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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27
Scouts Enlist
War Saving Army
McAdoo Appeals to Them
to Go to Every Household
in the Land.
RED POSTCARD CAMPAIGN
President Wilson to Thank Leading
Scout Statesmen for Distin-
gnished Service.

Washington, Feb. ~. The $4,000
Boy Scouts of America have been ask
ed by the secretary of the treasury to
enlist an army of war savers through
out the country. The scouts have I'M
stru tions from their national head
quarters to ring every doorbell in the
land, deliver short talk on the neces7
sity of saving, and take orders for
government war-saving securities
the 25-cent and SIS thrift stamps.
President Wilson win write q per-
sonal letter of thanks to the scout in
each state who has the highest record
Of sales during the year, and the wives
Of the cabinet members have offered
to give victory flag in each state to
the troop standing at the top at the
END of the year..
Secretary McAdoo, in his appeal to
thu scouts, says:
TssYour splendid work in the Liberty
Loan campaigns proved that the gov
|ernrpant can count on you and your or
o<nszation. Knowing that you are al.
ways ready to serve your country, and
realizing how widely war-savings
stamps may be sold through your a7I
| takep leasure IN prese6 in&
go5i another opportunity. 4 IS S Z
Eve million red POSTCARD ae1<
printed by the governsne3
seeial use Of the scouts aese II
orders for the local postnas tef Is AZ;
liver savings stamps. ne bows n
takesthe orders fol fsI>,l at1
81 hQps drQl
mail box, and the psl me VII do. tllS
rest. James e. West, chief scout ex-
ecutive, last night sent this message
to each of the 1000 scout troops over
the country: It is the duty and privi-
lege of every loyal citizen to help the
nation in its hour of need, and every
dollar saved helps win the war. AS
the secretary of the treasury has so
well said: "Our first duty in this crit
ical time is to economic, to avoid
waste, to place all our available re-
sources at the disposal of the govern
ment." War-savings stamps are is
sued by the government to induce saw
ing, discourage waste, and inculcate
habits of thrift throughout the coun-
try. Scouts are expected to work for
the war-savings campaign every day
in the year and to sell war-savings
stamps to all who will save and lend
their savings to the government.
An ace medal, similar to the AVA
tors decoration, will be awarded
scouts taking orders for $3.50. and
palms will be given for each addition
al $100. War savings are now coming
into the treasury at the rate of nearly
100000 a day, or at rate equal to
the entire receipts of the government
a few years ago.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27
(By W. E. Bolles.)

Oldsmar, February 26,-Mr. R. E
Olds, the famous Michigan manufac
turer of the REQ automobiles anc
trucks, has arrived at the Wayside
Inn, Oldsmar, for a conference with
Mr.. III. w. Kardell, president of the
Kardell Tractor & Truck Company
and Mr.. Fred L. Cook The new fac
tory building is nearly ready for the
installation of several carloads of ma
chinery which are on the way. Mr..
Kardell has received word from his
office in st. Louis, Mo-, announcing
the receipt of a number of orders for
farm tractors to be built at the Olds-
mar factory. Mr.. KardeH is busily
engaged in selecting his staff of ex-
pert mechanics and office men, num-
Der of whom have asked for an oppor-
tunity to purchase stock in the COM
pany, and Mr.. Kardell has decided to
accommodate them In a limited way.
Applcations Tor employment are COM
ing IN rom good mechanics and speci-
allsts in many states, who want to
make oldsmar their permanent homes
ana secure positions IN the Kardell
factory. Mr. Y. y. olds IS financially
Interested IN the Tractor factory be-
cause ne mas examined the patents
''one.olled y. 1ne hardell company and
svnSluefs ene hardeil tractor q flrst-s
class proposltion.
The Qldsmar Chapter of the Red
Cross gave an enjoyable oyster bake
on the beach at Qldsmar.. and receivedl
y. 5s,s1 y ssf ,,so5sg7E 17snr 1se n
i 8 x,ro,.I III hej,, w;;n fhe war. Ar.i
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27

were trampled to death, according to
a Reuter- dispatch from Hongkong.
Fire also broke out and several hun
bred others were burned to death.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27
HUNDREDS KILLED IN COLLAPSE
OF STAND AT RACES
In HONGKONG

