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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
ALL FROZEN UP!
British Front in France SeWed
Up Tight by BOreas.
Artillery Guns, However, Ex.
change COurteSies as Usual.

With the British Armies in the
Field, Dec. 29.-Winter's cold has
practically frozen up all fighting on
the British front
With the lines buried under snow
today and the thermometer far below
freezing, there was little chance for
fighting. The Germans heavily she'll
ed British trenches near Bullecourt
and southwest of Bourbon yesterday
Later the Homoge sector was the
object of a gas shell attack at $50
p. m. Still later in the night the Ger
mans sent a brief barrage fire north
of Poelcappelle. The shells started
flying about lis a. m. and continued
for about a half hour.
Everywhere back of the fighting
lines, the Tommies were enjoying
themselves today in skating and 9TH
er winter sports
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
TRAIN KILLS FAMILY

Fort Worth, Tex, Dec 29.-Dr. A.
L. Andrews, prominent Texas Metho-
dist minister his wife and son, Will
a corporal in the army cantonmen. at
Camp Bowie, weer killed instantly late
Yesterday when the fast eastbound
Texas & Pacific Sunshine Special
crashed into them on the Dalworth
crossing fifteen miles east of here.
Doctor Andrews was born and
raised in Alabama and was a member
of prominent family there. his faith
er, DR.. A. l. Andrews. Sr.. having been
president of the Methodist university
at Greensboro, Ala
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
ENDORSES r. R. MOVE
Topeka Industrial Council Aprroves
Action by President Wilson.

The Topeka Industrial council has
gone on record as approving the ac-
ton of President Wilson in taking
over the control and operation of all
the railroads.
AT the regular meeting of the coun-
ell Friday night a motion was passed
instructing the resolutions committee
TO draft resolutions endorsing the pres
ident's move and asking that in the re-
adjustment of wages the lowest paid
workers be given first and immediate
consideration
recommending that all unorganized
workers in the employ of the rail-
roads affiliate with the union of their
craft at once
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29


The temperatures today averaged
26 degrees below normal for the date.
The wind shifted from the north to
the east before noon but maintained
its velocity of IL miles an hour.
Down went McGinty to the Bottom
of the Sea-" but if the sea was in
Kansas today and McGinty tried to re-
peat his historic trip in all proba bility
a heavy film of ice would prove an
effective detriment to the repetition.
and McGinty would continue on this
sphere. The temperature of 9 below
zero, registered at $40 O'Clock this
morning would come very near to
| freezing salt water, and McGinty's ef-
| fort to descend to the bottom would be
| all in vain.
The temperature of 9 below is
within a fraction of a degree of being
| the lowest temperature ever recorded
! in Kansas in the month of December.
! The record was made in 1902, when on
! December 26, a reading of 10 below
was recorded. At this time the
weather bureau was located at WASH
| burn college, and the thermometers
were located not more than four feet
above the ground. S. D. Flora, local
meteorologist, said this morning that
| the temperature this morning would.
/ in all proba bility, exceeded this record
| if the thermometers had been at the
same height above the ground as they
were in 1902.
Cold All Over State
! The cold was general all over the
STATE; Dodge City reported ? below
and St. Joseph 2 below this morning.
8 There was no snow in the state, only
flurries here and there. The center
of the cold wave is just north of the
city this morning, and moving east :;
means warmer weather tomorrow
/ At Oklahoma City this morning a
! cold ana penetrating wind from the
! north was making the temperature of
4 above seem almost as cold as it is
/ here. 1t is no fun today drilling. at
/ Doniphan.
The official forecast says: Generally
( fair tonight and Sunday, with slowly
rising temperatures.
! Shippers should protect 36-hour
shipments north against a tempera-
I ture of 5 below; east and west against
zero. and south against above.
The highest temperature ever re-
corded on this date in Topeka was g.
| in 1889, and the lowest previous rec
ord was 5 below in 1882?
! 2S Below at Sioux City
Sioux City, Dec. 29.-Twenty- eight
below zero this morning. The coldest
OF the winter.
( TO Below Thruout Kansas.
/ Salina, Kan. Dec. ga tempera-
/ ture of degrees below zero was re-
! corded here this morning, approx
mating temperatures in this part OF
( the state.
Junction City, Kan. Dec. 29.-
Eight degrees below zero was the low
! est temperature recorded here this
| morning.
Emporia, Kan, Dec. 29.-Emporia
was in the grip of a severe cold spell
today, temperature of degrees De-
low zero being recorded this :nornins
I Newton, Kan, Dec 29.-Wfth 4
tempera ture of Z degrees below zerl
lContinned on Page Twol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
ATTACKS COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
Members Affiliated With Concerns
That Got Big War Contracts.

