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federal government fully realizes the
extent of the plague and IL SO what
II intends to do 10 check It. Il is
said that only those living in the in
Tested districts have a comprehension
Of the boldness. prevalence and de-
structiveness Of the rodents.
Some idea of the visitation may be
gained from the fact that at a small
place named Sheep Hills in Victoria
few weeks ago seven tons OF mice
were killed without any apparent
diminution in their number. Farm
houses swarm with them and hardly
anything is safe from their depre-
dations. Former plaques Of the kind
are surpassed by this one and hopes
that the mice would disappear sud
denly are fading. Should their de-
structiveness continue there may be
famine in seed wheat and greatly
reduced wheat crop, aside from the
loss already caused in stored wheat
Kansas City Times
The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
New Method of
Reducing Fat

A news item from abroad informs
US that the American method of pro-
ducing a slim, trim figure is meeting
with astonishing success. This sys-
tenn, which has made such a WON
derful impression over there. must
be the Marmola Prescription Tablet
method of reducing fat 1t is safe to
say that we have nothing he--cr for
this purpose in this country. Any.
thing that will reduce the excess mcsn
two. three or four pounds a week,
without injury to the stomach, the
causing OF wrinkles, the help of exer-
cisipg or dieting, or interference with
ones meals Is a mighty important
and useful addition to civilization's
necessities. Just such a catalogue OF
good results, however, follow the use
OF these pleasant, harmless and eco
nomical little fat reducerS We say
economical because Marmola Pre-
scription Tablets (made in accordance
with the famous prescription) can be
obtained Of any druggist or the max
ers, the Marmola Co., S64 Woodward
Ave, Detroit, Mich. for seventy-five
cents the large case, which is a de-
cidedly economical price considering
the number of tablets each case con-
tainA Thew are harmless.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
MICE OvERRUN AUSTRALIA

Mice by the million are over-run-
ming a large part OF Australia. They
are adding nightly TO the war time
troubles of the farming community
and officials-particularly the for
mer. The havoc they are causing in
bagged wheat, for Australia has not
the grain elevator system as yet.
standing in many rural districts
awaiting possible shipment TO over
sea markets is fast becoming a ques-
ton of grave national import. The
farmers are faced with huge losses
and are beginning to ask whether the
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try that has universal suffrage is
utterly indefensible at all times. in
countries ruled by the Iron Fist there
is no other way to agitate for free
dom.
SECOND, there is that deadly fact
that Alexander II supported and car
ried out the terrible system of tyran-
ny and sent hundreds Of thousands TO
the unspeakable tortures of Siberia
Anyway, no one need regret now
that the constitutional monarchy fake
was not put over in 1881.
Because we have the republic.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
By JOHN l.. BALDERSTON.
Copyright.

