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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-18
KANSAS TO SEND FOG
Shawnee County, One. in the Special
Training Induction Call.

Shawnee county will send one man
under the call for 206 Kansas special
inductions at New Mexico College of
Agriculture for special war training.
The men will leave their home sta
tions to report for service July 1. No
men will be taken from Topeka under
the special induction order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-18
MUST RESTORE COMPETITION
Attorney General Refuses to Approve
Express Consolidation Contract.

Washington, June 1s.-Attorney
General Gregory has refused to ap-
prove the form of contract between
the railroad administration and the
new consolidated express company
without some provision for restoration
of competition after the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-18

Amsterdam, June 18.-German
troops are participating in the Italian
oifenive. according to a dispatch re-
ceived from Vienna today.
The same dispatch said EmperoP
Karl is ON the Italian front.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-18
PIES SOLD FOR $160
81 900 Raised at Thrift Stamp Social
at Mayview, Kan.

MAYHEM, Kan. June 1s.-The pie
social at this place, nine miles from
Jewell City, in the interest of thrift
stamps, was big success. Total re-
ceipts were 81 900.
purchaser getting full. amount Of his
purchase in the thrift stamp or baby
bonds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-18
ANOTHER SCORCHER!
No Relief Promised from Heat and
No Rain in Sight.

Today's Temperatures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-18
Two Plans of Procedure.

L nee not remind you, sir, that
the primary obligation Of a teIeeranh
service is to provide continuity and
competence and that we desire to pro-
tect these essentials not only during
TINS emergency, but At all times. To
this end there are, it seems to MS two
lCnufinuad De-. IT,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-03-22

We wish to thank the many kind
friends for the beautiful flowers,
and many tributes OF kindness shown
us during the death and burial of
Mrs. Ann Threadgould, our mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Salisbury.
FOR SALE. M. F. Studebaker
Car 1912 model. doors body,
first class mechanical condition. Will
demonstrate. Three new teires and
five tires go with the car. This
machine is heavy enough to make a
fine truck.
Phone ID F.. 2 Harry Tellam
8tf. Route 3, Paw Paw, Mich.
FOR SALE-One 6 foot New Big
Four Mccormick Mower One 10
foot Self Dump Rake (All steel, new
last year, One vineyard wagon, pole
and shafts. One Surry with pole and
shafts. One cutter. One Grindstone
foot power. Two Chester White
Brood Sows, due to farrow about
April LIST.
G, 8. Scovel
8t1. p aw Paw. Mich.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-03-22
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

The VIM. Pugsley farm has been
sold to Mr.. Marcelletti, who is also
now the owner of the T. B. Jackson
farm.
The presiding officer of every
Women's society in Paw Paw is re-
rooms on Saturday afternoon of this
week at 300 o'clock for war work.
Cards were received here from Mr..
and Mrs. r. j. Kern of Los Angeles,
California announcing the birth of a
daughter, born March 18th. The little
Miss has been named Ruth Eleanor.
Mrs. Kern will be remembered as
Miss Ruth Snow a former Paw Paw
girl.
Miss Polly Amsterburg returned
home Tuesday from several months
visit at the home of her sister in
Homer. She was accompanied home
by her sister Mrs. Fowler who will
remain guest at the Amsterburg
home for at least three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stapleton have
rented the Edgar home on Gremps
street and will move here from De-
catur as soon as the house is vacated
by the present occupants, Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Smith. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stapleton were formerly residents of
this village and they have host Of
friends here who will be pleased to
know that Paw Paw will again be
their home. Mr.. Stapleton is cashier
in the John w. Free bank.
One of the most important War
Conferences ever held in Van Buren,
county is announced by County Chair
man David Anderson of Paw Paw
for next Monday, March 18th, at ten
o'clock. Every person in the county
who is interested in the successful
prosecution of this great war is in
vited. 1t is of special Importance to
all members of the War Preparedness
committees of the different townships
should be present. The Liberty Loan
Committees; War Saving Stamp
Workers; Women's Defense Commit
tees; The Red Cross, including every
member of the board of directors,
every member of the war relief COM
mittee, at least three delegates from
every local branch in the county
(and more if possible) should be
present. The roads may not be very
good, and the weather may be un-
pleasant, but Van Buren, county boys
will be in the trenches on March 25th.
Will you be at the Conference in Paw
Paw on that day to learn how Van
Buren, county can do it's best to help
win the war. State speakers, experts
in this work will be present. Come
and hear them. Your presence is
needed. You must come.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-03-22
"a Is IS Is Is Is Is =
...Gai1oruL..
M IS IS IS IS Is IS IS
HONOR THE STARS
AND STRIPES

