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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-12
Great Offensive Is Planned by Teutons Under the Command of Field
 Marshal.
AUSTRlANS LOSING OUT
Attacks by Austrians in the South Are Again RepuIsed; Prisoners
 Are Taken.

ROME, April 12.-The predicted great offensive against Italy by the Central Powers continues to be the chief topic of discussion in military and political circles.
 Field Marshal von Hindenburg is credited with aiming at a greater invasion of France across a pros trate Italy. In this connection, Gen. eral Dirossi. commander of the Mon. tenegrin troops serving with the Ital ian army writes:
 "A terrible and desperate attempt is in preparation against our lines. Everything forsees it, and even the enemy announces it in order to in timidate us by threatening Italy with the fate of Rumania and Serbia"
 The artillery was active over the whole front, particularly between the Frigido Valley and the northern edge of the Carso Plateau. The War of flee announces that all efforts of the Austrians were defeated and that a few prisoners were taken in minor engagements.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-12
DOUGLAS AND TREADWELL NEWS NOTES
DOUGLAS MILITARY
 COMPANY HOLDS ITS
 FIRST FULL DRILL

DOUGLAS. April 12.-The temper ary organized military company had it's first drill last night at the Nata- torium when Captain Johnson gave fifty men an hours work on the floor, principally in foot drill. While there were several in the class that had previous training, the majority of the boys were raw. However. good pro- gross was made and everybody mani fested lively interest. Another drill will be held tomorrow, Friday night, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Twenty or more new names were added to the roll last night and it is hoped the one hundred mark will be reach ed and passed tomorrow night, when every man who has signed the roll will be expected to turn out.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-12
BANKER LOST 4 YEAR IS FOUND ON THE COAST Believed Dead in Marshes of Alabama, Is Alive
 and Living in
 Seattle. NO REASON TO FLEE Insurance Company Spots Missing Man; Carried Life Insurance for
 $125,000.
NO REASON TO FLEE

MOBILE, Ala, April 2.-(By maiD Rouge banker and a political power in Louisiana, who disappeared nearly a year ago when on hunting trip in the marshes near here. is living in Seattle, Wash, according to asser- tions made by an insurance company in which he carried policies of $125,- 900.
 AS proof of it's charges the com pany declares it has moving pictures of the supposed banker taking danc' ing lessons in a Seattle music hall and leaving one of the principal ho' tels of the city.
 The pictures bear an almost exact resemblance to the missing man. It is charged that he is living under the name of William McCaul
 McCausland's family had all the iiiarshes in this vicinity searched at the time of the disappearance and or fered large reward for the recov- cry of his body He was thought to have perished in the soft mud Of the lagoons, where others have lost their lives. His bank was taken over by rival institution and it was an nounced that his finances balanced to the cent.
 Previously to his disappearance McCausland had been the center Of bitter political fights and had been mentioned in several state investiga- tions. His friends say there was no reason for him to flee.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-12
BAVARIA FACES
 FOOD SHORTAGE
 BIG DEFICIENCY
Friction Has Arisen Over Food Supplies Between Northern Germany
 and the South.

BERNIE, Switzerland, April 12.-A gloomy picture of the food situation in Bavaria was drawn by the Minis. ter of Interior Brettreich in Landtag. yesterday. The recent stock taking, he said, showed deficiency of 9O,- 900 tons of Bavarian breadstuffs. Fraction had arisen between north and south Germany. he admitted, due to the administration of the war The existence of 70 different war organi- cations in Germany made greater consolidation necessary But we must hold out" he declared. "If we lie down. England will squeeze the blood out of our fingernails. Even if the war ended tomorrow. the bit ter weeks are not over. Only one thing is left--tO hold out"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-12
WEDDING IN DOUGLAS

DOUGLAS, April 12. - A pretty wedding took place Wednesday. Alp Til II, in the Lutheran Church at Douglas when John. Martin Steen and Miss Emma Marie Serby, both of Juneau, were united in holy matri- mony by Rev. Martin L. Larson in the presence of a few friends. Mr. and Mrs. o. A. Iverson, serving as witnesses. The bridal couple will make their home in Juneau Their friends unite in wishing them great joy and many blessings.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-12

