davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
ON SPUR f GE MOMENT
BY ROY x. MOULTON


Contentea.
The more l see of kings,
The potentates ana things
| feel Ike standing pat
On what l am.
l want no kingly job:
I'm just common lob
Who owes to hide
And can't abide
The worry of a high-tone place,
I'd rather be a deuce than king
Nobody hurls bomb at me.
It's plain to see
That can come and can go
Just as l please and l can know
The folks l like.
l roam the pike
At will, nor fear a mite,
And 1 have an appetite
That 40 great king can beat.
I'm not afraid to eat
Nobody plans a coup
BY poisoning my soup;
No envy on my side,
I'm satisfied.
Our idea of no sort of jon is being
editor of Who's Who in Russia for
1917-1S.
"a bomb is like a woman" writes
an Irish officer on the British front
in Flanders. you can never tell what
it is going to do next"
He has been engaged for several
months in experimenting with bombs
and various bomb-throwing devices.
But he is wrong. A bomb is not Ike
a woman. A bomb will explode when
you expect it to and a woman won't.
She explodes when there is no APP
parent reason for it.
The Irish officer may have expert
mented with bombs for several months
without learning very much, but some
men have experimental with women
thruout fifty years of married life and
have learned nothing at all.
Fashionable tailors are now show
ing wine-colored dress coats Little
late in the day to be of general use.
Those coats would have been great
when men were of the habit of spill
ing wine.
The secretary of agriculture asks;
What IS wine?'
Wine is s12 a quart. That's what
it is.
Right in the Champagne district.
too.
Ask us hard one. Brother Houston.
American literature is certainly hit
ting the high spots. We cop this from
the esteemed "Satevepost:"
$50 said madame, breathing thru
her nose'
OF course Adenoid Annie would
have breathed thru her mouth.
When the Germans finally bend the
line along the western front it will
snap back and may land in the vicin-
ity of the Rhine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08

fall to see how you can punish him
for an offense committed only by one
of his limbs
THAT argument" said the judge
lis very we'll put. Following it logic
ally, / sentence the defendants arm
to one years imprisonment He can
chooses"
The prisoner calmly unscrewed his
cork arm and. leaving it in the dock,
walked out.
a golfer b. way of a joke dropped
a golf ball into a nes- his parrot had
built in tiao corner of its cage.
Polly set with exemplary patience
on her novel egg and az peared pretty
well heart-broken when the weeks
went by and she found herself unre-
warded.
At last the parrot could stand it no
LONGER. A terrible screening brought
h owner downstairs a. 3 a. m.
whats the matter, PolIy?" he
a-sked, as he noticed the birds beak
was Clipped in trying to get at the
ePg's interior.
Matter screeched the bird
reat Scott. I'm bunkered,"
prosperous farmer of tho old
school had made a proud boast that
he hadn't drank a glass of water for
twenty years. Whilst on a journey
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08

last the great corporations. says Les
lies. are learning that the heart of
the people may be reached thru pub
locations the people read, publications
which go into every home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08

my cross husband and my faultfiEd-
ing relatives-in-law, and was just
about at the stage where a glass of
rat poison looked tempting, when
YOUR letter came 1t is the
open door, darling, the way out Bless
you. MAY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08

Silver has Joined in the general ad-
vance in prices on Wall street and
both bars and Mexican dollars are
making steady climb. But the
ounce of silver and the bushel of
wheat. which once were said to go
hand in hand, still are far apart.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08

The Bolsheviki are reported to have
eliminated three vowels from the Rus
sian language. Already there was a
noticeable absence of vowels, and with
three gone it becomes more appalling
than ever to foreigners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
DINNER ST CRIES

A clever young lawyer was defend
ing a man accused of housebreaking.
"Your honor, l submit that my eli
ent did not break into the house at
all. He found the parlor window
open, inserted his right arm and re
moved a few trifling articles, Now,
my clients arm is not himself. and I
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08

