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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-17

India and Africa all are fighting under
the British flag indicates that they are
well satisfied with their present con-
dition. AS regards Ireland. she might
have had almost anything she wanted
hong ago if she had only knowc what
it was she desired. No peoples have
come under the domination of the is
land government in the past hundred
wears that have not been helped by it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-17

The British labor party has commit
ted the British people to the Russian
peace program but can it deliver the
goods? Self determination of peoples
already is practically in effect in the
British empire. Probably there is not
one of Ensland's colonies that could
not be free of imperial rule if it so de-
sire. The fact that Australia. Canada,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-17

Some of The Russians want to bring
back the deposed car and try him
for past misdeeds. If a precedent of
this sort be established, what sort of
punishment could be devised which
would measure up to the crimes of the
kaiser2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-17

There is always hope for those who,
seeing their errors, strive to remedy
them. 1t is reported that the fee. of
the soldiers in the cantonments now
are being measured in order that they
may be fitted with shoes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-17

The people are accepting the meat
less and wheatless days without grum-
bling, but the coalless days are becom-
ing too frequent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-17
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

MRS. EMMA A ALLEN. 45 years old,
died January 10 at her home. 1142 West
street. The funeral will be held Saturday
afternoon at 30 O'Clock from PenwelI's
chapel. Burial in Topeka cemetery.
HAZEL VI. WATSON. 10 years old dieA
January 10 at her home, 313 Madison
street The funeral will be held tomor-
row afternoon Mt o'clock at Meriden
Kansas. Burial at Meriden.
MRS. ELIZABETH ROBERTSON. 40
years old, died January 10 at her home
512 Leland street The funeral will ~
held Sunday afternoon at 10 O'CLOCK
from the East Side NJ. e. church burial
in Topeka cemetery.
The funeral of DIR. f. J. Davis WIN
died Sunday at Colorado Springs. will be
held tomorrow afternoon at 2 O'Clock
from Penwelrs chapel Burial in Mt
Hope cemetery.
Word has heen> received in Topeka of
the death Of Mrs. C. !. Hadden wife Of
a Topeka photographer. Mrs Hadden
died this morning ut Phillipsburg while
visiting her old home.
Lords Flowers Satisfy. Tel ST.
Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-17

The Italians are not permitting VIM
ter to interfere seriously with the
Fighting. In the early part of the war
some of their activities were carried
ahead on snow shoes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-17
LOCAL MENTION

A Topekan was seen driving down
Kansas avenue this afternoon with his
Ford automobile touring body loaded
to the guards with precious coal. Next
thing you know ladies may be carry
ing it home in their purses, and maybe
in their stocking banks
Safety razor blades sharpened bet.
ter than new. 25c-35c dog. Brunt-
Martin Drug Co.-Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-17

Lords Flowers Satisfy. Tel s27.-
Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-17
COST st, Louis $4,000 a DAY.

St. Louis, Mo, Jan. 17.-Sevel4ty-
five Thousand workmen earning a to-
tai of 100000 a day will be idle on
ST. Louis east side when Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield's order closing down
industries east of the Mississippi river
takes effect.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-16
II You Own Cows

1t will not only be interesting but it
will be profitable for you to read that
little national dairy magazine, Kim.
halls Dairy Farmer. It is published
semi.monthly at Waterloo, Iowa, the
huh of the great dairy region Of the
central west. ltls ably edited, well
printed on good book paper and hand
somely illustrated by actual photo
graphs taken exclusively for it. Its
purpose is educational and to the man
who would make his cows yield larger
profits, this little magazine is indis'
pensable. Regardless of how many
other papers the farmer may take, thii
one is worth many times its price T.
him. The subscription price is only
SO cents a year, and the paper vii
positively be discontinued at expira
ton. Send for sample copy.
Kim balls Dairy Farmer
Waterloo, Iowa.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-16
Leads In w. s. S. Agencies,

Lima, O.-(Specdal. with one au.
thoE4xed sales agency to every 72 OF
population. Allen county holds the
state record for number Of agencies
accepting responsibility for distribu-
tion Of War Savings and Thrift
Stamps. The treasury department
has asked that one authorized agsn.
bs established for every 900 OS pOpU-
IM&ion.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-16

