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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
ConscriptiOn Bill May Relieve
Farmers of Service.
As Result, Scores Have "Beat
1t Home" to Dad.
MANY HAVE JOINED The ARMY
Students Not Altogether "Pol-
icyo in Their New Moves.
College Men Rank Well i'm
ShOuldering the Guns.

War with Germany is giving a new
impetus to the back to the farm"
movement. The lure of farm life has
suddenly become a contagious disease
and is now affecting many students in
big state schools, according to reports
in Topeka. Many students who prefer
hoe to a musket, have suddenly
awakened to a realization that food
productlon is grave and serious
problem and that their services are
needed IN the corn fields rather than
| IN the French trenches
many university and agricultural
college students will spend the sum-
Iner on farms, according to an au-
| thoritative report in Topeka
number of these students entered col
| !ege lie with dreams of high ranks
| IN professions that call men far. far
| from the cows and chickens and tas-
selling corn. With the act of congress
IN passing the consumption bill-back-
ed by reports that the city slackers
Will do the first fghting-many pro-
1esSlonal and business ambitions are
said to have been suddenly forgotten
aS Inc tie sIuoents came to realization
OIL the need OF men on the farms.
Their First Introduction.
Some of the rah rah bows who will
| go to the farms this summer must re-
celVe formal introductions to the hoe
ana cultivator, while any number of
early morning instructions must be
taken in Harvesting the horses for
work in the fields. One report in To-
peka today-direct from the inner cir
| cles OF one of the big state schools
was to the effect that a half dozen
town born and town bred Young men
| mad arranged to spend the summer
On the farms of wealthy relatives. In
one instance a state university stu
dent with a leaning to medicine, has
suddenly taken up the chant of Life
on the Farm is the Life for Me-" In
the last few days he advised his friends
mat he had arranged to spend the
summer at big country home in the
southland, where he would enlist in
the army of crop producers.
Many Have Enlisted.
OF course many of the students in
state schools have enlisted for SER
vice in the war with Germany. Others
have declared they are ready to re-
| spond when the CONSUMPTION bill is
| made effective. Following recent
statements by college heads and men
| in federal department, many college
| students have been led to believe that
| men on the farms will not be called to
| the colors. 1t was this report which
has caused a number of young men
with Stacking tendencies to suddenly
change their life plans and come to a
realization of the ned of men to till
the soil.
A statement from a Topeka author
ity today made clear that the federal
government expected to exempt for
crop production only the men who
qualified as practical farmers. The
tender handed, soft footed, green hand
from the paved street district will not
| be siven recognition when rnen are
called to the colors. And that is the
solution of the move to evade service
by hiding behind a pillow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
FRIENDLY
Germans and Russians Frater-
naIiZe Between Trenches.
Virtual Armistice Along the
Entire Russian Front.
BY W1LIIAM SHEPHERD.

Petrograd, May 5.-A virtual armis-
tice exists along almost the entire
Russian front today Not shot has
been fired on the Austro-RLssla front
in more than a month. There mas
been no real activity on the German
Russian sector.
At many places Russian and Ger
man soldiers are fraternizing, meet
ing unarmed on No Mans Land.
So general has become the habit of
fraternizing and so completely has the
fighting spirit been subdued that GEN
eral Gourka commander of Russian
forces on the Minsk front, today Is
sued a formal statement warning his
forces to beware of German ruse
He contended the Germans friendli-
ness was part of their PIN to obtain
information of Russian conditions
Soldiers arriving for the duma meet
ing are authority for the statement
there mas absolutely been no fighting
on the Austrian front.
In this connection Petrograd news
papers today published eleven uncen-
sored letters from the soldiers at the
front. One typical letter from the
Minsk front said:
Fear German Trickery.
Coming along the trench today,
saw a number of our men smilingly
looking over the trench-right where
they were fair targets for the enemy's
bullets.
" What's the matter?' 1 asked.
They answered, there's a meeting
of the Russians and Germans
Il hurried to my sentry post, where
looking thru my binoculars 1 saw
gathering of men in Russian and Ger
man uniforms out between the
trenches l hurried over thru the
group and found them addressing each
other as 'comrade' except those who
were unable to speak one another's
language. Some of our men who
couldn't talk German were holding
their palms horizontally before their
mouths and blowing a huge pouff'-
their way of indicating that the car
had been blown away. The Germans
repeatedly thrust their bayonets in
the ground and threw down their ri
files.
Finally an interpreter from the
German lines came along. He told
US the Germans hadn't heard the news
about Russia. We told him the story
of the revolution and he in turn in
terpreted it for his comrades"
Petrograd is thrilled by such reports
as these of complete amity between
the opposing forces. but military lead
ers are fearful of German trickery.
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7. R. RAPS THEM
College "Grads" in N. Y. Lax in
Volunteering, Says Colonel.
5000 Wire Operators Form %
Companies in Gotham.

