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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19
in the brief time in which they were

in the brief time in which they were
trying to restore Robert to normal
"Oh-and / thought he was IA
coward" she whispered. That is why
we-are not married today. 1 broke
our engagement because he would not
join up and he would not tell me why.
He thought should have known that
he would If he could"
And SO you should, Miss Nurse"
laughed the doctor, as he patted her
on the arm.
Meantime, Mrs. Pemberton and her
son had been anxiously waiting to hear
from the room tnto which they had
carried Robert.
At last. Jack Pemberton,s nurse and
Mrs. Pemberton's train companion
came into the tiny room hand in hand.
"Well-I'll be-"
Careful, Jack" demonstrated Mrs.
Remberton. A----
Helen Worden blushed wonderfully
and explained everything. y
so you see you got your reward for
being kind to an old lady," laughed
Mrs. Pemberton.
"Old." exclaimed three young voices
at once.
IT only hope to be as lovely as you
are when-when 1 have a son the age
of my patient here" said Helen.
Copyright 1918. by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
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DINNER STORIES

As he polished his customers BOOTS
the bootblack puffed at the end of a
cigar. Thinking to have a little fun
at the youths expense. the customer
asked him IL he always smoked
cigars.
F'Oh, yes. pretty often" declared the
youth.
What brand do you generally
smoker" was the next question.
Robinson Crusoe. sir" came the
reply.
The customer pondered awhile. +.
Il never heard of that brand" he
said.
IT'S a name I've given 'em myself"
said the youth. You see, guv'nor. old
Crusoe was a castaway.'
Johnny came home from school sew
eral times within a month with yari-
Gus bruises on his face and body. re-
ceived in fights with his schoolnates,
and on the last occasion his mother
threatened him with severe punish
ment if he ever engaged in a fight
again. Only a few days after the lad
appeared with black eye, and, scared
by the stern maternal greeting, We'll,
sir?" he departed from his usual
truthful ways, and stammered:
81 fell down and hit my head on a
stone"
And which got the worst of it?
asked his big brother.
"Oh. the other fellow" answered
Johnny. Hes gone home with two
black eyes"
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1t is reported that Austria has
agreed to send several divisions of her
troops to reinforce the Hun army on
the western front, in return for a
free hand in setting up kingdom IN
Poland. This bartering away of the
rights of a people is characteristic of
Germany. But these robbers will not
be permitted to remain in possession
of their loot. As regards the moving
of Austrian divisions to France they
are likely to become a liability rather
than an asset. The soldiers of En-
peror Charles are none too keen to
fight when on the border of their own
country. They may be found much
less so when pitted against enemies
other than the italians. Germany
soon will need e-enforcements for her
eastern front If she does not already.
From nowhere can she obtain them
without weakening her fighting
strength at some. other point. The
allies are now in position to take adj
vantage of any thinning of the Hun
lines. It is plain that the plight of
the central powers is becoming des-
perate. and will grow more serious
with each passing day, from now until
the end.
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TRAVELETTE
Hollands Fishermen.
BY NIKSAH


