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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-13
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
By ROY X. MOULTON
The Sad Fate of Annette.

When the wife went summering she
left in our care Annette Kellermanni
our goldfish. ~
Shortly afterward Annette grew de-
spondent and committed, suicide be-
cause we forgot to feed her.
Did you ever try to find a place
in New York to bury a goldfish?
We went bravely forth with a fire
shovel in our hand and Annette in
our pocket and walked until 1 o'clock
in the morning looking for a place
to bury her with military honors.
Whenever We found a likely site
| there would be a twenty-five story
| building standing on it. Everywhere
can't do much to that stuff with a
fire shovel.
| We had had the same trouble before
when Roszika and Yancsi, our beauti-
| full goldfish twins, passed away That
time we stood by a subway entrance
and slipped Roszika and Yansci into
the coat pocket of a man who looked
as tho he wouldn't care. That was in
the winter when there were oversoat
| pockets.
No such chance this time. We got
home at o'clock after a tiresorne
search, with Annette still in our
pocket.
Then we read about the famine in
| Russia and we put Annette in a fine
little box all comfy and coy and
mailed her to Leon Trotzky, Moscow
| Credit.
| In fourteen hundred ninety-two
| Old Chris Columbus started
From Pa1os on the coast Of Spain,
To the west'ard he departed.
One day he found America,
| The crew all said, AYE. aye, sir"
| When Chris allowed he was the guy
l Who'd really canned the kaiser.
Philadelphians should not repine
| 1t is still easy for them to commute
to New York for a few hours of wake,
fulness each day.
When a Philadelphia doesn't sleeI
more than fifteen hours q day thel
claim he has insomnia.
What Germany really wants is tn.
freedom of the seize.
i What's the use? By the time we
learn how to write the name o. one
of those French towns our army
friend isn't there any more. @
i The kaiser should remember thai
the Russians were learning to throw
war started. It's one of the bes
things they do. 8
i Anent the new III system. Myrtle
nudges US that, while you may tfinl
you are riding in IT," you are riding
in I'll"
Behold the charming gardenette,
1t matter not how warm,
She blossoms forth each morning in
Her booful uniform.
The abolition of all pockets did no
come in time to save the crown
princes army.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-13
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BIZ MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am visiting
here in this city and about two weeks
ago I met a girl whom I like very
much. This girls mother keeps
boarders, most of whom are young
men. I have been out q couple of
times with times with two of the boys.
Do you think that these fellows think
1 come to see the girl when I come
to see them? Should I stop going or
not?
HAZEL EYES.
Do not stop Going to the house since
You enjoy it. If you call on the girl
sometimes and the boys others, both
will feel all right about it. Do not
call on the boys when you want to
see the girl. If your are honest about
what you do. all three will like you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-13
AMERICAS OPPORTUNITY.

Evidence is steadily accommodating
that Russia will again have a welcome
place among the allies. Such in
Stances as the death by violence of the
German dictator of Ukrania and his
of the German ambassador at Mos
COW, cannot be dismissed as sporadic
and meaningless outbreaks, nor is 1t a
matter of approving such methods.
The simple fact is that the Russian
people, victimized by false leaders,
feel the outrage of their betrayal into
the hands of a brutal enemy too bit
terly to refrain from reacting in the
only manner at present open to them
The situation in Russia is ripe for
sincere and tactful help from the dem
ocratic powers.
Russia, the whole of her, as she was
territorially before the war began,
must be made free and independent
power If her tremendous natural re-
sources are not to fall permanently
into the outstretched hands of Ger
r1any, there to become the basis of a
renewed and more terrible drive for
world dominion. And the work of
raising the fallen nation to its feet is
| not primarily a military undertaking.
| Her agricultural resources, her tim
Ger, her mineral wealth and her wa
ter powers are so like those of the
United States at the beginning of our
national existence that the develop
ment of her possibilities naturally
| ~ Avn VT FyY
coined into her great domain, pro-
vfded they go equipped with adequate
knowledge of Russia's commercial re-
quirements.
International trade, contrary to
Germany's conception of It as a sort OF
vehicle for political and military con-
troll, is an exchange of mutual advan-
tages. For generation France wa.
Russia's banker. providing the Rus.
sian people with almost all the capital
available to them for their industrial,
growth. In the nature of thing.
France cannot resume that role for g
Sci Grafton after this war, If ever. L
is for the United States to step into
the breach, first for the preservation
to the entire world of the result:
which we hope to accomplish in tht
present struggle, and second for ths
incalculable material value of a Close
commercial and financial friendship
with a nation of 100000 peopk
only beginning to realize their future
We shall have missed the creates
opportunity of our time, says tn,
Wollman Review, if we fail to grasI
the hand that the real Russia Is al
ready struggling to extend. We car
not wait until the war is over Bust
ness men. investors and banker
should lose no time in preparing t,
take advantage of the unlimited op
portunities which are bound to offel
themselves from the day that Russi;
is thrown open to the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-13
DINNER STORIES

