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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19
IT'S UP TO GOVERNORS
They Will Be Responsible for Draft
Operation, President Says.

Washington, June 19.-The COVER
nor of every state will be held re-
sponsible for the successful operation
of the draft in his state President
Wilson has SO decided.
Each executive has been called
upon to nominate the men who are
to compose the local exemption
boards. The men so nominated will
be appointed by President Wilson I'M
less there are specific objections by
members of congress. No objections
due to political affiliations with the
executives party will be considered
will be submitted in writing for the
presidents consideration. Members
of congress will be permitted to in
spect the list of appointees before the
nominations are made.
The difficulties of the draft in the
Civil war were due to the attempt to
enforce it by a centralized federal
system. For this reason the presi-
dent has determined to place upon
each governor full responsibility for
the operation of the draft in his COM
monwealth.
Provost General Crowder in letter
to congressman explaining arrange
ments said:
1T is thought that, at the compile
ton of our work of organization, we
should find a machine for the turn
ing out of recruits in each state. When
men are needed the governor of the
state will be called upon by She fed
eral government for the number OF
men required from his state, and he
will proceed to set the machine in
operation and continue it until the
necessary quota is furnished"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19
GET ROCKEFELLER SHIP
Another Tanker Sent to Bottom by
U-Boat-FOur Lost.

New York, June 19.-The oil tank
amship John ID. Archbold of the
Standard oil company has been sunk
by submarine. The announcement
was made at the office of the company
here late today.
Four members of the tanker's crew
were lost. The Archbold was sent to
the bottom last Saturday in European
waters
The John d. ArchboId was two
days out enroute to this country from
France. The ship was armed and a
gunners crew from an American war
ship was on board.
The John d. Archbold was an
American ship of S,349 tons gross
register owned by the Standard Oil
company and built in 1914 at New
port News The ship left here May
90 for Havre and Rouen. France, with
a cargo under the command of Cap
tain H. B. Thompson with a crew of
4 men of whom IL were Americans.
All of Gunner Crew Safe.
Washington, June 19.-State de-
partment advices reporting the sink
ing of the steamer John ID. Archbold
said three of the vessels crew were
killed and two drowned, but that the
twelve members of the armed guard
all were safe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19
Public Uprising Grows Against
German Dominated Court.
Anti-MOnarchists' Hope Is To
Make Nation a Republic.
ANTI-GOVERNMENT CONTROL
Factions Combine Spurred by
Hunger and Industrial Strife.
Stream of Kaiser's Gold Back OF
Propaganda i'm Madrid.

London, June ia republic may
be in the making in Spain. according
to meager advices, which sifted thru
the Spanish censorship today. Per-
sonally, King Alfonzo commands the
respect and confidence of his people,
but the anti-monarchists are aiming
at the German-influenced ministers
and the German-dominated court,
with which the king is surrounded.
Economic unrest has contributed to-
ward furthering the republican move
ment.
Dispatches received here today in
dictated that the anti-government
forces had effected a combination and
formally announced their determine
ton to force such changes ''as may
be expedient to make the sovereign
will of the people prevail"
"And' Factions Unite.
The anti-government parties have
heretofore never been able to unite
but recent reports that new minis
try of violently pro-German sympathy
paralysis of industry thruout the
country, brought all factions together.
One other factor, it was reported. was
the ease with which the military
wrung concessions from the govern
ment, indicating in the view of the
agitators that the monarchy was
aware of its own weakness.
London newspapers express intense
interest in the outcome. Germany has
long poured a golden stream of mon
ey into propaganda work in Spain.
One feature of the situation which
caused considerable satisfaction here,
was the apparent dissatisfaction thru
out Spain with the Germanophile
court officials and ministers who sur
round the pro-ally king.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19
name new BOARD
Governor Capper Appoints State
Mine Examiners Today.
Duties VIII Be To Weed Out
IncOmpetents.

