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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
Line OF. MARCH
Day Paraders Will
Cover Business District,
Big Demonstration Will Begin
at 2 O'clock.

Eight thousand school children will
comprise one of the fifteen divisions
in tomorrow's Loyalty Day parade
which begins to move at o'clock af-
ter the main formation on Quincy
street. The line of march will extend
then swing over to Kansas avenue
where the procession will move south.
]. E Wilson, Col L. NJ. Penwell
Col. ]. w. F. Hughes, Maj. A. NJ. Full
Ter, H. w. McAfee, L. NJ. Jones, A. ].
Stout, H. S. Putney and Curt Meyers
completed arrangements for the pa
rade. one of the largest ever planned
in this city, late this afternoon The
foregoing committee urged all organ
izations to turn out without special in
Titation Employers are urged to dis
miss any or all employees to take part
in the affair.
Need Twenty Automobiles.
]. E. Wilson will act as chief mar
shall in the parade Aides will include
Major Fuller, L. M. Penwell, H. :.
Putney, George Godfrey Moore, Cap
tain Battison, Henry McAfee and c.
w. Meyers.
This afternoon a call was issued for
twenty automobiles at Lincoln Post
hall to carry the ladies' of the G. A. R
in the parade.
George Godfrey Moore stated this
afternoon that the Ake-Pot Sterboos,
an organization which recently offered
its services to the government. will
march in the line. Five bands will
furnish music.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
RECEPTION FOR PASTOR
Congregation Gave Rev. Il. w. Spen-
Ger Farewell Send Off.

Rev. E. w. Spencer, who has been
pastor of the Walnu Grove Methodist
church, was the gust of honor
Wednesday night at a reception given
him by his former congregation. Last
Sunday he preached his first sermon
in Fredonia, where he was sent by the
Kansas conference. He will move this
week to his new location.
Two years ago, Rev. Spencer came
to the Walnut Grove church as total
stranger from the Methodist church at
Paola, Kan. He had been preaching
for more than twenty years when he
came here. He was financial secre
tary of Baker university, having
charge of the distr. button and collec-
ton of benevolent funds for the in
stitution.
His greatest achievement while in
Topeka has been his success in raising
$4,000 for the initial payment of a
new church. During his service here,
his congregation has met every finan-
cial liability and has reported an in
crease in benevolent funds. Mem
bership in the Sunday school and in
the church have both been increased
and have been closer since his coming.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
SELL CITY BONDS
TOpekanS May Invest $lOO,OOO
in NOntaxable Securities.
Issue Will Be FlOated to Cover
Street improvements.

Small property owners in Topeka
will have an opportunity to invest
their savings in more than 100000 or
non-taxable municipal bonds early in
the SUMNER according to announce
ment made today by Commissioners W.
H. WATSON. A bond issue that large
will be floated to cover the cost OF
street improvements planned by Com
missioner Tandy.
Nearly ten miles of new paved
streets will be contracted for by the
city within a few weeks. Following
the acceptance of contracts for nm
provements. property owners Will be
notified as to the amount of their as
sessments and thirty days will be
given them to decide whether they
wish to pay immediately or meet the
expense in yearly assessments. At the
end of thirty days the commission Will
, learn the exact amount of the bond
issue necessary.
Commissioner WaSSon'S plan to sell
municipal bonds to Topeka people
was made the paramount issue in his
campaign. The large vote accorded
him at Tuesdays election is taken as
an endorsement of his plan to permit
Topeka people to gain by Topeka inn
provements against bond brokers in
the east. The bonds run from 500
70 $500 in der ominatiOns and thus per-
init small investors to get an oppor-
tunity to invest their small savings
safely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
SINGING AT WORK
A Topeka Department Store Adopts
Most Novel Plan.

