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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06
THE NEWSPAPER BATTERY.

The publicity department of the
Kansas Ci.y federal reserve district
has begun the publication of an Off
cisl paper called The Bond Bulletin.
Al, editorial in Volume I. No l. of
the publication says:
Their. is one branch of the Amer
lean ar.ny at home which is doing
more than any other toward winning
this war. 1t is. or should be, styled
the newspaper battery, manned by as
brave ard as loyal an0 true patriots
as are 70 be found anywhere.
In the division of the newspaper
battery for the Tenth federal reserve
district are more than $500 guns
ranging from a little 5-column folio
which if fired off weekly, to great 10
to As page destroyers which are fired
daily-often two, three and four times
a day.
Not an issue of any one of these
newspapers is sent out that does not
contain, along with the news of the
day or the week, editorial and special
articles full OF patriotic fire that point
the way of the people to duty. or in
telligent accounts of the progress of
thu. various activities for the national
defense.
These newspapers are among the
greatest educational forces in Amer
lea They voice the sentiment of the
people, their ideals, hopes and ambi-
tons. Yet, do the people appreciate
them as they should?
In this great crisis of our history
the newspapers have performed the
greatest service for the cause of de-
mocracy. righteousness and square
dealing among men and among ma
tioEs They are backing Uncle Sam
al ever turn-noble and patriotic ed
itors a',d publishers these-and when
America and it's allies win-as surely
they wi.l-the newspaper battery will
come in for a full measure of the
glory thai comes with victory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of Men in
Americas Fighting Service

When the city of Norfolk, Va, was
threatened with the complete destruc-
ton by fire of it's thriving business
section early in January, every avail
able fire fighting force at hand and
from nearby towns was called into the
battle. At the height of the fire the
enlisted men of the United States
navy on duty at the navy yard and in
the ha-bor were called on to help not
only in subduing the flames but con-
trolling the crowds. To a man they
gave splendid account of themselves
Among these men was John Joseph
Mclaughlin, chief boatswain's mate
Altho he had worked all night, had
narrow escapes and was drencned to
the SKIN with ice cold water, Nc
Loughll- declined a relief when it was
offered and remained on duty contin-
uousiy Until the danger was PASSED
For this conspicuous service he has
been commended by Secretary of the
Navy Daniels Mclaughlin enlisted in
the navy in 1908 at New York His
next of kin is a brother. William Nc
Loughlin, of 502 Commumpaus ave
nue., Jersey City, N. j.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06
DINNER STORIES


THE submarine blockade" said a
government official at a dinner, lis a
bluff. 1t does harm, of course: it
does untold harm, but as a blockade it
is a bluff.
The bluffing. Dragging submarines
remind me of the hen.
"A hen, you know, set out to see
the world, and met crow in a re-
mote forest.
But, madam said the crow, are
you not afraid, without wings, of
losing your way in all this dense tan
gle?'
Afraid? Oh, MOI said the hen.
Every little while I lay an egg to
guide myself back by
The children of the neighborhood
had been greatly interested in the
news of the arrival of a baby at the
Joneses, and one of them put this
question to little Willie Jones:
What is your new brothers
name?"
They haven't found out yet" re-
piled Willie. He can't talk"
MY mother has the 1oveliest new
Dress said Bessie.
so has my mother" said Olive.
MY mother goes to more parties
than anybody in this town"
MY mother has the doctor more
than any one in this town." said Olive
triumphantly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06
THE RATE MAKING POWER.

There is being expressed in certain
quarters much alarm lest the pend
i1g railroad bill take from the inter-
state commerce commission the rate
making power and place it in the
hands or the president. That the
change would make for efficiency and
be great aid to business generally
there little room for doubt. If au-
thority be given to the president,
change IN rates found t. be necessary
could lie put into effect at once. By
the terms of the bill the I. C. C. would
not be deprived of its prerogative of
spending several months or years, as it
sometiE:es has done, in talking it over.
The railroad control hill was passed
by the senate without a roll call and
with no expressed negative vote. 1t
passed the house, not unanimously but
bv a vote of 337 to 6. There is 4 slight
variation in the form CT the measure
a. adopted by the two houses. In the
committee of the whole house the
amendment of the bill as passed by
the senate, in a way to leave the de-
termination of rates to the interstate
commerce commission, was adopted
by vote of lis to 81, but on the final
vote in forma, session il was rejected
by EOS to 165. This is the provision
giving the president power, acting
thru the director general, to fix rates
without submission to the commits
SIGN.
There is a disagreement between
tire two houses on point of no
great significance, that of the limit
OF time for keeping up the control
after the war. This is not a limit to
which the control must be kept up,
but one for a margin within which
all necessary arrangements may be
made for restoring control to the cor
poratiota, under the law as It now
exists or as it may be modified in that
interval
The senate put the date at eighteen
| months after the proclamation of
peace and the house extends the inter-
val to -wo years. The conferees have
compromised on twenty one months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06
TRAWELETTE
Hamburger.
BY NIKSAH.