Copynght.
London, Sept. 9.-The Germans are
preparing to retire through Belgium,
probably back to the River Meuse,
abandoning the coast. and releasing"
intact or in ruins, the great cities Of
the Belgian plain
This retreat, when 1t comes, will be
hailed as voluntary withdrawal. and
the strategic genius of Hindenburg
and Ludendorf will be sung through
out Germany. The retreat will also
be claimed. II the country is not laid
waste, perhaps even If it is, as a gra-
eiously offered proof of Germany's un-
aggressive intentions. as demonstra-
tion that annexation was never in
tended.
The truth is that the Germans are
getting ready to clear out because
they cannot remain. Given the luck of
the weather, the British armies, whose
stupendous blows are wrestling away
bit by bit the last ridge the Germans
have depended to screen their move
ments upon the fiat plain that
strechcs to Brussels. may upset Hin
denburg's plan and precipitate a fight
ing retreat before winter. That is
what the enemy is determined to pre-
vent
Fight for Territory.
The terrific battles in the Ypres
region which commenced July 81, and
have continued since, with pauses
compelled by the rain. are no longer
being fought to decide the fate OF
the Belgian coast. The decision, so
far as the campaign is a struggle
for territory. has already been given,
and against Germany. The Germans
know this, and the measures they are
now taking prove that they know it.
Hundreds of thousands of the best
troops the Fatherland has left are
being poured into the Flanders fur
mace with a prodigality shown but
once before in this war, during the
battle for Calais in the same region
in 1914. in order to make possible a
retirment that shall not end in dis
aster to the German Sixth and
Fourth armies.
At all costs, Hindenburg is deter
mined to hand on until the rainy
season. that normally begins early in
November. and compels the British
to suspend field operations for the
winter. His safety depends upon
holding low elevation called the Pas
schendaele Ridge, never more than
80 feet above the surrounding plains,
that runs from south of the Ypres-
Menin road some twelve miles to the
north to the Forest of Houthulst.
In the two great British attacks de-
Iivered during the past ten days, the
southern part of this ridge has been
partially carried, and the ground
won has been held against dozens
of furious assaults; the significance
Of the Menin road positions, Inver.
ness Copse, the Glencorse and Poly.
gon woods lies in their location or
the southern bastion Of this all-im-
portant Passchendaele Ride. Zonne-
beks, taken this week is on the ridge,
only sixty feet from the summit. and
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New York. Oct. 20.-The most char
acteristic note OF the winter fashions
is the tremendous vogue for the long.
enveloping coat of velvet or fur
preferably both-which the French
call the pretty name 'Manteau."
All Paris-all feminine Paris-takes
the air attired in these fascinating
manteaus.
The materials for heavy coats are
almost universally velvet. velours, or
duvetyn, a supple material with all
the fabric charms Of velvet and the
grateful warmth of wool In line the
manteau of the season is still straight
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in hunters green, and is rather elsb-
orately embroidered in soft gray
wool. in a conventional weIl-balanced
design. The fur trimming of Aus
tralian opossum is in pleasing con.
trast to the dark richness OF the coat.
The third coat is designed for aft
ernoon parties and is quite elaborate
enough to do service for evening
affairs also. Here, dark blue velvet
of lighter weight than velour. ID
used with a generous hand, and g
very liberal amount OF kolinsky fun
outlines the ripping cape and collar
The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
By BETTY BROWN.

