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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-28

ing the enemy's machine gun nests.
Tanks led the way for the infantry
in every sector. Tank officers say
thei success is not so much reflected
by the exploits of individual tanks
that pursued the enemy and captured
German corps officers, as by saving
life and limb. reducing the British in
fantry casualties, the German bullets
flattening against the tanks steel ribs
without effect upon the machines.
They point out that enough machine
gun fire was directed against the
tanks in Loupart wood to wipe out a
whole division of infantry. Yet these
terrific fusillades did no damage to
the tank cavalcade.
The Germans hurled every possible
explosive projectile at the British
tanks, with but little result. For ex-
ample, only eight tanks received di-
rect hits. and only one man in all
these crews was wounded.
Tanks are repaired in short order.
THESE machines, which have proved
such a conserver of human life, are a
feature almost entirely, neglected by
the Germans, but they have been used
by Great Britain with greater skill
and effectiveness than by any other
army to date.
They have come to be known as po-
licemen of the battlefield.
The lot of the crew is far from
happy. The strain is terrific, and the
courage displayed by these Britishers
in tanks has been marvellous. The
early days of the latest drive were
marked by the hottest spell of the
year, the average temperature being
more than go, sometimes exceeding
40.
The tanks have had little rest since
the opening of the offensive August 8.
The crews are among the most enthu-
siastlc men in any branch of the serv-
TheV bos~
a1iectlon a man bestows upon his ia
Vorlte horse or dog. They have all
sorts of nicknames for their steeds of
steel. -
Ihe Germans frankly confess SIR
prise over the achievements of the
respect and fear of the tanks is in
creasing.
SAID tank subaltern to me today;
Ihree days before the opening OF
this drive we sighted a notice on a
board on the slopes of the Luce valley
oehoting the location of a field which
was to be used as a British cemetery
We were TO bury our dead there, YOU
know
There is nothing 'ghastly' about
this. It's war. Such provision is made
before every offensive. the same as
selecting watering places and other
preliminaries before occupying cap
tured territory.
"And if you go to that field today
you'll find just one single grave; and
across that whole field you will trace
the tracks made by tanks. The rela-
tionship of these tank ruts and the
emptiness of that cemetery is close
1t goes to show how the tanks saved
| lives.
by the way, we swept an area very
| familiar to us. During our retreat las
| March one of our tanks had mechan-
ical trouble. 1t wriggled across tht
| railway at Achist, with the German
army pressing close behind US.
| The same commander and tbs
| same crew drove the same tank oyel
the same track last week-with con
| ditions reversed.
''This time, instead Of the Germans
being 'on the go the weight of al
! advancing British army was in thei
wake. The Germans were on the rul
and they still are"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-28
How Can You Divide II Hogs
in Two Equal Parts.
Court May Have To Do 1t I'm.
less Piggy-StOrk Arrives.
/. STARTS OVER DIVORCE CASE
Mrs. J. E. Robinson Asks Half
of FamiIy's Livestock.
She Claims She Works With
Men in Shops for Living.

Just in what manner eleven pigs are
to be divided into two equal parts is
not prescribed in the petition, but Mrs.
J. E, Robinson, 1920 East Tenth street,
wants half of them There are two
mamma hogs and nine wee little pig
gies born August 81. She wants all
the household goods, too, because, she
says, she bought them before she was
married. Furthermore, friend hubby
can't come and play in her yard any
more. At least the court has issued a
restraining order preventing him from
coming on her property, or taking out
any of the household goods.
And il all came about because he
stayed out nights and didn't support
her, she says. The case was filed in
the office of the district court this
morning with Sadie s. Robinson as
plaintiff and J. z. Robinson as defend
ant. Robinson is an electric worker
in the Santa Fe boiler shops and they
live at 1920 East Tenth street. Mrs
Robinson says she, too, is working in
the shops now as a machinist's helper
because her husband won't support
her, in spite of the fact that he makes
$50 to $40 a week.
BIooiel Another Woman!
Mrs. Robinson says that on the night
of August 3, her. husband went out and
did not return until midnight. And
when he did come she says, there
were two women and another man in
the automobile with him. Then again,
on August 26, she says he told her
he had to go to work at o'clock in
the evening. but that he returned at
1880 and told her that he had to quit
about 9 O'Clock because a machine in
the shops broke down. But the time
keeper at the shops could not SUBJ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-28
GIVE PATRIOTIC RALLY
J. B. O'Mcara, U. S. N, Plans Affair
on State House Grounds.