Governor Capper today appointed
the members of the miners examining
board The creation of this beard
was provided for by the legislature
last winter. Members of the board
are: George Henderson, Stippville,
Cherokee county; John Steele, Pitts
burg, Crawford county; Robert A
Gray, general superintendent ]. r.
Grove Coal company, Weir City; JOS
eph Fletcher, general superintendent
Jackson-WaIker Coal company, PITS
burg The new board will begin its
duties, July l.
The creation of the miners examin-
ing board was one of the important
pieces OF legislation enacted during
the winter The law under which the
board operates makes shot firers, shot
inspectors, gas men, fire bosses, hoist
ing engineers, gas engineers, mine
foremen and assistant mine foremen
in Kansas nina undergo iigid exam
nations before they are permitted to
engage in work within the limits OF
the state Such legislation is looked
upon as a means of averting numer-
Gus mine catastrophes caused by I'm =
trained and uneducated men being
placed IN important positions in the
mines
Big Program Ahead.
An extensive program faces the new
board First, it must prepare suit
able examinations for the various min
ing departments. Next, all men sub
ject to examination under the new
law must be examined and certificates
issued to them. This work, the legis-
lature estimated, will consume nearly
two years. After that date no man
shall be employed in any of these po-
sitions without first receiving a certif-
icate from the miners examining
board.
The appointments made are for four
years The law demands that each
man placed on the board shall have
five years experience in Kansas
mines. Two must be operators and
/ two miners Henderson and Steele are
| the miners and Gray and Fletcher the
operators. At their meeting, July /
| in Topeka the board is required tC
appoint a fifth member. Governor
/ Capper has nothing to do with the
appointment of the fifth member
1 While working each member of this
| board shall receive SIS a day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19
AVENGER ALSO SLAIN
Is Sixteenth Gang Murder in st.
Louis, UnsOIvcd 10y Police.

St. Louis, June 19.-The murder
of Richard Walsh, who was shot to
death within d block of his home
three weeks ago, was still unave1ged
today.
His brother, Bryan Walsh, "a, after
getting hot on the trail of the slayers,
was killed in Il wine room last night
by three unknown men. His head
was riddled by five bullets.
Last nights killing IS the sixteenth
of a series of gang murders here in
less than year. Police are power
less to cope with the criminals. Not
one conviction has been obtained fo,.
the murders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19
WORLD BEST ARMY
Z. S. Physical Requirements
Most Stringent of Nations.
Estimate 40 Per Cent of Those
Drafted Will Be Rejected.

Washington, June 19.-America's
armies Will be made up of the finest
physical manhood of the ration.
Army surgeons today estimated
that nearly 40 per cent of the men
brought to the colors by selective
draft will be rejected upon the first
physical scrutiny, so severe are the
examinations. Nearly 1,00r,O00 must
be drawn to get the $4,000 for the
first levy. At present the reflections
in the regular army average 40 to 60
per cent If the applicants.
After undergoing the severe exam
nations imposed by the army sur
geons, the chosen ones will form the
best army physically in the world. In
quirements so hard to meet. Even
Germany's armies are picked on o
less stringent scale of requirements.
List of Requirements.
Here are the general requirements
for the army:
Height-not less than five feet, four
inches, nor more than six feet.
Weight-not less than l2S pounds
or more than $50.
Lungs and heart must be well nigh
perfect. Any heart "murmur'' dis
qualities. Hearing and sight must be
good. Color blindness is not neces-
sarily a disqualification.
Chronic diseases or mental disor-
ders cause rejection. Loss of fingers
or toes, or an ear, are disqualifications
Flat feet or deformed feet are also
causes for rejection. The surgeons
examine closely for any affections OF
the kidneys or chest At least foul
molar teeth are necessary.
This war will be won by young
men," said an official of the medical
corps. That's why we will win
we've got the most and the bes
Young men"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19
FREE DENTAL WORK
Fifty Chairs Open to TOpekans at
State Board Examination.

