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The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-13
A WAR NECESSITY IN COPIOUS TEARS
Coal Operators Declare for I'm
mediate Prohibition.
Liquor Makers Are Taking Coal
Needed for War.

Washin gton, July 1S.-Immediate
nationwide prohibition is an abso-
lutte necessity if the extra o,O0o,0 600
tons of coal year needed by the
country is to be mined, Fuel Admins
traitor Garfield has been informed by
the National Coal association, repre-
senting bituminous operators produc-
ing 40O.O00,O0O tons of coal annually.
Doctor Garfield is understood to have
laid the associations recommendation
before President Wilson for his con-
sideration.
In statement the association said
that in the opinion of a special com
mittee of its members from virtually
all coal producing sections of the coun-
try which has investigated the ques-
ton, the country cannot have both
booze and sufficient coal this winter"
The liquor traffic" said the state
ment lis curtailing coal production
and the time has come to eliminate it
if there is to be the substantial in
crease in coal output the war program
demands.
The National Coal association is in
formed that the conclusion not only
is the Judgment of the operators but
is concurred in by Frank Harrington.
president of the United Mine Workers
of America for the state of Illinois.
Mr. Harrington is said to have gone
on record to this effect before Presi-
dent Wilson, Fuel Administrator Gar
field and senators and representatives
of Illinois in congress"
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-13
NEW DIVISION TO FUNSTON.
Report That 81 900 Men VIII Arrive
Within a Few Weeks.

Junction City. July 13.-Immediate
formation of a new division of ma
tional army men. including cavalry.
artillery. infantry and allied arms of
the service, at Camp Funston, is in
dicated in reports received at the
camp today. One of these apparent
ly authentic reports is to the effect
that $1,000 men will arrive at the
cantonment within the next few weeks
and that buildings aggregating s3,-
600, 900 in cost are to be built at once.
as an addition to the present camp.
Included in this estimate is a large
hospital unit to cost $1.000.0O0.
Two divisions already have been
trained at Camp Funston since last
September. They are the seth, which
was commanded by Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood, and the 92d, commanded by
Major General Belleu.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-13
TEACH WOMEN TO USE TRACTORS
Several Thousand VIII Meet in Salina
to Train for Mems Duties.

Salina, Kan, July 13.-The organ
izing of the Women's Power Farming
auxiliary in this city during the Ma
tional Tractor show, July 29 to August
3, will be the leading feature of the
tractor event. Mrs. Fay Malvern,
Minneapolis: Mrs. Caroline Sissons,
Hyde Park, Chicago, and Mrs. Robert
Stcckbridge, Missoula, Mont, all
wealthy land owners who have been
affected by the shortage of man pow
er, formed a temporary organization
that is pushing the work.
Hundreds of thousands of letters
sent to women all over the continent
bring favorable replies, and several
thousand women are expected here.
They will be taught the use of heavy
machinery on the farm and q thou
sand acres of land near Salina has
been leased for their exclusive use in
demonstrations and practice. Mrs
Malvern declares farm work by women
is sure to come if the war continues
much longer, and she wants them to
know how to use machinery when the
time comes
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-13
MERCHANTS ARE THRIFTY
Only 76 Filed Petitions for Bankruptcy
in Kansas Last Year.

Seventy-six merchants and business
men in Kansas filed application for
bankruptcy in the federal court in the
year ended June 80, according to an
annual report of F. L. Campbell, clerk
of the United States district court in
Topeka. The year previous lis mer-
chants were forced to seek relief from
their creditors thru voluntary bank
ruptcy proceedings.
Offsetting the decrease in the num-
ber of insolvent merchants, however,
it is shown that fifty-two wage earners
asked to be decreed insolvent during
the last year, while only thirty-tw o
filed bankruptcy cases the year before.
Campbell attributes the decrease in
the number of bankruptcy cases
among the merchants to the thrift
ness and close business methods pur-
sued in the last year which, incidental
ly, was the first year of the war.
The total number of cases filed
for the year was PA. Thirty-sev-
en- of these were involuntary. The
total liza bilities involved were S2,O19,-
s33.O3, against $4.O27,3ss.S1 the year
before,
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-13
LIKE THE old DAYS
Utilizing Mississippi as Trans
pOrtatiOn Medium.
Fleet of Government BargeS Is
Now Being Planned.
RELIEVE RAILROAD CONGESTION
Revival of River Traffic Will
Have a Good Effect.
An ss,OOO,OOO Appropriation
Bill Is Pending in Congress.

