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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
Up Near Front They Stay in
Spite of BOmbardment.
One Man Badly Gassed Had To
Be Removed.
AID AND ENTERTAIN FIGHTERS
Men Listen to Photograph
While Shells Whistle.
DugOut So Close to Front Men
Cannot Go Out in Day.

With the Americans in Picardy,
enemy bombardment of certain point
near the front, with high explosives,
shrapnel and gas shells, two Y. NJ. c.
A. men stuck to their posts, aiding the
wounded and entertaining the others.
These men were Frank West of Madi-
son, Wis. and E. A. Starks of Mont
clair, N. J.
When the bombardrseS< was at its
height, with shells whistling overhead
and bursting everywhere they carried
a phonograph into a dugout and start
ed up Harry LADDERS Beautiful Sun
day." Everybody ignored the shells
and Joined in singing about how\"I s
nice to get up in the morning. but it's
nicer to stay in bed."'
Gas Laid Him Out.
West worked tirelessly day and
night until the officers discovered he
had been gassed. Then they forced
him to go to the rear. His condition
is not serious.
A shell exploded so near to Starks
that he was thrown against the side
of a dugout. He is suffering slightly
from shellshock
Vests quarters is dugout where
he has canned pears and peaches,
chocolate and tobacco. The soldiers
walk from the front lines at night to
do their shopping" there. All this
takes place at night as the dugout is
so close to the front that no one dares
expose himself in daylight.
An attempted enemy raid in the vi
cinity of RieZduvinage was driven off
by rifle and machine gun fire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23

New York-Ingenuity in dress is
rampant We have ceased to think of
going to the dressmaker and buying
something outright, unless there is a
strong necessity for seasonable
clothes.
Our ingenuity expresses itself in
turning over the contents of ward
robes, trunks and cedar chests. We
find a mass of delectable fabrics that,
under the new pressure and exigen-
cies, may be turned into a variety of
frocks.
The Separate Evening Bodice.
Heretofore, in our high handed. ex
travagant manner of living, we dis
carded the silk Innings of gowns. real
izing that it was better to buy a fresh
frock from one of the ready-to-wear
shops than to go to the expense and
trouble of building new gown.
Today we do not look askance at the
silk or satin lining. 1t becomes most
agreeable foundation for a new frock
which is built up from available pieces
of other gowns or a yard or two of
unused material
These were the ways in the old days
in this country, and today even the
ing backward into the path blazed by
her economical ancestors. She likes
to test her skill in dreSsmaking, espe-
cially as one can get good seamstresses
these days.
But mind you, the proceeding is not
harmless. 1t is often dangerous. One
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
THE HOUSEHOLD

Edited by ANNE RIrTENHoUsE


1t would seem as if there were moth
ing left to say about handbags That
is to say, 1t would seem as If there
were nothing new to say. But there
Is something new, and something we'll
worth saying, for new kinds of hand
bags come into being every week. So
their subject is always changing, al
ways interesting.
Bead bags still hold first place, per-
haps. They have proved subject to so
many interesting varieties, and they
may be made objects of such real
beauty, that their makers have been
tempted, apparently, to Guido Them
selves in the production of more and
more beautiful designs.
Some of the most expensive bead
bags show a flower design. One big
poppy, in natural colors, on a back
ground of black beads forms one of
these designs. The poppy is worked
in the beads with all the realism of
painted color
Some of the new bags show an OPEN
work of beads mounted over a silk
lining-a loosely woven bead section
that shows the silk thru it's strands.
Polka dots as thny have dominated
the designs in printed silks, have also
found their way into beadwork, and
one very good bag shows a background
OF blue beads with big round polka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
REGISTER IN COUNTRY
Farm Boys in Shawnee Will Not Have
to Come to Topeka.

