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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27

factory, climatic conditions in the
northwest were such as to make it IN
advisable to use them generally. and
tn. privilege of examination was de-
MED them. There are now IN the
rural route service 200 women car
riers, hold-overs from those early ex-
aminations. According to the fourth
assistant postmaster general who mas
charge of rural routes. their services
have been wholly satisfactory
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27

The taking over of Dutch shipping
Cor the use of the allies has provoked
rage at Berlin, where the Netherlands
government was threatened with re-
prisals if it permitted it's ships to be
thus made use of. 1t is difficult to
see. however, how the Dutch could
prevent the seizure of their ships if
the allies insisted upon taking them.
The ships are now in allied ports and
are subject to allied power. The cab
met at The Hague may protest, but
that is all. They will be as powerless
10 resist effectively as the Rumanian
government was to resist the humil-
iating terms of peace which the Ger
mans forced upon it. The point of
view at Berlin evidently is that any
thing done in the name of kultur is
right, while whatever the opponents
of Germany may attempt is wrong.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
RENTS NEW QUARTERS
Santa Fe Gets Additional Room for
Its Storehouse Force.

The extra storehouse force of the
A. T. & s. F. has voerhowed to Kirk
patrick hall, over the Chamber of
Commerce, according to a statement
by w. A. Neiswanger at the Cham
Der of Commerce this noon. The deal
was closed this morning for the rental
of the hall to the Santa Fe thru
Neiswanger & Son Real Estate agency
The overflow came as a result of
the congested conditions at the shops
under the high pressure of war eff
fort. The room will be occupied i'm
mediately
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27

Twenty years ago the car of Russia
proposed that all nations should cut
down their standing armies, but they
could not do it because Germany re-
fused. Later Great Britain offered tc
join with Germany and cut down their
navies, but the kaiser would not even
talk about it. Germany was prepar-
ing for something like this war About
every hundred years some nation of
Europe starts out to conquer the 9TH
ers and rule the world. First it was
Spain. which in America owned every
thing from California to Patagonia
Then it was France and Napoleon,
who took Louisiana and the great
country west of the Mississippi away
from Spain. Now the kaiser is trying
to do that in which the others failed.
Probably he already sees that he car
not succeed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27

The small boy sometimes sees
straight and sees far. says the
Christian Science Monitor. John
stood high in his examination, but
a girl took the highest mark. His
father was indignant.
John, 1 am surprised to fir.d you
hive allowed yourself to be beatt by
a mere girl
Yes. father" said John unblush-
inbly, It have: but I can tell you
something-girls are not so very
mere after all"
A little Kansas City girl received a
nicely engraved invitation to an after
noon party the other day, in honor of
a playmate's birthday. Delighted at
the prospect, she gave the invitation
second reading, and then she sud
denly began to cry. 1T says from 3
to s." she explained to her mother,
land I'm six"
A Greenwich man tells of a Con-
necticut farmer who. after having
driven a lot of hogs to Greenwich, sold
them for precisely what had been Of
fered him before he left home.
You haven't made much bringing
your hogs here" remarked the man
well, no. replied the agriculturist.
dejectedly. 81 amt made no money.
but then. you know" his face bright
ening. 81 had the company of the
hogs on the way over
The teacher was giving a talk on
coins and they had been thru the en-
tire range from pennies to double
eagles. One little girl was inattentive
Her gaze was fixed upon a playful
sparrow on the window sill, and she
had no thought for coins.
Suddenly the teacher placed a half
dollar on the pupils desk and de-
manded: whats that"
Heads came the instantaneous
answer.
A small boy startled his Sunday
school teacher by suddenly announc-
ing. with great importance. what he
considered a piece of news.
1.-The devil is dead" he stated
MY goodness graciousi" exclaimed
the pretty teacher Where did you
hear that?"
My father said So" declared the
lad. Yesterday we were walking
along the street and a funeral went
by and my father said: Poor devil
he's dead at last"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
Last Words of Famous Men.

Last Words of Famous Men.
Il don't want Russia in peace. but
in pieces. -Ludendorff.
Save the pennies and somebody
else will take care of the dollars
Oilyfeller.
Its an outrage. 1 won't pay it,
Ult. Consumer.
mob. NJ. LaFollette.
Don't cross your legs in the aisle
IT. p. Shonts.
Clarice-Your letter received.
BolShevik' is pronounced ''bosh-
a-veek," with the accent on the
'bosh.'
Conservation experts say it is pos
sible to make anything without eggs.
But not chickens.
The horseless age is surely creeping
upon US.
Dean Horace w. HosAins of the
New York university state veterinary
college, has advised frugal house
wives and people who are banded
together in an effort to obtain real
food to eat horse meat.
1t is cheaper and more wholesome
than beef, and it tastes so like beef
that the diner can't tell the differ
ence. According to Dean Hoskins,
New York City alone is now eating
10000 pounds of horse meat per week.
There are 100000 horses in the
west which are too small for army
use. Eat EN-" advises the professor.
All right. professor. Pass the buck
ing broncho. Well try anything once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27

