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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
There Is Much Activity OppO-
site the Americans.
The Allies Are Crossing From
tier Into Germany.
OCCUPY METz-STRASSBURG
Yank Troops Are on March IN
Germany Now.
Marshal FOch Will Enter Hun
Cities Monday.

With the American Army in france,
Nov. lathe Germans opposite the
first army north and northeast OF
verdun are reported to be moving
northward rapidly.
Preparations begun by the enemy
several days ago to withdraw IN 1orce
now are becoming effective. Grea'
railroad activity is reported at Metz
and other railroad functions.
Prisoners Arc Released.
The advance guard of several nun
dred Russian, Polish ana ltaIah SUI
diers, freed by the Germans IN Ho =,
raine. reached the American hnes 81 IN
tba repion of st. Hilaire today. Ine
first group numbered 40
Yanl.s Occupying Bricy.
Paris Nov. 14.-The Americans
have occupied Briey, the center OF tne
famous iron basin, twenty-eight miies
northeast of Verdun, twelve miIes
northwest of Metz and three mlies
from the German frontier
Cross the Frontier.
Paris. Nov IA, 4:45 a. m.-Ameri-
can troons have crossed the German
frontier toward Metz and Strasspurs.
Foch in Sunday
Marshal Foch, communicative chief
of the allied armies, will make solemn
entries into Strassburg and Metz on
Sunday in the presence OF Presioehe
Poincaire and Premier Clemenceau.
Troops Start Forward.
The allied armies on the west front,
following the evacuation or the Ger
mans, are reported to have started ior-
ward this morning.
Strassburg, Metz. Colmar and var
ions towns in Alsace- Lorraine are ex-
pected to be occupied Sunday.
The Americans are said to be marcn-
ing toward Metz and Strassburg. Mar
shall Foch, in behalf of the allies. will
take Dossess:on of those two cities IN
the presence of President Poincare,
Premier Clemenceau and other Frencn
ministers.
A large part of the great Briey iron
district already has been evacuated.
As the evacuated towns and villages
in Alsace- Lorraine are taken over, the
German civil administrations are re-
placed by French officials. Re-occupa'
ton of the restored provinces, will be
carrie d out precisely the same as tnal
of northern, France, as it is considered
that Alsa ce-Lorraine has been oc.
cupied by the enemy As years, insteao
of four.
American troops are co-operatlne
with the French in the work of re
patriation. The Germans have Off
cially complained of the hostile attt
tude of the inhabitants of Alsace
Lorraine as they withdraw.
Colmar is only ten miles from the
allied lines as they were at the CLOSE
of hostilities Metz is twelve mile!
and Strassburg thirty miles from thu
lines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
Rainbow Division viii Be Re-
turned to This Country.
First Unit of Home Soldiers To
Return Here.
PLANS BEING WORKED OUT
Many Topeka Boys Are in the
Famous Division.
Colonel Travis in Command of
Kansas Unit.

Nearly 1900 Kansans in France are
expected to return home for Christ
mas Today's press dispatches indi-
eating that the Rainbow division will
eat Christmas dinner at home means
rejoicing in 1900 Kansas homes from
which boys enlisted in the ammuni-
ton train. The train is under COM
mand of Lieut.. Col. Frank L. Travis
of lola, state superintendent of in
surance-elect.
The ammunition train from Kansas
has seen more active fighting than
any unit from this state. 1t arrived
in France late in 1917, was billeted in
quiet sector and sent into active
of last spring. The men in the or
ganization were in the midst of some
Of the hottest fighting in the closing
months of the war and a number of
Kansans in the ammunition train were
included in the casualty lists.
Won Much Praise.
First in the active fighting, the men
will be first to return to the United
States with first hand stories of the
summers bitter fighting and the final
punch that put Germany down for the
count and compelled unconditional
surrender. Men of the ammunition
train were encamped at the state fair
grounds IN Topeka several weeks dur
ing the fall of 1917. They entrained
at Topeka and were sent to Hemp
stead, N. Y.
The ammunition train was the first
truly Kansas unit to go to France and
was the first in the active fighting.
No small portion of the general
praise which was showered on the
famous fighting Rainbow Division
went to the Kansans who defied the
German bombardment and supplied
shells for the American gunners.
TOpckans Are in Division.
The ammunition train includes
nearly 20 Topekans, who were ac-
cepted in service to fill. ranks of the
train during its stay in Topeka and to
bring the unit to war strength. Kan
sas City, Rosedale, lola, Coffeyville
Lawrence, Hutchinson, SaIina, EN-
poria, Dodge City, Chanute, Independ.
ence and other cities are represented
in the personnel of the train.
Lieut.. Col. Frank L. Travis, who
commands the ammunition train, was
nominated while in France as the Re-
publican candidate for state superin-
tendent of insurance. He was elected
in the statewide election by more
| than $4,000. 1t now appears that he
will be home in time to take his oath
OF office In January. In the legisla-
tive sessions of 1909-11, Travis served
| as state senator from the Allen-Wood.
son county district, and i'm 1911 cast
| the vote that settled the bitter suffrage
fight and submitted the amendment tc
the voters. Travis was a member o1
! the house in 1915-1T
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
REPUBLICANS TO BE BUSY
The Party Looks to Its Increased
RESPONSIBILITIES,

