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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-07
Food for Fans
BY GEO. e. PHAIR-
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The Weeks Wash.
If I were busy manufacturing
Goloshes, rubbers and that sort of thing
Your liquid voice might thrill my bosom s
core,
And / might learn to love you, Gentle
Spring
1t listens sweetly in story book,
The babbling stream that sings N wood
land nook.
When every corner has its gurgling brook.
At break of day, at noon, at twilight dim,
The doctor labors saving life and limb.
He makes his hay when streets are full
of slush.
For Springtime is the harvest time for
him.
In Spring the baseball managers are gay
And sing a merry, hopeful roundelay.
1t may be Spring. it may be only dope
That makes them win pennant every day.
Fred Mitchell is clever sort of b1oke:
He does not tell his men Thou shalt not
smoke
Nor put thy foot upon a brazen rail-
He knows that training rules are but a
joke
The mat hounds pulled their Honest
Wrestling Show.
The fans went homeward wailing in their
woe.
IF this is honest wrestling" they COM
Give US the good old flops of long ago."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-07
MAY FORCE DRY MOVE
South American Breweries Perhaps
Can't Get Malt Supply from Q. S.

Washington, March 7.-Latin-A Amer
lea may soon become an involuntary
recruit in the prohibition ranks. Rep
resentatives of interests exporting malt
products to South American countries
from the United States are in Wash
ington to ascertain whether barley for
mailing will be available for export
from the 1918 crops.
The maltsters point out that since
trade relations between Germany and
Austria and South America ceased. the
Latin-American republics have looked
to the United States for practically
their entire supply of malt
South Americas breweries will
have to close if we do not send them
barIey,"lis the cry of the mailing in
terests to official Washington.
Official Washington sets its parched
lips firmly and looks down upon the
maltSters as if it is going to say. '1et
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-07
Henderson's Atchison Highs
Defeated Topeka, % to "a.
Coach Is Well Known Topeka
Sport Enthusiast.

A former Topekan, Art Henderson,
put Atchison on the high school
basketball map Wednesday afternoon
when he brought his quintet here and
for the second stime this season de-
feated the Topeka high school team.
Henderson was known here as a semi
pro baseball booster and a lover of all
sports. but his ability as an athletic
director was not known until he went
to Atchison last fall and gave the high
football teams it ever boosted. Then,
with little material to work with, he
got into the basketball season with
both feet and has made an enviable
record, winning nine games and losing
only one.
Henderson's team defeated Topeka
with little trouble at Atchison early in
the season, and Wednesday afternoon
nosed out another victory by the
score of % to rs. The locals put up
a stiff game, but were handicapped
by the loss of Brewster. one of their
most valuable players, who was on the
| sick list. At the end of the first half
! the Atchison players held a 2point
lead and this never was overcome
AIyea Great Shot.
Captain Babe" Alyea. touted by
/ Henderson as the best center in Kan
sas, was the star of the game His
aim and accuracy were good as
ever seen in any college game in the
city, and on numerous occasions he
scored with long range shots He
| made % of the 20 points his team &C
cumulated. Captain Lindell played
the best game for the Bearg team
making II points and being in the play
all the time.
The Atchison team will play the
Lawrence highs next Friday, and eX-
poets to cinch the northeast Kansas
| title in this game. Henderson's team
| will probably play Topeka again in
| the district tournament to be held al
| Horton Friday week. Wednesday,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-07