FOR SALE Groom furnished house; bath, hot and cold water. Good garden. two chicken houses with yard and running water. incu- bator, brooder. etc Apply Dan Camp bell, rear Treadwell postoffice. Phone Troadwell :93. may5
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-12
LINERS REoUIsiTIoNED
 BY THE GOVERNMENT

LONDON. April 12-The British government has requisitioned at fixed rates all liner. tonnage engaged in Australia. South American and South African trades.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-12
FOR SALE CHEAP

10-room House. Two stories, plas- tered, new plumbing. good basement With or without furniture: barn.. Forced to sell; 5th street, rear Brie's Drug store. Salmonson, phone Tread we'll 292. a27.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-12

FOR SALE = Furniture complete for four rooms. Cheap for quick sale c. F. Fortune, DougiAs, 4th street. between 2. and '. all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-15
THEATERS TO Give
Topeka Show Houses 10 be
Liberal With Red Cross.
Special Appeal Numbers VIII
Be Placed on Bills.
Home GUARDS TO Be USED
Regulation Drill on Orpheum
Stage Is a Big Feature
Little Girls viii Be on the
Stage at Novelty Theater.

4,-,o+ic,ll,, all theaters in the city
win next week inject special Reu CrosS
MN, hers into their proSral - III a.
cordance with the Christmas nelhpe :
chin campaign of the associ' .lon ~, az
-, Additions to the regular olIi
at the Orpheum' as aIIn 1,'Stie mat the
r. Hooper, manager promise III" go
80 - of that theater Will be Iea-
e,,,.a not only among the thehteis N"I
of the entire campaign r,.,,,.or-
Hooper, aided by the Hlnkso on
r.,1yford advertising firm, mas ar
ei..Tsd a nrograrn atmospheric Of the
ped cross n addition to the resul@
S.9 me vet the extras Wouiu
make M a good sized bill. ft1S sPe
cisI features will be Offered the III %
four DAYS of the week ana VIII oPe
s.itb billie Hallett, Leo F1est singer,
singing "Homewaro bouiiu'
Jessie tobias. the little girl who re-
,sT,tlv won the gold medal IN the
state w c. T. U. elocution cq 2iitsS :;
win speak Your Flag ana MY I 80:
Miss Tobias will wear Ked Cross
Tben, special Red Cross quartet
~ hl1-ToDeka Talent will sing joan
- Arc The quartet will be COM
aTlsed Of Mrs. George H. Alleh' So
tralto. 3. p Bartlett bass, and Hush
A smith tenor. Each member OF TINS
ems, eft as wen as the others on the
program are giving their services as
their bit in the campaign
\ Battle Scene.
Fred Voiland four-minute man, Will
make a short talk. Art Hargis's home
guards will be used in connection with
tbs address. The scenic Red Cross
uainting by the Hinkson-Craw1oro
cDnnpany to be suspended in front OF
the screen and bordered with flags
Of features rms
rainting is of a battle scene with a
red cross in the center and Red
cross nurse inside of the cross. ON
the right side. the American flag viii
predominate and Red Cross en-
Hem will be draped on the left.
Atmospheric of the campaign ana
the holidays, the Japanese garden
scene will be substituted next week
ard until after Christmas with
Christmas settings. An interior scene
will be placed on the left of the screen
and an exterior on the right. me IN
terror will be a real one with Ii
brary made up with all the coz1ness
pOssible.
e Hooper announced today that Santa
Claus will appear in life at the thea
ter the afternoon OF CHRISTMAS eve.
Every child in the playrooms of the
theatcr between I u and years old
v-sH he assembled in the library and
han ed a present The gifts Will be
distributed by Santa Claus person
all,
/ the Crawford theaters, it is an
NJ need by Roy Crawford. manager,
will offer Red Cross numbers in their
pro grams next week At the Majestic
the Seaside Beauties will appear
pr, badly in Red Cross costume and
songs. At the Novelty a special fea-
ture act of little girls as Red Cross
nurses is being arranged.
Four minute men will use the thea
tiers as one OF their big channels of
appeal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-15
Has the Only Government
Theatrical Building.
AMUSEMENT PREPARATIONS
Due Mainly to General Woods
Experience and Activity.
A Washington Committee Flat
ed and Entertained.