Washington, Dec. 29.-The profit
able scrap sorting contracts" in con-
nectlon with making army uniforms,
which testimony at the senate com
mittee investigation of war activities
has led into the committees of the
council of national defense. came up
again at todays hearing while Quar-
termaster General Sharpe was still
under examination. It was developed
that Samuel Kaplan, a member of one
of the supply committees had pro-
tested against cancellation of a sort
ing contract, in which his brother was
interested and it was further develop
ed that his brother was treasurer of
the Millbrook Mill company, owning
one of the Connecticut wooden mills
commandeered by the government.
Senator McKellar asked whether
Emmanuel Kaplan, treasurer of the
Millbrook Mill company, was not a
brother of Samuel Kaplan, a member
of a supply committee. General Sharpe
said he thought so.
The other mill was the Thames
River Woolen mills. Both were order
ed to devote their machinery to gov
ernment work cancelling private con-
tracts.
Mill Owned by Member.
Did you know that Samuel Kaplan
of the council of national defense, is
president and owns two-thirds of the
stock of the MillbrOOk company"
asked Senator McKellar.
General Sharpe said he did not.
Last Saturday, General Sharpe said,
Samuel Kaplan and other members of
the councils supply committee came
to him and protested against cancel
ling of wool scrap sorting contracts
given the Base Sorting company of
New York.
Senator McKellar said that Ira A.
Kaplan president of the sorting com
pany which General Sharpe said stood
to make 100000 a year on the sort
ing contract, recently annulled because
/ it was regarded excessive. was related
to the council committee member.
I'VE had to follow the advice of the
council committee said General
Shape, explaining that Charles Elm
man, head of the supply committee,
had approved the contract
Senator Mcclellan assured General
Sharpe that the quartermaster gen
erals faith and good intent in the
situation was not questioned.
Defense Council Responsible.
MY purpose is to show that the
council of national defense has
usurped authority of the quartermas-
ter generals office and is largely re-
sponsible for the shortage in clothing
supplies" said Senator MckeIlar.
The alleged shortage of motor
trucks. testified to yesterday by Gen
eral Greble of Camp Bowie, came up
again today 1t is not intended, the
quartermaster general said, to deliver
motor trucks to the training camps
until the troops get ready to &c
abroad. The committee members ex-
pressed surprise
How are the men going to get ex-
kperience in handling trucks" asked
Senator Hitchcock
Il don't know" said General
Sharpe. Those are the orders
think any surplus not needed by Cen
eral Pershing should be sent to the
training camps"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
in AUTO ACCIDENT
Robert Stones Car and Fire
Truck COIIided.
Two Firemen Were Injured in
SmaShup.