: Tramp. Tramp, Tramp. the Boys
are marching"
And what boy wouldn't march if he
were given a chance to be in the War
rem NJ. Crosby department store of
Topeka at 9:15 each morning to wit
ness the patriotic demonstration of
seventy-five blue eyed, straight limb
ed, sweet faced girls who lay aside
their silks and satins and channels for
fifteen minutes and assemble On the
mezzanlne floor to take part in a pat
riOtic song service.
This sort of community singing is
conducted up on the bridge" leading
to the office, and assisted by a little
portable organ and man who beats
the time.
The saleswomen and some of the
statesmen, office people, floor mana
gers, carpet layers, and bosses rally
round a couple of big flags draped
over the newell posts, a girl from one
of the counters play airs on the organ,
and some dozens of voices are raised
in song which floats out into the
building over standard of hair goods
and switches of as many colors as
their are shades of skin among the
fighting men in the war over in bloody
Europe. Early customers joined in the
singing today.
This continues for about fifteen
minutes. Then the peaches-and-cream
compleXiOned girl retires to the rear
of the toilet goods counter; the dark
eyed, romantic looking young woman
beading, and the dapper youth hunts
his measuring stick and ladder to be
ready for the next woman who wants
shoes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
MUSTER IN TOMORROW
Field Hospital Corps Needs Only Eight
More Men Now

The Field Hospital Corps, No. X
n G., will muster in at the band ar
mory at 112 East Seventh street Fri
day evening at o'clock. According
to Capt. Seth Hammel the corps now
lacks eight men of the forty-three
needed to bring the organization I'D
to regulation peace strength These
morrow evening.
AS soon as it mustered in the hos
pital corps will be furnished with
uniforms by the quartermaster's de-
partment- Outfitting of the men Twill
take four days, and before the end of
that time the order is expected for
the corps to entrain for Fl. RfIev
where equipping the company as a
hospital unit will proceed. The medi-
cal outfit to be furnished the physi-
clans will be of the most modern
type
There is no branch of the service +,
Captain Hammel today, that offers
a training which will be so useful to
the men after the war is over. The
opportunities for those Interested in
the profession of medicine for acquir-
ing practical experience are unrivaI-
ed" A good percentage of the men
in the hospital corps are trained
either as physicians or pharmacists.
The full war strength of the unit is
sixty seven men and no difficulty is
anticipated in raising the required
number when the equipping of the
present company is complete
Topeka can hardly compare with
Lawrence in the ardor of her war
spirit In the university town there
are two companies of infantry, a bat
terry of field guns, and a hospital
corps, representing much greater
strength for war than pacific Topeka
can present
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
ASK AN ELECTION
c. of C.. Members Want Vote on
Auditorium Again.
To Request City Commission
erS to Act Tomorrow.

The board of directors of the Cham
Der of Commerce will call upon the
city commissioners in a body at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning and request
them to deviate from their customary
course and call a special election for
a new city auditorium without de-
manding the circulation OF petitions
Each member of the board is expected
to obtain TWO or three friends in favor
OF the project to accompany them to
the commission chamber.
A decision TO call IN a body on the
commission followed d report made 10
| the board this noon by Walter John
son and c. L. Mitchell, of the audi
forum committee. Johnson, as chair
man of the committee, reported that
he and Mitchell had spent the morn
ing discussing the proposition with the
commissioners.
However," said Johnson, I'VE did
not find the commissioners favOra bic
to the proposition of calling an cleo
ton until after petitions had been cir
culated. They eXpressedtear of estab-
fishing dangerous precedent, one
that would make it seem unfair ii
they demanded petitions Cor some 9TH
CT scheme placed before them
Petitions Expensive.
The board of directors expressed
confidence that the necessary number
| titionS again but various members OBJ
jected to going to the expense of en-
gaging men and women to circulate
the petitions. johnson stated that it
was optional with the commission to
call an election without demanding pc
titions
Word has been received by Topeka
business men that a determined effort
is being made among certain officers
of the Kansas State Teachers asso-
citation to split up the big teachers
convention. Independence, Wichita,
Hutchinson and probably Salfna expect
to profit by such a deal. L. NJ. Penwell,
c. B. Merriam and others declared that
such proposition would not be toler-
ated by the teachers at large who be-
lieve such tactics would detract inter-
est in the convention.
However, all admitted there might
be danger, that Topeka needs an audi
forum, convention or no convention.
and that it behooves Topeka to play
safety first" build a 100000 audi
torium and get that convention and
others. Wichita didn't turn a hair at
the election this week when it voted
100000 in bonds for an addition to
its forum, or convention hall.
1.-THE State Journal is more than
anxious to see a greater and better
auditorium, but it thinks the Cham
| Der of Commerce wrong in asking the
commissioners to call an election with
out petition. Let the petition be Sc
cured. 1t can be easily and with little
expense. It's the proper way. Let's
proceed properly and act regularity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
T0PEkANS ARE NAMED
A. NJ. Baird Vice Resident and Super
intendent New Tool Firm.