La Crosse, Wis, July 13.-The plan
to utilize the Mississippi river as a
medium of transportation is being
pushed rapidly and with an industrial
survey of the river valley in progress,
fleet of government barges with
their noses turned toward northern
ports from ST. Louis and an sS,000,OoO
appropriation bill pending in congress-
an early return of lurpbering Gays ac-
tivity on the stream is confidently ex-
pected-
To relieve railroad congestion was
\ prime object in the movement Tor
feviving river traffic, which was led
by Congressman John ]. Esch. OF La
Crosse and others. The cargo capacity
of the first fleet of government oarSeS
is 4500 tons, and E. F. Goltra, presi-
dent of an iron company, has leased
the fleet which will carry iron ore on
return trips south from st. Paul, Mimi
The revival of river traffic will bring
into existence a new style of boat to
replace those which have piled the
stream half a century or more, accord
ing to plans. The new craft, some of
which are IN course OF construction,
will be barge like, wide of beam and
shallow depth, driven by high powered
engines. probably OF the gasoline aort.
This would assure greater speed. more
freight space and less danger of be-
ing run aground on bars. The present
day picturesque steamboat, with its
several decks and stern or side wheels
will not disappear at once, however.
They will continue until they arrive at
useless stage, especially in excursion
traffic.
Erection of Docks.
The Helen Blair was the first md
only packet OF the season to engage
in the freight traffic. She carried
Il agricultural implen ents, paints, oils,
and miscellaneous merchandise.
Revival of traffic will necessitate
erection of docks along the river at
the principal ports st. Paul is -irst
to announce such a venture, having
built docks with a large crane capable
of handling 2,444 tons a day. Other
towns are expected to do likewise.
La Crosse has no docks but has space
for unloading of merchandise. Hast
ings. Lake City, Red Wing. Winona
Prairie du Chen, Dubuque and Daven-
port will make arrangements to ham
die river freight.
Charles H. Huff of st. Louis, who is
making a tour of the river, has found
nine chief distributing points along
the stream. They are Minneapolis,
Red Wing. Winona. La Crosse, Du-
buque, Davenport, Clinton, Rock Is
land and Moline. These towns, 1t is
predicted will play a leading role in
the development of river traffic.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-13
NEED OF EQUIPMENT
Athletic Material Wanted for Use of
Boys at Funston.

Athletic equipment for the men at
camp Funston is needed and needed
badly, according to a letter received
by the State Journal today from Capt
Benjamin V. Ogden, cantonment attn
letlc director. Captain Ogden asks
anyone who possess such equipment to
send 1t along If they can spare it. His
letter follows:
Il am writing you in the hope that
thru your agency 1 may be able to
obtain athletic supplies for the men
in Camp Funston.
THE number of men in this camp
makes heavy demand for athletic
supplies of all kinds and, then, hard
usage wears them out quickly L
need only to mention the important
part that athletics play in the making
of soldier to emphasize how badly
this equipment is needed. And 1 am
asking you to make a direct appeal 20
anyone who can spare a medicine bali,
baseball equipment, or other athletic
good to do SO. This material if COL
lected in one center can then be sent
more cheaply and in bulk"
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-13
Better Methods Would Increase
the Kansas Yield.
Enough for Flour To Feed
1S,SOO,OO0 Persons in Year.
.PLOW 7 INCHES DEEP IN JULY
Cultivate Ground to Prevent
Weed Growth, X. S. A. C. Says.
Rotation of Crops Increases
Yield at Less Expense.

