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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-27
THIS IS BABY WEEKS SHE INSANE?
Examinations Are Being Held
in Pelletier's Store.
All Babies Brought In Are
Given q Rating.

Some of the babies lick the shine
off from their little patent leather
shoes while they wait their examina-
ton turns; others gaze with bullying
ers put in their time energetically
weeping. For this is baby week, and
today during the morning and early
afternoon more than thirty-five chill
dren were examined and graded at
the clinic being held in Pelletier's
store on the fourth floor.
Anxious mothers and proud moth
ers brought their babies with their
registration tickets, undressed and I'M
willing infants, and took them into
the booths where they were weighed,
measured, examined for all sorts of
physical imperfections, submitted to
the dental, eye, ear, nose and throat
the mothers. The work has never
been handled more promptly and ex-
pedItlously than it is being done this
year. A number of specialists, with
nurses as helpers, and with the as
ISSUANCE or Topeka club women, are
putting thru the work with unusual
swlrtness and efficiency.
Mrs. Marburg at Head.
The examinations are conducted at the
request OF the United States government
tnru the Womans Committee of the
council OF Defense. The local workers
- inAS are meHDerS OF the WOman's
club OF Topeka, and at the head of the
WORK in this city is Mrs. A Marburg
VINO mas the special assistance of Mrs
Frank Squires as her secretary. In ad
dlt1on, twenty-five club women for eacf
day OF the clinic are engaged to help
IT. The babies are not scored as they hav,
the change in policy is the fact that Their,
is no national uniform method O.
&c. for example, in this state. might b,
graded 90 or perhaps 9S in some othel
place.
A record for each baby is made out will
cal examination is marked up by the ex
aminers for that booth with a record O
birth; all measurements. the condition o
the skin, bones, muscles, something O
Information on the indications as to TIL
condition of the nervous system, sign
of the efficiency of nourishment. etc.
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POOR OLD RUSSIA!

It is reported that the administra-
ton favors a program of financial
and military aid to the Russian peo-
pie. for the purpose of enabling them
to throw off the yoke imposed by Ger
many acting in conjunction with the
Bolsheviki The job might very much
better be left to japan and China.
They are in a position to handle it eff
fectively while we are not. They also
are ready and willing and probably
are deferred solely by regard for the
wishes o. the United States. America
has about all she can attend to at
present, on the western front. While
action of any kind and by anybody is
DELAYED the Huns and the Red Guard
are overrunning Siberia and firmly
fastening the German hold on Asiatic
Russia.
The Russian political organizations
in New York, Social-Democrats, So
cialists-Rev and others who
recognize the authority of the constit-
uent assembly. that means political
organizations. except the Bolsheviki
and the Monarchists. have united and
formed the "Inter-Party League for
the Restoration of Free Russia"
The league greets the president of
the United States and expresses its
profound gratitude for his consistent
democratic policy in regard to Russia,
the policy which expressed itself in not
recognizing the so-caIled Bolsheviki
has usurped and holds power in-Kus-
STA against the will of the people, by
sheer physical force, and which has
brought Russia and the governmental
apparatus l.. Russia into a state of
utter disruption; in not recognizing
the so-called Bres3-Litovsk peace
treaty, an act emanating. on Russia s
part, from irresponsible elements who
were not authorized to speak in Rus
sia's name, an act which is not recog-
nized by Russia and which is treach-
erous in its nature; in repudiating the
idea of peace at Russia's expense. an
idea dangerous for Russia as we'll as
for the democracy of the world, and
in defending the idea of Russia's SOW
ereignty regarding her internal af-
fairs.
The league recognizes that Russia's
salvation is bound up with and de-
pendent upon the victory of the allies
The league is of the opinion that
the best means for securing and speed
ing this victory is the restoration OF
the Russian front, i. e. the practical
rejection by Russia of the Brest-
LitovslS treaty which the Bolsheviki
treacherously imposed on Russia.
The league holds that this task car
be fulfilled only if the allies will rem
der Russia active general and military
help.
with this program the president is
reported to be in accord. Why not
let Japan do it?
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SPRINGSTEAD GOES UP

Major Jerry c. Springstead. a well
known Topekan and former member
of Battery A, Kansas national guards,
has been promoted to the position of
constructing quartermaster He will
be continued in service at Camp Doni-
phan, where he has been stationed
since the national guard units entered
federal service.
The promotion of Major SPRING
stead wasN announced in a letter re-
ceived today by Major r. Neil Rain.
Major Springstead ~as formerly pay
master general in the adjutant's office
When he went to Camp Doniphan, the
work was assigned to Col. J. D. Nor
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LEAFLET-PAGE 8.
MENU.

