocker, could not
help overhearing the conversation go
ing on just inside the club window.
At the first words had no meaning,
for her own thoughts were busy with
things. Then she realized that some
one, an often referred to "she," was
most unpopular with the conversers,
and suddenly hearing her own name
mentioned she realized that she her
self was the subject of this unpleasant
discourse.
It was Mrs." Langdon Merrill talking
to ner sister, Mrs. Enoch Cuthbert,
about her son, Lionel Merrill, and
Eileen herself.
"Don't you see it all, Jennie?" said.
KMra. Merrill's voice. "She's come back
because she's tired of nursing. You
know that's what both the Wainwright
girls did after their father lost his
money trained for nurses. And as
she and Lionel had a sort of boy and
girl affair, she thinks she'll take it up
now where they left off. I shouldn't
worry about it, only the girl's a raving,
tearing beauty. I'll have -to confess I
never saw such eyes. She always was
pretty, but this nursing has done some
thing to her that I can't explain. Her
eyes look as tho they had seen things.
In short, Jennie, she's got that sort of
ethereal look about her that appeals
to a man. And she knows it, you can
gamble, and she's going to play for
big game. But it's not going to be
Lionel Merrill, if I know anything,
Just when he was beginning to take
an interest in Mary Evans the very
thing I've set my heart on all my life.
I don't know what the Aberdeens
meant by.asking her here! Why didn't
she go to France, where she's needed ?
I've no patience with nurses who don't
go to France."
There was more, but Eileen, decid
ing she had heard enough, got up and
left.
Her indignation had cooled to a quiet
amusement. The same things that
had given her eyes that "look" and
her skin that pallor had taught her
that life is too serious a thing to let
one's self be troubled by the idle
chatter of people who don't count. The
only thing about it that bothered her
was the fact that Lionel would proba
bly be- approached upon the subject,
and it worried her to have him an
noyed. She joined the Aberdeens at the end
of the terrace, watching a set of ten
nis. "Thirty love," explained Jean Ab
erdeen as Eileen came up. "Lionel
Merrill and Mary Evans are winning."
It was the first time Eileen had seen
him for seven years, and she approved
of what she saw. He was older, of
course, but the fine lines in his face
had deepened, his eyes had a man's de
termination, and his body, lithely sup
ple, showed excellent training.
"Why didn't Lionel doin th army?"
she asked Jean.
"Why!" Jean's eyes were indignant.
"Because his mother wouldn't let htm.
It's a shame, when he wanted to go sV).
She doesn't give him a chance. He's
turned out to be a man in spite of her.
She's tried to make him a puppy."
The set over. Lionel came up to the
group on the terrace. "It's little Eileen
back again," he said, taking her hand
and Jooking searehingly down into her
yes. J'And she's come back a Very
beautiful lady but it strikes me. a
sad lady. We'll have to have a few
parties to brighten h?r up, I see that."
Eileen laughed and shook her head.
"It's not a time for parties, Lionel.
One can't feel festive these days."
Mrs. Merrill arrived in time to hear
the remark.
"You're very patriotic. Miss Wain
wright. One would think your patri
otism would carry you across seas."
Eileen's face clouded. "I wanted to
go." she saiu simply. "My sister and
I drew lots and she won. We think
an exodus of nurses from America
would be bad. Wome l and children
need care. It was my lot to stay and
do my bit to take care of them."
Several days passed in which Lionel
Merrill managed to see Eileen very
often. Just as his mother had feared,
the girl and boy affair threatened to
ripen now intj full bloom.
Then, one soft evening in June,
when the stars were struggling thru
a long pale twilight, he told her he
loved hen
"Eileen, dear. I love you," he said
suddenly. "I can't let you go back
to New York.. I can't let you go away
again, my white angel."
She drew away gently. "Lionel, we
must not talk of love. It can't be.
You see, 1 know your mother doesn't
approve of me. And I'll never marry
a man against his mother's wishes
Good-by. dear boy. I must go In. And
please don't try to see me again."
Two days later Dr. Harbison came
downstairs at the Merrills's, where
Mrs, Merrill was anxiously waiting for
him in the hall. "
"It's pneumonia. Mrs. Merrill.