Women are to be taken on as rurau
route mail carriers all over the country
as a war emergency measure. The first
examination to which women will be
eligible will take place on April 81. in
all sections where there are vacancies
and where men carriers are unobtain-
able. This is the first time since 1911
that women have been eligible for
such posts. except in rare cases as sub
stitutes. Previous to that time the
service was opened to them for short
time. but while their work was salts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27

Bristow apparently intends to make
his campaign for election to the sem
ate on a platform of opposition to the
government. Wisconsin will not be
permitted to have a monopoly on that
sort of thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27

Throwing shells into Paris from
distance of seventy-six miles makes
--Jules Verne's story of "A Voyage to
the Moon" appear much more plaus-
ibIe than it has hitherto done. His
dream of an undersea boat has come
true and it may be that justification
-of the other story is on the way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27

-. About the only articles that have
not advanced in price since the out
break of the war are believed to be
poker chips. Poker players say dol
lar goes as far in the game as ever
-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
Comment on U. S. Entry.

Amsterdam, March 27.-The part
reported to have been played by
American troops in the attempted re
lief of the British flank near La F-ere
is referred to briefly by most of the
German war correspondents, but so
far no mention has been made of the
presence of Americans among the
prisoners
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27

THE Huns are not making as rapid
time IN their journey to Paris as they
did in 1914.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
DINNER STORIES

The war-working wife of the
Tommy at the front was very terse
with the noisy LADY representing
some committee or other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
GLOBE SIGHTS
I From the Atchison Globe. ]

IFrom the Atchisol Globe.1
Don't drown your sorrows: swim
out
The war is sprouting a new crop
of politioi ans.
The world is all right: it's the peo-
pie who make trouble.
Your mothers greatest fault is that
she will not cast you off in spite of
your many great faults.
If the business men of the different
nations could get together they would
settle this war a lot more satisfac-
torily than the diplomats will settle it.
Some of the most bul1-headed par
tisans we know are men who claim to
be independent in their political
views.
Usually it is the daughters in the
family who look out for a soft place
to light when they marry, but in an
Atchison family of boys every last one
of them has married a girl with a
well-to-do father. and lives with her
folks.
Among the girls it used to be an I'M
pardonable sin to break an engage
ment with a girl friend, snub a girl
friend. or in any way crowd a girl
out to make an engagement with a
boy. This rule was observed in Atchi-
son many years ago. and last evening
two or three gray headed. stout old
ladies were discussing a true-blue girl
of long ago, and said: 1T did not get
her ANYTHING: she's an old maid now"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27

An organization hes been formed in
Pittsburg to combine churches in small
communities and thus put them on pay
ing basis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27

The British war office has forbidden the
purchase or sale of boots over eight inches
high, in the interest Of leather conserva-
ton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
ON SPUR f Ri MOMENT

What we want to know is whether
every Saturday will be a "porkless''
day in congress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27

Politeness requires that Christmas
presents be acknowledged at once,
either by note or verbal thanks.
Questions Answered by Alicia Hoyt.
(Miss Hoyt will answer in this col
umn all questions on matters of Ell
quette addressed to her in care of this
paper. If a personal answer is de-
sired enclose a Scent stamp
MRS. X: The woman to whom you
wrote inviting her to visit you has
been unpardonably discourteous in
failing to reply. A letter should be
answered promptly in some manner
If she could not tell you definitely
whether or not she could come at the
time you fixed, she should have writ
ten at once and told you so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
Local Mention.

Telephone messages informed Of
ficers that some woman in a mans
clothes was walking the streets near
Tenth street and Kansas avenue this
morning. While admitting a resemb-
lance officers denied the charge of
the residents in the neighborhood.
The woman stated that her name was
Anne Anderson, and that she had at
one time been in the asylum. She is
living with a sister at 80 North
Madison street, where she was taken
by officers. She obtained work near
Tenth and Topeka avenues. she told
them, and upon putting in an appear
ance was told she was not wanted and
started out to find a Job at some other
place.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-17
JAPS REVISING LAW
FOR RELIGIOUS IVORY