People as a class are apt to be
negligent and thoughtless in
showing the proper respect for
the Stars and Stripes. This is
especially true and much more
noticeable in times of war.
Whenever the flag is shown on
the screen at the Movies, or
when it is unfurled at any pub
lie gathering, every person in
the audience should instantly
rise to their feet and stand as
a mark of respect and symbol
of loyalty to the "Star Spangled
Banner" This neglect does
not signify that the American
people are disloyal, but it does
signify just a little careless
thoughtlessness. Let us start
in Paw Paw right now, and
stand when the flag is shown on
the screen at the Movies, and
on any occasion when the stars
and stripes are unfurled on the
platform at a public gathering.
Trench and Camp" a paper
published at Camp Grant, is
authority for the statement
that our lamented Senator Bur-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-03-22

rows originated the custom Of
standing during the singing o.
he National Anthem Follow
ng is the story as clipped from
Trench and Camp:
Soldiers should not be heed
less of the sentiment of their
songs and to the music of their
bands. l would like to see every
true American soldier and citizen
when he hears the grand notes of
our national anthem, rise to his
feet in patriotic reorganization
and uncover"
Almost Instantly the band
present at the graduating exer-
cises began to play "The Star
Spangled Banner" and Col. Will
son, Superintendent of West
Point, and the entire battalion Of
cadets responded to Senator Bur-
rows suggestion by springing to
their feet. Their action was
quickly followed by every civilian
in the audience. All stood with
bowed heads until the last note
of the anthem had been played.
1t was an impressive sight and
attracted much public attention.
Later Senator Burrows had this
custom made compulsory at West
Point, but it required no legis-
lation TO make it popular
throughout the nation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-03-22
M - b "a r. p M p

The efforts of district man.
ayers to organize Y. M. c. A.
Branch in Van Buren, county is
highly commendable. No one
can underestimate the value of
this great organization, and
every man who has a son would
be proud to have him identified
with such an organization.
There is no argument as to the
merits and value of the Y. M.
c. A. There is just one thought
in connection with it, that ought
possibly to be considered, and
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-03-22

l.. HAROLD BOLINGER
To the Electors Of Van Buren, County
am a candidate for the Office of
County Treasurer on the Republican
Ticket. Your support and assistance
in the coming Primaries will be
appreciated.
Sincerely
l.. Harold Bolinger
Almena Township
paid Political Advertising
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-03-22

recent issue, mace Tie lOllOWlIll
pertinent comment on the Mich
igan Senatorial campaign:-
This is not the year for spend
ing time, energy and money In
pushing personal aspirations for
office. The war is the paramount
issue for the state and the nation
at present, and the single test
that should be applied in select
ing the next Senator from Michi-
gan is the question as to who
will be best fitted for aiding in
the war by being in the senate.
A prolonged and bitter campaign
for the office must distract
peoples thoughts from the cru
cial task of the time, and just so
far as it lessons application to
the war effort it will weaken the
states participation in that effort
and thereby lower the nations
efficiency in its vital undertake
ing. Any campaign, too, especi-
ally primary campaign with it's
inevitable personalities and it's
lavish expenditures, will be
crude method for choosing the
best man for senator in this
crisis; it's results will be to elect
the candidate most adapted for
stumpirg and manipulating pol
itical machinery rather than the
one best qualified for helping to
win the war.
The same might well be said
Of any other campaign, national
state or local. The one great
job on hand right now, is to win
the war. All else should be
subversive to that end. The
less politics there are during
the progress of the war, the
better it will be for our country,
and the surer and speedier will
De the victory. Citizens every
where should exercise the right
Of franchise on eevry occasion
possible, but they are in no
mood, if we interpret the trend
IF affairs correctly for strenuous
and protracted policical upheav-
ais. This is not the year.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-03-22