The juxtaposition of advertisements.
which are often placed in a haphaz-
ard fashion, sometimes produces a
startling effect.
Even MISUNDERSTANDING ecclesf-
astic smiled in the trancar as his be-
nign gaze travelled from Are you eat
ing Green's jams?" to the text under
meath, Prepare to meet thy Cod
why do you always dine where
there's an orchestral" queried the
man about town.
LAS a matter of precaution. Some
times the music helps me to forget
the food and sometimes the food helps
me to forget the music"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-13

OF than whether she thrills with the
same old thrill at the sound of foot
step.
The government owes 1t to the wo-
fnen of this country to save them from
themselves, and to cure them of their
laziness. Let every woman be called
to the colors. Make her show that
she is performing the high patriotic
task of making a good American
home for an American man, or rails
iEg good American citizens. or that
she is doing some useful work for her
country, or else conscript her for gov
orninent work.
It would do more to save the coun-
try than any other one thing. not only
now, but for the future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-13

II is notable in the Picardy drive
THAT the British are taking more pris-
oners than did the Americans on the
Marine front. Probably the American
soldier who is reported to have said:
We kill or get killed." voiced the
sentiments of a large majority of his
comrades A fighting man does not
want t. bother with running prisoners
to the rear. And why should Hun
soldiers De spared? If we were fight
ing against ordinary human beings
the feel lg might be different. But
savages must be treated as such. It is
useless for the soft. hearted and the
pacifists to plead that the German
people have been misled by their rul-
ers and think they are fighting in de-
Tense of their homes and the father
land. All Germans are educated and
all understand fully and clearly that
they are fighting to enable their kali
ser and themselves to dominate the
remainder of the world. They know
that Germany started the war with
this end IN view. Nobody COULD have
compelled the Hun soldiers to perpe-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-13
Names IN the News.

Sectors a geometrical term which
is used to describe certain portions OF
the front line to avoid confusion with
the word section. A sector consists of
accessory defenses behind which fs
the first line of surveillance occupied
by a few men Behind these are z
line of resistance. strongly occupied.
and lines of support. Al! are connect.
ed by communication trenches and
protected by barbed wire defensex.
Cartel-is an agreement entereA
into by countries at war for the ex.
change of prisoners-of-war. and n
cartel ship is one commissioned "a
carry such prisoners from one coun.
try to the other. Such vessel Is not
permitted to carry armament or am.
munition in any form
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-13

trate the atrocities and diabolism of
which they are guilty If the tendency
to such action had not resided in their
natures and been only awaiting oppor-
tu1'ty and a pretext. All the good
Germans left Germany before the war
or are dead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-13
Tho Table.

Corn Meal Congratulations cup
corHmeal, one cup flour, one teaspoon
soda, one-quarter teaspoon salt. two
teaspoons ginger. one teaspoon CHINA
mon, one-hah teaspoon cloves, one
cup sour milk. one cup molasses, two
tablespoons fat, one egg.SFA1ix as any
cornbread.
Cinnamon Cake-Take four cups of
dough after sponge for bread Is set,
cup graduated sugar and one-quarter
teaspoon nutmeg. Beat ingredients as
you would for cake. then stiffen Just
like bread. Let rise This will make
three large cinnamon cakes. When
ready to put in cake pans. roll out
dough and sprinkle with sugar and
cinnamon and one teaspoon of corn
starch, two of butter Spread over
cake, bake twenty minutes. t
Baked Fillet of Fish-One slice hal
ibut or founder, Juice one and one
half lemons, seasoning to taste. Divide
the fish into long. thin strips and re-
move the skins (eight strips can be OBJ
tanned from one and one-hah pound
of fish). Season with salt, pepper,
and lemon Juice. and either fold each
ffllet neatly, or tie in loose knots. Lay
in a creased baking pan and add one
half cup water. Cover closely with .
creased paper and bake twenty min
utes. Serve on hot platter.
Bake Carp-C1ean and bone the
carp. Place it in an oiled baking pan.
salt and pepper the surface. add two
bay leaves, Juice of one lemon, and
! cover with sour cream. Bake until
the fish and cream are a goIden
; brown. Serve the fish on the pia tier
and strain the cream sauce over II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-13