Lionel must have a nurse right away
But there isn't an extra nurse in the
state. The Red Cross has drained the
hospitals dry, and there aren't enough
new ones volunteering to study I
have places this minute for a dozen
and I can't get one."
"But what shall we do?"
rill "m SUFe 1 don t know. Mrs. Mer-
"I have it," she exclaimed. "There"
a lrl a- nurse visiting near here
Perhaps she'll come." But her voice
was unwilling.
Mrs. Merrill herself called on the
telephone and stated her case.
"I'm sorry." said Eilee!i. - My i
is over. Mrs. Merrill. I must return to
New York today. The babies and
niothers need me. I'm pledged to
them and to the soldiers, if they need
else "" th'S S'de' 1 can't take any one
"But Lionel needs you. my dear Miss
Wainwright. If he were a soldier
would you nurse him?"
"Yes."
"Then, my dear, he'll be a soldier
He has always wanted to be one. It
is my fault he wasn't. If I consent
when he gets well will you come?"
"ITes. I ean do that without breaking
my pledge."
"And Miss Wainwright! There is
another thing. I've been fearfully un
kind. I I think Lionel cares for you
a 'great deal. If you can forgive me,
I am going to ask you to be kind to
him sick: You'll come right away,
him sick. You5U come right away,
won't you, my dear?"
"Yes," answered Eileen, "I'll come
instantly."
"It seems." mused Eileen thought
fully, as she hung up the receiver,
"that it takes the fear of death to
move some people's hearts. I often
Wonder if this war isn't just for that
very thing! Of course. I'd have gone,
boy, dear, but it didn't hurt your
mother to eoax me and it didn't hurt
her to promise you to your country
either, my soldier."
(Copyright, 191R, by the McClore Mews
paper Syndicate.)
! IT WILL TAKE MORE
' f ' ' ' atALfiiSI j
DOROTHY DLX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Weria's Highest Paid Wsmaa WtUmt.
A Cnrecr Cure. 2.
The husbands of these ladies, who
so bemoan the fact that their talents
are tied up in tho- family table cloth,
make a fatal error when they try to
keep their wives at home. Every
man who has a wife who is sure she
is a wasted genius should urge her to
go ' to it at once, if not sooner, and
have a try out of her talents, and get
her real number. For in that waji
and that way only, can she work the
career virus out of her system.
Perhaps once in a million times It
would develop that the woman had
genius. That would be all right, be
cause in such acase nobody has the
right to hide the sacred flame under
the domestic bushel, or to keep it for
private delectation. But in all the
other 999,999 eases it would be an
huhtble and a chastened wife who
would come1 back home, with 11 of
her exaggerated ideas of her abilities
taken out of her, once and for all,
and glad enough that she had a home
to come back to, and a good husky
man to make a living for her.
For there are two things that the
woman who has never tried to make
her way in the world doesn't knw.
The first of these is that a cold and
callous public uses a very different
measuring stick in gauging talent
from the one used by one's" friends
and dinner guests. The woman who
has fancied herself a great emotional
actress because she was applauded to
the echo when she recited "Little
M-a-abel with her fa-a-ace against
the win-dow pa-a-ne" in a cracked
voice at the church sociable, of who
has been urged to go Into grand opera
after she sang "The End of a Perfect
Day" to guests who had three rounds
of cocktails, finds out that real mana
gers laugh at her when she shows
them what she can do.
She also ascertains that the poorest
professional is a million times better
than any gifted amateur, and that the
talent that looks so big in Squeedunk
shrinks to Infinitesimal proportions on
Broadway.
The second thing the nea--genius
learns is that even when one has tal
ent that the road to a career is long,
hard and rocky; that it means such
work, such self denial, such sacrifices
as she has never dreamed of. and
tl) patient swallowing of such affronts
as she cannot stomach. It is only in
fiction that there is any quick and
easy success. In real life success is
only won thru blood and tears.
Wherefore, the near , genius wife
packs her trunk upon a day and hies
back home, and husband never has to
hear again of the sacrifice she made in
marrying him.
The only cure for the career craze
Is to let a woman go up against it
good and hard. That brings her to
her senses.
