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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
THE AUSTRIAN NOTE
President Wilson's Answer to Peace
Plea of Dual Monarchy.

Washington, Oct. 19.-The note to
Austria handed to the Swedish minis
ter follows:
Sir: 1 have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of your note of the
1th instant, in which you transmit a
communication of the imperial and
royal government of Austria Hungary
to the president. L am now instructed
by the president to request you to be
good enough thru your government to
convey to the imperial and royal gov
ernment the following reply:
THE president deems it his duty to
say to the Austro-Hungarian govern
ment he cannot entertain the present
suggestions of that government be-
cause of certain events of utmost i'm
portance which occurring since the de-
livery of his address of the 8th of
January last have necessarily altered
the attitude and responsibility of the
government of the United States.
Among the fourteen terms of peace.
which the president formulated at that
time. occurred the following:
The peoples of Austro- Hungary,
whose place among the nations we
wish to see safeguarded and assured
should be accorded the freest oppor-
tunity of autonomous development
'.Since that sentence was written
and uttered to the congress of the
United States has recognized that a
state of belligerency exists betweef,
the CZech-Slovaks and the German
and Austro- Hungarian empires and
that the Czecho-Slovak national coun-
Gil is a de facto belligerent govern
ment clothed with proper authority to
direct the military and political affairs
of the Czecho-Slovaks. 1t has also
recognized in the fullest manner the
justice of the nationalistic aspirations
of the Jugo-Slavs for freedom.
THE president is. therefore, no
longer at liberty to accept the mere
autonomy of these peoples as a basis
of peace. but is obliged to insist that
they, and not he, shall be the judges
of what action on the part of the Aus
o-Hungarian government will satisfy
their aspirations and their conception
of their rights and destiny as members
of the family of nations.
Accept. sir, the renewed assurance
Of my highest considera ton.
(Signed) Robert Lansing"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
MORE Than Quota
Shawnee County Exceeded Loan
Allotment as Usual.
Many Made Sacrifices To Help
Make 1t Certain.
THE BAROMETER,

shawnee county quota .S2,5 ,57i $50
subscribed to date. 2,71S.350
Over the top. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 7,10O
Topeka and Shawnee county are
safely over the top in the fourth lib
erty loan and have been so reported
to the United States government. The
struggle has ebbed and flowed for
every day of the last three weeks. At
not a single point in the struggle has
the liberty loan committee been able
to sit back in its chairs and smile with
satisfaction at the case with which
the things was being put across.
On the face of it the fact that To-
peka and Shawnee county did not go
over the top until twenty-four hours
before the close of the campaign does
not seem to be a record to be proud
of. But, according to J. r. Burrow.
chairman of the liberty loan committee
for the county. the only real commen-
tary which will be taken into consid-
Grafton at the final accounting is the
fact that the city and county went
over.
Many Made Sacrifices.
Burrow, in statement today, laid
especial stress on the patriotic atti
tude of the wage, earners of the city
and county These men and wo-
men. practically every one of them"
Burrow declared. have subscribed to
the fourth liberty loan. Many of them
have subscribed so heavily that they
will have to make big sacrifices in or
der to mature the bonds. But the big
thing is that they subscribed-pre-
sented themselves at their banks and
passed in their subscription over the
counter without waiting for solicitors
to CALI
Another thing in the campaign
which marked the attitude of the
small professional man and the wage
Garner was the fact that when the
prospects for the loan being floated
were dark and gloomy, these men
came into the banks in ones and twos
and threes, and doubled subscriptions
voluntarily waving many of the small
comforts of life that the boys in the
trenches might point with pride to the
old home town and not feel that war
overseas means forgetfulness on the
part of the folks under the roof trees
in a safe place in the states
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
ALLIED PATROLS
REACH HOLLAND
FRONTIER TODAY
Victorious Armies Sweep Ahead
on All of Front.
From North Sea to yerdun
They Gain Ground.
THE BRITISH ENTER EECLOO
An Advance of IA Miles on
Coast Is Shown.
Haig's Men Ford Marcq River
and Advance.
THE BRITISH ENTER EECLOO
fBy tie Associated Press.)

