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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06
HAVE NO EXCUSE
Conscientious Directors Are
PrO-German SymDathizers.
Not Fit To Live-Ought To Be
Shot, Says P. r. Atkins.
GIVE THE BOYS CIGARETTES
Y. NJ. C. A. Worker Says AssO-
citation Is Glad To Do 1t.
SSNO Time Now To Try To Stop
Smoking Habit"

"That man who won't fight for
righteousness-and this war is right
eous if it is anything-is not fit TO live
and ought to be shot"
This is lust one of the startling as
sertions made by Percy r. Atkins in
his speech at the Central Y. NJ. C. A
Friday evening. Atkins was speaking
of the conscientious DIRECTORS, those
with religious convictions against war.
the pacifists, and others of that ilk
Atkins classed the whole crew as
nothing but pro-German sympa-
thizers.''
Atkins was brought to Topeka by
the personnel committee of the Y M.
C. A, who are anMously seeking men
of ability who wish to take a part in
the war. D. o. Coe, in charge Ct the
meeting Friday night, asked all the
men present to think over their list of
friends and acquaintances and to sug-
gest some one of them who might be
fitted for work IN France as a ''Y. M,
as Atkins says the secretaries are
called by the boys in the line.
That ''Too Old" Excuse.
Speaking of this phase Of the work
the need of men above draft age
Atkins said: do you know that l
have heard many men of this type say
that they were born just ten years too
early to take part in this war. We
always call the man who makes that
Kind OF statement ana oI1er lin d
place with the " But 1 have ound
a lot of slackers in men like that. [
guess the complaint about early birth
was mostly camouflage."
In his speech Atkins told of the
work of the Y. NJ. G. A. secretaries on
the firing line in France. He told of
the various phases of the work. and
how the "Y. MS" follow the boys
right up into the first line fire trenches
with whatever comforts they can
bring in.
which the Y. NJ. c. A. has gained rec
ignition in the expeditionary forces of
the United States Atkins pointed to the
fact that the Army is the official
government canteen by order of Cen
eral Pershing."
Give Them Cigarettes.
Right at this point Atkins declared
that the Y. NJ. G. n. men take a great
deal of pleasure in furnishing cigar
cites and tobacco to the soldiers I'VE
are the army canteen and so we have
to keep cigarettes and tobacco for sale.
But that is not the only reason we
the soldiers because we like to. We
are in France to give service to the
boys, and if they want cigarettes and
tobacco-why we say let them have
it"
This is no time to try to stop the
smoking habit is the MESA e Atkins
gave to the anti-tobacco agitators.
ANY one who ever saw a soldier in
the trenches smoke will never deny
that tobacco has its good points"
At C. of C. This Noon.
Atkins speaks at the Chamber of
Commerce this noon. Atkins is by the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06
HUN CROPS GOOD
Grain Harvest VIII Be Better
Than Last Year.
Serious Shortage of Livestock
Exists in Empire.

Amsterdam, July 6.-Until well into
June of the present year, the gra sest
fears were entertained in Berlin for
the failure of German crops owing to
the drouth in April and May. writes
D ctor Dieckmann in the Tanelische
Rundschau but later the change of
weather brought an Improvement so
that without exaggerated expectations
the new cereal year beginning August
1 promises to be better than the last
one.
Fertilizers Scarce.
Last years failure of the fodder
crop. the writer adds. caused very con-
siderable shrinkage of live stock which
will detrimentally influence cultiva-
ton in the coming year. more SO as
the shortage of n anure cannot nearly
be made good by artificial fertilizers.
Doctor Dieckmann next points out
that potash supplies to German farm
ers, owing to the shortage of labor and
the difficulties of transportation, are
nearly 100000 carloads in arrears.
Y ct large quantities of potash have
been sent to the Ukraine. he says, and
he thinks this is the worst possible pol
icy because Germany must depend
upon foreign grain in the coming year.
1t 10 also doubtful wether the Ukraine
can help much as Austria has put in
a claim for a large part of the Uk-
rainian grain crop.
"Pound OF Flesh" From Rumania
The writer insists that "a full pound
of fresh" should be exa acted from Ru-
mania, whose crops must be subjected
to the strictest control.
Turning to the meat supplies Doctor
Dieckmann fears that next year will
bring but little improvement He
says a majority of the breeders de.
clare that Germany's stocks of cattle
and pigs will take ten years to recover
their normal size. Germans, he .on-
cludes, are turning in greater numbers
to vegetarianism, this being ccnclu-
slveiy evident in the multiplication OF
kitchen gardens. especially in the vi.
cinity of large cities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06
MARYSVILLE GETS u. p. DIVISION
Headquarters Central District Estab-
Hshed by Railroad.

