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The Yale expositor., 1918-05-16
Victory of PerShing Men at Sech-
eprey May Become
Historic.
MANY DEEDS OF HEROISA
Actions Of Soldiers in Fight Fully In
Accord With the Finest Ameri-
can Traditions-One Kills
Fifteen Huns.

With the American Army in France.
The shell-torn village of Seicheprey
appears to be destined TO hold a proud
place in the story of American partici-
patton in the world war. AS further
details Of the engagement there be-
come known there are disclosed deeds
which are fully in accord with the
finest American traditions.
The correspondent is now permitted
to tell Of a few cases OF individual he
roism. which will convey an idea as
to the mettle of the men. One Of
them, David Griggs Of East Hampton,
Conn, passed through the enemy bar
rage at least seven times to carry am
munition to his hard-pressed COM
rades. Twice he was partly buried
by earth upturned by shells falling
all around him, but he kept at his
task.
Griggs. who is nineteen years old, is
so modest that he would not tell his
story, but insisted on speaking of the
bravery of others. Finally one of
his comrades pointed him out and
said "That is the bravest man in the
regiment"
Twice Blown OF Road.
Raymond A. Ferris OF Bedford,
Mass, acting as a courier, was blown
of the road twice by the concussion
Of shells. Although stunned and near
Iy crazed by the intensity of the gun
fire, when he reached the point In the
rear Of the lines TO which he was
sent for ammunition, he carried out
his orders. Then he asked for n re-
volver, saying he wanted to go out
and fight the Germans, but he faint
ed from exhaustion. When he regain
cd consciousness his first words were
inquiry whether his message had been
delivered.
: Charles Sinkler, a Philadelphia law
yer. who is now with the Red Cross,
and was in the thick OF the fighting.
told the correspondent Of two Amerf-
cans who, armed only with automatic
pistols, charged an enemy machine
run, killed eight Germans and cap
tured the gun. II Is also related that
one American sharpshooter killed IS
Germans.
In n village n short distance behind
the front line Gladys and Irene Nc
Intyre, sisters, Of Mount Vernon, N. z
The Yale expositor., 1918-05-16
Students Quit German.

Martinsburg, w. Va.-Clean-cut
A~mericanism Is preferable to n high
school diploma for the seniors and
juniors Of the Hedgesville high school.
They fatty refuse to continue the
study of German, despite the threats
of the school authorities.
The Yale expositor., 1918-05-16
English as She Is Spoke"

This amt where we want Off at"
1t was q well-dressed, attractive
looking young woman, and they were
in a street car which was about to
come 10 a stop.
"This amt where we want off at
Dayton (OhiO) News.
The Yale expositor., 1918-05-16
A Business Should be
as Big as Its Job

If bigness is Of benefit to the
public it should be commended.
The size of a business depends upon the
needs which that business is called upon to
serve. A business should be as big as its
job. You do not drive tacks with a pile
driver-or piles with a tack hammer.
Swift & Company's growth has been
the natural and inevitable result of ma
tional and international needs.
Large-scale production and distribution
are necessary to convert the live stock of
the West into meat and by-products. and
to distribute them over long. distances to
the consuming centers of the East and
abroad.
Only an organization like that of Swift &
Company, with its many packing plants, hun
dreds of distributing houses, and thousands
of refrigerator cars, would have been able to
handle the varying seasonal supplies of live
stock and meet the present war emergency
by supplying, without interruptions:
First-The u. S. soldiers and the Allies
in Europe by shipping as much as 800 car
loads of meat products in a single week!
Second-The environments in the United
States.
Third-The retailers upon whom the
American public depends for its daily
supply of meat.
But many people ask-Do producers and
consumers pay too much for the complex
service rendered.?
Everyone, we believe, comedies the eff
cheney of the Swift & Company organization
in performing a big job in a big way at a
minimum of expense,
Swift & Company's total profit in 1917 was
less than 4 cents on each dollar of sales of
meat and by-products. Elimination Of this
profit would have had practically no effect on
live stock and meat prices.
Do you believe that this service can be
rendered for less by any other conceivable
method of organization or operation
The Yale expositor., 1918-05-16
Well Matched.

