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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-04
PLEA FOR FARMER
League President Urges Short
Loans by Govt.
In Bad Way Up North From
Partial Crop Failure.

St. Paul, Mimi, Dec. An order to
relieve desperate conditions among
farmers. brought about by crop con-
oltions this fall. A. c. Townley. presi-
gent OF the National Non-Partisan
ieasue, has laid before President Will
son at Washington, a plan for short
tlme loans by the government. This
became known today. following Town
leys return from Washington. Town
ley went to Washington as the head
OF an organization of over 10000
farmers in twenty states
In North Dakota, seat of the nom
partisan movement. farmers borrowed
money heavily, in order to increase
acreage to produce food to win the
war got an average of only seven
bushels of wheat to the acre this year.
lost money on the crop and yet bor-
rowed more money to over subscribe
the last liberty loan 10 per cent The
that these acts speak louder than
words of the food gamblers" Town
ley asserted.
To Save Farm Herds.
Some sort of a federal loan for
relief of the farmers all over the
country is imperative. if farmers are
going to save their herds" Townley
said, some farmers borrowed money
heavily in order to put in seed last
spring. The crop was practically a
failure. In the face of this comes the
very acute feed situation. We farm
ers simply must sell our cows. pigs,
sheep and even horses. Most of these
animals are being slaughtered for
meat. There is plenty of fodder. hay
and roughage in parts of Minnesota
Iowa and Illinois. But the farmers
of North Dakota, South Dakota and
Montana cannot get this feed because
they have borrowed now to the limit
of their credit.
1.-The northwest is not alone in this
acute situation. The president has
listened to a plea on behalf of Texas
cattle producers, who are in similar
conditions.
Chicago packers have intimated
that if their profits are cut to nine
per cent by federal regulation of meat
prices, there will be an under-pro-
duction. This appeals to me as an en-
tirely new brand of patriotism. We
farmers never dreamed of making
nine per cent profit. We don't make
three per cent
Danger of Under Production.
''Unless something is done, 1 think
there is real serious, acute danger
of famine in this country. thru mere
MISREPRESENTATION. Under present con-
farming pay. Year after year they
are failing. A farm labor shortage is
acute.
TT might be that under these con-
ditions some of the money that we
are trying to get the government to
| loan to farmers might not be paid
back Most of it will be. But if il
were not, certainly the government
can give up this help"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-04
NEIGHBORS MUST HELP
Farmer Should Raise the Same Crops
Community Does.

Manhattan, Kan, Dec. 4.-The aver
age farmer is limited in the changes
he can make in his farm business by
the farm practices of the community
in which he is living. according to w.
E. Grimes, assistant professor of farm
management in the Kansas State
Agricultural college.
There are farmers in every COM
munity who would like to change
their systems of agriculture but are
restrained from doing so by the fact
that their neighbors will not change.
Many farmers have tried to change
from one type of farming to another
better suited to the region, but failed
because the cost of running such an
entirely independent business was too
great.
A man owning an orchard in a To-
cality where there are no other or
chards has trouble in getting rid of
his crop. Buyers would rather buy in
a district where there are a great
many orchards, and it is often diff
cult to get them to make a bid on the
same class of fruit that they buy read
lily in other localities. Even when the
farmer is so fortunate as to get buy
ers, he generally receives a lower
price for the same grade of fruit than
would be received in a general apple
growing region.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-04
BELGIAN in TOPEKA
Man Who Fought Germans in Inva-
sion on Bill at Novelty.

Attention We patriotic! A real Bel
gian, a veteran of the trenches. the
drive on Antwerp and the battles of
Dendermonde, Liege. the Ypres and
User is at the Novelty this week.
Petro Van AIKEN is his name and
he is the oldest masculine member of
the Belgian trio which puts on the
acrobatic act that closes the bill. It's
this way:
When the kaiser took a sudden no
ton to start a world war and, Incl
dentally, invade neutral Belgium, the
Belgian trio was playing in a thea
ter in Antwerp. While Van AIKEN
was on the stage word came that the
Germans were coming. Then came
a royal edict to the effect that all
able bodied men should fight. Van
AIKEN, having had military experience
and being very much able bodied,
stepped from tights into uniform
Antwerp was turned into an inferno
and Van AIKEN, a member of the Third
Chasseurs, stayed in Antwerp until
eight hours before the city proper was
totally occupied by the Hurs. In the
battle he was wounded, but not badly
in the Belgian ranks and came to
blows and hand to hand fighting with
the Germans at Dendermonde. I.iege,
Ypres and User. In these fights he
received a bayonet wound on the
head and a bullet through the knee.
These wounds rendered him hors de
combat and he was given an honor
able discharge
After his discharge the trio came to
America where they have played in
various cities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-04
U. S. HAS 1,151 SHIPS
1851 Vessels With Tonnage of $685.
7OS for American Marine.

