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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09
K. C. CARS TIED UP
Every Line on Both Sides of
River at StandstilI.
Report of Strikebreakers' Ar
rival Is Not Confirmed.

Kansas City, Mo, Aug. 9.-The rush
hour of the morning found Kansas
City today still in the midst of the
street car strike that has tied up every
line both here and at Kansas City,
Kan. To complicate the situation,
further, about $50 of the 500 en-
ployes of the shops and barns of the
Kansas City Railways com pany, which
operates the cars went out in sympa-
thy today with the striking conduc-
tors and motormen. Interurban lines
still were running but only one Of
fered service within the city
It was reported but not confirmed,
that several hundred strike breakers
from Chicago were being unloaded
from special trains at Sheffield a sub
urb. No violence has been reported
and police officials have offered to
place patrolmen on about 100 cars if
an attempt is to be made later in the
.day to resume service. Thousands of
motor cars were on the streets this
morning, carrying workers. Trucks,
taxicabs, pleasure vehicles, in fact
every character of vehicle were
paralleling the deserted car tracks
were esta blished by enterprising mo-
florists and Kansas Citians either rode
in motor cars or walked to work.
Claim 2,1OO on Strike.
The morning passed without an at
tempt being made to operate the cars.
Officials of the company refused to
forecast when the service would be re-
sumed.
Representatives of the men were to
confer with Mayor Edwar5 IS this after
noon and Mayor Edwards said he
hoped overtures looking tc a settle
ment might result.
Figures given out at LABOR Temple,
the strike headquarters, paced the
number of workers who had walked
out at 2,10O. This included conduc-
tors. motormen and shop employees.
Extra traffic patrolmen had to be
placed today turnout the business dis
trict to handle the huge traffic of
motor cars.
At some street intersections auto
mobiles were damned from one side
of the street to the other. The side
walks likewise were filled with pedes-
/ TRANS who unab1 to find room in the
motor cars, were forced to walk to
their destinations.
/ Cars Run Again at Butte
Butte, Mont, Aug. 9.-The first
! street cars to run, since the local
! street railway strike was called Sat
+ urday moved a. six o'clock this morn
i ing The demand of the men for a
/ flat wage of Sc cents an hour was
met by the company, which announced
| the abolition of the transfer privilege
would net sufficient increase in reve-
nue. to meet the demand. According
ly no more transfers will be granted
on Butte lines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09
now READY TO
CLAMP LAW ON
F00D Rlp0NS
Immediate Action by Chicago
Grand Jury Planned.
Food Law, Passed by Congress,
in Force Friday.
ALSO PASS FOOD SURVEY BILL
Evidence Already i'm Hand
Hoover Appointment Next.
Only z Senators Oppose Bill So
Long Delayed by Them.
Food Law, Passed by Congress,
in Force Friday.
ALSO PASS FOOD SURVEY BILL
Only z Senators Oppose Bill So
Long Delayed by Them.

Chicago. Aug. Immediate action
by the federal grand jury against food
spectators and hoarders in Chicago
was planned today in federal circles
following the receipt of news last
night of the passage of the food bill.
Joseph B. Fleming. first assistant dis
trict attorney, said that evidence ac-
cumulated during the past six months
will be prepared Immediately. In the
past, according to Mr.. Fleming, the
government in addition to proving
speculation and boarding had to prove
restraint of trade. Situations were
frequently found, he said. where men
were undeniably spectators, but
where restraint of trade was lacking
and conviction impossible.
Appoint Hoover, First Step.
Washington, Aug. all is in readi-
ness today for putting the admins
tration's food control and food survey
bills into effect as soon as they become
law, with President Wilson's sigma
ture. The president will sign the bills
of the senate and house affix their
signatures to the measures. This
could not be done today because
neither house was in session.
The first step in putting the new
legislation into operation probably
dent of Herbert C. Hoover as food
administrator.
Meantime Hoover was on the job
early today prepared to launch out on
the greatest food conservation pro-
gram ever attempted in a republic.
To set the giant wheels of his food
control machinery into motion, he
awaits only the presidents signature
on the food bill.
Revenue Bill Up Friday.
Congress was resting today prepare
tory to starting out on the last lap of
this session tomorrow whenthe senate
begins its discussion of the $2.0O6,-
100000 revenue bill
Bill Passes. Sc to Z.
The food bill was finally adopted
by the senate in form previously ap-
proved by the house.
The vote was Sc to 7. Those voting
against the conference report Were:
Democrats-Hardw Hollis and
Reed.
Republicans-Franc Gronna, La
toilette and Penrose.
Approve Food Survey.
Immediately after the final vote on
the control bill the senate, by a viva
voce vote, also approved the confer
Continued on Page Two.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09
SCHOOL BOARD BALKY
Doesn't Order Kaiser Page From
Speller but Kids Tear IL Out.