"The pretty little bride over the
way is like Juno; she's ox-eyed."
'"Then SHE'S got her match in her
husband. for he's bull-headed."
The Yale expositor., 1918-05-16
silk, Cotton and Rubber Shipped
to Enemy Through
Switzerland.
LLOYD GEORGE IS BLAMED
Contraband Trade Declared to Have
Been Fostered by British Tariff
Warnings Go Unheeded by
italian Government.

ROme.-The scandal resulting from
the exposure of the part played by
the Milanese SILK company in supply
ing great quantities of silk waste to
Germany is spreading. The govern
ment Is now in possession of indispu-
table evidence that not only silk waste
but large quantities Of cotton and rub
Der have found their way into Ger
many from Italy since the war, form
ing q material aid to the enemy in the
manufacture of war materials.
Signor Giretti, the radical deputy,
has published an article, in which he
points out hat not only Italy but all
the allies have been remiss in con-
trolling exports to neutral countries.
He urged the Italian government In
July, 1915, to prevent the export Of
silk to Germany, but 1t was not pro-
hibited until August, 1916, while the
prohibition of silk exports to Switzer-
land did not come into operation until
October, 1916.
AS to the contraband trade in silk,
Signor Giretti blames Lloyd George for
having, through lack of actual informa-
ton on the question, imposed restric-
tons on the import of Italian silk into
England, thus providing the Italian
Garmanophiles with a splendid anti
British argument.
1t is now certain that besides silk
waste consignments of cot
ton have been supplied TO Germany
from Italy, where trading with the
enemy was organized on such n vast
scale that il is inconceivable how so
much time passed before 1t was de-
tected and repressed.
Controlled by Germans.
Judging from the number of silk and
cotton merchants arrested in north
Italy 1t is evident that both the silk
and cotton industries were practically
under German control and that the
greater part of the output of the prin-
cipal firms was sem to Germany and
utilized in war industries there.
Before the war about three hundred
tons Of silk waste were exported from
Italy to Switzerland every year. In
1915 italian silk exports 10 Switzer.
land increased to about nine hundred
The Yale expositor., 1918-05-16

We save N money because we are
economical. Other folks save theirs
because they are stingy.
The Yale expositor., 1918-05-16
Hoes 1rinq Bio Price.

Charleston, Miss.-Forty-fOur head
of pure-bred Duroc-Jersey hogs were
recently sold here for $1S,415, an aver
age of $419 per head.
The Yale expositor., 1918-05-16

or is constantly grumbling never gets
ahead i'm n business hOuse.-KnOwlson.
The Yale expositor., 1918-05-16

When n woman cuts a mans ac-
quaintance she looks daggers at him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26

Now, SIR said the visitor, when
do YOU intend to pay me?"
L should be only too glad" was
the reply, but it is impossible. 1 am
cleaned out; haven't a dollar"
why, sir, when a man cannot pay
his debts, he has no business to be
eating turkey like that
'.Alasi'' said the debtor, lifting his
eyes as tho deeply affected, It couldn't
afford to keep him"
1t was during a more or less secret
conference in Washington early last
spring, just before war was declared.
Many prominent men were present
both from the north and from the
south. The newspapers naturally
were anxious to get opinions first
hand from the members of the diff
ferent committees, but found it a
hard job.
One reporter finally fairly corner
ed a courteous southerner-an elder
ly man of the "old school,
Mr.. Blank" said the reporter per-
suasively. II would like to have your
opinion of the war"
We'll. sah.' said Mr.. Blank very
courteously, Il haven't thought of il
much lately, but I've always been OF
the opinion, sab. that Lee should not
have surrendered. Good evening, sah.'
And he left behind him a thorough
ly dazed reporter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26
GLOBE SIGHTS
IFrom the Atchison G1oce.