Washington, Dec. 4.-Retention for
Americas greater merchant marine
after the war of British, Norwegian
and other foreign ships comman-
deered while under construction in
United States yards was announced by
the shipping board today in it's first
annual report to congress.
In the mobilization of man power to
build the governments enormous
emergency cargo fleet, ship workers
recruiting centers will be established.
the report stated. The training of
$4,000 more shipbuilders and thou
sands of officers to man the merchant
fleet is already well under way
The number of vessels requisitioned
and under contract on October 81, the
board reported, was 1,151 of 6,75s,7OS
total tonnage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-04
EYES ON topeka?
w. L. Magnates Will Discuss
New Circuit Sunday.
Hutchinson Almost Certain To
Lose Her Franchise.

According to information received
here today, a meeting of Western
League magnates will be held in st.
Joseph Sunday at which time an eff
fort will be made to readjust the cir
cult and make the old minor league
parent strong enough to weather any
war storms that may come up next
summer
Just what changes in cities are con-
templated is a matter the magnates
are not making public, but it has
been learned on good authority that
all would like to transfer both the
Denver and Hutchinson franchises
and that Jack Holland will insist on
leaving the Kansas salt city.
Holland. it is reported, is very anx-
ious to get back to st. Joseph and be-
lieves he will be able to do so, but
some home will first have to be found
for the Sioux City club.
May FIirt With Topeka.
No one connected with the league
has intimated that an effort will be
made to place another club in To-
peka, but it is well known that the
majority of club owners think this
city one of the best the league has
ever had if conditions are right and
it is entirely within the range of pos
sibilities for Holland or some other
5A1NO " eIlClllpI " 1SC1 Tie lOCdI
pulse.
One rumor that is going the rounds
is that plans are on foot to have the
Three-I and the Central leagues also
re-arrange their circuits and to turn
over some of their territory to the
Dickerson circuit Another suggestion
is that the Western league take in
some of the best towns in the West
ern association, such as Tulsa and
Oklahoma City, but it is said these
towns want to have franchises given
them and the w. L. bosses insist that
they must pay good money to get in.
Need Down Town Park.
Several magnates believe the solu-
ton of the baseball problem in To-
peka is the building of a down town
ball park. John Savage, the last
club owner to try his luck here, in
sists that Topeka would be a first
class town with a park closer to the
business district and if the question of
putting club here is brought up he
is certain to make this suggestion.
Savage, it is understood, will keep his
club in Joplin, but will either sell it
before the opening of the season or
VIII get some one to run it for him.
AT Sundays meeting in St. Joe it
also is expected the magnates will de-
eide upon the length of the 1918 play
ing season and possibly upon the
number of players each club can
carry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-04
~ Up to the Minute
~ SPORTING NEWS
NJ FROM EVERYWHERE.
BY"cLUG-
OHIO STATE COACH HAS
WON WIDE RECOGNITION

Coach Jack Wilce of the cham
pion Ohio State eleven has won a
high seat in the ranks of success
.u1 coaches in the midwest
Wilce had a rather limited repu-
tation three years ago in coaching
circles He was known in the con-
ference. but aside from his own
football circle he was not very well
advertised.
But the winning of two confer
ence championships. with the de-
velopment of the greatest collegiate
football team Ohio has had in 10,
these many years. Wilce has sprung
into prominence, and he deserves
Unstinted praise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-04
To and from
Kansas City
and Chicago

Let Us Help You Plan Your Next Trin
p. L. sTUKGEs. g. p. q Il. A.
Phone sssz.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-04
DID SHE KILL RIVAL?
Bride Slain Thru Jealousy Is Charge
Against Nurse.