that isis this the proper time.
to make q drive for such an or
ganization? The third Liberty
Loan drive starts the first of
April; following that is another
Red Cross drive and then an
other Y. M. C. A. drive. So it
will be until the war is ended,
and will people in sufficient num-
bers be enthusiastic enough to
make a success of a Y. M. c. A.
organization in Van Buren, coun-
ty at this time, is a question to
be considered. Better not make
the effort at all now, than to
make it and fail.
m p p p p p p IS
To misinterpret chance re-
mark, and repeat the same with
the obvious intention of caus-
ing a breach between friends, or
a coldness between two business
concerns is about the lowest and
most reprehensible offense that
a man can be guilty of. And
yet there are those who stoop
to that very. think.
3 Is IS Is IS Is Is u
What constitutes a non es-
sential is largely a question for
each person to decide for him
self. Anything we can do with
out and still maintain our
efficiency is non-essential at q
time when the government
needs the money we can there
by invest in Thrift Stamps.
Is Is IS Is IS Is Is Is
The German attack upon the
line held by the Americans at
Toul was "Rehearsed four times,
the dispatches say. Evidently
though, the Yankees had the
cue from the moment the Huns
appeared on the scene.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-03-22

Meeting of the o. E. S. next
Wednesday evening. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-03-22
Is Is Is rs Is y - y
NOT THE YEAR

The Detroit, Free Press in a
recent issue, made the following
pertinent comment on the Mich
igan Senatorial campaign
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
He Left His Letters
For His Wife to Mail

Still my adventures was equal to
the occasion. She brought me what
l wanted-not all, but enough.
She found that the man still wrote
his letters at home, and that fire.
guently he left them with his wife to
mail. Often she would have them in
a little pile, on a table, or in her
hands when my agent called. It be-
came game with the adventures to
rurloin one or two of them. She sue
cceded. Every few days she would
bring me letter or two.
Exactly how she managed to get
them | do not know. She said she
sometimes had to open the desk to
get them; that at other times, while
the wife's attention was engaged
elsewhere or she was called out os
the room to answer the telephone, a
letter or two was distracted from the
convenient heap and never missed.
Neither the man nor his wife
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
By C. Pilenas &C. P. Wilkins)

foreign
LAS that the and and attractive
~ Of war must travel hand and entirely
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

liner had round tables in the dining
saloon as we'll as the usual long
tables. The tops could be turned,
unscrewed and then lifted off. There
were tables of this sort in the smok-
ing room also.
And the revolving chairs! Their
supports were also hollow, many of
them! Thanks to this discovery the
British were able to apprehend this
steamer also on the high seas and
put an end to it's operations.
The contraband running of rub
Der was carried to great lengths by
neutral sailors, who would secrete
it on their persons and carry it
aboard ship undetected. Every
sort of rubber article that could be
made small or would bind around,
so as not to bulge the clothes and
attract attention, was utilized for
contraband when such contraband
WOIk was dC lCS uelSnC.
Louis Timex was active in this
business. He made visit to my
house on his arrival from Liverpool
with $4,000 in his pocket given him
by the German government. He
considered me good peasant" He
was employed on the French Line as
a stevedore Immediately on his ar
rival-but not for long. He is now
in prison!
At later-much later-date,
when the history Of the war is writ
ten from the American side, what
mess there will be of sordid and
shady intentions and practices along
with bona fide patriotism and self
sacrifice!
For instance, much of the contra
band gains could not have accrued
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
tiers, working in crews of three &C.,.