1911 reCOEu DEedk-
ing potato crop.
Government ex-
IO perts have esti-
mated that over 100000 extra
acres of potatoes were planted
last year. The United States
Food Administration is endeavOr-
ing to push the nations big pO-
tatO stocks into channels of
trade and has placed potatoes
on the list of substitutes that
may be bought along with wheat
-four.
Potato soup has become a war
dish. Here is a recipe that has
been tested by United States
Food Administration experts. In
gradients needed are three pOta-
toes, one quart of milk, two
slices onion, three tablespoons
butter substitute, two table
spoons flour, one and one-half
tablespoons salt, One-Quarter
teaspoon celery salt, One-eighth
teaspoon pepper, few grains cay
enne and one teaspoon chopped
parsley.
Cook potatoes In boiled salted
water. When soft run through
strainer. Scald milk with on
ion, remove onion and add milk
slowly to potatoes. Melt the fat.
add dry ingredients, stir until
well mixed, then stir into boiling
soup. Cook one minute, strain
and sprinkle with barley.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-16
USE MORE POTATOES.

ELP consume the
1917 record break
ing potato crop.
Government eX-
pertS have esti-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-16
WOMEN ASK FOR
RATIONING PLAN
American Women Volunteer to
Buy Fixed Amounts of Meat,
Bread Flour, Sugar
and Butter.
PLAN STARTED IN NEW YORK.
Idea Supplements U. s. Food Adminls-
tratiOn's New Home Gard Now
In 10000, 900 Homes.

The women of America, who are
anxious to do their great part in the
winning Of the war, are now, as a
whole, familiar with the most impor-
tant aspects of food conservation. The
Home Card, both in Its original form
and In the revised edition for 1918,
which provides for two wheatless days,
one meatless day a week, In addition
to a wheatless meal every day, has been
placed by the Food Administration aft.
er a vigorous campaign in 1O,OOOOOO
American homes. An intelligent and
conscientious observance of the Home
Cards requirements is all the Food
Administration asks of the housewives
Of the country.
The Food Administration has had a
great many requests, however, particu-
larly from the homes of the well-to-do,
that it should issue a worked out plan
for a voluntary system Of rationing.
This desire for a voluntary ration
springs from two eauses-hrst, be-
cause II Is far simpler for the house.
wife to save food when she has con-
crete working plan by which to pro-
ceed, and, second, because the loyal
women Of America desire, unSelhShIy,
to put themselves on the came basis
as the women Of the Allied countries.
The ration proposed by the Food Ad-
ministration ls almost the same az
that adopted In England for voluntary
observance. All over the United King.
dom. In hundreds Of houses there
hangs In the front window card with
the stirring pledge, AIN HONOR
BOUND WE ADOPT THE NATION
Al SCALE OF VOLUNTARY RA
TIoNS."
The ration recommended by the
Food Administration, and adopted hrs
in New York city, whence the Idea hai
spread through the entire country, II
the following:
Weekly
Allowance
Per Person
Meat-Beef (fresh, salted, tin
ned and hashed) mutton,
lamb and veal (mutton by
preference) ,........... 2h lbs
Butter ................. " lb.
Cooking Fats margarine, lard,
lard substitutes, vegetable
ollS) ................ N LU'
Wheat Flour (for use in cook
ing gravies, etc, where
corn starch, cracker dust
or bread crumbs cannot be-
substltuted) .......,..... n 10.
Victory Bread Containing at
least 20 per cent. of a sub
stitute for wheat fiour) .... TX Lbs
Sugar (including all sugar
used on the table and in
cooking and all sweatmeatS
and candies, but not that
used for canning and pre-
SerVlng) ..........' ''.''''' NO'
The items listed above are the Onl!
ones which are definitely limited. Il
the case Of milk and cream, as mucl
may be used as necessary, and chill
dren, of course, must have their ful
allowance of whole milk. Fish ant
poultry, any cereal other than wheat
vegetables and fruits and cheese ma,
be used as freely as is desired.
The above ration is in no wise In
tended to supplant the Home Care
but rather to supplement 1t. 1t ha
been published with the idea that
will be a very real aid to the Ameri
can woman in her splendid effort t
carry out the great food conservation
program.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-16
Every Family Ii