Two firemen, James Kaufman and
Archie Coffman, were injured, the
former painfully and the latter slight
ly when fire hose truck No. 2 of the
Quincy street station and an automo-
bile driven by Robert Stone, Topeka
lawyer. collided at Seventh and To-
peka avenue The accident occurred
at $3.50 o'clock this morning.
Kaufl man was bruised painfully
about the shoulders and body when
he was thrown from the truck by the
impact of the collision. Coffman was
bruised on the arm. Both the truck
and the automobile were damaged
considerably.
When the accident occurred the
hose truck, one of the monster motors,
was running west on West Seventh
street to answer an alarm at 612
Tyler street. Stone, in his touring car,
was gonig north on Topeka avenue.
Captain Lucas. in charge of the fire
truck, said the firemen saw Stone COM
ing a considerable distance away, but
supposed he would stop. Stone says
he was wearing a fur cap pulled over
his ears and did not hear the truck
coming and did not see it until he was
upon it.
Stone Put on Brakes
He put on the brakes, he says, but
! it was too late. His touring car
|
| hood and a general melee ensued-
| When it was all over Stones car was
/ facing the south and was standing
| with the front end in the parking at
| the southwest corner of the street,
| the fender lights and springs sma ashed.
| The mechanical workings were also
| damaged.
The damage to the fire truck was
about 800, tenders, lights, a spring
and other damages being the toll.
/ The truck in the mixup skidded
around and was facing the south on
| Topeka avenue.
Kaufman and Coffman, both regu-
! lar members of the Hose company No.
| 2, were rushed to the headquarters
station where their injuries were
4 looked after by Dr. A b. Jeffrey. who
said no bones were broken.
Another Accident There.
! Ten minutes after the collision, J.
J. Bosch, an employe of the high
! school, started to cross the street al
| the scene of the accident. He was
run over and knocked down by a
Ford driven by Chas. Madden. Mad
den. according to the firemen, who
We're trying to put the fire truck in
shape to run into the station, didn't
stop of his own accord but was stopped
{ by witnesses. The witnesses a lso as
( sert that he admitted knowing of hav-
[ ing hit Bosch. Bosch was not hurt
other than a slight bruise or two
The wheels of the Ford passed over
his legs at the knees.
! The fire truck went back t. the
station under its own power.
The fire, which started the tangle
proved to be a small blaze on roof
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
Cabinet Member VIII Deliver
Address at Auditorium.
He's Coming Here Under Aus
pices of Defense Council.
NOTED BRITISHER WITH HIM
Sir Frederick f. Smith Also To
Deliver an Address.
Name New Council of Defense
President Next Week.

Secretary of Interior Lane and Sir
Frederick E. Smith, attorney general
of Great Britain, are coming to To-
peka for a monster war meeting at
the auditorium the night of Thursday.
January II. Press dispatches from
Washington this afternoon. as well as
announcements sent to Governor Cap
per. assure the big meeting for To-
peka. II is probable the big Topeka
meeting will be the only speech of the
two men in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
PetrOgrad Issues Report Not
Yet Officially Confirmed.
Earlier Dispatches Indicated
Revolution Plot Brewing.
PRINCE CHARLES GETS CROWN
Son Is Popular as Staunch Sup
porter of Allies Cause.
Rumania Army Now Inactive
Under Russian ArmiStice.

Petrograd. Friday, Dec. 2S.-There
are persistent rumors here that King
Ferdinand of Rumania has abdicated
in favor of Crown Prince Charles.
London. Dec 2e.-King Ferdinand
has abdicated the Rumanian throne
in favor of Crown Prince Charles. ac-
cording to persistent rumors in Petro-
grad Official confirmation. however.
is lacking.
Unsettled conditions and a political
crisis in Rumania were reported early
this week in dispatches from Petro-
grad the Bolsheviki government hav-
ing received information that there
was a revolutionary plot against King
Ferdinand. The Rumanian army has
been inactive since the Russian
armistice, and peace negotiations
forced il to suspend hOstilities. Boil
sheviki and German propagandists
have been reported working among
the Rumanian troops
Prince Charles. also called Prince
Carol. the oldest son of King Ferdi-
napd. is far more popular with the
Pumanian people than his father.
Before Rumania Joined in the war on
the side of the entente, there was a
popular clamOr that the crown prince
take the helm lof the government, due
to the faith the people had in him as
heiNG frankly opposed TO German IN
flur nee. King Ferdinand is a blood
rrlativ Of tho kaiser
Queen Marie of Rumania. reputed
tx e the most beautiful queen of
European royal families is the grand
do-rhter of the late Queen Victoria
e F2nrland-the daughter of Queen
Nictcria' second son.
IN Throne Three Years.
King Ferdinand, who is a member
% the Hohenzollern family succeeded
his uncle. King Charles in October
1o-'. King Charles having died at
F''-1'a on October 10. Rumania de-
c!rred war on Austria on August p,
-" nd King Ferdinand took per-
sO~1l -ommand Of the army shortly
trcroafter. King Ferdinand is the son
or Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-
Sigr aringen and two of his brothers
are generals in the German army. He
vso~ horn at Sigmaringen August "a,
1855
Crown Prince Charles was born
October 30, 1898, and is an officer in
TIE Rumanian army. He is unmar-
ried. altho cary in 1914 it was re-
ported that his hetrothal to the then
Grand Duchess Olga. of Russia had
been arranged.
lost Two-thirds of Country.
Queen Marie of Rumania, who was
a duchess of SaXe-COburg-G g-Gotha, is a
granddaughter of Queen Victoria, of
Great Britain and was married to
King Ferdinand on January 10. 1898.
Since Rumania's entrance into the
war. more than two-thirds of her
territory has been overrun by the en-
envy. The royal family fled from the
capital Bucharest in the fall of 1916
and since that time has been at Jassy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
GOVT STANDARD SUITS
IN ENGLAND TO COST S12

