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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19
CAN T. R. go ANYWAY?
Wilson's Refusal May Not Be Final in
Volunteer Plan.

Washington. May 49, - Colonel
Roosevelt will not be permitted to
raise his volunteer expedition to carry
the American flag against the Ger
On signing the War Army bill Pres
ident Wilson issued a statement say
ing that, acting under expert advice
from both sides of the water, he would
be unable to avail himself at the pres
ent stage of the war of the authori-
cation to organize volunteer divisions
There was talk in army circles OF
the possibility that a way would be
found to use the ex-president's SER
vices in another way, but official COM
ment on the subject was lacking.
His Statement.
The presidents statement follows:
Il Shall not avail myself. at any rate
at the present stage of the war. of the
authorization conferred by the act to or
ganiZe volunteer divisions. To do so wouid
seriously interfere with the CARRYING ont
of the chief and most Immediately impor-
tant purpose contemplated by this legis-
of effective army. and would contrib
ute practically nothing to the effective
strength of the armies now engaged
Il understand that the section of this
act which authorizes the creation of vol
unteer divisions in addition TO the draft
was added with a view to providing an in
dependent command for Mr. Roosevelt and
giving the military authority an oppor-
siasm in recruiting the forces now at the
western front.
mo Time for Compliment"
1T would be very agreeable to me to
pay Mr.. Roosevelt this compliment and
the allies the compliment of sending to
their aid one of our most distinguished
public men. an ex-president who has rem
dered many conspicuous public services and
proved his gallantry in many striking
ways. Politically, too, it would no doubt
have very fine effect and make pro-
found impression But this is not the time
or the occasion for compliment or for any
action not calculated to contribute to the
ness now at hand is undramatic. practical,
and of scientific definiteness and preci-
sion. / shall act with regard to IL at every
step and in every particular under ex-
pert and professional advice from both
sides of the water.
needed are men of the ages contemplated
in the draft provision of the present bin
not men of the age and sort contemplated
in the section which authorizes the forma-
ton of volunteer units, and that for the
preliminary training of the men who are
to be drafted we shall need all of our ex-
perienced officers.
Mr.. Roosevelt told me, when I had
the pleasure of seeing him a few weeks
ago, that be would wish to have asso-
ciated with him some of the most effective
officers OF the regular army. He named
many of those whom he would desire tn
have designated for the service and they
were men who cannot possibly be spared
from the too small force of Officers at our
command for the much more pressing and
necessary duty of training regular troops
to be put into the field In France and Bel.
GUM as fast as they can be got ready.
1.-The first troops sent to France will bt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19

lated by the candidates for reserve
officers commissions as one might
think. Among the 300 men in camp
are many who have been accustomed
to come and go as they please and
who have been able to order straw
berries and cream for their meals at
will. To have their time regulated by
a clock that is worked on the lone
more hour of daylight" plan and to
eat hash when their appetites demand
luXuries is not simple.
Men in Fine Shape.
The men closed their first week of
actual training today in fine shape.
The "heavies'' have taken off several
pounds and the "skinnies" have add
ed few pounds. This army life is a
great leveler-it adds to some and takes
away from others. Every man is be-
ing taught to do things in harmony
with others and to act as a perfectly
oiled part of a larger unit. And the
men are learning quickly.
Topekans who are at the camp are
all located in the old barracks and
have the most comfortable quarters.
The men are scattered in several
companies but all have congenial
"bunkies."
All men have received their equip
ment and beginning next week there
will be fifteen full companies drilling
in army style, in army uniforms, and
according to army schedule. In order
to designate the branch of service the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.


Aetna Building & Loan Association to
S. A. Morrison, part southeast a
o-l@-lo > 90
T. A. Hayes and wife to J. Hertein,
lots 1881 Madison street, Fair
child addition 100
]. n. Robinson and wife to c. f.
Robinson. lots 42-4-6 Railroad ave-
nue. and lots 80 to 45 Third street,
Kingston, Kan, also part south
east Il 25-13-15 Observation-Disclosures
C. f. Trendle and wife to c. Young
green and wife, lot 81 southeast u
20 Orchard street, see record
f. z. Bradley and wife to H. F.
Hromada. part southwest Il 6-10-14. $3.50
E. F. Bailey to C. Kessler. part north
west "a lot in northeast a % 12-15 COCO
NJ. j. Harris to A. n. Harris, lot
II south y 70 Taylor street. ...,...
NJ. f. Lane and husband to ID. l..
Lockwood and wife, lot 347-349 part
345 Arch street, S. & b. addition. $500
J. Knoll and wife to n. F. Accord.
lots p 1926 Harrison street. Block
'B" Park addition ...........-. $50
, c. J. Lee and wife to Aetna Building
& Loan Association, part southeast
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19
BUREAU SUCCESS
743 Persons Made Inquiries
From State Journal Agency.
Washington Information Office
Proves Its Value.
FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE
Bankers, State Officials, House
wives Asked Questions.
Haskin Dictatorship Well Rec
Ognized Over State.

