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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
NAMER0OSEvELT?
New York Republicans May
Run Him for Governor.
Only Man Who Can Unite All
Factions of Party.

Saratoga, N. Y. July 1S.-Colonel
Roosevelt in the belief of many dele
gates to the Republican state conven-
ton, which opened here after noon to-
day, will be the gubernatorial candi-
date of the Republican party next
fall. That he is the only man in the
state to weld solidly the factions of
the party was asserted by some.
The colonel, with more glory sur
rounding him than at any time in his
career, was scheduled to deliver the
keynote speech of the convention.
State Chairman George A. Glynn,
questioned as to his belief regarding
Roosevelt, replied that the convention
was not q nominating body and time
would have to bring its own results.
The convention was called to order
at 1925 by ]. S. Fassett, temporary
chairman, who was led to the plat
form by Northumberland Schoe-
neck and Mrs. Edwin E. Danforth of
Rochester. Half the delegates in the
hall were women.
The meeting was opened with a
prayer by Rev. P. A. Macdonald of
Chicago.
Fassett's opening speech was inter-
rupted for three minutes when he
mentioned Charles S. Whitman, when
the delegates broke into a roar of
cheers and handclapping
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
YIELD IN COUNTY
More Than $4,000 Bushels of
Wheat in Shawnee.
$4,000 Acres Averaging "a
Bushels to an Acre.
NEXT YEAR IT'LL GO TO as, 900
Nearly $4,000 in Oats This Sea-
sOn-TO Wheat Next.
Harvest Turnout State Com
plete-NO i. w. w. Trouble.

E. E. Frizell, of Larned. farm labor
specialist for Kansas, reports that
practically all the Kansas wheat has
been harvested, and flat plans are al
ready under way for the planting of
an increased acreage for next winter.
The farm labor situation, he declares,
Is exceptionally satisfactory, consid-
ering the number of men who have
been taken out of farming pursuits for
the army and war industries. A line
has been kept upon the workers avail
able for harvesting, and the work has
other organized interference.
In Shawnee County.
In Shawnee county the wheat land
this year was about $4,000 acres, and
next year it will probably be 5000
acres. Some $4,000 acres were IN
oats, and some of that land will be
age wheat yield in the county this
year was twenty-four bushels to the
acre, and in some small tracts of land,
the yield went as high as fifty BUSH
els to the acre.
New Variety of Wheat.
The office OF the county farm agent
has booking orders for a new variety,
Kanreds wheat, which is one of the
high yielding strains, developed thru
the past eleven years in the Hays ex-
pertinent station. 1t was originally
introduced from southern Russia, and
is a Crimean wheat. In sixty tests
conducted in the state the kanred has
outyielded the Turkey, red standard
hard wheat by an average of "A BUSH
els per acre.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18

frank homicidal march of the l. ".
w. to the sinister anti-Americanism
of the Germanized Socialist party"
Profiteering Must Be Stopped.
"Profiteering out of the war should
be stopped" he said, but it is mere
common sense to say that proper
profit-making should be encouraged"
Labor, he added, should have the
right to cooperate and combine, with
public supervision. He favored better
housing and living conditions, efforts
to see that work is made interesting.
and involuntary unemployment, and
a share in the money reward for in
creased business success.
p Use for Military Committee.
The colonel bitterly attacked the
war department for what he termed
representation in carrying on the
war. Achievements which have been
m-de he laid to the door of the sem
ate COL mittee on military affairs and
not to the department. He declared
our army in France should have been
as large on January l as it is now.
This, he said, would have meant de-
feat for the first German drive.
Avoid Government Owenrship.
while there would be peculiar
need for supervision of big business
after the war; the colonel said, "busi-
ness men should be permitted to CO.
operate and combine, and business
should not be penalized merely be-
cause of its size"
Government ownership should be
avoided wherever possible, he de-
clared.
The colonel concluded his address
by discussing briefly his policies urg-
ing federal suffrage for women, bet
ter conditions for laboring men, more
Industrial reward and benefit for
farmers, and kindred reforms which
he said were certain to confront the
nation with the dawn of peace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
AMERICANS STILL ADVANCING.
Pershing Reports That Troops At
ttacked With Great GalIantry.