London. Dec. 29-The new
standard suits for men, which are
to be manufactured under govern
ment control. will cost $12 each.
The cloth. it is announced, will be
composed in the bulk of wool and
there will be a limited variety of
fabrics, mostly of the favorite gray
and brown tweeds. The first of the
new suits will be placed on the
market in February
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
AVERT MILK FAMINE
Cut of 80 Cents a Hundred on Brand
Encourages Kansas Dairymen.

2 Wichita. Kan, Dec. 29.-Kansas Is
to be spared a milk famine, such as
eastern states have sufferd, according
to dairymen, who have expressed
themselves as highly pleased with the
reduction Of 80 cents a hundred in the
price of bran. which was announced
Christmas morning by Food Adm1nls-
traitor Innes.
Men who had contemplated selling
their dairy herds because of the high
cost Of feed have changed their minds,
leading dairymen from many sections
of the country have informed the food
administrtor.
Kansas millers attended confer
ence and worked out the percentage
of reduction, according to the rules
formulated at the nations capital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
OFFICIAL WAR
STATEMENTS

BRITISH
London. Dec. 29.-Again today, Field
Marshal Haig reported nothing spe-
cfal' from the British FIR rDur-
ITALIAN
Berlin, Dec 29.-An Italian attack
against the AuStro- German position
on the heights east Of Monte rOmba
broke down yesterday under the fire
Of the Teutons, IL was aunOuu.-ei I Of
ficiaIly today by the German war
office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

Today's dispatches from Petrograd
report that King Ferdinand of Ru-
mania has abdicated his throne in
favor of his oldest son, Prince Charles
Since Rumania got into the war
August 27, 1916-on the side of the
allies, two-thirds of the entire nation
has been taken by the Austro-Ger-
mans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
No Revision in Coke Prices

no general revision of coke prices for
the year 1918. Fuel Administrator
Garfield today issued an order con-
tinuing in force the prices fixed last
September.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
'NSWERS QUESTIONABLE
ms WORDS AND GETS BY

ichita, Kan, Dec 29.-Unable
master the intricacies of the
raft QUESTIONABLE, John Bush
wrOte across the face of the docu-
'ncnt.
"Rearin' to co. He was placed
n tho first classification.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
Coolest Weather of Winter Has
Kansas in Grip.
Mercury to Within One Degree
of Record Here.

Temperature readings for the day
furnished by the local office of the
United States weather bureau:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

A MOTHER kaiser's king has lost his
crown. Let's make Bill Hohen-
zolIern next!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas
Generally fair tonight and sun
day. Slowly rising temperatures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

Petrograd. Friday. Dec 2S.-There
are persistent rumors here that King
Ferdinand of Rumania has abdicated
in favor of Crown Prince Charles.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-21

The Chattanooga, Tennessee News
lis very fearless in its championship
of votes for women. Here is a bit of
one of its recent editorials:
1--WE are conservative in the South
land, but we. must realize that condi-
lions in the past fifty years have en-
ormously changed, as they have else
where. Hundreds of thousands of
Southern women, like those of other
religions, are no longer in the homes.
They are in professions, in offices, in
stores, in schools, in factories. They
are vitality interested more than ever
before in the settlement of every
question which affects education, la
Dor, health, sanitation and civic bet
terment. Suffrage is coming
rapidly land only the question as to
the South is whether we shall adopt
it by States or whether we will be so
slow that the federal government will
give it to the women. Southern men
claim to be the most gallant in the
They will take off their hats
very punctiliously in the elevators in
the presence of women, but when it
comes to doing simple justice in a
great matter of legislation some of
them are not quite SO chivalrous."
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-21
CITY

