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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23
FOCH'S DRIVE

Continued from Page OnA.l
stores and munitions in the area
north of the Marine and in the angle
between the Marine and Ardre, which
flows into the Vesle at Fismes. OBJ
servers hold that the Germans prob
ably are preparing for a retirement to
the Vesle or to a line based on that
river which parallels the Marine fif-
teen miles to the north.
Despite heavy German attacks
French and American troops north
and northeast Of Chateau Thierry still
push On and are now on a line well
to the east of La Croix and Grisolles
and northeast of Mont St Pere.
Two towns in this area have been
captured by the Americans The Ger
mans IN this area probably will retire
more to the north as their positions
are without adequate means of sup
port and supply and the slightest ad-
vance along the Ourcq would render
them untenable.
Ineffectual attempts by the enemy
70 drive the allies back on the eastern
leg of the salient have resulted in stiff
Ilghung. In Courton and Roi woods
Where the enemy blows were the
heaviest, the allies repulsed all At
taeks. North of Courton wood British
troops in an advance have taken 200
prisoners and forty machine guns.
Restore Front East of Rheims
1t is reported unoficially from I.on-
oon That General Gouraud has driven
the enemy back beyond the old French
front line between the Suippes river
ana Massiges, a front of twelve miles
coupled with French gains lust east
OF rheims last week this renort IL
true, means that the French now boId
the same front. lines as before the
Rheims "eSe OF
German troops within the salient
nf H.
sU sui OF the Vesle. not only have lost
an thelr supply lines but are heinz
subjected to a very great bonberde
Ihent oy big guns and French airn1en
IN tne Nesle and Ardre valleys. French
pom pers have dropped fifty tons of
III oot,ios- All the important railroa d
ana convoy centers likewise have been
hDerally deluged from the Air end
several large fires. have been observed
SuII seek to Deceive German PeonIe
GERMAN reports of the fighting saw
that on Sunday all allied efforts were
repulsed and that the Germans eaineS
complete success in these battles. Adj
mission is made, however that the al
hes nave advanced to the new Ger
man line north and northeast of
Chateau Thierry
Divisions hurried from the north to
the aid of the German crown prince
| have been counter balanced by the al
lies by the British. When it became
known some days ago that the Ger
mans were sending troops from the
British front toward the Marine an
| equal number of British divisions were
sent south by General Foch and have
been making good gains fighting
| southwest of Rheims
On the remainder of the western
| front and in Italy the opposing troops
have been occupied with raids and
| artillery duels more or less violent
| British airmen in further raids into
! GERMANY dr0nned bombs With effac,
tive results in Mannheim. Zweibrucke r
and Rottweil. Heavy explosions were
caused in factories at the two las
named places.
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TEDDY REFUSES IT
He Will Not Accept Nomination
for Governor of n. Y.
Makes No References to Issues
Discussed at Convention.

Oyster Bay. n. Y, July 23.-Col.
Theodore Roosevelt has issued a state
ment in which he declares that under
no circumstances would he accept the
Republican nomination for governor
of New York.
The former president made his an
nouncement when he sent a telegram
to. Atty. Gen. Merton E. Lewis. AL
bany, in reply to message which Mr..
Lewis sent several days ago, offering
to withdraw from the race If the col
onel would become a candidate In
his telegram Colonel Roosevelt did not
mention any of the, subjects which
were taken up by the Republicans at
their convention last week. He did
not refer to prohibition or woman suf-
frage, nor did he propose candidate
for governor.
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Will Give FACTS
President To Announce Details
of Russian Plan.
VIII Not Try Now To Restore
Eastern Battle Front.