London, Feb. 27.-Public stands col
lapsed yesterday during the races at
the Jockey club at Hongkong, China,
and hundreds of women and children
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27
GERMAN RAIDER DESTROYED IS
VESSELS AND RETURNED
TO PORT

vessels, according to an official an
nouncement today. Some of the ships
destroyed were loaded with British
troops, according to the statement.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27

! Berlin, Feb. 27.-The German sea
kider Wolf, which recently returned
D port, DESTROYED at least thirty-fve
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27

JOHN K. cHEYNEl
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27

All the local. county, and state
news-that is news-while it is
news. Boosting Tarpon Springs.
Wide-awake, Truthful, Unafraid
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27
Canning Factory Meets With General
approval Of Citizens COMMITTEES
pets to MN Promoters Here IonI8

to sell, win trade sfx q "a
vantage of all Il47s Fl thu
.oifxyS ~ ~ 8 n sfz ~ co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27
Lieut.. "Billy" Evers 1DuddedD
Bomb With Fire Extinguisher.
Saved Own Life and Four Men
in His Ambulance.
WORKED UNDER TERRIFIC FIRE
Is Grandson of Mrs. L. j. Lyon
of 1880 College Avenue.
Washburn Graduate i'm Com
mand of Ambulance Section.

'rTypewriters" splitting in easy range.
rifles blazing in the trenches less than
quarter of a mile away, an amou-
lance filled with wounded on the open
road. and a shower of shrapnel burst
ing in the air overhead formed Mt
ting setting for one of the many un-
recorded deeds of heroism performed
almost hourly by the American boys
on the western 'front.'
In this particular case a former To-
peka boy occupies the center OF the
stage Lieut.. William L. Evers, known
to many Topekans as Billy Evers,
grandson of Mrs. Thomas J. Lyon.
1890 College avenue, was driving his
ambulance along a road just behind
the French front under such condi-
tions as are described Suddenly
i grenade fell in the road in front of the
car but failed to explode Immediately
Evers grasped a small fire extin-
guisher, which forms a part of ambu-
lance equipment at the front jumped
out of the car, and bending low over
the bomb directed a stream from his
extinguisher directly onto the burning
fuse. The act saved the lives of him.
self and the four leases" in the am
bulance.
The action of Lieutenant Evers in
this extremity seems in itself a COM
monplace enough thing, but when one
stops to think of the danger of being
blown to little bits while bending over
| the unexploded shell. and takes into
consideration the absolute lack of care
| for self involved. it takes on unge
of the utmost in self sacrifice.
Lieut.. Billy Evers. who is a for
mer Washburn student, enlisted in the
Red Cross ambulance service in jan
uary, 1917, and served in that branch
attached to the French army until the
American expeditionary force alb
sorbed all bodies of American troops
J in the service of the French govern
ment Evers was commissioned a first
lieutenant in the American army and
was assigned to command of an am
bulance section of twenty-three am
balances and forty-seven men
| Evers's home is in Chicago Some
years ago he married Miss Maude
| Martin of Chica go, who was then a
young artist of some prominence in
the commercial field
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27

Maybe. Topekans knew it was a
place to get drugs. But to the Repub-
lican politicians. who during legiSla-
tive sessions swarmed in the hotel
across the way, it was the place to get
a drink 1t was the last place visited
at night when converse ton demanded
impetus and imagination became
Ia ggard. Perhaps, too, it was the first
pla visited the morning after the
night before"
Those were the days when ginger
ale sold from the soda fountains as
fast as SO cent articles at a bargain
sale. They were the days when Bevo
was not dreamed about and certain
patent medicines with a big percent
age Of alcohol didn't please thu Kan
sas palate as in these days of anti
booze. anti-tobacco - ant-eyerythlng.
With n Wink Attached.
That old building on which the
weather beaten sign is soon to go,
turned out a number of wealthy
druggists Maybe, they could tell bet
ter than anyone else the real stories
of the statesmen of yesterday, of ap-
nointments promised, and often full
sled, after the seventh or eighth gin
ger ale with a wink attached, had
been ordered and drunk.
There was good whisky in those
days But a Kansas druggist who
sold it was looked upon with sus-
picion by members of his clan as we'll
as the purchasing public.
From the reports of old politicians
in Kansas the owners of the '"Cope-
land County Drug Store" never lost
caste with their fellow druggists for
selling good whisky. Their whisky
worked rapidly and well.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27
AMERICANS REST
IN ROMAN TOWN
2,OOO-YEARS OLD