In tn. days when crossing the At
ford was ono of the most popular
sights IN Norway. Here the tourist
found the Norway of his expectations
peasants who chung to the dress and
ways of the old regime, quantity at
tractive in manner as in appearance.
Here also were the glaciers for which
Norway is famous, and the blue-green.
snow-tOpped mountains could belong
to no country other than the land of
the Vikings.
The mountains reach high above
the waters of the ford and shadow
the little red farmhouses which dot
mountaiEside and valley. Here and
there are peasant villages of clean
wooden houses with turfed roofs. Ev-
erywhere are the dark evergreen for
ests. The scene is always changing
for the ford widens and narrows
again with disconcerting suddenness;
SO that at one minute the mountains
are just above, the next they seem re-
ceding far into the distance. From
the snowy peaks, waterfalls rush down
to join the ford with a great splash
and conmotion The little steamer
picks careful way in and out among
scattered islands, with a watchful eye
ever on the cliffs
At the journeys end lies Odda, not
ed for rs waterfalls. Odda is famous
fo.- one of the greatest hydro electric
power plants in the world, where the
notwithstanding industry of turning
the air into dynamite and fertilizer,
ton, has reached its highest develop
ment. The great electric furnaces
are one of the most wonderful sights
of the modern world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06
BANDITS HARD LUCK
Ono Killed, Ono Arrested During Raid
on saloon Meeting.

Covington, Ky, March with one
bandit dead and a suspect in custody,
police Of Covington and Newport, KY,
and Cincinnati, Ohio, are searching for
the third member of the gang which
held up meeting of the Ninth Ward
Building association of Covington last
night and killed two of the directors
and wounded a third the latter the
chief of police of Covington. One of
the bandits was killed by Chief of
Police Kleumper after he had shot
down the two directors, Andrew
Nordmeyer, 63, and John Rehm, SO.
The suspect, Pat Kearney, was ar
rested early this morning with Edward
Weiiman, of Cincinnati, on Informal
ton furnished by Vernon Corbin, a
chauffeur, who was taken into GUS
tody soon after the holdup Corbin
said he drove the three men to a sa-
loon, in the rear of which the direc-
tors of the association were holding
their meeting. Soon after the men
entered. Corbin says he heard fusil-
lade of shots and two of his fares ran
out and forced him to, drive them
away Kearney, police say. has a
criminal record. Corbin identified
him as one of his passengers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06
ON SPUR f FL MOMENT
By ROY 4. MoULTON

At any rate. old friend war has
given us relief from the following:
Carranza, Harry Thaw, Mrs. Pank-
hurst, Doc Cook, Cipriano Castro and
King Menelik of Abyssinia
A learned New York editor is much
concerned over the dispute as to
whether Rabelais said: Corn is the
sinews of war; or Coin is the sinews
of war"
What's the difference, when we
need both of them so badly?
. Even if he isn't pro-German, La
Toilette certainly is in Dutch.
There is a man in our town and he
is wondrous wise: he goes to the city
market to buy all his supplies.
A Sacramento tree expert says the
squirrels must go. In a recent cam
paign out there he has killed $4,000
Of the pests.
If the squirrels are all killed off, a
lot of people will become lonesome for
their faithful little followers
In the motion picture profession
their absence will be keenly felt,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06
LIBERTY'S HONOR ROLL