patriotic rally to be held on the
state house grounds next Wednesday
evening is being arranged by ]. B.
O'Meara, L. S. NJ instructor of the
boys signal class of the Y. NJ. C. A.
The program will consist of singing
and music and it was limited that a
number of big local speakers would be
obtained for the occasion. The ninth
battalion of the state guard may take
part in the exercises.
Owing to misunderstanding OF
orders, it was impossible for the boys
to carry out the program that was ex-
pected of them at the state house
Tuesday night, O'Meara said today.
Arrangements had been made to TAX e
part in a program at Central park and
a large number of the boys of the
older class did not appear at the state
house at all. Regardless of this, the
boys sang two songs under O'Meara' $
instruction and then went to Central
park.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-28

his petition, declaring that his profits
were not as great as his income would
have been had he held Michigan to
the terms of the lease Michigan
promised him. after he had consented
to release him. he says. that he would
deliver to Jacobson an instrument In
writing stating the terms of the
agreement. but that he had never
done so. Furthermore, jacobson in
sists that he has lost and been injured
and damaged to the amount of over
$1,000 by the affair.
Jacobson insists that McGuigan
urged him to take the property In
compensation for his obligations. and
that the plaintiff waived foreclosure
and delivered the property to jacob
SON. jacobson asked that he recover
all costs in the case and offers to re-
instate the lease and resume the oif
relations II Michigan wishes to do so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-28
CASE ANSWER

jacobson and Williamson Tell Their
Size in Michigan Gem Suit
Answers to the petition filed in the
office of the Shawnee county district
court August 10 by c. A. Michigan.
asking a judgment of S3,2Ss.50 against
Abe Jacobson. local pawn broker and
Lew Williamson, popular theater
manager. have been filed in the office
of the court by the defendants in the
case. Nathanson. in his answer. dis
claims any interest in the Gem theater
and Jacobson's answer substantiates
this declaration. insisting that Nathan
son is merely an employe.
On August 10 Michigan filed his
petition asking for the judgment on
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-03-09
SAILOR MADE SLIGHT MISTAKE

IL Is reported that Certain young
ana patriotic man Of this city joined
the United States Navy to fare forth
ana light for simon-pure democracy,
lie went in with the idea that he was
gong to do all in his power to add
MS weight to the mighty American
avolrdupois that was gathering mo.
mentum to crush tho terrible Hun
war machine from tho face of the
earth. TO that end, while in train
ing station he paid strict attention
to every minute detail Of naval dis.
clpline. He was careful to keep his
Quilt in Al condition, answer every
call and salute every officer. He was
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-03-09
IT REALLY HAPPENEDl

SO Jealous in saluting that one Of h
pals noticed that no was salutine e|
cry Marine he saw. Now this is q
solutcly unnecessary, but as the MI
rine wears such a gaudy uniform
is hard for novice to tell him fro|
naval officer. After being told nj
TO salutel them, our HOMEGROWN bid
decided that it was "never oga;1I
with him. One day group of hid
naval officers passed him and th(
were surprised when he did nor 81
lutte. On being questioned he sal
I'm tired saluting you d
Marincs! We wish to amount
that this great patriotic young md
has finished SERVING HIS TIM
IN THE GUARD.HOUSE ERE NOV
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DO YOU KNOW HIM

l desire to know the whereabouts
OF Alfred Jackson. He left this city
(Danville) October. 1914. When
last heard Of he was in Emerson, Ga.
He was about Ave and one-haH feet
high, of a light complexion, mixed
gray hair and about forty-flye years
old and had fair education, ANY
Information, please notify w. W.
TURNER, 240 Broatt street, Bxt.
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COL WATTERSON CALLS
WILSON, CROMWELL
Asks How Long 1t Will BE Bcore
President viii Cry to Congress
"Narmits Git"

