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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-18
Veiock Thinks They Will Be
Second DivisiOners.
and Killifer Cannot
Be Replaced.
BY JACK VEIOCK.


New York, Feb. 1S.-For the past
two years, since the Phillies won the
National league streamer in 1915, they
have figured as strong contenders
e2ch spring.
| But the spring of 1918 finds them
away behind in the matter of pres
tige, for the loss of Alexander and
Killifer was a staggering blow from
wnicl, they can scarcely be expected
to recover. RiXey, too, is said to be
lost for good, and his name does not
appear in the list of players who are
expected to go south.
When the time for counting noses
arrives in M.-rch the Pills may find
themselves a rather shaggy aggrega-
ton, for there is no telling what the
draft may do to them yet and as
things stand now Manager Moran
must depend upon recruits to MI
some gaping holes in the line.
Moran Is Optimistic.
Yet Moran is optimistic He pre-
diets a bangup race in the old league
with O. Garrison finish which Will in
clude three or four clubs, and ne
figures the Pills in at the killing. PAT
must expect to perform some KIND OF
a miracle to counter balance the
great loss of power he has suffered
1t is a cinch that a miracle is the only
thing that will keep the Phils-as they
stand today-in the running next sum-
mer.
The trade with Chicago brought Dill
hoefer, promising young catcher 10
Philadelphia. But Dilhoefer cannot
take the place of Killifer. Moran has
Burns and Adams in the windpad de-
partment. His catching staff is mucn
weaker than it was last year.
The list of Phil players shows Ben
der, Lavender, Mayer. Oeschger and
F'ittery of last years regular staff
Prendergast, from the Cubs, is a sea-
sonable pitcher, but far from being de-
pendabIe Baumgardner, Buckles. Da-
Wis and Woodward are newcomers to
the Phils The first named has had
his fling at the majors several times
before and Davis. tho a smart pitcher
with something on the ball, is rather
slight in build to stand heavy work in
the big show. according to reports.
Keep Infield Together.
The infield combination of the Pills
may not be changed very greatly. Lu-
derus Neihoff, Bancroft and Stock re-
main, and Moran has Branded. Dugey
Pearce and McGaffigan who will fight
for jobs. The last named player is an
infielder CT great promise. but not eX-
pected to knock any of the fences
down.
The loss of Paskert leaves Moran
with Cravath. Whitfield and Schultz of
last years veteran gardeners In adj
dition he has Cooper, Fitzgerald. Weis-
er and Fred Williams. Williams is ex-
pected to make good.
All in all, the Pills now look like a
club which will travel some twenty
or thirty games behind last years
speed. and if they do they will have
a battle to beat the Giants, Cubs. Reds.
Dodgers, Braves and Cards out of first
|diy ision berths
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-18
WILL QUIT LINCOLN
Holmes Hopes to Take His w. L. Club
to Sioux City.

Sioux City, Ia. Feb. 1S.-The Lin
coin Western league baseball club will
be transferred to Sioux City next sea-
son, providing a lease of the Sioux
City ball park can be procured at a
satisfactory figure, according to an
announcement made by Ducky
Holmes, president of the Lincoln club.
at a meeting of the baseball commit
tee of the Commercial club.
Holmes stated that he was in a po-
sition to transfer the Lincoln team to
Sioux City without any bonus. He
asks only for the loyal supper of the
business men and fans.
Holmes stated that he would return
to Sioux City when an agreement had
been reached between the Commercial
club and the present leases of the
Sioux City park
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-18
EXTRA MONTH TO WORK
Pittsburg Normal School Will Close
Earlier, Open Later.

Pittsburg. Kan. Feb. 1S.-The State
Manual Training normal will contrib
ute an extra months work by several
hundred students to various industries
toward winning the war next summer.
The spring semester of the school
will emil two weeks earlier than the
original program called for and the
fail semester will start two weeks later
than the original schedule. The six
day a week plan, adopted for the nor
NAL, makes the saving in vacation
time possible.
The spring semester will end May
"a The last half of this semester will
see the six-day plan in operation.
Three days later-May 27-the sum-
mer session will open. This session.
which is expected to be practically as
large as usual. will be concluded July
IT, The fall semester will open Sep
TENDER "a.
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BY-clUc-
TO MEET TONIGHT |PHILS LOOK BAD
Baseball Boosters Ready To Ar
range Ticket Campaign.
Large Attendance Desired at
Chamber of Commerce.