General Leonard H. Woods prep
arations for the entertainment of the
men of the Eighty-ninth division far
exceed those of any other cantonment
in the United States was the verdict
of Jasper ]. Mayer. secretary of the
Camp Activities committee of the
war department, who spent two days
at Camp Funston in a tour of the 80
guard and national army canton
mentS.
And in his discussion of the prep
arations for amusements with the di-
vision staff officers, he surprised even
those closely connected with camp
amusements by the statement that
the zone" idea is being carried out
The only government theatre. he says,
in any of the camps is the one pelnS
constructed here at Camp Funston.
General Wood has not only car
ried out the governments idea in
camp activities" he continued, but
in many of the moves has been the
originator and in every plan has ful-
filled or even exceeded what the
Camp Activities committee hoped for"
The zone" is in charge of Lieut..
Dick B. Foster and will be completed
within two OF three weeks.
In connection with the visit of Sec
rotary Mayer, who is sent by the war
department, Camp Funston was VS.
tied by a delegation from the Nation
al Committee of Army and Navy
Camp Music, a philanthropic commit
tee evolved to further musical train
ing in all camps. w. Kirkpatrick
Brice. chairman, Walter r. Spalding,
John Alden Carpenter and P. L. Ath-
erton, all of Washington, D. c., were
elated to find seven good bands in
training, as but few of the national
army camps as yet have bands worthy
of the name. The 341st field artil-
lery band, the crack band of the di-
vision, gave a concert for the music
committee.
Chairman Brice attributes the prog
ress of the Camp Funston bands to the
previous executive experience of Cen
eral Wood who established and de-
veloped the school for band leaders
on Governors Island some time ago,
hence was able to organize and put
the bands here on a winning basis
without loss of time = :
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-15
FOR OFFICERS CONDUCT
War Department instructions To Men
Who Have Commands.

Camp Funston. kan. Dec. 15.-A
letter to officers. both new and ex-
perienced, from the war department
a dyising them of their conduct toward
members of their commands. was
read to all officers of the seth divi-
sion by order of the war department
The letter which follows is not direct
ed toward any particular officer, for
every one in the country will be ad-
vised of its contents.
while unquestioned obedience and
respect for properly constituted au-
thority must remain the corner stone
of discipline and the foundation on
which to build military efficiency, the
advance in education and intelligence
of our citizenship make it more i'm
portant than ever to establish a close
and sympathetic relationship between
the officers and the men.
while there must be no relaxation
in discipline in exacting a thoro and
prompt performance of military duty,
officers, when dealing with subordi-
mates must bear in mind the absolute
necessity of avoiding language and
remarks or gestures that tend to les
sen self respect
1T is not necessary to adopt tone
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-15
1t Has Reached Its Place in
Topeka Values at Last.
New War Tax Keeps Pennies
Constantly in Circulation.
BANKS UP AGAINST A PROBLEM
Strenuous Effort To Keep Bal
ance of Supply and Demand.
Ever Ready Opportunity to Trap
Willie's and Jenny's Copper.

The Iowly penny is reaching it's
proper place in the world since the
Civilized" world went to war. No
longer is n penny thrown to the winds.
1t is precious now to those with the
saving habit.
With theaters charging war tax,
rev enue tax going on Christmas pack
ages and Uncle Sam reaching out for
pennies at every street corner, so to
speak, the value of the penny has in
creased a hundred-fold in the eyes of
the American public. Here's the
squint a careful Topeka business man
takes at the penny of war days:
A penny saved now means the saw
ing of a nickel, a dime. a quarter, a
coin you must break in order to pay
the war tax
A dollar broke is a dollar gone, nine
chances out of ten.
Saving a penny these days means
saving a larger coin.
Never did Americans realize the
value of the lowly penny until recent
~. Gum manufacturers, sailed pea
nut vendors and match sellers learned
their value years and years ago as
the hundreds of gum, sailed peanut
and match machines will attest. Amer
leans are learning the value of the
penny now as in their daily rounds
they plank down an extra penny for
a Clnco, an extra penny for a Her
shey's chocolate bar, an extra penny
FOR every dime demanded by a theater
man FOR admission to his show. extra
pennies for kilograms. extra pennies.
extra pennies everywhere. Surely if
Uncle Sam thinks they are valuable.
1t Is high time for his subjects to begin
paying the pennies some attention.
Once an Insult
Not many years ago-ff stories told
by mammas and papas, pioneers of
the middle west, are true-demanding
or receiving a penny in change was an
insult to the dignity of westerner.
Ihere is story abroad of an eastern
grocer clerk in Nebraska because he
demanded cents change in the pur-
chase of a dozen eggs.
Just think of it noW-if all these
dirty little fractions of dollars that
have gone astry, be they sous, ko-
MES, could be gathered together into
one brown hill of copper, what a
mighty good they could do. Think of
all the pennies of the world that lie
under the board walk, that baby has
swallowed. that have been put in
chewing gum machines which did not
work and thrown at the diving boys
and left with the paper boys in ex-
change for papers and spent for
candy, that roll into dusty corners and
are forgotten, that just disappear and
are called "only a penny"
Topeka banks have been obliged to
shut down on some of their customers
who have demanded too many pen
MES. This in order to make the
scales of supply and demand balance.
Maybe penny wise and pound fool
ish'' is true from a broad point OF
view, but in this day and age the old
saying applied literally might be COM
pared to the promise of a German
diplomat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-15

