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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31
Hardin. Larimer stated before leav-

to Hardin, Larimer stated before leav-
ing today.
The two boys have been working on
farm near Hardin, according to in
formation received by Larimer. They
seemed to resent questioning concern
ing their past, Larimer was informed.
May Be at Cawker City.
The sheriff received long distance
telephone message from Cawker City
Wednesday morning, saying two boys
who answered the descriptions on the
Dostals sent broadcast thru the coun-
try had called at a store at Cawker
City Tuesday morning and purchased
a chicken and bread. They informed
the storekeeper that they were trap
ping on the river.
This information sent the fathers to
Cawker City where they intend to
search the river banks for their sons.
The story told by the Cawker Citv
lads of trapping on the river talIies
with the ambitions expressed by the
youths before they left Topeka in No
vemoer Both had trapping outfits,
were fond of outdoor life and often
SPOKE OF an earthly heaven as good
river where trapping was good. They
mad purchased books on trapping and
read many stories of the life of tran
pers and hunters.
Were High School Lads.
The lads were going to high school
Both have good homes and loving
anxious mothers who have called al
the sheriffs office daily to learn il
any information has been received as
to the whereabouts of their bows A
reward of $50 has been offered for
lhe apprehension. Winnett Robinson
nVes on route 8. North Topeka, while
Inc home of the Luthey lad is at asa
Wlnfield avenue, Oakland No word
has been received from the fathers
VINO are supposed to be in Crwker
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31
QUAKE AT CLEVELAND

Cleveland, O.. Jan. 31.-An earth
quake, which lasted thirty seconds
and shook vicinities within radius
of 500 miles of Cleveland. was record
ed on the seismograph at ST. Ignatius
college here yesterday Damage was
not heavy as the shock was not notice
able except on recording instruments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31
New York stock Market.

Wall St. New York. Jan. 31.-STOCKS-
All classes of stocks were included in to-
days comprehensive upward movement at
extreme gains of 2 to points for rails and
industria.s, a few specialties making more
spectacular advances. Sales Appropriated
90C 900 shares.
Steels. Motors and specialties led the list
to highest levels in the extremely active
erty 3Ix's at o.. 20 and second As at 95.7d
registered lowest record but rallied before
the close. First As old at 96.6o to $3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31

than five pounds sugar to city Gus
toners or ten pounds sugar to country
customers. or more than forty eight
pounds flour to city customers or
ninety-six pounds flour to country
customers at one time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31
FOOD PRICE LIST
GRADUATED Sugar 81 Cents Pound
to Consumer Now.

The following prices in Topeka food
articles were announced by the local
board today:
Retailers must sell pound of any of the
follow wheat substitutes with every pound
Of wheat flour: Corn flour, Iseal. grits.
hominy, starch or flakes, barley bar:ey
flour. rice or rice flour. potato flour. r. It
potato flour, buckwheat flour, oat y
rolled oats, by order Of the national lood
administrator:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31
"HELP!" CRIES KAISER
This Time He Directs Appeal to His
Severely Tested People,

Amsterdam. Jan Give need
the help of all who love our severely
tested people, especially our political
leaders," declared the German kaiser
in telegram to the king of Bavaria
reported here today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31
CAN'T AWAKE WOMAN
Mrs. Mary Kerr. SO. of SaIina, Slum-
bers More Than Two Days.

Salina., Kan, Jan. 31.-FallinG
asleep at her daughters home Tues
day evening. Mrs. Mary Kerr. aged
90, cannot be awakened. Her breath
ing is regular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31
Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas City, Jan. 81. -CORN-Cash;
Market steady TO &c higher: No. mixed.
s16SM175; No. 3. 81. 60d16 No. white,
1s5M L. 30; No. 8, nominal; No. 2 yellow
81 75uI7S: No. 8, nominal.
OATS-Market steady to 11zc higher. No.
white, S91zc: No. 2 mixed, S514@SGc-
RYNS2.05M21 10.
KAFIR AND MILO MAIZE-S3.27G3-J0.
HAY-Market unchanged.
SHORTSS2 1oG230.
RRAN-S2. 0Od2 0J.
CORN-Close: May, 81 DC.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