Chicago, Aug. notwithstanding
Mayor Thompson's new school board
declined to remove page laudatory
of the kaiser, from the eighth grade
speller the page is being strafed any
way by the youngsters themselves Isv-
cry mail brings mutilated pages torn
from the speller to the newspapers.
Often they are accompanied by child
ish letters. Writes one:
MY brother is a first class yeoman
in the navy so you see how 1 feel
about the speller."
The author of the spelling book IN
of German extraction and the eulogy
of the kaiser is the only biographical
sketch in the entire book. The school
board has ordered a new set Of speIIers
with the kaiser page omitted. .Szx they
will not be ready by the time school
reconvenes next month
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09
EPAULETTE INSIGNIA
TELL RANK IN The Navy

Washington, Aug. 9.-You can
recognize the rank of an American
naval officer by knowing that
A naval ensign has one gold bar
on his epaulette.
A junior lieutenant has one and
one-half of a gold bar thereon
A senior lieutenant has two gold
bare thereon.
A lieutenant commander has 2 4
gold bars.
A commander has three eold
bars.
A captain has four gold bars.
A rear admiral has a star, mar
row and a broad gold band.
A vice admiral has star two
narrow and a broad gold band.
An admiral of the navy has three
narrow and a broad gold band, pre-
coded by a star, as in the case Of
rear and a vice admiral
The late Admiral Dewey is the
only admiral of the navy on record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09
DIE N LAKE GALE
IL OF II on Ship Succumb on
Lake Ontario.
Dead Include Captain, His Wife
and Five Children.

Kingston. Ont, Aug. 9.-Twelve out
of fourteen persons aboard the
schooner George A. Marsh persisted
when the vessel was destroyed in a
35-mile gale which swept Lake on
taIio Tuesday night, it WIS learned
today
The dead include Captain Smith.
his wife and five children: Mr.. and
Mrs. McClennan and one child; Will
liam Watkins, mate, and George Cous-
ms deck hand. All were drowned
except one child, who died from eX-
posture. while McClennan. jr.. one of
the survivors. was rowing for land in
a small boat. The only other person
aboard the vessel saved, was William
Smith, 10, son of the captain. Nc
Clennan. jr.. and the boy were picked
up by fishermen.
The schooner was laden with coal.
having sailed from Oswego
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09
DID KAISER WHITE KING
correspondence with President VIII
son Arouses Question i'm England

London, Aug. Enquiry is TO be
made in the house of commons as to
whether the government has any rec
ord of correspondence between King
George and the kaiser. thru Prince
Henry of Prussia. relating to Eng
lands intention of keeping out of the
war.
to President Wilson by former AM
bassador Gerard stating such assur-
ances had been given by King George,
resulted in Swift n Neil. NJ. r., serv-
ing notice today that he would ask
Premier Lloyd George as to the ex-
istence of records OF the alleged cor
respondence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09
MINERS URGE PEACE
Germans Rack Up Reichstag's : otion
and Demand 1t Be Carried Out.

Amsterdam, Aug. Eight thou
sand miners attended a recent mass
meeting at Essen, Germany. for the
discussion of coal production, food and
wages The meeting developed into
an impressive demonstration in favor
or peace by agreement and democratic
reforms. The miners declared in IA
vor of the reichstag majority peace
resolution and demanded that the
reichstag pursue their decision in the
interest of humanity The Socialist
organ Vorwaerts says the fact that the
demonstration occurred at Essen the
center of pan-German propaganda, in
creaSes its Importance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09
ODESSA, TEUTON GOAL
German Drive in Southwest Russia
Directed a. Black Sea Port.