Aix-les-Bai April 27.-Before
the birth of Christ Roman soldiers
paraded the narrow streets of Aix-les-
Bains and the toga was a familiar
sight draped about the soldiers and
officers of the army of julius Caesar.
That was about 1000 years ago
Today the soldiers of the United
States are doing what the Romans did
1000 years ago and the olive drab is
as familiar on the streets as was the
Roman toga.
AiX-les- Bains is an officially desig-
mated rest center for American troops
on leave.
. The high command of the Roman
eXpeditionary force selected the town
on account of its beauty. medicinal
springs. Lake Bourget and the Won
derful refreshing mountain air. Lo-
cal inhabitants believe this was the
very reason that the high command
of the American eXpeditionary force
picked AK.
Long before American permission
naireS'' began to arrive the local mer-
chants held meeting and decided to
do the right thing by the Sammies.
scale of prices for everything Salable
was fixed and when the Sammy goes
into a store he knows exactly what he
will have to pay before he orders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27
Topeka Boy Finds Learning
Air Game Interesting.
Chester Davis Wahle Writes of
His Experiences.
TELLS OF STUNTS LEARNED
Air Sometimes Rough, but Rid
ing Is Always Easy.
Students Go Thru Many Tests
To Get Commissions.

ct had never thought of the air
being as rough and bumpy as it is.
Why, you can ride along so nice and
easy and then in a second drop a
hundred feet or puff of air will get
under you and lift you up like an
elevator. or will get under a wing and
try to tip you over Then it gets in
teresting."
All these interesting sidelights on
aviation and more are made in letter
received in Topeka by DR.. w. F.
Bowen, sol Western avenue, from his
nephew, Chester Davis Wahle, 1903
Clay street, who is training in a fly
ing school Before enlisting in the
aviation service Wahle was connected
with the Santa Fe railroad here. He is
a son of J. P. Wahle of the general
freight agents office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27
THE WEEKS WAR REVIEW
WRIT FOR The TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
BY If1F7t ZUf1WALT

This week. following their check
on the Flanders front. the Germans
attacked again in the direction of
Amiens. Just as we pointed out that
they would in our article of two weeks
ago.
On Friday morning when this was
written the British were holding the
Germans. solidly on the Amiens front
and the situation in Flanders was
reasonably satisfactory.
The developments ofethe past week
have been fairly clear to all newspaper
readers and require no special analysis
The attempt by the Germans to crush
or cripple the British army still goes
on, and much of the heaviest fight
ing is yet to come.
The Danger to the British.
The danger to the British lies in the
fact that they are only thirty to forty
miles from the sea coast, and sooner
or later they will have to stand their
ground with no possibility of further
retirement in that direction.
When that time comes they must
fight it out where they stand and &C
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27
JORDAN AT HEAD
TOpekan Named President
Kansas Bakers Association.
Every Effort To Cooperate in
Use of Wheat Substitutes.

G. L Jordan of Topeka, was elected
president of the Kansas National Bak-
ers' association at a meeting of bakers
from Kansas, Iowa. Nebraska and
Missouri held recently at Burlington
Ia E. A Firner of Topeka. was
elected secretary; A ]. Grippe of Gar
nett, vice president and j. V. Ostberg
of Salina, treasurer. The meeting
ended April rs.
The object of the meeting was to
get first hand information from the
government on the use of wheat sub
stitutes and to arrange a program to
follow the governments suggestions to
the letter. The bakers of Kansas with
bakers of other states are combining
in service committee which shall
provide knowledge and experience of
the use of wheat substitutes to anv
baker who doesn't understand their
use.
1t was predicted at the meeting that
| if the American wheat crop goes to
| $50 millions of bushels this year it will
be possible to return to former stand
ards of milling and baking. The mes
sage was sent to the bakers direct
| from Herbert c. Hoover and was read
by w. c. Edgar of Minneapolis Mean
time, Hoover warned the bakers that
| even a higher percentage than the
IS per cent of substitution now requir-
ed in the making of wheat bread. may
become necessary.
| A feature of the Burlington con-
vention was display and contest
among the bakers in the production
| of Victory loaf. The petition was
very close In the opinion of experts
many of the corn loaves entered were
in every way equal to bread made
| from pure wheat flour. Some go SC
far as to say that a certain percent
age of other cereals will be employed
in baking. even after the war.
| The bakers OF this community. and
consequently the public viii have the
advantage of knowledge and sugges-
tons gained at Burlington, G.. L. Jor-
dan says He characterizes the meet
ing as the most important to the pub
| lie and to his industry of any ever
held west of the Mississippi river.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27
D. O. COE HEADS WORK
Y. NJ. c. a. Committeeman to Recruit
Topekans for Overseas Activity.