Farm boys subject to registration
under the new draft bill providing for
those who have reached the age of 81
years since the last registration will
not be obliged to come to Topeka to
register.
I. D. Graham, secretary of the local
county board. announced today that
ten registration booths would be
opened in the county on registration
day for the benefit of the youths in
order that registration shall not seri-
ously interfere with harvest Regis
tration day will come during the busi-
est season of the year. and will be for
the year ending June 5, 1918. The
law provides for additional registra-
ton every three months but the booths
will not be opened for the future reg
istration. 1t is estimated 1874 addi-
tional men will be added to the county
list on registration day.
Following are the places where the
booths will be opened and the names
of the chief registrants: Dover, Capt
H. M. Phillips; Rossville, C. E. Ores
ser; Silver Lake. C. F. Mattmiller; Ell
mont, the Rev. Mr.. Mccullough; Rich
land, Albert Neese; Wakarusa, S. N
Foltz; Kiro. E. N. Martin; Oakland
r. s. Clingan; Hartsock Addition,
John O'Gara; Bolz school, Wilbur
Morrison
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
1T HITS AIRDOMES
New Daylight Plan Is Driving Many
~ Out of Business Now.

st. Louis. May 23.-The new day
light saving plan threatens to put To-
cal airdomes where moving pictures
are. shown out of business this sum-
mer. Joseph Mogler, president of the
Moving Picture Theater Owners Lea
que. states that 20 of the rs open air
picture shows in St. Louis will not
operate this season. The other five
theaters are semi-roofed structures
that may be used.
With the clocks pushed ahead an
hour it will be O'Clock or there
abouts this summer before darkness
comes-and darkness is necessary
when outdoor pictures are to be
shown Theater owners predict that
their patrons, who in years have dis
played preference for the first
show" will not be content to wait
until almost bedtime before starting
their evenings amusement
Owners of few of the larger air
domes have announced that they will
try the experiment of drawing early
crowds by offering an orchestra con-
cert until it is dark enough to start
the pictureS,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
IT'S A SCHOOL MARKET
Newton Children to Raise and Sell
Vegetables All Summer.

Newton, Kan, May ga weeks
experiment in Newton's first school
garden market has proven the practi-
cability of the venture and it's success
as an all-summer institution now
seems assured.
The produce sold in this novel little
vegetable market is grown in the
school gardens, and the chilren in
turn. are the patrons as we'll as con-
tributors. Likewise their parents are
invited to come with their baskets
The children are permitted to place
their personally grown products on
sale. Many bring ladened baskets for
the sales department, and in exchange
accept vegetables other than those
their gardens supply. Much of the
profits Cleaned by the children are in
vested in thrift stamps. a booth at
which the wv. S. s." stamps are sold
being maintained at the market place
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
Alkali Makes Soap
Bad For Washing Hair

Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much a1kali, which is very
injurious, as It dries the scalp and
makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is just plain
mulsified cocoanut oil, for this is pure
and entirely greaseless- It's very
cheap, and beats the most expensive
soaps or anything else all to pieces
You can get this at any drug store,
and a few ounces will last the whole
family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with water
and rub it in, about I. teaspoonful is
all that is required. 1t makes an
abundance Of rich. creamy iather,
cleanses thoroughly, and rinses out
easily. The hair dries quickly and
evenly, and is soft, fresh looking,
bright. fluffy, wavy and easy to han
die Besides, it loosens and takes out
every particle of dust, dirt and dand-
observation-disclosures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
Stop Itching Eczema

Never mind how often you have tried
and failed, you can stop burning, itching
eczema quickly by applying little zemo
furnished by any druggist for 35c. Extra
large bottle, 500. Healing begins the
moment zemo is applied. In short time
usually every trace of eczema, letter,
pimples, rash, blackheads and similar
skin diseases will be removed
For clearing the skin and making it
vigorously healthy, always use zerno, the
penetrating, antiseptic liquid. It is not a
greasy salve and it does not stain. When
others fail it is the one dependable treat
ment for skin troubles of all kinds.
The E. W. Rose Co, Cleveland. o.
tAdverttse ment.J
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23