In this day of the lurking subma-
rine the waters of the North sea are
a marked danger zone for the fisher
man of the Netherlands, and conse-
quently the rivers and inner seas of
Holland are thronged with brown
sailed fishing smacks, all eagerly pur-
suing the elusive herring, salmon,
pike and carp.
Until the boats tank or barrels are
filled. the determined fisherman sticks
at his job. If a good haul is soon
made, he may steer the craft up some
canal to an inland town to market
his catch. He gets out the SIN, Fish
for Sale" and fastens 1t to the mast.
draws the boat up to the canals edge.
and soon he is besieged by housewives
anxious to inspect his wares. The
fish, as il conscious of their pending
fate. swim uneasily about in the tank.
while thrifty Dutch matrons follow
certain ones excitedly with a fore
cate the desired fish in the swarming
tub.
On a summer evening when fleet
of the good ships has made port after
a hard days work, a fishing village is
one the most picturesque sights in
Holland. Sails patched. or torn and
Tapping. rise and fall In the harbor
with the motion of the waves. The
brawny Dutch fisherman, revived by
supper and the evening pipe, Is curing
fish and exchanging stories with
neighbors on the dock, while his wife
sits before her cottage mending nets,
or perhaps adjoining a torn sail with a
vivid red patch
There is little rest for these hard
working seamen and their wives. Fish
have long been to Holland what rice
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for indeternlinate sentence laws. These
would empower judges to commit an
insane criminal to the farm colony
for an indefinite length OF time. II
his mental disease We're cured. he
would be released, or at least parole1.
but as long as he remained INSANE
and irresponsible, he would remain in
the custody of~the state.
He would not, however. be IN prison.
There would be no confinement, soh-
tary or otherwise, except for violent
cases. The unfortunate would SIM
ply be helped to make his own living
at the most congenial work of which
he was capable and would live a
wholesome life in the opan air in
stead of dividing his time between
prison and the slums as the American
criminal does now.
The gradual extension of this scien-
the system of treating crime would
lead naturally to the study of each in
diyidual, beginning when he first
comes under the jurisdiction of the
state in the public schools. Each
school child would be examined by ex-
fled, and their education and care pre-
scribed accordingly. A careful record
of the conduct of each would be kept
This record would not only be price :
less index to any abnormal or psyche
pathic tendencies. but would be o.
great value to the sound and intelli
gent child, A prospective employer,
by looking up the school record of a
boy, could find out exactly what he
was, morally, mentally and physically:
for the nature of an individual can
be determined exactly and completely
servation. The time should come
when young man starting in life will
be able to borrow money at bank OF
the strength of his school record.
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A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of men in
Americas Fighting Service

The rattle and clatter of a machine
gun, suffering out it's song of steely
death The shout of a man at the
zenith of life. urging on his platoon
to a victory in the face of seeming i'm
possibilities. A choking cry, a hurt
ling form that staggered on, then
fell. A last order. a last struggle,
and the form lay still. But in the
history OF the United States Marine
corps lives the name of that man.
Second Lieutenant Caldwell Colt Rob-
inson, cited for. bravery in the charge
upon German machine gun positions
in the Bots de Belleau. now named
by the French the Bots de la Brigade
de Marine, because of such heroism
as that of Lieutenant Robinson. Let
tiers of commentator regarding the
bravery of the dead Marine officer
have been received by his widow, who
lives at Springlake Farm Unit, Spring
lake Nav Jersey
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When the government took over the
railroads it rode roughshod over the
Sherman law, broke all the laws
placed on the statute books to in
sure competition among common car
riers and apparently considered itself
entitled to public applause. The same
thing happens when the telegraph
and telephone companies fall under
the sway of the postmaster general.
Mr.. Vail once undertook to co-ordi-
nate the Bell telephone system and
the Western Union and was sharply
rebuked and told to unmerge the
merger. The postmaster general.
however. is a law unto himself, and
announces a policy of merger that
would havessent Mr.. Vail to Jail. Still.
It must not be assumed that private
business concerns are at liberty to
throw off the shackles that lawmak-
ers placed about the great corpora
tons The International Harvester
company. thru some oversight, has
not been taken over by either Mr.. Nc
Adoo or Mr.. Burleson. Therefore to
insure the maintenance OF "competi-
tive conditions" the Harvester COM
pany must Iop off a few of its
branches. The action forced upon the
Harvester company. says the Roches-
ter Democrat. is notice to business
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President Wilson is becoming as
great handicap to candidates whom
he favors as is the Kansas City Star.
He has now come out in opposition to
Cole Blease, Candidate for the United
States senate in South Carolina. The
presidents opposition may cause
Blease's nomination actually to be-
come a possibility. OF course, it is de-
sirable that the president should have
a congress composed of loyal support
ers of his administration, but he
seems to have adopted a poor way to
get it. The people do not like to be
told how to vote. even by the head
of the nation.
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men that they must not presume to
initiate the example of the govern
ment. Efficiency in operation and the
of waste are desirable
only in such concerns as are under
federal control.
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We know now where we are. Gen
eral March says an army of 1000, 600
Americans will put a speedy end to
the war If that is all that is neces-
sary, lets go.
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Names In the News.