German forces in Belgium still are
retiring eastward toward a new de-
tense line while the British, French
and Americans southeast of Cambria
are driving a wedge into the German
defenses north of the Disc. Ghent, 81
miles northwest of Brussels, the Bel
Slan capital, is reported to have been
reached by French cavalry. Reports
received in Holland are that the Ger
mans nave begun to remove their
troops from Brussels, evidence that
the new defense line may be east of
that city All along the front in Bel
gum from the coast to east of
Courtrai, the allied troops are push
ing forward, but somewhat more slow
~ than earlier in the week, except
along the coast. German units are
reported to be holding out in the port
or Zeebrugge, with Belgian troops
on the canal running south from Zee
brugge to Bruges. 1t would seem these
troops will be cut off and either forced
TO surrender or flee to Holland.
Toward VaIenciennes.
East of Lille and Douai the British
are moving eastward toward Tournai
ana FaIenciennes and already have
advanced more than six miles along a.
front of more than thirty miles in
this region. The British are approach
ing Chereng, less than eight miles
west OF Iournai. Several scores of
villages have been liberated. South
| east of Cambria, the allies have made
wide breach in the German lines
along the lower SelIe and the Sambre
canal ,and continue to fight their way
eastward. The British and French war
OFFICES report the capture of more
IMAM 1900 prisoners in the fighting
mere and score of villages, including
WasslSny Bazuel, Hennappes and
Tuplgny, have been taken
On the north, the British are with
, IN two miles of the Sambre canal and
Chatillon. The French have taken
Andigny forest and have reached the
canal on a front of nearly nine miles,
south of the forest and beyond the
bend in the Disc, north of NoyalIes,
and three miles east of the railway
junction of Guise. The allied wedge
makes pockets to the north and to
the south. The Germans are with
drawing from the southern pocket
with the French in close pursuit
East of Rethel. the French have
reached the Aisne on a wide front and
captured Ambly-Haut.
London, Oct. 19-Allied forces
have captured the whole of the Bel
gian coast. according to information
received by the Evening News. The
lCODtiDupt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
FLU IS ABAT|NC
Doctors Hope To Have Epi-
demic Under Control Soon.
Lid on All Public Gatherings
Here Next Week.

Tomorrow will be another church.
less Sunday for Kansas and next week
will be another idIS period for the
politicians and campaign workers.
In extending the closing order an
other week to check the influenza
epidemic in Kansas Governor Capper
and S. J. Crumbine, secretary of the
state board of health, made the clos
ing even more drastic than heretofore.
All pool halls are to be closed and the
operations Of the soft drink empor-
iums are restricted except under spe-
cial conditions. The only lifting of
the ban is on public sales held in the
open air. All political meetings sched-
uled for the week will have to be post
poned.
1858 New Cases Today.
The influenza is abating in virulence
over most of the state but the number
of new cases has not been reduced
thus far. This was the report of the
state board of health today. Up to
noon there had been 1,65S new cases
reported from thirty-four counties and
seven cities of the first class. These
reports come from slightly more than
one-third of the state. There is an
other one-third, in the extreme west
ern part of Kansas, which has few
cases in any community and the popu-
lation is SO scattered that the epidemic
is not expected to be severe. The
other one-third is composed of the big
farming counties in central and east
ern Kansas from which reports were
not received. These do not have near
ly so many cases as the larger cities
where there are crowds on the streets
and in the stores.
The following shows the number of
cases reported for each day this week
MONDAY. 2U1S
Tuesday. 1908
Wednesday. .2302
Thursday. ..2004
Friday. 1858
Reports Still Coming In.
Not all of the mails were in this
morning and it is expected that the
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
LAST DAY here
FOR LOAN DRIVE;
SEEING SUCCESS
Striving for Oversubscription
of the Fourth Loan.
Government Officials Are Very
Much Encouraged.
GREATEST LOAN A winner
Nearly All Reserve Districts
Near Their Quotas.
Small Communities Have Ac-
cOmplished Great Things.
Government Officials Are Very
Much Encouraged.
GREATEST LOAN A winner
FROM PERsEING TO YOU.