Washington, March 6-General Pershing
has cabled the war department the names
of another lieutenant and three enlisted
verely wounded on March 1. the day of
the German assault on an American trench
near Toul. This brought the total casual
department to three lieutenants and seven
teen men dead, one captain. one lieutenant
and sixteen men severely wounded and ten
men slightly wounded.
The men reported today as killed were !:
First Lieut.. David K Summer, Jones
boro, Ga; and Private Knute Olson,
ILL.,, and Lloyd w. Spetz, Bismarck. n. u:
The five~men reported severely wounded
were: Corp. Oliver p. Deardorff, Decatur.
burg. Ill: Frank J. Houle. Ware. Mass. !;
Giuseppe Ganucchi San Francisco, and
William Rhodes, Sequel Cal.
General Perishing also reported that Sec
was killed in action February %, and that
three privates of machine gun battalion
were were sey w,elI., wounded Eeoruary Is They
Roy B: -ietcalf Irasburg, VT, and Ray
mond Pease. Lyndonville. VT.
The names of men who have been slight
" wounded in action also were reported as
follows:
sergt: Sydney A. Morency. st. Johns
bury, Vt, February "a; Privates Ernest
G ciseI' Monase nase Ind, F FeS 81;
Ralph j. Bean, Littleton. N. H. February
q; Clarence. R. Hill. Middlesboro. Ky,
Ala and George NJ. Hazelbook, Pittsburg,
March 5.
Americans in Canadian Forces.
Ottawa, Ont March 6.-The following
Americans were mentioned in todays
Detroit
GassedaJ; E; Mize. Marysville,, Tenn,
Ill = p B. Wood. Buchanan, Mich. r.
LaWrenSOn, Omaha. Neb.
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LILY STATE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES EVENING. MARCH 1913

domestic life, but if he marries with
only a milo affection for her nothing
she car do will fan that feeble spark
into flame. 1t will always be blown
out by the little disenchantments of
conjugal life.
The greatest reason of all, however,
wh5; the man should love more at the
tfme OF marriage than the woman
does, is because all the circumstances
of domestic life draw a woman to-
wards a man, while they separate
him from he-. A man has his bust
ness, his career, the thousand things
that take him away from home, that
occupy his thoughts, that fill his days
Whit his wife feels towards him is
jus. one of many incidents that go to
make up his life.
But a woman's world is bounded by
her home, of which her husband is
the chief figure. He is compelled to
absLrb he thoughts, because her in
tereSts and ambitions are dependent
on him, and his feeling towards her
makes, or mars her happiness.
1t is for these reasons, and because
man does business on fixed capital
of love, while a woman does business
on love basis that is easily inflated
that the man should have larger
stock of love on hand than the woman,
when they 60 into a life partnership
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06

Adjusted perhaps by the frequent
cries of alarm over possible shortage
of food in this country, the Christia n
Science Monitor points out that the
five states of Texas, Louisiana, Mis-
sfssippi. Alabama, and Georgia should
raise soodstuffs enough to feed the
entire population of the United States.
cor 110,oOO,000f people. And they
could dc so. But they do not. Geo
graphically and climatica1ly they are
saI better situated, with regard to ag-
Sricultur;.l production, than Germany
or Austria Hungary. Germany, with
.a70, 100000 people, has less territory
tran Texas, and Austria Hungary,
with a population of $4,000 900. has
less terri. DRY than that covered by the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06

An emergency call to increase the
sproduc';Ln of livestock has been an
nounceI by the Agricultural Digest,
New York City. The plan is to enlist
She SUPP crt OF every farmer, not only
TO raise to maturity one more pig. or
COW or sneep, but to spread the gospel
7of more and healthier livestock for in
creasing the meat supply of this coun-
TRY AMI the allies. In suburban CEN
tiers enough pledgers are expected to
purchase a carload of livestock
which will be turned over to a farmer
who viii "board" them and who will
sbs paid Cor their care end feed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06