Two Topekans, A. NJ. Baird and F.
M. Wright, were elected officers of the
Baird Pneumatic Tool company at a
meeting held at the general offices,
319 Rialto building.
Mr.. Baird, for years assistant super
intendent of the Santa Fe shops and
inventor of many of the tools the
company will manufacture, was elect
ed vice president and superintendent
of manufacturing. Mr.. Wright was
elected secretary and treasurer.
The board of directors elected is as
follows: F. NJ. Wright, A. NJ. Baird.
F. w. Lukins, r. A. Lukins and r.
Newton Wylder. The latter three are
Kansas City men.
The. company had its headquarters
in Topeka for two years but was re-
Gently reorganize1 and moved to Kan
sas City II is a million ol-
lar corporation and makes air pres
sure tools used by the Santa Fe COM
-pany and other big railroads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
LOCAL MENTION

Easter vacation with the pink eye is
not as bad as school with the same all
ment, according to the authorities of
Washburn. Many cases have broken
out already and the school was facing
an epidemic when the classes closed
Wednesday. The students havE gone
home and it is hoped that by next
week when recitations are resumed
that the disease will have been con-
quered. Other schools, too. have
been bothered with the affliction.
Kansas university and the Kansas
State Agricultural college have both
been in an epidemic
Manhattan Cleaners. Phone 1863
ADV.
Safety razor blades sharpened bet
ter than new. 25c-35c doz. Brunt-
Marin Drug Co.-Adv.
F. A. Rooster. D. D. s.. TO Mills
Bldg. Special attention given to pyor-
rhea and oral prophylaxis.-Adv.
Grand Patriotic" ball tonight.
Halls augmented orchestra-Kellam
hall Admission 50c.-Adv.
The free lecture on Christian Science
to be given Sunday afternoon at 8
O'Clock, at the Grand opera house, by
Willis F. Gross, c. S. B. of Boston,
Mass, member of the Board of Lee
tureship of The Mother Church, The
First Church of Christ, Scientist, in
Boston, Mass. will be interesting and
instructive. The public is cordially in
vited to attend.-Ady.
Walter and Willis Monaghan. fresh
men in the St. Louis University School
of Medicine are in Topeka for the
Easter holidays visiting their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. p. j. Monaghan, 1920
I Quincy street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
THEY HAVE FOUGHT
No MOllycOddles Among Mis-
souri, Soldiers Here.
Guards Were in Action at Vera
Cruz and Nicaragua.
CANNOT CROSS THE BRIDGES
Only a Pass From Rock Island
Will Be HOnOred.
Soldiers Are Brought Here With
Utmost Secrecy.

