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The Washington herald., 1918-07-13
CRAFTY, =
SAYS G. A. RICE
TOPRESS CLUB
Must Build Planes Of All
Kinds Urges Famed
u. S. Flier.

Mai cushman A. Rice. the famous
American aviator. came into his own
last night at the Press Club where he
told much Of what is being done in
the flying line on the Western 'front.'
Although plainly suffering from the
effects OF the "gassing' he went
through at Amiens. and which has
affected his voice. he entertained his
hearers for an hour and a half. In
spite of questioning. he refused 10
speak much of his own personal ex-
perience. modestly preferring to tell
Of the work of other men.
He paid very high tribute to Col.
Boiling who lost his life few months
ago and said his death was the great
est single loss the American arms had
sustained. In the war.
He also spoke of Maj. Stanley Dali
las, the noted English ace who was
recently killed. after having brought
down forty-nine enemy planes. He
said that the noted German aviator,
Baron Won Richtofen, who brought
down ninety-two planes before he met
his fate at the hands Of beginner
who was making his second flight
was the greatest single figure the war
in the air had produced. and that all
of the allied aviators respected him
as a brave and fearless superaviator
He paid tribute TO the work Of the
British women In the war, especially
In the organization known as the W.
A. A. c. He said It Is very important
that the women as well as the men
who 70 to the front should be trained
to render valuable service.
DepIores stories.
He deplored the fact that SO many
Americans seemed to be of the opinion
that we had the Germans whipped
economically. He referred to stories
going the rounds of the press that
the German people were without
shoes, and branded It as false. be-
cause all OF the German prisoners
captured recently have good footwear
with Germany controlling half of the
oil output of the world. she will have
fuel and lubricants for a long time to
come.
"we are fighting a very dangerous
| and crafty enemy, more dangerous
and crafty than is yet realized on this
side OF the water. We must defeat
her, and it must be done in fair fight
ing, and we can not overestimate the
importance of the part the air forces
are to have in the war" he said.
I'VE must build more planes Of all
kinds-scouts. fighters and bombing
and we must get to the point where
we can sacrifice men in sufficien
numbers to break up the German for
nations, no matter on what scale
they may be planned"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
WHY DO WE WAIT?

A Toxic dispatch states that the
Germans are trying to organize two
army corps of German war prisoners
in Russia, one of which is being Sc
cretIy organized at Irkutsk. in Siberia
and that two cavalry corps also are
being formed there.
London reports that German Off
GERS have been invited to organize an
army in Ukraine.
With Russia in a state of hopeless
ness so far as its efficacy on the side
of the nations opposing Prussianism is
concerned-in fact, in such state of
abject prostration at the feet of the
Hun that it can be considered by the
allies as nothing less than a foe
Japan is equipped, modified, ready
and eager to intervene and throw its
great strength against the common
enemy thru Siberia. 1t is only pausing
thru the courtesy of nations, waiting
for the approval of its proposed course
by the countries with which it is as
ISOLATED in the war against the leu
which the public does not understand,
has thus far been withheld.
And while we procrastinate and
Japan waits. the Hun is recruiting
additional and tremendous strength
in the territory in which the japanese
first would strike,
! And while we hesitate for reasons
not known to the lay citizen, history
is repeating itself in Ukraine, whose
people. on their knees, are inviting
Germany to organize an army there,
precisely as did Turkey and Bulgaria
| in the earlier stages of the war!
The policy of striking, one at a
| time. instead of all together. which
has been pursued with disastrous re-
suits by the allies since the beginning
of the war, is being continued. Are
we jealous of Japan or afraid of her
Is it possible that any nation fears
| that some one of her allies will win
the war? Delays are expensive both
| in blood and money. Why not I'M
leash the Japanese dogs of war?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
LACK GOVT UNITY
Sen. Jones Bitterly DenOunces
Tangled War Agencies.
"COmfOrt to Enemy" Argument
Branded as Coward's Refuge.