Emotionalism, Led by President, He
Says, Has Started a Hysteria Among
the People Leading to the Enter
tainment OF Many Theories-EX-
poets Wilson to Ask Grant Of Pow
ers Greater Than Extraordinary
Ones Already Given to Him.
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K'fNJ,AsSI>r>NN'ts. :,
professionally at least, seems not un
reasonable urging tho granting OF
still more and greater power than the
extraordinary powers already voted,
which Is open to challenge.
The claim set up in favor of every
demand that 1t springs from military
necessity, agreement hequEred with
out question IN the name of loyalty,
some times puts a strain upon the
most fervid spirit. Patriotic men, real
izing that the President is our leader,
want to give him all the support The
needs, but thoughtful men, who have
read history and know something of
human nature, would reserve a certain
jurisdiction to themselves. These,
seeing how often the President has
shifted foot in matters which seemed
of pith and moment would have him
firmer to principles and less suscepti-
be to Impressions. They would hold
him within his constitutional limita--
tons. Assured.y they would not have
him disregard. still less emasculatc
the Congress.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-03-09
NOT ARRIVED IN AMERICA.

Except in the persons OF a little
group of radicals" as they call them
selves, left over from Cady Stanton
and Susan Anthony, and led by one
Max Eastman, a disciple OF Ellen Key
preaching the cult OF Mary Wolstonc
croft, the doctrines of feminism have
not arrived in America. They wait
upon suffrage us an entering wedge
openly to turn loose and proclaim
that the Bible is. a man-made lie out
OF tho whole cloth designed for the
subsection of women; that under the
Christian dispensation the world is
a man-made world Of wrong, injustice
and false pretence to Il woman; that
marriage. where not a failure is legal
lied adultery; that the home is al
fraud. lIhat in nature there are no
sex lines and not dual, but a single
standard OF morality, giving the wo-
man the same rights and opportuni-
ties of selection as the man, to have
many or few children Or no chill
dren at alias she Its, and, if she
lists as many lovers as children; and
that in all transactions, public and
private she is at one and the same
time the equal competitor of man.
The short name for all this is sex
war Against it stands womanhcod'l
through the ages-not equal with man
but in all spiritual and moral aspects
greater than man-eXcept for which |
the world would have gone to smash |
long ago. 1t is this womanhood that
| cling to and would perpetuate-that
fcminism which I abhor and fear. |
HYsTERIA OF EMOTIONALIsM
The emotionalism which has loosed
the theories Of feminism has led the |
President and by the administration |
started kind of hysteria among the |
people.
The President is a most accomplish |
cd academician. He is strong with |
his pen. His war papers have been |
matchless. But it remains to be seen
whah comes Of them. Success is the |
sole test in war. Meanwhile he asks |
suspension Of judgment--which, l
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-03-09
HAS MET ALL SORTS.