1t is very evident, from the letters
received by the State Journal for
warded after being answered by this
newspapers information bureau in
Washington, that this feature inaugu-
rated only two weeks ago is filling a
long felt want in Topeka and Kansas
The State Journal today received the
original letters and coupons addressed
by exactly 743 persons from all sec
tons of the newspapers territory to
the bureau under the efficient direc-
ton, d. c. These communications rep
resent only one weeks inQuirieS-from
May to May IL.
The information seekers are, as a
general rule. men and women of af-
fairs. For instance, 4 glance thru the
letter file shows the following repre-
sentative cosmopolitan list:
Bankers, County officers,
Lawyers City officers
Farmers, Probate judge
Housewives, Auto dealers
Merchants, Railway officials,
Newspapers. Packing company,
| State officers, Postmasters.
The letters are written on embossed
| stationary, on business letterheads, on
fashionable correspondence cards, on
ruled tablet paper and on postal cards.
Representative Topekans.
AS an example there are rs letters
|
dence. Three are bankers. two are
| state officials, two are Santa Fe rail-
way officials, one is a county officer
one is a motor car dealer, one is a
packer. one is a judge. eight are
housewives and the remainder, ac-
! cording to the city directory, are men
| employed in different lines about the
city.
No better indication of the service
this information bureau at Washing
ton performs could be detected than q
| glance at the variety of trades served
by this State Journal agency.
In the list of inquiries it is shown
that 1S5 persons write to Washington
| and asked for the booklet on gardens
One hundred and twenty-seven asked
for the booklet on Helps to House
wives" One hundred and twenty-five
asked concerning postal laws. One
hundred and twenty about colds Sew.
entyfive about recruiting. Thirty nine
about flies. Twenty-siX about the
navy. Twenty-one about the army
Eighteen, marines. Canning. foods anC
the care of babies were also among
the leading topics.
From Other States.
Readers of the State Journal in To
peka and Kansas were not the onl,
ones interested in the opportunity o
procuring information of all kind
thru the medium of this newspaper
One man wrote from Allen, Mich
Other states bordering on Kansa
were represented by these communi
cations.
| The answers were made withou
delay. Topekans who were asked to
day concerning the service were lou,
in their praise of its worth and value
The service and booklets are givel
without charge only a 2-cent staml
is asked to cover postage.
Next week undoubtedly will show +;
big increase in the number of cues
tons and requests.
The daily Haskin letter is used OF
the editorial page of the State Jour
nal and should not be overlooked b,
the readers of the Evening Dali
Newspaper of Kansas"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19
HONORS TO G. STRAWN
Clover Hill Club Entertains for Well
Known Old Settler.