Indianapolis. Ind, Nov. 1.-THE
Republican party. as the result of its
successes in the election, must now
turn it's attention to its increased re-
sponsibilities. w. H. Hays. Republican
national chairman. declared here to-
day in the first statement which he
has issued since the election of No
vember 5. ~
Il am very grateful. Of course, over
the results of the election" Hays de-
clared. But our opportunities. how
ever, are our responsibilities measures
and it is about responsibilities we must
now think"
Hays was here attending a gather
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
IF GERMANY HAD WON-TERMS
DECIDED ON FOR "BEATEN" ALLIES


in a
OF
o
o
all her colonies KaoChau
O to Turkey
Bulgaria will divide
to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
WOMEN SEEKING
PLACE AT PEACE
TALK WITH HUNS

New York. Nov. 14--President Will
son has been called upon to send an
American woman to the coming peace
conference, by the New York state
federation Of women's clubs in conven-
ton here.
A resolution calling upon the presi-
dent to have incorporated in the peace
terms a law guarding women against
the treatment suffered by the women
of France at the hands of the Ger
mans, was unanimously passed. as was
one indorsing prohibition for the per-
iod of domobilizatio ton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
HUNS VIOLATE TERMS
German High Command Told That
Soldiers Must Cease Pillaging.

London, Nov. 14.-German soldiers
are committing acts of violence against
inha bitants and are destroying and pill
laying, contrary to the terms of the
armistice, according to a French Off
cial wireless message received here
today.
The message, which is from the al
lied high command, to the German
high command, says, that the allied
command expects the. German COM
mand to take measures to stop the
violations. If the acts increase. it is
added, the allied command will take
steps to end them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
where IS PRINCE?
Be He Dead or Alive, We Would Like
To Know.

Basel, Nov. 13.-Reports that the
former. German crown prince is with
his father in Holland are denied by a
dispatch from Berlin bearing Tues
days date. The dispatch states that
he is with his troops at the front.
He is Alive.
London, Nov. 1.-THE former Ger
man crown prince has not been shot
but is staying at the residence o. the
Governor of Limbiurg at Maastricht.
the Daily Express says it learns.
He crossed the Dutch frontier ac-
companied by a dozen intimate mill
tary associates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
TO BUILD HARD ROADS
Illinois Will Start Early In the Spring
on the System In State.

Springfield ILL.,, No. 14.-Construc-
tion work on the proposed system of
hard roads in Illinois will begin next
spring. it was announced today by s.
f. Bradt, state superintendent of high
ways. More than $10,000,000 probably
will be available up to July l, 1920
Highways to receive first attention
probably will include those from Chi
% to st. Louis and from st. Louis
to Terre Haute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
AGAINST CHILD LABOR

CONTINUED on Page TwoJ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
THEY SEEK A CHANGE
Austria Wants Subjects To Stay in
Turkey Now.

Washington, Nov. 14.-Austria has
asked President Wilson to use his
rood offices with the allies TO secure a
modification of the Turkish armistice
terms so as to permit several thou
sand former stro-Hungarian sub
jects now in Ottoman territory to re-
main there instead of returning home
to add to the already serious food
prOhlemS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
HAD NO TIME TO DRESS
Guests In Chicago Hotel Fled From a
Fire in Night.