Topekans will have a chance to-
night to demonstrate just how badly
they want baseball. The attendance
at the $50 meeting at the Chamber
of Commerce is expected to prove the
existence of enthusiasm among the
fans and every one interested is in
vited to attend.
The object of the meeting is to get
the boosters together and organize
thcsS for ticket selling campaign to
start at once. To absolutely insure a
club that Abbott will place here
against loss 500 ticket books will have
to be disposed of at $50 book, MAX
ing a treasury fund of $4,000 which
things going until the end of the
season.
Must Pay War Tax.
The books will contain seventy
tickets and by buying a book the hold
er will get to see seventy games for
the price of sixty pair for from
day to day, but in addition to the IS
that will be paid for the books the
holders will have to pay the regular
war tax
Under the new plan that Abbott has
arranged the holders of the books can
use the tickets any time they desire,
being allowed to transfer them, give
at any time. This does away with the
Objectionable feature of FORGETTING all
tickets not used for the game cor
responding with their sequence num-
Der and the new plan insures the
selling of many books that could not
be sold under the original plan.
Dinner for All.
W. o. Anderson, who has under
taken to direct the ticket selling cam
paign, announces that dinner will be
served all who desire it at the $3.50
meeting tonight. Immediately follow
ing the feed the organization work will
be taken up, and it is expected that
the campaign will begin tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-18

The speech was made by one of the
Boy Scouts of Topeka who was as
signed to the selling of thrift stamps
in Topeka theaters. and when one
takes INTO consideration the effort it
usually takes for a 15-year-old boy to
depth of feeling and the earnestness
of the boy are well understood.
THE Boy Scouts of Topeka are do
ing yeoman duty in the sale of thrift
stamps said Charles S. Elliott this
morning. land if the people at large
will only absorb some of the spirit
that the scouts of the city are showing
in their efforts the sale of the thrift
stamps in Topeka will become a steady
and unt easing flow to the war treas
ury of the United States, and in the
words ue that one scout the linden
burg line will be broken and the
American troops will march victorious
thru the streets of Berlin. The bur-
den of this war is no less on the IA
theirs and mothers of the soldiers and
the Boy Scouts than it Is on the stand
ard bearers themselves. and the
quicker the citizenry of the United
States realize that it is up to the cit
izenry to fight and finance this war,
the quicker will the Hindenburg line
be broken
In the theater campaign in Topeka.
the Boy Scouts have sold total of IT'S
stamps. Three hundred of these were
sold at the Novelty. Grand and Ma
jestic theaters, and most of the rest
at the Orpheum
The Boy Scouts of the city are
working in the Crosby Brothers, War
rem NJ. Crosby and Pelletier stores
today. 1t is expected that the cam
paign today will add another 500
stamps to the record of the boys.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-18
PYTHIANS TO CELEBRATE
Grand Chancellor Speaks to Fifty
fourth Anniversary Glass.

At the celebration in honor of the
fiftyfourth anniversary of the found
ing of the knights of Pythias, Tuesday
Amos N. Goodman, grand chancellor
of the grand domain of Kansas, will
be the guest of honor. The class of
candidates which will be initiated at
the celebration has been named the
Amos N. Goodman" class.
The celebration will be held in Sc
curity hall. An elaborate program has
been arranged, including speeches by
Brig. S. Young of Kansas City, past
supreme chancellor; w. ]. Duval, su-
preme representative, and Governor
Capper. Music for the celebration will
be provided by Miss Marguerite
Gohlke and Mrs. Maude Catron and
the high school quartet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-18

So many questions have been asked
as to what the Red Cross is doing that
the men in charge of American Red
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-18
new WORKERS AWAKE
They Quit Dreaming About Buying
Cobb From Detroit Club.