Washington. July 18.-Official ad-
vices from General Pershing said
American troops had taken the often
sive with great dash and gallantry and
were still advancing. Secretary of War
Baker announced this afternoon.
1.-The war department has received
f. ON General Pershing." Mr.. Baker
said, official confirmation of the
opening of the counter offensive along
the line indicated in the newspaper
dispatches. American troops are par
ticfpating both as complete divisions
and as units in association with the
French.
THE first detectives seem every
where to have been attained. No ac-
curate count has been made but it is
clear that many prisoners have been
taken and many guns and much war
material captured.
Our official reports also confirm
the fact that American soldiers ad-
vanced with great dash and gallantry
and were still advancing when last
heard FROM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
MEN OF CLASS 2

tContiuued rom Page One.s
of 1917 registrants in class 1. but the
utilization of practically the entire
list of class 1 registrants of this year.
From 500 to 1000 registrants of this
year may be called to fill the August 5
quota of 1000 white men from
Kansas.
Class 1 High in Cities.
Only a few of the counties have
reported the classification of 1918
registrants. With a total registration
of slightly more than $4,000 in the
state on June 5, last. the state will
produce between 1000 and 5000 class
1 men. it is believed. The percentage
of class ! men in the large cities is
heavy, while in the small counties
and rural districts it is exceedingly
low.
Wichita city reported that so per
cent of its 1918 registrants are avail
able for class 1 service The percent
age will also run high in Topeka and
Kansas City. But in the smaller towns
and farming districts it will slump.
Consume 1918 Material.
Allowing for 5000 class men from
the IT'S registration. it Is believed
that between 500 and 1000 men will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
1T IS SOLVENT"
Colorado Officials Here in Plea
for Farmers Life Co.
Insurance Firm Subject of Re.
ownership Charges.

Colorado state officials and officers
of the Farmers life Insurance COM
pany are N conference today with
Kansas state officials in an effort to
iron out the financial troubles of the
life company. Action to secure a re-
ownership for the business of the
Farme~- and Anchor Life companies
was filed in the Shawnee county dis
trict court recently as a result of state
Investigations.
G. W. Ammons, president of the
life insurance company and former
governor of Colorado, headed the
delegation which came to Topeka to-
day. ]. W. Hubbard, attorney gen.
eral. and c. w. Fairchild, state COM
missioner OF insurance, also came
here from Denver to participate in the
negotiations.
1t Is the contention of the Colorado
state officials and officers of the life
company that the corporation is solv-
ent and should not be subject, to re-
ownership action in this state. Recent
Investigations by the Kansas officials,
however, was said to show that the
company had made unwise invest
ments and Lid placed exorbitant
book valuations on its securities. No
definite action had been taken up TO
a late hour this afternoon, it was
stated. The purpose of the conference
in Topeka was said to be the setting
aside of the present litigation and re-
establishment of the company in
Kansas
w. J. Dryden, actuary in the state
department and one of the most thoro
insurance men in the state, aided
other officers in the state department
in the investigation. John Hunt. as
sistant attorney general, and Carey J..
Wilson, state superintendent of insur-
ance, represented this state in the con-
ference in the state house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
BRING HUN TO KNEES
Continued from Page one,

