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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-02
SETS GAS MASK DAY
Governor Requests That Seeds Be Col
lected for Charcoal Nov. 8.

Governor, Capper issued q proclama-
ton today fixing Saturday. November
3, as gas mask day in Kansas The
proclamation was issued to stir up
some enthusiasm to gather fruit seeds
and pits for<use in making the char
coal to be placed in the gas masks of
the American soldiers. The proclaim
alton said:
The war department. thru the gas de-
Tense division, is again appealing to the
people of the nation for fruit pits and nut
shells to produce carbon for gas masks.
These pits and shells produce carbon of a
superior quality which serves en- alb
sorbent of poisonous gases. One million
pounds Of these materials are needed daily
to meet the deUands. This huge amount
wholehearted support of the American
The campaign started some weeks ago is
order to stimulate Interest eret and get inn
mediate results the governors Of the vari-
Gus states have been asked to make a
special appeal to their people.
Therefore. /, Arthur. Capper, governor OF
the state of Kansas. hereby proclaim and
/ gas ma SIX day in Kansas. and earnestly call
upon the people Of the state to put forth a
special effort on that day. and on every
day thereafter until the need Is met, to save
and collect pits OF seeds from cherries.
peaches. plums. apricots, prunes, dates and
olives. and the shells from hickory nuts.
terials are desired. as government chemists
have found those here designated to be the
most effective. 1t is urged that in the
rural communities particularly special days
be set aside to gather nuts.
Tn local chapers of the Red Cross in
every community will make arrangements
for the collection or caring for these shells.
and Instructions as to how to care for them
will be issued that organization.
whether on the firing s.ne or in some other
service, is called upon at one time or
another to wear a gas mask. 1t is said
that losses by gas are greater than those
by the guns Of the enemy. Here Is an OPP
portunity for every man, woman and child
to render most vital servfce-tO save our
brave soldiers from excruciating pain and
possibly death-by the simple tnsk of
saving what is ordinarily waste material
and holding it until such time as arrange
posit 1t in the stations which have been
provided for that purpose.
The need is most urgent. Let US meet
this new duty. with true Kansas prompt
ness and Patriotism.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-02
STILL MORE RIDE
Kansas Now Has an Auto for
Every Seven Persons.
Number Has Increased 33,47S
in Last Year.

There is one motor car in Kansas
for every seven persons. according to
the tabulation today of c. w. Myers,
motor car registrar for the secretary
of state. Kansas has $500 less inhab-
itants this year than last while Novem-
Der l it had 33,47S more motor cars
than a.year ago. This does not include
the motor cycles licensed in Kansas
but does include the slicehses issued
to dealers On November 1 there were
1928 licenses issued by the state de-
partment as compared with 154,1S6 a
year ago. On March 1 of this year
the assessors reported, 1,734,S41 per-
leads all others in the number of cars
registered.
Butler county where the develop
ment-of the oil fields has populated a
hitherto scattered district registered
6,3S5 cars Four other counties have
are Reno, Crawford, Montgomery,
Shawnee and Wyandotte.
. County Records.
Following are the cars in Kansas as
they are registered in the different
counties.
Barber I1sS, Barton 23G4,, Bourbon 1255.
Brown 2912, Butler 63s5, Chase 914, Chi:u-
tauqua 1870, Cherokee $3.50, Cheyenne So.
Clark aaa 6s2. Clay al2G, o Cloud a 21s3 Goffsy
4O69 Decatur lbs Dickinson 3IO6, Doniphan
1872 Douglas 3256, Edwards 1889, Elk $50,
Ellis 971, Ellsworth 128S, Finney S43 Ford
1924, Franklin 1887, Geary- 1907. Cove 4I9,
Graham S37, Grant 14S, Gray 56S, Greedy
1853. Greenwood 1913, Hamilton 264, Harper
500, Jackson 1850, jefferson 1854. Jewell
1905, johnson 1886. Kearny 800, Kingnan
1110 Kiowa COG. Labette 2607. Lane :,62,
Leavenworth 1882, Lincoln 1477, Linn 1872,
Logan 800. Lyon 1855, Marion 2942, Mar
M s 900 Mitchell 1888, Monteemery All
Morris 1895, Morton 3Oe Nemaha 25S3, Ne
0sho 2i14, Ness 923, Norton 1893, Usage
1885, Osborne 1928. Ottawa 1433, Pawnee
1914, Phillips 1868. Pottawatomie 1890,
Pratt 1195, Rawlins 974, Reno 1865. Be
public; .194, Rice 200. Riley 2e1o, Rocks
Scott 40, Sedgwick 9412. Seward 627, Shaw
nee 1914, Sheridan CAB, Sherman Col, Smith
2115, Stafford 1929, Stanton 10, Stevens 426
Summer 412, Thomas SOC, Trego 1888, Wa
baunsee 1401, Wallace pa. Washington 2d13,
Wichita 255, Wilson 1920, Woodson SIS,
WyandOtta 4SS9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-02
HIGH SCHOOL GIRL DEAD
Annie Laurie Close Succumbs. to
Pneumonia-Infuen Epidemic.