London, Aug 9.-Recent reports
that the present German offensive in
southwest Russia is aimed at the cap
ture of Odessa, are strengthened by
an Odessa dispatch to the Times from
that city saying the belief is growing
there that the port is Germany's main
objective and that Bessarabia soon will
become the principal feature of oper-
ations, as the enemy presses toward
Odessa. The correspondent adds that
the harvest now is being reape in
southern Russia and the enemy doubt
less will try to secure it before it can
he removed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09

Accommodated by 6O-m1le gaze,
la sting one minute, and hail. a terrific
s,orm of wind ard rain swept. over
Topeka shortly before 10 O'CLOCK
Wednesday night. The hail extended
west to Silver Lake and north. At
silver Lake and northwest of Topeka
growing corn was stripped and some
fields are almost a total loss. The tel
ephone circuits between Topeka and
Willard were out this morning.
All the windows facing the nth on
Main street in Silver Lake, with the
exception of two plate glass ones, were
smashed by the wind and hail. About
a half mile of telephone poles west
from Silver Lake are flat on the
ground No damage from hail was
suffered at Granville, Dover, Bur-
Hngame Rossville or Carbonate. The
most of those communities were
doused by rains and experienced
light touch of wind.
Hail Big as Walnuts.
The rainfall in Topeka "Wednesday
night totaled so of an inch, according
to S. D. Flora, meteorologist. Half
this amount fell in five minutes. At
9:25 for one minute the wind reached
a velocity of 60 miles an hour, accord
ing to the federal weather bureau rec
ords. The hail here was as large as
walnuts and increased in size to the
west and northwest. At Silver Lake
the ice Jumps were as large as hen
eggs.
The wind in Topeka, which came in
a sudden, crashing puff, did consid-
cradle damage to window lights and
The big plate glass window in the
~ TT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09
SINK a FRENCH SHIPS
U-Boat's Toll of Week-AIso Destroy
Italian steamers.

Paris Aug. 9.-The weekly official
report of French shipping losses is
sued tonight, shows that four vessels
of 1900 tons or more were sunk and
two vessels of less than that tonnage.
Six merchantmen were attacked unsuc-
cessfully by submarines.
During the week 94S vessels of all
nationalities entered French ports and
934 left such ports.
Rome, Aug. S.-During the week
ending August says the official ship
report issued tonight, Italian shipping
losses comprised two steamers and enc
small sailing vessel
In the weekly period 4S7 vessels OF
a gross tonnage of 355,IT5 entered
Italian ports and 442 vessels of 337,I30
tons sailed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09
URGE HORSE FLESH
Master Butchers Recommend II to Fiji
Up Table Menu

Minneapolis. Mimi, Aug. e.=Use of
horse flesh instead of beef was advo-
Gated at the master butchers conven-
ton here today by Charles Grismer,
of Brooklyn. n. Y, president
Horse flesh is as good as steer
flesh and will be recognized as a
legitimate article of food in this coun-
try soon, / hope" said Grimser II
have never tasted the meat but IL is
used in different countries of Europe
and ought to be good because hors =
are clean animals
IF horse meat rs sold, IL should be
examined first by a board so that
unfit horses will not be used. The
government ought to control the meat
supply"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09
BREAD CARDS IN PARIS
Unfavorable Crop Weather Makes
French Conserve Supplies.

Paris Aug. 9.-The impending
bread cards, which will be introduced
in Paris probably in October, will be
necessitated in part by the unprece-
denied bad weather prevailing during
the last several weeks. According to
an official announcement the deficit
in the crop" which the weather we
have been having has augmented. does
not permit France, any more than any
other country. to fail to take the most
minute precautions if the year 1917
1918 is TO be passed without a crisis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09
HITS NEWL YWEDS
Wives Back to Job To Let Hub
by Go to War.
Call on Relatives in Curtailing
Exemption Causes.

Washington, Aug. 9.-Wives who
worked in offices and factories before
marriage should seek employment in
industry again, releasing their nus
bands for army service.
This was an official suggestion OF
the provost marshal generals orrice
today supplementlng General Crowd
er's ruling that when the wife is as
sured reasonably adequate support"
the husband should not be exempted
on the ground of dependents.
Officials would not define reason
with conditions and that the local
exemption boards would have to de-
eide individual cases on their merits.
A wife with young children, unable
to support herself or without ade-
quate support from relatives. would
entitle the husband to exemption. it
was stated.
Appeals to Relatives.
General Crowder's ruling was an
open appeal to relatives to support
the wife so that the husband can go
to war.
This will strike the rich particu-
larly.
The drafted men in the first call will
be ordered to proceed to the canton
II ent camps in their civilian clothes.
1t is still doubtful whether uniforms
and other Equipment will be ready by
September l. the date of the first call.
The balance will entrain for the
camps at intervals up to October /.
With draft allowances decreased for
married, officials here say that the
next week or two will see the quotas
filled all over the country.
Authorities here say that probably
the bulk of men will not be ready for
actual fighting duty before September.
1918, tho part of the national guard
and -gular army will be thoroly fitted
1rNr1r hnf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09
STRAY SHOTS KILL q
by Army Officers Over
Artillery Practice Accidents.