More than two score of the friends
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Strawn assem-
bled at their country come south of
Topeka an Tuesday in honor of Mr..
Strawn's seventy-seventh birthday.
The affair was under the auspices of
the Glover Hill Aid society, Mrs. A B.
Smith, president, and of which Mrs.
Strawn is a member.
The guests assembled about IL
o'clock for social hour before n
the dinner short addresses were made
by A. B. Smith, Doctor Taylor of
Topeka on Tuesday in honor of Mr..
Marlin and others.
Mr.. and Mrs. Strawn have been liv-
ing on their farm since 1875. Mr..
Strawn came to Kansas from Illinois
in territorial days, settling first near
Topeka, and then near Fort Scott. His
first claims were government land
| signed by Presidena Grant. The carm
where he now lives, he bought from its
| one previous owner, who took it as
a claim. The price of the farm was
a team of horses and a wagon with
| which Mr.. Strawn drove overland
| from Illinois. The man who acquired
| them in exchange for what is now
d farm of high value, went or
west with the team, and was killed
by Indians, and his team taken by
them.
OF the society members and their
| husbands there were present, as fol
lows: Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Strawn, Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs
James Stevenson, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
| Stiles, Mr.. and Mrs. H. Lyons, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. B. Gasche, Mr.. and Mrs. c. B
! Buehrer, Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Wagon
/ rodt, Mr.. and Mrs. John Raines, Mrs
| A. c. Kornhous, Mr.. E. ]. Smalley.
The other guests were: Rev. and
Mrs. Marlin, DR.. and Mrs Taylor. Mr.
and Mrs. NJ. E. Adams, Mr.. and Mrs
Chas. Holston. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. N
Beal, Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Niccum. Mr.
and Mrs. w. H. Niccum, Mr.. and Mrs
| John Carter, Mr.. and. Mrs. VIM Wag-
onrodt, Mrs. Mamie Miner, George
Hampstead, Elizabeth Hampstead
| Miss Joana Wagonrodt, Mrs. Ada Rus
sell, Mr.. Cletus Buehrer, Miss Caro-
Gardner, Miss Hazel Wagonrodt, Mas
| ter William Wagonrodt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19

taken from the present forces of the reg
ular army and win be under the command
of trained soldiers only.
rs n Matter of Business"
THE responsibility for the successful
conduct of our own part in this great
war rests upon me. / could not escape ii
if 1 would. 1 am too much interested in
the cause we are fighting for to be inter-
ested in anything but success. The issues
involved are too immense for me to take
into consideration anything whatever ex-
eept the best, most effective, most imme-
of men who have seen war as it is now
conducted, who have no Illusions, and to
whom the whole grim matter is a matter
of business 1 shall center my attention
upon those means and let everything else
wait
"I should be deeply to blame should !
do otherwise, whatever the argument OF
policy for a personal qualification or ad-
vantage"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19

now floating on the very top wave of
renewed popularity. A small boy can
always be ship shape in blue serge
or white duck sailor or MILDLY suit
with all the necessary adjuncts of
bo'sun whistle, flowing tie and hat
band gold lettered with name of his
favorite battleship. For dress up eff
fects there are cunning copies of Off
GERS uniforms in regulation blue serge
and brass buttons and there are also
hossy white flannel sailor suits guar
anteed to turn little Percy into an ice
cream sailor fit to rival any chocolate
soldier.
While small brother is cavortfng
around in his martial, marine and
regimental buds, little sister is by no
means out of the patriotic picture.
Tots of 4 Wear Khaki,
At the age of four and five she is a
good SartOriaI imitation of a Camp
Fire girl in khaki kits and accoutre-
ments She is a ladylike sailoress in a
MILDLY blouse and skirt but her great
est achievement is a Red Cross uni
form, white apron, cap, sleeve band
and all No little girl can resist such
blissful apparel and is even ready and
willing to have her face and pad
dies scrubbed at frequent intervals
in order to live up to it. These cum
ming Red Cross outfits are fine for the
little laules pul louSL Oh tl!e HeiSnpoi
cats and dogs and the doll families.
Tabitha ard Thomas Cat are worn al
most to wraiths from too Jealous nurs-
ing and the family setter has ceased
to set.
When they blossom out in party
pretties CT Sunday school garb the
little girls today have charming con-
fections to choose from indeed. The
color line is no longer drawn at pink
and blue and white for tiny trade.
They now look like wee golden girls
in wonderful yellow creations of linen
and cotton crepe that are quaint and
individual of cut and dainty in hand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19
Trann Campo
heir Quipm

wallowing in mud pies and damp sand
piles and other delectable death-to-
clothes stunts that boyish flesh is
heir to.
The sturdy Boy Scout shoes that
come from size ten up, almost but not
quite, revive for harassed dads and
mothers the erstwhile happy halcyon
days of the copper-toed boot.
NorfoIks Survive.
Another khaki model for small boys
that is practical, serviceable and good
looking is a Norfolk suit with knicker-
bockers. OF course, this hasn't the
lure for the small boy soul that is
just bursting to grow up and be a
soldier, but it has its good points, even
if they aren't patriotic ones.
The sailor suits while, of course,
they have always been on deck are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19
w A nj S
AND MISCELLANEOUS ADS