New York, May 5.-Co1onel Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Joseph H. Choate,
former ambassador to Great Britain
and Henry L. Stimson, former secre-
tary of war, in addresses here before
1000 college men, deplored the
amazing" lack of interest exhibited
by college graduates in the training
camps for officers. Their remarks
were prompted by the reading of a re-
port by H. B. Clark, enrolling officer
for the Plattsburg camp, who quoted
figures showing that New York, with
the largest number of college men in
the country, was far behind San Fran
cisco, Chicago and Boston. Colonel
Roosevelt said he was shocked, sur
prised and panied" by the figures.
ANY man with a college educa-
tion," the colonel said lis recreant to
the republic until he treats the adj
vantage he has had as imposing on
him the duty of additional service
to his country.
Unless your reasons are over
whelmfng. you ought to be ashamed
not to volunteer and If had my way
in the selective draft l would pick out
every blessed college man who had
not volunteered"
Expert Wire Operators Enlist
The Bell Telephone and Telegraph
system will furnish Is companies of
expert telephone and telegraph oper-
ators for the United States army re-
serve signal corps, it was announced
today. Approximately 5000 employees
volunteered from the local companies
alone.
Patriotic women of the nation will
be asked to participate in a nation
wide campaign for the creation of a
fund to provide for the training of
5000 aviators and the purchase of
the requisite number of machines to
build up the aviation branches of the
army and navy, it was decided at a
special meeting of the aviation COM
mite of the national special aid So
ciety.
Mothers of Ships" a national or
ganiza.ion of women, designed to pro-
vide for the comfort of crews of
American battleships. was formed
here today by the women's auxiliary
for navy recruiting
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ton into the one great task of max
ing itself the moral and material mas
ter of the world. 1t is against that
danger that we, the fire peoples of
western civilization, have banded our
selves together.
In that cause we shall surely con-
quer and our children will look back
to this fatefu1 date as the one from
which democracieS can fel secure that
their progress, their civilization, their
rivalry, if need be, will be conducted
not on German line, but in the friend
ly and Christian spirit which really
BELTS the age in which we live"
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STAND BY Guns.
Russian Provisional Govt
Stands Back of Pledge.
Will Resign Rather Than COun-
tenance Separate Peace.

Petrograd, May 5.-The provisional
government thru Premier Lvoff has
declined to modify the note sent to
the allies. The government declares
that the ministers are prepared to re-
sign their posts if necessary. Premier
Lvoff said:
at is impossible to send another
note The temporary government will
comply with its duty and leave itself
PROSTATE rather than take such a step,
which would menace the country with
very serious consequences. The gov
eminent understands fully the re-
sponsibility it has assumed in behalf
of the country and in the view of that
responsibility is ready to resign If it
becomes necessary
Foreign Secretary Milukoff confirm
ing the stand taken by Premier Lvoff
said:
THE note expresses the view of the
temporary government. 1t has no
other aim. The recent note repeats
and develops the idea expressed in the
first note, which was worked out in
conjunction with the council of dep
uties. If we compare the notes, it is
clear. the information they contain
constitutes a step forward"
Secret kilograms From Allies.
In regard to the suggestion of a
new note, NJ. Milukoff said that such
a step was quite impossible. such
conduct" he continued, toward a
foreign government cannot be per-
mitted. If we should attempt to fol-
low a route which in my conviction
is impracticable, we would only be
repulsed."
The minister made an allusion to a
secret telegram which had been re-
ceived from the allies. 1t is significant
that the ambassadors of England,
France and Italy have called upon the
foreign secretary. M. Milukoff con-
Guided his statement by saying:
Prospecting our military needs and
means of continuing the war, we ara
dependent to a great extent upon the
allies, especially upon America. 1t will.
be an everlasting blot on our history
if there should be a possibility of con-
Guiding a separate peace. But the
council itself has declared against a
separate peace"
Opposed by Council Head.
M. Tcheidse, president of the coun-
Gil, repeated previous declaration that
the imperialistic attitude of the gov
eminent was unacceptable. He said:
Neither the soldiers nor the work
men are for war. If the government
does not mean to hide our watchword
of peace without contributions, it will
have to make itself clear"
M Tcheidse called attention to the
fact that there was no interior discord
and that the only trouble was in re-
spect to Russia's foreign policy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05