Politicians in congress already have
started fight for permanent reten-
ton of the railroads by the govern
ment, without waiting to see how fed
eral operation will work. This course
promises to delay needed legislation
and hamper the carrying out of Pres
ident Wilson's program
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08

the custodian. There will be no
deputy custodians in various sections
of the country, as many persons seem
to have assumed. All cash received
will be deposited forthwith in the
treasury of the United States. while
national banks and trust companies
in the various cities will be the desig-
mated repositories of stocks. bonds and
other securities.
Questions on tn above or any sub
ject upon which the reader desires in
formation, should be addressed the
Topeka State Journal Information
Bureau. Frederic j. Haskin, Director
Washington, >. c., with a Scent
stamp enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08

Some persons who pride themselves
on doing their bit regard other per-
sons as their bit and do them at every
opportunity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08

one tay, the train was wrecked while
crossing a bridge and plunged into the
river.
They pulled thc farmer out with
n boat-hook. and when they got him
on shore one of his friends rushed up,
crying: Are you hurt2'
mol" the farmer snorted. Never
swallowed darned DIR 5p,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08

If you are old enough to walk, If
you get in trouble there are people
who will remark that you are old
enough to know better.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08

General Pershing's men are report
ed to be growing impatient. They are
anxious to begin shooting the K out
of kultur.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
HI TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL IN
FORMATION NUREAU,


N. B.-lnquirers shorld be careful TO Oh
serve two points: Enclose a S,cent stamp
and address their letters to Washington.
ms above, and not to Topeka. otherwise de-
lay and needless expense are incurred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08

These Investigations have the CO.
operation of all the secret services of
the government, which have played
such a large, though inconspicuous
part in diplomatic and industrial life
since the war began. The secret
service of the treasury department is
about the only one of these which is
well known to the public The de-
partment of justice. the postoffice de-
partment and the state department
have also large and well-organized in
vestigative services. which have been
greatly Strengthened since the war be-
gan.
A fertile field of future work by
these government detective services
will probably be in the American
colonies There is reason to believe
that both Hawaii and the Philippines
harbor large enemy holdings which
have not been reported, and which
might perhaps be more easily con-
verified to enemy use than holdings
within the continental United States
Enemy property discovered in all
of these ways will be administered
directly from the Washington office of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13
NATIONAL CAFE IN LONDON
~ CLEARING $3.50 A WEEK
Enterprise Started to Expose the
Food Profiteer Reported More
= Than Self-Supporting.

LONDON, September 20 (Corre-
spondence of the Associated Press).-
The national restaurant here, which
was established to expose the prof
iteers, is not only self-supporting. but
is making a good profit. according to
Alderman c. F. Spencer. it's director.
Caterers had charged that the enter
prise was able to supply good food at
reasonable prices only because it had
government aid
After deducting rent, management
charges and all other expenses. the
restaurant has been clearing about
$3.50 a week. or 10 per cent a year. on
it's capital.
Meals sold for IS cents yield a net
profit of about cents. Commenting
, on this. the Manchester Guardian OBJ
serves: 1T is thus beyond question
that, even at war prices. excellent
food in sufficient quantities can be
sold at prices within the reach of
every one, with a sound profit left
over"
The British food controller thus is
encouraged in his policy of opening
national restaurants in other big
cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13
FRENCH PARISH CELEBRATES
Bells Peal From Shattered Church
for Battle Anniversary.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
p WITH THE AMERICAN TROOPS IN
: FRANCE. September 20.-In q little
shell-stricken church in the town Of
Sainte Genevieve. perched on a hill
, commanding a view of Metz, Ameri-
cans and French-soldiers and civil
fans. Protestants and Catholics
gathered today in an impressive cele-
bration of the battle of Sainte
: Genevieve. fought and won by the
French just four years ago.
The village priest beamed with de-
hight as he gazed upon, his unusual
flock climbing up the hilly streets
which led to the church. In the shat
tered belfry. with it's gaping walls,
still swing two beautiful bells, and
these pealed out a joyous note as the
hour for early mass approached.
The little church was crowded with
men in khaki and horizon blue, with
few old men in the more somber
shades Of civilian cloth and women
and children gayly clad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13
JAPAN RICE CROP HEAVY.
Greater Than Last Year Despite
Rain and Windstorms.