Washington, July 23.-Allied action
in Siberia impends.
President Wilson has completed an
announcement which will set forth to
the world the program OF aid for Rus
STA, assuring the Russians and all peo-
Piles that ours is not policy of ag-
grandizement or aggression. Its issu-
-ance awaits only receipt of the formal
acceptance by Japan of the interna-
tional proposition. This is expected
hourly.
The first step of the allies will be
to occupy Vladivostok with troops.
With this base definitely under al
lied protection the danger of armed
German forces becoming a greater
menace in Siberia will be countered.
The action is not Intervention" 1t
is economic assistance which Is to fol-
low.
Will Spread Declaration Broadcast.
President Wilson will outline spe-
officially the whole proposed course of
action and its purposes. His declara-
ton willsbe spread broadcast thru all
countries of the world to offset any
effort by Germany to spread the false
rumor that the allies are aggressivc.y
acting against Russia
A force of trained newspaper men
will be sent into Siberia to establish
contact with Russians and dissent
nate the news of Americas program
of assistance for the people.
Action now is regarded as timely.
Czecho-S1ovak forces have "cut the
ice" in Siberia. The people of that
part of Russia are friendly.
Washington, July 23.-Plans of the
United States for participation in the
expedition to give military aid to Rus
STA are expected to be announced in
public statement by President Wilson
very soon, probably before the end of
the week.
Will Make Purpose Clear.
The statement, it is understood. will
be of a very explicit nature and be-
sides making clear the means of the
aid to be extended will show that the
United States have no selfish motives
and intends to stand firmly beside the
Russian people in their fight for a
democracy. The sending of economic
aid also will be announced in the pres
ident's statement, but the personnel of
the commission probably will not be.
VIII Not Restore Eastern Front.
Plans for the military expedition to
be conducted jointly by the United
States and Japan with Great Britain
and France, 1t is understood, do not at
this time contemplate the reconstruc-
ton of the eastern front as a battle
line to draw the German troops from
! the west.
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1T WILL BE COOLER

Continued rom Page One)
over the state during the last twenty
four hours. Phillipsburg reported SO
of an inch; lola AZ, Wichita 80 and
Kansas City .0s. Heavy thunder show
ers have occurred in Ohio and north
ern Indiana and good rains are report
ed from Texas and Oklahoma.
The highest temperature in Topeka
during the last twenty-four hours was
SO at 1890 o'clock Monday and the
lowest was ~ at o'clock this morn
ing. No temperatures as high as 100
were recorded in the state. The high
est in the United States was 104 at
Phoenix.
The hot weather which swept over
the east a couple of days ago still pre-
walls. Washington reports 96 degrees
Monday; Chicago "a, Pittsburgh go
and Cincin 1ati IS.
The tel, perature in Topeka at 9
o'clock this morning was IS, with in
dications that if the sun shines this
afternoon It will go to 90. Tomorrow
will start in with a temperature be-
tween 10 and rs and rise to about 80
in the afternoon.
The highest temperature on record
for this date was 104 in 1901, and
the lowest was 81 in 1887. The wind
at 9 o'clock this morning was blow
ing ten miles an hour from the south.
DAILY WEATHER TABLE
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FOOL RUSSIANS
Huns Make Them Think Paris
Is Fallen, England Starved
United States Beaten and Ger.
many Everywhere Victorious.

Minneapolis. Mimi, July $50
thoroly has Germany saturated Rus
STA with lying propaganda, Russian
people now believe that the Germans
have won the war, that Paris is taken,
that America is defeated, that Eng
land is starving.
This was shown in a letter received
here today by Prof. William Stern
berg of the Univ ersity of Minnesota,
from his brother, A. NJ. Sternberg,
chief engineer of the province of
Baku.
In the letter, Mr.. Sternberg speaks
of the reported fall of Paris, the vic
tory of the Huns on all fronts-and the
submission of the United States and
England as a matter of fact. He said
he had planned returning to America,
but that he would have to change his
plans now that Germany has won
the war"
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HUGE MEAT ORDER
99,56O,000 Lbs. BacOn-134,-
900, 900 Lbs. Canned Meats.
Largest Single Delivery in His
tory of the World.