Dedham, Mass, Dec. Miss Har-
riet A Varney. a nurse of West Upton.
was today placed on trial, accused of
the murder of Mrs. Pauline A Reyes,
the bride and former stenographer in
the office of her husband, George H.
Reyes, a real estate dealer of Boston.
Jealousy is the motive alleged.
Miss Varney, att-actively gowned
and self possessed. was called to plead
at 11:15 O'Clock and before the lunch
con recess two jurors had been ac-
cepted from the thirty-four venire-
men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-04
DIG UP OLD Bone
Fasteners Assert They Have
Better Sport Than West.
Football Victories of Penn. and
Syracuse Cited.
BY JACK VEIoCK.

New York, Dec. 4.-Eastern foot
ball writer's are agreed that PENIS
victory over Michigan and Syracuse's
victory over Nebraska prove the casts
superiority over the west on the grid
iron.
1t is only natural that eastern writ
. erS should boost the east, just as
appears to be a little far fetched when
they stake their opinions on the out
come of two games.
Michigan, it is true, looked like the
strongest team in the west she TOOK
an awful fall out of the Nebraska
Cornhuskers, champions of the Mis-
souri, Valley section, who had pre-
viously beaten Notre Dame to O..
BY the comparative score route,
which very often proves to be the
bunk pure and simple, the Michigan
ders seemed to have something on the
best teams in the Western conference
and prior to the Penn game writers
thruout the country handed michigan
the laurel as the west western agsre-
CATION, regardless of the fact that the
wolverines did not play the stronger
Big Ten teams.
What Penn Did.
After the Penn game a majority of
eastern writers came out with the
opinion that PENIS victory proved
conclusively that the east has the
VESTS number, and that rem proNeu
what penn did was to prove that
she had Michigan's nanny tied TO a
post. Penn played brilliant ball, the
best ball of the season. and Penn de-
serves a world of credit.
However, Penn might have looked
far different against Ohio State, Illi-
nois. Wisconsin or Chicago. Any one
of these four might have beaten Penn
had they played, and there you are.
The trouble with trying to compare
the east and west on the gridiron lies
in the fact that there are not enough
inter-sectional games. Some day, per-
haps, there will be many such games.
and for the good of football it is to be
hoped so. But until that time there
will be no real avenue open for max
ing fair comparisons.
Michigan Western Leader.
Michigan's 1918 team will undoubt-
eddy be scheduled with the strongest
teams in the conference. It was left
out this year because the schedules
were made up before Michigan re-
entered the Big Nine to make it the
Big Ten.
Michigan will very probably remain
on PENIS schedule and will also play
Cornell. The Army and Notre Dame
will doubtlessly play in 1918, as they
have for the past few years, and there
is a chance that some new intersec-
tional contests will be scheduled. With
the growth of intersectional schedules
a real chance for comparisons can be
found, but not until then.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-04
Michigan Western Leader.
Michigan's 1918 team will undoubt
N, Y. Bike Races Are Slow.

New York, Dec. 4.-Pedalling near
ly 100 miles behind the record for
the 32nd hour, twelve teams in the
six-day bicycle race in Madison square
laps at a. m. today. Madonna and
Bello were one lap behind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-04
Want Champ to Vote Err DRY

Montgomery, Mo-, Dec. 4.-Protes-
tant churches in this-Champ Clark S
district-have Endorsed a petition to
be presented to the speaker by the
Anti-Saloon league urging him to sup
port national prohibition. The league
declares that with the speakers sup
port the measure will go thru
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-04
ECKERSALL VERY ILL
Famous Football Star and Sport Writ
err Is Near Death.