Cablegram to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
TOXIC, Japan. October 10.-Frequent
and heavy rain and severe wind storms
have only slightly injured the rice crop,
and the official estimate shows yield
amounting to a total of almost IS, 900, 900
koku COS 100000 bushels, which is
4. 100000 koku (2Oooo.OoO bushels) above
the crop of last year and about 5000, 900
koku (25.O00,OOO bushels) above the
average. The Chosen crop amounts to
600. 600 bushels), or about 1900, 900 koku
100000 bushels) above that of last
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13
and BedWear

Heavy Wool Army Blankets,
Each, $9.9S.
The regulation size in olive gray,
and good heavy weight.
Fancy Crib Blankets, Each, 69c
Made of attractive figured blanket
ing, blue only, in size 30x40.
California White Wool Blan-
kets, Pair, Sls.05.
Beautiful white wool blankets.
having deep pink or blue fancy Dor
ders and silk bindings; size 72xs4.
Heavy Plaid Wool Blankets,
Pair, $14.85.
Size 68x80. in attractive plaids,
combinations of pink. blue or tan
with white.
Heavy Plaid Cotton Blankets,
Pair, $3.50.
These have an extra heavy nap.
The plaids come in contrasts Of blue,
pink or yellow. with deep silk Dor
ders to match. Size 7OxSO.
Heavy Gray Cotton Blankets,
Pair, $3.50.
Heavy gray cotton blankets with
attractive pink or blue borders; dou-
ble-bed size, 64x76.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13
Periscope II Tree Trunks.

The poles were veritable telegraph
poles. with wires strung from the
tops. just as they are seen along coun-
try roads. But each pole was hollow,
to permit a periscope to be raised to
a high observing point. while a COW
cred pit at the base of the pole ac-
commodated the observer taking the
reading of the periscope.
Beside the periscope poles there
were periscope trees, with hollow
stumps, from which the observers in
strument was manipulated and read
ings made in pits below the roots.
A camouflage stone wall was another
curious device standing among the
camoufage trees and poles. This wall.
looking like the ruin of an old mill,
was of light plaster construction
painted and weather-worn to resemble
a real mill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13
Credit Tanks for Allies Success

NEW YORK. October IL Correspond
ence Of the Associated Press).-German
newspapers received here generally at
tribute the success Of the allied often
0ve 70 the employment OF huge num-
!. bsrS OF Tanks"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13
Wrecked House Clever Deception.

"a wrecked house often serves us as
very good camouflage," said the COM
mander. I'VE had one with the win
dows all gone SO the, enemy could
look straight through to the walls in
side. By painting false canvas wall1
. Just back of the windows, the enemy
still thought he was looking at the
real walls opposite. But back of the
canvas our observers and snipers were
. at work and the device was very ef-
fective.''
:, A pile of gravel stood near the wall
or what appeared to be a" pile OF
gravel. for this, too. was camouhage
, The pebbles were heaped around
hollow frame with it's gauze opening
for the observers and the flap through
which the machine gun barked. Fur
- Their along was a pile of brick
camoutage-ando over in the field was
, a stack of hay-camouf1age. Each
one of them was a small fortress as
we'll as a post of observation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13
TREES AND STONES.
!. CONCEAL SOLDIERS
Telegraph Poles Also Hollow
to Permit Periscope for
! Observer in Pit.
CAMOUFLAGE BIG IN WAR