Chicago, July 23.-The largest sin
gle order for bacon and canned meats
in the history of the world-99, $50. 600
pounds of bacon and 134.00O,00O
pounds of canned meats-has just been
placed by the quartermaster's depart
ment, L. S. A, for the American army
overseas.
Louis F. Swift, in commenting on
this today, said the order will take
the bac,n from approximately 1901
600 hogs, ana if other work were
dropped to produce it would be
equivalent to the total bacon produc-
ton of the five largest Chicago pack
ers for nearly five weeks. However,
six months will elapse before deliv-
cry is to be completed.
Mr.. Swift said:
AT the current prices on the day,
last week when the purchase was
made, the packers would pay ths
livestoc.1 producers about $8O.000,000
for the necessary hogs and over $780,
900, 900 for about 100000 cattle re-
quired.
THE cattle will cost US twice as
much, and the hogs two and one-half
times as much as in the pre-war
period.
THE whole order will be made Up
before the first of the year, despite
the fact thet~ even before this our-
chase, one-fourth of the packers facil-
tiles have been devoted to filling mill
tary demands.
I'm order to get out the canned
goods the packers will find it neces-
sary to employ night and day shifts
of Gamers. notwithstanding the fact
that the products are being rushed
forward thus hurriedly, not single
complaint has been received on meats
delivered to the armies abroad.
The five packers are now killing
about $4,000 hogs weekly to keep
abreast of martial and domestic
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CAPTURED HUN PLANE
Italian Aviator Brought in Enemy
Flyer in His Own Way.

Rome July ga correspondent at
the front wires the Corriere della Sera
the following aerial episode:
A sergeant italian flyer encountered
an Austrian chaser and fired voIley
with his machine gun. The Austrian
raised his hand as If to say: Enough
good Italian"
The sergeant gave an imperative
sign which means. Descend"
The Austrian began to plane down
in the direction indicated with our ap-
paratus following him closely
Every little while the enemy turned
and asked: Am going right ?"
Our sergeant answered.: go al
ways straight ahead"
They passed oyer an aviation field.
"Here?" asked the Austrian quiz
zingly.
It was not the camp of the sergeant
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GO ahead still far

who ordered: go ahead still far
Their"
He wanted to take him to his own
hangar. and so he did,. but as they
were descending our ace saw the
enemy flyer wheeling about above our
hangers. He thought the Austrian by
a bold stroke might intend to blow
them up, and without losing a mo-
ment he was upon him and with one
shot threw the enemy apparatus to
the ground in flames The aviator.
however. escaped unhurt.
Rising. he berated the Italian. say
ing: That is not the way, to act ="
Our sergeant explained the mistake
and it all ended with laugh.
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CORNER is TURNED
Submarine Menace No Longer
Threatens Food Supply.
Enemy VIII Lose More by Nal.
nutrition Than by Guns.

London, July 23.-Herbert Hoover,
United States food administrator. told
the allied food controllers here today
that the corner in food production and
supply has been turned. There is no
longer anything to fear from the Ger
d ess delivered at a luncheon at the
Mansion house. he said: --
THE submarine menace no longer
threatens the food supply. We have
turned the corner at last.
During the last twelve months the
United States has exported ten million
tons of foodstuffs to the allies.
During the next twelve months,
with less pressure. we can export
tons from Canada.
I'VE have built enough ships to
handle food for the soldiers.
THE United States pork output
alone will supply meat for the allies.
Hunger Dominating Fact to Foe.
I'm contrast to this. hunger is the
dominating fact with the enemy. They
have been unable to produce the food
they need. Starvation rings in the
words of so called German victory
These people are being slowly but
surely starved. Their loss of lives
thru malnutrition and starvation dur
ing the period to the next harvest
probably will be larger than alt the
casualties of the west front"
Hoover read the following message
from President Wilson:
THE American people will gladly
and willingly make any sacrifice ir
food stuffs to maintain the healthy
comfort and the courage of the allied
peoples. We are in fact eating at q
common table with them"
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A DIVE MAY BE FATAL
st. Marys Man in Hospital With
Bro IN Neck Following Swim.