Manhattan, Kan, July 13.-Better
methods of tillage in Kansas would
furnish wheat flour for 1s,S0O,00G per-
sons for year. This is the estimate
of L. E. Call. professor Of agronomy in
the agricultural college.
These methods, Mr.. Call points out,
would have increased the Kansas
yield probably five bushels an acre
this year. thus adding 33.000.000 BUSH
els to the crop. This quantity of
wheat would mill 1,470,150, 600
pounds of flour. At the maximum al
lowance of the United States food ad-
ministration-1h Y pounds a week for
each person--this flour would suffice
for as, 100000 persons for an entire
year.
Here are the better tsilags recon-
mendations made by Mr.. CAL from
the results of tests carried on for sew
en- years at the Kansas Agricultural
experiment station:
Piow in July.
Plow six or seven inches deep in
July. Cultivate the plowed ground
as much as necessary to prevent weed
growth.
| If plowing cannot be done in July,
double-disk the stubble soon after har-
vest and plow when other farming
operations permit.
Listing can be done more rapidly
than plowing. Where listing is prac-
ticed, list in July. Work the ridges
down with a lister cultivator when
weed growth starts. Cultivate subse-
quently if necessary to prevent weed
growth or before seeding time to set
tie and firm the soil. Double listing
or splitting the ridges does not give
profitable results over single listing
In western Kansas cultivation OF
plowed. ground should be practiced
from the standpoint of preventing
weed growth but precaution should be
taken against the use of cultivatins
| implements that fine the surface soil
and thus make it subject to blowing.
Raising wheat in rotation with 9TH
er crops increases the yield and les
sens the eNnenSe of preparation.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-13
LABOR DAY PLANS
Many Unions to Have Charge of Fai,
Grounds Concessions,

Plans for the observance of Labor
day by the local trades unions are
practically complete. One of the
features of the day will be the drill
or the state guard in the fair grounds
The concessions have been let to the
various unions as follows:
halfway carmen, watermeIons;
teamsters, parking of cars; clerks.
popcorn and peanuts; carpenters. doll
rack; plumbers, soft drinks; -machin-
lists, ice cream and soft drinks; cooks
and walters, dining hall: printers
knife rack; pressfeeders dining hall;
electricians, candy: sheet metal work.
ers, ice cream; mailers, ice cream;
blacksmiths, ice cream and soft
drinks; painters, soft drinks and ice
cream; pressmen, watermelon; meat
cutters hamburg; boilermakers, near
beer and pop; cigar makers, cigars
and tobacco
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-13
IDENTIFIED BY KEYS
Man Who Was Burned In Kinslc,
July 3, IL. Wright. Norborne, Mo.

Kinsley. Kali, July ia bunch of
keys serv~ as the clue which identi-
fled .he charred skeleton found in the
ruins of the -Iotel here which burned
on the night of July 8. as the remains
of I. z. Wright. of Norborne. Mo-.
wealthy bank and stockman with in
terests in Missouri and Kansas The
proof became conclusive when, upon
being sent to Kansas City, it was
found that the keys fit Mr.. Wright's s
house lock and safety deposit box. A
coroner's jury here brought in a
verdict that Mr.. Wright game to his
death in z unknown manner.
Mr.. Wright had been visiting his
son C.. tn Wright ranch near here,
and started hom,A on Wednesday, In
stead of catching a train that after
noon as he originally planned, he took
a room for a night at the Lutcl. That
was the IL: : ever seen of him. The
body was completely incinerated, only
a few charre bones remaining.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-13
PUT O. K. ON CIGARET
Medical Corps, Q. S. Army, Says
Effect of Smoke Is Wonderful.

Paris, July 13.-Anti-cigaret re-
formers would get scant consideration
from the medical corps of the United
States army, according to major sur
geons stationed in hospitals along the
front, some of whom say that the
cigaret produces a relaxation for
the wounded and the men just out of
the trenches that no medicine could
possibly produce.
II have seen men borne in on
stretchers or staggering in on their
feet, with thier faces contorted show
ing either physical pain or mental
strain from their grim experiences in
the trenches. relax. smile and ask for
something to eat, after having a
whiff' of cigaret," said a surgeon
in charge of a casualty clearing sta
tion.
The effect of the cigaret is won
derful 1t certainly is not medicinal
for the action is too quick. AS soon
as the lads take their first 'whiff.
they seem eased and relieved of their
agony"
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-13
CONTROL AFTER WAR
British Food Administrator Says Coun-
tries Can Not Drop 1t at Once.