CONTINUED from Page ons.I
no further delay.
Declare War On Turkey.
Besides enormously strengthening
our army in France, we should by
this time have declared war
on Turkey and have sent 1oO.-
600 soldiers to aid our allies in west
ern Asia. We have had to use English
ships to ferry our troops across the
Atlantic and we could use Japanese
ships to ferry them across the Pacific.
There must be no peace until Ger
many is beaten to her knees. To leave
her with a strangle hold on Russia,
and thru her vassal allies, Austria,
Bulgaria and Turkey, domination IN
central Europe and Asia Minor would
mean that she had won the war and
taken a great stride toward world do
minion."
Belgium must be reinstated and re-
irnbursed, France receive Alsace, Tur-
key driven from Europe, the colonel
said, italian Austria must go to Italy
and Rumanian Hungary to Rur1an1a,
and Armenia must be free, the Jews
given Palestine and the Syrian Chris
tians be protected, with the Poles and
other Slav races released from the
menace of the German sword.
Unless we do all this" he declared,
I'VE shall have failed in making the
liberty of well behaved civilized peo-
pies secure, and we shall have shown
that our announcement about making
the world safe for democracy was an
empty boast"
Men of Broad Vision.
'"These are the tasks set US as re-
CARDS winning the war and ending the
war" he continued.
therefore the man el-cted this fali
should not only be absolutely loyal
but possessed of broad vision. sound
common sense, high character ana
unyielding resolution, for they must
grapple with tremendous information
al questions A timid, a half hearted
pacifist or a foolish visionary may DO
as incalculable harm as the dema-
gogue or constituencies political trick
ster. And, of course, no disloyal man
and no man of merely lukewarm 10y
atty should be chosen, no matter what
the ticket on which he runs"
For Universal Training.
Looking forward to the giant tasks
of peace" Colonel Roosevelt said
there must be universal obligatory
military training. "Such training"
he declared, would instill into our
people a fervent and intense Ameri-
canism which would forever free US
from the menace of Bolshevism and
all its American variety. from the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
MORE co TO CAMP
Twelve Topekans Will Leave
Topeka Saturday.
Take Places of Men Rejected
From Last Draft.

Twelve men viii. leave Topeka Sat
urday for army environments to take
the places left untitled in the June
quota on account of reflections by ex-
amining surgeons at the camps
Eight of the men will leave board
No. 2 FOR Camp Cody; three will leave
board No. for Gimp Funston: and
one will leave thru board No. 1 for
Camp Cody.
The men who go to Camp Cody. N.
NJ. Saturday are: From board No. l..
Leland Dschuden; from board No. 2,
Clyde H. Gribblc Claude 1. Hood. Mi
chael M. Burban. Roy E. Holstrom,
Marion l. Knox, J. beavers. Bird z.
Brooks. and Arthur G. King. Tho
men who will go to Camp Funston
thru local board No. are: Albert w.
Smith, Lester E. Sawyer and Charles
E. Martin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
HUNS IN DANCER
Allied Drive Threatens Vital
Railway Line.
Road That Supplies Troops
Fighting on Marine.

London, July 1S.-All the way from
Belleau to Aisne, the French attack
was launched at daybreak today. 1t
was what the British call full dress
show" with every department, every
weapon available in play, including the
new French mosquito tanks. These
tanks did excellent work at some of
the most difficult points.
North of the Marine the French have
regained the whole of Rois wood and
the village of Venteuil.
The French have reached point
menacing the most important German
railway centers which feed the entire
front west of Rheims. The French
artillery is now within easy Smelling
distance of these railways and should
be able to make life miserable for a
large section of the German army.
Threaten Vital Railway.
Military men attach great impor-
lance to the lateral railway lines
around Scissors and say that if Cen
eral Foch can get his artillery into
position to keep these lines out of ac-
ton he will make the movement of
the German supplies in the whole
sector between Rheims and Chateau
Fhierry impossible.
On the extreme east of the German
offensive the French have reoccupied
their old lines for a distance of three
or four miles.
German Attacks Break Down,
News from the other sections of the
front was good today. The Germans
have no where made any progress and
several of their attacks have been
broken UP with heavy losses.
West of Rheims the French have re-
gained an important bit of territory on
the bank of the Marine river. This
gives them an observation point down
the Marine valley and enables their
artillery to enfilade long stretch of
the German lines.
This the Moment Foch Waited For.
This is the moment Foch has been
looking for said a military authority
here today, land if all goes well his
splendid1y executed counter attack
should bring the whole German Of
fensive on the Rheims sector to halt
imme diatelY.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18

volunteer for service in the navy De-
fore their induction numbers are
called. An additional 500 men sup
piled from the 1918 class for the
August S call will leave between $500
and 4,0t class ] men. of the 1915
class. This number is expected to be
consumed in the late August and
early September calls.
At this time state draft officials
have no official Information concern
ing the sta. Quotas beyond those IF
August 5. Yet based on calls for
Kansas in June and July. there is
every indication that the entire classes
of 1917-18 men of class / will be
called in a. few weeks and that the
state may be forced to invade defer d
classes to fill quotas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
War Is Too Far Away To I'm
agine Necessity of Ships.
Capt. w. HI. Stayt0n Speaks in
Topeka Tonight, Tomorrow.
He SAW ACTION IN FRANCE
Here To Attend Big Meeting
of Navy League at C. of C.
Plan To Inform Citizens on Aid
for Ship Builders.