If voice or manner different from
hat usually employed in general con-
versatiOn and especial care must be
aiken against sarcasm and unneccs-
sary public rebuke.
"All newly appointed officers must
realize that there is much for them
to learn and the only way to qualify
themselves for higher and independ
ent command is by constant intellect
ual exercise, by systematic study an(
by sympathetic study of those entrust-
ed to their control Careful attention
to the instruction of these officers is
enjoined upon all commanders
"AH commanders will endeavor
such relations of confidence and SYM
pathy as will insure those under their
commands coming to them freely for
counsel and assista nee without relaxa-
ton of the bonds of discipline.
ANY officer known to be tactics.
in his treatment of enlisted men will
be given special instruction and SUI
perviSion."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-15
$50 MEN SENT HOME
No Place in Army for Many at Camp
Funston.

To date there has been about $50
men sent home from the camp due TO
the fact that there is no place in the
army that they can be used to ad-
vantage, with their qualifications and
physical condition.
These men have been sent home for
various reasons, altho heart disease
and tuberculosis are the cause of moss
being let out of the service. The
work that has been given the men
since they have been in camp has had
a tendency to show up diseases or
this kind. The long hikes over the
hills, which is fine exercise for most
men, are very difficult for one affect
ed with heart trouble and he is I'M
mediately found and examined.
There has been a few men let out
on account of flat feet, but only after
they have been placed in the fifth
class of flat feet, which is almost
deformity. other men that were sent
to camp by the local boards in differ
ent districts have been sent home after
they were found to have cataract of
the eye, chronic social diseases and
other ailments which makes them un-
fit for service.
other men have been sent home
after they had reopened their cases
for exemption, as they were allowed
to do by ruling from Washington.
Most of these have been found to have
dependents and will. of course, be
placed in tine fourth class in the new
classification.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-15
WHERE, OH, WHERE IS

General Wood has lost his dog.
The officers at headquarters of the
division are making every effort to
find the pet.
Under date of December 9. bull
letin wa issued that every man in
the division would be on the lookout
for the 'strayed or stolen" The bull
letin follows:
LOST-Thursday morning, near di-
vision headquarters. white bull terrier
pup; black spots. black patch over
one eye. Tail and ears are not
clipped. Wore brass studded collar.
This dog is the property of Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood. Please return to
Captain Osmun. aide de camp, division
headquarters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-15
PITCH DEATH NOW
Hand Grenade Throwing Be-
coming an Art at Funston.
Every Day Somewhere in
Camp" Glasses Are Busy.

Among other important things in
the new warfare that the American
soldier is necessitated to learn is the
art of +-,rowin.; hand grenades and
bombs. The war "over there" has
brought into common daily use these
methods of fighting and it is now
necessary to sach the men in the diff
ferent camps the art of this new
game, along with the other many new
and old military arts. The men at
Camp Funston are beginning to be
taught how to throw them.
Every day somewhere in camp
there are classes taking instruction
using a fake trench so that they Will
become accustomed to throwing the
explosives i'll the proper manner
There is a certain way the Domps
must be delivered and each student
must know the proper way.
Use Fake Trenches.
The fake trench consists of box
like arrangement having a front six
feet high to represent the front OF the
trench The pupil stands as in the
trench and is taught 10 throw the
bomb at the imaginary Hboche' trench
in front. The pupil cannot see the OPP
ponents trench. He cannot throw the
bomb as baseball is thrown, for his
arm would wear OUT were it neces-
sary to throw maI,y bombs. Neither
is the bomb thrown as If 1t were
shot. The movement il throwing the
grenades end bon s must be d stlII.
armed one, for it has been found that
this is the best all around method
and is the surest in the end.
The men are first taught the proper
form, they are then ready TO do aim
ing and are placed on level ground
and given objects to hit. They are
ther. put in the fake trench and given
tne finishing touches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-15
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DISTRICT NO. 8.
he ASKS FOR CARS
Governor Capper Requests Transpor-
tation for Small Coal Producers.