Washington. March 27.-Failure of
government agencies to cooperate in
the prosecution of the war was laid to
President Wilson by Senator Jones.
Republican, of Washington. in
speech in the senate today in which
he charged that the president had
shown no disposition to seek the ad-
vice of congress on the great problems
confronting the nation.
The president ought to coordinate
nlmsen and the sooner he does il the
sooner will governmental agencies be
most effective. said Senator Jones.
members of congress are ready and
ANXIOUS to cooperate fully with the
executive and the president should not
only welcome but seek their counsel
and advice upon the great problems
Which confront him but he does not
60 IT, do not say this in any captious
spirit 1t is the statement of a fact.
d most iamentable fact known to all
mere and regretted by ALL"
Senator Jones asserted that if the
president and congress co-operated as
tney should a feeling of patriotic unity
,hruout the country that fear is now
raehinS out which ought to exist
would be created"
In directing his attention to profit
eefing, Senator Jones declared that il
was everywhere and the nations
needs Is ITS common prey"
Inc tight for gain is so fierce that
II seems universal" he continued
Public Don't Know Facts.
1t is confined to no class or conti-
lon. Why is that? 1t is not because
we are not patriotic We have not
come to realize what we must do to
win TINS war. The people do not
know the real facts. They will nor
cease their race for gain and profit
uil tney do know the urgent need for
sacrifice and self denial
instead of the American people he
ing eoid the facts, the Washington SEN
| ator said they were being given mis-
ieadlng statements. Nothing must he
said that will aid and comfort the
enemy. has met every suggestion of
| lack of progress heretofore The time
mas come to stop that cry 1t is the
refuge of the coward and the craven
or the shield of the enemy's friend
NO greater aid can be given Germany
| IN this dark hour than to lull our pee
| pie into false security
senator Dimes also took President
wilson to task for permitting the con-
tlnued use of grain and foodstuffs in
| the manufacture of wine and beer. and
| the use OF transportation facilities for
| the shipment for beer and wines to the
| detrlment of the movement OF food
StuffS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27

come and get these wolves is his
opening phrase.
The government work is sometimes
opposed on The ground that it should
be undertaken by the state. This ar
Sument has lost most of its force be-
cause of the long-standing failure of
the states to do the work. Nearly
all of the western states had the boun-
ty system, which led to endless fraud,
as only the scalp of the animal had to
be presented to claim a reward. It
very nearly led to the domestication
or the coyote, as he was widely bred
for his scalp. The bounty hunter sell
dom cared to eXterminate the wolves
and never did so.
The federal work is divided into
nine districts. each under an inspec-
tor who has no interest but to see
that the work is done. The best meth
DDS of trapping are taught to the men.
They receive salaries varying from SIS
to S115 per month. and the govern
ment gets the peltries Last year these
were sold at auction for $4,000.
Questions or the above or any SUBJ
ject Gpon which the reader desires
information. should be addressed the
TOPEKA STATE Journal Information
Bureau. Frederic ]. Haskin. Director.
Washington, D. c., with a Scent
stamp enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
Heart and Beauty
Problems
By MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 am a man
thirty-five years of age. 1 would like
to have your advice about getting
married, as 1 have no home of my
own. / have had to shift for myself
for the last twenty years. 1 am now
living with relatives. 1 would like very
much to get married, but no one seems
to care for me. There are no girls 1
know of my age. / went with one girl
my age some time ago, but of late she
will not have anything to do with me.
Please advise me what to do.
A FRIEND IN NEED.
There is as yet no adequate way for
lonely young people of the opposite
sex to become acquainted. 1 can only
advise You to mention to your men
friends the fact that you would like to
meet girl and also attend church
and tell the minister your problem.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of Men in
Americas Fighting Service

When the U. S. S. Cassin was
torpedoed in October, while on patrol
duty in the war zone, the plucky de-
stroyer and her gallant crew remained
in the open with disabled engines on
a still hunt for the enemy that had
made the attack. Among the men
who made this possible was William
Joseph Murphy, chief electrician
When the force Of the explosion put
the radio apparatus out of commission,
he stood by his post, repairing and ad-
justing until communication was re-
established. Here he worked until
this was perfect and his ship began
to get her calls answered Murphy
enlisted in the navy at Boston in
November, 1911. His wife, Mrs.
Mabel Mary Murphy, lives at 387 East
Thirty-fifth street. Brooklyn, N Y
An S0-year-old veteran of the Civil war
a city employee in Philadelphia has asked
that his pay be cut $3.50 annually and that
amount be applied to the salaries of two
younger men in the office who have fam
lilies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Things Worth knowing.