London, July 1s.-Food control in
England probably will continue for at
least a short while after the ending of
hostilities, according to John X,
Clynes, the new head of the food min
istry. Discussing this subject with the
Daily Telegraph the new controller
said:
Whether the food ministry will be
continued after the war depends on
how long the war lasts but it is clear
the conditions created will not sudden
ly disappear when it is ended and for
a considerable time the allied nations
will be required to act in cooperation
both as regards supplies and prices un-
til normal conditions reappear. I'm
fortunately. these conditions will be
delayed until the forces of food pro-
duction can be brought to a point
where all kinds of necessities again
are bountiful When that time arrives
1t will be for the nation to say wheth-
er it is prepared to go back and pur-
sue the usual channels"
Transport Conditions Getting Better.
Regarding aid from overseas Mr.
Clynes said:
People of this country have little
idea of CUR Indebtedness to America
and the colonies for the abundance
and regularity of our food supplies.
Conditions Of transport have improved
enormously
The food controller paid tribute to
the American spirit of patriotism
which has been willing to undergo -ac-
ritlces in order to feeda England. He
said he would welcome H. G Hoover.
the American food administrator, who
IS expected in England shortly, and
the opportunity of discussing with him
many OF the great business and finan-
claI questions of the food problem,
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-13
Topeka Newspaper Weeps Over
Deserter From Navy.
How F. C. McQuarry "Put One
Over" on the Sob Squad.

Francis C. McQuarry, alias Albert
NJ McQuarry, alias William J. Kelley.
who is said to have been pronounced
by DR.. H. L. Clark. city physician, to
be in the last stages of tuberculosis
while confined in the city Jail on a
charge of being a deserter from The
navy, has been taken to the naval au-
thorities at Chicago by J. L. Kennedy,
a police patrolman, on the charge
which was to the effect that he de-
serted in 1918. Naval doctors, Ken
nedy says. pronounced McQuarry to
be as sound as a dollar"
McQuarry was arrested in Topeka
several weeks ago by Kennedy and
Zach Gragg, Santa Fe special officer.
While he was confined in the city Jail
he showed signs of throat or lung
trouble and claimed to have tubercu-
losis. Several station officers. includ-
ing Sergeant Frank Summers and
Charles Ferguson. petitioned Chief F.
s Harbaugh to turn him loose, ac-
cording to Kennedy and Gregg. There
was considerable censure heaped upon
the two police officers who arrested
McQuarry at the time and on Chief
Harbaush, but the chief refused to
turn the man loose. When Kennedy
laughed about the way he put 1t
over" on several police officers, in
Guiding the city physician, and a To-
peka newspaper which decried his i'm
prisonment. The naval physicians
pronounced McQuarry's trouble moth
ing more than a slight bronchial af-
1hctlon- McQuarry, naval authorities
said, would be sent to Boston, and his
case dealt with in the regular way.
McQuarry, according to officials.
deserted from the navy twice, once in
1908 and once in 1918. When arrest
ed by Kennedy and Gragg he was
booked at the police station under the
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-13
WHEATLESS LOAF IS FOUND
U. S. Specialists Make 100 Per Cent
Wheat Substitute Bread.

Washington. July 1s.-The wheat
less loaf has been found. While the
whole country has been seeking the
100 per cent wheat substitute yeast
bread, recipe has been developed in
States department of agriculture and
the United States food administration
may mean the saving of thousands of
pounds of wheat flour before flour
from the next wheat harvest Is avail
able.
The recipe is .oon to be published
by the office of home economics,
United States department of agricui-
ture. on a new food card which car
ries directions for making three new
wheat substitute breads-the half
wheat loaf, the one-fourth wheat loaf
and the wheatless loaf.
The directions for making the
wheatless bread are as follows:
A Loaf of Bread Using No Wheat Flour
All of these:
Cd y cups liquid.
l tablespoon corn syrup.
u cake yeast.
teaspoons salt.
l whole egg.
With one of these:
CD as cups barley.
"a cups ground rolled oats.
And one of these:
(S) 2 II cups corn flour.
21s cups rice flour.
2A cups sweet potato flour.
25s cups (scant) tapioca flour.
Make a sponge of materials under
(except egg) and Y of ingredients
used from. and 3. Sponge should
stand in warm place until very light,
at least two hours Work in balance
of substitute mixture when sponge is
oh rax-l-
Shape into loaf. Place in pan. Brush
top of loaf with melted fat. Let rise
to double bulk and bake in loaf pan
in hot oven for one hour
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-13