David Mauk. a boy attending Quincy
school, is sick at his home with
light attack of some eruptive disease
Dr. Clark, city physician, states that
he has not decided whether the
trouble is a light case of smallpox or
not. In two or three days, when the
symptoms are more fully developed,
the true nature of the disease can be
determined In any case the attack is
light one, and every precaution is
being taken, SO there is no occasion
for alarm.
The North Topeka unit of the Red
Cross will meet tomorrow, as usual,
at their rooms in the Masonic build
ing. The call for sewing machines
met with a ready response, and the
unit now has ten machines, which are
all that are needed for the present.
! The secretary, Mrs. Probasco, states
that they were unable to get suitable
yarn for knitting at this time, but a
supply of other work will be on hand.
North Topeka women have proved
themselves truly patriotic and any
thing but slackers, doing their part
in anything asked of them, whether
signing food pledges and subscriptions
| for the Red Cross or doing their bit. "
as they can, knitting and sewing for
the Red Cross.
/ Arthur V. Small, who was here from
| St. Joe to attend the funeral of his
father, E. d. Small, left last night for
Augusta, Kan. Mr. Small has resigned
; his position in an overall factory in st.
Joe, and will be connected with a
| large bee manufacturing plant in
Augusta. Mr.. Small has been inter-
! ested in bee raising for many years.
Starting with one or two hives in his
back yard while living in North To-
peka. he, from this beginning, built up
small but profitable business as a
| hi Mr.
Small will move his hives and equip
ment to Augusta and retain his inter-
est in them. The greater part of the
year he will be employed in the fac
tory which manufactures and ships
| bee supplies all over the United States.
| Mrs Small and her 13-year-
| daughter, Jessie Louise, will leave for
! Augusta about the first of the month.
| Mrs. Small, who was the guest of her
brother. Ernest Priddy and Mrs.
Priddy of Ills Woodward avenue, for
today, leaves this evening for ST. Joe.
| Notes and Personals.
Arthur Smith is sick with mumps
at his home, 1926 Van Buren, street.
Leroy Packard is sick at his home,
829 Monroe street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Schwartz have
moved from 1902 Logan street to 406
i Fairchild street.
Bert Enoch. Bill and Joe Williams
and Ralph Grindol from Granville
were on the North side on business
today.
Mrs. Ella Waychoff, Mrs Maude
| Waychoff Carver and Claude Way
choff are sick with mumps at their
home, 1855 Kansas avenue.
A M. Petro, the Druggist.-Adv
The Progressive class of the Second
Presbyterian Sunday school will meet
this evening at the home of Miss Veru
Cooper, 917 Jackson street The class
which is doing Red Cross work, is
now making hospital masks, used by
the surgeons when operating
For sale-Mosler fireproof safe,
medium size. good condition Phone
1637.-Adv.
You can get Jet Black Colorite at A
w. Lacey's Drug Store.-Adv
Colorite, jet black and II other col.
ors. Full stock now in. A. M. Petro
| Druggist.-Adv
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Win the War by Preparing the Land
Sowing the Seed and Producing
Bigger Crops

Win the War by Preparing the Land.
Sowing the Seed and Producing
Bigger Crops
Work in Joint Effort the Soil of the L. s.
and Canada-CO-operative Farming in Man
erty. The Food Controllers of United
States and Canada are asking for greater
food production. Scarcely 100,0 COO bush
els of wheat can be sent to the allies over
seas before the crop harvest. Upon the
efforts of the United States and Canada
able TtlIable Acre must Contribute; Every
Available Farmer and Farm Hand must
Assist. Western Canada has an enormous
acreage to be seeded but man power is
allies is for more men for seeding opera
tions. Canadas- Wheat Production last
Year was 225, 900 900 Bushels; the demand
from Canada alone for 1918. is 400 900, 900
assistance. She has the land but needs the
men. The Government of the United States
wants every man who can effectively help
to do farm work this year. 1t wants the
land in the United States developed first of
course; but it also wants to help Canada.
Whenever we find man we can spare to
Canada'e fields after ours are supplied we
want to direct him there. Apply to our
where you can best serve the combined in
terests. Western Canada's help will be re-
CURED not later than April 5th. Wages to
competent help, $50 month and up board
and lodging. Those who respond to this
appeal will get n warm welcome good
wages, good board, and find comfortable
homes. They Will get a rate of one cent
a mile from Canadian boundary points to
destination and return. For particulars as
to routes and places where employment
U. $. Employment Service, Dept. of Labor.
Advertisement.
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LAUDER is COMING.
Famous Scotch Comedian Will
Be Here March 10.
He Will Be Entertained by To-
peka Rotary Club.