When Sending Magazines to the
Boys in Camp-Before sending maya
zine tie the back securely several
places with stout cord; it is more like
ly to reach its destination in good
condition and will bear more handling
after its arrival. 1t is very disappoint-
ing to be reading an interesting arti-
Gle only to find the last page missing.
Also repair any slightly torn pages
with small strips of adhesive tape.
The boys will appreciate these kind
neSSeS.
When Making Pumpkin Pies put
milk and pumpkin on stove. thicken
with cornstarch and fill your baked
To Make Good Wearable Linoleum
Paint an old substantial carpet
preferably rag) two or more coats of
floor paint. Will last indefinitely If
repainted every two or three years.
If painted on the floor it will stick
and cannot be moved.
To Bleach Clothes-Saturate gar
ment with coal oil, roll up and allow
to lie over night. Put in cold rain
water with two tablespoons powdered
boraX and naptha soap; boil thoroly.
To Bleach Woolens-Soak over
night in the proportion of two table,
spoons peroxide and one of borax to
one gallon of rain water, having water
warm. Wash as usual IN warm soap
suds.
The Table.
Rice Dumplings-One pound ham,
burger one egg, one cup cooked rice.
one onion chopped fine. Mix and
form into balls; drop into boiling salt
water and cook one hour.
Lemon Pie-One cup sugar. grated
rind and juice of one lemon. two
tablespoons orange juice, two table,
spoons cornstarch. small lump butter,
yolk of one egg, little salt, one and
one-quarter cups boiling water. Boil
until a custard; let cool while making
and baking pie crust. Make meringue
of white of one egg beaten stiff with
,one-half teaspoon baking powder and
one teaspoon sugar; beat well. Bake
until meringue is golden brown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27

kle, at other times the slender capa BILE
hands that were SO neatly framed in
the tight white lace cuffs of her dark
sleeves. AT other times he noticed
the CLINT of auburn in her hair and
then again the long curve of the dark
lashes that shaded her blue eyes. He
did not know that from beneath those
long lashes the blue eyes were per-
fectly capable of observing his stolen
glances tho the graceful fingers went
on uninterruptedly with the needles
and wool
Couldn't you give me a job
Nancy Crosby put this question to Mr.
Carter one day after she had been
making her visits to his office for the
purpose of keeping warm during the
course of an entire week. Il am get
ting tired of knitting. One can't do
that all the time. 1 could do copying
for you and sort over papers perhaps
and stick up envelopes and stamps
and things,
So Mr.. Carter secured a little ma
hogany desk, had it placed beside his
own and there established Nancy
Crosby as his volunteer assistant.
money that she earned as his as
sistant should be contributed to the
Red Cross
1t was in-the afternoon of that day
that Mr.. Carter dropped in at the
Marbridge Court and getting the
from the janitor there let himself into
the empty apartment and did little
amateur tinkering on his own account.
That morning, thru his incessant eff
forts. goodly supply of coal had
been deposited in the coal bins of the
Marbridge Court.
Nancy Crosby continued to work for
him for week more. He asked her
one day whether her apartment was
still cold. Yes she said. lit really
is dreadful. There isn't any steam in
the living room radiator, tho the bed
room adlators are all right. But
you see l can't stay there in the day
time. Isn't it strange. for the other
tenants are perfectly comfortable
now
Yes. it is funny, agreed Carter.
and began to read a lease on his desk
with eagerness.
At the end of that week Nancy's
aunt was expected to return and
Nancy had indicated that she would
have to give up her job.
Il took it just to be spiteful. In
| fact. 1 came down to bother you just
to make you furious. I thought you
were holding off the steam so as to
save money and I intended to find
out and to make you so uIrcd of see
| ing me around that you woulo get the
coal at any cost. But really L have
had a lovely time. Thank you for
MAKING II 50 peasant But now that
aunt is coming back I really wish
/ something could be done about that
| apartment
I'll go up myself Carter prom
Used. Maybe something is the mat
ter with the living room radiator. I'll
| have it attended to at once. But
but-we aren't going to forget each
other now, are we? You see, I've
| been getting terrifically Inte, ested in
you, tho 1 suppose to you Tn. an i'm
| possible sort of fellow"
"Impossible!" echoed Nancy. You
don't suppose I would have fibbed
about the radiator if hadn't wanted
an excuse to be with you. / haven't
even noticed whether it was hot OIL
| cold.'
You haven't" gasped Carter. "Ano
: I put the valve out of commission in
| your living ROOM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
The HOUSEHOLD
Edited by Anne Rittenhouse