Mental and Material
3 P. M. Assembly of members and
guests
$3.50 P. M to 6 P. M. Sports Olym-
pic and otherwise
The Gentleman from Washington. referee
in charge Of sports.
Quoits
Horse shoes
Croquet
Roaming the mills and woods
Inspection of poultry. including white
homing pigeons, pheasants, guineas
and White Wyandottes
Porch parties for witnessing croquet
and other games
Fishing
No more than two fish permitted to any
two fish he will be expected to turn over
his pole and other tackle to the next mem
Der on the fishing line. Exception: No
has enjoyed 90 hard piscatorial luck
crest larder. Three fishermen, with poles.
fishing permit and munitions. consult the
referee, the Gentleman from Washington
1T developed that there were caught
during the days events seven fish
small ones. The Gentleman from
Massachusetts, hooked over half Of
them.1
1880 P. M. Literary program includ-
ing the regular order as follows:
Paper, verbal. by the Gentleman from
Oregon: THE Associated Press and
Other. News Gathering Organiza-
tons"
Discussion of the paper" by members
and guests
10 P. NJ Adjournment of the Club
until the Fall of 1918
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INoTE-This chapter is stenographic
report of an address, or rather informal
talk. made by the editor Of this paper last
his fellow members a Of the Saturday Night
Literary club, to complete program
mapped out by the club last fall. which in
Guided a paper by The Gentleman from
Oregon" for Saturday. May 25, conclud-
ing the years fortnightly meetings under
President s. N. Hawkes.. He is now sue
ceeded by b. H. Pugh, presfdent-elect, who
assumes the duties of his office at the
opening of the clubs meetings next Octo-
Der, there being no meetings held during
the summer months.
The reason for injecting this chapter on
work entitled "a Kansan in New York" is
because the principal business which took
the author of these chapters to New York
was the annual meeting of the Associated
month. 1t is thereby not deemed either
inappropriate improper to include this
chapter in the Table of Contents of this
work in question, and thereby kill two
appetite of the Saturday Night club for
things literary and gastronomic, and save
writing another chapter for today's paper
letting the stenographer write it. mas
used, the stenographer is indispensable If
this chapter is to be printed and pre-
served.l
While the stenographer is tran
scribing his notes this morning. it may
entertain the reader to give herewith
a copy of the little special folder is
sued as a special invitation and pro-
gram to the members of the Saturday
Night Literary club of Topeka. Here
it is in fac simile:
LEAFLET-PAGE l.
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LEAFLET-PAGE 4.
A PASTORAL.

The sun was rising in the west, and
shed its beams on Cedarcrest, where
pensive goat and sportive COW were
perched upon the cedar bow. There
Frank MacLennan watched his flocks,
slugged the gentle sheep with rocks,
and drove his hens to lakelet's brim,
that they might dive and battle and
swim. The pigs were climbing elms
and frs. the hired man gathered
cockleburs; a doctor passed on horses
back, and all the ducks called loudly:
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18th GOES ALONE
Major General Wood Is De-
tached To Stay Here.

Washington, May 27.-Major Gen.
Leonard Wood will not accompany his
division to France. He has been de-
tached and will remain at Camp Fun
ston and take another command in
this country later.
Brig. Gen. Frank L. Winn, second to
General Wood in command at Camp
Funston, probably will command the
Eighty-ninth division when it sails.
Major General Wood, it was under
stood today, will go to command the
department of the west with head
quarters AT San Francisco
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MRS. MENGER IS DEAD
Widow of Well Known Pioneer Min.
lister Was in Quantre4 Raid.

