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ed. but will be honored only for one
full first.class one-way fare and are
not subject to any refund.
For the use OF sleeper, in addi-
ton to the one-half cent per mile it
will require two first-class tickets for
the use of drawing room; two for
the use OF a compartment; one and
one-half ticket for the use OF section.
"a fare OF one cent per mile will be
granted TO soldiers or sailors in uni.
form when they present to the ticket
agent copy of furlough or leave OF
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NEW RAILROAD FARE
CANCELS SCRIPT BOOK

The revision of the railroad fares
and the changing OF the manner OF
routing passengers several days ago
by Director General McAdoo makes
some drastic changes in the method
OF handling passenger fares. Among
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absence. This viii not be granted =
short term leaves or in the ah,s,sS
OF the above certificates OF nr,oas,
or leave OF absence"
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CLASSIFIED ADS

Notices 4 Lines and less IN
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Per Week.
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TOWN TALK

Barney Horn of Aura is here today.
Dale Reynolds is in from Hylton.
Frank NJ. Hoy is here today.
George B. Russell spent yesterday
at the Fernald ranch on a fishing trip.
Frank Sellers of Tuscarora is here
today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Winstead are Wis
itors here today from South Fork.
mrs. Fenton Smith, of Owyhee, is
spending the day here.
Charles Oldham is here from Fox
Springs this afternoon.
Mrs. George Brandt is here from
Lee today.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. c. Drown are here
from South Fork.
A., A,h.r. u.,Li,. and doug,ar
Miss Belle, are here from Shelton.
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pose of one of his claims in that dis
trict. is here today.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. SHARP are here from
Ruby Valley today. Mrs. NJ GriswoI,
and Mrs. Il. II. Woolyerton are ais,
Miss MARGARET GriswoId came n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
TRAVELETTE
The Tomb of Eve.
BY NIKSAH.

Just outside the gates of Jeddah is
an ancient cemetery, one of the holy
places of the east. According to ira
dition, it is the burial place of Eve.
Darwin and Spencer to the contrary.
Here, the pious Mohammedan tells
you, the body of our first mother was
borne by her bereaved husband and
grandsons. The crumblnig tomb was
built above her by them, the exact di-
mansions of the departed. If you be-
lieve the story. you must admit that
the race has degenerated; the tomb is
over 200 PAGES long. -
Hundreds of devout pilgrims visit
the tomb, on their way to Mecca,
every year. Brown-skinned and white.
they come to gaze or pray near the
ashes of the mother of the world.
Curious. skeptical Europeans, swarthy
devotees from the heart of the Sahara.
soft-voiced Indians. as varied a fam
lily gathering as you could find. For
hours the pious pilgrims kneel in the
dust under the hot Arabian sky. The
| combined sound of their prayers
drifts out over the ancient ceme-
| terry, disturbing the repose of the
! newcomers in the field. The old-tim
ers do not care: they are used to it.
Near the southern end of the long
tomb is a small square tower with
narrow iron barred windows. To the
grating are tied hundred of tiny
strips of cotton cloth fastened there by
chi1dless Mohammedan women as an
offering to the first mother. The bits
of cloth entirely cover the iron of the
bars, futtering like tiny banners as
the hot winds sweep over the ceme-
terry from the Red sea. They are the
touch of pathos that surrounds every
Mohammedan shrine.
The cemetery, with its crumbling
| tombs. is the pride of its neighbor-
| ing city, Jeddah. The traveller who
would fail to visit it would be re-
garded with contempt by the citi-
zens. His action would be looked
upon as showing lack of proper re-
spect for his original ancestor. Tho
the true Mohammed regards you as
an unbeliever he still admits your dis
| tant kinship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
.swHATEvER you WANT TO Know"

The campaign for economy is to De
extended even to the little busy bee II
the suggestion of the United States
department of agriculture find FAVOR
with the beekeepers and the bees. 1t
appears that the energy required IN
making twenty pounds of honey IS
consumed in making one pound or
beeswax, and in selling comb honey
this beeswax is lost. Where honey
Is extracted from the comb by un-
Gaping cells and whirling the COMB
in a centrifugal machine the comb IS
left intact and can be put back into
the hive to be refilled with honey by
the bees, saving them the labor OF
building new comb. BeeswaX itself
has no food value and is lost when
sold in comb honey, whereas with
modern methods it can be used again
and again by the bees. The depart
rnent promises to send any beekeeper
instructions on changing cheaply from
the comb to the extracted honey
method.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
THE NEW WAY.