This 1t has been my opportunity
TO meet all sorts and conditions of
men and women, to enjoy tho good
but not too good-and to reject the
bad to discover qualities mixed in
all. | cannot remember when I was
a Democrat OF tho school Of Thomas
Jefferson and a follower OF Christ
under the lead Of Calvin and Knox.
In point OF fact, l breed back to that
David Black, OF Edinburgh, Knox's
undcrstudy, who passed many years
of a stormy career in prison for re-
calcitrancy to the Stuart dynasty a
thorough insurrecto, who from his
pulpit declared Elizabeth of England
harlot and her cousin, Mary OF
Scotland, 'little better" So ut least
l come by it honestly.
But in these few in"c" :~e1ivial OBJ
servations I. shall not be pragmatical
do not propose to knock and drag
out those who have the hardihood to
question my infallibility. The rath--
or would I reason with thcm--if still
unconvinccd pity them pray
FOR them--finally falling back upon
the blessed words Of the Saviour on
the cross, Forgive them, Lord; they
know not what they do"
PLAIN, ALL-ROUND NEWSMAN.
AT least ut my time OF life I shall
scarcely be accused of self-sceking. It.
may be--doubtless il is that unlike
the Crummelses' Uncle I.illyveck who
unit! he married young wife was
IAN angel and not mortal" I am
just plain, matter Of IA ct. all-around
newsman who loves his country and
fain would say something to help out
OF middling bad fix albeit the fulfill
ty or individual cffort-evcn Of print
er's ink-has long been something
more than suspected by me.
The most signal dangers OF the
time seem to me to spring from emo
taonalism the inevitable offspring of
state of war but with us aggravat
ell by political and military eXpedi--
ency and diffused into a kind Of popu
lar hysteria by newspaper cXaggera
ton. Among stay-at-homcs the women
appear less affected than the men.
There is nothing hysteric about their
mlnistratiOns either in the sickroom
or tho Workroom. 1t may be said
that rs to the front and the trenches
cover there" the battle could not
have gone OH without them. England
and France must have fallen down
that, as Of old, they teach men how
to fight and how to die, making it
easy to fight and sweet to die.
TO me this has brought no susprise
I can distinguish even betwixt fcmi---
mine hawks and handsaws. Women the
moral light Of the universe, her spirit
rises to peril and duty; the greater
the peril and duty the higher the rise
sublime sacrifice her portion from
the cradle to the grave. I have been
all my life striving to tighten her
load; to clear away artificial obstruc
tons from her path; to widen the
area Of her opportunity.
Yet, in illustration of the triviality
Of newspaper discussion, because I
can see only untimely mock heroics
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-03-09

L..
''-~st g'r"@"s>r @''-.~ - 'FsYpSsM.,. .-.
IN CIIANCERY.
The object Of this suit Is to obtain
an absolute divorce from the bond of
matrimony by tho PLAINTIFF from the
defendant, upon the ground Of dc.
sertion. -
And an affidavit having been made
and filed that the defendant Is not u
resident OF the State of Virginia, 1t Is
ordered that the said Alma Mayo, de
lcndant, do appear here within fif-
teen days after the duo publication
or this order and do what may be
necessary to protect her interest
herein.
A Copy
Teste;-LUTHER LIBBY, Clork.
j. HENRY CRUTCHFIELD. u. O.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-03-09

stow on some OF the most obvious les
SONS Of the war"
DORLAND SUFFICIENT ANTIDOTE
Assuming that 1 have made an at
tack upon woman, the Herald pro-
ceeds upon this perverted text to
attitude and III y delinquency, and
ume by certain DR.. Dorland, Ell
titled "1he Sum Of Feminine Achieve
ment." l shall find there the Herald
assures me, "a sufficient antidote
. alike for the thesis that genius is
masculine. not feminine.' and for
the doctrine that there is n barred
zone of intellectual activity to which
women may not aspire, the book
being the story Of their doings not
only on the stage, in art and in mus.
ic, but as educators scientists his
, forians, novclists and poets, as social
roformers and as religious Feform-
ers.' Then rs If afraid l might not
heed It's injunction or perchance fail
; to come up with DR.. Dorland's inter
esting researches, my cThic makes
me All informing summary of great
| women whose noble intellectual
| achievements no one will deny-and
caps it with This conclusion:
cdr Dorland does not assert any
absolute intellectual equality Of the
sexes. for difference of function, OF
historical development, Of opportuni
ty have to be taken into account.
What he does maintain is that wo--
man has been n very doughty compel
itor of man in all the fields listed,
nd I'll nj nYC a1N1xy >x.f
that conclusion.
WOMEN AND MEN IN FAME.
Taking 400 famous men and the
same number OF famous women, he
finds so women novelists i'll the mod
ern period OF SO mon; 81 actresses to
actors; 80 women .anthropists
aud suc.a. rcformers TO Is n:el; DC
s,a.es Women 10 So statesmen, 10
i women historians to 23 men; wo-
men musicians and composers to 20
| men and IL women scientists TO Al
men. But i'll another and more gcn---
eralized grouping the figures give
1l2 women workers to ITO men, and
2SS thinkers to 900 men-,a practical
ly Identical showing for the sexes.
Feminine achievement thus SUNNI
ed up turns to ridicule Smollctus de-
scription of woman as weak III intel
lect as we'll as in frame Ii all that
splendid record is feminism, we have
nothing to fear from it; If it be wo-
manhood, the more we have Of it the
better"
Observing that all DR.. Dorland says
is true, and much more of tne same
sort that he might have said, nor any
contradiction ever set up by me, l
may remark as a kind of moral on the
Heratd's essay that not only have l
never "dallied with Fielding nor sim
ed with Smollett," but that the writ
er who calls me to account is so ignor
ant of the subject that he or she, does
not know the difference between wo--
manhood and feminiSm.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-03-09
BERATES RAGTIME PRESS.