New York, Feb. 1S.-Ty Cobb isn't
going to play with the Yankees next
summer or any other summer, accord
ing to the way things look in New
York just now. But that isn't keep
ing Miller Higgins from declaring
himself in favor of new ball players
for Bill Donovan's former invalidS.
Higgins is after hard hitting out
field ana he means to have him. His
sentiments today lean toward one of
the Detroit macers, but if Detroit in
sists on keeping the fence crackers
tied to Tiger pay checks, Miller be-
lieves he can corral one from Chicago
or some other place.
Just how Higgins figures he could
separate Clarence Rowland from a
hard hitting .outfielder is something of
a mystery, for Rowland came to New
York last week with the avowed in
tention of picking up an outfielder and
a pitcher. Higgins might induce
Rowland to turn loose a gardener for
one of the Yankee pitchers. but he
would first have to show Rowland a
way to plug up the hole that would
be left.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-18

Cross affairs in France were asked for
detailed reports. Here is a summary
of some of the things the American
Red Cross is doing in France. aside
from looking after the wounded SOL
diers, as published in the Red Cross
Magazine:
Has contributed 100000 francs to
needy sick and wounded French SOL
diers and needy families of soldiers.
Has established 20 dispensaries in
the American war zone for resident
civilians. A dental ambulance at a
port in France for American troops.
Maintains a hospital service which
supplies 3,423 French military hos
pitfalls; a surgical dressings service,
supplying 1000 French hospitals; ten
more to come soon.
Is operating six canteens for
French soldiers at important railway
centers. which serve 10000 soldiers a
day.
Is establishing twelve rest stations
at important railway centers and re-
cuperation camps for American
troops.
Is operating an artificial limb fac
tory and plants for manufacture of
splints and nitrous oxide gas.
Has contracted for a movable hos
pital of four units accommodating
LOCO men.
Maintains a casualty service for
gathering information for the wound
ed and missing and a medical research
bureau.
Has opened a children's refuge and
hospital in the war zone.
Has esta blished a medical service
center and travelling dispensary for
1900 children.
Junior II. c. Growing Fast.
Iopeka is likely to have the largest
Junior Red Cross membership of any
Kansas city when the campaign ends
FEBRUARY p. The ten days from Lin
An plr.nday TO Washingtons birth
Gay Is the period for boosting the
Junior Red Cross. The Topeka chill
dren are up on their toes in the work.
lhey are turning out refugee garments
IN considerable quantities and doing
excellent work. 1t is intended to
auxiliary for the Topeka chapter of
the Red Cross and the activities of the
children indicate as wonderful success
IN their campaign as that of the
CHRISTMAS membership drive for the
grown folks. Plans of the Junior Red
cross offer to the children of Ameri-
ca an opportunity for patriotic partic-
lpatlon in the great task. confront
ing the country. Educators every
where are eager to take advantage of
this golden opportunity to impress on
plastic minds the great principles of
patriotism and service which the Red
Cross typifieS. Many activities appro-
pirate to the energies of boys and girls
have been outlined and the Junior Red
Cross offers the freeSt and most di-
rect channel thru which the youth of
may contribute its power to-
ward the winning of the war. Let
every chapter, branch and auxiliary,
therefore. assist in every way possible
toward the success of the junior men,
bership campaign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-18
TOpeka Housewives Should Not
Remove Service Emblems.
That Is Instructions Issued by
the Red Cross.
MORE WORKERS ARE NEEDED
Surgical Dressings Made Here
Sent Direct to Front.
Junior Red Cross Here Is
Growing Rapidly.