Marysville, Kan, July 6-Good
fortune has thrust itself upon Marys-
Vile, in the form of headquarters of a
new Union Pacific railroad division.
This new division, which is called the
central division, is the result of the
closing of the ST. Joseph and Grand
Island railroad and the taking over of
the business by the Union Pacific.
Beside the st. j. & G. l., four
branches of the Union Pacific will
be combined in the central division,
which will be superintended by C. E.
Hedrick, former assistant superinten-
dent of the Kansas division. Beside
the offices a new roundhouse and
shops are being constructed at Marys-
vile and all the coast freight will pass
over the new division.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06
WESLEYAN c. HEAD RESIGNS.
Prof. j. I'll. Harmon, President of Sa
lima College Leaves During Vacation.

H. Harmon, president of the Kansas
Wesleyan university, went east last
spring for his summer vacation, the
college board expected him to return
by the first of September and resume
his work. This week. however, a let
ter was received from him, stating
that he would not return to Salina, and
rendered his resignation as president.
He gave as his reason the illness of
one of his daughters. whose home is in
Illinois, and he expects to remain
close to her. Professor Harmon will
be succeeded. for the present, at least
by Prof. A. H. King,who has been with
the college for a number of years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06

Two brothers entering government
service last week are George Henry
Schultz and Herman E. Schultz, of
217 Chandler street. George Schultz
has gone to Camp Funston, and Her
man Schultz. to Messilla Park, New
Mexico. Both the young men were
machinists in the Santa Fe shops, hav-
ing served their apprenticeship there.
The boys are excellent mechanics, and
fine Kansas boys" according to F.
w. Thomas, under whom they served
their apprenticeship in the shops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06
REDS LOSE FIGHT
Czecho-SIovaks Win Victory
Over BOlsheyik Troops.
Drive Government Troops to
West of Lake Baikal.

London, July 6.-Czecho Slovak
forces have inflicted a severe defeat
upon the BoIshevik troops, according
to a telegram received here today from
Irkutsk, Siberia The Bolshevik are
said to have been completely defeated
west of Irkutsk and to have been driv-
en- out of the region to the east Of
Lake Baikal.
There was a battle at Nerkhnie
Udinsk, d town On the Siberian railway
eighty miles east of Lake Kaikal. and
it resulted in the Russian government
troops being driven out of the place.
The Bolsheviki On abandoning Irkutsk
took with them great quantities of
food
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06
SEVEN COUNTY NEGROES
Shawnee Draft Board Selects Men to
Leave for Camp July 16.

Seven negroes will be sent to Camp
Funston by the Shawnee county draft
board in answer of the call for the
week Of July 16, it is announced by
l. D. Graham, secretary for the board.
The men include:
Holmes Barber. Route 8, Topeka.
Oscar Woods, Silver Lake
Benjamin Franklin Thompson,
Twenty-Second and Madison.
Robert Earl Bunch, Hemingford,
Neb.
Wilbert Arthur Estes, Twenty-Fifth
and Jefferson.
Charles Lane, 618 Golden.
Samuel George Core, St. Joseph, Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06

Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Sawyer of 70S
Lake street Have received word of the
arrival overseas of their son, Corp.
Raymond NJ. Sawyer. He enlisted in
the service at the age of 10 years,
in June of last year, leaving a posi-
ton as telegraph operator for the
Santa Fe. He joined the headquar-
tiers company, 100 field artillery, and
was sent to Camp Doniphan. In his
letter to his parents, there is a trace
of the inconsistencies that is SO often
apparent between the cheerful lines
that come back to friends and par
ents. He speaks of the beauty of the
country thru which he has passed, but
adds, still, it isn't like the old
u s. A"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06
GIVEN FIRST STRIPES
Members Ammunition Train From To-
peka in France Six Months.