Here again the helter-skelter, rag
time press comes in with it's unthinll
ing chatter. One may dismiss that
great Eastern journal whose editor
welding the stro'. gest pen since Hor
ace Greedy. hies back and forth be
tween the White House and his golden
domo only to take orders as the mere
special pleader Co. presidential poll
tics; the hit-ormss organ of the
administration. But here is a typical
expression OF the newspapers, which
having no opinions would deny them
to all others. l find it in the Tonnes
sean, Of Nashville, and it reads as
follows:
Moses led the children Of Israel
DO years in the Wilderness because
the Israelites had faith in Moses
When that faith waned for moment
Moses lost control of the Israel.tcs
but when faith was restored the peo
pic followed thoir leader. When their
faith waned calamity befeH them
When they believed their leader, God
smiled on them and they were cared
for in that their every wish was grant
ed.
OUT OF THE WILDERNESS.
$50 must the American people place
their faith in the Moses who is lead
ing them out of the wilderness.
"He that is not for us is against
u.s."
believe that Woodrow Wilson is
our leader and that he knows the
road to the Promised Land. Follow
him with the faith Of child. Do his
(COntinue0 On Seyenth Popo)
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-03-09
(By Henry Wlatterson)

Since | am giving every day and
all my days to the life work which
has filled the measure of my ambi--
ton and desires, it may be that |
cannot put my sevcnty--oghth birth
day to better use than by jotting
down in familiar way certain expert
cnccs which have led to certain re-
suits and opinions.
Born in the National Capital Febru
airy 16, 1910 and growing to manhood
i'll and out of Washington, with occa-
sional visits to Tennessee, which my
father, succeeding James X Polk,
from the Maury-Bedford district re
presented in Congress, my earliest i'm
pressions took their color and direc
tion from political canpfires and
party battles. l have sat upon the
knee of Andrew Jackson and recall
John Quincy Adams rs a little old man
who would put his arm about my
neck, trot me through the corridors
aid ccross the rotunda to Ahe Con-
gressional Library, then in the Capt.
tai building and get me books to
read.
REPORTS CONGRESS-
PROCEEDING
After a while I became Il newspa--
per reporter, having n seat in the
House and Senate galleries, respec-
lively, and writ for the papers," and
fit i'll and enduring of the war;"
went to Kentucky, whence my immedi
ate forebears had come to Tennessee
and where their forebears, the Nor
risons and the Blacks. early pioneers
from Virginia, lie buried around
about Richmond, Columbia and Lex
ington.
l have passed many intervals of
time in foreign countries, not as a
sightseeing tourist, but as a student
ahd worker, making a living with his
Dcn and seeking to note mark and
understand the contrnrieties OF life
and affairs which The who travels is
likely to find in every land and among
all peoples differing from his own.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-03-09
SPEAKS UP FOuq HIMSELF.

Let mo aver that such quizzinz has
never struck in my wary old glzzard.
But serious misconception, actua. mis-
representation would seem to require
and justify ones speaking UP for
himself. find the following in re-
cent editorial in the Boston Herald.
'"That to which l cling Is woman
hood; that which l fear is feminsm
Henry Watterson could not have chos
en- a less appropriate moment to make
that declaration Of his faith, for it
comes at time when our inherited
attitude toward 'womanhood' and our
hasty conclusions regarding femin
ism are undergoing profound modi
fication. In the full time Of its pro
test against subservance to the swish
of tho petticoat, the editor Of the
Courier Journal has no leisure to be
stow on some Of the most obvious les
sors Of the war"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-03-09

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OUT OF THE WILDERNESS.

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