Smoke boxes are . form Of screen
used to protect vessels from SUBJ
marine attack. They consist of bog
pierced with holes which Is filled with
chemicals and thrown overheard. AZ
the water rushes in dense smoke u
produced, which completely hides the
ship.
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is to China or the potato to America.
With its food rupply ebbing danger
ously low, Holland looks more than
ever to her fisher folk to feed the
people.
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ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY K MOULTON

w. S. S. means: We've Started
Something"
Altho Pershing is sending the In
dams over the top, we can hardly
say that he is preparing to Sioux
for peace.
Nine-tenths of the wonderful golf
scores are made in the clubhouse.
Shell destroyed a wagon load of
American doughnuts in a French viii
lage. If this doesn't call for a special
dose of revenge we don't know the
Yankee soldier.
Eighteen to forty-five.
Now we Will show our might.
Eighteen to forty five.
Married men. Sakes alive!
Men who have learned to fight.
We are in favor of the Better
Speech club. and hope 1t will take
effect on banquets at once.
Bare knees are tabooed at Atlantic
City this year. not "tattooed,'' as one
of the Atlantic City papers mad
vertently announced.
The Scotch Highlander trade is
going elsewhere.
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MY Landlord.
My landlord is a godly man,
Who fingers in the church,
- And bright example sets for me
Up In my tenth-floor perch.
He sings ten hymns to purge his soul
But doesn't order any coal,
So. when st Peter calls the roll
For him. they'll have to search.
My landlord rides Limousine,
And wears 4 high silk hat.
The fragrance of his gasoline
Arises to my flat.
When price of gas is upward bent,
And porterhouse goes up a cent,
He blithely raises on my rent,
And not an eye doth bat.
Ny landlord tells me every day
No labor can be had
To paint and paper my abode.
1T really is too bad"
So pity this benign old scout,
The war has hit him hard. no doubt.
He let's his tenants work It out
A landlords life is sad.
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Painful as the realization may be,
we are gradually coming to the con-
clusion that Mr.. Shonts is almost an
out-and-out apostle of the doctrine of
six-cent fares.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
WAR METHODS AROUSE
AUSTRIAN ASSEMBLY
Demands Appointment of Commis-
sion to Investigate Cause of
Military Collapse.

VIENNA, Thursday. December 10
(Reuters).-Popular ind: gnation over
the general conduct of the war,
especially the brutality arrogance
and incompetence" displayed by the
highest Austrian military command
ers, found expr4s ssion in a resolution
adopted by the German Austrian ma
tional assembly today. demanding the
appointment of commission to in
vestigate the cause Of Hun
gary's military collapse.
In the course of a vigorous debate
on the grave charges advanced against
high officers it was declared that
members of the imperial family, re-
gardless of age or military capacity,
had been given commands. with the
most disastrous results. 4 field mar
shall who commanded an expedition
against Serbia was denounced as re-
sponsible for the death of thousands
whom he drove to slaughter, insult :
GENTLY munitioned, fed and clothed.
Some of the deputies declared that
he ought to be hanged.
The most intense hatred against
the entire body of officers is develop
ing among civilians. These officers
are accused publicly of Wholesale
thefts during the war, of living lux
uriously and permitting their wiz es
to wear costly jewelry. while the
masses starved.
The Vienna newspapers urge the
investigating committee to begin
work before the commanders impli-
Gated are able to destroy the docu-
mentary proof Of their guilt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
JAPAN DELEGATES NAMED.
Business Men Added to Representa-
tives at Peace Conference.

NEW YORK, December 21.-In ad-
dition to Junnosuke Inouye. president
of the Yokohama Specie Bank. and
Kikusa buro Fukui, managing director
of the Mitsui Russan Kaisha, the jap
anese government, after consulting
chambers of commerce, has named
three other business men to serve
with it's peace delegation. according
to cabIegram from Toxic received
here tonight by the national foreign
trade council.
The new appointees are:
Baron Kondo, president of the Nip
pom Yusen Kaisha; F.. Fukai. direc-
tor of the Bank of Japan. and n. Kita,
managing director of the Japan Cot
ton Company.
The appointments were made in
recognition of the value of practical
business advice" said the cablegram,
sent by Robert II. Patchin, repre-
sentative of the council. who is now
making a trip through Japan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
OPPOSES FARE RAISE.
New York's District Attorney Saws
Stocks Are "Watered

NEW YORK, December 21.-charg-
ing that the stock of subsidiaries Of
the Interborough Consolidated Cor
poration, which operates the greater
part Of the subway. elevated and sur
face car lines in the beroughs Of
Manhattan and the Bronx, has been
"watered" for many years by "cir-
cuitous corporate windings which
would have turned the minotaur
green with envy" District Attorney
Edward Swami in a statement tonight
bitterly opposed the corporations ap-
plication for permission to charge
higher fares.
Mr.. Swami declared the application.
which asks for seven cent fares and a
three cent charge for transfers on
surface lines in Manhattan. would net
the corporation 3so.oeo.oes yeah
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
INFLUENZA BEGAN IN BOSTON.
Invaded q. S. There, DR.. Woodward
Tells Physicians Conference.