Word has been received that the
members of the 1T ammunition
train, which went overseas last fall
have been given their stripes for six
months service. The train was in
camp in Topeka, and later was sent to
Camp Mills. Up until a few weeks
ago, only one man had been killed
from the number composing the train,
tho a good many of them had been
gassed. Those, however, will recover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06
ONE KILLED IN SHOW WRECK
Circus Train Ran Into Rear of New
New York-Chicago Limited.

Youngstown, o., July 6.-One man
killed was the toll of a railway acct
dent at o'clock this morning when
Barnum & Bailey circus train No. 2
crashed into the rear end of the Erie
railroads New York Chicago linn
tied at Gfrard, four miles west of here.
The man killed was Thomas Rooney,
Is, of Mvrphysboro, Tenn, a hostler.
Rooney was thrown between two
cars by the impact.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06
TROUBLE IN SOUTH AFRICA
Premier Botha Says There Is Serious
Unrest There.

Pretoria, July 6.-Premier Botha
of the Union of South Africa has is
sued statement showing that serious
unrest exists in South Africa. Strong
police and military measures are be-
ing taken to cope with the situation.
Premier Botha said that had not
prompt and effective military meas
ures been taken the situation would
have culminate1 in a grave disturb
ance and probably serious loss of life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06
YANKS REPULSE RAIDS
French Detachments Penetrate Hun
Lines and Take Prisoners.

Paris, July 6.-American troops on
the Toul front and in the Vosges re-
gion repulsed German raids, the
French war office announced today.
I'm the American sector at xivray
Con the Toul 'front.' and in the
Vosges, German raids were repulsed,' -
the communicate said.
French detachments penetrated
the German lines and took prisoners
in Lechaume wood
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06
CANADIAN TROOP SHIP ASHORE
All of Soldiers and Crew Safe-Ship
Probably a Total Loss.

Ottawa, Ont, July "a Canadian
troop ship, the City Vienna. has
gone ashore on the Atlantic coast All
the troops and the crew were safely
removed. Official announcement re-
garding the vessel was made here to-
day thru the Office of the chief press
censor.
1t is thought the ship will be a total
loss,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06
MASONIC NOTICE

The members of Sloan lodge No.
225 are requested to meet at Masonic
temple. Sunday, July 7. at 2:45 2. m.
to attend the funeral of our late
Brother George w. Hart. Services at
First Presbyterian church at $3.50 p.
m. All members with cars kindly
bring same. All Master Masons cor
daily invited.
CLEMENT w. SEELY, Acting Master.
L. r. Vesper, Secretary.
Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06

way, one of the best war speakers
that has. ever been in Topeka. He
has personality equal to any of them,
and he mixes wit, humor, pathos and
serious thought in such naive and
boyish manner that it is no wonder
that our meN under the influence of
men like him go over the top with
a song.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06

Washington, July 6.-There have
been 1,417 marine casualties to date.
This total includes two lists which
have not been issued yet to the press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06
1,417 MARINE CASUALTIES

Total to Date Including Some Lists
Not Yet Published.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06

Bankers Life Nebraska offers the opportunity building general addition
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06

Atkins speaks at the Chamber of
Commerce this noon. Atkins is by the
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-12-13
.Aiaest;on! Please Stop and Cs.,;der

Aftsat;on! Please Stop and csnsides
Why do you ship your raw furs seve-
ri hundred miles away and throw them
i the hands Of strangers You not be.
Nc with them places you in . position
who're you must take what they want
t. give you. Bring them to me. where
you can have : word to say % to their
valus, Yes or No. I am confident that
j can please you. II 4 cannot please
yoa. you than have the privilege Of
shipping them to strsngsrs. Bring
thsm TO me and be convinced. have
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-12-13
COUNTY u NEWS
LIME SPRINGS.