An Englishman has evolved a plan
to defeat Germany by dropping snakes
into the Hun ranks. If snakes would
do the business. why not supply the
boches with certain brands of Amer
lean whisky?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-13

Business men IN Germany. former Am-
they hope to be saved from ru.n by 4 Ieres
indemnity and By destroying our carryfns,
trade Mr.. Gerard declares that II ogs
antitrust law Is not repealed this county
will not be able. after the war to COM
pete with German economic schemes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-13

The Huns are being kept so busy
ty the steadily advancing allies that
they have no time for framing new
peace proposals. The only one they
can propose which will be acceptable
can be expressed in two words: ''Un-
conditional surrender"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-13
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Menu Hint.

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Fresh Berries
Oven Fried Mush with Honey
Barley Mullins Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Vegetable Chowder with Milk
Bran Mullins
Steamed Custard Tea
DINNER.
Pot Roast with Macaroni and
Tomatoes
Cucumber and Onion Salad
Oatmeal Rolls
Lemon Jelly with Custard sauce
Coffee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-13

Copyrighted. 1n11. by The Wheeler syndi.
cate Incl
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
ROBBERS KILL BANK
PRESIDENT; ESCAPE
Tampa Citizens Form Posse anc
Start Pursuit.

Tampa. Fla. March 1s.-Citizens
are formed into a posse searching
for hve or six men who composed
the gang which made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to rob the Arheri-
can State Bank. at Zephyr Hills,
early this morning. Banker A. b
Storm was shot and instantly kill
ed as he entered the back door of
the bank. While two Of the men
were working inside the bank,
others were posted at vantage
points outside.
The first explosion, when the door
of the vault was blown of. aroused
the towns people. who left their
homes, but were warned to keep
their distance. I'VE are robbing
the bank" one of the men called
out. IF you come closer, we will
shoot to kill
The robbers made a dash for the
railroad tracks. keeping their guns
handy and fred to keep back pur-
sit. About a half mile down the
railroad, a high powered car had
been concealed in the woods, close
to the road leading to Blant City
and Tampa, and the robbers made
their escape in it.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
Attack Launched From Evacuated
Trenches Discovers More
Lines Deserted
KAISER SEEKS BOOST BY PRESS
Invites Neutral Correspondents to "Offen-
sive" Party-Baker Makes Extensive
Inspection Trip.

With -lmecan Army in France, March I9-FancoAmeri
again raidd region
today penetrating yards the enemy lines points
Twenyfour thousand Yankee shells thrown
positions.
The aggresors positions
to without prisoners
The raid launched from abandoned German
There usual artieyng other points by
Americans today.
scissors region (Chemndes sector) 5000
Shells mostly dropped the
French and New England replied the German
with bombardment four times heavy received.
In response Secretary McAdoos machine guns
the Tou will be
to liberty Campaign
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20

President Wilson Signs
Bill for Daylight Saving

President Wilson signed the daylight saving bill yesterday
At morning March g. all government clocks
will be advanced a m.
The clocks will remain at this advanced hour until
Sunday, October AZ when they viii be set back hour
The government clocks include the Naval Observatory
clocks departments railroad stations,
calculated that 6ssrs railroad clocks be changed
to the new time
The law make it mandatory business
its clocks but all legal and governmental activities will be
conducted upon the time scale expected the change
will be universal >sEs
Under the plan there will be hour available for
work each day and hour more for recreation.
The who goes work at m. this week will 60
work the next week. but the time will
actually be When he leaves his office at o'clock by
scale it will really be o'clock by the
Some of the benefits will be;
Saving of 100000 to 100000 tons of coal annually
Increased food production.
Fewer traffic accidents
Improvement health dye to fresh air and time for
else. st."
Speeding freight transportation.
New York London Stock exchanges for hour
together present London Exchange closes New York
opens
France and England use the daylight saving plan.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
BOOZE. FORCES SCORE
in ALBANY ASSEMBLY
Vote on Prohibition Referendum
Favorable to Wet Supporters.

