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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
Twenty -One "EmbryO Soldiers"
To Be Called Next Week.
Topeka Boards Give Out Official
Lists Today.
SHOW UP OR Be DESERTERS
Reward OF $50 for Their APP
prehensien or Capture.
Six Extras Included in Emerg-
ency Draft Call.

Men who will be called in the
emergency draft call and who fail to
report will find themselves in more
than the proverbial peck of trouble
They will be branded as deserters,
there will be a $50 reward for their
apprehension and delivery to military
authorities and after they are turned
over to the army the first thing tney
will become familiar with will be the
court martial.
These facts were reiterated by the
local draft boards today when they
announced that all men VINO are IN
the emergency call will be not1led 10
report some time during the week OF
March % The exact date upon which
they will be called has not been set
but every effort is being made to get
the Topeka quota ready ana 10 aVold
any trouble. To make sure that both
of the Topeka boards will be able to
send their required quotas extra men
will be called and in all 21 men Will
be notified to hold themselves in
readiness to go to camp. Only 10 OF
these u men. will be inducted into
service. but it will not be known Tho
will go or who will remain until the
day for entraining.
Use of Extra Men.
The extra men will be used as sub
stitutes for those who may be ill or
who have failed to leave proper ad-
dresses and do not receive their not1-
fication cards These extras" will fill
the places of those who do not show
up and the delinquents will then be
traced. arrested and turned over to the
nearest army officers for induction
Into service and courtmartial
Topeka board No. has several men
in the emergency call who have not
provided addresses and for this reason
it is feared they may not get their no.
tification cards. In order to know
just how many of the men are ready
to answer the call both boards request
them to report as soon as possible.
Men to Report
Local board No 2 has twelve men
listed for the call and all of the twelve
are asked to report at once to the
b, t.ri althu only nine of them will
60 10 camp. The twelve men are:
LINES M-Iii..m Hodge 1110 Monroe
EdM III HCrg, j01 Van Buren.
Samuel We rch, I'LL W. Seventeenth street
ward Hired Willis, 80 Quincy.
Waiter Ernest OFT, $50 Locust.
Harry Walter Schutt. 424 Taylor
Elmer l.. Olsson. 522 Taylor.
1T iel y. Klein, 5O6 Locust.
Henry IL. Plankington. 10G East Sixth.
-Ar bur X. Bacher. 20G Harrison.
.Ohn Anil Larson. Horton, Kan
Il. j. Wade. Pittsburg, Kan.
The men who will receive cards from
board No. 1 are
William Thompson Shepard. 1401 W. Sixth.
Harold n Richardson. 1117 Monroe.
Edward Forest Greenwood. Eli Washburn
venue.
II. NJ. Copp. 14S Hill.
Verne Loveless. i25 buchanan.
John A. Cooper 40 The Drive
Walter J. Hargis. POI T. Seventeenth.
Homer Leroy Armstrong. 123l Taylor
Vernon Clyde Beetles, DIG Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
BLAST JARS PARIS mo FL LYERS THERE!
Two Violent Explosions in Mu-
milton Works Near City.
American Ambulance Men First
Rescuers To Reach Scene.

Paris, Friday, March 1.-two very
violent explosions today in a factory
at La Courneuve, north of Paris,
caused the deaths of thirty persons
and the injury of a large number,
mostly slightly, according to an Off
cial announcement made tonight.
General Dubail, the military gov
ernor of Paris, has instructed Cap
tain Lurcher, the judge advocate of
the first court martial of Paris, to
open an investigation of the accident.
The causes of the explosions have not
yet been definitely determined.
La Courneuve is seven kilometers
from the Cathedral of Notre Dame, in
the direction of St. Louis.
Red Cross First There.
American Red Cross and army am
balances were among the first at the
scene of the explosion. A number of
wounded were carried away in motor
trucks of the American army Ameri-
can soldiers approached the burning
buildings and carried the injured
across fields to vehicles waiting to
move the victims to hospitals in Paris
and the suburbs. An American army
officer dressed the wounds of a child
cut by flying glass nearly a mile from
the scene of the disaster. The child
was one of several score in a school in
which every window was shattered.
Firemen were unable to approach
the burning factory nearer than 500
yards.
Survivors declare that the accident
was due to a man dropping box of
percussion fuses, which set off box
grenades.
-Four School Girls Die of Fright.
In every quarter of Paris. windows
were shattered and furniture over
turned. In a public school at Auber-
villers there was a panic and four
girls died from fright.
Nearly one thousand persons are
shelterless as the result of damage to
their homes. The American Red Cross.
cooperating with the prefecture of
the Seine and the local authorities, is
providing for them.
Regarding the assistance given the
Red Cross by American soldiers. mu-
nicipal councillor of Bourget near
where the explosion occurred, said:
I'VE must pay homage to the man
ner in which the American Red Cross
organized assistance. American SOL
diers showed devotion not to be for
gotten in finding the injured, giving
first aid and moving the unfortunates
to safer localities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
CHINK FINDS WHEN
DEPENDENT WIFE
ISN'T DEPENDENT