TOKIO.-The government Is un-
dertaking the work OF revising the
japanese law for religious admins
tration.
According TO r. Okada. minister
OF education, the codes now actu-
ally in force were promulgated by
the japanese government over 80
years ago. He said:
II think the time has at least
come for revising the law. as the
religious situation of the county is
becoming more and more deplorabl
on account Of the influence of many
dangerous thoughts which have re-
Gently been imported from foreign
countries"
Mr.. Okada declared that the new
bill probably will be presented by
the government to the next imperial
diet, which will be convened at the
end Of the year.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-17
(coNTINUED FROM PAGE oNE)

may we'll be doubted as military question even If
the nation and the home front broken before the mill
Vow we have TO contrast the Foch method with that
OF Ludendorn. Both had the same problem before
them. Ludenccrn worked his from March i 70
July 8. Foch opened his offensive July s. and had
his solution hand by the first day OF November Both
soldiers troubled by the element Of time Luden-
dorff BY the necessity Of getting a decision before
America could a hand. Foch had a
decision before winter stopped the operations Luden
dOrn had almost four months; Fooh is still fortnight
poorer in time. bad weather will affect
him, has been complete.
Ludendorf conceived that ne could win the victory
by gigantic thrust. He returned 20 the opening
days OF the and undertook 70 succeed where
Moltke had failed His first blow. on March 81 one
the finest pieces Of military mechanics in the his
tory OF war. II mighty to winning the con
tinental phase OF failed because the
human machine equal to the task IT, By
the end o. a the great. victorious army out
of breath out Of ammunition: II had outrun its guns
and once more Verdun there just time for
troops arrive Beaten they the Brit
ish had managed TO hold on the French had at
Verdun until aid could come.
LEDENDORFF"S GREAT
GAMBLE Fails.
By April Ludendorfrs great gamble had failed.
in midst OF success A week later after a futile
attack before Arras ne tried a venture in the
north with such reserves remained TO him. Again
he succeeded the start. seemed 10 be the open
road Channel then halted west Of
KENNEL the days Of April. when another French
army arrived 70 support the British who had fought
magnifcenty and had suffered such disaster as had
overwhelmed Coughs fifth May l. Ludendorff
was at the Of his resources He could no more
and for whole month he gave his enemy respite.
while ne prepared blow.
The blow again. brilliant success It swept
the ChemiH des Danes, the VesIe,
Ourcq and reached the Marine. But again exhausted
Moreover effort to extend the dlslocation by
"A thrust west Of the Disc was promptly beaten down
n June, and had first sign Of the approach Of
dawn. "A French counter attack. brief, relatively in
considerable. but successful and the promise OF much
good Again Ludendorf rest must reft
his army. II is July before he attack again He
mas week less than four months the road
to Paris His has passed. swift blow by
Mangin ends the German offensive the second battle
the Marine closes the German phase of the cam
palgn OF 1918.
Now comes the method. First. July 49, the
blow that wins the second Marine. Then the
Rawlinson thrust out in Artois, Aug. g and sue
cessive days which wins the third Somme The armies
al the from the VesIe to the Scarpe link with
each other and In turn and In coordination strike not
colossal blow. but series OF blows Sector after
OF the German front becomes dislocated, local
collapse becomes general oscillation. BY the first
days OF September have the whole German front
from Ypres right down to Rheims in movement in
movement backward. BY the last week in September
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-17

Several thousand Indiana farmers
feed a carload or more Of cattle in
the winter. The cattle usually earn
substantial profit and the manure
thus obtained boosts crop yields.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-17

MEXICO CITY. oct. O0-Better-
ment OF the exchange rate on United
States and Mexican gold is one OF
the most significant developments in
this republic OF the recent allied sue
cesses in the world war and the
peace overtures Of the Central Pow
ers. At one time exchange stood at
nearly 60, which meant that hold
ers of American money who chang
ed it into Mexican coin lost 90 cents
American on each dollar. Since the
Teutonic powers cry of "kamarad,"
however, exchange has dropped TO
90, which means that only cents
American Is sacrificed on each dol
lar in the process Of exchange.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-17
The Last Battle of the War Supreme Victory

the is where he started from six months
before II has taken two months TO put him back,
starting from ground gained by him in four months.
But there Is pause like that OF Ludendorf. On
Sept. - Pershing wins St Mihel. Two weeks later
he strikes again. this time the north and Gouraud
follows suit the other side OF the Argonne. Then
King Albert and Plumer in Belgium strike Sept.
q and 2S on the latter day Horne and Byng join IN.
Then Berthelot and Mangin, then RawlinsOn. with
Byng and Horne aiding him Then Debeney Then King
Albert Plumer and Degoutte's French army in Elan
ders Then, the month ends. Pershng and Gouraud
again.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-17
NO DOUBT OF
FOCHS SUCCESS