: Peonts are urged to save their mon
- and with the money so saved Guy
e5vern.,ient bonds. Yet. If they con-
,finue - spend it, as some oouoties9
will do, it will not pass out Oh exist
.ence. Somebody still will nave H. anu
.tbe pe-son possessing The cash II ne
he a patriotic citizen, will lend IL 10
3zhe government as readily as will the
man VINO economies. There are IN
the country ample funds to finance
the COVE; nment's war needs and when
rallied for it will be forthcoming. 1t
1ees not so much matter in whose
I inds it happens to be at the time
4 is easy to visualize the course OF
dollar Invested in government bonds
First. it goes to the government as
loan for the war; second, it is eXpend-
ed nv the government for food, cloth
ing. ami ammunition which go directly
t. a soldier or sailor, whose tlShtlng
Strength is kept up by the food. whose
body is Kept warm by the clothing and
whose enemy is hit by the ammuni-
ton. L has not been expended in the
purchase of needless food and cloth
ing for the man at home, and is, there
fore, released for the use of the SOL
der: it IS saved wealth to the man at
home ar can be loaned to his gov
ernment at interest, with result
in,, benefit to himself and to his
government. Ultimately it returns to
the sta, ting point and again is ready
TO set forth on another trip around the
same course. Money kept moving in
Ah.. right direction is a great source
sepf DOW FL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06
D. A. WOLF PROMOTED
He Was Made Assistant Cashier of
Bank of Topeka Today.

d. A. Wolf has been appointed as
sistant cashier of the Bank of Topeka.
according to an announcement by S.
e Cobb, vice president of the institu-
ton, at the Chamber of Commerce
this noon.
eThe appointment was made said
Cobb, for two reasons. The first in
recognition of VOLTS ability and faith
fulness and the second so that / can
have time to attend to the work of the
Red Cross as divisional committeeman
for Kansas" Wolf has been con-
nected with the Bank of Topeka for
a period of fifteen years.
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q. s. Has Proof He Is Trying
To Deliver Russia to Huns.
Is Now Inflaming Slavs Against
"MilitariSm of Allies"
URGES PEACEFUL SURRENDER
Trotzky Meanwhile Attempts
To Keep New Govt Alive.
Jap Invasion Would Be Weapon
in Lenine's Hand.
BY ROBERT j. BENDER.


Copyright, 1918. by the United Press-)
Washington, March 6.-That Mich
OLAF Len-ne. Bolshevik prime minis
ter, is deliberately attempting to de-
liver revolutionary Russia into the
hands of the Germans, is the SUBJ
stance of highly important commune
cations received in Washington today
from an unquestionable but confiden-
tiaI source.
The communication shows also that
Lenine is simultaneously trying to
arouse the Russians against the mill
tarism of the allies"
This latest development in the ever
changing Russian turmoil is particu-
Larry significant in view of the Jap
arese threat in Siberia The commu-
nication received today is, in part, as
follows:
Stops Anti German Agitation.
must be no agitation against German
militarism, but that agitation should
continue against the militarism of the
nations at war with Germany.
He is using every influence to have
the new peace treaty terms (between
Germany and the Bolshevik spokeS-
mem obeyed in all particulars of nom
| interference with Germany.
In Lenine the government now
sees the man behind the treachery to
revolutionary Russia In Trotzky. the
| foreign minister. Officials here still
believe. is the spirit trying to keep the
revolution alive and honored.
Explains Previous Actions
The statement of Lenine's policy to-
| ward the invading Germans leaves no
| doubt here that he is playing hand
in glove with the Teutons. 1t ex-
| N-s
| months have perplexed the allied
| diplomats.
There is now presented Bolshevik
| government divided in purposes within
| itself. And the official view here is
| that under these circumstances.
of the Russian people will not submit
| to German militarisn. Lenine's posi-
ton will soon be difficult.
At the same time, Lenine's insis-
| tence to continue agitation against the
| ''militarism of the allies" renders even
more delicate the question of japanese
interference in Siberia and faces the
| allies with one of the most serious
diplomatic problems of the war.
Blame Allies Diplomatic Failure
| The pitiful failure of allied
diplomacy in the past-including
| Americans now cheerfully blamed
| officially here for the present Russian
| the well-known German diplomacy
now, the allies are faced again with
| real test in Russia. President Wilson's
| attitude toward the japanese expedi-
ton has been shown in his refusal to
| approve the military movement.
| His decision was not sudden. He
had no intention of sanctioning it from
| the start. In the advices from Russia
today. perhaps. may be seen a reason
| hitherto unknown to the public why
| extraordinary caution must be pur-
sued in the present crisis.
| Jap Invasion Bad Idea.
With Lenine's course now exposed
| it is clear that a military expedition
! into Siberia, fostered by Japan and APP
| proved by America and the allies.
| would be sword in the hand of the
| Bolshevik leader. officials say.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Breads.