D. o. Coe is chairman of the local
personnel committee of the Y. NJ. c. A.
according to an announcement by A.
R. Elliott secretary of the state ~ ~
The committee is charged with the re-
cruiting of Topeka men for Y. NJ. c.
A work overseas B. B. Eitelman
and R. n. McEntire Sare assistant
chairmen of the committee.
The members of the committee are:
S. V. Cobb, Georges A. Guild. c. S.
Elliott, David Bowie. F. B. Parker.
W. A Johnson. H. W. Bomgardner.
the Rev. W. L. Goldsmith, r. w.
Ritchey. f. L. Copeland. A E. Bill
ings. Cecil Howes. Robert B. Austin,
Fred Voiland, o. f. Wright, c. E.
Bascom. Justice J. s. West, E. c.
Winter. Harry II. Pugh. H. D. Yoder.
~ r. Strain. c. E Eldridge. A ].
Stout, c. E St John. S. C. Thompson.
H c. Eibbe, T. L. Patterson and w.
w Bowman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27
TO BE NO FOURTH CAMP
Revised Plans Eliminate Training OF
Officers at Camp Funston

Camp Funston, Kan, April 27-The
fourth officers training camp, sched-
uled to begin here May Is, has been
annulled by the war department, ac-
cording TO an announcement made at
headquarters of the Eightyninth di-
vision. No reason is made public
Staff officers believe that the cancel
lation order applies only to this di-
Visions fourth officers school
That the aHnullment is another evil
dence Of the proximity o. the call for
overseas duty is the general belief of
the personnel of the division, but staff
officers will not comment officially
The cancellation order makes no an
Eouncement as to whether the fourth
school will be held later either at
Camp Funston or in France.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27
rs YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
From the columns of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

April q, 1888
The State Dental association. which closed
its annual meeting at the Throop today.
elected the following officers: President.
DIR. c. E. Esterly Lawrence: first vice
president DIR. C. y. Reed Topeka: second
vice president DIR. w A. Costin Fort Scott
secretary DR.. J. p. Root Kansas City, Kan
treasurer, DIR. X. A. WATSON, Ottawa.
Miss Mary Lewis will be valedictorian and
Miss Mabel Moss salutatorian of the grad
uating class of the high school. The ap-
pointments were made from the examina-
ton averages. Miss Lewis and Miss Moss
are the highest in the class.
Mrs Margaret wiggin entertained at
cards last evening. Miss Julia wikidal and
Mr.. L. X. Baker won the honors at high
five.
Miss Jessie Beck is attending the Beta
Theta party at Lawrence this evening.
Mrs. A. H Bates gave large card party
last evening at her home on Western ave-
nue..
Miss Mary Hunter was surprised by a
party of friends and relatives at her home
In Fairmount last Tuesday. Those present
were: Misses Mabel Carpenter. DeliIah
Sumey. Grace Uric. Irene Crie. Lizzie Wall
work. Jennie Porter, Sadie Sutherin, Annie
Sutherin, Eva Drake, Messrs. George
Sutherin, Mart Sutherin. John Sumey. Mart
Sumey, Dan Porter. Lark Fulz, Charles
Willis. William Carpenter and Mr.. and Mrs
SheafQr-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27


Curtiss Made Planes.
HThe new Canadian ships we have
now are made by Curtiss in Canada
They are very pretty and are all white
with a green hood. They have a very
good Curtiss cylinder V type engine,
ninety horsepower and travel eighty
five miles per hour. You can climb
nearly straight up in the blooming
things without stalling and with a
good strong wind you do travel some.
Altho while in the air you have no
conception of speed, the closer you are
to the ground of course the faster the
ground moves
You sit in them strapped in, with
your feet on the rudder, which by the
way is a dangerous weapon unless
properly used. You push forward on
the, stick to go down and pull back son
it to go up. To bank it to the left you
pull the sticks to the left, being care
full not to push the elevators forward
or pull it back when doing SO, else on
your bank you will go up or down too.
Unless you spiral say to the left you
go up. cut off your power, push the
stick forward and over to the left. at
the same time pushing forward on
your left foot, giving her left rudder
and you spiral down."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27
Last monument TO "IO6tn Coun-
ty in Kansas" Torn Down.
Old Copeland County Drug Store
Now a Mass of Debris.
MAKING WAY FOR new HOTEL
Historical Associations of Ninth
and Kansas Avenue Gone.
Once a Drug Store With an Or
der-AlsO a Telltale Wink.
copeland County Drug store"