Following appeals by the small mine
operators, Governor Capper has wired
Fuel Administrator Garfield, asking
that the small producers be supplied
with cars. In a statement before the
public utilities commission, Alexander
Howat, president of the mine work
ers' union for this district, told COM
mission members a shut down of the
small mines would be necessary I'M
less transportation was provided.
In his telegram to Garfield. the gov
ernor stated that the labor trouble in
southeastern Kansas did not affect the
output Men are idle, he said, because
production
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-15
co HOME ON XMAS
Second 10 Per Cent of Men To
Have Holiday Leave.
Records and Conduct of Sol
diers To Be Considered.
TO EQUALIzE ALL PRIVIL EGGS
Deserving Troops To Have OPP
pOrtunity To Go Home.
Leave Noon December % and
Return Noon Dec. 26.

Following out the arrangements to
allow 10 per cent of the men of each
organization to return home for
visit at each of the three holidays.
Thanksgiving. Christmas and New
Years, general order was issued last
Saturday to company commanders to
allow the second 10 per cent of the
men to obtain leaves of absence for
the Christmas holidays.
The giving of the passes will be
done by the company and unit COM
manders and the recipients will be
picked from among the men who
particular holiday. The men will be
picked from the number on their
qualifications, past record, conduct
and will lie men who have made sat
isfactory progress in the drill and in
struction.
The men who enjoyed leaves to re-
turn home during the Thanksgiving
holidays will not be allowed to receive
leaves during the Christmas or later
holidays as it is desired to equalize
the privileges among deserving sol
diers. In this conn ection the unit
comma nders have been instructed to
keep lists of the men to whom leaves
have been issued.
Before leaving it is necessary for
each man to show that he has the nee
eSSary IundS TO take MIN nome anu
tring him back and he must agree not
to call uTon the United States to fur
nish transportation back to the camp.
For the Officers.
Officers from the various organi-
zations are to be allowed to return
home, one-third going at each of the
three holidays. Officers are not al
lowed to change duties in order that
some other companies or larger or
CARNATIONS may leave.
The reports by officers from COM
panies, battalions and regiments mus
make reports as to the number Of
men who will leave their respective
organizations leaves of absence for
the Christmas holidays as it is neces-
sary to make arrange inents for the
proper number of special cars to carry
. the men toward home.
All men who are going to leave
should purchase their tickets as far in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-15
REAL COWBOYS
Bucking Broncos and Indians Will
Celebrate Christmas.

The Indian and cowboy scenes that
go to make up part of the entertain
ment features, that will be staged"
here on Christmas day, will be real
scenes-real Indians, with real feath-
ers. beads, clothing and real cowboys,
ranch saddles, chaps, boots, etc.-the
steers that take part in the enter
tainment are being shipped in from
ranches and the ''broncos" are go
ing to be real bucking ones. Prac-
tically all this part of the Christmas
entertainment is going to be just that
which one would see in the country
where these things exist.
The men are from Oklahoma, for
the most part and are doing every
thing that will make the entertain
ment a great success. The Indians
and cowboys that will take part are
sending home for their personal out
fits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-15
m PATRIOTIC MEETING
1r. A. Il. Jeffrey VIII Speak at Walnut
Grove Church Monday.

Dr. A. 3. Jeffrey, Topeka surgeon.
who served several months in a Brit
ish war hospital, will be the principal
speaker Monday evening at patriotic
meeting at the Walnut Grove Metho-
dist church, Sixteenth and Harrison
streets.
The meeting, under the auspices of
the brotherhood of the church, will
begin at 7:45 o'clock. Patriotic songs
will be featured and will include
'sThere's a Long, Long Trail" The
Star Spangled Banner" Pack Up
Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag"
and America"