must walk as carefully as over thin
ice. Every woman may be her own
dressmaker, but every woman is not
a designer. Where she can fail most
easily in assembling. a costume from
different parts, is in recklessly choos-
ing the new separate evening bodice
to go with q skirt which can still give
service.
This trick is the fashion, but in the
hands of the unskilled, it often drops
into something grotesQue. So, do it II
you will be economical and individual,
but at least, try to do it we'll
The Gypsy Bodice.
The prevalent form of this epidemic
of separate bodices is in the gypsy
movement that permits the fabric to
loosely encircle the waist and hips
and tie at the side.
We are supposed to have gotten all
these Roman girdles from our inter-
est in the Balkans, but here and
Orient that one cannot feel that the
Balkans were the inspiration.
The separate bodice itself is taken
from the peasant attire of Normandy
and Brittany and was incorporated
into French fashions three years ago,
and years before that by Paul Poiret.
who brought the fashion from his
country home in Brittany.
The sketch shows what was clever
.ly accomplished by assembling black
lace. a separate black taffeta bodice.
and slim satin foundation.
The lace was used for a skirt
flounce and a loose arm covering. and
the taffeta was put into a gypsy
bodice which has slight bretelles over
the shoulder and is wrinkled upward
over the waist and finished in two
long sash ends that hang at the side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
RED CROSS is THERE.
Even in First Line Trenches 1t Serves
Out Cheer to Soldiers.

Paris, May 23.-The latest feat Of
the American Red Cross workers in
France is going into the first line
trenches, serving coffee and chocolate
to the American soldiers about to
leave for their patrol in No Mans
Land and greeting the boys upon their
return with fresh supplies of coffee
and chocolate. with cigarets and dry
socks. A cold rainy night recently
was marked by activity of the Red
Cross men. The soldiers had messed
at $3.50 p. M, and would have. nothing
to eat until s o'clock the next morn
ing had it not been for the Red Cross
workers.
The next day supplies were placed
IN various dugouts and trenches and
the American boys on night patrol in
No Mans Land will have hot drinks
until a canteen is established in the
imme diate Vicinity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
HUNS WORK PRISONERS
Claim They Hold 3,575,OOO Now in
Growing Labor Army"

Correspondence of the Associated Press)
Amsterdam, May 11.-"Our grow
ing labor army" is the description ap-
piled by the German newspapers to
their prisoners of war. In an Off
cial statement the German people are
notified that Germany and her
allied states now hold 3,575, 900 pris-
onerS.
The statement lays stress on the
supreme value of these prisoners as
manpower for industry and agricul-
ture. They go far it is said to COM
pensate Germany for the men she
has had to withdraw from peaceful
pursuits for active military service.
The longer the war lasts the more
adaptable and useful these prisoners
become" says the official statement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
SANTA FE TO EXTEND
Will Complete Two Lines in Okla
homa and Make Other improvements.

Two Oklahoma lines are to be COM
pIeted and 100000 worth of i'm
provement of freight and passenger
facilities at Tulsa will be made with
a portion of the Sal, 100000 allotment
to the Santa Fe system for 1913 bet
terments from the railroad admins
tration, according to information in
the hands of the state corporation
commission today.
Construction work is already at an
advanced stage on two stretches of
track from Owens thru Pawhuska to
Fairfax, distance of 81 miles and
from Wayneka to Buffalo ten miles.
These lines will be finished
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
SAVE THE CABBAGE!
Worm Is Responsible for Great Loss
Every Year, Says Professor.

Manhattan, Kan, May 23.-Swat
the cabbage worm!
In order to enlist every gardener.
amateur and professional in the sea-
sonable campaign to exterminate the
cabbage worm, Prof. George A. Dean,
instructor in entomology in the Kan
sas State Agricultural college, is out
with reinstatement that every summer
two-thirds of the cabbages grown in
Kansas are devoured by this pest.
Professor Dean urges gardeners to
fight this enemy diligently by spray
ing or busting the plant. For the per-
son who gardens" on a small scale he
advocates busting as the more practi-
cal. This may be done effectively by
the use of a composition of two pounds
of finely powdered arsenate of lead
with ten pounds of hydrated lime of
dry flour Cor smaller proportions in
the same ratio).. Place this mixture
in flour sack or in a can with top or
bottom perforated. Shake the dust so
that it settles on the cabbage leaves
Worms eazeng the busted leaves will
die In a day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
DREAM OF PEACE
Germans ssBack Home" Expect
It Yet This Year.
Foresee Draw and Think
Germany Will Profit.
DECLARE HINDENBURG IS DEAD
Belgians and French Forced TO
Work for Huns.
Dry Summer Weather Now
Prevails Along Front.
DECLARE HINDENBURG IS DEAD
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS.