tiers, working in crews of three f.u
and five. -'ss
These sorters were chiefly DAMS,
officers, and most of them came o,.
from Philadelphia. In one part;.u
lar instance which l shall mention ;.
illustrate the organization tb..s
were nineteen persons, seven If H.
women, all young. After the ,et+s.~
were sorted in the fifth floor anar.
raent they were shipped to an a
dress in Halifax in two steams.
trunks, by express. Then it'll.
later the whole party sailed on
Scandinavian liner. When tber
reached Halifax the trunks were d.
livered addressed to one of the party
on the liner. No inspection was
made of the trunks, which cam.
aboard as ordinary baggage.
The distribution of the let+o,.
would begin on the arrival Of II.
liner at the first Scandinavian no,+
and continue in the same manno,
until they reached Copenhagen III.
letters would be turned over to Gov
man emissaries who were waiting tn
receive them and carry them to Ger.
many.
Such an organization would haya
been extremely successful had thera
been no weak links in its chain
However, had several agents at
each of the ports, likewise in thu
pay of Germany, who brought thu
important letters to intelligence off.
GERS of mine to be photographed and
"doctored." And I had another
source of information.
l have mentioned that seven Of
this party were young women. Il
was one of the weaknesses of the
"transporters" to have these young
companions, and not always the
same ones, either. They were BY
no means patriotic ladies'" They
came for pleasure and profit usu-
ally. 1t was not difficult to reach
an understanding with them; it
cost money, that was all.
Similar letter Transportation"
was conducted by one of the Ger
man newspaper Offices in New York.
AS long as the stations and sub.
stations continued in business there
was little likelihood of anything Of
Importance getting through to Ger
many, and as answers were usually
brought back through the same Office
was frequently in possession Of ad-
vance information of very great
value.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

except for the determination of
stranded German reservists to get
back to Germany at any cost, how
ever and whenever the opportunity
offered.
Fancy one German contraband
Transporter" for mere gain, with no
other motive than to turn to &C.
count and make a fortune of the
extremity of his c6untrymen, send
ing in little while more than seven
hundred reservists back to Germany
at profit to himself of about $50
the head!
IT. is not dream.
Among these was man who
claimed to be naturalizcd
American and ran shipping Of
flee in South Street in New York
City in the year of 1916, and pro-
vided over seven hundred German
reservists with fraudulent passports
that got most of them safely back to
Germany.
| How did he do it?
He bought passports from sailors
Of neutral countries and managed to
fix them up with substitute photo
graphs of the rescrvists.
Passports cost him dollar or so
each; and he sold them for up to
500 and more. Scandinavian names
being enough like German names to
seem to fit the reservists, passports
issued to a Scandinavian were most
often used.
This man ran saloon in Brook
Ign. His wife was a Swede. In ad-
dition to his saloon he ran the ship
ping business in New York, on the
third floor Of a dilapidatcd building.
The office was in charge of a Ger
man reservist who could scarcely
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

GOOD deal heard about fraudulent passports By
III aOhch Germans slipped through the British lines IN
the gears before the United States entered the ava and
about the smuggling of information and volabe materials
INTO GERMANY But practically nothing has get been made
public about these activtes and not ION the inside"
had any idea of the magnitude Of the operations.
IN this article Mr. Pilenas tells the qUhole amazing
story for the first te-amd also the still amazing
story of ho the British agents here actually able to
the great German organization for their purposes.
of the most INTENSELY interesting chapters of the
secret history of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

and attractive, she was very intelH-
gent and entirely conversant with
the affairs of the day. And she could
keep her wits and her eyes always
alert to secure the success of her
assignment.
In the course of her visits she no.
ticed that a scrap basket was fire.
quently pretty full of torn papers,
fragments of letters and of memoran-
ola, and it became her practice to
secure as many of these as could be
seized and hidden on her person dur
ing the occasional short periods when
the wife would be out of the room or
have her attention diverted.
1t took some time to piece these
scraps together. Many of them were
useless, too many parts being miss
ing, but we did secure several valu-
able bits of information. We pieced
together cipher code and some ma
rine intelligence. And we made good
use Of them.
In fact, we were able thereby TO
catch some of his ships. One was
very big catch, having aboard over
100000 worth of coal. By the inS
formation we gathered from the
papers my agent took out Of the bas-
ket in the apartment we planned a
meeting between this ship and Brit
ish warship camoufaged for the pur-
pose. The man planned to supply
coal to an enemy ship in a certain
latitude. Instead, it was met by the
British and taken into custody, hav-
ing on board contraband coal, rubber
and automobile parts, to the value of
over 100000.
The gentleman from Buenos Ayres
took his losses very much to heart.
knew he had been hurt because he
thereafter burned every paper or
scrap of paper. He coul y not have
suspected my agent; in fact, I am
fairly confident that his wife did not
tell him anything about her. But he
must have intuitively felt that the
scraps of paper were in some way to
dc with his troubles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Scorned Tools
Who Worked for Them