Washington, Oct. 19.-GeneraI
Pershing today appealed to the
American people to back up the
boys at the front, in. a cablegram
to Secretary McAdoo. Pershing
said:
"The success of the fourth lib
erty loan means much to the men
of the American army who are en-
gagged in the greatest battles of the
war. The sacrifices our troops are
daily making for the nation are
adding glorious pages to. her his
tory.
Occupying an important sector
on the battle front, they are fore
ing the barbarous enemy north
ward, step by step, in hand to hand
encounters and are resolved to con-
tinue until the crime for our enc
mics shall be eXpiated. Standing
firmly on this resolve, your sturdy
sons are fighting this war for free
dom and firmly expect the contin-
ued support of all Americans at
home"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
w. G. GRICE NAMED
p. L. c. Man Succeeds Late Don Well
man as Reporter.

Walter G.. Grice will be appointed
official reporter for the second divi-
sion of the Shawnee county district
court to succeed Don Wellman, who
died short time ago, it was ans
nounced this morning by Judge George
H. Whitcomb.
Mr.. Grice has been connected with
the public utilities commission for the
last seven or eight years and is now
acting in the capacity of recorder. He
began as a stenographer for Justice
John Marshall of the supreme court,
and was later made secretary of the
commission. He was formerly school
teacher and was at one time employed
in the Santa Fe Offices
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
ALLIES RETIRE
Withdraw Six Miles When Attacked
by SuDeriOr Force,


=, by Superior Force.
Archangel, Oct. 17.-Allied forces
on the Dvina have been Withdrawn a
little over six miles in the face of an
attack by greatly superior forces
which had been reinforced from Pet
rograd and apparently commanded by
competent officers. The withdrawal
was successful under a severe bonn
bardment At last reports the Boil
shevik reinforcements were reported
advancing and the allied forces were
under a hail of shrapne1 shells and
pom poms." Occasionally q six inch
shell from Bolsheviki gunboat or a
land battery would strike.
The positions abandoned by the al
lies were held for week against
greatly superior forces. The allies op-
Grating along the Dvina and Vega riv-
ers have been handicapped by a fall of
the water. which left boats stuck on
sandbars and barred progress by gun
bocts at critical times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
THE LUCIA SINKS
Supposed Unsinkablc Ship Sent to
Bottom.

New York. Oct 19.-The American
steamship Lucia. equipped with buoy
ancy boxes and supposed to be un-
sinkable, has been sunk. according to
word received here today in shipping
circles She was torpedoed by a sub
marine in the Atlantic. but details as
to the date of the sinking and the
fate of the crew are lacking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
EvACUATE BRUSSELS
Germans Already Have Started Nov.
ing Troops From City.

Amsterdam. Oct. 1e.-The evacua-
ton of Brussels by the Germans has
already been begun, according to NJ.
Heinrich, an Activist Belgian deputy.
The deputy is quoted thus by the
correspondent of the Nieuw Van Den
Days at Rosendaal, on the Dutch
frontier, who says the deputy himself
has arrived at Bru ssels. The evacu-
alton reports. it is declared refer to
the German troops ana not to the
civilian population of the CITY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
TODAY'S TEMPERATURES

The temperature for the day aver
aged exactly normal The wind al 2
O'Clock this afternoon was blowing at
a rate of three miles an hour from
the northwest. There has been .13 of
an inch of rain since Friday evening.
NICE weather Will return tomorrow,
according to the prediction of Meteor
oloElst Flora. The rainy weather will
continue thruout today but tonight the
skies are expected to clear I'D and the
sun will probably shine tomorrow. 1t
QContinued ON Page TWol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
Germans Lose Vessels at HGcloo, Say
Refugees TOdaY

London. Oct 19.-Refugees arriving
in Holland from Belgium report that a
number of ships on the Eecloo canal.
carrying German officers and war ma
terial, were shot to pieces and sunk
with all on board by Belgian troops on
Friday afternoon, says a dispatch from
Amsterdam to the Exchange Tebe-
graph. The German troops. accord
ing to the refugees, are retreating to-
ward Ghent and Antwerp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
ANOTHER DREAM
Germany Finds Out That Allies Were
Repulsed.