DFcdOS.
Brown Bread-Three CUPS oatmeal
six cups boiling water, one tablespoon
lard, one tablespoon salt, three cents
worth yeast (compressed), one-quar-
ter cup molasseS.
Pour water over oatmeal; when this
is 1ukewarm add the remaining in
gradients, enough white flour to make
stiff dough; let rise, then make into
four loaves.
Bran Mullins With Honey and
Nuts-One-half cup honey, one cup
flour, one-quarter to one-half tea
spoon soda, one-quarter teaspoon salt,
one tablespoon melted butter, one
and one-half cups milk, three-quarters
cup finely chopped English walnuts,
two cups bran
Sift together the flour. soda and
salt and mix them with the bran
Add other ingredients and bake
twenty-five or thirty minutes in hot
oven in gem tins. This will make
about sixteen large mullins.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06

five states named, yet these empires
SUP ply within themselves the l'rinci-
pal means of subsistence of 10000
900 pei, lie. The long ard the short
of it is that, while the average produc-
ticn of wheat in the United States is
1875 busfels to the acre, the average
production of wheat to the acre in
Germany. before the war, was thirty
eli ht bushels to the acre. And other
things are in proportion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06
HUN LEGIONS GROWING
oMre Divisions But Fewer Men Than
Allies on West Front.

London, March 6.-The Germans
now nave a superiority of sixteen
DIVISIONS on the west front, General
Maurice, director of military intelli-
sence declared in an interview with
the United Press today.
The enemy, however, is still numer-
ically inferior, a1tho this inferioritv
is steadily decreasing.
Maurlce'S statement indicates his
belief that the allied divisions contain
more men than the German divisions
At the start of the war, all divisions
approXimated about 10000 men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06
GLOBE SIGHTS
lFrom the Atchison Globe

IFrom the Atchison Globe.
So many If the worthy poor you
hear so much about are not worthy.
The greatest shortage in this coun-
try during this war is the shortage of
common sense
We are always hearing of the good
that will come out OF the war. but
we can't see it
Your ills are nothing: give the fell
low you are talking to a chance and
he'll tell you that the doctors once
gave him up
When a man is sick he wants to
get up and out as soon as possible but
the tendency of woman is to string
out her illness.
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+ Chins may yet get into the war in
Al active way. She is in a position
to give material assistance to the Jap
anese in handling the Siberian situa-
ton Her troops already have occu-
pied the Russian city of Hardin, in
Manchu.ia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06

Z Voluntary enlistments in the United
States army have averaged more than
Il 900 a day since the country entered
fsthe war The total is now approx
! mateiy $4,000, and but eleven
months have passed.
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s Now that Russia has set the exam
pie of breaking away from her allies
and concluding a separate peace, may
We hope that Austria will pursue a
similar course? Possible but not
.tprobable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06

s A law confiscating all fortunes Of
upwards of a million dollars is pro-
posed It is time for newspaper men
to take to the woods.
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No more shall we hear of the bear
that walks like man." In the fueure
we shall remember the bear that runs
like a rabbit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06

l. As a rule the Official Bulletin, pub
lished in Washington, has carried but
one interesting item in each issue and
that was the statement of the condi-
tion of the treasury. And severa! days
age it dropped that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06

Germany continues to insist that
she is fighting a defensive war. No
country N the world stands so greatly
in need Of defense morally and politi-
cally as does Germany. q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-06

some of their German contracts. Zinc
is being largely used for carrying cleo
trical current, but it is far from sat
isfactory. 1t does not bend well and
does not stand vibration.
All of these things are evidence of
the slow breakdown of German in
dustry, which is the weakness that
makes peace a necessity for her. in
spite of military success and grow
ing food supply.
Questicns on the above or any sub
ject upon which the reader desires in
formation, should be addressed the
Topeka State Journal Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, Director,
Washington. D. c.. with a Scent
stamp enclosed for reply.
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Card OF Thanks.

We wish to thank our many friends
and neighbors for their kind express
sions of sympathy and flower offer
ings in the sad bereavement of our
dear wife and mother
P. ID. MUELLER and FAMILY.
ADV