WILLIAM S'A<sAAs-A1-
With the British Armies in France;
Nav 21 (n;ght) German troops and
home folks" believe the war Will Sc
over this year. that it will end IN a
draw and that Germany will succeed
in obtaining good peace terms, accord
ing to enemy prisoners.
These prisoners also reported the
rumor that Field Marshal Hindenburg
is dead. In fact, they say the Prus-
sian war god" has been dead some
time. In support of this they point to
Field Marshal Mackensen's alleged
appearance on the west front.
Allied army officials. however, place
no credence in the rumor OF Hinden-
burg's demise.
Force Belgians to Work.
I understand that French and Bel
gian civilians are still forced to work
on the battlefields behind the German
line, but they are making the Germans
furious because they do so little.
The French population in the terri
tory held by the enemy is said to be in
splendid spirits. treating British pris-
oners like their own kin and offering
them such food delicacies as they pos
sess.
Summer Weather Continues.
The lazy summer weather contin-
ues. Only in some spots does trouble
boil occasionally. Between the Somme
anu <ATTdS, d6TUldH SSSLlS "
have slightly increased its fire. The
allied front lines have been consider
ably pounded in these sectors. while
the battery areas are targets for the
heavy howitzers.
Allied infantry did not attempt any
thing ambitious today. altho some
raids and line notifications were car
ried out.
The battlefields are dusty. the shells
kicking up dust clouds instead of mud
which has been the case for some
time.
Summer cast a ,drowsy spell over
northern France, but in the blazing
sunshine the war machine is abuzz.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
LET RUSS ALONE!
Attempt at Interference by
Allies Would Be Bad.
Might Cause Serious Reaction
Toward Germans.
SITUATION IS MOST DELICATE
Allied Efforts Could Not Be
Fully Rewarded.
Above All, Russia's Regard for
Us Must Be Kept.
SITUATION IS MOST DELICATE
BY j. w. T. MASON.


New York, May ga new agita-
ton to attempt to persuade the allies
to send a military expedition into ST.
IBERIA is gathering Roadway.
1t shows evidence of being due pri-
marily to a desire to discredit the Boil
sheviki and drive them from power
strong force sent into Siberia to
overpower the Bolsheviki might pos
sibiy be successful in causing a reac-
ton against Trotzky and Lenine in
no certainty as to this result. The two
leaders of the Bolsheviki have sue
cessfully withstood far more serious
developments much nearer home.
Even with Trotzky and Lenine over
thrown there Is no guarantee that
their successors would be able to carry
Russia back into the war, which would
be the dominate objective of an al
ned movement in Siberia. On the
contrary. even more radical and less
experienced men might secure control
or Russia's affairs and Russia. in her
perplexity might throw herself unre-
servedly into Germany's arms
Would Make Matters Worse.
The one basic fact in the situation
is that If the Russian people really
desire to ally themselves with Ger
many, no army sent into Siberia can
prevent them. Russia is too big and
Germany is too near for that The
cause German militarism has fixed
upon a policy of ruthless suzerainty
over the Slavs. But, if the allies en-
gagged in Siberian military demon
stration, there is every reason to ex-
pect that Russian agitators will
charge that the western democratic
nations are as imperialistic as Ger
many.
Under this accusation the Russians
may despair of disinterested assist
ence from any quarter and may
plunge permanently into the sphere
of Teutonic influences. The treatment
of Russia by the allies is a matter
that requires the utmost delicacy. It
is properly an American war problem
since America is in the war to help
save the world for democracy.
Must Keep Friendship
In the final adjustments after the
war. If Russia is found to have been
alienated from the western democra-
cies, the result would be exploited
by Germany and would have grave
consequences.
Russia cannot be treated like a
naughty child to be spanked into good
behavior. The allies cannot spank
Russia without hurting themselves
Patience and far sighted vision of the
new Russia that will arise in the flu
.ture must be the guiding factors in
handling the situation.
There is something sacred about a
revolution. Monuments sometimes
come to be erected even to its ex-
cesSeS. ts-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
KANSAN Is PROMOTED
E. G. Morgan of Clay Center Made
Captain at Front.