Berlin. Oct. 10 (via London).-Be-
tween Olizy and Grand Pre-, in the
Champagne. renewed French and
American attacks on the German lines
Friday broke down. says the official
statement issued today by the general
staff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
SUNDAY TO BE FAIR
Cooler Weather Scheduled for To.
night, MeteoroIogist Flora Saws.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS
Generally fair tonight and Sunday, preccd-
ed by unsettled easc portion; cooler tonight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19

TOMORROW will be another church,
less Sunday. But the habit of vor-
shipping little more in the home is
not bad one to form.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19

Shawnee county quota S2,57l $50
/ Subscribed to date. Observation-Disclosures. 2,7I3,350
Over the top. Observation-Disclosures. 147,100
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Fair tonight and Sunday. Unset
tied eastern portion; cooler tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
SINK The SHIPS

Continued on Page Two.)
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CONTINUED on Page Two.)
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-25
HEROES DAY.
DEAR BRETHREN:
Baltimore, September 20.

DEAR BRETHREN:
Sunday, September 10Th. has been
set apart as day Of memorial to the
Soldiers of Maryland who have given
I'D their lives fighting for the cause of
Liberty and Justice.
The war has made many changes
amongst us. We have been called
Upon to make many sacrifices. but
these brave young men have made the
greatest Of all. and there is no tribute
we could pay which would be in any
sense adequate to manifest our graft
tude TO those heroic spirits.
We can, however, at least gather to-
gether, and in some measure express TO
our State and Nation how deeply we
feel our losses, and how sincerely we
regard our sense of obligation. Let US
exemplify both by action and words
that the memory Of their heroism Is
always with US, and above all let us
go upon record that we are standing
solidly behind those who are now fight
Ing. and that these boys who have al
ready passed to the beyond have not
died IN vain. Were 1t necessary
would say more. but | cannot think
that any Of our people would need
further urging to make this day
memorable.
WILLIAM FRASER MCDOWELL, ID.
Baltimore, September 20.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-25
Dried Euus.

The high cost of eggs in England
has led to the birth of quite new big
business in dried eggs and eggs in So
luton. One large firm selling dried
eggs has undertaken an extensive adj
vertising campaign to push these eggs
upon the attention of retailers, who in
their turn are being enabled by other
advertising matter to attract their GUS
toners to the goods.
The dried eggs which they advertise
are entirely soluble and take up. the
water like a lump of sugar and thus
give the perfect creamy liquid of
beaten shell egg ready for instant use
on mixing. Dried eggs are no longer
to be regarded as war food; they have
come to stay. This firm predicts that
In the near future the properly dried
eggs will have become one Of the very
largest used and most important of our
foods,
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-25
Chain Armor to Protect the Eyes.

An ingenious improvement has re-
Gently been made to the already famil-
lar steel shrapnel helmet in use lover
there" says the Popular Science
Monthly. 1t Is designed to protect the
eyes and the upper part of the face
from splinters of wood, stone, sand and
metal thrown up by exploding shells.
The new device is merely an adapta-
ton of the chain doors which have
been introduced into metal, chemical
and glass works in recent years to pro-
tect the workers from the heat of the
furnaces and the splashes Of molten
material. 1t consists of a fringe of
separate short lengths of fairly heavy
chain, which effectively arrests the fly
ing particles. On account Of its loose
ness, it does not seriously interfere
with the vision,
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-25