Chicago, Ill, Dec. 4-walter Ecker
sail, sport writer on the Chicago Trib-
une and former football star of the
University of Chicago, was said to be
near death in st. Lukes hospital to-
day.
He was taken to that institution
Monday night and is believed to be
suffering from cancer of the stom-
ach.
ADDITIONAL SPORT WILL
BE FOUND ON OTHER PAGES
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11
] ). 4 N
ARM |EN|A EXCEED
HUMAN BELIEF:
Germany Responsible for Slaught-
er Of Thousands Says T. P.
O'Connor
VOICE OF BERLIN IS
oMNIPOTENT IN TURKEY

New York, Aug. 11.-T. p. O'Con.
nor, M. P, Irish nationalist leader, in
an address on the Armenian situation
here this afternoon, told of Germanys
responsibility for the slaughter of
thousands in Armenia.
1T is one of the most lamentable
facts in this whole tragic story" he
said, that the German rulers have
played terrible part in these mas.
SacreS. - ..,4..a.
"For a generation, the voice Of Ber.
lin has been omnipotent in Constan.
tinople At the moment of the mas.
sacres, troops of Germany. were hSht.
ing side by side. It is not clear, there.
fore that Berlin had only to say a
word, and the massacre would not
have begun, or even Msthey had been
|abegun would not word nave brought
them to an immediate end? II I need.
ed further proof. of German respon.
sibility l would point to the absence
of representatives i of Germany to
Wangenheim, refusing your ambassa.
dor, Mr.. ,Morgenthau's appeal for In.
tervention; to Count Won Bernstort's
attempt at Washington TO deny the
massacre; to the statement of Won
Bethmann Hollweg, Zimmerman, and
other German officials in Berlin, which
If they did not justify, at least extenu.
ated the terrible crime"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11
T[STSIf')l|NAl FOR !.
CANDIDATES ! /. SENT =.
TO FORT .|||.T'|F SMELLING s. [ ]
No Further Examination to Be
Taken BY Men Selected
Major Stsedman Advises =:
BISMARCK FURNISHES
MoREsTHAN TEN PCT.
No Further Examination to Be

Cards have been mailed from the
Office Of Major Steedman, United
States army examiner for the state of
North Dakota, to 143 candidates for
appointment as an officer in the Unit
ed States army, directing them to re-
port in person to y the commanding
officer OF the training camp at Fort
Smelling on August 81, 1917, The
examinations helds@at Bismarck, Far
ago, Grand Forks, Devils Lake, James
town and Dickinson for the examina-
tion was final, Major Steedman an
nounces, and the !, candidates who
have been Instructed to report will
have no further tests to pass when
they reach Fort Smelling. a.,
!. KS Enlist For Three Months.
\, On reporting they will be required
to enlist under Sec.sat az the national
defense act for period OF three
months for the purpose OF training
only. They will also be required to
agree to accept at the termination Of
the period Of training such commits
sion In the army of the United States
as may be rendered by the secretary
of war. In case anything should oc.
cur, to make it impossible for the can
didate to enter the training camp, he
is directed to advice the commanding
officer at once. Every section Of the
state Is well represented in the can
didates chosen, and Major Steedman
regards the men selected excellent
Con snue" PAGE Threel
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11
critics 'SI0S(:S JOB
WITH [QU|||IT Ask .
FOR BUSINESS MAN
Lisbon Elevator Chief No Longer
Manager Of Exchange Posi-
ton Discontinued ~

St. Paul, Mimi. Aug. 11.-Directors
of the Equity Cooperative exchange
today voted to discontinue the posi-
ton of general manager.
Ey 80 doing they 0usted ]. G..
Critics, formerly Of Lisbon, N. D., one
of the leaders Of the cooperative
movement and well known through
the northwest. s.... +,
"The position was discontinued for
the present because Of the unsettled
condition of the grain trade, to cur.
tail expenses and in the interest OF
economy" J. NJ. Anderson, president,
viii Bond Elevator.
"Mr. Critics will be retained In the
exchange, however. He will travel
through the northwest interviewing
mills and assisting in financing coun'
try elevators desiring to do business
with u.s. c
It was said that later q position
of business manager might be Great
Cd and which would be filled by q
business man Mr.. Critics. experience
has been more in elevator work.
The directors also voted to bond the
terminal elevator in st. Paul for 500,
600. The money obtained will b'
used a. working capital.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11
IDARIROW WILL Be
ASKED TO HELP
MINI. STACKER