More than $4,000, 100000 of insur-
ance upon the lives of members of the
military and naval forces of the
United States has been written by the
bureau of war risk insurance of the
United States treasury.
A year ago the total amount of life
insurance in force in the United States
was about $4,000, 100000. In few
months the United States government
has written more than SO per cent of
that amount.
1t furnishes this insurance to the
beneficiaries at the same rate that pri-
vate companies would furnish it in
times of peace. This insurance is
bought and paid for at regular rates
by the beneficiaries, except that the
nation assumes the additional risk that
being in the military and naval serv-
ice of the country entails upon the
beneficiaries.
When Americans give up their pri-
vate occupations and in obedience to
the call of their country and the law
of the land. often at great financial
sacrifice, face the dangers of war and
offer their lives in the service or their
country, it is but right and just that
upon the nation and not upon them
should be put the added cost of in
surance their dangerous occupation
incurs.
Secretary McAdoo says that the sol
der and sailor insurance is the justest
wisest and most humane provision
ever made by any nation for it's fight
ing forces. This opinion is shared in
by the soldiers and sailors and by the
people of the United States. The in
justice. the Partially, the inequalities
and other evils of the old pension sys-
tenn are replaced by a just. fair and
generous insurance system of which
over 90 per cent of the fighting forces
of the nation have fastened to take
advantage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30

of the change would be to put the
heaviest burden on the district which
had the most conscientious board.
The proposal to exhaust al of Class
one before calling any of Class Two is
objected 20 on the same grounds. and
on the additional one that it does away
with the theory of the equal liability
of states. 1t might lead. 1t is said,
to the arising of Stacker states" with
small Class One, while the brunt of
the burden was carried by other states
with large Class One. Even If the diff
ference in size in Glass One between
state and state was based on bona fide
local conditions. there are some who
says I'VE believe that every COM
munity is equally obligated to furnish
soldiers to make this sacrifice
Finally. it is pointed out emphatic
ally by opponents of the bill that the
provision allowing the president to call
any skilled man at any time regard
less of his Classification. means in eff
feet that the whole nine million of
registered men are to be turned over
to the military authorities. 1t is ad-
mitted freely that the war department
has no such Interior motive or any
motive. in fact, beyond the desire to
get necessary skilled men for the
army, but the effect of it will none the
less be to subject all the registered
men to what the minority terms the
arbitrary will and authority of the
military" 1t is felt by some that con-
gress would do better not to grant a
power somewhat at variance with
American traditions. no matter how
beneficently it would be exercised in
the present instance.
Questions or the above or any SUBJ
ject upon which the reader desires
Information, should be addressed the
Topeka STATE Journal Information
Bureau, Frederic ]. Haskin, Director
Washington, D. c., with a 3-cent
stamp enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
GLOBE SIGHTS
GFrom tn, Atchison Globe.J

from the Atchison Globe.1
AS long as human nature is cor
rupt, there will be wars
Could art be successful if it were
not so much in the nude?
This probably is the most tiresome
saying: II don't know as much as
a last years birds nest"
Dangerous railroad crossings are
not the only places where one should
be on a lookout for danger.
Cheerful patriotism is good but it
will not accomplish as much as fight
ing mad patriotism.
1t used to be that certain girls new
err did any work excepting on Christ
mas or wedding presents, but the Red
Cross has reformed them.
Women are now allowed to qualify
as inspectors of small arms for the
United States army
Every time there is a new import
ant war development there are lot
of people who remark: This will
make the people realize We are at
war
The bulletins of the last three days
have done more to arouse Americans
than the eloquence with which we
have been bombarded SO ruthlessly
during the last twelve months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30

Our foreign commerce is showing a
decline, owing probably 20 govern
mental restrictions placed upon both
exports and imports. Exports for
February totaled s412,0OO,O0O, as COM
pared with $5O5. 100000 for January,
according to a statement issued by the
bureau of foreign and domestic COM
MERGE Exports for the eight months
ended with February were valued at
$3.S57, 100000 as against $4,0S3, 0Oo,-
600 for the corresponding period of
the previous year Imports for Feb
1i1ary are placed at sos, 100000, de-
crease from the S235,Oo0,000 an
bounced for January. For the eight
months ended with February the i'm
ports totaled $1,S41, 100000, as COM
pared with s1.54S. 100000 for the cor
responding period of 1917.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30

plain about that ridiculous BILL Miss
Ellen interrupted, choosing to ignore
his speech. Five hundred will be
just-and generous. Don't insist on
paying more-Aunt Lora will only
waste it-either on more ducks-or
the missionaries"
TN send check" Lee began, his
voice joyous. She blushed again. Z
had rather have-something else" she
said. IAN Orion pup-if you can part
with one so low
"Comei Choose right Off" Lee said.
jumping up, and leading her toward
the gate. Happy Jack, in watch from
the home gate, groaned to see it. He
never knew the exact terms of settle
ment-but six months later gave a
shrewd enough guess-for then Miss
Ellen became the owner of Orion. with
all his appurtenances. including his
master.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30