Annie Laurie Close, a young Topeka
girl of prominent family, died this
morning at O'Clock, of pneumonia.
She was taken Ill Thursday morning,
the 'malady rapidly developing into
the fatal pneumonia
Miss Close was the only daughter of
Mrs. ]. F. Close, widow of the. late j..
F. Close. whose home has been in To-
peka for a number of years. ]. F.
Close was assistant attorney general of
Kansas The family moved to Topeka
from Belleville. Annie Laurie, who
was 16 years of. age at the time of her
death, was born in Topeka. She was
a sub-senior in the high school, and
was both a studious and beautiful girl.
A few years ago she spent a summer in
Europe with a party of Topeka people.
Arrangements for the funeral have
not been made The body will be
taken to Bellevil1e for burial, and a
funeral service will be held there. Pos
sibly a short service will be held also
in Topeka. i
Miss Close is survived by her moth
err and by one brother, ]. Franklin
Close, jr.. both of Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-02
3|MPLY? WELL,DON'T Be!
People Notice It. Drive Them Off
with DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets

A pimply face will not embarrass you
much longer if you get package of DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets. The skin should
begin to clear after you have taken the
tablets few nights.
Cleanse the blood the bowelsand theli liver
with DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sue
cessful substitute for calomel; there'snever
any sickness or pain after taking them.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do that
which calomel does, and fast az effectively,
but their action is gentle and safe instead
Of severe and irritating.
No one who takes Olive Tablets is
ever cursed with "a dark brown taste,"
. bad breath, a dull listless. no good"
feeling, constipation, torpid liver, bad
disposition or pimply face.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are
q purely vegetable compound mixed
with olive oil: you will know them
py their olive color.
Dr.. Edwards spent years among pa
tents afflicted with liver and bowel
complaints, and Olive Tablets are the
immensely effective result.
Take one or two nightly for q week.
See how much better you feel and look.
10c and 25c per box. All druggists.
(Advorfisanonf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-02
St0p Pilgrimages.

Buenos Aires. Friday, Nov. be-
cause of the influenza epidemic all
pilsrimages to cemeteries. which are
customary on All Saints Day, were
prohibited today. All bars. cafes apd
cabarets are closed at IL O'Clock and
theaters and moving picture houses
are permanently closed as caution
airy measures against the further
spread of the disease. Reports from
Montevideo say the streets there are
deserted in response to an appeal by
the authorities that every one remain
at home during the epidemic. Many
deaths, due to- relapees following in
fluenza, are reported from Rio ia
metro.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-02
BETTER FREIGHT RATE
sew Classification Plan May Benefit
Topeka Dairymcn.

If the consolidated freight classifi-
atoms are put under one head by the
Interstate commerce commission, To-
peka may get much better freight
.ates. especially for dairy products
Z. H. Hogueland, commerce counsel
for 1.-THE Topeka traffice association,
renders this opinion after returning
from hearing held this week in Chi
cago.
The plan before the commission is
the combination of three large divi-
sions into one uniform rating. --Hogue-
land asserts that the three divisions
would be known as the official. the
southern and the western The plan,
II adopted. would result in better rates
for butter. eggs and poultry. at least.
says Hogueland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-02
WHAT MAYHAPPEN
Next 4S Hours May Bring Big
Happenings.
Fall of Austria of First I'm
pOrtance Today.
onNrrnrnnr 70 uflnIun ran
CONFERENCE IS NEARING END
Kaiser May Abdicate at Almost
= Any Time Now.
Washington Tries To Look Into
Immediate Future.