Topekans today may save a dental
bill How much pain they will suffer
is problematicaL Fifty dental chairs
have been placed in the National
hotel for the use of near-dentists.
eighty in number taking the regular
state board examination in progress
three days.
The clinical work must be done I'M
der the direction of members of the
state board The work is done free of
charge excepting for the actual cost
of materials. All profits and recon-
pense for time is cut out
DIR. ]. Fremont Burket, of Kingman,
is president of the board; DR.. F. o.
Heitrick, Ottawa, vice president; DR..
G. F. Ambrose, Eldorado. secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19
Kansas Association Opens An
nual Convention Today.
Many Important Features on
Big TwO-Day Program.
ASSOCIATION GROWING FAST
President Shafer Tells of Ad-
vantages Members Enjoy.
He Discusses War Problems i'm
His Annual Address.

More than 100 Kansas retailers
were in Topeka today to attend the
annual convention of the Kansas Re
tailers' association which convened at
the Elks club this morning. The con-
vention will last two days and many
problems vital to the carrying on of
a successful retail business are to be
threshed out and thoroly discussed,
and it was freely predicted by dele
gates today that the 1917 session will
go on the record books of the asso-
citation as one of the most beneficial
and helpful ever held.
After the convention was called to
order by c. H Trap, and following an
invocation by John H. Fazel, Mayor
House welcomed the delegates to To
peka and assured them that every
thing the city has to offer is at their
disposal H. w. Brewster of Manhat-
tan, responded to Mayor Houses ad-
dress and then came the feature OF
the morning program, the address of
A. H. Shafer of Pittsburg, president of
the association.
After telling of the wonderful
growth of the association during the
last year and of the valua BILE assist
ance it has rendered it's members,
President Shafer made a plea for more
community cooperation and showed
what the organization was doing along
this line in Pittsburg his home town
War Problems.
Touching on the war situation, Mr.
Shafer advised the members to recon
Gle themselves to the present high
prices and to forget about them as
| much as possible by devoting more at
! tention to the quality of their goods
! and the service rendered their patrons
J The five great problems the war ha:
| brought to the retailer, he said. are
| the demands of the consumer which
have changed with conditions, the raw
material problem, the railroad prob
! lem, the labor situation and higf
! prices Mr.. Shafer went into detail
| in discussing each of these five mat
| tiers and gave his idea of how the.
| should be handled.
The feature of this afternoons pro
igram will be the address of Governo
Capper on "Our Duty in Time Q
Crisis" in which the patriotic appea
tpta.arfen Ia every walk of life will. b
the keynote. Other speakers on thi
afternoons program are H. L. Winey
of Lawrence, whose subject was Leg
islative Accomplishments" and A. L
lOiiger, of Emporia, who was assigned
to report the last national conven
ton.
Will Tour City.
At 5 O'Clock this afternoon the dele
safes will be taken on an auto sight
seing tour over the city and at 6:3
a buffet luncheon will be served a
the Chamber of Commerce. Tonigh
the Ake-Pot Ster-Boos will initiate tn
visitors into the mysteries and tn
monkey shines of their organizations
Tomorrow attendance is eXpecte'
to be mucn larger than today's a
many merchants who are not dele
gates are expected to be present whel
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19
CONGRESS- AC0C!
Many Questions to Ask on
Mammoth Airplane Output.
Plan Formed to Build $4,000
Machines in First Year.