settled weather today and Sunday and
continued cool Rain is scheduled for
the south and west, Sunday. Records
of the weather office, show that the
average temperature for the last week
has been between u and 26 degrees
below normal The highest point of
the afternoons temperature has not
reached the normal night point for
the last week. Rain was reported this
morning at Dodge City. and a light
snow at Scott City. The light rains
were general over the north and cen.
tral parts of the state Friday night
The highest temperature on record
Tor this date was 90, in 1909, and the
lowest, "a, in 1890.
me wind was still from the north
east this morning, blowing IL miles an
hour.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Wall St, New York. May 5.-.SToCKS
Conflicting influences were again opera
tive in the stock market today, the short
session being characterized by fair support
of industrials and leading war specialties,
while railroad shares were under increased
pressure. Some of the standard securities
in the latter section fell to lowest levels
in years, receiving little support. Oils
and utilities also suffered from steady
liquidation and short selling. Equipments
were irregular, but coppers owed their mod
crate strength to the placing of additional
large orders for the metal United States
Steel was steady after its initial setback.
The closing was heavy. Sales approx
mated $4,000 shares. Bonds were weak.
The more reassuring character of the
news from abroad was helpful to today s
early market, important stocks showing
general advances and some irregularity at
the opening. U. S. Steel was in demand
after its moderate setback at the outset
and affiliated industrials were firmer with
metals, oils, Industrial Alcohol and some
of the equipments. A three point rally in
Delaware and Hudson to Ill was the note
worthy incident among the rails, Lehigh
Valley and Norfolk & Western also gain
ing a point each.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
Reduce X. c. Police Head.

Kansas City, May Hiram w.
Hammil, chief of police here was re-
duced to the rank of captain by the
board of police commissioners late
today and Captain Thomas P. Fla
hive stationed at headquarters. was
elevated to the chieftaincy. F1ahive
has been stationed at headquarters for
years and is one of the oldest men in
the service. Hammil became head of
the department shortly after Cover
nor Major assumed office in 1913.
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PERMANENT SUMMER HOME
PLANNED FOR PRESIDENTS

New York, May 5.-"Shadow
Lawn at Long Branch, the White
House summer home" is report
ed virtually to have been sold to a
syndicate whose object is to make
it a permanent summer home for
the presidents of the United States.
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Chicago Grain and Pork Market.

Chicago, May 5.-WHEAT-Whea prices
today showed a tendency to advance owing
more or less to the ightness of stocks
and to the absence of hedging sales. 1t
was said the holdings of foreigners were
sufficient to make it difficult to buy on
any substantial scale, without materially
affecting values. Much nervousness con-
tinued to be shown regarding developments
at Washington to government control of
prices. Opening quotations which ranged
from lie off to PIC up, with May at 81 IS
and July at $500 to S2.21 were followed
by a decided general upturn, and then a
moderate reaction.
In the late dealings reports Of liberal
concessions having been made by the Brit
ish government agent at Winnipeg ap
peared to help the bull side of the mar
ket here. The close was unsettled at 3A C
to &c net advance, with May at $2.7s14 and
July at s.. "a TO 81 241a.
CORN-Corn was governed almost en-
tireIy by wheat Trade was very small.
After opening unchanged to 1ac lower, the
market hardened all around.
Subsequently profit taking by holders
eased the market but the effect failed to
last. The close was steady at 1ac to 11ac
net advance.
OATS-Oats showed little independence.
Demand was chiefly for May delivery.
LARD-Active buying of lard for lead
ing commission houses steadied provisions.
Pit traders sold.
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Chicago, May 5.-HOGS-Hog receipts
10000; market slow. Bulk, S15.55615.SO;
light, S14.75M1575; mixed. SIS. 256I Is 50 /;
heavy, $15.25@ 1855; rough, $15.25Q Is. 40 /;
pigs S10O0M1375.
CATTLE-Cattle receipts 400; market
steady. Native beef cattle. $s.90d1 10;
stockers and feeders, $115M990: cows and
heifers, S6.25d1115: calves, $3.50 1925.
SHEEP-Sheep receipts 10000; market
steady. Wethers, S11.25G 13.75; lambs,
S13 50G11.65.
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at 9 O'Clock