Darke County should be
well supplied with good,
interesting and instruc'
tive reading. Just what
you want is the Greop-
vile Journal, which will
be sent to any address ir
the county tor S1.OO per
year; six months 10 90
cents out of the cu' ot7
fol $1.16. Did you eve,
stop to think that il one
year the Journal furnish
es two thousand, nine
hundred an +v'o've col
umns re. ~. matter
And a.. - -n4y SIX o..
less than two certs 2er
w.ckl Come il and give
your subscription, and
| + you have a friend living
| at q distance who would
! appreciate the news from
old Darke, you couldn't
do a better act tnan TO
= make him a present OF
the Journal for one year
Friends, give this matter
a careful thought.
III $~No subscriptions
| taken unless AccompaD
lieo with the cash.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-16
To Our Farmer Readers

We can highly recommend this
handsome dairy magazine to, our tar
mer friends. Every man who owns
COWS will find it worth many dOllart to
him Here is our o9ef To- farmers:
KimbaIPs Dairy Farmer years. so
GreenviIle Journal l year ........S1 100
Regular price of both. ........"..s1 30
For limited time we will send both
one year to our farmer friends for
only 81 25. -. -,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-02
New German I anlxs
Carry Heavy Gums
And Flame Throwers

OTTAWA, April IA despatch from
French headquarters, sent tonight by
Reuters correspondent, says:
"Although the soldiers believe enemy
tanks did not participate in the first
German shock, it is certain that tanks
actually took part in the operations and
the failure to see them by the soldiers
was because, instead of accompanying
the infantry waves, the tanks advanced
later with specialist troops to destroy
islets of resistance holding out after
the German hordes submerged the
British main defences.
at is known that the enemy has
tanks of three classes. The first class
consists of repaired, captured tanks
from the Cambria battle and tanks
manufactured according to the model
Of the British machine. The second
type is German model, smaller than
the British, but swfter, better armed
and more heavily armored. The third
type is a land cruiser, or large model
tank.
"Thc swift tanks are said to be 26
feet long, 10 feet wide and II feet high,
weighing 10 metric tons. The land
cruisers are 45 feet long, 10 feet wide
and 10 feet high. The speed of the
German tanks varies between four and
q half and nine and half miles an hour.
The armament is believed to consist of
a shortened n millimetre gun, machine
guns and flame thrower The latter
is an innovation which must add con-
siderable efficiency to the tank in clear
ing trenches, owing to the capacity of
the tanks to carry big reserves of COM
bustible liquid.
at is understood that the Germans
have introduced a number of improve
ments, including heavier protection
against shells and a device enabling the
crew to close the tank herme tically
when traversing an area of gas Ger
man tanks are commanded by majors
The officers are volunteers, and the
men motor specialists, gunners and
machine gunners.
an attacks the tankr are designed
to advance behind the second or thire
wave of infantry, while detachments
of infantry cover their TANKS"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-02
Likely to Attack Austrian
Bases, Is Opinion of
War Experts
Foch Ready to Strike
Sea and Land Counter Blow
Logical Strategy, Wash
ington Belief
[Staf Correspondence