Mrs. Sophia Menger, widow of the
late Rev. H. M. Menger, one of the
best known pioneer preachers of the
Methodist Episcopal church, died Sat-
urday night at her home. 721 Con-
necticut street, Lawrence, aged IS
years. A number of Topekans will at
tend the funeral services, which will
be held at Lawrence Tuesday after
noon. Mrs. Menger is survived by
four daughters and two sons. the old
est daughter being Mrs. A. ]. Ross,
of Lawrence.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS

MINNIE NYSTROM "a years old. of ITO
North Jackson street died Sunday morning
in Omaha, Neb- The body will be brought
ments later.
Word has been received in Topeka of the
death of Charles NJ. Blanchard formerly
of Topeka, at his home in Ell Paso. Texas
Blanchard died Saturday night. The body
will be brought to Topeka for burial
Funeral announcements later.
MARY D. GIBBS so years old, died Sun
day at her home All East Gordon street.
Funeral announcements later.
Lords Flowers Satisfy. Tel ST.
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(To BE Continued.}


New York. May 27-MONEY--Mercan
paper 4 months. 6 months. 6. Sterling,
so day bills. 4-T2A: commercial, so day
bills on banks. 4I2: commercial 60 day
bills 4.T1st; demand, i.7J1z cables, 416 Z
10. Francs, demand, 5.71l; cables, $40
Bar silver. 99hc; Mexican dollars. TIC.
Government bonds, irregular; railroad
bonds easy. Time loans easier: 60 days
and 80 days. So @6: 6 months, bid.
Call money. strong: high. g.: low, 5Z /:
ruling rate. g.: closing bid 81 !; offered at
6; last loan, 6.
New York Cotton Market.
New York May 27-COTTON-Spot,
steady: middling 29O5
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Cedarcrest
Saturday, May 25, 1918
8 to 10 P. M.

NOTE-The gentlemen representing the
several states will please provide their own
transportation. Those who have automo-
bies will see that those who have not are
given seats in them. Preserve this card
bring 1t with you.
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IN GOOD CONDITION
Finances of Every City Department
Held Within Appropriations.

The report submitted Saturday to
the mayor and other commissioners by
w. H. WATSON, commissioner of
finance, shows the expenditures of all
eminent to be well within the appro-
priations made for them. Out OF the
budgets for the three departments UNI
der the mayor-fire, police and extra
fire p1atoon-only s106.023 has been
expended, leaving a balance of $4s,-
325.
The departments under W. g. Tandy,
Of streets and public i'm
an appropriation of S65 129. leaving a bal
ance Of S479s3 The departments under
F. NJ Newland commissioner of water ana
light had budget of $44.3s9. and have
expended S9.554. W. L. Porter, commission
pended $25 900 out of a budget of $633Of.
The finance department. under W. H. Was
son. has expended s12.051 out Of an APP
Of $35,120, leaving balance OF
S23, 069.
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-wHArEvEE YOU WANT TO KNOW"

"WHATEVEH 1UU 1.,orrn,,ion
The Topeka State Journal Infor naders
wee ~ charge. accurate and AUTHORITATIVE
answers TO questions on any and all sup o.
feet concerning which Information cas M
various federal government departments
aud the great library Of o congress must ae-
se,,orIn Zach innniry State clearly the
information wanted. write plainly and ad-
dress I'M
FORMATION BUREAU.
washington. d. c.
N. B.-Inquirers should be c sicent st stamp
and address their letters to Washingt9onn'
as above, and not to Topeka. otherwase
lay and needless expense are lncurre4.
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N. B. Unless you are interested in
newspapers and desire to learn more
about their means and methods OF col
lecting telegraph and cable news, this
chapter, on account of it's length, is
good one for the reader to skip.
A KANSAN IN NEW YORK.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Associated Press and Other News
Gathering Organizations.
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Chicago Grain and Provision Marke,

