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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20
TO PLAY IN KANSAS
Both White SoX Teams Will WISH
State on Homeward Tour.

Chicago, Feb. 20.-The Chicago
Americans champions of the world,
will be divided into two teams on
April Z to play exhibition games on
the way home from their training
camp. The first team will be in
charge of Manager Rowland and will
play the following schedule:
April 8. University of Oklahoma at
Norman, Okla
April / and II, Ogdenburg, Kan
April 8 and ii, Kansas City, Mo.
The second team, in charge of
Coach Gleason. will play as follows:
April S, Chickasha. Okla.
April 10, Enid, Okla
April IL, Wichita, Kan.
April IL, open date
April 3 and IA, Hutchinson, Kan.
The Chicago Americans will open
the season at home against st. Louis,
April 16.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20
UNION DROPS THEM
Joplin & Pittsburg Interurban Strikers
Lose Their Organization Charter.

Pittsburg, Kan, Feb. 20.-The char
ter of the local union of the Amalga-
mated Association of Street and Elec-
trio Railway Employees was revoked
automatically late Tuesday afternoon.
The international board gave the
members of the union, who suspended
work on the Joplin & Pittsburg Rail-
way company's street and interurban
lines in this city and southeastern
Kansas, twenty-four hours to return
to work and comply with their con-
tract The time limit expired shortly
before O'Clock Tuesday and the men
had not returned to work and at a
meeting voted not to return
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20
MAKE 1T A HIGHWAY
Movement on to Use l.. & t. Roadbed
as Fort-to-Fort Road.

Use of the roadbed of the Leaven-
worth & Topeka railways right-of-
way as a fort-to-fort highway between
Leavenworth and Fort Riley is being
advocated in case the road is allowed
to be tunked. The railway roadbed
runs from Leavenworth to Meriden,
ten miles northeast of Topeka.
1t is cited that route would make a
level roao running between beautiful
hills and thru productive valleys.
Eventually the route would be extend
cd to st. Joseph and branched off to
Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20

New York, Feb. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
paper 5h@5%. Sterling. 60 day bills
472k Commercial. 60 day bills on banks,
412; commercial. so day bills, 4711s de-
mand, 4-75A cables. 4.76 7-16 Francs. de-
mand. 5.7211; cables. 5:!04s- Guilders. de
mand 43A: cables HL Lire. demand
S.16; cables. SO Rubles. demand, Is: ca
bles 1871 nominal. Bar silver. S53sc; Mexi-
can dollars Csc. Government bonds. irreg-
ular: railroad bonds, irregular. Time loans
strong; 60 days, 90 days and months, G
bid.
ing rate. G: closing bid 51z; offered at 6;
last loan, q.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20
Need, Fudge-Not Mittens.

Washington, Feb. 20.-Girls. here's
your chance. Do your soldiers need
sweaters or mittens2 No, they need
socks and fudge. Fudge. socks. tooth
pastes and stationery are the only
things the soldiers are short of, writes
a nurse at the front to the committee
on public I-Srmation TODAY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20
DRYS OPPOSE DRY BILL
Two Prohibition Laws Proposed in N.
Y. Exempt Some Liquors.

Albany, N. Y. Feb. 20.-State-w wide
prohibition measures were introduced
in the legislature today. One of the
bills is designed to provide for the en-
actment of war emergency prohibition,
effective from September 80. next. I'M
til six months after the official procla-
nation of peace. Light wines and
malt liquors containing not more than
) per cent of alcohol would be ex-
ernpted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20

Wall St, New York. Feb. 20-STOCKs
Foreign news prompted considerable selling
in todays more restricted market, leaders
rejecting steady pressure. Sales approx
mated 10000 shares
Higher prices were made later by import
ant stocks but these were again forfeited.
The closing was irregular. Liberty 31h's
sold at $3.50 to 9S. first As at 964S to 1864
and second As at 96.0S to 9616.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20
Alexander Begins Training.

chicago. Feb. 20.-Grover Cleveland
Alexander is in training at Hot
Springs, Ark, according to word re-
ceived here today. No agreement has
been reach I'd regarding his bonus His
friends, however, consider the train
ing an indication that he will pitch
for the Cubs this season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20
Two Cue Tourney Upsets,

Chicago, Feb. 20.-Two upsets Tues
day night marked play in the Red
Cross three-cushion billiard tourna-
ment, when Alfredo De ORC defeated
Augic Kieckhefer, so to 80, and Joe
Capron won from Charlie Ellis, sc
TIC As
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20
Local Menuon.