Now bear in mind the dates Ludendorff struck on
March p; ne finally checked only July IS and
-Four months of effort precede the failure Foch
opened his offensive Aug s. and in the last days
September Ludendorff advises his government to
make peace proposals; the government waits a few
days more until the defeat Of October s. then it ap
peals Pres't Wilson Events other fields
opening Of the Foch offensive its success is no longer
doubtful AS the third month closes France is all but
free. the Belgian coast is free
Look from the side Of the obstacles: The four
lines OF defence the innumerable switch lines the
rivers and the canals opposing army which fights
we'll even in defeat still provided with all the modern
weapons Of war one the tragedies war lies
in that German courage, endurance military
skill forgotten in the horror and contempt Ger
man crimes But this great army. these unparalleled
defences all mastered in less than four months;
the is for even had there been defeats
in the the long succession of German reverses
would have brought Bulgaria and Turkey to the point
Of surrender and Austria the verge revolution.
INAPOLEONIC CAMPAIGN
PALE IN COMP ARSON.
What Napoleonc campaign be hereafter reck-
oned TO surpass that OF Foch merely military
achievement? British French American Italian Bel
with coordination, o
tribute TO the uttermost of their possibilities and-in
less four months-supreme victory, the smashing
of the German machine, the German army plucked
bodily from its defences and flung France
on the military side, had any drama fine
fifth act as this the fifth campaign of the world war?
And the struggle ends we in America have
Just right to recall with pride that our young
army has been the final reserve of civilization flung
the decisive battle field, still unready, but rising
supreme heights, unbelievable achievement, final
success in the fact of obstacles which cannot
yet understood
Before the achievements French and British SOL
diers on the same fields shall forever stand in awe
and admiration The long agony that preceded the
dawn of victory borne by them with "a steady
age n unfang devotion which praise
seem feeble and foolish.
late. n time con-
Itrbution small by comparison with that of France
or Britain K was the contribution without which
victory impossible w spent
their blood generously from ST Mihiel to Sedan play
ed large and honorable role the final success
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-17

AS soon as Gamma plants are killed,
cut the tops away and dig up the
root clumps, store the roots or
bulbs whole, and do not break apart
until ready TO set out next spring.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-17
ESKIMO VILLAGE HAS
ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND
WIRELESS OUTFIT

NOME, Alaska.-Noorvick, a ma
tive village near here. is said 20 be
the only Eskimo village in northern
Alaska possessing electric lights and
a wireless plant.
The light plant and wireless sta
ton were installed by Delbert
Replogle, teacher at the Noorvick
government school. Mr.. Replogle,
who was here recently on his way to
the states, said he left natives in
charge of the improvements.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-08-01

cages severaly of their undivided
ownerships to said Arnold f. Welles
and to said Samuel Weston. Said
mortgages were duly recorded in the
registry of deeds in the County of SOM
erset in the State of Maine, in which
county the premises then were. and
are now standing of record undis-
charged. To Arnold +. Welles as fol-
lows: by Elijah Atherton in book 40
page 334; by Ansel Capen in book 40
page 342; by Simeon T. Drake in book
40 page 334; by Thomas r. Drake in
book 40 page 337; by Lemuel Gay in
book 40 page 333; by Charles Packard
in book 40 page 1872; by Jonathan
Reynolds in book 40 page 1888; by
James Swan in book 40 page 1886; by
william y. Swan in book 40 page 1896;
by Eliab Whitman in book 10 page 339.
TO Samuel Weston as follows: by
Elijah Atherton in book ~ page $50;
by lAnsel Capen in book 40 page 354;
by Simeon T. Drake in book 40 page
351;' by Thomas r. Drake in book 40
page 353; by Lemuel Gay in book 40
page $50; by Charles Packard in book
40 page 356; by Jonathan Reynolds in
book 40 page 355; by James Swan in
book 40 page 352; by William d. Swan
in book 40 page 355; by Eliab Whit
man in book IA page 357.
A. Defendants are all persons, If
any. claiming under either of said
mortgages.
5. Plaintiffs have no reason to be-
Iieve there are any such claimants and
have no knowledge of any. They
aver that said mortgages have long
since been satisfied and should now
be discharged of record.
G. Plaintiffs aver that the premises
are wild lands. They claim an estate
of freehold therein andsaVer that they
and their predecessors in title have for
more than eighty years next prior to
the filing of this bill held such open.
exclusive, peaceable. continuous, and
adverse possession thereof as COMFORTS
with the ordinary management of wild
lands in the state of Maine.
I. The premises are seventy seven
two hundred and eighty eighth parts in
common and undivided in the north
part of township one range fourteen
west of the east line of the state,
known as the Spencer Bay Tract,
bounded north and west by the grants
70 the Middlesex canal and to Days
Academy, south by the shore of Moose
head Lake and the grant to Josiah
Little known as the Blake Tract, east
nv township one range thirteen west
Of the east line of the state