Washington. June 19-The first war
airplane bill carrying an appropriation
of $500, 100000 is nearing completion
and will be introduced in congress
probably Friday. 1t will carry an
urgent recommendation from the sec
rotary of war for prompt and favor
able action.
Meantime, congress wants to know
exactly how $500, 100000 can be put
into air craft when aeroplane concerns
heretofore have not been able to de-
liver 100 machines a year to the war
department.
The plan of the new bill calls for
production of 10000 new machines
for the first year, over 1000 month
within a few months.
Prepare Detailed Statement.
Aware of these mutterings by con-
gress the administration will render
a detailed statement as to contemplat-
ed expenditures. This will show: Mil
lions for aeroplane engines, hundreds
of thousands for wings and the like;
tens of thousands for equipment and
training of aviators, and yet more
thousands for supplies.
This statement is being prepared
under the joint direction of the signal
corps, war and navy departments and
the air craft production commission
of the council of national defense. 1t
will explain that auto plants will ten
der 40 per cent of their producing
equipment to manufacturing craft en-
gines at a reasonable profit.
How Much Profits?
Other factories will be utilized by
the government to produce planes,
etc. The statement will suggest that
congress choose between government
| operation of the few real aeroplane
factories of the country, or granting
contracts for machines with these
plants. allowing unusually high profits
! so that the plants may properly equip
] themselves to expedite the enormous
work demanded of them
/ The question of reasonable profit
probably will be the biggest bone OF
! contention on the bill. The statement
will further explain expenses for main
tanning training camps, schools fol
mechanical education and the like.
Require 20 Training Camps
Aviators are now being turned ou
! of these schools ready Tor practica
1 training at the rate of about two hun
bred a week, but this is not sufficien
| and a call for volunteers is under con
| sideration. There will be twent,
training camps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19
MORE TO SLAVERY
DepOrtatiOns to Germany Con-
tinue, Asserts Belgian Govt.
Despite Denial, Taking Civil
ians Captives Did Not Cease.

Havre, France, June 19.-The Bel
gian government in an official state
ment issued today denounces the bad
faith of the denial of the Wolff bu-
reau on June Z of the continuation of
deportation of Belgians.
The denial, the government de-
clares, avoids the essential facts and
concerns itself only with the question
of the place to which Belgians had
been deported. The Belgian govern
ment maintains that the deportations
continue and that they did not cease
as the Wolff bureau stated on Feb
ruary TO-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19

The temperature today averaged
degrees below normal. The wind was
blowing six miles an hour from the
northwest at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Clouds and unsettled weather is the
weather prediction for Topeka tonight
and Wednesday. Rain, however, for
Topeka is doubtful. Probably the
weather will be slightly warmer than
Monday, with clouds, and light
north wind.
The official forecast promises in
creasing cloudiness and probably
showers tonight (for the state) and
warmer tonight The mercury Mon
day night fell to SO degrees, within 6
degrees of the low record for the date
and degrees below the normal point
BY 2 O'Clock This afternoon it had
risen to so.
Wednesday the low temperature
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19


Work today progressed even more
rapidly than the workers dared TO
dream two days ago when the SSO,OVU
allotment to Shawnee county was an
nounced by the national committee.
The workers are more than en-
Unused by their success.
The present rate of subscription
will bring the campaign to close by
Thursday night and that is the goal
announced this noon at the business
meeting of the workers
Red Cross Notes.
The chairman of the finance COM
mfttee. Cleveland H. Dodge, gave the
movement a splendid start with MS
subscription of-S1 900. 900.
A town of $4,000 population in New
York state has contributed toward the
war, to the present time, s3fS,OOO.
These contributions have been made
I'm II ambulance units, two aero
planes, Y. NJ. c. A. rest room and
forty-two nurses have been supported.
Three hundred and sixty-one thou
sand, five hundred dollars from 165
citizens in less than sixty minutes are
the figures sent by the Minneapolis
campaign leaders to headquarters.
We cannot honestly let our patriotic
endeavor end by purchasing liberty
bonds. That is merely thrift and
sound business sense. Some, indeed,
effort to aid in financing the war; but,
generally speaking, the purchase of a
81 per cent government bond is a
wise Investment and not a sacrifice in
any sense of the word.
A searchlight. said to be one of the
largest in the world. will flash over
New York each night the amount
raised during the day for the $780,
900 900 Red Cross fund. The flash
light will be placed at the Manhattan
bridge plaza. Brooklyn. y red flash
will mean $1O,0OO,O0O; a white flash
$l,000,OOO.
Wall street will be kept in touch
with the progress of the Red Cross
campaign by means of a thermometer
seventy-five feet high. The indicator
will move with every 100000 con-
tribute1.
Nine-year-old Violet Stroud of New
York, who sold $37,5 worth of lib.
erty loan bonds, is taking up the cud.
gels for Red Cross subscriptions.
additional Red Cross news on page 6
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19
NO RUSSIAN TREATY
United States VIII Make No Effort
to Resume Relations.