NEW YORK. December 21-Span-
ish influenza. which has claimed hun-
dreds of thousands of victims
throughout the country. invaded the
United States through the port of
Boston. DR.. W. c. Woodward, health
commissioner of that city. admitted
in an address here today before the
conference board of physicians en-
gagged in industrial practice
The boards session. attended by
representatives from all the ca stern
states. was devoted almost exclusiy ely
to discussion of measures for pre-
vention Of further spread of the dis.
ease in industrial Establishments
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
POTTER MUST PAY PENALTY.
Wierse, Who Would Sink Interned
Hun Ship, Loses All Appeals.

CHARLESTON. s. c., December 21.
Paul Wierse Of Charleston. natur-
allied citizen Of German birth and
formerly a newspaper editor here.
who was convicted in October. 1917.
at the federal court sitting in Aiken.
s. c.. Of conspiracy to sink the Ger
man merchantmen Liebensfels in this
harbor and sentenced to two years in
the federal prison at Atlanta and a
fine of $1,000. was today taken into
custody by government authorities.
and lodged in jail preparatory to
serving his sentence.
He had Lost ali aDDoalA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
TORONTO POLICE END STRIKE

TORONTO, Ont, December 21.@The
strike of the municipal police force.
to enforce recognition of their union.
of an agreement reached at a confer
ence of the police commissioners and
representatives OF sAe men. The
policemen will return to duty tonight
and all the questions at issue will be
arbitrated before q royal commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
HONORS MAI. GUGLIEMETTI.
Society of American Wars Confers
Distinctive Medal.

NEW YORK, December 21-Maj.
Gen. Emilio Gugliemetti, military at
tache of the Italian mission to the
United States, was made an honorary
member of the Society of American
Wars and presented with a medal OF
the order of the organization, in a
ceremony held here tonight.
Gen. Gugliemetti was actively en-
gagged in the campaign of 1915. 1916
and 1917. He commanded the famous
I'd Bersaglieri Brigade on the CarUoi
in 1917. :,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
u. S. Flag Over Coblenz
Building for First Time

COBLENZ, Friday, December
2O.-The American flag was
flown from the staH ON the
Central Hospital here today. The
time that the American banner
has been raised over a building
in Coblenz since the town was
occupied.
Along the River Rhine, from
COblenz to the northwest, where
the American bridgehead Joins
the British forces, the Stars
mad Stripes huttered over eleven
river patrol boats today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
PERSH|NG HONORS
ALLIED GENERALS
Awards Distinguished serv-
ice Medals, He Notifies
War Department.
INDIVIDUALS ARE NAMED