Copeland County Drug Store
For years this sign, painted on the
south side of an old building at Ninth
street and Kansas avenue, has been
the only visible token to bring back
memories of the old days when the
Copeland hotel. then across the street,
Hfas known as the "1O5tn county in
= ansas." while the drug store bore
the name of forth county"
A thriving city with pressing need
for a modern hotel will in the next
few days cause the old sign to be WHIP
ed away. Day by day work tear
ing down the building at Ninth street
and Kansas avenue for the purpose OF
erecting a new North American hotel
are getting nearer and nearer to the
sign.
Copeland County Drug Store"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27
Willie Ritchie in Army.

Camp Lewis. Tacoma, Wash. April
27.-Willie Richie, boxing instructor
at this camp. and former lightweight
champion. today is Private G. A,Stef-
fens of the 16Sth depot brigade. He
was the first Californian to be received
in the new draft contingent. Richie
will be detailed on special duty. it
was announced. as division athletic
and boxing instructor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27
America Must Turn the Tide.

man successes possible
America Must Turn the Tide.
At the best the British and French
alone can hope to do little more than
fight the Germans to a draw in the
future. 1t is up to America to throw
in the reserves of men and munitions
that will turn the tide and bring
decisive victory for the allied cause.
Defeating Germany is bound to be
slow process at the best. At present
the Teutons are fighting everywhere
well in the territory of their enemies.
They must first be driven back to their
own frontiers. Only then can the real
campaign for final victory begin That
the Germans will fight as desperately
to defend their own soil as the French
have to defend theirs seems certain.
That they will give up in the face of
foreign invasion is almost unthinkable.
/ Remember how the French have stood
the gaff in the heart of their own
country for four years.
| German Armies Must Be Destroyed.
To attain victory the allies will have
to do more than force the German
lines back of the Rhine. They must
| envelop or crush the German armies.
Germany may be expected to fight
until her military power is broken or
collapses.
A Long War Ahead.
1t is evident. therefore that there is
| a long war ahead, that millions of
American troops will be required and
that at least several years of hard
| fighting will be necessary to win the
war
Last winter I hoped for an allied
| victory by the fall of 1919. Now I
| cannot see any possibility of the
decisive blow being struck home be-
fore the end of the summer of 1920.
Some unforeseen good fortune or some
! colossal blunder upon the part of the
German commanders may bring the
end sooner, but it is equally possible
that misfortune may prolong fighting
| and delay final victory for years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27
Found Gold Nugget in Gravel.

Melbourne, April 27.-A street
sweeper at Lemaine, Victoria, picked
up, a few days ago, a gold nugget from
a pile of gravel which had been carted
from a gravel-pit nearby. It weighed
seventeen ounces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27

superiority of the German artillery
rather than overwhelming numbers of
men that has made the recent Ger
man successes possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27


the which he
of
in
lin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27

make very good landing tho We have
some hydroplanes here for that work
Curtiss Made Planes,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27

President Ripley at Santa Fe stock
holders meeting painted rosy pictures
of after-war conditions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27

Friday was Liberty day" in Topeka,
as well as elsewhere in the United
States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27

Auction of donated articles Regular ball begin
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
CHARGE DENIED BY HOOVER
ers Are Working in Interest
of United States.

Washington, Feb. 27.-Food Admin
istrator Hoover issued a statement
denying Francis J. Heney's statements
that food administration employees
were exerting an influence in the in
terest of the packers.
Hoover's statement reads:
son behalf of, and out of considera-
ton for the men referred to in the
packers investigation in Chicago, who
are or have been employed in the food
administration, ] wish to say that none
of the men referred to has anything
whatever to do with the regulation or
control of the packing trade. They are
employed in other directions and are
not now paid by the packers.
"All of the men referred to have
rendered valuable service to the gov
eminent"