One-fifth of a pound of butter a
month-two and two-fifths pounds of
butter a year-that is the ration per
person that was in effect in Switzer-
land when the last information on the
situation was received from that coun
try. Those of us who can recall in
the good old ante bellum days break
fasting sumptuously on Swiss rolls and
butter that fairly smelled with the
sweetness of clover and fresh fields
perhaps a rosy apple, coffee and some
honey besides-cannot help feeling
gloomy at this information. OF course.
they have other foods in Switzerland
that in a measure make I'D for this
lack of butter, but there is no DENYING
the fact that they are on a starvation
ration as far as fats are concerned
OF sugar they have but one and one
half pounds Pc person a month and
the bread ration is likewise appalling
for a country where the people hayA
always Jared simply and depended
Largely on such things as bread and
butter and dairy products for their
subsistence.
What a pleasure it would be to US II
we could feel that every pat of buttar
we abstained from might go straight
to Switzerland-Switze wbere
even when we were mere tourists We
received such courteous hospitality
or to France or Belgium or Soma
where else where it is so greatly need
ed.s There is danger, of course In our
going too far in our abstinence II we
give ourselves too little fats, especiaItv
in cold weather when we need mora
heat producing foods. we are not acfrs
ally doing any good at all. We ara
actually doing harm. especially IL We
are giving all or part time to some
useful work-paid or yolunfarv-f-
the community. much more so n M.
are mothers and housewives
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27

When in the course of martial
events, says Life" paraphrasing the
Declaration of Independence, it be-
comes necessary for the administra-
ztion to issue another liberty loan, and
TO solicit from Americans that guam
ztum of financial aid which the love
of country and humanity may prompt
them to offer, decent appreciation of
the greater sacrifices that others are
making requires that everybody re-
spond without hesitation, stint, COM
pIaint or exaggerated idea of his or
her nobility in so doing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
TRAVELETTE
The White House.
~ NIKSAH.

The accepted way of getting a look
at the White House nowadays is to
peer thru the bars of tall iron fence,
while a suspicious policeman swing
ing a club watches from one side of
the fence and a soldier with fixed
bayonet supervises from the other.
Few people look long at the White
House in these stirring times. 1t
makes one feel too much like a Ger
man spy.
Gone are the days when the sweep
ing drive that leads thru the grounds
and directly past the sacred portals
was a public thoroughfare. Vanished
is the epoch when the state depart
ment clerk would share his lunch with
the White House squirrel on the lawn.
a touching picture of Arcadian
amity. Getting into the White House
grounds today is three degrees more
difficult than getting to Berlin via the
western front.
A little white sentry box has been
erected at each of the big gates,
wherein a policeman fraternizes with
an oil stove, coming forth to explain
to visitors from the hills of Virginia
that the president is only receiving
callers by appointment this week. A
complete telephone system has been
installed connecting each of the gates
with central box in the White House
itself Besides the visible policeman
at the gates. there are numerous
others unOStentatiouSly stationed IN
the shrubbery about the grounds. The
total number is hard to believe. for
one who has seen the sleepy, deserted
appearance of the lawns; but it is we'll
over hundred.
Outside the gates. on the broad pave
ment, sentries with fixed bayonets
pace endlessly up and down. When
the walks are crowded at the rush
hours, their figures are lost to view.
and only the twinkling naked steel is
visible, shutting back and forth above
the sea of heads. These sentries have
the hardest job in the United States
not in guarding the president, but in
saluting the innumerable officers who
pass There are more officers to the
square yard in Washington today than
in any other part of the whole war
ridden world. The war, state and
navy building, next door to the White
House, disgorges them by the thou
sand at noon and night. The unfor-
tunate sentries have to go thru the
rafting exercise of present Arms
for every one from a second lieuten-
ant up to the chief of staff. Guard
ing the White House is great exercise
for the arms and back.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
WANT HIM TO STAY?
Congregation Will Reconsider Doctor
HcndcrsOn's Resignation TONIGHT.