The three coats shown In the pic
ture have the best style points of
the vogue. The first Cat lefD is an
exceptionally clever management of
very heavy materials. The coat itself
is OF black velour. with the collar
and cuffs. both broad and heavy.
of fox. The belt, broad at the back
and narrowing to the front with
the velour buttons of remarkably
large size, is well suited to the out
lines of the garment
The coat shown in the middle Is
charming for the slender young de-
butante. 1t is constructed of velvet,
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and severe. but the waistline Is often
more decided than in dresses. and
the broad belts are good. Almost
every coat is trimmed with fur, some
times SO heavily as almost to con-
ceal the coat material itself. except
when the collar is upturned, when
the shoulders covered with the velvet
or broadcloth are revealed.
The chosen colors are old Bor-
deaux. a rich wine shade, gray. lynx
and a fine shade OF brick red which
is most effective with trimmings of
brown or gray fur.
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New York, Oct. 3O.-This unusual
coat is OF black chiffon. made on a
foundation Of white satin. and though
very full about the shoulders is held
in at the hem by a heavy double
frill.
The chief feature OF this inter-
esting wrap is the ~nanteau" back
which is Of chiffon heavily embrosd-
cred with gold and silver thread and
thickly sown with sequins. The cape
and collar are outlined with bands Of
skunk fur.
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New York. Oct. GA becoming
street dress is this gown Of Jersey
cloth in dark brown, with its trim
ming of soft, dark fur. Although
the whole costume keeps to the
slender lines demanded by the sea-
son and the bodice is really tight
fitting, the skirt boasts a side panel
which loops gracefully near the hem
to show a white satin facing.
A rather broad front panel ends
even with the side drapings, and is
banded with the fur
The close fit of the bodice is
achieved by deep darts taken at each
side front and headed with a sman
embroidered tri-color.
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ington Herald by Charles Edward
Russell, who spent three months in
Russia as q member of the Official
American Commission.
The more a thinking person sees of
democracy. the more he wants to
take off his hat to 1t.
1t doesn't seem, as you look at it
carefully, to be so much a kind of
creed that men have knocked to-
Sether, as an eternal law of progress
that goes on and goes on always, no
matter what men think of it.
Sometimes when it seems to be de-
feated it is winning a victory. I'm
less i'll this war it is to be stamped
out forever under the Prussian boot,
you can feel pretty sure it will con-
tinue to move on until it gets the
whole world.
In Csar's Palace.
There is in the winter palace at
Petrograd a certain room intimately
connected with one chapter of the
long struggle and supposed on other
grounds to be the most interesting
room in the palace. although it isn't
They show you the great gorgeous
Ddlll OOliiS anu luC
and the thrones and the royal suites
and the riot of extravaganza and then
they show you the rooms that figure
most in the story of Gar Alexander
H., his council chamber and the room
in which he died.
The council chamber has still the
long table around which his min
listers used to sit, the chair for each,
the portfolio with the name of each
stamped upon it, the great chair at
the head for the cEar.
These you are expected to view
with awe. / don't know why.
They then exhibit the bedroom, the
plain camp bed that he always pre-
ferred to any other, the stub of the
last cigarette he smoked. the keys
and penknife taken from his pockets
and other relics, supposed greatly to
move the visitor.
Perhaps they do, but IL he is a
philosopher they certainly don't move
him in the way that was expected in
the old days.
Liberal Monarch.
Alexander II is called by his ad-
mirers. and particularly by English
writers, liberal monarch
The name is an error. There are no
liberal monarchs" and never were
any. There are no good kings and
cannot possibly be.
Some. Of course, are worse than
others. But If king exercises any
authority he Is taking something that
doesn't belong to him. And IL he
doesn't exercise any authority he Is
not on the level; he is taking the tax
payers money on a false pretense.
How. therefore, can he be good?
As for Russia, a car always went
ahead with the hideous old machine
for sending men and women into the
living death of Siberia. He always
supported the monstrous system of
tyranny and espionage. He always
knew that under his rule men and
women were being beaten with
knouts. sacrificed, burned, and mutt
lated because they believed in human
liberty. If he were good or liberal
he wouldn't sit for a moment on a
throne drenched with human piood
and supported by force and fraud
Men said Alexander II was a lib
eral" monarch. principally because he
signed the ukase that abolished serf-
dom in Russia. This, of course, was
a vast Improvement, and the fact that
serfdorm was stranRlinR Russia's de-
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velopment takes nothing away from
the glory of the emancipation. But
the same czar enforced a system far
worse than slavery in his brutal and
ruthless suppression of free speech, a
free press, and every other right that
freemen hold Gear.
Slavery Abolished.
Slavery was abolished in Russia in
1851. Twenty years later Alexander
II, greatly alarmed at the rapid in
propaganda in his empire, consulted
with his secretary of the interior as
to the best means of stopping it.
The secretary told him that the best
way was to grant specious reforms
and give to Russia the form of a con-
stitutional monarchy, with a parlia-
ment that should be more or less of
fake, but still could be called a
parliament.
The czar thought well of this
scheme, and told the secretary TO go
ahead and put his plan on paper.
The secretary drew up a plan by
which the zemstvos of the empire
and some other bodies were to send
delegates to a national convention to
devise reforms.
At IL o'clock on March i, 1881, the
czar finished the reading of this
document. said 1t was good and or
dered 1t printed for the information
of the council of ministers. Then
he took the imperial sleigh and drove
to a palace on the other side of the
city, where he made call upon one
Of his relatives.
Fatal Bomb Thrown.
About o'clock he was on his way
back. when two bombs were thrown at
him The second exploded by the
side of the sleigh and the czar was
fatally injured.
They brought him to this room in
the Winter Palace and he died in his
plain army cot bed.
His son, Alexander III, succeeded
him, tore up the plan for a national
council. and put the kibosh on re-
form and the clamps more heavily
than ever upon the people. He was
an extreme reactionary, and his son
Nicholas, last OF the Romanoffs, was
like him.
The destruction of Alexander II's re-
form plans. IL he had any. was long
pointed out as an evidence of the use
lessness of the revolutionary move
ment in Russia. Its only effect had
been to prevent a constitutional form
of government and make the Russian
autocracy stronger than ever About
all the world agreed to this and de-
nounced the revolutionists.
But behold, now, II any scheme Of
constitutional monarchy had gone
through. then we should not have had
the revolution.
Constitutional Monarchy.
Is A DEVICE TO HEAD OFF DE.
MOCRACY. 1t is an alluring side
show that keeps the minds Of people
occupied and prevents them from TAX
ing full charge of the government
! that belongs to them. II the quarter
way reforms, supposed to be in the
mind of Alexander II had material
lied. the Russian republic might still
be so years away.
1t is difficult, of course, for us that
live in freedom to understand the
| situation of people that dwell undel
tyranny. 1t is Infinitely harder fol
us to excuse violence. But there art
two things about this chapter Of his.
tory we might well remember, be-
cause they will help us to understand
the Russia that we must understand
IL we are going on with her.
FIRST. while violence In any coue
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Motor boats are NEEDED in Portugal.
Paper milk containers are in de-
mand IN Mexico Ooty. Mexico.
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New York, Oct. N.-This attractive
gown of dark blue satin with the
oyer-dress of Georgette crepe should
satisfy the school girls desire for
good taste and good style. Over the
satin foundation is arranged a coatee
of cream colored lace. and the crepe
falls over this at the back and front,
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Could Save Men,