HOUSEHOLD GOODS for sale. 1872 Kan
sas ave. Phone 1901 Blue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

MRS. w 7. STUART. II years old. died
Wednesday in a local hospital. The funeral
will be held tomorrow afternoon at .
o'clock from the Wakarusa NJ E. church.
Burial in Wakarusa cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31

New York stock Market.
FURNISHED by I. j. Myers. 3g1 n F. Bldg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31

Lords Flowers Satisfy Tel s27--
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31

| The funeral of Rev t J. Ream who
| died Wednesday at his home. iii Morris
1 avenue will be held tomorrow afternoon at
. o'clock from the Lowman NJ. E. church.
| Burial in Mt. Hope cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31

New York, Jan. 31-COTTON-Spot,
quiet; middling uplands. 31.65.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31

CHARLES F. STRICKROTT died this
morning at his home. 100 Topeka avenue
The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon
at . O'Clock from Penwell's chapel
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23
NATURE Tells YOU
As Hsnys Loui.. Reader kso~s Tee
We'll

Mteu tn kilneys are wax
Nature tells yog about II.
Ths urine Is natures index
lnfTegsent o. TOO frequent passage.
other Disorders suggest kiasey ia
DSEaa's kidney Pms are for Disorder
"a Kidneys
LaNlsa People testify 10 their worth.
> ". Pinson. Lock Ave- says: NY
kidneys were WEAK and suffered -
srrels Ny hack aehed and sharp. cut
tlng paiHs s@-sea Through the small
of Il ! could hardly straixh,.n aFter
bending over and the kidney spcre-
ions we're highly cialored ana irregular
IN FesSage, poan's kidney rms cured
M q the complaint ana I have ZEN
vel ever since
Price Sec. =, all dealers poat sim
Ply ask Tor a kidney rernedy-rrt
Doans kidney Piils-ths same ~, n
Prison had. Foster MfIharn %
Nfgrs- Buffalo. y. Y.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23
aARlAN slAeksuaN ~ FRAnce

The following fruru letter received
by a friend on August zth win - Of In.
ier,Si 10 many * ctr r-adrrs liar
Ian Blackburn j. Ihe son 81 Peytou
Blac kburn, ~ Lea creek. and left Lou
is-s oct. > gl-. in me second aiIot
ment from this county; consisting %
- young men:
This las been 4 pretty country AID
= laTa - & j. all right But hops
thal Col All speed the Gay Wheh l
SHALL r@turn the states
4 have been saring pretty good -
AR In regards ~ eats and acts I
haven, BEEN up % the front line
trenches yet. but just little closer
and would have gone vas on
guard IN our kitchen last sunday lJuly
- when German shell came over
ano landed in about Is steps Of ne
Boo1u, she Etnt. Il almost lifted me
of ms feet and seemed TO me ike the
dirt and leaves and everything rain
~ all around me guess Il would
have been funny % See me- hit the
ground and slide under some trees Il
sure made All the chaps scatter. some
SIX or eight Of our boys we're tr-tsy
Close. but not one xzs scratched. but
II blew a British soldiers league up
pretty bad. 1 got up and Iooked 10
Sc who was killed, al the sane time
deciding IL z2s no place for me 70 hang
around. 50 I started ana about the
time ! 20, out % She ScOpe OF woods
into the opening Win another one
went over NV head and landed over
high hank that was making for. 80
decided right away that was no place
for your humble servant. Joan. Cfianx-
ing mr. course. to~n through a field 4
vent when hang Eeut another one
just on the opposite side Of cur ki,eh-
en- from Wh%re the first one sfrurS
This she'll kiii-si g~o. eae an Australian
and the osher British sosdisr- IL Al
80 wounded a couple more and Saa<ssi
another % run oyer 4 stump and br,sak
his knee
II ! had resnaine1 ~here Was Stand
ing until the third shell came PERHAPS
l ~euld not have been in this durOa,
writing this letter
on the sth " July l went 10 a dr,xS-
ing station not far from Where ne were
cAmring. There saw the most ri,ff,,i
sight ever saw in my life. men were
ootchsTsd Dp mere than can tel.
Well am not in the ranse Of ,he
little guns but I am in the range 81
the biS ones The shells he sent Us
Sunday were about 50 OF 10 pound
shells bat that is nOshins. We sra
him some 7se pound ONES sometimes.
I have an ideA he ducks for his sA-
foot drgoos whea they begin 10 Win.
I have been digging hole 10 put
our kitchen IN TODAY. We have quite
a ics 81 digstag in 10 do over here.
rea aunt I would he more than riad
- exchange with her 10 II Was possihl, 1
70 do 81 You know tAlk Is cleap. /
hut Z takes nerve and lots o. Il when /
i cenaeS 10 the 40, The hyAve ,alslnr 4
fellow Is coward nine times out ~ /
ten
GiVc my leS, regards 10 an
! ", Rl.ACKRURN.
n. q. ~. lSiss lafA, HsNRce
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23
It SHOULD make
A MILLION FOR HIN
Cincinnati man discovers drug that
Ioosens eorns 50 they lift cart