Big masquerade ball, Friday, Feb.
%, (Washington's birthday. -Kellam
Hall-AdV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

GRACE G. ATTEBERRY, 40 years old
died Tuesday afternoon at her home. 2I25
Maryland avenue. The body will be shipped
to Muskogee, Oklahoma, for burial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20

The report that wild geese are flying
northward may be a sign of Spring and
it may De a sign that somebody has opened
a jug of hard cider.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20

FRANKLIN WYATT. died today at his
home 426 Scotland avenue. The body
will be shipped to Burlingame, Kansas
for burial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20

The funeral of Philip Riley. will b
held tomorrow afternoon at . o'cloc
from Bethel church near Tecumsef
Burial in Bethel cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20
PABLO KRAMENTO

PABLO KRAMENTO, IL months old
died Tuesday at 123 Branner street The
funeral will be held tomorrow morning al
8 80 O'Clock from the home. Burial in Mt
Calvary cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20

Reports from the exemption board in
dictate that the Yanks are about to be re
lieyed of case of Pipp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20

Word has been received in Topeka of
the death of Oscar L. Roehr, formerly
day. He was a brother of W. +. Roehr of
Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20

KATHERINE CANDLAS 16 months old
died today at the home of her parents Mr.
and Mrs. C.. Candlas. 211 Hancock. The
funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon al
o'clock from the home Burial in Mt
Calvary cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20
Food for Fans
BY GEO. e. PHAIR-
tCopyright)
The ord-Fashioned Contract.

by A. Athiete.)
How dear to my heart were the days of the
Fed League,
Those soft golden days. when the ducats
rolled in:
But time has elapsed and the Fed is dead
league.
And gone are the live ones who squan-
dered their tin.
All those were the days when an athlete
was cherished
And jollied and tempted with bright iron
men.
Those glad days have faded, and with them
has persisted
The old shioned contract they handed
then.
The old fashioned contract,
The iron bound contract
They handed US then.
You gotta hand it to tt. baseball mag
nate for patriotism. He has done his bit
by hooverizing the payroll.
But. naturally, promoter from Chey-
enne is bound to show a lot of pep
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20

Vic Safer played first base by proxy for
it is not m the official fielding averages
we contend that it is worlds record for
lefthanded first oasemen with one bad
hoof.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20
Ten Planes Attacked American.

Washington, Feb. 2o.-Vice Admiral
Sims advised the navy department
that the American sea plane, in which
Ensign Albert Dalton Sturtevant, U. 8.
N, was lost, is claimed by the Ger
mans to have been shot down in
flames. Ensign Sturtevant was second
pilot in the machine.
apparently this machine was at
tackled by ten enemy planes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20
U. S. AVIATOR MISSING

p. Indianapolis, Ind a member of
the French aviation corps, who has
been missing since Saturday, is be-
lieved to have been captured by the
Germans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20

New York Cotton Market.
New York, Feb. 20.-COTTON-Spo
quiet: middIing, $500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-20

But. naturally, promoter from Chey.
enne is bound to show a lot of pep
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-04
GIVE ENEMY
HARD GO IN FIRST BATTLE

American trenches will be repaired
before tomorrow morning.
The German artillery opened the
engagement with desultory bonn
bardment of the American trenches at
a certain point. firing shrapnel shells
In the midst of this red rocket call
ing for barrage assembled from the
German first lines.
Before the German artillery could
respond. the American 75's, summoned
into action by signal from the first
line, laid curtain of fire along the
enemy first lines. Then began the
battle of the gunners The increased
intensity of the German fire was met
Immediately by the Americans, who
not only showered shells on the orig
inal sector, but quickly extended their
activity to a wide front.
Within 20 minutes the 75's and larg-
er pieces were booming all along the
valley. the Smelling finally spreading
to town in which regimental head
quarters were located.
As darkness settled down the guns
grew quiet. Heavy mists again over
hung the American sector today. Con-
sequently there was artillery work
and no aerial activity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-04
BERLIN ANSWERS
| SLAP AT U-B0ATS
British officials Charge That Sub War
Has Failed Brings Reply From
Germany.