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The oppor-
tune moment has arrived for an Allied
naval offensive, in the opinion Of some
military observers here. They state
that "thc book" requires the use of the
sea arm in employing the maximum
forces Of the Allies to defeat the
enemy.
The Navy Department maintains
complete silence concerning possible
naval operations, but war experts, dis
cussing the situation to-day, asserted
that the logical time has arrived and
that the place is the Adriatic, against
the Austrian naval bases.
1t was not seriously thought that the
Entente Powers and America would
send up their warships against Helgo
land, the German coast or the enemy
positions in the Baltic, and it was con-
sidered improbable also that another
early attempt to force the passage of
the Dardanelles would be undertaken,
holding that the Austrian bases on the
Adriatic offered the most inviting pros
pect for the use of naval units.
Counter Stroke Expected
The view is held day that General
Foch is withholding the launching of
his supreme counter offensive against
the Germans in France until the
enemy's force is spent, when he VIII
attack with overwhelming power and
attempt to roll up the German army
1t was believed that a naval diversion
in the Adriatic would be undertaken at
the same moment.
The indications to-day were that the
day for the counter stroke is not dis
tant and that it might be expected this
week. 1t is taken for granted that
some American troops will participate
in the counter offensive, but whether
the number will reach 100000, as in
Dictated in unofficial reports, is doubted.
The War Departments review of the
military operations of the last week,
published to-day, states that "our
troops are taking their places in other
parts of the line, thus relieving vet
Gran French units for emergency SER
vice"
Americans to Relieve French
That passage was taken in some
quarters to mean that the greater part
of the American troops available for
immediate service will not be thrown
into the battle, but will relieve French
forces at various parts of the line, thus
adding new sectors to those in which
American soldiers have served. 1t is
estimated that, with 5000 men to IA
mile of front, the Americans will take
over minimum of twenty miles of
French front, but this might be in
creased to thirty miles.
1t is thought that the American
troops have already taken their new
positions, and that General Foch has
formed his battle lines, waiting now
for the right moment in which to start
his great attack.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-02
American, Engineers
Repeat on Son7r1e
Heroisy71 of Cd,nbrq;i
tBy The Associated Press

BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS
IN FRANCE, Sunday, March 31.-1t is
now possible to tell of spectacular
feature of a brilliant British defeno,
last week below the Somme. 1t is tn /.
story of little army composed largely
of assortments of troops who wer
hastily assembled in a great crisis an 4
who successfully held vital stretc a
of the front against furious German
onslaughts until rcinforcements cou] /
arrive
In this gallant force were include i
American railway engineers, who, as
IN the battle of Cambria last November.
threw aside their tools and took IN
arms in defence of the Allied colors
1T was last Tuesday afternoon at a
critical moment when it was abs,-
lutely necessary that more troors
should be thrown into the British lin Q
TO hold the onrush of Germans. r.
inforcements were on the way, bit
could not arrive in time. There was
no tune to lose and a certain genei al
Immediately organized force col
iected from the various units near by,
IN which were the Americans.
Fifteen hundred followed the lead
OF their dashing brigadier out into the
swirling battle line, where they were
strung over front of 1900 yards
against which hordes of Germans were
beng flung. 1t seems almost incon-
celvable that these defenders. brave
unto death though they were, could
have been able to- hold that long sector,
but they held. fThe enemy advanced
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-02

was not received here until a week
later. when passengers on another liner
said they had met the Celtic being
towed back to port, and had offered
assistance. which was refused.
When the Celtic was built, al the
Harland e. Wolf shipyards, at Belfast
Ireland, in 1901. she was the largest
vessel in the world She was the first
of the giant 700-foot combination pas
senger and freight boats put into the
service. and was fitted out in the most
luxurious manner. She was all steel,
four masted, and her powerful twin
screw propellers soon brought her a
reputation for speed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-02
5000 Germans Killed in Attack
Repulsed by Australian Troops

German attacks at various points and
had taken the initiative at several
places successfully.
The most intense fighting continued
south of the Somme, in the zone where
the French have been making such a
gallant stand. The outstanding feature
OF the conflict on the northern end of
the front is that the British again have
killed great number of the enemy.
which, despite its harsh sound, is what
will end the war.
British Regain Ground
Sunday the British initiated a for
ward movement about Feuchv Copse
east of Arras. They launched a local
attack at o'clock in the morning and
pressed it 80 vigorously that they re-
CLAIMED a stretch of territory 1900
yards long and averaging about 200
yards in depth. This success had tacti-
cal advantages, but they were small
compared with the fact that the British
were able, after the last ten DAYS of
gruelling work, to undertake an often
sive operation.
South of the Somme, where there has
been so much hard fighting. the British
appear to have the situation we'll in
hand, and the town. hall of Moreuil.
about which sanguinary struggles have
heen swaying, was at last reports still
flying the British flag defiantly from
the steeple. One of the most costly at
tacks the enemy attempted yesterday
was between Morlancourt and the
Somme, where heavy assault was
made against the Australians shortly
after midday. The attackers came for
ward in masses and the British threw
themselves against the advancing lines
so fiercely that the Germans were
hurled back, leaving 5000 dead
The British operation at Lassigny
Farm, souM Of Hebuterne, between AL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-02