William Rezac, rs years old, of St
Marys, is in St. Francis hospital suf-
fering with a broken neck as the re-
suit of a dive made .by him while
swimming in the Kaw river near his
home Sunday. Physicians attending
him say there is a slight chance for
his recovery
Some boys who were swimming
with Rezac said that he had been
swimming and dried into a certain
deep hole several times Saturday.
Sunday he went back to the same
place with the boys and dived, but the
sandy bottom of the river had shifted
and the place was now shallow. When
Rezac dived he struck the bottom with
such force that his neck was broken.
His companions, seeing his body float
ing on the surface, pulled him out and
had him brought to st. Francis hos
Dital
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TnDAY'S MARKET REPORTS


Chicago. Julv 23-CoRN-Rig receipts and
continued favorable weather brought about
fresh weakness in the corn market today
AT first there was come showing of
strength as a result of transient scarcity
of offerings Buying. however. lacked
force. Opening prices. which vnried from
the same as Yesterdays finish to He high
er. with August 81. 4SIE to s1.49lk and Sep
TENDER S1.49Z to 81 .50Z were followed by a
decided general setback.
The close was strong. 3Zc TO 4%c net
higher. with August 81 5212 TO 81 .52& and
September S1-53H to 81. 5s3s
OATS-Liberal offerings to arrive weak
ened the oats market. Hedging pressure
was evident. After opening &c off to \. =
advance with August e7%c to 6SAc. prices
hardened little and then underwent a
material sag
PROvISIONS-High quotations on
hogs tended to uphold provisions. De-
mand tho was checked by tn weakness of
grain.
Brokers who generally act for packers
were the best purchasers 'on the advance
Chicago Grain and Provision Market.
tTbe range. OF prices on grain ,uturer IN
chicago Roard Of Trade as reported by
Thos. J. Myers. 3C1 ~ r ,slde
Chicago, July %.
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Fight Heavy Rear Guard Action
To Save Troops on Marine.
Retired Slowly All Day Yester-
day Toward North and East.
BURNING VILLAGES LIGHT SKY
Allied AviatOrs Reported Great
Congestion on Roads.
Number Prisoners Believed to
Far Exceed Official Figure.

With the French Armies in the
Field, JulyS23 g a. m.)-The German
retreat northward from the Marine is
being carried out tonight by the light
of burning villages-the torches OF
Prussian militarism.
The sky is illuminated from horizon
to horizon by blazing towns and am
munition dumps, as the enemy con-
tinues his retirement toward the Nesle
river. Allied aviators report great
congestion on the roads below Ba-
zoches 10 the Vesle, two and half
miles west of Fismes and sixteen miles
north of the Marne).
Fight Heavy Rear Guard Action.
The Germans are fighting a heavy
rear guard action and are holding
desperately on the flanks TO prevent
being squeezed in the great pocket by
the French and Americans advancing
north of Chateau Thierry and the
French, Italians and British advancing
north of the Marine and between the
river and Rheims.
Have Used 100000 Men.
1t is established that the Germans
already have used sixty divisions
(72O,OO0 mem.
Communications below Bazoches are
QlTIlCult, even unQeT
TONS as they consist mostly of wind
ing by-roads. Their disrepair is
greater thru having been fought over
so recently. Bombing planes and long
range cannon are adding to the
boches' troubles there.
Prisoners Exceed Official Figures.
The number of prisoners is steadily
increasing. When they are all counted
it probably will be found that one
army alone has captured nearly as
many as the total of the present Of
fetal estimates.
CThe latest official statement re-
garding prisoners was made in Sum
days Paris communique when 1t was
announced that more than 10000 had
been taken, and more than 400 guns
captured).
Bazoches is one of the most impor-
tant railway and highway centers IN
this region. 1t is the junction of the
railways running from Scissor and
Oulchy-Le Chateau to Fismes.
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BRITISH TROOPS TOOK PART.
Were in the Heaviest OF Yesterdays
Fighting to the South of Rheims.
tBy the Associated Press.J

(By the Associated PreSS)
With the French Army on the
Aisne Marine Front, July 23.-Prob-
ably the heaviest fighting Monday oc-
Cured on the eastern wing of the
salient, where British troops took
part. The Britishers who had arrived
on the scene only recently engaged the
enemy in a hand to hand conflict in
the extremely wooded region south
west of Rheims.
Four fresh divisions faced them.
One German division which had held
the line against the Italians had been
annihilated, only few hundred re-
manning. The Germans had a large
number of machine guns in this vi
cinity but the British captured forty
of them in the course of a strong at
tack in which they made progress and
took more than 200 prisoners.
Altogether the day was very salts
factory for the allies who are threat
ening the Germans communications
everywhere. There is every reason to
believe that the Germans are hurry
ing forward more divisions to add to
the sixty they already have thrown
into the battle.
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ITALY WELCOMES US
American Mission Given Rousins Re.
ception in Rome.