Good news spreads rapidly and
druggists here are kept busy dispens-
ing freezOne. the recent discovery Of
= Cincinnati man. which Is said 10
loosen any corn 50 il lifts out with the
fingers
A quarter OF an ounce costs very lit
lie AZ any store which handles drugs
but this is said 10 Be sufficient 70 nd
ones feet Of every hard OF soft corn
OF eailus
You apply lust = few DROPS on the
tender. aching com or toeEA=aed cal
lns Snd instantly The soreness j. re-
lieved and the oorn or caIinS Is 50
shriveled ID thAt II hits out without
pain II is a sticky substance which
drses when APPLIED and never infAmss
OF even irrisates the surrounding skin
Tbs discovery VIII prevent thons-
2ndS Of deaths annually non lOekjAw
and infection heretofore resulting nom
the suicidal habit Of cutting eOrnzA
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23
BLAINE.

School began here Monday With ffef-
bert Hewlett and Pearl Bates teach
ers about IS enrolled
r. T. Berry and grandson, Earl Ber-
y. have gone down the river for few
days
G. W Keuns and Dr. Gambill made
trip TO tire OIL fisldes few days ago
Aunt Saeei Carter has been very
sick for few days.
Miss Ethel SWetnzm spent Saturday
night and sunday with Miss Julia
stafford. who IS vfsitin gher grant
father. L G Sweinzm-
NJ n Walters ant wife very pleas
antIy entertained a number OF their
friends Sunday 70 dinner
Miss Nellie Berry has returned
home after a few DAYS visit with her
aunt, Mrs Dove Fulker-On. in Louisa
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23
Lemons make SKIN
White. SOFT. CLEAR
Mako shi, beauty lssisa Ter f.~ ssu..
and see fer yssrssf.

WhAt Etri Or woman hasn't heard q
seraon juice g remove ccnplexton
elemlshes; 70 whiten the skin ana 10
Bring cut the roses. the freshness Ana
the hidden beautys Hut lemon ts,r.,
alone Is acid therefore. irritatinr ans
should b naked with orchard wnIse
,ais Nay Strain through a fine closh
ne laice o. two fresh lemons into \
eo'sie Containing About three ounce
g orchard white. then shake wen ana
yNe hAve whole quarter mint AZ skin
and co'nplexicn io,lon Al about the c,-1
s.e usually PAYS for a snAll iAr u 81.
binary cold ereNm. he sare 10 strain
the lemon laiee 81 no paln us l,,,,,
Inv eo,sle then this lotion wlll REMAIN
aare and ggesA lOg mouths. When ', ~
n'sed daily 10 INV laee. nsSk. arms Ana
n ..'...''., Y sn'Aa'a hclp u hlsaoh. clean
a'noeshsn amt heeutlfy the SKIN.
ANY drogglst Win SUNNY thrre ann.
vcs % efVhArd-whlle At vorN little 80,
ma TIE ggocey has The lelnens.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23
coNeREssMEN
GEN PERsHlNeTs GUESTS,