fighting. "The Standard" advises the
generals to "think in the offensive"
Il says their forces are ample to re-
gain the initiative after the present
German effort is frustrated. By calling
up all men of military age and raising
the age limit, England can have an ad-
ditiona million men by autumn, it
says, and adds: with the gathering
forces of the United States there should
not be less than 100000 new troops
available for warfare in the autumn"
pointment of General Foch to be Gen
eralssimo of the Allie, forces in
France by the morning newspapers, in
Guiding those which have been loudest
in their opposition to such a move.
"The appointment says "The Daily
Mail" Ensures complete unity, price
less asset on the side of the Allies, and
means that the movements of Field
Marshal Haig and General Petain will
be linked together"
"The Daily Telegraph" says: ain con-
fe1ring this authority upon the most
distinguished and successful of French
generals in the field, the Allied govern
ments have come at length to what
(. from a purely military standpoint is
the incontestably right thing"
! "The Daily News" declares that Pre-
mier Lloyd Georges statement on the
appointment puts an end to contro-
versy which never should have been
allowed to arise, and adds:
Assuming that General Fochs pow
crs are confined to the limits laid down
| by the Premier and that the RESPONSE
bility for the conduct of the British
campaign still rests unimpaired with
the British commander, the main OBJ.
iections to the creation of general
issimo vanish and it is even possible
to share President Wilson's belief that
the new unity Of Command is hopeful
augury."
"Thc Morning Post" says: "For those
with whom success for the Allied arms
is the first consideration, this is nc
moment to look askance at any measure
Will. makes for greater unity and CO
operation"
"The Daily Chronicle: "Whateve,
views different people hold as to unfit
cation of The Allied command under
ordinary circumstances, we believe few
will dispute its necessity in battle
like the present one"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-02

the combatants again came to close
fighting, and individual combats took
place about the Lassigny sector. Here
s.s French field artillery caught the
advancing German columns under
tempest IF shells, which drove them
back, but only after the ground was
strewn with hundreds Of bodies.
Attacking Foe Captured
At Plemont on Sunday two German
divisions which had received strict or
ders to execute an advance. whatever
might BE the cost, and capture
height, found themselves confronted
by French division, which would not
give way before the fury of the Ger
man waves. For a moment the French
we're forced back, but took spirit and
came at the enemy again with such
rush that the Germans were driven
from the height, leaving seven hundred
prisoners, including twenty officers, in
the hands of the French.
At no period of the war has the
fighting been so fierce. The Germans
intended at any cost to reach and de-
stroy the railroad communication at
Amiens connecting the north and the
south. To-day they find before them
solid wall of Allied troops, which daily
is becoming frmer, as artillery is ad-
vancing from all directions to support
the infantry, which has stood the en-
tire shock up to the present.
A word must be said for the Allied
aviators, who from the beginning of
the battle have worked necessarily,
taking the place of cavalry for recon-
noissances. and often descending to an
altitude of hundred feet or less to
attack with machine guns the advanc-
ing infantry.
Their daring seemed to have an al
most paralyzing effect on the German
foot soldiers. but often when the air.
men returned to the airdromes to OBJ
tain more ammunition their airplanes
were found to be riddled with bullet
holes.
1t appears that certain of the German
forces possess many tanks, but so far
they have been utilized very little. A
captured order shows that five IF these
were placed at the disposition of one
division, while prisoners declare that a
large number of tanks have been con-
structed since last fall.
1t is believed that the Germans in
tend to use these tanks to follow the
first waves Of infantry and deal with
the resistance on the centre.
Scene Behind the Lines
Behind the lines what strikes the
imagination wildly is the immensely
of the movements of the troops and the
order with which these are regulated.
Traffic directors stand day and night at
every crossroad, giving directions so
that every vehicle and cannon can
reach it's proper station with clocklike
regularity.
The whole scheme is superintended
by special officers, who have sat in
small cabins for days without mo-
ment's rest, receiving directions from
the various stats and transmitting
them along the line. Any vehicle
breaking down is Immediately ditched;
otherwise the whole scheme would
come to naught and the battle array
be endangered.