Chicago. Nov. 14.-Three hundred
and fifty guests-10O of them women
were forced to flee in their night
clothes to the lobby of the Majestic
hotel early today when fire broke out
on the top floor of the seventeen story
building A damage of s35.080 was
reported done in the grill room.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
The Revenue Bill VIII Garry Rider
Providing a Tax.

Washington, Nov. 14.-Senators op-
posing child labor today agreed upon
a proposed amendment to the war
re -enue bill to replace the labor law
recently held unconstit 1tional by the
supreme court. The measure which
~-nator Lenroot of Wisconsin will pre-
sent and which is reported to have the
presidents support. will providera pro-
hibitiye excise tax OF five or ten per
cent on products of Chi labor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
WILL talk PEACE
Discussions Are Due To Begin
Ere Long.
Preliminary Talk Will Be Held
In France.

Paris. Nov. IA. ]. Balfour, the
British foreign secretary and Baron
Sonnino, the Itahan foreign minister,
will arrive in Paris today, the Journal
says. Premier Lloyd George of Great
Britain and Premier Orlando, will fol-
low the foreign secretaries shortly. On
their arrival it is added, discussions
will begin to prepare the preliminaries
for peace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
WILL GOVERN COUNTRY
Minister Council Will Handle Affairs
of Alsace- Lorraine.

Paris, Nov. IA council of min
listers has been appointed for admins
tration of affairs in Alsace-Lorraine
during the period of the armistice.
State Councillor Maringer will be
high commissary of Alsa ce-Lorraine
and regional commissary of Strass-
burg NJ. Herman will be commissary
of Metz and NJ. Poulet of Colmar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
yANkS ARE FREE
Germans Release 1852 Amer1-
cans Under Armistice.
They Were Held Captives in
Prison Camps.
ALL TAKEN To NOVEMBER |
Only a Few Hundred More
Taken After That.
Red Cross Gets Figures on
Those Freed.
ALL TAKEN To NOVEMBER |
(By the Associated Press.)

Paris. Nov. 13.-More than 1882
American prisoners in German camps
were released Immediately by the
signing of German armistice accord
ing to the latest figures prepared by
the American Red Cross in Switzer-
land.
This number includes all the Amer
lean captured to Nov. 1. 1t is esti-
mated that only a few hundred more
Americans were captured after that
date
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14

Di use the United War Work
..uota is going to be raised Is no
reason your name sh ,uld not be on
the subscription lists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
FIGHT AFTER SIGNING
Belgians and Germans Battle in
Brussels Tuesday.

Amsterdam, Nov. 14.-Forty per-
sons were killed and injured in bat
tie between German soldiers and Bel
gian civilians in Brussels Tuesday. it
was reported here today. The Bel
gians fought from the housetops.
30 Are Killed.
Amsterdam, Nov. 14.-Ninety per-
SON have been killed or injur- d in
street fighting at Brussels. the Bel
gian capital, according to an announce
ment made today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
SCHLESwIG QUESTION UP
302 Danish Associations Petition for
Self Determination of People.

Copenhagen, Nov. IA North
Schleswig newspapers are publishing
an appeal signed by 302 Danish asso-
Citations demanding that Germany at
the peace negotiations settle the North
Schleswig question on the basis of the
right of self determination by all peo-
pies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
FIVE MEN ARE KILLED
Track Laborcrs Lose Lives as Train
Hits Their Car.

Oklahoma City, Okla. Nov. IL
Five track 1aborers were killed at
Arcadia. Okla. twenty miles north of
Oklahoma City. early today. when a
Missouri. Kansas & Texas freight
train crashed into a small gasoline
track car on which they were riding.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
SYNDICALISTS RISE UP
In Copenhagen There Is Rioting as
Members Are Held in Jails.
(By the Associated Pres

Copenhagen, Nov. ia demon
stration by the Syndicalists here
against the Imprisonment of some of
their partisans today resulted in riot
ing. Some street cars were wrecked
and at places the tracks were torn up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
KEEP THE TAXES UP
Wants $6,25O, 900, 900
Revenue Bill Passed.

Washington. Nov. 14.-Uncertainty
of future government expenditures
and of policies for curtailment of war
production makes it advisable. in the
opinion of treasury officials. that the
taxes under the pending revenue bill
be not reduced materially below the
s6,25O,OO0, carried by the meas
ure as drafted in the senate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
Cotton Consumption.