Amsterdam, Feb. "A dispatch re-
oeived here today from Berlin gives
the German reply to the statement last
week of Eric Geddes, first lord Of the
British admiralty, who in reviewing
the first year of unrestricted submar-
inc warfare said the submarine men,
ace was being held, that the sinking
of merchantmen was decreasing and
the destruction of U-bOats increasing
and that the morale of the submarine
crews was deteriorating on account
Oh the British policy Of secrecy in re-
gard to the fate of the men on sub
marines which failed to return to their
bases. The German reply in the form
OF semi-official statement follows:
What Sir Eric Geddes said is not
new. 1t is merely repetition CT ia
miliar assertions. which are disproved
by the facts and appear periodically
in the speeches of talkative wire pull
ers in England. If that brave optim-
list Geddes, expects by such means to
lower the morale and the power of re-
sistance of our U-boat crews, he will
have as little success as had been met
with in the attempts to bluff the Ger
man people who long ago realized that
English secrecy was nothing but an
expression of consciousness of weak
ness"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-04
YEAR OF SUB WAR
CLOSED WITH ITS
HOPES SHATTERED
lRv Associated Press.l

(By Associated PreSS.
One year of ruthless warfare by
German submarines brings this an
swer from Fir Eric Geddes, first lord
of the British admiralty:
THE submarine is held"
Coincident with this announcement
comes the disclosure by Dutch
newspaper that German military and
financial leaders expected the U-boats
to bring Great Britain to her knees
in six months and end the war.
Sinking Of merchant shipping has
dropped below the level maintained be-
fore the policy OF unlimited destruc-
ton went into effect on Feb. l. 1917
Sir Eric declares he can foresee nc
change in the situation but for the bet
ter. To bring about the complete de-
feat Of the U-boats soon it is neces-
sary to have ships and more ships, Sill
Eric says. and he believes that the
ship builders of the United States and
Great Britain will meet the emergency
The Amsterdam Handelsblad says
that before ruthlessness was decided
upon the German naval and militar,
leaders consulted financiers and bust.
ness men and it was agreed that tht
submarine was the only means of de-
feating Great Britain and making 3
firm peace" Little weight was at
tached TO the opinion that unlimited
U-boat warfare would result In TIKI
United States entering the war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-04
CHICAGO N FEAR
| OF MILK famine
Deliveries Cut in Half and Face Fur.
Their Reduction rs Farmers Re.
fuse to Sell at Ney Price.

Chicago, Feb. 4-Milk deliveries in
Chicago today were cut practically in
half and distributors fear that fur
Their decrease in the supply will oc-
cur tomorrow because of the passive
strike" of milk producers in northern
Illinois, southern Wisconsin AMI
northern Indiana, who decline to &C
cept the price of 1907 per hundred
pounds during the month Of February
fixed by the milk commission of the
state food administration.
From the rural district surrounding
Chicago, word came that many farm
ers who made deliveries yesterday
would not do SO today.
Harry A. Wheeler, federal food ad
ministrator for Illinois, who is just
back from Washington. expected to
take up the question during the day,
but until he had conferred with men,
bers of the milk commission, he would
make no prediction as to the outcome
of the controversy.
Distributing companies today plan
ned to procure milk from Detroit, st.
Louis and other distant points until i
settlement can be reached with the
producers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-04
BLAME IN
FIRE At halifax
PilCt Mackay and Captain LamOdec
Held Responsible for Disaster as
Result Of Probe.

Halifax, \. s., Feb. 4.-Blame for
the collision of the French munitions
ship Mont Blanc and the Belgian re-
lief ship limo. resulting in an explo-
sion on the former vessel, which de-
stroyed large part OF Halifax and
Captain Lamodec of the French ship,
in judgment announced today by the
government commission which investi-
gated the collision.
With the announcement Of the COM
missions judgment, Pilot Mackey was
arrested, charged with manslaughter,
the commission having recommended
that he be criminally prosecuted and
his license cancelled
The commission held that Captain
Lamodec and the pilot violated the
rules of the road.
The commission also recommends to
the French authorities the cancella-
ton of the license of Captain Lamodec,
and that he be dealt with according
to the law of his country"
Captain Lamodec was also arrested,
charged with manslaughter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-04
BATTLE FRONT HELD BY AMERICANS
New Group of Men Ordered to Camp Dodge
Hiring Women
Leads to Strike
Street Car Men