So many of our writers search for
words instead of ideas.
Your business won't run like a clock
unless you are the main spring
Some people are like Victrolas in
that they reel off the same records
every day.
The cost system need never be
brought into your married life; you
have it from the start.
Taxpayers assume to be clever, but
they gest fooled NOR" frequently than
any other class of people.
There are sliclers as well as slack
ers. The slicker lands a swivel chair
commission in Washington.
Not all of the geese go north in the
spring. Each and every community
has dozen or more geese all the year
round
A cartoon in the Washington Times
sizes the situation up correctly. I,
shows the Germans adding an "e'' to
the word "Siav."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26

off. My father is president of the
road, so I didn't have any trouble get
ting the case dismissed; you couldn't
blame him for stealing it in this aw-
full weather, could you?'
ct should say 1 couldn't. Perhaps
he was stealing it for the girl he
loved"
who Wouldn't" he laughed 81
would have helped myself to 1t if i
couldn't have got it any other way for
you, for you are he girl 1 love. 1
have wanted to tell you this for days,
but 1 was waiting until I made good.
and 1 have. For nearly a year l have
been working among fathers men to
get a first hand understanding of the
men who make our railway service
possible. Today I have been the means
of averting a strike. 1 think, and /
know dad will be proud of it. All
that 1 need to make me truly happy
is to present you to him as my future
wife,
II want you to be truly happy" she
said, as she held out her hands to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26

the right man to come along. 1t
doesn't do for her to get the reputa-
ton of being hard to please because
that would scare off every man in the
community, so she has to smile on
dotty grandpas. and beam on callow
youths, and look fascinated while con-
ceited egoists spend hours telling her
how great and wonderful they are.
Having to listen to bores is one of
the sad, sad sorrows of life that the
elderly woman can eliminate, and that
alone is worth the price of growing
old.
And as for keeping a husbands
love, the elderly woman doesn't worry
about that, because she knows that
the wife who only. holds her husband
by a corset string has got mighty
precarious hold on him, and one that
is liable to break. If he doesn't love
her for something better than a make
believe youth, he doesn't love her at
all, and there's no use in her trying
to paint herself up like living pic
ture.
1t isn't youth. it's age that is the
happiest time of life. for woman.
But you can't make any of them be-
lieve it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26
BOOM LIBERTY BONDS
More Than IL Million Dollars Worth
Transferred at Advance Price.

New York, March 26.-Liberty
bonds of the second issue scared to
1852 at noon today following the
largest single transaction ever record
ed on the stock exchange. Starting
a buying campaign, C. D. Barney a.
Co. opened up by buying $1,7o0,0o0
of liberty tours at $3.50.
A. 1915 o'clock trading in bonds
had reached s17,OOO,000 and the mar
ket had reached s97.62. block of
100000 going at the latter figure.
Banks are well pleased with the
provisions of the next loan as an
uouncel by Secretary McAdoo last
night. The rat. of An per cent. they
assert, and the conversion features of
the outstanding issues will steady the
market and prevent excessive liquida-
ton.
The extraordinary demand for lib
erty bonds. particularly the As at
an advance of one-half of l per cent
probably resulted from publication
over night of the details connected
with the forthcoming third loan.
Bankers evidently were surprised at
the relatively small amount of the
new issue as we'll as the interest rate,
it having been confidently predicted
the new issue would be put out on a
II per cent basis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26


The amount of street paving that
will be done in Topeka this year will
be smaller than that of any year in the
recent past. It may be that the con-
tractors will be able to complete it be-
fore 1919. A large block of paving il,
North Topeka, on which the tax pay
ers already have paid one assessment,
is yet unfinished. Why this work
was not done last year according to
contract has not been explained salts
factorily. 1t is certain that the wealth
er did not interfere unless blame be
placed on the winter. The course of
the paving contractor recalls memories
of Kansas farmer, in the old DAYS.
who planned to sow a crop of fall
wheat. Along in December there
came heavy snow, which found his
crop sthl implanted He consoled
himself with the remark that things
do not always go according to calcu-
lation."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26
Is REMARKABLE UNIT
Washburn Ambulance Company Has
No Use for Disciplinary Records.

Lieut. John A. Crabb, of the Wash
burn Ambulance corps. spoke 10 a
meeting of the Central Congregat ional
brotherhood at the Chamber of Com
merce this noon. He told of the clean
illness of Camp Pike and the wonder
full record the boys in the company
have made in which not one has been
reported on the disciplinary reports of
the company.
Lieutenant Crabb told of a regular
army officer being sent to check up
the books of the company. who found
no book, containing tie names of the
men who had been subjected to pun
ishment for military offenses The
officer was almost unable to believe
that there had been no punishments
doled out to the mem bers of the COM
pany, and stated that it was the first
time in his experience that a COM
pany had found the disciplinary rec
ord superfluous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26