Washington. Nov. 14.-Cotton con-
sumed during October mounted to
440,S33 running bales of lint and 95.-
s27 bales of linters, the census burear
today announced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
new DRAFT ORDER SOON
Crowdcr Due To Issue Ruling Soon
to Boards.

to Boards.
Washington, Nov. 14.-New orders
further curtailing operation of the ma
tional machinery OF draft boards are
to be issued shortly by Provost Mar
shall General Crowder. Stoppage of all
physical examinations in connection
with the classification of 18-year-
registrants is likely on the grounds
that the results obtained will be of lit
tie value in six months on account of
the physical changes undergone by
maturing youths.
District boards, which consider ap-
peals and industrial exemptions. have
only started their work on the 19 to
81 class, tho the local boards are near
ly thru with dependency classification.
Orders are being framed to relieve
them and the registrants effected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
HIS TIME HAS COME
Duke OF Baden Is Called On To Abdi.
cate His Throne.

Basel. Nov. 13.-The revolutionary
governments at Mannheim. Rastatt
and Heidelburg have summoned the
grand duke of Baden to abdicate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
BAD WEATHER SOON?
Unsettled Conditions Expected in Few
Days, MeteoroIogist Flora Says.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS:
Unsettled tonight. probably showers in
east portion. Slightly colder In southwest
portion. Friday generally fair and slight
ly cooler.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
WANTS HUN TROOPS OUT
Polish Federation Asks Their Re
mOvaI From Russia and Poland.

Milwaukee, Wis. Nov 1.-THE i'm
mediate withdrawal of German troops
from Russia and German-Poland to
prevent further bloodshed. is urged in
telegram sent today to President
Wilson by S. Lempicki, president of
the Polish Federation of America,
which has it's headquarters here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
TODAY'S TEMPERATURES.

AT o'clock this afternoon the wind
was blowing at the rate of 20 miles
an hour from the south. The tenn
perature for the day averages IL de-
grees above normal
The entire United States has been
treated to warm nice weather which
will continue thruout the next "a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14
POLES ENTER SILESlA

Berlin Says Troops Have Upper 81.
lesia; in Prussin.
Copenhagen. Nov 14-Polish
troops, according to a dispatch from
Berlin. have entered Upper Silesia.
Prussia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-14

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Unsettled tonight, probably show
ers east portion. Friday fair and
cooler.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-10

3 sninsSs thinks y may be necessary to declare war
szs1lnoessSS5epen because she has landed troops a vladfvo-
s469A@s73is should also apply TO the British Who ahass
f5@GeM9&s NsSsaopuE there and to MI tKe other ailiss Who ars
Ss6l0E6699as a cpn,aneticn Win those powers Russia e
= E Rs6M eeeoasdidone jua now "a declare rar on anybody.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-10

would not be interfered with in their
preparations that they boldly and
loperly launched and manned the lit
tie schooner. ~
The would-be raider embarked un-
der orders from German consul IN
ger at Mazatlan to sieze any ship they
could overpower and proceed to ter
rorize the Pacific.
Thereafter the torsair or one of it's
German manned victims was to at
tempt to reach Germany with impor-
tant consular papers.
Only the vigilanceNo Of United States
patrols in southern waters aborted
the scheme.
A small crew, equipped with a
German flag. rifles. pistols, ammuni-
ton and stores for three months. was
to proceed on the Agassiz to Vernados
island. near Mazatlan., there to pick
up Fritz Bauman as captain, and to
go to, Santa Rosalia for more. men
and armament.
Machine guns were to he placed
aboard at that point and the. raider
was to begin her maritime guerilla
Bauman was. recently released
from San Francisco. where he had
been held as an alien enemv. He
had at once made his way across the
border and there had joined other
plotters acting undersdirections of the
, German ambassador at Mexico City.
,according to evidence foun4 aboard
the captured schooner. +.
Meetings, say naval authorities.
were heidi by the German ambassa-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-10