ada yesterday were 362, 900 bushels of
wheat, $4,000 barrels of flour, 15S,000
bushels of oats; wheat and flour combined
524 900 bushels.
Wheat in Ohio has a condition of 81,
compared with so month ago and 60
a year ago, the state report for May says.
The condition of rye is 80; a month ago 93.
The oats acreage Ihows an increase of 26i,
600 acres
Exports OF wheat and flour from the
United States and Canada this week, ac-
cording to Bradstreets, we're 5.121 ,316 bush
els compared witt 100000 bushels last
week and $780,, 900 bushels n year ago.
Corn shipments were $4,000 bushels this
week.
Shipments of wheat from Argentine this
week were 1,O44,000 bushels, compared with
1914 900 bushels last week and 2,53600O
bushels a year ago. Shipments since Jan
uary / aggregate 24.10S,000 bushels; a
year ago. SO 600 bushels. Corn shipments
this week were 40S. 900 bushels. last week
2.113, 900 bushels and n year ago. 1921 600
bushels. Total corn shipments since jan
nary 1 are pitts, 900 bushels; a year ago,
"A ,456, 600 bushels. No oats were exported.
E1gin Butter Market.
EIpiu III Nav 5-RITTTER-95 tuhs at
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GUARDS SPUD PATCH
Arsenal and Bulldog Recruited After
Thieves Dug Out Seed.

Chicago, May 5.-A barbed wire
fence, a bulldog and a shotgun now
protect the half-acre potato patch of
John Robinson of Highland Park
Thursday, Robinson planted his plot
with select seed potatoes he had
boarded thru the winter.
This morning he arose to find that
during the night thieves had uncere-
moniously unearthed every solitary
Seeding. He Immediately purchased
an arsenal and a canine
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Kansas City. May 5.-HOGS-Hog re-
eeiPts 900; market steady to weak. Bulk.
and butchers. $15.40M15.S0; light, S14 sO0f
1850: pigs. S1IOO@14OO
ATTLE-Cattle receipts 500: market
steady Prime fed steers, $12O0M13G5 ::
dressed beef steers $9.5Od12O0; cows.
S65o@10.I5: heifers, S9.0OM1150; stockersi
1925: lambs, $SO0G13.50
SHEEP-Sheep receipts 200: market
steady. Lambs. $4,000 60; stockers and
feeders, $1,000 1900.
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Mexican Army Abounds in Generals.

Mexico City, May 5.-The Mexican
army suffers from no shortage of gen.
erals. There are 207 of them in a to-
tai enlisted force of 1883, an aver
onels, Observation-Disclosures, and majors
constitute a little army of 2,63S.
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Kansas City. May 5.-WHEAT-Cash
wheat Sc lower to Sc higher. No. 2, hard.
1.521a No. 2, white. s1.68: No. 3. S1.62G1a
S3.O0M3.10, No 3, s2.9s03.03; No. 2, red,
81 9003.03; No. 3, S290d296.
CORN-Market unchanged to 1c lower
No. 2, mixed, S1.511sG1.52; No. 3. S1-51n
No 2, yellow, S1.53: No. 8. s1.5215.
OATS-Market steady to nc lower No
?, white, re; No. 2, mixed, 70HG71c.
RYE@S2. O60207
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CAN'T RE-EXPORT FOOD
Senate Passes Bill Placing Embargo
on Certain Countries.