The Rock Island railroad bridge
presented a decidedly military aspect
this morning as khaki clad soldiers
with loaded rifles barred the passage
of pedestrians. The reporter, who was
looking over the situation" approach
ed with caution. The man from
Missouri was stern and business like.
Halt, What d'ya want?" barked
the sentry.
"Oh, nothing in particular. Just
looking you over" said the reporter
casually.
We'll, then" said the guard, sup
pose you look in some other direction
and move on" remarked the man with
the rifle, looking as tho he would
like to use it.
This Missouri bunch is the most
cautious, discreet, diplomatic, uncom-
municative aggregation that has
breezed in this direction for some time
The men have seen service on the
border and some of them have beer
in the regular army and in the navy
They know their business.
They have been brought here with
much secrecy. Not even the parents
of the men, back in Missouri, know
where they have gone, and on genera
principles they decline to say to wha1
company and regiment they belong.
Have Seen Actual Fighting.
A few of them have done actual
fighting One had fought in the TAX
ing of Vera Cruz and in the battle be-
tween revolutionists and blue jackets
in the recent Nicaragua trouble.
The Rock Island is one of he i'm
portant transcontinental bridges, am
the Missouria guard it night and
day, the squads shifting every twt
hours. They are not allowed to ligh
a fire at night.
No persons are allowed to pass tbs
bridge who do not carry a pass IRON
the Rock Island, and only employs
can obtain the necessary permission
from the company. Three soldier;
are stationed at each end of the
bridge They do not look with favor
on Ioiterers who are not engaged Ii
some obviously useful occupation.
Their presence is the result of or
ders from the war department, which
is insuring the safety of the mair
arteries of commerce.
All Topeka railroads have hired
special officers to protect their proper
ty from the possibility of damage. II
is reported that the Union Pacific has
fifty special men. The three
bridges have been guarded for the
last three weeks, and Tuesday e small
watchman's house was erected for the
use of a guard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
WANT WHITE WAY
Topeka Avenue Residents Plan
Big Improvement.
Want to Give Topeka an Up-tO.
Date Boulevard.

Placing white way on Topeka ave-
nue., obtaining the passage of an Or
dinance by the city commissioners
making that thorofare a boulevard and
initiating a spring tree trimming cam
paign is the dream of the Topeka Ave
nue. Boulevard association, represen-
tatives of which called upon Commits
sioner Tandy today Discussion of the
project will be heard at o'clock Mon
day evening at meeting of members
of the association and as many other
Topeka avenue property owners as
care to attend. The meeting will be
held at the Chamber of Commerce.
E. F. w. Reinisch, superintendent
of city parks, will be the principal
ent Reinisch will explain the best
methods to pursue in trimming trees.
Governor Capper has been asked to
speak. An ordinance making Topeka
avenue boulevard would force heav-
lily laden wagons from driving ON the
thorofare. A resolution providing for
resurfacing the avenue has been
passed by the city commission and
work of resurfacing will begin in the
late spring.
In order to establish a white way
from First street to the fair grounds
on Topeka avenue, property owners
must circulate a petition the same as
for street paving. Assessments for
such an improvement are fixed by the
city commission the same as in street
paving. The representatives Of the
association merely discussed the pro-
ject with Commissioner Tandy. Defi-
mite action will not be taken until after
the meeting Monday evening Senator
Schoch, T1nkham Veale and Judge w.
ii. kemper were among the represen-
tatlVeS VINO called at the city hall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Seven Meet Death and Fifty Injured
in Chicago Restaurant.

Chicago, April Six or seven per
sons were killed and forty or fifty in
jured here today, according to police
estimates. in an explosion which
wrecked n brick building on Halsted
street near Lake street while res
taurant on the first floor was crowded
with Italian patrons eating their noon
day meal Fifty injured had been ia
ken to the hospital and the condition
of many of them was reported grave
The structure which was at 177-119
North HalStead, was occupied by
Alexander DubkCs with a restaurant
patronized by laboring men. The eX-
plosion was reported to have beer
due to gas The walls of the struc-
ture at first bu'ged out and then crum-
pied inward burning the victims.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
Kansas Guard Called Wien
Wilson Approves Resolution.
Adjutant General Martin Re-
turns Today From Capital.
MOBILIZATION TO Be AT HOME
GuardSmen Are Then in Readi.
ness for Amy Eventually.
NOncOmmissiOned Officers May
Train Raw Troops.