8. A,otber prominent Socialist, Rose
Pastor stokes. has been arrested IN
sSer the espionage act. If found gulltS
s&he should be sent to JOIN f1Iiiiia
.Goldman. The forces OF evil, Oh us
determination. of disloyalty and OF en-
nnftv to America and its institutions
go Danifesting themselves in many
iEays. Many good people unconscious
" fall victim to those sinister FORCES
when they complain of slight incon-
veniences resulting from war condl-
xrons; when they agitate, rail and crit
: fcise because their business is sus-
.ssended for a few days or their proll's
are Iessened by few dollars; When
they allow the spirit of selfishness ana
of greed temporarily to outweigh and
oyerbalance the spirit of sacrifice and
of service Persons of the Stokes type
have been permitted to travel under
TOO loose a rein.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26
ON SPUR 4 Rh MOMENT
A False Idea Corrected.
BY ROY Z. MoULToN

An exchange, in speaking of the
prospective rise in the price of maple
sugar, says it is without doubt due to
the high cost of feeding the maple
trees. The poor fish that wrote that
probably thinks that maple sugar
grows on trees like hickory nuts
Marathon Independent.
Lick a War Savings Stamp and Lick
the Kaiser.
The German cOmmiSSary passed
along the front-line trenches peddling
out the food. Some of the boches
complained, but the officer only
smiled and said: Cheer up. the
wurst is yet to come"
A Chicago man tried to win exemp-
ton from draft in the army for phys
ical unfitness. He claimed he suf-
fered from insomnia. He is on his
way to France now, and will probably
make one of the best sentrfes in the
army.
The kaiser: God is on my side
Abraham Lincoln: II hope that ]
am on Gods side
Lincoln was an old-fashioned states
man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26

The deterioration of the German
race since the war began is said to
have been exceedingly rapid and a
wave of crime is now sweeping over
the empire. which is causing thinking
Germans no little concern. The trou-
: BILE is, says the Los Angeles Times.
! that these thinking Germans did not
2 begin their moralizing in time. The
? deterioration of Germany began with
the decadent philosophy disseminated
by such intellectual sycophants as
Eietzsche. and it is going to require
the complete destruction of those false
ideals. together with victory over
their sponsors, before the doctrine of
humanitarianism can gain a foothold
in the German mind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26
AN OUTLOOK ON THE WAR.

More and more it becomes apparent
that Germany will not be able to re-
tain the territory she has overrun and
devastated. The enemy's recent sue
cesses inSthe east have only been pos
sibIe because of the feeble resistance Of
fered; and along the west front the al
lies are growing stronger daily and
better able than ever to meet Ger
manys renewed effor.A. American
soldiers are today going into France
with much greater rapidity than sup
posed, SO also are munitions. Our
soldiers are close to the border and
may be among the first to enter Ger
many
If this war is to be a question of
economic exhaustion, says Henry
Clews in his Financial Review. Ger
manys end by that means cannot be
very far distant. Supplies of food and
minerals which the enemy can obtain
from Russia will not be of very great
relief, because the means of transport
are poor and Russia's own food re-
quirements are themselves great. AS
yet Germany can place no great re-
lance upon the submission of Rus
STA, which is still in a state of an
archy. and Germany is not in strong
enough position to play the part of
rescuer. As a matter of fact, Ger
many is in sore financial and eco
nomic straits. She is starved for cot
ton, wool, oil and rubber: and finan-
cially is on the verge of bankruptcy,
if not already in that abyss
Contrast this with the enormous
and unstrained resources of the United
States. which alone are sufficient to
cast the die. 1t is only a question of
i time when with the allies holding
firm. they can overwhelm the central
nations.
The power of Great Britain also
shows no grave strain, in spite of al
most four years of herculean efforts
Edgar Crammond. one of the most
conservative British economic author
tiles. in a recent address showed that
Notwithstanding the vast Withdrawals
ofN7, 100000 men for army and navy
her steel output has increased from
100000 tons before the war to 10,
100000 after; coal from 247,OoO.oOo
tons to 2S9.o00.000: and agricultural
| output from 2OS,OOo,OOO sterling to
400, 100000. In addition to carrying
| two-th rds of her own sea-borne traf-
fic, and one-half the sea- borne trade
| of the world, she also financed more
than one-half of the worlds trade.
In the meantime the cost of living
in Great Britain has decreased 10 per
cent during the last six months Such
is the record. and the marvellous eco
nomic strength of our principal ally
How long can Germany wilfully close
its eyes to the utter impossibility OF
fighting such a combination as that OF
the United States. Great Britain and
France? Germany's defeat is newt
able; il not by blows. then by an ex-
haustion that will require generations
to overcome.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26