Dallas. Tex. March 1S.-Chew On,
American born Chinaman, his wife in
China. has been the arch puzzle to
exemption boards here
Chew On claimed exemption on the
ground of a dependent wife, but the
se1ective service regulations require
dependents to live in America, the
chairman of the board explained.
4 Chew On has long since been ready
to bring Mrs. Chew On to America
and told the board so.
But the exclusion act keeps her out.
and SO Chew On will have to fight
He was found physically fit today
q prefer the aviation service but
will go wherever they put me- he
said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
WAR
STATEMENTS
BRITISH.

London, March 1S.-Bri,ish troops
successfully raided enemy positions
south of Asheville last night. taking
several prisoners and sustaining light
today.
Patrols inflicted casualties on the
enemy east of Zonnebeke.
South of the Bapaume- Camtrai road,
in the neighborhood of Lens. and be
tween Warneton and Zonnebeke. there
was some hostile artilleryiug last
night.
Paris. Sunday. March 17.-French
raiders were very active last night. and
brought back more than 100 prison
official statement from the war office
today. The Statement reads:
North OF the Chemin des Danes.
the artillery on both sides showed
ION the right bank of the Meuse
French troops carried out at nightfall
a raid in the region of the Cheppy
wood, which resulted successfully. I'm
der protection of the French artillery,
which dominated the German artillery,
our troops penetrated the opposing
depth Of 300 meters. After destroying
the shelters. blockhouse and defenses
of the enemy. the French detachments
returned to their own lines with eighty
prisoners belonging to three different
regiments and seven machine guns.
Our losses were slight.
'DurlnR the night French detach-
ments were active and successful in
entering enemy positions. Near Vau-
quois they brought back ten prisoners
in raid. Near MalaEcourt an incur
sion carried out under heavy bonn
bardment. enabled the French to bring
back forty prisoners. On the right
bank of the Meuse German batteries
during the night bombardeH violently
all points between the Meuse and the
Bezonvaux. French counter fire also
Increased. Immediately north of St
Mihiel our patrols made prisoners.
''On March 16 one German airplane
was destroyed and four others dam
aged severely by French avfators.
Our bombing squadrons dropped 1000
Kilograms of projectiies on military
establishments behind the enemy
front"
GERMAN.
Berlin. March 1S.-Twenty-two en-
tente airplanes were brought down by
the Germans yesterday on the Franco
Belgian front. army headquarters an
nounced today.
French airmen. the statement de-
clares. bombed hostile establishments
at LIE Thour (north of Rheims)
ITALIAN.
Rome. March 1S-Increased artillery
mountain front and along The Piave is
reported IA today's war office state
ment. Austrian raiding detachments
along the lower part of the Piave line
were driven off.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
DEGREES RUSS PEACE
Slav Ambassador Says Terms Threaten
Existence of Russia.

Washington March 1S.-Russias ac-
ceptance Of the German peace terms
was denounced here today by Boris
Bakhmeteff, the Russian ambassador,
who, last November. formally repudi-
ated the Bolsheviki government.
The conditions imposed by Ger
many, the ambassador declares,
threaten the existence and independ-
ence of the country. The embassy, he
operation with the allies in the war on
Germany
Hope of Liberty Vanishing.
The ambassador made known his
position in the following statement:
"A sinister pact of submission has
closed the circle of happenings that
have laid Russia open to the ag-
gressor.
1.-The conditions imposed by the
enemy are such that the very existence
of an independent Russian national
organism appears to be threatened and
the cherished hope of liberty to be
vanishing.
'In these days of supreme trial for
the country, the Russian embassy re-
affirmS its deep conviction that the
people of Russia cannot accept, as
definite solution of their struggle for
liberty, this settlement of violence
brought forth by conquest. anarchy
ana u6SpdlT- Inc present turn OF
events, this most bitter phase of the
great crisis Russia is passing thru is
not its Ultimate outcome, and a new
task of national redemption arises be-
fore the people of Russia-the vindi-
cation of the Russian commonwealth,
the liberation of Russia from disrup-
ture and enslavement.
Finds Sympathy for Russia.
ITO this broad task of liberation
only wit
ton and direct support of the allies to
this achievement, which should rally
without difference of factions all those
who strive to the establishment of a
politically united and economically in
dependent Russian democracy-will
the embassy in Washington continue
to consecrate all its endeavor and
effort. finding a source of. inspiration
and confidence in the noble and heart
full attitude of sympathy and aSsiS-
tance which the American never cease
to manifest to Russia in the hours of
her darkest trials"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
DIDN'T CUT FLYERS PAY
Senate Committee Refuses to Reduce
1t as War Dept Requested.