ADVERTISING RATES: The rate for
inserting Want Ads in The Topeka state
Journal Is 1 cent word each insertion.
minimum 10 cents; by the week cents
word. minimum 90 cents
COUNT THE WORDS Of your ad includ-
ing four words for State Journal address,
when address is useu count each initial
letter and each number combination OF
figures one word.
OUT OF TOWN advertisements must be
accompanied with cash or check in full
payment of the same Note the foregoing
instructions about counting the words and
the rate per word for The Topeka State
Journal:
CLOSING HOUR: Want Ads to be classi-
fled properly must be in The State Journal
office before - 30 O'Clock. Want Ads re-
ceived after IL 20 till IL p. m. will be in
serted under the head: TOO Late to Clas-
sify"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19
MEASLES everywhere
Health Report Shows 6.162 Cases in
State in April-243 in Topeka.

Kansas is suffering from an cpl
demic of measles. according to a re-
port today by the state board of
health. The April report just publish
ed by the board showed 6,162 cases of
measles in Kansas. OF these LES
were in Wichita, Hutchinson and To-
peka-
The health report is based on re-
turns from all stations of the state.
Wichita reported $40 cases of measles,
while Hutchinson found 671 cases. To-
peka ranked third with 243 cases
State returns also showed 25S cases
of pneumonia, 2S7 chickenpox. 225
whooping cough, 469 scarlet fever, -
diphtheria, 500 smallpox. 40 typhoid
fever
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19
NAMES KAN. DELEGATES
Governor Appoints IL to Attend Ma
tionaI Unity League Convention.

Governor Capper has announced
the appointment of the following
delegates to the first annual conven-
ton of the American League for Ma
tional Unity: Mrs. o. L. Thisler,
Chapman; Mrs. F. s. Vedder, st. John;
Mrs. G. w. West, Mcpherson; Miss
Nanon Herren, Topeka; Mrs. Darlene
Newly, Pittsburg; S. A. Bardwell,
Manhattan; the Rev. T. E. Chandler,
Atchison; Bishop James Wise, To-
peka; Clark Conkling, Lyons; Judge
William Easton Hutchinson, Garden
City; 1. B. Huenergardt, Hillsboro; ].
H. Lee, Harveyville. The convention
will be held in Washington, d. c.,
June 16.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19
EXPECT BIG BUSINESS
junction City-Ft. Riley Railway Off
Gals Make Many improvements.

Junction City, Kan, May 19.-Plans
are being made to spend $4,000 in
making improvements on the street car
line from Junction City to Fort Riley,
in anticipation of the big business
the 10000 men encamped at the fort
will bring.
A new generator will be installed in
the local plant~at a cost of $4,000 and
the cars now in use are to be equipped
with motors capable of hauling four
trailerS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19

New York. May 19.-All the infan-
try is in full uniform these days.
Young hopefuls at the age of and 6
are miniature copies of honest-to-
goodness Boy Scouts with knapsacks,
leggings, broad brimmed hats and
everything all complete. Quite the
best thing about the suits from a
mothers viewpoint is the fact that
they are made from the regulation
khaki and hence bear some promise of
withstanding the constant friction of
too close application to balustrades
and cellar doors, and shocks of climb
ing stone walls and apple trees, of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19
Clear Your Skin in Spring

Spring house cleaning means cleaning
inside and outside. Dull pimply skin is
aftermath of winter inactivity. Flush
your intestines with mild laxative and
clean out the accumulated wastes, easy to
take, they do not grippe. DIR. Kings New
Life Pills will clear your complexion and
brighten your eye. Try DR.. Kings New
Life pills tonight and throw off the sing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19
LEARN TO Obey
That Is the First Lesson of the
Fort Riley Recruits.
Those Who Would Lead Must
Know How to Follow.
MEN ARE GETTING MILITARY
Increase in RatiOns Makes Life
More Pleasant.
Much Has Been Accomplished
During Weeks Work.