With the AmericAn Army in France.
THURSDAY. AuS- lS,-The members Of
she Committee On Naval Affairs q the
House Of Representatives. who have
heen On a tour q Inspection in England
and France. were the guest % Gen, Per
Sltlng, At lnneheontO-dAy. AfterwArt
they were received hs the commanded
in-chelf Al his headquarters
TIN COngreSSnaen ARRIVED AZ noon
ana departed hate IN She aflcrac0a fel
CHATEAU Thicrry 10 visit the American
;rcoi,s IN region, They will start Tor
Aoa,e Friday night
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23
3. J. PETERs WRITES HONE

Ais. Jane Peters hAs received the
following letter from her son Wao Fe 4
cen4y went 10 Erancv
Thenay. France. Juiy :. 1913
Dsar Mother:
Tais : sunday and NE ARE haviug a
dandy time TAlmadge and I are stu
together We have hern having a good
girne Had tine trip crossing the big
pond l don't know where His =
HApeRt se%n him since We Ieft Guess
sou got the letter / wrote before ! got
OF ihe boat
We are having time trying 70 taiA
10 the people over mere Can talk
some French now. but not much
You must write and tell me- how ey-
erything i getting along. how the crop
Is. am going 10 write Oftener-
This is a pretty country. We are
= long ways from the front yet
Do you know where i-aEsSaee See
iS.- How are Jessie and Kenneth and
Brizzie-
Guess school VIII begin right away
Who viii teach il.
We are getting plenty OF good ea.ing
here There are no frame houses here
AT all All are built OF stone Or brick
and some Of them look like they are n
thousand years old. Everything Is en-
tirely different from in the States. The
wagons oxer here have only TWO wheels
Everything Is a lot cheaper here than
there
Guess Lusher is sin at Camp lay
Tor
Write me All the news there is
DOVER J, PETERS.
! co. lst INIT Tro. Reg A p. o. ~.
AEE
We have been away on a big pa
rade for about a week We paraded al
Lyon France. the 18th OF July They
celebrate that day just the same as We
do the sth and they dedicated a bridge
10 Woodrow Wilson and ne sure had
a good time There were several other
glIfIerSn1 troops there That IS next to
the largest city in France and is = fine
place.
l am learning 10 speak the language
There Are lots Of good people over here
and they think lot Of the Americans
Dont know how kong il will be be-
fore NE so 10 the front TalmAge Is
sim with ue- Guess yOa All are well
Have never heard = word from you.
Guess I viii set my mail all right
when l ges in my regular company
Ten Mrs. Wells l saw wins WIN Be
back before long sAs-k- Ten every
body hello. d J. 4.
July II
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23

No man IS ever likely TO accomplish
any more than he reSOluiely sets him
self TO accomplish The tendency Is
TO drift TO 1oat with the current TO
let stream Of life sweep rs whittier IL
VIII That IS the easier way doubtless
and the hanks are very beautiful and
pleasant as We glide between them
but our true journey lies the other way
the real treasure mines Of life are in
the hills near the sources Of the river
and We must TOW. ROW hard against the
current If We would reach them Let
Us row. not fIoar through life. steer.
not drift
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23
isI7 DOC TAX pAvAelE

y statement frUm the Astorny Gen
e-aIs @csice Sh<rSsfs are tnstrurtess -
collect the 1917 dog tax AMI ressrn n
10 the state Auditor ne lis~n.e ~
q ISIS repealed the old sie- lic~n..
Az before the 1917 doc asseszment
vas collected ard il was sah-nittesl -
- attorney General 10 decide uhether
the collections for 1911 couAs -. 49,.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23

II the little child gets = bump OF =
fall or cut or skinned finger mother
viii say: Come TO your mother and
lei her pet you and she VIII kiss the
bumped head and wrap up the cut fin
ger with few kind words Then the
child knows you love il. and il VIII
love YOU and always respect YOU and
when years have rasSed and gone and
they have grown TO manhood and NO
manhood they viii look hack 10 their
childhood days as the h2ppiess days
Of their lives.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23
HOME CIRCLE COLUMN
True Courtesy.