Copyrighted, ItnT, by Tha Wbeeler Sradl-
ta Iac
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of men m
America's Fighting Service
If Rider and Smith could only keep
going! For they were the ones who
were carrying the ammunition for the
one pounder gun with which the
United States marines were hammer
ing away the defense of the Germans
at Bouresches. If Jtlder and Smith
could only keep it up if that steady
stream of ammunition could only keep
coming forward! And Pvt Walter
E. Rider and Edmund T. Smith of the
United States marines did keep it up.
In spite of the machine gun and ar
tillery barrages which confronted
them, they never ceased to hurry for
ward with the one-pounder ammuni
tion. Soon one of the two opposing
THAN A-SCRAP OF PAPER TO BALANCE THE
enemy machine gun emplacements
had been pounded to bits. Then the
second was shattered and the marines
swept forward Both privates have
been commended by their superior of
ficers. Private Rider comes from
DeWatto, Wash., where his mother,
Mrs. Martha Brooks, now lives. Pri
vate Smith is a son of. Mrs. Julia Smith
of Onargo, 111.
Sergt. John J. Nagazyna of the
United States marines was in charge
of a platoon which was just starting
for the rear from the woods facing
Torcy. Suddenly a terrific machine
gun and artillery barrage was sent
from the German lines and narrow
files of the enemy could be seen ad
vancing. Sergeant Nagazyna placed
his men back on the line. He moved
atout them, shouting orders, directing
the fire of the hard fighting marines
against the encoming Huns. Tiere
was a brief s;asm of combat. Then
the attacking waves broke and ran
for cover. The Huns had been re
pulsed, largely thru the efforts of Ser
geant Nagazyna, and the marine, as a
result has been recommended by his
superior officer for bravery. He is a
son of Stephen Nagazyna of Babylon,
N. Y.
ANSWERS TO
CORRESPONDENTS
The following are some interesting
answers to correspondents who wrote
for information to the Topeka State
Joxirnal In-formation Bureau, Wash
ington. D. C.
Is thp jrnvprniiipnt maintaining a scboul
for imrspsV
ANSWER The war department Is eat.ib
lisbliifr TtTltrHtls of tin ret iik at various mili
tary imspitnls tltruout the country to re
IJfve the Hhortiipe of nurse In the Army
Nnrpe corps. The fipp limit for tui' new
M'-Iiools sire twenty -one to thirty-five years.
Tli; period of training Is three years.
How ninny Americana are held ns prison
era by ;crui;iiiy t
A NSW Kit The latest records of tbe war
department show that a total of 'X Amer
ican soldiers have beep located at Uernitn
priMon camps. There are a!so i!M Ameri.-ui
civilians, including sailors, who are In
terned In I'ermariy.
What is tlie national flower of Germany
ANSWKR The coruf .ower is the national
flower of tiermuny. Wben (jiieett lionise,
the mother of Kmperor William I, was
forr-ed o fro into hiding with her familv
while Napoleon was occupying lierliu, she
gathered cornflowers and wore (rnrlands to
amuse ner c-lrildreu. From that time corn
flowers have been the favorite flower of
the German people.
JIow many war loans have been raise'
111 German j- ?
ANSWER Germany has made eicht war
loans, the eicrhtu loan being subscribed for
In March, litis.
How nre pan masks made?
ANSWKK Gas masks are usually made
of doth treated with chemicals and'havtn
a lining of a apongv porous matter. A
metal tub", core red with rubber, f:ts the
mouth. The poiFT gns penetrate rhe
helmet but is purified bv the chemicals.
The air is exhaled thru the mouthpiece.
What was the first steamship to cross the
Atlantic?
ANSWER Transatlantic srenni naviga
tion wns Inaugurated with the voyage of
the American steamship "Savannah. The
first regular tra laoceanic service was be
gun by the fr!Hh ewt. "The Great
Western," w hich sailed April IS-'iS.
25 YEARS AGO LN TOPEKA
THE TOPLKA STATE JOURNAL
October 17, 189S.
The Topoka lnb is rtaiius; for
series of eiybt or ten lecture for tbe rom
lng winter, nilfeli n-iil be more etenjv
tlinn anything of tlie sort ever nttemiitcil
ill Kails..