BEHIND. AMERICAN LINES IN
FRANCE. September 20 Correspond
ence of the Associated Press).-Noth-
ing is real in the gpeat American
camouf1age station here. All is decep-
ton.
Hugh willow trees like those in
Flanders, with trunks tw6zfeet in
diameter and a mass of sprouting
branches at the top, are steel tubes
designed to hide an observer. Even
OH close inspection they looked. like
real trees to the Associated Press
correspondent who visited the sta
ton and, with the commandant, ex-
plored their mysterious underground
rccesses.
They were of plaster cloths wound
about the central steel tube and with
pieces of real bark fitted around the
: trunk A. small gauze orifice, painted
to match the bark. was not noticed
until pointed out by the officer. This
was for the observer standing within
the steel core of the tree.
Ten feet away the turf opened, dis
closing a passage with steps leading
to tunnel and thence to the base of
: the tree. With light we CROPPED
tree. 1t was a tight fit in this tree
trunk, but from the gauze Oriflce one
had Il sweep of the whole nearby
country.
Boulders Cover Machine Guns.
A huge boulder. such as one sees
along country roads, was noticed
among the trees. The big stone, five
feet high and seven across, looked
very real, and yet this, too, was
camoufaSe-a makebelieve boulder
in which an observer and machine
gun could Turk.
Examining the stone, it felt rather
like a. big. cardboard box, and gave
Slightly to the pressure of the hand.
The frame was wood, the covering
: burlap. painted a gray-brown, with
patches of moss. And buried amid
the moss the canvas flap raised to let
through the nozzle of the machine
: gun.
You have your own telegraph sys-
tenn" was remarked on observing the
line of telegraph poles stretching
across the plain.
The commandment smiled. Those are
periscope telegraph poles" he ex-
. blamed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13
<zR7U Uncle Sam MUST and WILL Have the Six Billions,
x<<AI Regardless Of Peace-Note JokeS~The Hecht CO.

bondage; money or misery; victory or Yassalage.
Every Bond you buy NOW speeds shell straight
toward the devish campfires Of childk and hos
pital bombers; every Bond you buy NOW drops stick
of dynamite where it will register the best to
insincere and premature peace proposals..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13

The time to hit the hardest is when the enemy
/vering; the time to subscribe the heaviest is when
everything trying to relax the vigilance of the
loan workers and to affect and lower the morale of
the American people. We're nearing the home stretch.
Buy MORE Bonds; buy BIGGER Bonds; Bonds or
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-10-25
SCANDINAVIA
UNIONISM GROWS

WASHINGTON, Oct. ia pub
licity service maintained by the de-
partment of labor reports that trade
unions in Scandinavian countries
have increased their membership
since the war began. In Sweden
the membership increased 45,334 dur
ing the year just ended, making the
total membership 186,146. Women
trade unionists have increased from
8,238 to 14,402.
In Norway the increase is about
$4,000 since last year with present
total membership of $4,000. Although
there were $50 industrial disturb
ances during the year, there were
only "a strikes, affecting 5000 men.
Within the year Denmark's unions
have added 28,162 members, and
now have strength of 1924 of
which 27,776 are women. Efforts
to entice Danish workmen to Ger
many have for the most part failed,
it is declared.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-10-25
LLOYD L. BLACK

For so young man as is Mr..
Black he made a good record as
County Attorney. He is now at
Camp Taylor, Kentucky, training
camp, preparatory to entering the
military service of the country. Mr..
Black had intended to withdraw from
the race for County Attorney, believ-
ing that the war would not end be-
fore 1920, and wishing to enlist in
the artillery service, but having re-
ceived a large number of letters from
Snohomish County citizens to remain
on the ticket he decided to do so.
He is endorsed by the State Fedora
tion of Labor, the State Grange and
the Political Welfare Committee of
the Everett Trades Council. His
campaign is in the hands of his
friends.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-10-25
A PIECE OF WIN-THE-
WAR MACHINERY

Two recent awards place the Ma
+onal War Labor Board strikingly
before the country and bring US to
an entirely new phase of industrial
life.
The first of these awards was by
the board in the Smith & Wesson
case. The employers were ordered
to abolish the individual contract"
system, to deal with democra tically
selected representatives of the work
ers, and to do nothing to prevent
labor organization. ~~
The second award was by a ref
cree appointed by the board in the
case of the Bridgeport machinists.
The Smith & Wesson people de-
clared they would not abide by the
award. The War Department, with
the approval of the President, COM
mandeered the plant.
The Bridgeport machinists con-
tinued a strike in the face of the
award, whereupon the President in
formed them that drastic measures
would follow refusal to return to
work.
This means that the National War
Labor Board decisions are to be en-
forced. The National War Labor
Board is a democratic piece of ma
chinery for the securing wartime
production without interruption. 1t
is $3.50 labor and employers. Ample
room is allowed for appeal and re-
view in event of dissatisfaction. One
of it's cardinal principles is that la
Dor must have the right to organize
freely and to have representation
of its COLLECTIVELY in dealing with
employers.
Labor has accepted the machinery
of the board, has had voice in
naming its personnel and is de-
termined to stand by its word. The
National War Labor Board is ac-
cepted by organized labor as a piece
of machinery that will help win the
war. And the work of the board
thus far makes it clear that there
has been no overestimate placed on
its value in that direction. 1t is
democratic, effective and unflinching.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-10-25
r. r. SHOP MEN GAIN