+, dor and instructions given every Teu-
ton to obey Fritz Bauman, chief rep
resentative Of German agencies In
western Mexico. =
A dozen other raiders are today be-
ing prepared on the Mexican west
coast to prey on Pacific commerce
and to harass the coast if they can
| elude the American %gunboats.N
This was the revelation Of plans
taken with the capture of the Agas-
siZ.
The hig German smash m. the al
lied west front was to he supplement-
ed on the Pacific with a fleet OF cor
sairs.
Santa Rosalia was TO he the lair
of these sea vipers-the port where
a large fleet of German merchant
ships, fully manned, and only nomin-
ally guarded. lie interned. IL.
Miss Maude NJ. Lochrane. former
owner Of the Agassiz, was taken
aboard with the, captured German
crew and a half a dozen Mexicans,
! but government officials profess the
belief that she was not connected with
the privateer adventure but was rath-
err the victim of Bauman's suave
Vaccinations.
The CT capture was Detected with such
s~uddenness and detailed preparations
that no chance for resistance was Of
fcred. 81
The Agassiz now lies under the
guns of q patrol boat in a Pacific
port while her crew. prisoners of war,
! are.at the- disposition of a prize court.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-10
TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT

1t was just about time for the appearance of a story
Of the crossing of the Atlantic by an airplane, and the
story has appeared. The rumor was circulated in Lon
don the other day that an %airplane carrying IL passen-
gers had just arrived in England from New York after
a successful nonstop trip. The story was promptly de-
MED by the authorities, and may be dismissed as untrue.
but a lot of people continue to believe it. nevertheless.
AS a matter of fact, the crossing of the Atlantic in
this manner is one of the things which we may. expect
know there are no records of flights of similar length,
but as the fact is recalled, flights of a thousand, miles
have been made, and this without special effort being
made to test the full possibilities of the craft. The art
of flying has become so far perfected that it has ceased
to be merely an exhibition feat. Men fly today as sue
Of an automobile. And flying in moderately favorable
weather has become about as safe as any other mode
of travel. ,
The one thing that is needed for a successful flight
across the Atlantic is ability to carry weight. Speed
enough has been reached to make the crossing in 80
able of carrying 16 to 20 passengers. Let some Of the
passengers be omitted and their places~be taken by gas
oline, and, if necessary, let machines still larger. be built,
and the thing is done. The machine that can sustain
itself in the air for five or six hours can remain aloft
two or three days provided it can carry enough fuel and
only reason why some one has not flown across the
ocean By this time is that it has not been considered
worth while to do it. Other things are more pressing
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-10

oath never to have business dealings
with a German aEain-never to eat.
wear or use anything that comes from
Germany.
France is being %placarded from one
end to the other with posters preach
ing commercial hatred Of Germany
after the a
They show two pictures. one of a
bloodthirsty Hun numbering French
I'M and children during the war;
and the other showing this same
civilian attire of a travelling salesman.
Sinking and smiling and trying to
sell .G,ermanmade. goods to French
merchants. ,.t.,
I And word that business in
~terests in the United States are also
threatening the central power with
commercial boycotts If they don't
come to their senses!
When the war ends Germany must
begin instanter to rehabilitate her~in-
dustries-open factories long closed
and find employment for the millions
Of .r1en who have been in her trench
es forsmore than three years.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-10

The German sea serpent, Alex
e of Mexico to raid CONNER
were to overpower'. some larger vessel
crn sea trade. A.dozcp other vessels
west coast of Mexico according TO p
San Diego, Cal, April 1o.-In the
raider Alexander Agassiz, captured by
Uncle Sans alert Pacific patrol Ger,
many Matched the first Of a ~newobrood
Of sea serpents being INUNDATED in her
Mexican nest Of intrigue.
|a Plans revealed as a result Of that
capture have convinced Washington
that the German dominated ports. of
pregnated with the Zimmerman
The Agassiz was to be followed
by at least a dozen other raiders, ac-
cording to government information.
AS a result the American patrol
is today exercising increased vigilance
outside neutral waters while the crew
of the thwarted b%uccaneer is being
tried lat a. Pacific port.
While the plan Of Germany's for
nler secretary Zimmerman, to .incite
Mexican hostility against Americas
southern flank was promptly spurned
by C~arranza, it has run like a flame
through the big Teuton colonies across
the Rio Grande. .
These colonies are commonly re-
ported to WELD a big if. not decisive
influence, politically and commercial
ly. along Mexico's west coast.
And it is here-at Santa .Rosalia
and Mazatlan-where a dozen Ger
man merchant ships are nominally in
termed, though they are practically
unEuarded with full crews abroad.
So confident We're the promoters
of the Agassiz venture that they