True courtesy Is THE beauty of the
heart How well il IS that no class
has = monopoly in this kind OF beauty
that while favorable circumstances IN
dOubtedly 90 render good manners
more common among persons moving
higher rather than in lower spheres
there should nevertheless be no posi-
tive hindrance 70 the poorest classes
having good manners Here Is an II
IustratfOn OF true p0litenesS exhibited
by both classes OF society One day
in hastily turning the corners Of .
crooked street in the city young lady
ran with great foree against a
ragged little beggar boy. and almost
knocked him down stopping as soon
As she could, she turned around and
said very kindly 70 the boy. Il beg
your pardon. my little fellow am
very sorry that ran against you-
me pOsr boy vas astonished- He
looked AT her for a moment in sur
prise. and then taking off about three
quarters Of q cap. he made a low
bow and said. while q pleasant smile
suread itself all over his face. You
can hive my parding. miss and vel
c1nae- and the next time ron run agin
- you can knock me clean down
and I won't say a word After the
Iady had passed On he turned 10 his
cnmpanion and said 4 say Jim its
ths first time 1 ever had anybody
ash my parding- and II kind o. 1OOk
me Oen my feet
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23

II YOU subscribe tOr nnAwarineS I can
handle YOUR SsAeseripssoRs, new " re-
newAl Sec me for somhlnAtions. So
me t~ all SNO0r magazine wants
l'rOnp, service ard Prlces rigA,. II. q
CHAMBERS. u.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23
REQ CROSS PLEDGES

Parties uA6lng subscriptions IN the
RID Vfsass drlve ase requested 10 nay
tAcSe rletgeN IA Nle,e
q n T. ADAMS Chairman.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23

Do yOu know how many books are
in the BIhlee Let Us tel yoaone good
way 10 remember. 50 as never 10 forget
First write down the wOrd7Old tesla
ment- Nov how many Eetters are in
the word -Olds- Three How many IN
the word -TsStamentg Nine put three
and nine togethe- and you VII have -
the number Of books in the Old Tesla
ment- Next write down the words
New Testament There are also in
New and -TeStAnent- three and nine
letters NoE multiply By : and you
have Il. the number OF books in the
New TsS-zmsnr- of course BY adding
- and q run have IS the number Of
hooks in the BIhle. ANY boy or girl
who vii rea6 this over twice vii never
forget how many books are in the
Bible
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23
FARM MACHINERY,

Whatever YOU need IN the way 81
farm machinery, wagons. etc. win b
supplied AZ the glght prices Nv Acgns.
sus Snyder, Cali Tor what YOU ned,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23

All parties Who have rsslsserea ",
: ), trom No % - yin bring sasir
certificates 70 the pos,onlee for =
RonERr DIXON.
INos(mArlsr
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23

Youth and axe have too little Syra1
pAshy with each Osher. n the young
would remember that they may -
old and the old remember that they
.have hesn y0a <. she wNSsd would ~
hAprser,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23

DSa yO1 ever realize that nOtking
On earth can smile has human being
Gems may fash reflected hight but
whAt IS diamond flashs A face that
cannot srnile Is like bud that cannot
elossoEn- and dies On the stalk
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23

i.arge slock az M I EvapOrNt0r
Cans The HutsinplllAr sheridan o..
lrlnton. Ohio, Sa-Si
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23
CONFEDERATE VETERANS