Albany. N. Y, March 19.-Repudi-
ating its week-old decision for a
referendum on the ratification of
the Federal prohibition amendment,
the assembly. in almost complete
surrender to Gov. Whitman today
voted to postpone for this session
all action on the subject of prohibi-
ton.
This action. determined upon by
a vote of 110 to 35, puts the matter
entirely up to the Senate. which is
slated to be plunged into a decision
of the ratification resolution in un-
amended form tomorrow when Sem
ator Wellington will move to dis
charge the committee on taxation
and retrenchment from further con-
sideration of the resolution.
The repudiation of the referen-
duW proposal, however, leaves a
loophole for actual and immediate
ratification Of the resolution at this
session. This, could happen only,
however, IL the Senate should ratify
the amendment and then send 1t to
there on the original proposal
The real reason for the "drys"
opposing the referendum it was
learned; 1t was feared that should
New York State pass a referendum
bill on the prohibition resolution il
would set a precedent that might be
followed by other States and might
prevent the Immediate ratification
of the amendment by the Massachu-
sets legislature.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
HERTLING DEFENDS
RUSSIAN PEACE PACT
German Chancellor Declares Treaty
Is Just and Proper.

Amsterdam, March 19.-Defense OF
the peace pact with Russia and de-
nunciation Of the allies constituted
the main points OF speech in the
Reichstag by Chancellor Won Hertling
today.
While asserting Il was OF no conse-
Quence what the allies thought OF the
Russian peace, he declared the treaty
a just and proper one, chiefly on the
ground that the Russian border States
had separated themselves from Rus
sia on their account and that their
action had been duly recognized by
Russia. The chancellor asserted there
was not yet the slightest inclination"
toward peace IN the West. The Ger
man people, he AIDED. stood firm as q
rock in the resolve TO make further
sacrifices.
The radical Socialists remained ST.
lent during ovations which greeted
certain passages and the conclusion
Of the. speech.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
Wilson Desires German
Language in U.S.. Studies
Commissioner Claxton Makes 1t Plain That
Hatred for Kaiser Does Not Extend
to People or Customs.

German should not be eliminated
from the public schools in the opin-
ion of P. P. Claxton, Federal COM
missioner of education. Mr.. Clax-
ton says he voices the opinion of
the administration on problem
that has vexed many local school
boards.
Mr.. Claxton says that the Presi-
dent has made il clear we are not
at war with the German people and
hence we are not at war with their
language or literature.
Defines Position.
Let us finish our task without
chanting any hymn of hate" he
writes. He made these statements
in a letter to the president of he
University of South Dakota.
He declares that the practical,
educational and cultural value of
the German language and literature
need not be sacrificed to the de-
mands of patriotism and that school
boards may fulfill their full duty in
carrying on the war against Gel =
man military autocracy without
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20

eliminating the language from their
curriculum. His letter follows:
"Dr. Robert L. Slagle, President Uni
versity of South Dakota.
My dear Mr.. Slagle: In reply to
your letter Of February 26, must say
that l cannot agree with those who
would eliminate German from the high
schools and colleges Of the United
States at this time. 1t is of course
desirable now and always is that moth
ing should be taught in any language
in our schools or elsewhere that would
tend to create a spirit of disloyalty
to our country or to the American
ideals of freedom and democracy. But
the fact that we are now at war with
Germany should not, 1 believe, affect
in any way our policies in regard to
the teaching of the German language
in our schools.
THE United States is at war with
the Imperial Government OF Germany
and not with the German language or
literature. The President has tried to
make it plain to all the people that
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
STRIKE OF 900
SHIP WORKERS
EMBARRASSING
Trouble at Baltimore Over
Wage Differences Makes
Board Uneasy.