Atlanta, Aug 9.-Army officers are
today investigating the killing of four
civilians yesterday during field artil-
lery practice at Little Keresaw noun
tain about thirty miles from Atlanta
They also are looking into a story
that another shell was diverted far
from its course and injured a negro.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09
KUEHLMANN ON JOB
New oFreign Secretary Begins Duties
by Official Visits.

Copenhagen, Aug. 9.-An official
dispatch from Berlin says that DIR. Won
Kuehlmann began his duties as for
eign minister Wednesday.
He has gone with Chancellor Mich
aelis and DIR. William Won Stumm, IN :
der secretary of foreign affairs, to
main headquarters of the army where
he will be joined by Vice Chancellor
Helfferich. After leaving headquar-
tiers DIR. Michaelis will visit the grand
dukes of Baden and Darmstadt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09
FOR STATE FARM LOAN
California Council To Lend 81 900 900
To Cultivate Untitled Acres.

San Francisco, Aug. 9.-The state
council of defense announced today a
plan to establish state farm loan de-
partment to lend S1,000.000 to Cali
fornia farmers to cultivate acres now
unproductive because of lack of funds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug 9-F. w.
Bergmeier editor of the St. Paul
Nolks Zeitung. a German language
newspaper. was interned as an alien
enemy today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09
U. P. EXTRA DIVIDEND
Half Per Cent melon" Cut by Rail-
road-PayabIe September 4.

New York, Aug. g.-An extra divi-
dend of " per cent was declared to-
day by the Union Pacific Railway
company. 1t is payable to the stock
record of September /.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09
Shawnee Board Gets a Slow
Start This Morning.
Only One Man Taken From
First Eleven Examined.
MANY ARE PHYSICALLY UNFIT
Large Number Claim EXemp-
ton Because of Dependents.
Work May Not Be Completed
Before Next Week.

11S5-Frank A. Ray, Rt. 6 North Topeka.
1267-Albert Costello. Rt. B. North Topeka.
Accepted-Claim Exemption.
S54-Ralph Eastman. 1T. 1, Topeka.
7S3-Harry Lee Kennedy, Bt. 10. Teculn-
sch.
33T-Forcst Clayton Hummer. Rt. 10, Ell
mont.
G71-John Frederick Sibert TT. 81. Topeka
2T5-Jack Grant Welch, 407 After. To-
peka.
5O9-Elmer William Forbes, TT. .. Topeka
45S-Edward David SeitZ. Clearfield
1495-Roy Shidler, Rt 5. North Topeka.
Observation-Disclosures
25S-James Il. Tubbs, Oakland.
1095-Ernest Tschantz. ROssville
1455-Harry .. McClelland. Rt. I, Topeka.
1117-William Nelson Medley, Silver Lake.
564-Herman D. Wentworth, State Hospi-
tai.
945-Geore Carl Richard Rt 16, Tecumseh.
596-Harris Calmer, Sharon Springs
536-John Reese Nauman, Rt D. North
Topeka.
126-Wilbur Bruce WoOlpert Rossville
54S-Otis F. Snyder, Rt. 6, Topeka, in Red
Cross
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09
DAMAGED BY HAIL
Crops and Property Near Silver
Lake Hit by Storm.
Rig Rain Here-COOI Weather
Is To Continue.

Ideal October weather prevailed to-
day. Temperatures ranged 10 degrees
below normal The readings, as re-
norted by the weather bureau follow:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09