Washington, March IS.-Adhering
to its decision against repeating laws
giving fifty per cent extra pay in the
aviation service. the senate military
committee today reported the omnibus
bill. amending the nation defense act,
without the repeal provision. Repeal
had been recommended by General
Pershing and by the war department
Aviator's Fall Fatal.
Miami, Fla, March 1S-Francis
Elliott Langdon of Boston, student
observer at the naval aeronautic sta
ton, died early today of injuries sus-
tanned Saturday when his seaplane
fell into Biscayne bay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
GRANT RATE INCREASE
I. c. C. Approves Higher Freight on
Grain From Twin Cities.

Washington, March 1s.-In tenta-
tive decision. the interstate com
merce commission today approved
increases in proportion rates on grain
product shipments from Minneapolis.
Mimi, transfers and St Paul to Lake
Michigan ports for forwarding by
water.
domestic shipments and 81 for ex-
port The new rates are SO cents
domestic and cents for exports
Railroads chiefly concerned are
the Rock Island & Pacific and the
Minneapolis & st. Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
NERVY BURGLAR ROBS- HOME
OF POLICE COMMISSIONER

Kansas City. Mo. March 1S.-
Some person with perverted sense
of hurnor or a grudge against the
force last night burslarized the
home of Police Commissioner John
HaIpin He got six hundred dol
lars worth of valuabIes If the
police get him he'll get about a
hundred years also.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
NOTED I'M. P" is DEAD
Sir Swire Smith Travelled in u
Studying Educational Methods

London, March 1S.-Sir Swire
Smith. liberal member of parliament
for the Keighley division of York
shire, died in London Saturday,.
He had travelled extensively in the
United States. studying technical edu-
cation methods His work at the
Keighley institute caused Andrew
Carnegie to offer 10000 pounds for a
library for the town. 1t was the first
Carnegie library in England. Sir
Swire was born in 1912 and knighted
in 1898.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
SWITZERLAND SHELTERS
$4,000 WAR PRISONERS

Berne, March 1S.-Switzerland
now shelters $4,000 interned war
prisoners, according to a recent CEN
sus, 10000 being French, English
and Belgian. and 10000 German
In addition 1000 relatives of in
termed men are visiting here Ow-
ing to the scarcity of food, no fur
ther visitors for a long stay will be
accepted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
WEATHER is IDEAL
Brand That Poets Use for Model.
says sunny Flora.
TEMPERATURES.

Today was an ideal spring day with
the Temperature averaging 16 degrees
above normal At 2 O'Clock this after
noon the wind was blowing 12 niles
an hour from the South
This is the weather. s. d. Flora.
meteoroIogist. says that the poets use
fer model when they paint their
word pictures of spring But the
poets are not agriculturists, and the
farmers find a fly i'm the ointment
The temperature is so high and the
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
2 MILLION SWINDLE!
Trio Under Charge-..YcIlow Kid
Gang"-Try Habcas Corpus.

Youngstown. o., March 1S.-Ha-
beas corpus proceedings will be held
here today from three men said to be
connected with the yellow Kid gang
of Chicago, whose total loot in swim
dlins operations is estimated by po
lice at s2,000,000. Should the trio
be released, Chief of Police Watkins
will rearrest them on new charges,
he saws.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
MOVE PROBE TO X. C.
Open Packing House Investigation
There Tuesday.

Washington. March 1s--Transfer OF
the governments packing fnvestiga-
ton from Chicago to Kansas City with
the first hearings tomorrow, was an
nounced today by the federal trade
commission
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
ARE SOCIETY SPIES?
Two Men and Two Women i'm Fash
ionable Residence. Arrested.