Washington, Noy. 1.-The next for
ty-eisht to sixty hours are expected to
write dramatic events on the closing
pages of the war.
Impending developments are rapid
ly coming to i head. Within the next
few days, it is deemed possible in Of
fetal quarters here that:
ID Austria will submit to armistice
terms, equivalent to unconditional
surrender.
CD The Versailles council will fin
ish it's armistice task and send sur
render terms forward to Germany.
go The kaiser may abdicate.
President Wilson labored late Fri
day night and was astir early today on
the information from the Versailles
conference. There was reason to be-
lieve that armistice terms fully safe
guarding American-allied supremacy
had about been framed.
That Germany cannot choose but to
accept them is the thought here.
Tho Hindenburg is quoted as having
said Germany will never surrender,
President Wilson is working and has
been working for some time past or
the theory that she would crumble
and take what she was handed.
Austria Fall Near.
The Austrian armistice situation is
rapidly crystallizing. The outburst of
popular uprisings within the dual
monarchy plus the Italian offensive
have long. since assured that Austria
will yield fully Her acceptance of
armistice terms is only a matter of
brief time.
AS for the kaisers abdication in the
next few days, there is some uncer-
tainty. The matter has been discussed
freely both officially and among the
people of Germany, according to press
reports. The kaiser appears, however.
to be clineing to the last forlorn hopes.
tho it is foreseen here that he must go
ere long.
A Silence Still.
The state and war departments and
the White House still maintain silence
as to what is actually developing at
Versailles. There is a prospect that
this silence will be shattered, how
ever either at Versailles or here be-
fore Monday night.
Now that affairs are coming to a
head, it may be said that the presi-
dent and his closest advisers have
foreseen ever since Germany started
peace overtures that the end was COM
ing fast. Turkish and Austrian dis
appearance from the war in exactly
the. manner as now recorded, was an
ticipated. 1t may be added that the
president acted with this practical GER
tainty in mind and with the prospect
that Germany, thus deserted, would
have to yield to the allied-American
terms of surrender.
The reaction of the nation to the
German proposals made the presi-
dents negotiations rather more cir4
cuitous than they might otherwise
have been. But, as authorities here
sense the situation, the world is now
adjusting itself to the idea of an early
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-02

Topeka man. Floyd A. Ewing,
with Company E. $50 infantry. Eighty
ninth division, is one of the soldiers
appearing in a photograph taken Sep
TENDER IS. about the time of the bat
tie of st. Mihiel. Ewing went to camp
April IS, and after four weeks was
sent abroad. On September his
company was taken from the front
line trenches for rest, and twas prob
ably during their rest time that the
photograph we made. Before going
into the army, Ewing was city sales
man for the Zercher Brothers Book
& Stationery company.
A peculiar circumstance attended
the discovery of the boy in the photo
graph by his father, C. S. Ewing, of
1917 Harrison street. The photograph
had been placed among the war pic
lures IN the window of a Kansas City
newspaper. Ewing. while he was in
Kansas City few days ago, was pass
ing the building, and felt strangely
impelled to stop and look at the pic
tures. He went straight to the photo
graph that showed his son among ten
other fighters, and the first face he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-02
FACE ALL DANGERS
Y Workers Do Not Have Safe. Jobs
Doctor NayIor Asserts.

In a speech at the Chamber of Com
merce this noon DIR. Wilson S. Naylor,
who has been in charge of the Y. NJ.
c. A. work on the Italian front, spoke
of the dangers the Y. NJ. secretaries
overseas incur and repeatedly refuted
the stories he alleges have been told
on this side of the sea to the effect
that Y. M. men do not work in the
front line.
Doctor Wilson reviewed the whole
history of the war, showing the cour-
-age and endurance of the allies, told
of the American attack at Chateau
flierry in the face of an order to fall
back. and drew the conclusion from
the facts presented that the. Y. NJ. C.
A. men and workers were most as
suredly right up in the front line. And
not only that. they are over the front
line, over the TOP and into No Mans
Land with the boys.
Doctor Naylqr is to speak at the
Chamber of Commerce this evening
to a meeting OF the members nf the
seven-in-one campaign committee,
which Includes the team captains and
the workers. Tomorrow morning at
1O.30 o'clock Doctor Naylor is to
speak at IN oper air meeting at Te-
cUmSeh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-02
IA QUICK CHANGE
Birds Sang in Tree1 Six Short
49, Months Ago.
Now the Lumber Is Part of
Great Ships.