Lawrence, kan, May 23-Commis-
sion of captain has been awarded
Lieut.. E. c. Morgan of Clay Center, a
graduate of the University of Kansas
who has been cited for bravery in
France in a report of last week. Cap
tain Morgan is a nephew OF E. S.
Peckham of Lawrence. While at 1.-THE
front acting as a surgeon he tore off
his gas mask so that he might attend
the wounded more quickly.
He was a student at K U. about
ten years ago and graduated from
Northwestern university about eight
years ago. He was the surgeon to at
tend Archie Roosevelt when he was
wounded in action recently. While
here at K. u, Captain Morgan was a
member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity
and of NJ Sigma NJ.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
MINNESOTA FISHERMEN
JUST SHOVEL EN- UP

Winona, Mimi, May 23.-Fisher-
men in Winona and vicinity have
discarded their lines and bait and
are using shovels.
Veteran fishermen who have
piled their trade on the Mississippi
since they were boys, say they can
not recall spring when carp were
as plentiful as in the shadows this
year.
Tons of fish have been shoveled
from the stream and piled high on
the banks. The great catches have
resulted in a percentage of loss
thru deterioration but it claimed
that shipments of record size have
been made.
In addition to the fact that fish
have swarmed to this region, this
is the spawning season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23

dots of white beads-just the bag to
carry with white-dotted blue foulard
frock.
The wooden beads that Paris devised
as a matter of economy, and then. with
true Partisan ingenuity, manipulated
into the gayest of knicknacks, have
been effectively used in some of the
new bags. One, mounted in a frame
of tortoise shell. is made of Imprinted
beads of wood strung close together.
without any attempt at pattern, but
simply round and round The beads
are as big, almost. as a French pea
There is a fringe of them to finish the
lower edge of the bag.
One of the new bags is of black
satin, with a bird of vari-colored
plumage painted on it's face. The bird
is a sort of a parrot, altho of course.
Just what he is does not matter. There
is a hat to match this bag. And other
sets of the sort consist of bag and par
asol painted with big bird or with
roses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
LABOR TO AID WORK
Topeka Industrial Council Pledges
5000 Men for the Harvest.

Following an address at Labor hall
here Wednesday night by E. E. Fritz
zell, Larned, officials of the Topeka
Industrial council pledged themselves
to furnish 5000 of the 6.446 men the
state is asking Topeka to furnish for
wheat harvest.
Frizzell said he thought wages this
year would range from 40 to so cents
an hour. He said that the wheat har-
vest this year is the most important
one in the history of the state; that
every bit must be saved to help along
the war. A. D. Eolker. Shawnee
county farm agent. also addressed the
labor men, explaining the drive to be
conducted in Topeka for farm labor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
ENGINEER HONORED
First American to Win British dis
tinguished Service Order"

With the Americans on the British
Front, May 22.-Col. ]. M. Hodge, Of
the United States Engineers, has been
awarded the distinguished service or
der by Great Britain, as a result of
the gallantry of his command who
quickly turned combatants in oppos-
ing the German advance during the
fighting at the end of March.
The work of Hodge and his men
drew a highly complimentary letter
from General Rawlinson. 1t is under
stood that Colonel Hodge is the first
American to get the D. S. o. since
America entered the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
IS OFF FOR U. S.
Prominent Argentine Newspaper Mai,
Given Farewell BANQUET.

Buenos Aires. May 23.-On the oc-
casion of his departure for the United
States Jorge Mitre, director of La
Nacion, Argentine's foremost news
paper. was rendered banquet at the
Jockey club, last night by the leading
citizens of the republic.
Romulo S. Naon, Argentine ambass-
ador. to the United States. was among
those present and feiicitated Mitre on
behalf Of his associates
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
MOB HANGS NEGRO
erer Taken From Georgia Jail
by Enraged Party.

Cordele, Ca, May 23.-James Cobb.
the negro who was taken from the
Jail here by a mob shortly after mid
night this morning, was carried to the
scene where he attacked and killed
Mrs. Roy Simmons. seven miles east
of Cordele. and hanged The body aft
erwards was literally shot to pieces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
RIFLE STORY FALSE
Probe of German Gun Plot in Ameri-
ca Finds Rumors Unfounded.

New York, May 23.-Deputy Attor-
ney General Alfred L. Becker today
reported to government authorities
that he had completed an investiga-
ton of reports of huge stores of Ger
man owned rifles. machine guns and
ammunition. hidden near New York
and found the rumors unfounded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23

The Gypsy GirdIe, Taken From Ru-
mania, Has Been Enlarged Into a
Bodice Which Serves Well With
SeDarate Skirts.