With a strike of COO hull workers
yesterday in the yards of the Balu-
more Drydocks and Shipbuilding Cor
pOration. added to the difficulties in
the South Atlantic and Gulf ports
shipyards, where the strike spirit Is
smouldering, the United States Ship
ping Board is confronted with @erious
labor trouble. growing out of "a gen.
eral dissatisfa ction with all its wage
decisions rendered so far on this
coast.
The Southern situation is only tenn
porarly relieved by promise of con-
ferences, and the new disturbance
marks the first protest of .shipyard la
Dor against the Delaware Chesapeake
wage district decision.
Calls Franklin to Aid.
On receipt tonight of a telegram
from the Baltimore shipyard COM
pany. Mr.. Hurley telegraphed Mr..
Franklin at the Kansas City head
quarters of the union, to get in touch
with the men and urge them to re-
turn to work pending q settlement.
Meantime, a representative of the di-
rector Of labor of the Shipping Board
has been sent to Baltimore to treat
with the men informally.
The discomfort of the shipyard
workers with the method of adjust
ment. based on local conditions, has
revived advocacy here in official
circles of a uniform wage scale in
the shipyards.
AS the decisions operate at present,
the Pacific Coast. which was or
ganiZed strongly by union labor and
had obtained a high standard of liv-
ing conditions before the Shipbuilding
Wage Adjustment Board established
uniform rate for the coast, re-
ceives the highest rate for all classes
of labor. The men on this coast want
that rate.
A comparison of the skilled me-
chanics' wages. set by the three de-
cisions thus far rendered. shows a
rate of $40 for those on the Pacific
Coast: $50 for those in the Delaware
Chesapeake district. and $50 for the
workers of similar crafts in the yards
Of the Gulf and South Atlantic
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
DIPLOMAT STICKING,
TO RUSSIAN POST
Latest Advices Show Ambassador
Francis Remains in Vologda.

J. Butler Wright. counselor of the
American embassy at Petrograd,
and a party of clerks are on their
way home through Siberia and ia
pan. The State Department yester-
day explained that it was this party
reported variously as at either Ir-
kutsk or Seoul, which was mis-
takenly stated also to include Am
bassador Francis.
The department received from Mr..
Francis a telegram dated Sunday in
which he stated he was still in Vo-
logda, Russia, and indicated no in
tention to leave.
The department was also advised
that the Austro-German forces oc-
cupied Odessa on the 18th. John A.
Ray. consul at Odessa. removed to
Rostoff on the Don, capital of the
Cossack province.
From Sweden the department re-
ceived a report that the German
forces occupying the Aaland Islands
are ruthlessly requisitioning for
their own uses there all Of the
scanty store of provisions available
and that there has been great suf-
fering among the people as a result.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
ITALY SPURNS
PEACE OFFERS
FROM GERMANY
Offer from Central Powers
Rejected. Although Was
Generous in Terms.

Italy has spurned a new and tempt
ing peace offer from Austria and Ger
many. This fact was officially con-
firmed in diplomatic information
reaching Washington yesterday. 1t
formed one Of the principle bases of
the success of the just-concluded
meeting Of the Interallied War Coun-
ell In London.
War Council Report.
According to diplomatic advices re-
ceived here the results Of the war
council, upon which It issued a new
defiance Of the central powers and q
new pledge TO fight to victory, may
be summed up as follows:
!. West of Suez the allied line is
firm in a political and military sense.
Every possible military disposition to
meet-and in some instances to more
than meet-a German offensive has
been efficiently made.
2 East of Suez the German menace
is recognized as for the present re-
mote. Though the entente statesmen
are reported to have been unanimous
in favor Of Japanese Intervention In
Siberia, they are also reported as
willing to await the capitalization of
events in Russia and a possible
change Of the attitude Of the United
States before taking actual measures
to meet the German advance with
the help of Japan:
The decisions Of the council with re-
spect to Italy reported to have pro-
duced a particularly happy result.
The council in effect has recognized
the vital importance of the Italian
link in the allied chain which binds
Germany on the West. With the full
cooperation of Italy steps have been
taken to help her meet the great
thrusts at the Dombardy plains of
which fresh evidences have developed
within the last few days.
Peace Offer.
The peace offer to Italy is under
stood to have been of the most
generous sort and to have come
from a direct official Teuton source.
1t was promptly rejected by Italy,
however. as but a part Of the poll