Washington, June 1.-THE United
States will make no effort at this time
to re-estab lish treaty relations with
Russia This was stated officially to-
day. The Russian American treaty OF
1892, under which the governments
had acted, was denounced by this
county about seven years ago. The
reason was that American Jews were
denied the same privileges in respect
to passports and travelling privileges
in Russia as other Americans.
A campaign led by William Sulzer.
then a congressman from New York.
resulted in the mouse abrogating the
treaty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19
3 MILLION A STARTER
Given in n. v. on First Day Before
Red Cross Campaign Started.

New York, June 19.-From 5000
New Workers the thirty teams of men
and women enlisted in the local cam
paign for the one hundred million
Red Cross war fund hope to obtain the
necessary nucleus of s4O.O0O.O0O the
quota allotted to New York. The teams
began a canvass of the 5000 potential
pledges today.
More than s3,0O0.000 was contrib
uted yesterday in personal gifts be-
fore a single appeal had been made
making a total of S14 900 pledged
since the campaign was announced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19
Balance of $45,63O To Be Col
lected Before Saturday.
TEAM NO. q is At TOP
Ii Made S3,140 in Pledges in
First Few Hours.
Effort to Reach $4,000 Goal in
Next Two Days.
IF YOU CAN'T GO, GIVE!

Nearly one-half of the $4,000 Red
Cross war fund in Shawnee county
was subscribed by noon today, accord
ing 10 the reports of the twelve teams
Of the local workers.
The total reported at the MONDAY
business meeting of the 100 cam
paieners was S34,37O.5O, leaving a
balance IF S45,63O to be collected be
fore Saturday.
Following is report by teams of
the pledges secured to date:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19
FIND A STACKER NEST
Will Arrest 1000 Men at Mesaba Iron
RANGE. w. w. Stronghold.

Minneapolis, Mimi, June 19.-De-
partment of justice officials announc-
ed here today that 1000 arrests will
be made on the Mesaba Iron range of
men who have refused to register. Two
hundred are now under arrest and
the jails of the district are overflow
ing.
I. w. w. officials, according to ad
vices received here, have called a
strike in the mines as a protest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19
NEW PEACE REASON
Germany Anxious to Halt Deprecia-
ton of Money.

Amsterdam. June IA speedy
peace is urged on Germany to halt the
depreciation of money, by the Social
list paper VCrwaerts.
"All other means are nothing but
apologies" it says. Improvement in
the rate OF exchange is impossible as
long as Germany wages war against A
league which aims at her destruction"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19

Mobile, Ala. June 19.-Spot cotton
went to 24A cents a pound here to-
day, the highest price known here in
the history of the staple. Near panic
has seized cotton circles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19
SHOWERS MAY COME.
Increasing Cloudiness to Break Spell
of Ideal June Days.

Hourly temperature readings of the
day reported by the local office of the
United States weather bureau:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19

As THE grasshoppers once swept
thru Kansas, let the airplanes de-
sccnd upon Germany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Increasing cloudiness- Probably
showers tonight and Wednesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-19

additional Red Cross news on page 81
The Winslow mail., 1917-11-16

For sale, a 1916 Baby Grand
Chevrolet car in good condition.
Telephone 156.
For sale, a lot of thoroughbred
Rhode Island Red, and White
Leghorn pullets. Inquire of j.
K. LaPrade.