Rome, July 23.-The American mis-
sion to Italy was given a rousing well
come in parliament upon its arrival
here.
Under Secretaries of State Borsarelli
and Galenga, representing the gov
eminent; Vice President Rava. repre-
senting the speaker, and numerous
deputies formed the receiving COM
mittee.
After Ambassador Page had intro
duced the members of the mission,
Captain La Guardia spoke in Italian.
He said that Americans, together with
the italians and all the allies, were
firmly decided to win the war land
VIII win it wit out doubt, for democ-
racy and the liberty of all peoples"
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DEFENSE COUNCIL

One inspector adopted a plan of
having Birthday or anniversary
parties as a means of collecting gifts
from contractors whose goods he su-
pervised. The contractors flocked to
his house, it was said, and left arm
loads of presents. It was intimated
some of these packages contained
money.
Ralph Rosentha1, one of the con-
tractors arrested last night and ar
raigned before a United States COM
missioner, today admitted to depart
ment of justice officials, it was an
nounced. that payments described as
loans" were made to a government
inspector in his plant and that no re-
quest every was made for repayment.
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Kansas city. Live stock Market.

Kansas City, July Enthusiastically
9,OOO. Market 500 SOC higher. Bulk of
sales, $1S.6O@1S90; heavy. S1sSOG 1900;
packers and butchers. S1S.65d19OO; light,
SIS. 500 1890. pigs S16.75@17.35.
.CATTLE-heceipts $4,000. including L.
900 southerns Market steady to strong.
Prime fed steers, S11.25@1S2J: dressed
beef steers. S13.O0G17 90: western steers,
S11 COG 1875: southern steers, S7.00G14O0:
cows. Sc 25@ 1900; heifers. 5000 1900 {:
s1S l0 ana cd 1eeder g9 sSo Duis
SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Market strong.
Lambs. SHOWCASES: yearlings, $4,000
1900: wethers, S10.006f13.50; ewes. SS.OO1
1850; stockers and feeders S600611.O0
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ANOTHER RETREAT
fContinued from Page One.
Itself into an artillery duel as this S
cabled.
(By the Associated Press.)
Fight To Escape.

With the French Army on the
Aisne-Marne. July % (7:4O a. m.).-
The fiercest fighting continued thru
out the day on both wings of the Ger
man salient between the Aisne and the
Marine. The efforts of the enemy were
concentrated on an attempt to pre-
vent the allied troops from cutting
thru on either side and thus imperil-
ing the great masses of German troops
still within the semi-circle.
Despite the German determination
French. American and British troops
all made progress.
Overnight information does not In
dictate any radical change in the stu
alton along the battle front. The pros
poets seemed to be that today would
be another of neavy attacks and coun-
ter attacks with not more than slight
changes in the line.
The troops of General Pershing and
General Petain are holding almost
every inch of ground they have gained
since the counter blow began on
Thursday last.
Allies Hold Epieds.
The Franco-American forces north
OF Chateau Thierry now are holding
Epieds and nearby villages and a bit
of territory northeast of Mont St.
Pere- Further east the enemy is con-
tinuing to counter attack unsuccess-
fully.
Along the greater part of the front
the artillery fire was the chief actfv-
fly. altho at places brilliant infantry
operations are taking place, while ma
chine gun nests make every open field
4 potential trap.
The number of prisoners has beer
increased by thousands, and a verf.
table mountain of captured and aban.
doned material is in the possession OF
the allies. Many guns taken had beer
blown up or damaged by the enem,
before he abandoned them.
The British efforts along the line
near Rheims have been rewarded By
a bag of prisoners and machine guns
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Charles NJ. Schwab. general mana
ger OF the Emergency Fleet corpora
ton. has adopted as the slogan of the
shipbui1ders: More calking-less
talking"
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ShOwers, most OF which were light, Tell
in central and eastern Kansas in the past
twenty -four hours. and temperatures have
ranged considerably above the normal with
generally cloudy skies.
The rivers of the Kaw watershed are at
low stages. and will not change much in
the next thirty-six hours.
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