Atur.np tbe lecturers tlie clnb ling .lo.-Meil '
to invite are Kobert lncerwill, Eugene !
Kielo". John J. Insulin, ;e,,rfe H. I'eik,
Kugene Ware and Arrhbiaiiop Ireland.
Mrs. F. P. M.ieLennnn tins ixsneil ln-
vitations for a uiuabal Saturday afternoon. !
Mra. C. M. Sheldon has returned from '
Chicago. j
The Philharmonic clnb .met Monday '
afternoon at the J. A. Wall Imin". Thoee '
on the program were Miss Auna 'anipbell. '
Mis Minnla Clark. Mm. ('. it O'lmnnld 1
Mrs. 4. W. F. llllKhos. MIsk Itexsle Weit. j
MiM Olive O T.rlen. Mrs. Klt. liell and Mr.
Wall. The next meetiujr will be bet.! itt
the home of Mrs. J. fi. Strickler. October
.to., and Kuhenstein muaic will receiv
special attention.
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HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: After the
United States entered the war I mar
ried a man above the draft age. Wo
had been goin? together for somft
time and I did not consider myself a
war bride in doing: so as we had been
enpr-gred about t vo months.
My husband is not a money making:
man and so I kept on with my work
as a stenographer and with the pay'
both of us could earn wo got along
very well,
I ocaute of the new draft my hus
band has asked me t6 give up tny
position in order to be dependent upon
him for support. This seemed to m
like a "y How streak" in my husband
and I have been more disappointed In
him than I can tell you.
1 want to keep on with my work
and have him pro to war when his can
comes. This makes him think I do
not love hifn and that I am not doing
n.y duty as a wife. Do you think I
I Bhoull gi e up my work and help him
j to be a slacker?
Since your husband was perfectly
willing to have you work before there
was danger of his being called to serv
ice, I think you should continue to
work now. Kven if you pave u-p your
position, your husband would probably
be drafted beca-jse he would have to
state in his questionnaire that you
were working at the time he married
you.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have a
brother and a cousin in France, and
would like to know whether we will
be allowed to send Christmas presents
and how soon they must be sent.
- HKLEN H.
Relatives of soldiers will be permit
ted to send one parcel to each man
overseas. The gift must be packed in
a standard container, 9x4x3 inches in
size. Three pounds Is the limit al
lowed in weight.
Parcels must be mailed thru tho
Red Cross in cartons supplied by them
and must be sent not later than No
vember 20. Your postoffice will havo
special coupons for use on theso
packages.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: When going;
to dinner and the theater afterward
with a young man. what should a girl
wear? I have a very pretty flesh col
or waist hich I like better than any
of my clothes. Would it be all right
to wear that with a suit or should I
wear a taffeta silk dress which is
cracking. The coaTI would have to
wear with the dress is not very nice.
DOL'BTFUU
It will be all right to wear the waist
and suit. Since you seem to like tho
waist better thriji the taffeta dress. I
would advise you to wear it. as it will y
make you feol more comfortable.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Tried' Recipes.
Eeef Loaf (from above menu) Two
pounds chopped round steak, one slice
chopped salt pork", one teacup browned
bread crumbs boiled rice can be sub
stituted), one and one-half cups milk,
one ee;jr, piece of butter size of in
ea-ir, salt well and season- with onion,
sage to suit individual taste. Bake
about one hourJn baking; dish. Eat
either hot or cold. This will serr
eight people.
a mold. Serve with whipped cream.
Cream Pie Crust, one-half cup
flour, one-half cup rice flour, one-half
teaspoon salt, two tablespoons lard.
Just enough water to be able to rnlz.
Filling: One and one-half cups milk,
three-quarters cup corn syrup, one
tablespoon sugar, one and one-half
tablespoons cornstarch, butter or sub
stitute, one ears;. Cook milk, sugar,
cornstarch and yolk of eeg until thick
and smooth, remove from fire, beat In
butter, syrup and vanllin, fill baked
shell cover with supply beaten whit
ofegg and return to oven to brown.
Cool quickly., Ifse the brown syrup to
make a caramel pie.
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