Washington, May By vote of
forty to thirty. the senate this after
noon substituted for the administra-
ton embargo provision of the espion-
age bill an amendment offered by
Senator Smith, Georgia, empowering
the president to place an embargo on
foodstuffs etc, only to those countries
which are found to be directly or in
directly re-exporting the materials to
enemy nations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05

Cleveland. Ohfo-.'waiter, Horse
meat well done" That is what Cleve-
landers will be ordering soon, if the
city council regards the request of
the city health board Suggestion
was made as a war time food
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New York, May Mercantile
paper 41Sd5 per cent Sterling GO day bills,
412: commercial 60 day bills on banks,
47115; commercial 60 day bills, AHA; de-
mand 4155s; cables, 40 ZIG.
Francs demand, 5.I1h cables, 5.7012.
Guilders demand. 4OA cables, 4O7s Lires.
demand. 100: cables, $50. Rubles demand,
27% cables, 275s. Bar silver. 747s- Mexica n
dollars 57A Government bonds weak.
Railroad bonds weak.
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WILSON CHEERS


occasion is one not one of us is ever
likely to forget; but there is something
after all even deeper and more signifi-
cant in the circumstances under which
l now have the honor to address you,
than any which arise out of the inter-
change of courtesieS, however since,
between two great and friendly ma
tons.
I'VE all 1 think feel instinctively
that this is one of the great moments
in the history of the world and that
what is now happening on both sides
of the Atlantic represents the drawing
together of great and free peoples for
mutual protection against the agrees
sion of military despotism-
81 am not one of those, none of yoIl
is among those who are such bad
democrats as to say that democracies
make no mistakes.
TT is quite true that the people and
the representatives Of the people may
be betrayed by some momentary gust
of passion into a policy which they
ultimately deplore, but it is only
military despotism of the German
type, that can thru generations, if
need be, pursue steadily, remorseless-
ly, unscrupuously and appallingly the
object of dominating the civilization
of mankind. And, mark you, this evil,
this menace under which we are now
suffering is not one which diminishes
with the growth of knowledge and
progress of material civilization, but
on the contrary, it increases with
them.
When 1 was young we used to
flatter ourselves that progress inevi-
tably meant peace and that growth of
knowledge was always accompanied
as its natural fruit by the growth of
good will among the nations of the
earth
We Shall Surely Conquer.
and we know therefis such a thing in
the world as a power which can with
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Cbicaro Produce Market,

Chicago, May 5.-BUTTER-Butter IN
changed.
EGG+Eggs higher Firsts, 32% M3334 c !;
ordinary firsts. 30A@3115c; at mark cases
included. 30d33c
POTATOES-Market unchanged.
PoILTRY-Alive, market lower. Fowls,
22@2215c.
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cheag9 May y 5WH EAT 6 sssI Nay
CORN-May, $1.53; July, s1.44A; Sept,
oATs-May, erase; July. osa4@%
e PoRRYMay, $500; July, 1880.
LARD-May, So. %; July, 500. Sept,
SOD 45d2247
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Store Closes

KAFIR AND MILO MAIZE-S3. 2JG3. rs
HAY-Market unchanged.
SHORTS-S2 0S@2.17.
BRAN-S1.7O.
Wheat receipts Sc cars.
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Kansas City. May 5-BUTTER-Butter
and poultry unchanged.
EGGS-Firsts, 81 &c.
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Kansas City, May 5-Close: May, 81.
July. 81 22b Sept. s.. S9Jk to *
CORN-May, s1-5134 July, s1.44A to Is
Sept, S1.331z.
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New York, May OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
barely steady. Creamery higher than ex-
ira. 4012 @41c
EGGS-Mar'Set Firmer. Fresh gathered
extras, SIC.
CHEESE-Ma ket unsettled. State fresh
specials, 26A 02Te. irf
POULTRY-Alive and dressed quiet
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Minnea polls wheat stocks have decreased
62p!0O0 bushels this week
Elevator stocks of wheat in Kansas City
have decreased 374, S04 bushels thus far this
week and corn stocks decreased 56,540
bushels.
Exports from the United States and Can
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WEATHER TABLE.

Furnished by the weather bureau office.
Toneka. Kansas. for the twenty-four honrs
ending at a. m. Saturday.
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FURNISHED by Empire Commission Co.. 3O1
New England BldgD
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New Orleans, May 5.-COTTON-Spot
cotton; market quiet and unchanged. Mid
ding, $3.50.
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New York Sugar ]


New York, May 5.-SUGAR-Raw
steady. Centrifugal. 1927; refined, steady.
Fine graduated, S7.50ds-50.
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fThe range of prices for grain futures on
the Kansas City Board of Trade re-
ported by Empire Commission Co., 3O1
New England Building-1
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FURNISHED By T. A. Beck. of2-et4 p f.h.l
Topeka. Kansas, May s.
PRAIRIE HAY-S1S.00.
ALFALFA-$1S.00.