Harry Lauder will be in Topeka on
March 10. That in itself is news of
the finest kind to the theater pubic
of the city. But to the Rotarians
this means a special meeting at the
Chamber of Commerce with Harry
Lauder as the guest of honor. Man
ager Roy Crawford of the Grand is
arranging the Rotarian plans.
Lauder is a Rotarian himself. being
member of the club of Glasgow,
Scotland. and Topeka Rotarians are
going to lay themselves out to enter
tain the famous entertainer in style
befitting his work in the war and his
eXenplification of the spirit of Rotary
One incident of one of Lauder s
numerous visits to the war zone states
that Lauder was engaged in singing to
a great body of soldiers when the
meeting was spotted by some German
airplane which promptly notified its
artillery. German shells to the num-
Der of 200 fell on the meeting, or at
| least on the place where the meeting
was, for soon as the first she'll came
! over the soldiers joined in mad rush
| for shelter. When the bcmbardment
was over some half hour later. Lauder
went on the platform again with no
| trace of worry 10 mar his perform
/ ance.
Another Interesting Story.
| Another story told of the famous
comedian on one of his trips to the
| front has to do with an 1mpromptu
| concert given for a body of marching
] troops 1t is told by DR.. George
| Adams of Edinburgh. Doctor Adams
says:
zone day during our visit [ was
taking Harry to see the grave of his
only child, Capt. John Lauder of the
| Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, as
fine lad as ever wore kilt, and as
good and brave a son as ever father
loved. AS we were motoring swiftly
along we turned into the town of AL
bert and the first sharp glance at the
| cathedral showed the falling Madonna
and the Child. 1t is a startling and
| interesting sight. and we got out to
have a good look. The building is
crowned by statue of Mary holding
out the child Jesus to the world; a
| German shell had struck its base and
it fell over, not to the ground, how
ever, but at an acute angle out over
/ the street.
while we fingered a bunch of sol
| diers came marching thru, dusty and
tired. Lauder asked the officer to
halt his men for a rest and he would
sing to them. 1 could see that they
were loath to believe that it was the
real Lauder until he began to sing.
| Then the doubt vanished and they
| abandoned themselves to the full en-
| joyment of this very unexpected pleas
ure. When the singing began the au-
| dience would number about 200; at
the finish of it easily more than 2,OOO
| soldiers cheered him on his yyavp
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RI Miss GLADYS Brokaw together with Miss
Helen Whittelsey, Mrs. C. A. whittelsey
and Mrs G. f. Rees. accompanist, Miss
Ellen Whittelsey and Mr.. John Rees will
furnish the program to be. given Friday
evening at the Railroad ~ The num-
bers will be: piano trio, Mrs Rees. Mrs.
Whittelsey and Miss Brokaw: whistiiug
duett Miss Brokaw and Miss Helen Whit
telsey. vocal solo, Miss GLADYS Brokaw
whistling solo, Miss Helen Whittelsey: vo-
cal duett Mrs Rees and Miss Brokaw
whist1ing solo, Miss Brokaw; Lullaby y
trio, Miss Brokaw, Miss Helen and GLADYS
WhitteIsey; novelty Duet, Miss Brokaw,
Miss Helen Whittelsey: patriotic number
Miss Gladys Whittelsey, Miss Ellen Whit
telsey, Miss Brokaw and Mr.. Rees
W. Il. Wilson has gone to Dallas Texas
on a business trip Mrs. Wilson accom-
panied him as far as Cleburne and will
also visit in Galveston.
Miss Enid Sheffield of Los Angeles.
Cal, has come to visit her aunt, Mrs
James Mullin and Mr.. Mullin-
Miss leila Widener has resigned her po-
sition in the auditor of disbursements
office.
James Clark machinist at night in the
shops has been transferred to the round
house at Topeka for night work
W. L. Berryhill has returned to his work
in the general claim department after be-
ing off i'll.
James E. Bowman is a new employe
in the auditor of disbursements office
Charles Little of the general claim de-
partment has been i'll with mumps but
has returned to his desk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-07

At recent meeting of a Ladies' Aid
society one of the members is sDonsor
for story which is as follows: The teller
of the story dreamed that she died and go
ing to Heaven was given a large piece of
chalk and told to go to big black board
down at the gates where she was to write
down all her sins. She, while obetiiently
complying with the request, looked up and
IN the distance h saw person running
stranger approached she saw it was a for
mer friend of hers here on earth "Why
Tillie, she exclaimed. why are YOU here
and what do you want?" "Oh. never mind :"
said the Tilly of the dreams. st Peter
just asked me to bring you down some
you're thru"
The Rev. and Mrs G. G. Horne are chang
ing their residence to 299 Forest avenue.
MI. and Mrs John Strange of Saskatche-
wan, Canada, are visitors at the home of
Mr.. Strange's mother, Mrs. NJ J. Strange.
Green street.
The S. o. d. H. club entertained with a
Miss Ethel Maggie, Wednesday evening at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nagle.
1126 Monroe street. The guests were: Miss
Maggie, Mr.. and Mrs. George FiederIfng and
daughter Frances Mrs. Frank NagIe, Mrs
Edna Kendall Mrs. Frank Golden, Mrs.
Harold Lepper Mrs Edith Mooney Miss
Ethelyn Cozier, Miss Mona Bell Miss Ruth
Sund, Miss Valda Johnson Miss Alice Linn
MISS Beatrice Peak and Miss Aileen Peak
The regular meeting of the S. o. D. II.
week with Miss Alice Linn. Scotland ave
nue., as hostess.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Banks have returned
to their home in Dillon, Mont. after spend
ing some time in the city and in wakarusa
While here they were guests of Mr. Ranks
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Banks o.
kellem avenue, and at Wakarusa they visit
ed Mrs Bankss father. Mr.. J. F. Jordan
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BARE COMPROMISING OUTLOOK"
Marine Casualties. Aside From U-Boat
Toll, Treble Ante-War Record.