Acting on orders from the German
government. the officers and crews of
the German ships interned in Ameri-
can waters inflicted such damage upon
the machinery of the vessels as they
deemed absolutely certain to keep the
ships out of service for two years. BY
that time the Germans thought the
war would be over. But American
efficiency and American invention eff
fected the necessary repairs in from
six to eight months and at a cost of
es75.O0O; the Germans had figured
the cost of repairs at s2,60O.0O0 and
the necessary time twenty-four
months. All of these ships. except one
that has been sunk. are now bearing
American commerce on the seas or
transporting American soldiers to Eu-
rope. The navy department figures
that the use of these ships between the
time the ships were actually repaired
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30

x The New York Times recently pub
Iished a dispatch from its Washington
correspondent declaring that the air
craft program is IA per cent behind
schedule and that members of the
senate military affairs committee
deemed it necessary to call the situa-
ton to the attention of the president.
The reason for the deplorable delay
was found in the lack of coordination
among the higher officials. Now the
country is told that only one airplane
has been shipped to Europe and that
the total up to July will not exceed
thirty-seven.- 1t certainly looks as tho
some one has Numbered or else the
truth has not been told.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
..THE YELLOW PERIL"

Japan'S relation to the world and the
world war is a matter of interest to
Americans. Is Japan playing a
shrewd, selfish game. reserving her
forces until the time comes to strike
hard in order to reap enormous prof
it's to the loss and even the perma-
nent damage of her present allies?
Or is she honestly cooperating with
them ready to aid in building up a
new world order. in which all ma
tons, the small and the weak, as well
as the great and the strong, shall have
justice, security and opportunity !?
These questions are discussed in a
book written by DIR. Sidney L. Gulick
entitled, "Anti-Japanese War Scare
Stories" published by the World AL
los East Twenty-second street, New
York City, rs cents.
America was repeatedly startled
two. three and four years ago by as
sertions that Japan was seeking for a
naval base in Lower California, that
she had sent to Mexico tens of thou
sands of troops. that she intended to
seize the Philippines, the Hawaiian
Islands. California, etc. The state
ments as to japanese veterans in Mex
leo ranged from 10000 to 100000,
vouched for by the highest military
authorities
What has become of those plans
And are those troops still in Mexico ?
If so. why do we not hear of them 2
If they are not and have not been
there at all, whence came the stories
and why were they so persistently cir
culated?
| The fact is, America has for years
| been subjected to a widespread, per-
sistent, anti-Japanese campaign. Ger
tain newspapers by news dispatches
editorials and cartoons have persist
emily endeavored to stir up suspicion
and hatred against Japan. Extrava.
CANT stories of Japanese hostility tc
America, of importation of cheap Ia
Dor on the western coast. of designs
upon the Philippine Islands and OF
efforts to organize military and nava
bases in Mexico and on the southern
California coast have been outstand.
ing items in this campaign. To coun.
teract these vicious and often.
disproven statements, men of goot
will on both sides OF the Pacific have
striven hard. 1t was apparent tina
some interested nation or group wa.
busy with the circulation of such falls,
and pernicious representations.
It is now beyond denial that Ger
man agents have been industriously a
work for years past in the maligI
campaign of falsehood and PREACHER,
which has made the German name
hiss and a byword wherever franl
and honorable ideals of Craftsmanship
and diplomacy are cherished. Ger
many has had everything to gain from
a successful effort to estrange tn
= United States and Japan. In boil
, countries the work of German ennis
saries has been incessant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
ON SPUR 4 Fl MOMENT
Setting the Clock Ahead.
BY Roy K. MoULToN