Minneapolis, Aug. 11.-Stirred by
the temporary desorganization of the
Minnesota socialist party through the
arrest of Ade Sugarman, secretary
and J. o. Banthall, state leader at
Litchfeld, Otto Wangerin, now acting
secretary, probably will appeal for
aid In behalf of the party to Attorney
Clarence Darrow, who defended the
McNamaras in the famous Los Ange'
les dynamite explosion cases.
t@ This developed today when Wanger'
in was asked regarding st. Paul re-
ports that he was among 20 men Ger
tilted for service to the district board
there, and that he would either have
to become soldier or 60 to Jail.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11
RESERVES POLICY

J.. London, Aug. 1.-THE labor con.
ference by more than three to one
vote in accordance with Henderson's
advice, thereby reversing the policy
to which the labor party had commit.
ted itself at an earlier convention.
Considerable feeling had been
aroused in England last month when
Mr.. Henderson went on mission to
Paris with the paciflsts, James Nc
Donald, and George Wardle acting
chairman of the labor party in the
house of commons and several Rus
sian delegates to confer with French
socialists regarding the proposed con-
ference of Entente Allied socialists in
London and the subsequent interna-
tional conference at Stockholm.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11
.DRAFT BOARD
Of NEW YORK
IS DISCHARGED
Fsvoritism Shown in Matter Of
Local Exemptions Will Be
Prosecuted
ONLY INCIDENT OF KIND
IN NATION SAY OFFICIALS
Ahans With Dependents Abroad
Hardly Come Under Exemp- !
tion Rules
ONLY INCIDENT or KIND
IN NATION SAY OFFICIALS

Washington, Ang. 11.-Members oi
the New York local selective board who
were relieved yesterday after an in
quiry into the manner In which dis
charges OF draft had been granted
viii be prosecuted. officials Of the
provost marshal generals office said
today. nd &. r. 4
Up to this time. the New York in
ctdent is the only one where any
question as to the good faith of loca
hoard has Seen raised. .fs
Omcials are preparing q supple
mental ruling as to discharge for
registered naturalized aliens support
ing relatives In Europe. The difficul
ty Is that the afndavits required can
not be obtained from any foreign
country In the time allowed. This
has made necessary ruling to es
tablish q policy. Indications are that
discharges will not be granted ia
many cases of this kind. Y.
425 Month. ,.s
For one thing, Oficials say, the sol
der will have $25 a month at least
TO contribute to his family during hi
army service. That is more than the
average foreigner sends home. Il
can be argued also that because o1
the war situation the American dollar
has almost doubled Its old purchas
ing power abroad. Behind this is thu
fact that the interests Of the United
States are paramount. .y.
The authority to grant discharge
for dependents was incorporated II
the act to prevent such dependent
from becoming public charges Of thu
United States II the bread winner
were taken away. No family II
Europe can become public charge
Of the United States, and II wa,
thought likely oMcials would not g
behind the fact 40 the interests Of ths
Individual ii not involved but only thu
interest of the government, !, i j
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11
Bulletin I /

.
't Lieut.. -coi.s Douglas ssttie, sehief'
mastering officer for North Dako.
ia, this afternoon received a tele.
gram from the war department ad-
vising that the age limits would
be waived as regards Colonel
White, Lieut.!Col. Tharalson, Ma.
jors Mudsett and Geary and Lieu
tenant and Battalion Adjutant Or.
chard, providing these men quail
fy under the national defense act.
This tends to indicate there no
longer. is any doubt as to federal
recognition for the Second az a
whole. Colonel Settle has worked
hard in an effort to straighten out
this tangle, and he is being con.
graduated on his success.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11
PALO ALTO FOR
INF ANTRY,, M[O|cS
TO NEW MEXICO
Instructions Received Today lndi'
cate Regiments and Field
Hospital are Divided

That Palo Alto, Cal, will be the
concentration camp for both regi'
ments of North Dakota infantry and
that the field hospital company, which
is distinct from either regiment, will
70 to Deming, N. NJ, is indicated BY
instructions reaching local military
headquarters today.
The field hospital company was or
ganized and is commanded by Major
r. c. Patterson OF Lisbon with Dr
Mclean of Kenmafe rs captain.
Nothing further has been learned
as to the recognition of the field and
staff officers of the Second nor as to
the recognition Of the regimentas q
whole. The mastering OF companies
as separate units continues. and this
includes the headquarters and supply