When Topeka housewives wash
their front windows or clean house
they should not throw away their Red
Cross service flags. This is the in
Red Cross from division headquarters
at St Louis. Keep the service flag fly
ing all the year. The bulletin from
division headquarters said:
Foreign visitors to our shores have
commented on the solidarity of the
American people as indicated by the
Red Cross service flags displayed in
millions of windows thruout the land.
Do not think that simply because the
Christmas membership campaign has
passed that the obligation to display
the service flag no longer exists. Make
the service flag permanent an
nouncement that loyal Americans
dwell within the house on which it is
displayed. If you have lost or dis
placed your service flag, ask your
chapter officials for another. The di-
vision office stands ready to supply the
demand"
More Workers Needed.
The surgical dressing rooms of the
Topeka chapter still need workers for
almost every day in the week. The
most important and urgent work of
share in rebuilding the surplus of sur
gical dressings in France. The Italian
drive late last fall caused the re-
moval of a considerable, supply OF
surgical dressings from the warerooms
in France and it is desired to rebuild
this before the spring drive in which
the American soldiers will partici-
pate is started.
The work of the Topeka women is
so good that the supplies made here
go direct to France without delays for
inspections. There is plenty of work
for the garment makers and knitters
and everyone else, but the surgical
dressings are particularly urgent just
now.
Most people have a notion that the
Red Cross devotes all of its time to
looking after the wounded soldiers.
That, of course, is the chief work of
the Red Cross After man is
wounded the army surgeons give him
the first aid and he is taken to the
dressing stations and then the Red
Cross takes him for care. But the
Red Cross does a great many other
things of importance in war service,
altho some of it's activities are only in
directly connected with the war work.
Other Red Cross Work.
So many questions have been asked
as to what the Red Cross is doing that
the men in charge of American Red
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-18
Food for Fans
BY GEO. e. PHAIR.
(Copyright)

Liquid Verse.
Mother, may / go out - swim?
Yes, my dearest daughter;
Step right out to the CUTTERS brim;
The streets are full of water
IAN Up-to-Date Drama)
Scene: Almost any old place.
Judge-Where are you from?
Prisoner-Chicago.
Judge-Ten years
(Curtain-)
Honus Lobert has been handed his pass-
ports McGraw evidently figuring that one
sprinting third baseman is enough for any
team
Bunch Of rooters started fight over a
high school basketball game, showing how
easy it is to start fight.
Basketball must have improved wonder
au game s exciting enough u to start fis shT
and we were raised in an Irish neighbor-
hood.
It is rumored that the next tournament
of the American Bowling Congress will be
a dry affair. Evidently somebody is trying
to throw cold water on it
C. Weeghman Speaks.
The poor mans life is one of woe,
He walls his discomfort
Because his bank account is low
And cannot pay the rent:
But mere am L WIN pies OF dough
And cannot spend a cent
Having hired Mr.. Barrow to carry the
burden Mr. Frazee naturally expects to
wheel the pennant home. as it were.
A Problem of Conduct.
Sporting. editors are puzzled by the re-
cent edict which requires holders of base
ball passes to deposit a war tax of one
dime-1o cents, tenth paht of dollah-
entering the gate.
The said sporting editors are confront
ed by a problem in conduct.
In order to elucidate let US take an i'm
aginary case.
Let us imagine a Spring day in a news
paper office.
(Sporting editors sometimes can be found
in newspaper offices.)
A real. bona -fide. all-wool, union ma de
deadhead has just succeeded in mooching
baseball pass.
In former years he would have held to his
favorite pleasure emporium to exhibit the
pass and show the barkeep that he and
Commy were liz OIL pals together.
But now he hesitates.
AS We have mentioned above, he is real
bona -fide, a1l-wool. union made deadhead
Il say. old top he asks, where's the
dime that goes with it 2"
What would YOU DO if you were the
sporting editor!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-18
Kingman Editor Dies.

wichita. Kan, Feb. 1S.-Ben w.
Harlow, SO years old, died at King
man, Kan, Friday. Mr.. Harlow had
been in the newspaper business in
Kansas and Arkansas twenty years.
He learned the printing trade in the
Leader-Courier office at Kingman and
went from Kingman to Burton, Kan.
where he purchased and edited the
Burton Grit Later he purchased an
interest in the Newton Democrat with
Mack Gretchen. Since leaving New
ton, about three years ago Mr.. Har-
low had been with the Anthony Bulle-
tin. He leaves besides Mrs. Harlow,
a son and a daughter. The funeral
services will be held at Kingman,
Sunday afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-18
Already They Have Disposed OF
775 in Theaters.
WORK IN STORES TODAY
G.. s. Elliott Praises Them for
Their Patriotism.
Every Stamp They Sell Is Blow
at the Kaiser.

ct am a Boy Scout. Maybe you'll
wonder why I'm here" 1t was the
opening sentence of the first Topeka
Boy Scout to act in the capacity of a
four minute man pushing the sale of
the war saving certificates and the
thrift stamps at the Grand theater a
short time ago. I'm here to help
knock out old Kaiser Bill'' is the rea-
son offered by the scout for his ap-
pearance. and he stated with convic-
ton that sit only takes a nickel and
two dimes to help break Hindenburg's
line"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-18
Mexican Defeats De ORC.