New York, March 1S-Two men
and two women of foreign birth, liv-
ing in fashionable quarters here and
said to have had code correspondence
with diplomats and high officials of
foreign government were today ar
rested by agents of the department of
justice and turned over to the immi-
grafton authorities for deportation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
Advance Crude Oil as Cents.

Wichita, March 1S--The price of
Midcontinent crude oil was advanced
today by the Sinclair Oil and Gas Co,
of Tulsa, Okla, from 81 to s225 a
barrel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18

The textbooks" shown highly
training and so far the have been able
agility sharp the soldiers
that
The supplied
proceeds to the for the purchase of gloves
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
Mother of Jack johnson Deat

Chicago, March 1S.-Mrs. Tiny
johnson, IA. mother of Jack johnson.
former heavyweight champion pugi-
list, died at her home here last night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Fair and warmer tonight and
Tuesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18

NO doubt Mr.. Baker himself will be
surprised at our army in France.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18

Washington, March 1S--Delay in
receipt of an expected official cable
bearing on the Holland-allied negotia-
tions for taking over Dutch tonnage at
noon today will probably hold up the
seizures until tomorrow, it was Off
cially stated at 1880 o'clock.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-21
Pay Boost Approved
For First Grade Men
Board of Estimate Adopts
Proposal to Give Firemen
and Policemen $3.50

he Board OF Estimate at its iirst
session held after the summer recess.
yesterday adopted 4 recommendation
from the committee on finance and
budget that he compensation Of tirg.
grade iiremen and policemen be IN
creased from $1,000 to 81, $50 a year. 20
take effect from September l. Tho
board increased the salaries OF fire
men and policemen Of the lower grades
last July The Board of Aldermen is
expected &c concur in the action next
Tuesday.
The bosrl also adopted resolution
placing the section of Bushwick Ave
nue. between Myrtle ana Jamaica ave
1ues under the care o! the Department
Of Parks. Mayor Hy'an lives in this
section OF Sushwick Avenue, which is
thus made Il park thoroughfare. There
was comment tina. some OF the Mayors
friends mad framed the resolution. but
the Commissioner Of Parks pointed out
that the change had been proposed for
= number OF years.
1t is probable thai the board will
soon take UP the application Of the
transit companies for an increase in
fares. President Bowling of Manhat-
tan said he thought tie companies and
the public We're entitled to a decision
The Mayor announced that the COM
mittec on franchises would meet soon
10 consider suggestions made to it ON
the subject Of increased fares
New-York tribune., 1918-09-21
Cook Held in Camp
Plot to Poison Troops
German Sympathizer Caught
in Attempt on Lives of
Drafted Men

CAMP DIX, WRIGHTSTOWN n. j..
Sept. 20. Camp officials admitted to-
night that an arrest of German sym
pathizer had been made in connection
with an attempt to poison soldiers in
certain barracks. They are with
holding the name Of the prisoner. but
admit the facts. They also are keep
ing secret the location OF the barracks
where the attempted wholesale poison
ing occurred. Fortunately the plan
was thwarted by watchful army Off
GERS, and none of the poison ever
reached the mess tables.
The symnathizer was on kitchen po-
lice duty. and taking advantage o. thu.
opportunity placed poison IN big
supply Of -four which was TO be used
at the next baking. However, when
this flour was inspected and tested
traces Of the poison were found and
the product thoroughly gone over
Army chemists were called in, and they
are making an analysis to determine
what kind Of poison was used
An investigation was quickly made
and the sympathizer placed under ar
New-York tribune., 1918-09-21
Foreign Legion and
Wounded at Capital
Detachment of Fighters From
France Left New York
After Parade

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2O.-Twelvt
French officers and 10 soldiers. tht
i'rst detachment of Allied fighters te
come to lhis country direct from the
Western front to assist in the fourtl,
Liberty Loan campaign, arrived to-
night in Washington.
About sixty members of the detach-
ment belong to the famous Foreign Le.
gion and ere fully equipped. The re.
mainder include wounded soldiers ane
interpreters.
They will make trip through the
South to New Orleans ard TO Chicago
and New York within The next few
weeks.
The departure for Washington wa:
preceded by parade through tn.
downtown sections of New York. :
Indifference to rain that the legion
laires manifested toward the rain Of
shrapnel at Verdun. And TIE New
York crowds gave them the heartiast
cheers that have been heard on Fifth
Avenue since the "Blue Devils
marched by.
The officers were in automobiles
escorted by Major II. X. Bird of the
Liberty Loan Committee. under whose
direction the visiting Frenchmen are
to tour the country for the fourth
Liberty Loan drive, while the men werc
iii automobile buses. The route Of
the parade was down Fifth Avenue to
Washington Square, thence dowr
Broadway to the Battery. then back up.
town past the City Hall. and up La
fayette Street to Thirty second Street
and the Pennsylvania Station.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-21
266 New Cases
Of Influenza in
N. Y.Are Reported
Only 18 Are of Resident
Civilians and Copeland
Is Encouraged