1t is to the credit of the people of
the United States that the first liberty
loan of $2,oO0.oOo.oo0 was oversub-
scribed s1,0s5, 226,S50. or nearly So
per cent. When the government asked
for second liberty loan of $4,000
100000, they oversubscribed it to the
amount of 1857. 532, 800. an oversub-
scription of 54 per cent. Soon they
are to be given an opportunity to re-
peat the performance, and there is no
doubt regarding the result.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

The funeral of Peter Wright. 30 years
old, who died March 70 ut Los Anse.es,
CAM, will be held tomorrow afternoon
ut O'Clock from fenweH s chapel Burial
III Topeka cemetery
MRS. MARGARET SCHRIEFER. 43
years. old, died Monday at her home, 1O1s
Tyler street. The funral will be Eeld to-
morrow afternoon at clock from Shella-
burgers chapel. Burial in Mt Hope cem
etery-
JEAN MARION PIERSOL, the months
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Siias q.
flersoi, uied today at the home, 1854 West
street. Ihe body will be shipped to Otta-
Wa, Nan, for burial.
The funeral of Susan Dehoney, 81 years
OLD, who died March u, will be held TO-
morrow morning at O'Clock from the
Church of the Assumption. Burial in To-
peka cemetery
The funeral of William Williams, who
died in Kansas City Saturday, viii be held
tomorrow AFTERNOON at . cock from the
home OF his mother, Mrs. j. Eilis. 1uj East
Seventh street. Burial i'll Mt. AuUurn CELL
etery.
The funeral of Mrs. Prescovia Frazier,
who died at San Francisco, Calf, March
70, VIII be held Thursday afternoon at :
o clock from the st. johns A. M IL.
church. Burial in Mt. Auburn cemetery.
Lords Flowers satisfy. Eel s2i--
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26

A new type of cigaret lighter is
wanted Immediately by the boys in the
trenches. According TO reports re-
ceived from United States marines
abroad, matches are all right, If dry.
but are a dead give-away, especially at
night. Gasoline lighters are used al
most entirely, but gas is at premium
over there Ambulance and lorry
drivers. it is reported. literally are
obliged to fight to keep the gas in
their tanks Many a driver has start
: ed His days work to find his tank
empty. or while driving, has stopped
suddenly from punctured or
drained off tank The boys promise
a big reward for the man who gets q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26

1t is reported that the Dutch have
decided that they don't want any of
our grain in return for the use of
their ships. Very well, there will be
more for ourselves and our allies. But
ii is not long since Holland declared
mat unless her ships were permitted
to return to the home ports with car
goes of food she would starve. Have
the Hollanders been taking lessons
-siJnder the Huns?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26
Heart and Beauty
Problems
BIZ MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs Thompson: We are fiji
teen years old. Do you think girls of
our age should go buggy riding with
boys? CHUMS.
You are too young to go buggy rid
ing.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Can a hus-
band be trusted if he makes a remark
about every pretty girl he sees and
whose topic is mostly women when he
is out with men?
ONE WHO APPROVES OF YOUR
TEACHINGS.
The man may be good and just silly.
1t certainly does not sound manly to
talk constantly about women.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26

In an appeal to the boys and girls
of America to enlist in the army of
workers and savers for the nation,
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
points out that if every school child
will invest IS cents a week in gov
eminent thrift stamps. the treasury
will have 100000 a week, or $500
100000 a year, to help pay the cost
of the war
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26

Much Talk But No Action on Measure
in United States Senate.

Washington. March 26.-After more
than two hours discussion of the war
situation today the senate again re-
sumed consideration of the war de-
partment bill amending the draft law
to require registration of youths at
tanning 81 years of age since June 5.
1917, including Senator News's COM
pulsory military service amendment
for training youths between 19 and Il
years.
A vote could not be reached within
the time allotted to the bill, and it
again went over