ST. Louis. Feb. ATTACKS on street
cars were reported to the car COM
pany today as having occurred on the
Wellston line which connects the
downtown section with the northwest
ern district
Up to 10 o'clock only 40 cars were
il operation. The normal number for
Monday mornings is LOO.
The United Railways announced last
night that street car service would be
resumed today under police protection
and the first car left the barns at
1920 a. nj.
This car was operated on the Olive
street line, the main line of the United
Railways system.
Police were on hand at all car barns
to give protection to the cars sent out,
but few car crews were available.
Through the alleged discrimination
Of the company in favor Of women con-
ductors is one of the grievances that
precipitated the strike, at least two of
the women employees have joined the
union.
Long before dawn thousands of per-
sons left their homes on the long
tramp to factories. Offices and stores.
Few service automobiles were run
ming before sunrise; but about Z
o'clock the passenger carrying trucks
and touring cars began to appear.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-04
This One to be
Last |HeQtlesS
Monday, Belief

Washington, Feb. 4.-Heatless Mon
day, being observed for the third time
today, may be abandoned by the fuel
administration as the result of con-
ference of state administrators being
held here.
The conference was called by Fuel
Administrator Garfield to ascertain
the saving of coal by the five-day in
dustrial closing order and the two
heatless Mondays already observed.
Fuel officials have indicated that if
reports of the closing showed salts
factory results the heatless holidays
might be discontinued in favor of the
railroad embargo and now in force as
the most effective means of handling
the coal shortage in the east and the
traffic congestion as we'll. Final decis-
ion in the matter is expected tomor-
row at conference between Admin
istrator Garfield and Director General
McAdOo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-04
LATE BULLETINS

Athens, Feb. "A mutiny
which involved a large proportion
o. the Greek army infantry regi.
nenfs stationed at LAMA. about
ninety miles northwest Of Athens.
and a few artillerymen In the
!sWn. occurred Last Friday even.
ing. 1t was promptly suppressed.
London. Feb. liking Gustav OF
sweden, according 10 :. Stockholm
shpatch 10 the Times. has re-
eeited q deputatios from the
Aiand islands who presented
petition from the inhabitants ask.
mg for reunion with Sweden.
Italian Headquarters In North.
sn Italy. Sunday, Feb. ;. de.
nyed).-The Sassari brigade Of
yseng Sardinians, which distin.
wished Itself by cutting its way
~ the toi Di ROsso Inst Tuesday,
0ne out VI the trenches today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-04
M'AD00 HAS AIDES
ABOUT ALL NAMED

Washington. Feb. 4.--DirectOr Cen
eral McAdoo today had about COM
pleted the central staff which will as
sist him in administering government
operation of railroads during the war.
Although no official announcement was
made, il was understood the staff prob
ably would be as follows:
General Assistant Walker d. Hines.
New York, chairman and general
counsel of the Santa Fe.
Transportation-Car K. Gray, Bal
timore, president of Western Mary
land; assistants. F. T. Bentley, Chi
cago, general superintendent of mo-
tive power, Chicago and Northwest
ern. in charge Of mechanical depart
ment; W. T. Tyler, ST. Paul. assistant
vice president of the Northern Pacific.
Law-John Barton Payne of Chi
cage.
Labor W S. Carter, chief OF the
Motherhood of Railway Firemen and
Enginemen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-04
new STRIKE
ISREP0RTEO
IN GERMANY
Walkout Takes Place as
Teuton War Lords Rush
to Berlin Confab.