London Wednesday. March e.
ships produced in British ship yards
in a fortnight are not equal to the
sinkings by submarines, Sir John r.
EIlerman, stea mship owner, declared
today at a meeting of the chamber of
shipping. He explained that owing to
the conditions under which ship own
ers are carrying on trade. marine
casualties apart from enemy action
are double and treble what they were
in the days before war. He said the
output of shipping since the war was
not sufficient to make good the losses
by marine causes alone leaving the
losses by enemy action yet to be
made up.
Baron Inchcape. complaining OF
what he termed the unpromising out
look, said that not a sound had been
heard along the Clyde since noon last
Saturday 1t might be, he suggested
that no war was going on and that
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WAY BEHIND IN
SHIPPING GRAIN
TO- OUR ALLIES
100000 Bushels Month
Front America Overdue.
Ship Problem Looms Bigger as
Railroads Clear.
YARDS NOT YET FULL BLAST
VIII Be August Before Ship
Plants Get Going Right.
Meanwhile U-BOat SinkingS EX-
ceed Joint Output OF Allies.
YARDS NOT YET FULL BLAST
Meanwhile U-BOat Sinkings EX-
coed Joint Output of Allies.

Washington, March due chief
" to lack of tonnage. America is fall
ing behind in grain shipment to the
allies at the rate of 100000 bushels
a month
The situation is giving food admin
istration officials concern now that the
question of rail movement of food
stuffs is being solved. Meat ship
ments are reduced to make way fo-
wheat, troops and supplies.
The submarine continues to wreak
havoc in shipping.
1t will be August before many of the
shipyards are running full tilt, as
some of the eastern plants are still
under construction. On the west
coast it is estimated that July win
see the plants going at a maximum
Sunk 5000. 900 Tons in 1917.
Official figures show that England
last year constructed 100000 gross
tons of shipping. the United States,
100000 and other countries 100000.
In that period, Germany sank an es-
timated tonnage of 100000 gross.
American ship production this year
has been estimated as high as $780,
600 tons. but the best obtainab1e es-
Inmates now indicate that three or
four million gross tons will be the
mark. English figures are not OBJ
tainable here, tho estimates place her
output at. 100000 gross tons this
year.
Thus 1t will be seen that subma-
rine destruction at last years rate
would still outstrip the production.
The above gives perhaps the gloomy
side of the picture.
Here's Cheerful Side of It.
The sunny side of the picture is
this:
Nmerican- RALLIED naval efforts are
accounting for many submarines-as
many as Germany can build. And
improvement of devices used in anti
submarine work is having an effect in
rounding up the Uboat.
Furthermore. destroyer production
is actually progressing very we'll and
with the increase of the destroyer pa
trolls. the U-boat work will become
constantly more difficult
August is the generally accented
date at which the submarine menace
will begin to wane. That is the time
when ship production will begin to
be the heaviest and that the destroy
ers efforts will be improved mater
tally.
However. the months between now
and August are destined to be trying
Tonnage is short, compared with the
crying need for it to supply the allies
to ship our own forces and to keeI
them supplied.
Once past this period, better sailine
is ahead. American ship production
next year will be well ahead of de
struction. according to all estimates
Conservation Helps Greatly.
The only question is. what do the
next few months hold in store in tbs
. general war situation?
Some idea of the present difficult
ties is obtainablc from the fact tina
in February the United States ship.
ped $4,000 tons of grain to Europe
whereas its goal was 100000 tons
Conservation here is showing up wei
for the United States has shipped IS,
100000 bushels above its normal eX
portable surplus in the past eigh
months.
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BE IN FRANCE SOON
Major a. NJ. Harvey Assigned to 33rd
Division at Camp Logan

Major A. NJ. Harvey, prominent
Topeka lawyer who was recently COM
missioned in the judge-advocate gen.
erals department of the United States
army, has been placed on the active
list and has been assigned to duty
at Camp Logan, Houston, Texas
Major Harvey will be assistant judge
advocate general at Camp Logan.
Camp Logan is the training site for
the 33rd division, made up of Illinois
National Guardsmen. Rumor says that
the 33rd division is going overseas
soon. Major Harvey expects to go
abroad with the division.
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LIEUT.. BETTER is HOME
He Is Now Judge Advocate of Regi
ment at Camp Meade.