Over in Jackson some one has started a gar
den for every home" movement and, the New.
says, has stirred up a great deal of interest among
home owners and nome renters.
There is no doubt that a considerable sum
of money could be saved by putting ground about
the home to garden purposes, provided the home
owner worked the garden himself, but when out
side aid, professional or so-called professional
gardeners, must be depended upon the saving is
not so great, in fact quite often the effort causes
a loss.
The idea of home gardening, however, is ex-
l%celent. We have thought that, perhaps, through
co-opration it might be made profitable.
Suppose, for an Illustration, nome owners and
home renters with more or less idle land at the
back of the house, dumped" their several
plats of land and, through the cooperation prin-
|ciple, worked this land from a gardening point
of view, employing a capable man to do the work.
Might not such an effort prove of money value to
those going into such a cooperative scheme.
Under such a cooperative plan one man could
take care of quite a number of different gardens,
could afford to supply necessary power and equip
ment, and by pro rata division of cost, we imagine,
it would be possible to pay wage sufficient to Sc
cure a capable man for the work required.
OF course, to make such a plan perfectly fair,
a pro rata system of levying the cost according
to the amount of land contributed and a pro rata
system of distribution of product, also according
to land contributed, would be necessary. In no
other way could each contributor of land get Just
exactly what was his due or be assessed in that
proportion for expense.-Meridian Star.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-21

If the South wants an intelligent
class of immigrants it must reckon
with an intelligent womanhood. The
women Of the Northwest, or the wom-
en- of any section, who have worked
themselves out Of the degradation of
Acknowledgement, will not voluntarily
remove to a section where they are
helpless to create the environment of
their children, lack of voice in deter
mining school conditions or the con-
troll Of the home. the hours Of their
labor, etc-conditions which in the
century are all under gov
eminent control.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-21

Don't you think these men know
what they are talking about? If they
don't mean what they say, do you
think they are worthy Of the Offices
they hold? The President Of the
United States, Woodrow Wilson, says:
II am very glad to make my posi-
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-21
VOCATIONAL TRAINING INTER.
ESTS EDljCATORS.

New York, Feb. 20--(By Union As
sociated Press)--The place Of voca-
tional training in a comprehensive
scheme Of public education, will be
one Of the chief subjects Of discussion
at the sessions Of the Public Educa-
tiopal Association here today. Among
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-21
Suffrage News and Notes
Edited By MRS. MONROE MCCLURE
my cleaning brings me sheaves from many a field,
Where stronger hands have wrought"
Edited By MRS. MONROE McCLU

Cora Harris, a Southern writer
who says some very clever things, has
this comment in the Saturday Evening
Post:
"Why should anybody, mar or
woman, thank God for his or her sex?
Is there any advantage before Him
in being born a male? l believe
there's plus mark put after every
woman's name in the Book of Life.
We have not fought the wars, or built
the cities or carried on the Dives bus
mess Of amassing wealth in this pres
ent world; but we do keep the faith.
What would happen if all the churches
dropped out and went into business
with the brethren? The pastors
still get their salaries, but your
missionary collections would drop
two-thirds."
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-21

mo woman can take part in
'~creasingly' in any branch of civic
work without coming, face up, to leg,
islation, the need of it, the injustice
Of it or its outworn graces. Then
what is she to do, according to the
creed of indirect influence? There is
but n course to pursue: cajole the
lawmaker. And how? By her ages
long charm? Her smile? Her wrath
and disgust? By promises? There
is no dignity and no sense in any such
statement. Carried to its logical
conclusion, the first part of the creed,
as quoted above, cannot best be done
by women without the ballot The
dignified thing to do is to say to any
lawmaker or aspiring %lawmaker, 4
ask for this legislation becauseI see
that it is needed and the safety of the
home and good of the family demand
it. l ask it as a citizen responsible
with you for the welfare Of my city,"
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-21

England has taken charge of all British coal
mines q q war measure and another such winter
here will create a demand that the u. S. do like
wise, as an anti-robbery measure.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-21

Cubans would better keep in mind that if Old
Glory is hoisted over the island a third time,
therell be a strong American demand that it be
kept there.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-21

London says the Smiths, Of Chicago have
Invested $13,OO0,OO0 in British war bonds.
|Humph! How about the Jones family?