The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-18
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNALS
INFORMATION BUREAU
AT WASHINGTON. ID. C.


war legislation, war policies. war OPP
portunities and war possibilities have
almost displaced other lines of inquiry
in the daily mail of the Topeka State
Journal information bureau at Wash
ington, according to the director. The
letters breathe a spirit of fervid 10y
atty, of Willingness to cooperate and
help in every possible way, or eager
ness to serve, that would convince any
one who reads them that the people
of the country are in this war with 100
per cent of their strength and their
individual abilities.
Questions have come from men of
every trade and profession, asking
how they can put their training and
special skill at the disposal Of the ma
ton; business houses and manufac-
turers have asked how their plants
might be of use; prominent Dublicists
and speakers have asked if the gov
eminent cannot use their services to
point out needs of the hour. The wo-
men are not behind the men. Wo-
men radio operators and wire telegra-
piers have offered their services, in
QuirieS on the quickest method Of get
ting in touch with Red Cross work are
numerous, housewives are asking for
advice on how and where to econo-
mize.
Farmers have asked suggestions on
ed in the coming year. The spirit of
these correspondents can be summed
up in the phrase, Where can l best
take hole ?" Seen in the mirror of this
daily mail. the people present the
spectacle of a nation rich in ten thou
sand talents and resources seeking the
quickest and best channels thru which
they can be applied.
Other questions of a more general
nature deal with the broader problems
of war. Some of them follow:
What was the relative speed of mo-
Utilization in the nations of Europe at
the beginning of the war?
Answer. Germany modified $780,
| 600 men in six days. France modified
| 1882, 600 men in fourteen days Aus
tria-Hungary modified $4,000 men
/ in twenty-one days. Russia modified
i.S50,000 in thirty days. England
raised an army, largely volunteer, of
10000 men in six months. 1t is esti-
mated that the United States could put
fully equipped army of 1O5,0O men
in the field in about a month
Are Quakers exempt from military
service?
Answer. The act of June 8, 1916,
and all further army legislation pro-
vides that all members of recognized
religious bodies whose belief is con-
trary to war shall be exempted from
military service in a combatant ca
pacity. No person so exempted shall
be exempt from service in any ca
pacity which the president shall de-
clare non-combatant
Has Germany borrowed any money
in the United States since the begin
ming of the war?
Answer. Germany has raised loans
In this country aggregating about
GALS, 900.
How does the United States stand
in Red Cross membership?
Answer. The necessity for greater
cooperation with the American Red
Cross is shown by the fact that the
bers in this nation of 100, 900, 900 peo-
pie. In Japan with a population of
40, GOO, 900, the membership is 1sSo0,-
roo. Japan leadsthe world in proper
Tomato membership. Germany with
100000 people has a membership
ship is 1.2O0.00G.
Is the family of the ex-czar of Rus
STA related to that of the German
kaiser?
kaiser are both grandchildren of
| Queen Victoria of England, and are
thus cousins.
] Can you give me brief description
of a torpedo?
Answer The Bliss-Leavitt 21-inch
torpedo is sixteen feet long, weighs
about ton. carries nearly 200 pounds
of gun-cotton. and has speed of
twenty-six knots with an effective
range of over 1000 yards. It is pro-
PEELED by turbine engines, driven by
! compressed air carried in the BODY
of the torpedo at a pressure of 1000
pounds to the square inch. The depth
and direction of the torpedo's course
are automatically regulated. It ex-
plodes on hitting the mark; if it misses
it is automatically sunk by sea-valve
which scuttles it.
What is the order of the Black
Eagle?
Answer. It is the highest decoration
conferred in the German empire. It
carries with it a patent of nobility.
Questions on the above or any sub
ject upon which the reader desires in
formation should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Information Blu
reau, Frederic ]. Haskin. Director
Washington, D. c., with 2-cent stamp
enclosed for reply.
Some Questions the Bureau Answered in
One Day.
How to make five new salads?
How to treat a cold?
How to secure health standards in your
school?
How to deposit. money with the govern
How Uncle Sam feeds his soldiers?
What exercise to take:
Uses for concrete around the home?
How to make six new fish dishes?
How to get instructions for canning veg
tables at home?
How to furnish your home?
How 10 make good coffee?
What is the recipe for BearnaiSe sauce?
How to make shower bath for a farm
or small town home?
How to pack the unch-basket?
How to copyright book?
How to prepare dishes of seven nations?
How to make orange marmalade?
What are the precautions against typhoid
fever?
How to care for the baby?
How to Join the navy?
How to make cake without butter Of
eggs?
How to get free map of your state?
How to clean a porcelain kettle?
How TO tell which are harmful and help
full BIRDS
4 How to build a bird house?
! How to have a smooth lawn?
How tell fresh fish cbicI-a,,