Galveston, Tex, Nov. Pine trees
in which birds were building nests at
sowing time last spring are now made
into ships ready for cargoes of grain
destined for Europe and the forests of
the south everywhere show the results
of the great shipbuilding drive.
Construction of single ship of the
Ferris type, calling for nearly two mill
lion feet of lumber, necessitates- the
clearing of nearly a thousand acres of
pine trees. The Daugherty ship re-
quires a million and a half feet of
lumber. While the pine forests of
Louisiana and Texas produce from
acre, only a small percentage Of this
is available for shipbuilding
Two score vessels already have been
launched at Beaumont. Orange> and
Houston,-and the consumption of 1um
Der at Orange alone will denude more
than 100000 acres of forest. Ship
yards at Beaumont and Houston will
take as much more. The yards at
Lake Charles. Morgan City. New, Or
leans, Slidell, Pascagoula, Gulfport,
Biloxi. Pensacola and Mobile likewise
are drawing on the forests of the
south, and the woodland cleared will
total millions OF acres when the ship
building campaign is over.
The Emergency Fleet corpora ton
has contracted for all available ship
timber and would use more If it could
be produced. At Beaumont the fleet
corporation has built one Of the larg-
est lumber yards of the country on
fifty acres of land presented by the
city.
Louisiana has $4,000 men in its 700
saw mills, while Texas has more than
half that number, altho Texas has a
larger number of saw mills. If labor
sufficient to operate the mills at full
capacity were available. both Texas
and Louisiana would be producing
more lumber this year than ever be-
fore
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-02
ENTERS new FIELD
Australia Now Engages in
Business Diplomacy.
Backs Industries for Interna-
tional Trade Expansion.

New York, Nov. 2.-Australia has
entered the field fof business diplo-
macy. From the island continent at
the bottom of the world has come for
the first time in history an envoy to
the United States, to work for the
strengthening of the commercial. fl
nancial and political good will pre-
vailing between the two countries.
Under a policy similar to that de-
veloped by the American government
in ante-bellum days-termed in an apt
phrase dollar diplomacy'-the Aus
tralian commonwealth has given Off
cial support to the ambitions of its
agricultural, industrial and mercantile
interests for international trade ex-
parfsion.
Recent arrival here of an Australian
commissioner has called attention to
a new departure in governmental ac-
ton within the British Empire. The
mother country hitherto has directed
her international relations and those
of her colonies from London. Yet
Austral1a's venture has been approved
by the British government, and Henry
Y, Brad1pn, appointed to the. newly
created office, is vested with full au-
thority to lay the foundations for a
great Australia n American trade after
the war and to negotiate for an inter-
change of credits to finance it and
SHIPPING to carry it.
A Business Mission.
Because his mission is one of bust
ness rather than diplomacy, Mr.
Braddon has established headquarters
in this city, the nations financial and
commercial caE.tal. He frankly pre-
diets that Australia with $4,000 of her
sons killed in battle and 100, 900 9TH
ers on the casualty lists. will want no
dealing with Germany. His chief job,
then, as he sees 1t, is to encourage
America to take Germany's place as
the principal buyer CT Australian pri-
mary productS-wool, wheat and meat
and as the leading source of supply
of manufactured articles imported by
the commonwealth
incidentally, he hopes to hasten de-
livery from Pacific coast shipyards of
fourteen cargo vessels ordered by his
government, and which will form the
nucleus of the acknowledgements
carrying trade.
Owing to his overwhelming interest
in the war-he has three sons with
his country's 100000 men in the Brit
ish army-Mr. Braddon would have
found it difficult, he declared on ar
irving here, to devote himself to a
peace time project but for his firm be-
lief that much mutual good can come
OF better acquaintance between Aus
tral1a and the States" as America is
universally known in the antipodes.
With this object in view, he an
nounced, plan to set up as a branch
OF his commission a bureau to furnish
the American press with the thigh
Spots OF Australian news y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-02

saw in the group was that of his son.
ENing's agitation upon looking into
thu face of his son without knowing
previously that the picture was there,
was noticed by the persons standing
about, and the picture was taken
down SO that he could get a better
look at it.
The picture shows Ewing and. his
comrades grouped around a captured
machine gun after the victory at st.
Mihiel,T when the Yanks, including
many Kansas and Missouri boys.
smashed the salient which for some
time had threatened the entire allied
lines. 1t was Ewing and his comrades
that rushed machine gun nest of the
enemy bayonetting the gunners and
capturing the piece.
Just seven weeks after Ewing
reached camp. he was in the front line
trenches in France
Mrs. E. S. Stevenson, of 207 East
Seventeenth street. stated this after
noon she is positive that she recog-
nizes the picture at the left at the row
standing as her son. Walter j. Harris,
who was employed by the Rock Island
before entering army service
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-02
Y. W. PUBLICATION OUT
Special Number of the Church Out
look Is Now ON Sale.