IF the folks at home realized how
many shells are fired every day on the
battle front, every member of congress
would be deluged with letters demand
ing that nothing be permitted to stand
in the way of ship building
This wa the statement of Capt.
William H. Stayton. who will speak at
the Chamber of Commerce at noon
tomorrow end at Navy league meet
ing at the Chamber OF Commerce to-
night
Il was in Europe from 1914 to 1916
and spent many hours in the
trenches Captain Stayton said. I'm
an effort to estimate the number of
shells fired, 1 spent one day with
French officers in the trenches count
ing the shells fired by the French
artillery It was only a small sector.
and the French officers said it was
an unusu lily quiet day-but, believe
me, it was none too quiet for me. In
as ho.rs counting as well as we could,
we estimated that there were fired
on both sides more than 100000 shells
on a two-mile front, and those French
officers were too experienced to be far
wrong on her estimate.
Some Shells Weigh a Ton.
when one stops to consider that
some of hose shells weigh a ton,
while most of them weigh several
hundred pounds and that 250,000 were
fired on an unusually quiet day on a
small sector, some idea is gained of
the huge tonnage required to ship to
France the ammunition necessary to
adequately supply more than a million
men.
I'VE have not the tonnage now. We
have broken all the worlds records in
shipbuilding, but we are only starting.
To produce the required tonnage a
miracle must be performed. 1t can
and will be if the people at home will
realize the seriousness of the war and
stand solidly against any interruption
of the splendid work being done by the
United States shipping board Yes.
they must do even more-they must
help the board to increase its produc-
ton and help to get men to man the
ships after they are built.
Americas Big Men.
Il firmly believe that the most i'm
portant department of the govern
ment is the shipping board, and that,
with the single exception of the pres
ident, Hurley, Piez and Schwab are
the most important men in America"
Captain Stayton, in his address here,
will give specific examples of how pa
triotic citizens can help increase ship
building production.
He also will quote from official rec
ords showing that the shipbuilding
board must build a great number of
auxiliary vessels for the navy depart
ment before the fighting navy will be
ready for active service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
INCREASE SILO CENSUS
Folkcr to Visit shawnee County Farms
to Push Silo Building.

Beginning July 20, a series of trips
to farm homes will be made by Shaw
nee county farmers with the county
farm agent. A. D. Folker. Only about
pose of the trips will be to increase the
use of silos in this county. Only about
fifteen silos are in use in the county,
whereas 1900 silos are needed, accord
ing to Folker, to conserve the feed that
is raised. Some of the experts from
the extension department of the Agri-
cultural college will assist in conduct
ing the trips in the silo campaign,
and in connection with the visits, farm
homes and home conveniences. crop
demonstrations. etc. will be noted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
AMERICAN AID EFFECTIVE
Austrian Paper Says Teutonic Allies
Already Feel the Effect.

Geneva, July 1S.-tAmerican inter-
vention is having its effects; already
it has begun to be felt to such an ex-
tent that it must be considered seri-
ously." the Poster Lloyd, semi official
newspaper of Budapest, declares.
This newspaper, admitting Austrian
losses in the recent italian offensive
reached 100000, explains the defeat
as follows:
THE neutrality-suspicious. were nu-
merically inferior to the allies and the
war methods of the enemy, especially
the Italians, had been greatly i'm
proved"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
AT BULLETIN BOARD
Crowds Applaud When Yankee VIC
tories Are Posted by State journal.

Crowds have been standing all day
in front of the State Journal bulletin
board at Eighth and Kansas avenue.
When the bulletin of the great Ameri-
can victory in France was posted
early this afternoon the crowd yelled
and cheereG.
The State Journal is served by two
leased wires, the Associated Press and
the United Press, direct from the
front. Owing to the difference in
time-five hours-between Topeka
and France, the State Journal is able
to give the entire days events up un-
til night in the home and postscript
editions. The noon edition carries
news froIa the fighting line up until
afternoon France.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
EXTENSION CAMPAIGN
Drive to Increase Farm Bureau Mem
bership Late in August.