Chicago Grain and Provision Market
Chicago. Nav 27-CORN-Close: Juna
81 35N July. $1.37h01.3Tss.
oATs-May. 74Nc; June, 71hc; July,
G52 665Kc.
PoRK~May. s4047. July. $4055.
LARD-May. $24.02: July, $24.15; Sept.
SHORT RIBs-May. $3.50; July, $21.s7.
Sept, $2e.45.
New Orleans Cotton Market.
New Orleans. May 27.-COTTON-Spot
steady and unchanged: middIing. q. "a
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR SALE-Dining room suit, two be6.
room suits, porch bed. refrigerator. 1as
range. Florence oil cook stove and oven
library table, rockers: porch rug. so r.
hose. adjustable dress form, modern room
West 9th. ~
City market for Tuesday: Home grown
est in town Other vegetables at monev
saving prices. We grow our own yepefs
bles. They are always fresh patherel
Official city market In front of auditor
CHOICE DAISIES FOR SALE-25 can't.
per 100, delivered. Phone s10z F-k
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"Quack." The fruit tree agent asked
to stay all night; the horses whinnieo
Neigh" Peace lowered Ger the
prairie wide; the cattle lowed. the
horses highed; and sounded thru me
village smoke, the bark OF watchdog.
elm and oak. And he who owned
these rustic scenes, had seeded down
his farm to beans.
WALT MASON.
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The Gentleman from Oregon

The Gentleman from Oregon
Invites
The Gentlemen
From Other States of
The Saturday Night Club
Of Topeka, Kansas
To Be His Guests
Cedarcrest
Saturday, May 25, 1918
Q n IN D M
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Lords Flowers Satisfy. Tel s27.-
Adv.
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the old United Press ceasing business.
The A P. was too much for it. This
was about 1892.
The Associated Press at that time
was so widely extended that it en-
braced in its service the great newspa-
pers of the United States, from New
York to San Francisco and from Min
neapolis to New Orleans.
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Tomorrow's Chapter XVI will be a
continuation of Chapter XIV printed
on Saturday and will cover additional
features of the great win the War
for Permanent Peace" convention at
Philadelphia May Is and IT.
z D NJ
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Mr.. Hearst was until a, month ago,
without an Associated Press member
ship for his Chicago morning papers.
He publishes both morning and even
ing papers in some cities. About
thirty days ago Mr.. Hearst purchased
the Chicago Herald, which has been
running at an enormous loss. and
thereby acquired the Associated Press
membership of the Chicago Herald. so
that now he is really not dependent
upon his own service at any of his
principal points where he has morn
ing papers, but can use, with the other
morning papers, the Associated Press
service. 1t is matter of conjecture
that Mr.. Hearst may decide to aban-
don his night service SO far as the
selling of news to clients or other
papers than his own. but that is only
rumor in newspaper circles and may
be without any fact
might have stated that aside from
these four great organizations there is
a smaller organization in Rome. 1t is
called the Stephan agency. which col
lects the news in Italy and has a close
working arrangement with the Havas
of Paris
The enterprise of the Associated
Press is almost inconceivable. 1t has
the wonderful resources of the various
collecting and distributing its news is
very nearly 100000 annually.
The Associated Press sends out
every day an equivalent to thirty-f1ve
columns Of ordinary news matter. OF
course, some of that news is printed
at great length by some. papers and
briefly by others.
The genius of the Associated Press
is Melville E. Stone. He has a most
able assistant in Frank B. Noyes, of
the Washington Star. who has been
president of the Associated Press ever
since its reorganization in 1900; and
an able board of directors that come
from every part of the United States,
sixteen of them. The Atlantic coast,
| the Pacific coast, the central and
northern and southern portions OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-27

me results OF IndC Associated
Press, which was called the New
York Associated Press" brought about
similar organizations in different parts
of the country, which purchased their
news from the New York Associated
Press.
Later, what was known as the
Western Associated Press was or
others of the Chicago Tribune, the
Chicago Times, the Louisville Courier
Journal. in the days of Halderman and
Richard Smith. There were other or
ganizations formed in different parts
of the country which purchased their
news from the Western Associated
Press, which had purchased its gen.
eral news from the New York Asso-
ciated Press.
There was one organization known
as the ans-Mississippi Associated
Press, which consisted of the evening
papers of western Missouri and of the
| state Of Kansas. About the time that
I came to Topeka thirty-two years ago,
the State Journal was a member of the
Trans-Mississippi Associated Press
and for number of years its editor
| was president of that organization.
Other news associations grew up as
rivals of the Associated Press. There
was bitter competition. There-was a
| battle between the Associated Press
and the old United Press, which final
ly resulted in the pronounced su-
! premacy of the Associated Press and
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-04-25

E. A. Zochert, the hustling dray-
man will soon have one of the nice
homes in Lexington He has a good
we'll on the place which he has equip
ped with pump and is able to irri-
gate his entire lot. This has been
planted to trees and shrubbery and
the care it is receiving at the hands
of Mr.. Zochert will soon bring the
desired results. He is going in for
a fine home.
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Wheat Is Moving Out Rapidly.