The October number of the Church
OUTLOOK has been issued. tho its sale
thru the local churches has been de-
layed on account of the closing order.
The numbers are being distributed to-
day, and can be obtained at the va
rious churches where it is usually sold.
The current number is special Y.
w. G. A. issue. and contains news of
the local association and of the asso-
cations national and local war work
council. It was edited and compiled
by Bertha Lee Hampstead Of the Tope-
ka State Journal.
Orders for the number have been
received from various centers of Y. w.
C. A. work over the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-02

peace with punishment for Germany,
not prolongation of the struggle for
revenge.
May Try Battle.
There is, of course, possibility that
Germany will attempt desperate
eleventh hour renewal of the war. But
it is held here that the German peo-
pie, eXpectant of peace and deserted
by their allies, will see to it that peace
is obtained quickly. 1t is felt there
will be no rallying of Germany at this
stage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-02
SERBS NEAR CAPITAL
Troops Reach the Outer Defenses OF
Belgraae-Occupy Pojega.

Paris. Nov. 2.-The Serbians have
reached the outer defenses of Bel
grade. their capital. according to Of
fetal announcement by the French
war office.
THE Serbian First army has ap-
preached Semendria and has reached
the advanced defenses Of Belgrade"
the 8aionfki oornmunique said.
The Second army has occupied
Pojega, forty kilometers1 (twenty- five
miles) from the Bosnian frontier"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-02
TO DANISH ~ANDRASSY
Foreign Minister Sent Out of Austria
Hungary Soon.

Hungary Soon.
Amsterdam, Nov. IA resolution
will be introduced at the next sitting
Of the. NATIONAL assembly. says tele-
gram from Vienna, banishing Count
Andrassy, the foreign minister, from
the territory of German Austria on ac-
count of his note to- President Wilson.
The resolution will say that Count
Andrassy was illegally appointed by
the former Austrian Emperor Charles
and that he is to be banished forth
with ''as troublesome foreigner"
Quiet in Vienna.
Copenhagen. Nov. 2.-CompIete or
der prevailed in Vienna Thursday. ac-
cordipg to the correspondent there of
the Berlin Tageblatt. Emperor
Charles was still in Vienna on that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-02
BORDEN TO PEACE TABLE
Prime Minister of Canada VIII Go as
Delegate.

Ottawa. Ont, Nov. 2.-Sir Robert
Borden. premier of Capada. will go to
Europe as a delegate to the peace con-
ference II one is. called as a result of
the present negotiations. 1t was learn
ed today. Canada is to have a voice in
the final settlement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-02
ANYTHING IN A NAME.
Bevo Promises to Keep Sober in st
Paul Police Court.

ST. Paul, Mimi. Nov. 2.-Charles
Revo. sos importance street, in po-
lice court, promised to keep sober in
the future and was released. whats
in a name?" asked the judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-02

Autobiography
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-18
Withdrawal Is Direct Re-
suit of Work of Nonpar-
tisan Legislation
SEED AND FEED
BILL RESPONSIBLE
Over Half of Loans of
Federal Bank Made To
North Dakota Farmers
(Rv H d. Panlson.N

st. Paul, Mimi, March Is. - The
Federal Farm Loan Bank Of st. Paul,
has ceased to do business in North
Dakota, abandoning all loan plans in
that state as a result of the provision
In the Nonpartisan seed grain act
that gives to counties issuing bonds
and loaning grain to farmers, priority
liens on farm. lands.
e. G. Quamme, president of the
federal farm loan bank, himself a
resident of North Dakota, gave out a
signed statement in st. Paul on
Saturday night in which the final
decision of the Federal Farm Loan
bank in Washington was announced.
Coupled with his statement an
nouncing the withdrawal Of the loan
bank from North Dakota, President
Quamme issued a statement showing
that OF total Of $4,000, 900 loan
through this bank since its establish
ment, Sc, 100000 has gone to North
Dakota farmers--Over half OF all the
money being advanced to North Da-
kota farmers.
Pending at the present time there
are applications for loans aggregate
ing Ss,500000. al OF which will fail
unless GoveIsr Frazier reconVenes
the North Dakota legislature to set
aside the priority provision, or the
question is in some manner introduce
ed into the supreme court. and declar-
ed unconstitutional.
The attorney general Of the Unit