1t became almost an art by itself
to have intercepted letters opened,
and then resealed so that none might
suspect their having been tampered
with. I can say that l pract;sed that
art second-handed with genuine
pleasure, although l had to enjoy it
all by myself.
cannot say that I was ever
CALLED to more than a degree by the
ingenious egotism of certain gentle
born refugees from the military
front, who, having soft places tor
themselves where it was safe, made
use of any tool, however crafty or
nasty, to gain an end, while affect
ing lofty scorn for the tool and what
It" did for them.
Every man has some CROSS roads
! that turn aside at some transactions
In other words, every man finds there
is something he will not do. ! my
self have never personally opened 8
sealed letter, even in the way OF Sc
cret service, but l confess to the Pc
culiar weakness of having found
amusement in making use OF LOFTY.
born, high principled "hangers-on
CT the service whose mouths were
ever open to scorn the deeds Oh
"tools" that brought them glory!
On occasions too numerous to de-
tail I have by f1attery engaged SUCH
gentlemen" in the pastime OF open
ing transported" letters, until ~
became veritable art with them
would not have opened them mysen
any more than they would have aon0
some of the things they affected
dcspise; neither would l have sousn'
safe post, far from the firing i','s
or the danger line that misu.
plume my colors before a sapins
c,owd-when there was n'SD
work waiting!
Speaking of such gentry 'n''
were certainly plentiful beyond ies
on in some quarters, and useless -:
a point of danger. One such inel
sence officer entertained casual ~
quaintance overnight in his fo0l
and the following day one o. ~
agents in the way of business reco'
cred the papers which the h'sn'D' -
gentleman had lost in the cou''e
MS adventure. ia
1t belongs to the story to 'ss .m.
that the gentleman was mol ~
GENTLY alert to discover his loss ~ :.
himself. He actually had "
shown what had happened 70 n. ~
think he is now Eat the front Wv.
War for his mistress, less W. s.
tive one than his last--at iessS
was started for that destinau'as
Copyright. 1915. ots =.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
HOW PASSPORT WERE
FORGED; ATTEMPTS TO RUN
THE BRITISH BLOCKADE

knows to this day how 1 secured the
intelligence that broke up his snug
Cling business.
learned a still more pertinent
thing from his letters. They gave
ME positive information that he was
paymaster for Germany to its agents
and had been for long time.
After Won Bernstorff was sent
home this paymaster had trouble
some times-and he was put to some
difficulty to get the necessary specie.
Here again we find German eff
cheney and ingenuity working togeth-
er from practically two ends of the
world. The United States having de-
clared war against Germany, that
country becomes unable to pay it's
agents by funds deposited here. 1t
has to provide money, standard
money, and distribute it in the enc
my's land. From Berlin directions
are sent to a South American coun-
try that its consul shall bring coin to
New York City periodically and de-
liver it to the paymaster in his own
apartment. The consul comes to New
York, fulfils his mission as ordered
and returns to South America. He
comes again and again and he does
not get caught!
For one reason! The paymaster
has never told soul a word of adj
vance information of the consul's ar
rival. He has trusted nobody in the
matter, not even his wife. If he had
told her anything about it my eff
cient agent would have discovered it.
Ii he had written letter and left it
with his wife to mail it would have
come into my hands. But he has done
none Of these things. He has been
very secret and reticent and so the
consul is at liberty.