II this is done, retirement of the
extreme German left wing in Alsace,
to rest upon the Metx-Strassburg line,
might be meeted. for Germany could
thus save more men and further
strengthen her defensive nositiopa:
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"No Monarchies Are Good;
Why Mourn Loss of Czar?"
Charles Edward Russell Writes of impress
sions Received While at Winter Palace
With Commission.

Written especially for The Wash
ington Herald by Charles Edward
Russell, who spent three months in
Russia as q member of the Official
American Commission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-04
A WORLD FACTOR
Future Relations of Nations in
Balance in Russ Intrigue.
Future of All Depends on Out
come of New Issues.

Saratoga Springs, N Y. Sept. A.
Discussing the reconstruction period
thru which Russia is now going.
Emerging from the cruc ple of the
revolution Boris A. Bakhmeteff
Russian ambassador to the United
States in an address here today before
the judicial section of the American
bar association declared that the out
come of the process now going on in
Russia will determine the whole of
the future relations between nations
and on these issues will depend large
ly the future of the world
Russia" he continued, lis facing
now the complete reorganization of
the whole edifice of it's national life
All the branches of government and
public activity, the financial system,
the very habits and customs of life,
are to be moulded in the spirit of the
new freedom.
In this process of remodeling, the
ambassador declared, the old institu-
lions, which for centuries have exem-
plified past serfdonl and economical
inefficiency. will be done away with
forever
In touching on the present condi-
lions of unrest in Russia the speaker
said:
81 am confident of being right when
characterizing the centrifugal forces
which are being exhibited now in Rus
| STA, as one of the infant disease which
as many others will disappear and let
US hope, forever in the sparkling light
| of liberty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-04
ASKS FOR PROPERTY
Mrs. Emma Peterson Also Sues Hus-
hand for a Divorce.

Mrs. Emma Peterson, who says she
labored side by side with her husband
for twenty-three years accommodating
property only to be told she had no
interest in their properly; that she
might as well work for anyone else"
as for her husband, wants divorce.
And incidentally she wants half of
the property she says her husband
holds she has no interest in. The
husband, Fred D. Peterson, lives with
her on a farm near Elmont. Mrs
Peterson says. They were married at
Belleville, September 26, 1894, and are
the parents of two grown children.
That Peterson beat his daughter
without cause and ran their son away
from home, are other charges the
mother and wife makes. She says he
has nagged her year after year, hui
initiating her before their children
"Old thing" "Old thief" and "Old
rascal are terms frequently applied to
her by her husband, according to the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-04
RACE IN A MASK
Unknown Driver Enters Fret
Fair Auto Speed Event.
He Will Drive if Fred HOrey
Does Not Object.