While a total Of 266. eases of Span
lsh lnf1uohza were reported to the De-
partment Of Health here Yesterday
only eighteen Of these were of New
York civilians. One hundred and sew
cnty-three Of the patients were taken
from The Brooklyn Navy Yard to tn e
Kingston Avenue and Willard Parker
hospitals, while seventy five were de-
tanned at Ellis Island, where they are
under quarantine.
In this city the cases were distrib-
uted as follows: Manhattan, 5: Brook
Ign, including taken from ships, II;
The Bronx, 1. and Queens, /.
Miss Catherine Janclli. aged thirty
Of AZ Clifton Place, Jersey City, sue
cumbed 20 the malady Yesterday Her
brother recently returned from Camp
Dix suffering from the disease and is
now reported in a serious condition at
the isolation hospital, Snake Hill. N. j
"The fact that only eighteen cases
developed yesterday in greater New
York rs cause for if-congratulation
on th' part of this city said Health
Commissioner Copeland "The disease
has been added to the list of those
which must be reported to the Depart
ment of Health within twenty-foul
hours after discovery. 1t seems ap-
parent that this disease has not We,
crept in from other cities on the At
lantic coast, where it is now epi-
GCmic"
Franklin d. Roosevelt, Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy, who returned from
a trip abroad recently suffering from
what physicians believe to have beer
an attack Of Spanish influenza, was
reported Yesterday to be on the roat
to recovery He is a. the home Of hi.
mother, Mrs. Jane Roosevelt. AZ Eas
SiXtyffth Street. 1t is believed he
will soon be able to return to bis Off
cial dutios.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-21
Body of Cardinal
Lies in State at
Great Cathedral

With the Impressive simplicity
which characterizcs ritual ceremonies
OF the Catholic Church. the body O
John Cardinal Farley was YESTERDAY
afternoon carried from his late resi-
dence into St. Patrick's Cathedral,
where it was deposited on bier il the
middle Of the sanctuary during bFle
service. Thousands Of persons a
tended. undeterred by the steady ran
This service for the dead Cardna
consisted of the Reception of the BODY
chanted by the male choir in Latin
followed by a recitation of the Rossr5
and Prayers for the Dead. both IN tns
ish. The mourne.S. who nearly Aito
The Cathedral. responded
While thousands prayed for ihe r.
pose OF the Cardinals soul in St Pa
rick's carpenters worked erecting Ihs
the altar. preparatory to the final iu
black and purple cloth arc benz
draped about the great interior OF 'as
church.
The Cardinals residence was throw
open yesterday and about 2000 person,
passed the coffin and took a last ioeA 100
al the features OF the prelatc. TX TX
body Was clothed in the robes OF 'a'
Ca MlinaNs rank.
According to the present arranes
ments. Cardinal Gibbons. of Baltim0"
will preach the funeral sermon
euogy Tue sday morning. Cardps
O'Connell. Of Boston, VIII also
present. and VIII take part in the ceF'
monies.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-21
BY BRIGGS

language newspapers. said to-day he
thought this sub committee could handle
the Brisbane -"W ashington Times
phase of tho situation, and that he
would seek to have the scope of the in
quiry broadencd so as to include all ex-
pcnditures Of money by -Ameri-
cans and brewers with view to in
iuencing any newspaper
Senator'S are anxious to examine MI
Palmer as to the connection between
the konta letters to Dr. Bernhard Dcrn.
burg, the German propaganda chieftain
and to Captain Tauscher, which Mr.
Palmer made public. and the documents
showing the financing of "The Wash.
ington Times" by the German -Ameri.
can brewers.
Some of them expressed the opinion
to-day that Mr.. Palmer must have more
material and proof than he has already
given out or he would not have sub
mtted the Konta letters with those
concerned purely with the Brisbane
purchase of "The Washington Times"