The Reunion Of cenfsdsrats =
Veterans viii b held in Tulsa. n
oklahsms, Sept. - ss and ~. n
II
NAH ~ ~ - - - =,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23

How sad IS he who can never 50
hack 70 his ehiadhOOd withOuS shOd-
der Who can never recall \ PERIOD
when his life was filled with sweet
and simple satisfaction When kind
and lOring mother resd aloud 70 the
family the Home Circle department
from the columns Of this paper.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23

Every husband can have 900 COZ
Zee Il on some morning the coffee II
. shade too brown 70 suit your taste
% nos Sold about IL and On every
Other u,ornlng when II IS delieiooss
$40 -. Try this way and you viii ind
vour coSse and everything else q
your taste much ogteners and eeSiees'
you win give the ones yoa oosht 70
how best the sweetest CONSCIOUSNESS
that they arr doing the work well
and alving satisfaction ~ the one
81 an Othoas. thcy most 0eSirc 10
plcase- thus inspiring them with ~
nowok cner.,x u strive for tne nerlted
reward % kind apprcclAtive WOrsls
Ana - shall home happiness COME 20
nsr<Ade me whole oouse horn and nNrr
tnred into heautlfal nNrfanl HOS.
aomlng Nv yopf oWa ksaa werds and
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23

woman nov has. or should have
he right 10 govern her home The
right TO v0te IS Insignificant whe1
c1mparedto this She must belts mis-
fresz. hut never It's shave That she
AS made il Immaculate IN elean-
nness and resplenceat In beauty is
not en0ugh- She must feed The love
ana truth which should unitealx gov
ern II What power or dignity can
reach hf<ker9 What Is tn ability
% sway large audiences cVer = hone
with such skin that husband and
children shall rise up and call her
hlessede To be the ruling spirit in
such a position Is more sacred
honor than 70 rule an empire WO-
narfs rigatss- Has man any higher
or mere noblee And when husband
and wife So ere % ere and heart 10
heart one in the interest Of home
they have reached As near perfection
rs Ne are allowed 10 hope for ~hEls
IN earth
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-06
GERMAN ALIEN FEMALES sunk OFF VA. CAPES
Daring Work of German Submarines
Attack Nor vegian Steamer.

Washington, June G.-The Nor
wecian steamer Liasvold was shcllea
and sunk by German submarine 40
miles off the Virginia Capes at .
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon, it was an
nounced by the Navy Department last
night.
Cape May, N ;, June 6.-That one
of the German U-boat pirates was
caught this afternoon Off the Ovcralls
Lightship was nc news brought to
Schellengress Landing yesterday aft
ernoon with the arrival Of a scout
patrol from the scene Of the reported
victorious battle
The report la. ks official confirna-
ton, and officials at the Cape May
section base declared they knew
nothing about it, ard referred all
inquiries to the headquarters of the
Fourth Naval district in Philadelphia
Those who received the report di-
rect from a crew of the scout boat
which put into Schellengress Land
ing, however, a4tach little importance
to the lack of official confirmation,
which they regard ss being sn indica-
ton merely that the American Navy
Department propt ses, like the British
to keep the G":mans in the dark
about the fate Of tlcir disappearing
sea pirates.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-06
100000 Negroes Overseas.

Emmett ]. S,ott's tribute to t::c
coIored soldiers ir the United States
army has been laced in the Congress
sional Record b. Representative Wal
ter Chandler, of New York. The trl-
butte was included in quotation by
Representative Chandley Of survey
made BY John z Bruce on the sub
ject.
The record p1;;lts out that at n"
present time 100000 co,ored troops
are fighting on rhe side OF the allies
in France. Mr.. Scott says: with tie
allied armies in Europe there are 81
ready associated negro solditrs from
the United Stats and an increasln%-
" large number Ct them will soon 3e
on the firing line under the Stars and
Stripes. The history of the Amer
can negro Is a history of coura%: and
valor The negr,'s blood has crln1-
soned bat:lefelds in every war fought
bv the United S+ltcs since the REQ
luton"