Fred Horey, worlds track cham
,pion, may have his laurels wrested
from him by a driver whose identity
he will not know until after the auto
mobile races which will provide the
closing feature of the Kansas Free
fair. Topeka. Saturday, September / S.
The Masked Marvel is the sigma
ture TO an entry blank received Nom
day by Secretary Phil Eastman, from
prospective entrant who says he
lives in Chicago. In all other respects
the entry blank conforms to the re-
quirements of the International Motot
Contest association. under whose aus
pices the meet will be held.
Whether or not the Masked Mar
vel'' will be permitted to start against
Horey and Floyd Willard, the other
drivers entered. will depend largely on
HOrey. 1t is rather unusual for an
automobile race driver to attempt 20
enter race under an assumed name
or a nom de guerre. This gives rise
to the theory that the Masked Mar
vef' very likely is some star who is
after revenge for a defeat at Horey's
hands earlier in the season.
Horey Is Pledged.
In Horey's contract with the fair
association, he agrees to meet any two
drivers in a match race whom Mr..
Eastman may designate. One of those
designated by Mr.. Eastman is Will
lard, whose mount is recognized as the
worlds fastest Ford, and especially
adapted to half-nile dirt tracks The
other entrant has not yet been nomi-
mated, and until Mr.. Eastman hears
from Horey in regard to whether or
not he will waive the rule requiring
drivers to disclose their real names al
the time of filling in the entry blank
the Masked Marvel'S'' challenge will
be kept on file.
If the challenge is accepted the
Masked Marvel says that it is his
intention to wear a mask to the fail
grounds and during the races
A $1,000 purse has been offered fol
| the match race by the fair associa-
!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-04
STATE BANK CALL
Report of Condition on Septem
bere1 Is Asked For.
Big Increase Over Showing of
Last Statement Expected.

Senator Walter E. Wilson, state
bank commissioner, today issued call
for a report from state banks as to
their condition at the close of business
Saturday, September 1. The report is
expected to show an increase in bust
ness over the statements of June 6,
when state banks showed deposits ag-
gregating 202,131, 544.97 and loans
and discounts amounting to 1854, 364,-
747.97.
Calls were sent to all state banks
today by the state banking depart
ment The combined report for all
state banks will not be compiled be-
fore late September or early October.
Sales of wheat, alfalfa and live stock
are expected to have caused heavy in
creases in bank deposits. Record bus
mess in the southern Kansas oil fields
brought much new money into the
state.
THE report for last June showed a
big increase over the deposits of June
80, 1915. The report for June 6, this
year, was an increase of nearly 81
million dollars over the 1916 record.
The loans and discounts increased
from $127, $50, 544.07 in 1916 to $154,
364,747.e7 this year. The report of
the national banks for June 20, this
year, showed deposits aggregating
S146, $4,000, with loans and dis
counts amounting to $102,oOO,O0O.
While no official information is
available at this time, conditions in
Kansas during the last 80 days have
been such that financial observers be-
lieve the September report will indi-
June record. One thousand banks are
affected by the call
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-04
WANTED-MALE HELP.


WANTED-Camp cook, south, $50 month.
White, colored, and foreign laborers to
ship south $1.eo day board $4.75. Elk
hospital work: arm walters farm hands,
$40 month and board; men to ship to
Wyoming, railroad work; cooks. Furman
Employment Office, Jog West Sth.
WANTED-30 Mexican families to ship to
Nebraska. Free transportation for all
nished, wages 50 day; steady work. Fur
man Employment Office, 106 West Sth.
WANTED-Barbers. licensed, open shop,
$1,000 qua lntee, permanent position. Tn
ion hours but in shifts. National Hotel.
Topeka, Kan.
MEN WANTED to make friends with their
wife by taking her to see I'm Old Ken
lucky" at the Grand opera house fair week.
Matinee daily.
WANTED-Office boy with wheel. Must
be over 16 years of age. Chas. Wolff
Packing Co.
DRIVERS and helpers wanted at once.
HurryUp Transfer. POS W. 9th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-04
COLLARS UP 5 CENTS
Celluloids Get More, Favor. Soap and
Cob Pipes Also Advance.

st. Louis, Mo-, Sept. 4.-Celluloid
collars were viewed with less scorn
today when ST. Louis haberdasheries
announced an increase of five cents
in linen collars.
The collar that used to he IS cents
two for quarter-today was 20
cents, two for 35 cent? and four for
SO cents. Scarcity of liner. increased
transportation costs were blamed, as
usual
Shaving soap formerly selling for
five cents, was 10 cents. other soaps
were from 10 to 8 cents cake high
er. A diminishing supply of glycer-
ine now used in explosives manufac-
ture, was given as the ca1se.
And the lowly farmers friend-the
Missouri meerschaum, the corn cob.
sold at 10 cents instead of the GUS
tomary nickel here, today. Higher
corn prices was given as the cause