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-Director-
General of Railroads McAdoo has
acted on the complaint of organized
railroad shop men that his recent
wage award was unfair to many of
these employees.
The award excluded from the g.
cent minimum such highly skilled
workers as pattern makers, cabinet
makers, coach builders, painters and
upholsterers, who were placed in the
58-cent class. The Director General
now orders that these workers be
paid the 68-cent rate, and that an
additional 2h cents an hour be paid
to blacksmiths on heavy work and
boiler makers employed as Hangers
and layers out, making their rate
701a cents. This 21s cent increase
also applies to all operators on
acetylene and electric welding ma
chimes. Freight train steel car body
builders and repairers are advanced
from So to 63 cents. Helpers in the
basic trades, who have been paid
32 cents and upward, are all ad-
vanced 13 cents an hour.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-10-25
CHAS. F. MANNING

Charley Manning is the Democratic
candidate for a seat in the House
of Representative at Olympia. Mr..
Manning has been a resident of Ev-
erett almost from boyhood. He is
wide-awake, progressive and public
spirited. When you cast your vote
for Charles F, Manning you do it
with the assurance that the interests
of Everett will be well guarded in
the legislative halls. There is no
movement for the material prosperity
and social welfare of this city that
Charley Manning does not enthusi-
astically favor and aid. He has the
endorsement of the State Federation
of Labor, the State Grange and the
Political Welfare Committee of the
Everett Trades Council,
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-10-25
ARIZONA MOBBERS
LOSE FIRST FIGHT

TOMBSTONE, Ariz., Oct. 19.-
Leaders of the Loyalty" League
mob that deported 1,200 Bisbee min
ers a year ago last July have lost
their first fight to escape punish
ment.
The mobbers have retained an i'm
posing array of legal talent. These
attorneys centered their fire on the
indictments, which Judge Lockwood
of the Superior Court was asked to
invalidate on the ground that the law
requires the signature of attorneys
to be written thereon, but in this
case they were printed. Judge Lock
wood ruled that the printed sigma
lures are sufficient, as that COM
plies with the spirit of the law.
Newspapers dominated by copper
interests in this state attempted to
create an atmosphere" friendly to
the mobbers and insisted on strict
compliance with law where men are
charged with crime. These news
papers adopted other tactics when
1920 working men were denied ev-
cry constitutional right and were
rushed out of Bisbee like herd of
cattle.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-10-25
HEAR THE SLOGAN?
LISTEN!

Seattle, Wash, Oct. %, 1918.
"We won a signal victory at the
primaries in our Supreme Court
fight. We can win the greatest
victory of all November 5th. If
we just wake up and stay awake
until after election day. The
real danger lays in US winning
things too easily, we have been
winning so much lately that we
have been blinded to the thanking
movement of "Old General
Apathy" who has been quietly
entrenching to give us the trounc-
ing of our life if we don't wake
up.
Sample Ballots have been sent
out by Secretary Taylor of the
State Federation covering candi-
dates for Legislative, County and
Congressional offices, as we'll as
the Supreme Court. One of these
ballots should be placed in the
hands of every voter in every
district. We have a large field
of candidates for the Legislature,
all of whom will be elected if we
take the trouble to go to the
polls and vote for them.
Every worker, every farmer,
every liberal must do his duty.
Don't rely on the other fellow do
ing it. Do it yourself, and see
that the other fellow does it
also. We have the chance of
winning the greatest victory of
all time by just simply waking up
and staying awake until after
November 9th.
"WILLIAM SHORT,
president State Federation of
Labor,
per Ida L. Levi.
IN. B.-Mr. Short is very i'll
with the Spanish influenza; also
lis wife and two children, so he
instructed me to send out this
letter. Ida l.. Levi"