The crews at the Leach & Scott
and Jos. BurgoYne warehouses at
Lexington have been working night
and day for the past week in moving
out the wheat. The former have di-
minished their supply very material
ly and reduced the amount on hand
to point where it will not take long
to clean up. At the Burgoyne house
there is still a heavy amount Of
wheat stored Cars have been COM
ing in quite regularly each day and
they are loaded out at once, thus ne
cessitating a great deal of night
work. There is also a shortage Of
men, SO the two warehouses are
doubling teams" and expect to
make cleanup of all the wheat in
storage in very short order. When
suitable cars can be had, the wheat is
loaded in bulk and shipments are
made direct to Minneapolis. Many
of the farmers in the Lexington sec
tion are yet awaiting final settlement
on their grain and they now hope for
a cleanup" in this direction. They
begin to feel the need of little of
the good coin.
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Taylor Brothers, the we'll drillers,
are now engaged in putting down a
well for Frank Anderson at the head
of Jack Rabbit canyon. They are
now down between 260 and 800 feet
and expect soon to strike sufficient
flow of water. Since coming to Nor
row county these gentlemen have
bored large number of wells and
have been universally successful in
getting water
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Barely Misses Serious Accident,

Miss Edith Reaney, daughter of
Andrew Reaney, barely escaped a
serious accident in Lexington Friday
last. She was driving the keaney
car and crossing the bridge at the
garage she was taking the hill on
high. When about two-thirds of the
way up, desiring to change gears and
go into intermediate she threw the
lever into reverse and the car was
shot back down the hill under full
power Miss Reaney apparently lost
control and did not throw the emer-
gency brakes and backed into one Of
the bents of the bridge with grea.
force. The bent was strong enough
to hold and the car was brought to
a standstill with a crash and Just
prevented from going over into the
ditch, distance of perhaps eight or
ten feet, which fall would no doubt
have landed the car bottom side up
and crushed the occupant. No very
serious damage resulted, however,
and Miss Reaney was indeed FORUM
ate in holding the car to the road as
we'll as she did and thus prevented
1t from going over the embankment
at the end of the bridge.
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the Newton farm, this going in at the
artesian we'll. Mr.. Beach states that
there has been no apparent fallm.
on In the flow of water at the New
Ion well but these people desire to
reach higher ground and take in
more land for irrigation. A new
style valveless pump has been placed
over the we'll and this is worked by
an S-horse gasoline engine and flow
from the well of 1000 to 1900 gallons
per minute is obtained and the water
raised to level ten feet higher than
vas possible by the force obtained
from the artesian flow. When the
pump is not working, it is so arran-
ged that the water can flow through
1t from the well and the lower levels
wanted to be reached can be irriga-
ted IN this manner. Mr.. Beach thinks
the improvement has added much to
the value of the well and states that
great abundance of water is being
obtained which will be used in irri-
eating better than 100 acres of fine
land. The engine was furnished by
Joseph Burgoyne. The Newlons are
still making good improvements on
the Rice place and are now taking
up the work of improving the South
Springs ranch, where they expect to
install an extensive pumping plant
in the near future. The irrigation
system they have installed is under
the direction of an experienced man
from the Yakima country and Mr..
Beach is of the opinion that excel
lent results will be obtained.
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Farm Home Is Nearing Completion.

Farm Home Is Nearing Completion.
T. H. Nichols is putting the finish
ing touches to his new home on the
farm bordering Lexington. This is
seven room house, nicely arranged
and containing modern conveniences.
1t occupies a commanding position
on the hill just north of town and
shows the spirit of enterprise of
which Mr.. Nichols is possessed in
keeping up with the procession. The
material throughout for this resi-
dence as well as the new home of the
McMillans is being furnished by Lew
Holmes, the hustling manager of the
Tum-A-Lum Co. at Lexington.