Fort Riley, Kan, May 19.-Disci-
pline begets discipline
If there was a motto for the United
States training camp here it certainly
would be synonymous with the above.
1t is the theory that if the men
have not been disciplined they will be
unable to discipline others, hence the
emphasis. This one phase of the
training camp is not so easily assimi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19

every man have hardly been enough
to keep them warm.
''I feel like a million dollars" was
the way one candidate expressed him
self to a friend and it would not be
far amiss to take that as expressive of
the entire camp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

prices reasonable, sat
isfaction guaranteed Phone 5061 Blue.
washing, will call and
deliver Phone 1856 k-4
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19
WANTED FEMALE HELP.
WE WILL EMPLOY

WE WILL EMPLOY
limited number OF
YOUNG WOMEN
In our school for telephonists to take
crease i'm business
WE PAY SALARY WHILE
LEARNING.
Rest and luncheon rooms in which meals
are served at first cost vacations with
pay at stated periods of service. excellent
working conditions with assurance u
make teenbon wo ahd w rdP1a THE BEf
SYSTEM highly desirable.
Young women over 16 years of age APP
ply s0I at s sI u IseksPn AYE rr,puoxr
AN intelligent person may earn $40
monthly corresponding for newspapers:
ence UNNECESSARY; no canvassing; subjects
suggested. Send for particulars. National
Press Bureau. Room 1903. Buffalo. y. \.
WANTED-women cooks. $40 and $50 mo.
and r.. girls for private families: cham
bermaids: kitchen help: housekeepers. etc
Furman Employment office, LOG West Sth.
SOLDIERS-SAILORs need socks. Good
money made at home knitting hosiery:
Machines furnished on time. We pay fixed
rates for making the goods. Wheeler.
Inc, 337 Madison. Chicago.
WOMEN-To sew at home; plain sewing
goods sent TO house prepaid. no cam
we pay. Universal Co. Dept. 2. Walnut
street Philadelphia. Pa
wANTED-Young woman for office work
some knowledge of book work White
Star Laundry
sire-to. learn dressmaking. Glen Davis.
Pelletier'a
WANTED at once Waitress at PIG Kan
sas avenue. Phone 40.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19
SOLD MEN BAD FOOD?
Restaurateur Arrested Following
Death of Soldier.

Pittsburg, Pa. May 1e.-Carl Mil
Ter, proprietor of the restaurant al
Port Perry, Pa, from which was
served the food which was eaten by
soldiers of the Third Pennsylvania in
fantry just before the death of Lieu
tenant Corcoran, and the illness OF
many of his men on Wednesday, was
arrested this afternoon.
The charge was not made public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19
APING MILITARY
RegimentaI buds for Riddles in
the Van Now.
Red Cross, Boy Scout and
Campfire Girl Designs.

written for the Topeka State Journal0
Boys will be boys is no longer true
They now will be Boy Scouts or sailors In
blue
And little girls swagger in Red Cross
toys too
Why really Just children" you no more
can view
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19

Local joy riders who escape from
Lawrence police, accepted urgent tele-
phone invitation to return.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-10-06
earlier operations.

The allies. on the contrary. have made steady and consistent gains at practically every point of offense Moving slowly forward with the auto- matic precision of clock work. they have made steady and substantial
 nroads in the German territory. Slice after slice has been bitten out of the German lines and rod by TO they have been compelled to fall back to-
 ward their own borders. although fighting with the stubborn teuacity of desperation every inch of the way. In spite of tho bombastic GN,man boasts that their nation cannot be sub dued by military force. if appears un- deniably certain that the constant bat .
 tering is wearing her strength to the l degree that the additional weight of | our own forces must bring about the end within comparatively brief per | iod.
 [ Germany is still the most powel sul i individual military force engaged in the great struggle and under present
 conditions could maintain a powerful
 defensive for considerable time. But l it is decidedly doubtful que~. ion 1 is she will be able to hold out for long
 against the huge aggregation of force
 America is about to hurl against her We have no delusions relative to our own fighting abilities. Until our troops are tried. there is not one single reas-
 on for believing That. under the coAdl tions of modern warfare. they are one whit better than the heroic Poilu's ot France or the stubbornly tenacious and 1 equally heroic Tommies of F 'itain Placed in the same situation as the
 soldiers of France and England. oul
 own boys would probably not have done one hit better than they, and
 possibly not SO well. still assuming
 that there is no difference in the fight
 ing ability of our troops and those of
 our allies. the addition of million and half luSty Americans is bound
 to have an overwhelming effect on the already hard driven enemy.
 If Britain and France alone are steadily driving the Germans back to their own borders. the entrance of the Americans is undeniably bound to greatly increase the pressure which is at present steadily and surely des- troyng Germany's chances of escaping complete and humiIiating defeat
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-10-06

Issued Annually in October. Prios per copy mailed zee. ..... .tse