126-Wilbur Bruce WoOlpert RossvilIe
5iS-Otis f. Snyder, Rt. 6, Topeka, in Red
Cross.
Frank A. Ray, who lives on Route
6. northwest of Topeka, was the first
sound man found by the county draft
board who did not claim an exemp-
ton He is the first potential soldier
obtained by the board in Shawnee
county under the draft. He was the
eleventh man examined by the board.
After having examined eleven men
the members of the board and the
physicians appeared to be actually
startled to find the real thing.
We'll, we have a soldier" said DR..
T. C. Biddle, stepping back and giving
Ray the once over.
Ray expressed neither pleasure nor
disappointment. He took it as a mat
ter of course.
IFS all right with me- he said
Several of the people in the room
shook hands with him, offering con-
gratulations.
The board began work soon after
8 o'clock today and at noon, working
three and one-half hours, only four
teen men had been eXamined-and it
had found one soldier. Seven men
examined were discharged because Oh
4 physical disabilities which the board
held disqualified them for service. Six
men passed the physical examination
in good shape but they announced i'm
mediately that they claimed eXemp-
ton from service because of dependent
families.
Tubbs First Called.
James B. Tubbs of Oakland, the
first man drawn in Shawnee county in
Shi 11o dpsa riT1e Z 1n first
man examined by the board. He pass
ed n good physical mination and
physicians began to think they were
going to ring the bell with their first
trial. Then one of the attendants
stuck up a chart in front of Tubbs
and told him to call off the letters
He went down and out completely. His
eyesight failed and he couldn't read
the letters or the words. The faces
of the examiners registered disappoInt-
ment. Tubbs did not seem to mind it.
He was discharged as physically unfit
defective vision.
The board has 100 men to examine
Z II 1t works up to its schedule 1t
/ called for 100 men today, the sam .
( number tomorrow and an equal num-
Der Saturday. At the rate of the ex-
amlnat1OnS so far today the list will
not be completed before some time
next week. Not all of the men called
for today answered when their names
were called, but they have until night
to get in.
Early in the morning there was
more or less congestion and some ex-
cltement at the court house where the
men, some with wives and children
ana others with sweethearts, were
gathered. But when they discovered
the lack of speed they drifted away
from the building to return later il
the day.
All Matter of Fact.
There was a total lack of display OF
sentiment among the women who ac-
conpanied men. They sat around the
CORRIDORS holding thier children anC
talking about everyday affairs.
The examinations are being held il
the jury room on the third floor Tn,
board is composed of DIR. T. c. Biddle
BOYD Pollom and Scott Kelsey. A
different times today several phvsi
cans donated their services. DR. C
Il. joss spent large part of the da!
working with the borad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09

X ANsAs apologies for not aiding
the nations record corn crop this
year--but wait until 1918!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-09

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Generally fair tonight and Fri
day. Cooler tonight and warmer Fri
day.
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Continued on Page Twol
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REVISE REGULATIONS

CONTINUED on Page Two
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-02-09
MARION COUNTY CAP
TURES BIG PRIZES At
TAMPA FAIR
Mr.. z. c. chambliss, Ocaia's Banker
Farmer, and Several Others From
This County. Are On the
Grounds With the Goods

Marion county besides a splendid
exhibit from the canning club girls, is
we'll represented at the South Florida
Fair by some of the best and finest
cattle and hogs ever exhibited in this
state. and the owners are capturing
some of the big prizes offered by the
fair association
Over 10 of the finest breeds of dali
ry and beef cattle are competing for
honors, together with over 100 hogs
of the finest strains, while son4 ten or
fifteen Florida-bred and raised horses
claim attention.
Both Prof G. F. Will0ughby Of the
University OF Florida, chief Judge OF
this department, and Judge Loring
Brown, assistant Judge. express sur
prise and qualification at the remark
able showing made and speak in glow
ing terms at the marked Improvement
in strains over last year. particularly
in cattle
The z. c Chambliss Farm, Ocala, is
Iagain a strong competitor in the
ShOrthorns. with eleven beef cattle,
part of the same herd that were exhib-
tied at the South Florida Fair last
year. and which swept the field in
their class.
Following is list Of prizes captured
by Mr. Chambliss:
Red oll-Durham-Bes cow, 3 years
and over, first prize; best steer, 3
years and over. first and second priz-
es; best steer 1 year and under 2
years. first and second prizes best
calf, under | year, first prize
Mr. A. {. Blowers and Mr.. E. A.
Osborne of this city. are also captur-
ing some of the prizes for pure-bred
Hampshires as follows: Best boar, 2
years and over first prize. A. c.
Blowers; best boar. months and
under / year, first prize. A. c. Blow
ers; best boar, under months. Geo.
Blowers, first and second prizes; best
SOW. years old and over, +. A. Os-
borne; best SOW, year and under
years. first prize. a. c. Blowers, sec
ond prize, E. A. Osborne; best SOW
pig, months and under II months.
first and second prize. E. A. Osborne.