always come before-just as / win
come before my grandchildren and
eat-grandchildren."
"Quite true" said Mrs. Owl. "But
said you had used useless words"
"Ha, ha, to-wit, to-woo," laughed
Mr.. Owl.
"a bright owl you are. my DEAR" no
added after moment.
''Why did you say you were tired OF
The trees and the woods and the out
door world?" asked Mrs. Owl.
Because I want to see more of the
world-the inside part of the world.
want to see what houses and hoteln
are ike-apartments and cottages"
"What strange wishes you have!~
said Mrs. Owl. 'Do you expect me to
take this trip with you?"
"No, I go in solitary splendor." said
Mr.. Owl grandly. 81 go to receive
knowledge by TRAVELLING. And if that
knowledge amounts TO a great deal
will tell you about it,
So off started Mr.. Owl one night
when it was very dark. He carried
lis suitcase made out of the bark Of
big tree and its handle was of twist
I'd sprigs.
I'm going very far" he said to him
self. VERY, very far away-to tho
,ity!'
1t was not long before he reached
he outskirts of Il town for he had
travelled quickly and the woods where
le lived were not so very far off.
hough Mr.. Owl felt they were.
"See those buildings" he said to
himself. II think they are stupid.
But l will find out. They don't look
ike trees at all. And they're all light
I'd up. So foolish l consider"
He found a tree which he perched
IN for a time, and then he saw a big
building. He didn't know what it was
or, it had so many windows and SO
many lights which made him almost
blind.
1T can't be q house for so many
people never belong to one family" he
.hought to himself, remembering the
number in his own family.
And he was right! 1t was great
Dig hotel. But after a time the lights
began to go out, many of them. And
through on open window flew Mr.. Owl.
He was most uncomfortable and as
was almost daylight he began to
think about going home when he heard
funny little bell-like sound which
was very shrill and horrid. And then
l person stirred ip the bed, and ne
heard sleepy voice say:
"Oh, goodness! There goes the
alarm clock. And have to catch that
Early train. Oh, look! An OWL Ana
he person screamed very noisily.
But Mr.. Owl flew from the window
and back home he went. And ne TOLD
Mrs. Owl that hotels and rooms and
cities and lights and alarm clocks and
cushing for trains We're not at all nice
and he showed his wisdom more than
ever by not having bid such things IN
MS family!
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HEROES DAY
PROCLAMATION


ANNAPOLIS, ND.
gor more than year the United
States of America has been par
tiCipant, on the side of liberty and
civilization, in the great world war
that within the space of few years
las menaced and threatened to destroy
ne best that mankind has struggled
for centuries to build up. While mil
lions OF men have made the supreme
sacrifice for the salvation of the world,
since the awful struggle began, until
recently these martyrs for the cause or
Justice have been dTdWnfrom the heroic
armies Of our Allies Of Europe. Now,
however, the situation has changed,
and our own splenG~d men in arms are
now standing firmly and fighting val
iantly beside their Allied brethren of
foreign lands, and doing their noble
part to repel the cruel oppressors of
mankind. Already over ten thousand of
our brethren have made the supreme
Gacriffce on foreign battle fields in de-
tense Of principles for which they were
proud to die, and while conscious that
no memorial that we can frame can add
glory to the record of their holy serV-
ice. we deem 1t At and appropriate that
We should formally take cogniZance of
ne sacrifices they have made, believing
hat while we can add nothing 10 their
glorious fame we may by so doing in
crease the patriotic fame within our
own hearts as we contemplate the
,acrifices they have made, and that in
bought of them we may make new
dedication Of ourselves to the service
or which they died.
Now therefore in memory OF our
,acred dead of this great world war,
md of the loved ones they have left
ahind, whose service and sacrifice is
,econd only to that of those they have
owed and lost, |, Emerson c. Harring-
m, Governor of the State of Maryland,
o set apart and proclaim
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 29TH, 1918, AS
Heroes Day. and l call upon all the peo-
lie of Maryland to observe IT with ap-
,~opriate services and ceremonies as a
~ibute of honor and appreciation of
he heroic men of our own land who
ave given their lives in this great
struggle for the freedom of mankind.
Given under t h e
Great seal of the State
HE GREAT SEAL of Maryland. Done at
OF the City of Annapolis
MARYLAND this19th day of Septem-
Der. nineteen hundred
and eighteen.
EMERSON C. HARRINGTON.
3y the Governor:
THOMAS w. SIMMONS,
Secretary of State.