Kansas national guardsmen will
probably be modified at their home
stations Immediately following the
house and approval by President Will
son. That was the sentiment today
in state house circles among men who
are watching the moves in the war
game. Charles 1. Martin, adjutant
general, returned today from New
York and Washington, was in confer
ence with Governor Capper and army
officers, but declined to discuss proba
BILE action following passage of the
war resolution.
That the Kansas guardsmen are
ready for any demand was the state
ment of General Martin. He eX-
pressed the belief however that the
guardsmen would probably be mobil-
lied at their home stations and might
not be entrained for Fort Riley short
of a week or ten days. General Mar
tin refused to discuss or place an in
depreciation on the provision for con-
Scription of men for military service.
For more than two weeks General
Martin has been in conference with
army officers in New York and WASH
ington. He attended the national de-
Tense conference in New York re-
| turned to Washington for the opening
of the special session of congress and
visited General Barry of the central
division during short stop in Chicago
this week Following his return to
| Topeka today, General Martin was in
conference with verious army Off
GERS. He then went to the office of
| Governor Capper, where he remained
/ in conference nearly an hour. No
statement was made concerning plans
considered at either conference 1t
was asserted, however, that General
Martin outlined army plans as re-
ceived by him during the conference
with Governor Capper.
To Train Troops
81 don't know what the next move
will be-" said General Martin "altho
it is possible the men in the regular
! service will be modified at once. The
! mobilization, 1 assume, woul@ be at
home stations"
While no statement came from Gen
eral Martin, it was asserted in state
! house circles during the day that the
call to the Kansas guards would come
Immediately following President Will
sons signing of the war resolution.
The guardSmen would then be placed
In readiness for any eventually
1t was asserted today that noncom-
missioned officers might be assigned
to train recruits in a number of towns
Reports sent to Topeka indicate that
number of towns desire to recruit
companies for army service. The han
ding of these men will be under di-
rection of General Martin and officers
will be assigned by his department
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
GERNIANY's TERMS.

The Journal de Geneva states that
Germany's peace terms are as fellows:
Evacuation of France, except the min
ing district Of Briey. in exchange for
a channel port Calais or Dunkirk, and
an indemnity of 5000, 900 900 francs:
restoration of Belgium except that
Belgium is not to be allowed to have a
national army, permanent German
garrisons in Namur, Liege and Ant
werp, control of Belgian railroads an6
ports, and favorable treatment in an
economic treaty.
We are able to say that the source
of this information is reliable. says the
New Republic. and that the Journal
de Geneve is substantially correct in
its statements, tho ley are incom.
plete. The German government is not
yet prepared to renounce conquest,
and the refusal to reveal her terms
last January was due to knowledge on
Germany's part that a statement of
them would consolidate belligerent
and neutral opinion against her. Her
Z hope was to secure conference, de-
IN imperial Russia, and then extort
these conquests from the isolated
Western powers.
- That is why the conference Ger
many proposed was impossible, and
why President Wilson'S request for
an announcement of Germany policy
was so gruffly rejected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
THEY join FORCES
British and Russians Meet in
MesOpOtamia at Last.
Campaign for Conquest OF
Country Reaches Climax.
CBy the Associated Press. }

The long expected junction between
the British and the Russians in Meso-
potamia has finally been effected.
News of this important military de-
velopment came in an official an
nouncement in London that the patrols
of the two armies had met. The
campaign for the conquest of Meso-
potamia thus approaches climax.
Converging columns of British and
Russian troops have been fighting
their way northward and westward,
respectively, for more than a month.
Striking north from Kut-elAmara,
the British captured Bagdad and
moved up the Tigris and its tributary
the Diala. The Russians started from
Persia and their principal column
marched westward from Hamadan,
capturing Kermanshah and Kerind
and moved rapidly toward the Meso-
potamian border at Khanikin. Pre-
sumably the Diala river force for the
British and the Hamadan army of the
Russians form the two groups that
have effected the junction across the
Mesopota milan border some 100 miles
northeast of Bagdad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
APPLAUD WILSON
French Chamber in Frenzy
Cheering.United States.
Demonstration Unparalleled
After Premier Speaks.

Paris. April 5.-Not since the tense
days of early August, 1914, when
France cast her lot against Germany,
has the chamber of deputies been the
scene of such a tremendously dramatic
incident as today.
This time it was to hail the entry
into the conflict of the United States
of America. Premier Ribot made for
NAL salutation of Frances new ally
in the war.
His eloquent characterization of
President Wilson's speech as mes
sage of deliverance' caused a demon
stration almost unparalleled in the
history of the chamber.