Chicago, Feb. 1S.-Pierre Maupome,
Mexico. defeated Alfredo De Orc
Cuba, in the Red Cross three-cushion
billiard tournament here SUNDAY
night. The score was SO to 43. This
week will see the end of play in the
tournament.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-18
Rank Call in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma City. Okla, Feb. IS
state bank commissioner today issued
call for reports on the condition of
state banks at the close of business
February IL
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tween this very slight advance,
effected by the German armies at
a tremendous cost, and in a space
of time almost equal to that
which gave the enemy the whole
original great triangle of ground
between the battle line where it
stood on March 81, and where it
is today. This obvious compar-
ison creates that effect, to which
General Foch alluded In his ad-
dress to the journalists of Paris,
when he said that the German
advance had been arrested and
was capable now Of only a very
slight, local and diminishing
progress.
Measured nearly upon the map,
it is undoubtedly true that the
German advance has the appear
ance of tide that rises very rap
idly to nearly its highest level,
but that after that makes little
further progress-that little is
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-13
In Case of
German Failure

1t is quite clear that such a
policy has for its alternative, In
case of failure, a complete fail
ure. The German is acting thus
with the deliberate intention of
winning the great war here and
now, or of accepting complete
defeat as inevitable. 1t is prob
able, indeed it is almost certain,
that so critical a decision as his
determination to risk his ire
mendous gamble was taken
largely on account of the in
creasing pressure of the block
ade, and, paradoxical as it
sounds, on account Of the fact
that the end of his resources In
men was coming in sight.
This is the sort Of a last throw
which you can parallel with
many other cases up and down
the records of history. You can
parallel it with the campaign Of
Waterloo, for instance, which
began by a partial separation
between Wellington's force and
s, by the great victory
Of Ligny, and Napoleon Is rapid
advance to his final positions on
Mont Sc. dean, where the final
decision was given against him.
The situation can be parallel |
ed on q similar scale at Blen-
helm, where Marlborough and
Prince Eugene suffered special |
IL heavy losses to their own
forces, so that they could break
through their opponents line at
the point Of the julncture be
tween the French and the Ba-
garians. They failed to do 50
at first-as the Germans have
70 far failed here-but they |
their gamble, and be-
lore the battle Of Blenheim was
,ver they did break through
md got their decision.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-13
Definite Decision
One Way or the Other

Both these historical parallels
two only out Of many that
might be chosen) show cases
where everything was risked By
the attack and once the German
policy in this great offensive
was clear, any onlooker could
Judge that it might result ia 8
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-13

London, April ..
The great German attacks
aimed at Amiens, which have
marked the second phase Of the
battle and which have reached
what is apparently a temporary
1uII at the time this dispatch was
written, have not appreciably
changed the situation from what
it was when I last wrote. With
great losses Of men the Germans
have succeeded in pushing out a
shallow bulge or crescent, of
which the height is about a quar-
ter Of the breadth, which is some
thing like three miles wide at its
deepest point and about twelve
miles at the base, the advance
itaperiDg to a point on both sides.
The link between the British and
French forces still stands I'M
broken.
The comparison is obvious be-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-13
HAVE COLOR IN CHEEKS
Be Better L oking-Take
Olive Tablets

II your skin Is yellow-eomplexion
pallid-tongue cOated-appetite poor
you have a bad taste IN your mouth
q lazy no-good feeling-you should
take Olive Tablets.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets sub
stitute for calomel-were prepared by
DR.. Edwards after IL years OF study
with his patients.
DR.. Edwards Olive 4 abletsare apurely
vegetable compound mixedW holiveoiL
You win know them by their olive color.
Tohave aclear, pink skin, bright eyes,
no pimples, feeling of buoyancy like
childhood daysyoumustge get atthec cause.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act on the
liver and bowels like calomel-yet have
no dangerous after effects.
They start the bile and overcome con-
stipation. That's why millions of boxes
are sold annually at 10c and 25c per box.
All druggists. Take one or two nightly
and note the pleasing results.
For state news, read The Forum.
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