A farm bureau extension campaign
Is to be held in Shawnee county dur
ing the week of August 1851. In
every township of the county meetings
will be held under the direction of
the extension division of the State
Agricultural college, to enlarge the
farm bureau membership, and to in
vite all farmers to join the organiza-
lions in their communities. The cam
paign will be directed by Scott Kelsey,
of Oakland, president, and H. S. Wal
lace, 1915 College avenue, secretary
and treasurer of the farm bureau.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
TRANSFERS ON STRIKE
One Man Had a Grievance and Is
Others Quit Work on New Hotel.

Because one man did not want to
work on an excavation pillow at the
new North American hotel site this
afternoon, twenty-five others, it is
stated, all belonging to the teamsters'
union, struck and tied up activities.
The Transfers on this work are re-
ceiving Sc a day from Tom Smith,
contractor. This, 1t is claimed, is bet
ter wages than is paid by any other
contractor at such labor in the city.
Smith says:
1.-THE foreman on the work this
afternoon asked one of the laborers to
take a pillow for thirty minutes while
his team and the man then at the
handles. could rest. The teamster re-
fused and left. the excavation. The
other men followed him.
Contractor Smith has made no plans
for men 70 take their place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
PLAN BIG CAMPAIGN
Y. w. C. A. in Topeka Ready to JoIr
Forces With Y. Nj. C. A.

The Y. w. c. A. is preparing for the
fall campaign in which the association
will join with the Y. M. c. A in rails
ing funds for war work.
Local officers of the association will
return the last of this week from Ho1-
lister, Mo-, where they are attending
a conference, and they will be ac-
companied by some of the nationa.
officers from New York. Headquar-
tiers for the women's campaign work
in this state will be in Topeka at the
Y. w. c. A. building
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
WAS ST TO FALL
Quentin Roosevelt First American Lost
in Battle of the Champagne.

Paris, July 1S.-"If the battle can
be said to have commenced when the
air fighting became intense" says the
Stars and Stripes, the official newspa-
per of the American Expeditionary
Forces, Lieutenant Roosevelt was
probably the first American lost in
the battle of the Champagne"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18

John D. Rockefeller, Jr., after Wis
iting a number of our military camps.
says: "Uncle Sam is a mighty good
daddy. He's taking good care of his
boys. They are healthy and lappy
and patriotic. Their eyes are OIL
France. And they will give a good
account of Themselves we all know
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
JAPS TO Get in
japanese Papers Say Troops
VIII Go to Siberia.
Government Has Accepted an
American Proposal.

Toxic, July 1s.-Japantse news
newspapers today publish the terms OF
an American proposal to send Ameri-
can troops to Sit eria. The newspapers
declare that the Japanese government
has decided to accept the suggestion
made by the American government
that Japan also send troops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
REJOICE IN CHICAGO
Trading Stopped on Board of Trade
Men Shouted and Threw Up Hats.

Chicago, July 1S.-When United
Press dispatches telling of the Yankee
victory in France were posted today
on the floor of the Chicago board of
trade, tremendous enthusiasm was
loosened. Trading stopped momen-
tarily while men shouted and threw
their hats into the air and buffeted
each other in glee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
IN HONOR OF QUENTIN
Atchison, Kan, May Name Street After
Roosevelts Son.

Atchison, Kan, July 1s.-Anzeiger
street will be known as Quentin boule-
ward in the future, if the city council
acts favorably upon a petition filed
with the city clerk. The change is
suggested in memory of Quentin
Roosevelt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18

Wall St, New York July 1S.-SToCKS-
War news dominated today's active stock
market. leaders rising to Z points on
heavy buying and extensive short cover
ings. Sales Appropriated 100000 shares
Maximum prices were made in the broad
er trading Of the last hour. The closing
was strong Liberty ~ $ sold at 30 60 to
1864 As at 1886 to 94.32 and AIS at $500
to p6.02.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18

The Ku Klux Khan has imitators in
Birmingham, Ala, where one hundred
and fifty white-robeo men rode thru
town warning idlers to find work.