Lieut. Harry P. Better, of Battery
D. 80 field artillery. is home on a
short furlough, visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. I. L. Better. Lieuten-
ant Better received his commission as
second lieutenant last summer at the
Fort Niagara officers training school.
He has been stationed at Camp
Meade, Maryland, during the last six
months, where he was advanced in
rank to first lieutenant, and also ap-
pointed judge advocate for his regi-
ment He is to return for duty in ten
days.
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no new ships or destroyers to hunt
submarines were required. He said
he thought more information about
shipping losses might be given the
people to make them appreciate the
gravity of the situation, adding:
Our tonnage is being sunk at a
rate of which the people have no con-
ception. There is a curious lack OF
realization in many parts of the coun-
try as to the grave situation with
which we are faced"
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CITY NEEDS A CHAPLAIN
MORE THAN DETECTIVES

Denver. Colo, March denver
is on the lookout today for a city
chaplain. Mayor Speer, holding
that a chaplain is needed more
than detectives or police inspectors,
sent an ordinance to the council,
urging the appointment of a chap
lain who would "offer consolation
to war bereaved homes without APP
pearing to intrude."
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ADVANCING ON PETROGRAD
Germans Continue Eastward Invasion
and Turks Keep on in South.

London, March THE Germans
have captured hamburg east of Narva,
while the Turco-German offensive is
continuing beyond Trebisond. says
a Russian official agency dispatch re-
ceived here today. This action, adds
the statement, is despite the official
announcement by the German high
command that hostilities against Rus
STA have ceased.
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T0PEkANS QUALIFIED


William NJ. Bush. Albert H. Davis. Her
man H. Hochgraffe. Charles NJ. Williams,
Aristos Astrinakis, Francis H. Bonebrake.
John +. Powell. John Napus. Frederick
Bradford. Harry w. Eagle George NJ Lux.
Joe Goodman. Don A. Campbell Edward
=. Lamborn, Frank +. Ford, James Gay.
James l.. Eagleson. Clarence NJ. Miller.
Richard a. Jones, William A Harris. Alva
r. Thompson. MarreI o. Thompson, Horace
L. Turner.
Rejected by Board No. 9.
Herbert H. Dowler. Henry H. Peale,
Laurence B. Seery, NJ. G. Montgomery.
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LONE STAR GOING DRY
After Ratifying National Amendment
Pass Statewide Measure.

Austin, Tex. March THE state
of Texas was we'll on its way today to
becoming dry territory. The house
late yesterday passed a measure call
ing for statewide prohibition by a
vote of 103 to 81. The senate is eX-
pected to pass it shortly.
Texas already has ratified the fed
eral prohibition amendment.
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First Game.
Second Game,
International League to Start.

Toronto, March President Nc
Caffery, of the Toront1 Baseball club
has announced that the International
league will be reorganized and that
there will be baseball as usual this
season. Larry Lajoie is expected to
come here for a conference before
the weeks end
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Scout Over Top in a Day.

Wichita, March THE Boy
Scouts fund drive lasted only one
Gay i'm Wichita The minimum
amount set for the campaign was
$4,000, but pledges turned in at
headquarters totalled s1S,575, and
the drive was stopped.
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X. O. Sends Him to Hospital.

Milwaukee, Wis, March Eddie
Moha, Milwaukee welter, is in the
emergency hospital here today, suf-
fering from cerebral conclusions as
the result of a fall Wednesday night
when Jack Malone. st. Paul, knocked
him out in the tenth round.
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EAST SIDE NOTES

Notes and personals from East Side
by Frances Jones, 211 Grattan street.
Telephone between and 10 a. m. 1880:
other hours, 4751 K-2
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Bishop Mathews of New Jersey is urging
parishioners of the Episcopal church to ban
evening weddings with decollete dress. and