crops possible. Their patriotic spirit
in this matter has been worthy of all
praise and has shown them playing
a most admirable and gratifying part
in the full mobilization of the re-
sources of the country To a very
greatly increased production of whea'
they have added an increased produc-
ton of almost every other important
grain. so that our granaries are likely
to overflow, and the anxiety of the
nations arrayed against Germany with
regard to their food supplies has been
relieved.
The administrative method of agree
ing upon a fair price has this very
great advantage. which any element oil
rigidity would in large part destroy
namely. the advantage of flexibility
of rendering possible at every stage
and in the view of every change of ex'
perience a readjustment which will be
fair alike to producer and consumer
A fixed minimum price of S2.40 per
bushel would, it is estimated. add 81
per barrel to the price of flour; In
other words, raise the price of flour
from the present price of $10.50 to
$3.50 at the mill, and, inasmuch as
we are anticipating a crop of approx
mately 900,000,000 bushels of wheat
this increase would be equivalent tc
the immense sum OF $5S7.000, 900.
Such an increase of the price OF
wheat in the United States would force
a corresponding increase in the price
of Canadian wheat. The allied govern
mcnts would. of course. be obliged tc
make all of their purchases at the
increased figure and the whole scale
of their financial operations in this
country, in which the government OF
the United States is directly assisting
would be thereby correspondingly en-
larged. The increase would also add
very materially to the cost of living
and there would inevitably ensue an
increase in the wages paid in practi-
cally every industry in the country
These added financial and economic
difficulties, affecting practically the
whole world, cannot, I assume, have
been in contemplation by the congres:
in passing this legislation.
(SignedD WOODROW WILSON.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-13
ARTHUR M'CARTER THERE
Word Received by Parents of safe
Arrival Overseas

Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. McCarter, r. r.
u, Topeka, have received word of the
arrival of their son, Arthur, in France.
He writes that the American soldiers
are treated with the utmost cordial
tty by the French people. who look
upon them as great benefactors He
continues. II cannot say much for
the French way of living. The people
are about twenty-five years behind
the times, and the good old L. S. A S
good enough for me after the war;
McCarter Joined the national guards
April 9, 1917, and was transferred to
the 139 Infantry band, Thfrty-fifth h
division, August 5, 1917. He has lived
in or near Topeka nearly all his life,
completed the grade school at High
land Park, spent two years in the
Kansas State Agricultural college.
Manhattan, and was student in the
Denver university one year He was
a member of the Sigma Alpha Ep-
silon fraternity and belonged to both
college bands while at school Be-
fore enlisting in the army he was a
member of the firm of w. z. McCar-
ter & Sons Continental Transfer COM
pany.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-13
GO BAREFOOTED NOW
German Clothing Department Makes
Recommendations to People.

London, July 13.-"We warn you
to go barefooted.'
Such is the latest pronunciamento
of the German clothing department,
according to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Amsterdam. A procla-
nation beginning with this warning
has been posted in Berlin and other
big cities. telling the populace that il
is still time to economic to prevent
compulsory barefootedness, but if this
economy is not widely exercised, dras-
tic orders will become inevitab BILE.
I'VE notice." continues the procla-
nation, that many have been going
without shoes and stockings of late.
This is a sacred example which every
one must follow. Unless the stocks
of wool are scraped, the practice must
become more popular, otherwise COM
pulsion will have to be resorted to-"
The newspapers urge the people to
be fearless of ridicule and set an ex-
ample to their compatriots.
As a sacrifice. this is however, less
grave to the Germans than this order
issued by the vegetable department:
The consumption of sauerkraut is
verbotem from July l, to August"
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-13
PRISONERS FLEE FROM GUARDS
Military "Convicts'' With Long Terms
at Large from Leayenworth.

Leavenworth, July 13.-The three
prisoners. H. Y. Henson. George D.
Sharp and Dan Roach who escaped
from the disciplinary barracks at Fort
Leavenworth are still at large. They
were out working with big gang and
managed to break away. The guards
could not go after them at once as
they had to hold the other prisoners
and march them into the cell houses.
The prisoners gained the timber on
Sheridan's Drive and when last seen
were going west They were mill
tary prisoners with long terms.
This is the time of year when pris-
oners are prone to try and escape, as
they can hide in timber and corn
fields. They can also live on corn
and fruit and vegetables without go
ing near houses for food. More
prisoners escape in July and August
than in other months of the year, as
a rule.