A meeting to consider matters rela-
tive to the resignation offered in
January by DIR. Arthur s. Henderson,
pastor of the First Congregational
church, will be held at the church
tonight, members of the congregation
said today.
A woman member of the church.
pnonlng in a news notice of the meet
ing. said it would be held at s O'Clock,
and reluctantly said Doctor Hender-
son had been asked to resign. Doctor
Henderson refusde to discuss the no
tice other than to say that he offered
his resignation last January.
There is no requirement for any
such notice. Doctor Henderson said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
ANOTHER GHOST LAID.

Everybody remembers the predic-
tions that have made their appear
ance from time to time since the out
break of the war that soon there
would be no wooden clothes and no
dyes with which to color them if we
could get them. The propaganda
to clothing merchants in the way of
increased sales and increased prices.
A clothing advertisement recently
appearing in the Louisville Courier
Journal includes the following:
I'VE guarantee that our clothes will
be all wool that the dyes
will be fast and lasting" Whereupon
the c. ]. proceeds to comment as fol-
lows:
Here's a certain amount of conso-
lation for the many who were in
formed a couple of years ago that in
the near future there would be no
more al1-wool clothing and that dyes
-inasmuch as the worlds supply was,
largely, made in Germany-would
cease to be anything more than the
equivalent of writing fluid or poke
berry juice
Pictures. depressing to the major
ity, positively alarming to the
"dressy'' man and to the woman who
holds that while clothes do not make
the man, they do make the woman,
were drawn with a free hand. 1t was
not exactly pleasing to anyone, even
the slug of a fellow who does not re-
new his wardrobe until chidden by
his wife, to feel that next years spring
suit, might, under the first rain. de-
post it's dyes in ones socks, or dis
tribute them upon the sidewalk, like
the blood of a man struck with a
stiletto in a street melee.
1t was unnerving to look forward to
wearing cotton clothing in winter and
shivering before winters untempered
blasts. 1t is reasSuring, decidedly, to
hear that the man who fancies law
ender trousers, or likes the checker
board or stick-candy style, may count
upon being able to show to an admir-
ing world, after the first rain. a pair
of legs draped in accordance with his
whimsy.
That the kaiser cannot deprive us
of our brave outward seeming is a
source of genuine and general salts
faction. Hoch the American dye mas
tiers. May their tribe, and their trade
increase,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
THE SESSIONS APPOINTMENT.

In the appointment of Charles Ses-
sions to the head of the public util-
tiles commission to succeed Joseph L.
Bristow. resigned. the state OF Kan
sas is a distinct gamer. while the city
of Topeka probably loses one candl-
date for the governorship. Mr.. Ses-
sions may be confidently expected TO
administer his office in the interests
of the public rather than that of per-
sonal politics. as has been the case
too often in the past.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27

II Alope with Secretary McAdoo' an
.nouncement of the third hoer'y loa.
oomes the gratifying information thal
.axnenditures are falling behind the es-
Inmates The amount of the new ooho
issue is fixed at a minimum OF SS'oVo'-
400 600 which is below what was gen
sraIIv expected. The proposed rate
ssaf 425 also is less than the publlc
rad been led to look for. The loan
nrobably will be oversubscribed as the
others have been, altho as an invest
-rnent if does not measure up with the
war savings certificates. 1t may not
prove so popular with the general
public as have previous loans owing
10 this and to the further fact that the
-bonds will not be subject to conversion
into future issues. But the banks can
easily absorb the entire issue ana
-urobably will take the bulk of it.
Holders of the liberty As probably Will
mot be inclined to convert them into
the new bonds. even at the increased
rate of interest. for the reason that
they would thereby be deprived of the
right of conversion into future issues
which might bear a still higher rate
These conclusions of course are based
ON investment as a business PROPOSE
ton. If it become necessary to appeal
10 the patriotism of the people they
will take the bonds, interest or no in
terest.