Gen. Pershing notified the War De-
partment yesterday that under an
der authority granted him by the
President he had awarded the dis
tinguished service medal to the gen.
erals commanding the various French,
British, Belgian and Italian armies.
In all decorations were awarded to
sixteen French generals, seven Brit
ish, two Belgian and three Italian
generals.
Grant Of the awards was announced
in a communique from the American
expeditionary forces dated Friday.
The statement follows:
Pursuant to authority granted me
by cablegram I have awarded, in the
name of the President, the distin-
guiShed service medal to the allied Of
ficers for exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services rendered
to the American expetitionary forces
and to the cause in which we have
been engaged:
French Officers Honored.
French army-Maj. Gen. de Caste1-
nau, commanding the group of the
armies of the east: Maj. Gen. d'Es-
percy, commander-in-chief of the al
lied armies Of the orient; Maj. Gen.
Favolle. commanding the armies of
reserve; Maj. Gen. Maistra, command
ing the armies of the center; Maj.
Gen. Debeney. commanding the 1st
Army; Maj. Gen. Hirschauer, COM
manding the I'd Army; Maj. Gen. Gou-
raud, 4th Army; Maj. Gen. Degoutte,
commanding the group of the armies
of Flanders; Maj. Gen. De Boissoudy.
commanding the French army of Bel
gium; Maj. Gen. Mangin, commanding
the 10th Army; Maj. Gen. Gerard. COM
Berthelot, commanding the French
forces in the orient; Maj. Gen. Gull
laumat, commanding the 5th Army:
Maj. Gen. Humbert, commanding the
Sd Army; Maj. Gen. Weygand, chief
of staff to Marshal Foch: Maj. Gen.
Buat, chief of staff to Marshal Petain.
Other Generals Mentioned.
British army-Lieut. Gen. Horne
commanding 1st Army; Gen. Plumer
commanding I'd Army; Gen. Byng.
commanding Sd Army: Gen Raw
linson. commanding 4th Army; Gen.
Birdwood, commanding 5th Army;
Lieut.. Gen. Currte, commanding Cana
dian Corps: Lieut. Gen. Lawrence,
chief of staff.
Belgian army-Lfeut Gen. RuQuoy,
commanding 5th Corps; Lieut.. Gen.
Jacques, commanding Sd corps.
italian army-Lieut. Gen. Badoglie,
subchief of staff; Maj. Gen. S. Scipieni,
third chief Of staff; his royal highness
Duke of Aosta, commanding Sd Army"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
GERMANY RECALLS
ENVOY IN MEXICO
Won Eckhardt Figured in Ef-
fort to EmbroiI U. S. and
Mexico in 1917.

MEXICO CITY, December FL (by
the Associated Press).-Heinrich Won
Eckhardt, the German minister to
Mexico since 1915 and the diplomat
who figured in the Zimmerman dis
closures early in 1917, when the Ger
man government made a futile at
tempt to line Mexico up against the
United States, has been recalled by
the present German government.
This was learned officially this
evening, when the announcement was
made that Minister Won Eckhardt had
notified the Mexican government OF
his recall. The diplomat expects to
make his farewell calls within few
days and to leave for Germany by way
of the United States.
May Not Recognize Magnus.
The Mexican government, it is re-
not recognize DR.. Won Magnus as the
diplomatic representative of Germany,
because the present German govern
ment, which named him. has not as yet
been recognized by the Mexican gov
ernment.
Attempts to obtain confirmation of
report that Baron Holoman KAMA
Won Kanya, the Austro-Hungarian
minister to Mexico. would soon re-
ceive orders to return to Vienna, were
fruitleSs.
No Application for Safe Conduct.
State Department officials said last
night that no application had been
received from the German govern
ment for safe conduct through this
country of Heinrich Won Eckhardt, re-
called German minister to Mexico,
who, according to Mexico City dis
patches, plans to return home by way
of the United States.
Such an application, officials said,
would be made through the Swiss le-
cation, and undoubtedly would be
granted. 1t would be extremely diff
cult, if not almost impossible. it was
said, for Won Eckhardt to return to
Germany without a safe conduct from
the United States. Spanish steamers
are the only neutral vessels of any
size touching at. Mexican ports. and
in the view of officials it would be
necessary for the former minister to
come to this country to obtain pas
sage on a Dutch or Scandinavian YES
sci.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
JAPANESE DOCTOR
K|L[SAT HOSPITAL
Embassy Here Will Defend
DR.. Ishida, AIienist, Dr..
WoIff's Slayer.
CALLS HIS VICTIM "sPY''
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE Md, December 21.-
At the Japanese embassy in Washing
ton tonight it was stated that coun-
sci would be retained to defend the
case Of DR.. Nobura Ishida, the Japa-
nese alienist, who today shot and
killed Dr. George B. Wolff at the
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital
near this city. 1t was also stated at
the embassy that DR.. 1Shida ranks
among the foremost alienists of Ja-
pan.
A representative of the embassy
came to Baltimore tonight to see the
prisoner and inquire into the ctrcum-
stances Of the shooting.
Struggle to Save Life.
When DR.. Edward Brush. super
intendent Of the hospital, heard the
reports of the pistol and with other
physicians entered the office, he saw
the body of DR.. Wolff lying on the
floor Just beneath his desk, while
above him stood Ishida, with the
smoking revolver in his hand. DR..
Brush grabbed the Japanese, and.
wrenching the revolver from his
hands, led him into his Office, while
the other physicians struggled in vain
to save the life of their co-worker.
While holding the japanese physi-
clan firmly lest he make an attempt
to escape. DR.. Brush asked him why
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