Amsterdam, Feb. "A new
strike movement, the Berliner
Tageblatt Of Saturday evening an
nOunces, began at Jena Satur.
day, about One.third Of the work.
men striking.
Jena, in the grand duchy Of
Z Sake Weimer, has population Of
about 21,OOO.
DR.. Kuehlmann, German foreign
minister; Count Czernin, the Austro-
Hungarian foreign minister and Cen
eral Won Ludendorff, German chief
quartermaster general, a semi-official
announcement from Berlin says, will
arrive in Berlin Monday to partici-
pate in deliberations on political and
economic questions affecting the COM
mon interests and territories Of Ger
many and Austro-Hungary. Count
Botho Won Wedel, the German ambas-
sador to Vienna, also is expected to
attend.
Other Strike Ended!
London, Feb. 4.---With the excep-
ton OF a new movement at Jena, re-
ported by the Tageblatt of Berlin, the
German strikes appear virtually to
have ended. The leaders of the strik-
ers advised that work be resumed to-
day.
German newspapers record no dis
turbances in Berlin on Saturday.
The directors of the Krupp works
report the Cologne Gazette says. that
only 400 out of 10000 wOrkmen went
on strike and that these were fined
or dismissed.
The Berlin VOrwaerts says that the
building in which the court martial
is sitting, is closed to the public and
guarded by troops Heinrich Schultze
the first prisoner to be tried, was SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for six months
for having distributed leaflets urging
workers to strike.
by Associated Pressl.
Death by execution is the threat
held over Berlin workmen who do not
return to their tasks today. Repres-
sive measures instituted by the Ger
man government have taken the form
of orders to the strikers to resume
work on pain of trial by court mar
tial which will have power to impose
the death sentence.
Censorship on Job.
Berlin has been one of the main
centers of the strike movement and ii
has been admitted officially that l2O,-
000s workers were idle because OF
strikes there, while unofficial esti-
mates have run as high as 100000
The German capital was quiet Satur-
day, according to semiofiicial state
ments received in Holland, virtually
the only form in which news of the
strike has been permitted to leave
Germany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-04
KAISER HAS new
| ONE FOR SUB MEN
Emperor Creates Decoration for e.
boat Crews in Recognition Of
MeritOriOus Work."

Amsterdam, Feb. emperor Will
liam created special decoration for
U-boat crews on the anniversary of
his inauguration of ruthless submit
rine warfare as recognition for meri-
torious work during the war" The
Vossische Zeitung says the decoration
is available for officers and crews aft
er three voyages.
The emperor also has conferred the
order of Pour LIE Merite on Admiral
Won Holtzendorff, head of the naval
general staff, and Admiral Scheer,
commander of the German battle fleet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-04
THE WEATHER

forecast Til z p. M. Tomorrow. TO.
Rock Island. Davenport. Moline
anc Vicinity.
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday,
rising temperature; warmer Wednes-
day The lowest temperature tonight
viii be slightly. below zero. Tempera-
ture at I a. M. IA below zero. High
est yesterday Z. Lowest last night IA
below zero.
Velocity OF wind at 2 a. m. miles
per hour.
Precipitation, none.
Relative humidity at p m. 81 at
a. m. 80. :.
Stage of water 3.3, a fall OF i in
last "a hours.
]. NJ. SHERIER, Meteorologist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-04
NelU President
>Of ChinaOpet1s
War on Rebels

Picking, Saturday, Feb. "A more
hostile attitude toward the southern
revolutionists has been adopted by
President Feng Kwo Chang since his
return from a visit to the south. He
issued a mandate today ordering the
chief military commanders, General
Taso Kun, Chang Hui Shin and Chang
Ching Yao, to lead troops to punish
the rebels who even dare to fire on
foreign gunboats, counting foreign in
tervention."
The rebels who recently captured
Yo Chow, now threaten WI Chang.
The government troops are concen-
trating at WI Chang. Refugees from
that city are overruning Hankow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-04
AUSTRO KING NAMES
NEW FIELD CHIEFS

Amsterdam, Feb. 4. - Emperor
Charles, it is announced officially In
Vienna, has appointed Generals Won
Boehm- Ermolli and Boroevic to be
field marshals.
General Vons Boehm-Ermolli was
commander of the Second Austrian
army operating in Galicia. which cap
tured Lemberg from the Russians.
General Boroevic was appointed Aus
trian commander-in-chi on the Ital-
ian front only two weeks ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-04
PAPER MEN GIVING
COMMISSION FACTS

Washington, Feb. Paper manu-
facturers and representatives of the
American Newspaper Publishers as
ISOLATION appeared before the federal
trade commission today to give infor-
nation which the commission will use
in fixing prices for print paper. 1t is
expected several days will be con-
sumed in discussion Of production
costs. The part the jobber plays in
the trade will be taken up Feb. Is.