They are going to set the clock
ahead an hour-everywhere- save
daylight. But the only thing the aver
age hired man on the farm will save
will be another chunk of darkness.
The average hired man, going to bed,
meets himself getting up, even as it
is now.
With the new rule in vogue he will
pulled off before it will be time to
pull the first one on again.
, All of which is remindful of the
story of the farmland out in Indiana
who went to his employer and wanted
to work for less money He didn't
believe he was earning the ST. a
month.
Why" asked the farmer dunn
founded.
Because" said the hired man,
there are three hours of the twenty
four that waste. 1 don't do darn
thing but sleep"
A abbit-raising club has been
started at Parkersburg, w. Va.
About the first thing they will have
to do will be to enlarge the city limits
if they are going to keep it a local
affair.
1t has been suggested that maybe
Jess Willard would be willing to take
on Benny Leonard or some other 1870
FOUNDER for an exhibition match If
his share is guaranteed at 1000. 900.
Well, anything for a little excitement.
We still maintain that Jess is the
prize pacifiSt.
Now that the allies have found a
baseball league on the other side, they
will probably make a triple play or
the kiiser-Washingto to London tC
Paris to Berlin.
Our friend Jake Rosenthal runs the
Bronx Opera House, where the attrac-
ton is What Is Your Husband
Doing?"
lobby the other evening and lady
approached and asked him what at
traction was on, and he said:
What Is Your Husband Doing?"
None of your business" she replied
1t is very funny, but it has the I'M
sual charm of being true.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman says if al
women died, men would get along
without them
But not much further than one
generation.
Kaiser telegraphs Won Hertling thai
the German sword has brought peace
in Russia
All the peace the kaiser will have
in Russia will not worry the allies.
my face is set toward the east.
says Ludendorff.
Turn around. Ludie. There is some
| body coming behind you.
War Advice.
The optimist says: Go ahead. There's {
chance to lose.
| The time is now, and, on the dead, yot
really can't refuse"
The pessimist says: WAIT a bit and lool
| before you leap.
| If there is any good in it, the chance vii
The optimist sees but the sun, the pessimis
but rain
The optimist prepares for fun, the pessi
| mist for pain.
The optimist pulls forward and the pessi
mist pulls back
The one pulls with the throttle and thu
| other sands the track.
/ The world would be monotonous if folk
| were all the same.
| With no one round to raise fuss, 'twould
| be a lonely game.
The optimist with his glad song, the pessi
| mist so blue
We really couldn't get along unless We hat
| the two.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30

Changes in the draft law will await
the return of Secretary Baker from
Europe. 1t is curious to note how
slight an excuse serves to delay action
at Washington. 1t is probably true
that the next draft can be made fairly
satisfactorily under the existing law.
but if the proposed changes are desir-
able, if they will expedite the mobili-
zation of the new forces, or if they
will procure a better class of men for
the ranks, why should Mr.. Bakers
presence in Washington be regarded as
a condition precedent to action?s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30

In, the opinion of the war experts
trench fighting has definitely come to
an end in this war If this be true
hostilities must soon follow SUIT
when the deadly character of modern
implements of war are taken into
consideration it must be apparent that
a contest in the open cannot long be
Sustained by either side. There soon
would be nobody left to carry on the
battle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30

Trotzky is largely responsible for
the German thrust on the western
front. He is now reported to have
turned again his former employers
but it will take him a long time to
make amends for the mischief he has
wrought
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
Heart and Beauty
Problems
By MRS. ELIZABETH rHoMPsol

Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 have Q
daughter 20 years old and she makes
her father and me very unhappy be-
cause she thinks only of herself. She
works downtown and she pays her
board, but not much, and the res. she
spends on clothes that she expects me
to wash and iron for her all the TINA
She is cross and mean to her sisters
and tells all Of us just what we have
got to do. If we don't do it she 10
crosser than ever. 1 have become
discouraged. VIII you please tell me
what / can do to make my daughter
more like other girls. She Is also
crazy about boys and now that most
of them have gone to war she Is un-
happy and complains because she has
to go with young boys. What shall I
do with her?
DISCOURAGED.
Refuse to be slave to your daugh-
ter. When she insists upon your do
ing tasks that you know are unrea-
sonable, simply don't do them. She
will be very cross for a while, but
when she learns that you mean what
YOU say and are not going to be driven
by her any longer she will be more
reasonable in her demands.
since your daughter pays fIer board
she is entitled to a little considera-
ton. She should have some o. her
clothes washed and ironed, but of
course she should not be allowed u
put too many garments in the wash.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30

John D. Rockefeller has been
called upon to pay an income tax of
$3S, 100000. He might as we'll have
paid that fine of s29.00o,oO0 which
Judge Lands assessed against the
Standard. The government is certain
to get his money one way or another.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30

and the time the Germans estimated
they could be repaired will be worth
S24O,O0O,o00 to the government at the
present rate of tonnage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30

'T couldn't serve as a Juror, judge:
one look at that fellow convinces me
state"
"sh- h-that's the attorney for the
he's guilty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30

The death rate from automobile accfdentu
in 1919 was "a per hundred. an Increase
of 81 per hundred in five years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30

Shipment of 100000 baseball oats 10
France is reported Is it planned 10
beat the Germans to death with CLUBS?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30

Now that the allies have found a
baseball league on the other side. they
will probably make a triple play OF
the ki.iser-Washingto to London tC
Paris to Berlin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30

A rabbit raising club has been
started at Parkersburg, w. Va.
About the first thing they will have
to do will be to enlarge the city limits
if they are going to keep it a local
affair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30

1t has been suggested that maybe
Jess Willard would be willing to take
on Benny Leonard or some other 130-
FOUNDER for an exhibition match if
his share is guaranteed at 100000
Well, anything for a little excitement.
We still maintain that Jess is the
prize pacifist.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-12

CSubscribv TOT the Daily Alasxan
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-12

Keller Brohters have received @ shipment of Flash Light Batteries.