Mr.. and Mrs Byers and young son
arrived home from Chicago Wednes.
day morning and are now living in Mrs.
George Plummer's house.
Mrs. Alink and little daughter came
Friday night from Spring Valley for 4
visit with her daughter. Mrs. Roy Van
derbee. ~ p" 49, .., -.'-'a' -
Mr. and Mrs. Seldom Crockett re.
turned to Rugby, North Dakoka Sat-
urday noon. " ,t-
Mrs Gladys Horton and Mrs. Plum
mr. returned from Davenport Friday
noon. ---s'',
Agnes Anderson. accompanied by .
friend, came down from Mortified Sat-
urdsy for visit. The school at North
field is closed again on account Of the
''Flu.'' ,.- 4,. ..., 81, ,...s,,s. II
Mr.. and Mrs. Dyer of Edgewood, IL.
are here getting acquainted with their
new grandson. jsI14&sF
Rev. and Mrs. Edwards returned
home last week from Chicago where
they have been visiting the past few
weeks. @.:rs, .,..s.4>s
Mr.. and Mrs. Dell Horton entertain
ed Rev. Jones and family Of Canton.
Mimi, from Ssturda, until Monday.
Rev. Jones preached 1t the Presbyter.
ian church Sunday both morning and
evening. 81 ,@aa z'
Joshua Williams came home from
Montans for visit with his father,
Richard Williams and other relatives.
Coy Whitfordj and son Floyd spent
the week end with Mr.. Whitford's
parents at Volga, ID. ~ w. ],
Herb Kerr returned to the Great
Lakes Training Station Tuesday even
ing after ten days furlough.
! Henry Scheevel. brother of Mrs.
Hayes Davis, returned home from
Camp Grant, having had an honorable
discharge. ~. 81 Eas
Ed Mouw left Monday noon FOR Stacy,
Mimi, called there by the death of his
brother, John Mouw. .,.,.
Joe Bender and two children west
of town are sick with the Flu.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-12-13

an order for 100 goodprime mink skins
l must have them. Your shipments
solicited, your patronage appreciated.
Bring your furs to the New Fur House,
Market ST., first door west Of J. L
Henley building and receive fair and
honest treatment. 16.2t
William Eye,
Crssco, lows. II
Phone, South Vernon 10.
Go 70 Swenson's Jewelry Store anl
Gift Shop for your Christmas Gifts.
he can save you money. Xxx.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-12-13
Fer Sale.

Shorthorn bulls, one aged and tw'
young animals. Enquire of
..-.... Chss. Mckay,
l6-2t harmony, Mimi.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-12-13
Fer Rent er SaJe.

The Crowell so. without buildings.
adjoining George Delrs. Also for sale
several homes in CreseO 1t right prices
and on good terms. S. S. CULVER.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-12-13
n. E. CHURCH NOTES.

Prayer meeting on Tbursdav even.
ing at 7:3O. ~.
Services Sunday. Dec, 18th. q
Sunday School at 10 .. N ~.
Morning worship at II .. m.
Epworth League at $50 .. N.
Evening worship ct 7:S0 o. IN.
The pastor will preach morning and
evening AID the choir viii have snecial
music. You are cordially inyited "a
worship with 10. ts' II a. n
The STANDARD Bearers held : verv in
teresting meeting on Tuesdav altar
noon with Alice Davis. Altar the oro-
gram Z sumptuous supper was served
and oil went away feeling that thew
had enjoyed thoroughly not onlv the
program but also the hospitalitv Of the
W. H. Davis family.
Mr. Haven nr.. Er.nk p.,,l .,,l
IN. T ..a;.. A;a :. r,.s.. -S.-
ana th. lac. ,,,,,,,,.. ,....,. ..:.-~I
the rival oood IN. -" =, - :,
NJ, and NJ. 7 r Cav .,..-+.;,.a
the memh.r. If n. cho;- lii .h.;.
hu.b,nd. and ~;v.. -. 600. .,d
wife .Fr;d.v ev.n;ng IN ho,o- - ~.
and NJ. rant Paul - IL. .... =.
leave for their n.v hon. - w,om;,.
On Sunday morn;no ;n.t 800 -.
cho,r h.d r.nd.-.d . v.rv h....;e., =.
than the n..tor ~ h.h.,f ~ 49,. .ho;.
presented to Mr.. Fr.nk Paul . he.nt;.
fully hound Metbod;st Hvmn.i :. . to.
ken of .pnreci.tion NJ her f.;thfui and
helnful min;.trv NJ ,ono .. . n.nh.-
of the church choir NJ. pr, -
sponded verv sweetlv and or.c;o,,,v
Helen Jones u.ve . verv nl..s;ng
"a the .nec;., onen;no n,,r.
Der of the s. s last SUNDAY Tho
ION Timers" will hear these snec;.l
numbers
p @@
ODER. t4
Henry E. Ober was born on Dec. 81.
1884, in Topsam. Vermont, coming west
in 1852 and to Howard county in 1856.
filing on land where the city Of Lime
Springs is now located. After selling
his homestead he bought farm 1T the
Old Town. Was married Nov. q.
1860. to Esther Knowlton. Three child
rem were born, two dying in infancy.
One daughter. Mrs. Sci lon Crockett
with whom he made his home for the
past year Ut Rugby, North Dakota.
survives him. bic wife having died four
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-10-10
TROUBLE WITH CROATANS.
Object to Being Placed With Negroes
at Camp Wadsworth.
The Scottish Chief says:

The Scottish Chief says:
Walter Locklear, Robson county
Indian in Camp Wadsworth, S. c.,
writes his father that they are hav-
ing race trouble in camp, as an ef-
fort has been made to place these
Indians with the negroes and Lock
lear refused to be placed and trouble
ensued.
Since these people are Indians by
North Carolina statute and since
recognized as such in the state con-
stitution, while the United States
only recognizes the Indians of the
reservations and only two races in
North Carolina of the Cherokee In
dian Reservation, there seems to be
nc place for our Indians unless there
were enough of them to form sepa-
rate companies as in the case with
the white and negro races They
are willing to serve their country
but do not wish to be Inundated.
It must be remembered that before
the general assembly recognized
these people as a separate race, they
did not associate with the colored
folks and grew up in ignorance rath-
er than attend the negro schools and
this condition as well as political ex-
pediency caused the adoption Of the
theory of the late Hon. Hamilton
Mcmillan that they were descendants
of the Sir Walter Raleigh lost colo
ny merged with Indians or Croatan.
We would direct the attention of
Governor Beckett to this emergency,
with the hope that he may be able
to bring about an acceptable agree
ment. They say that if it is neces-
sary to go across as either white
men or negroes they do not want to
go-while they are willing to labor
and fight for their country.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-10-10
Corporal Nelson's Views.

Corporal the Hon. Knute Nelson,
who enlisted in the Union army as a
private when he was eighteen, but,
as he bashfully admitted in answer
to a question by a fellow senator,
attained the rank of CORPORAL is
a strong advocate of calling boys of
eighteen for service overseas. The
corporal knows what he is talking
about in that respect, but we suspect
that he is lot as we'll informed about
the effect a half a century of fashion
for athletics, for outdoor life, has
had on older men since he was a SOL
der. Said the corporal in the man
power bill debate: ITO send a lot
of these superannuated men, as 1
call men over thirty, to Europe and
put them in the fighting line would
be simply to have that many to carry
back in the course of a year, Su-
perannuated at thirty-one? Oh, Cor
poral!-New York Sun.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-10-10
Liquid Notes.

Secretary Josephus Daniels, by his
recent order limiting the social privi-
leges of naval officers even in the
homes of their friends, has succeed
ed in making the song Of the navy,
Drink to me only with thine eyes,"
Life.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-10-10
Mr.. Clifton Rhoad Writes.

The following interesting letter
from Mr.. Clifton Rhoad to his moth.
er, of the Hunters Chapel section,
was kindly handed us for publication,
and will be of interest to his many
friends in this section:
Somewhere in France, IL Septem-
Der, 1918.
my Dear Mother:-I seem at a
loss to know what to write these days,
Eating, sleep and work takes up the
greater portion Of u time. OF
course we have some time to get out
and converse with the people, but
have not been able to take the best
advantage of the time. A French
professor of this place, at home on va
cation, has very kindly given a few OF
us lessons in French. We meet for
an hour each night. I think l will be
able to carry on an elementary con-
~yersation in French If We stay over
here several years. I can under
stand several words, but as for pro-
nouncing one / have never been near
right. l had a very interesting ex-
perience the other day. I went down
to the river to wash some clothes
and the place I chose was near an
old lady engaged at the same job.
All of the people here do their wash
ing In the river. They use a three
sided box with a wide fat board in
front. They kneel in the box and
scrub and paddle their clothes on the
board. The ~contraption is placed at
the edge of the stream with the board
extending into the water. Well,
when I came up the old lady pointed
to an empty box near her and said a
great deal about it that I could not
grasp, but I finally understood that
she wanted me to use the empty box.
It was covered with straw which
seemed to me better than kneeling on
rocks, SO / decided to try it. No
sooner had / got placed than she be-
gan to instruct me in the ancient and
honorable practice of clothes wash
ing. She continued eloquently for
some time but not being able to get
me to understand it she gave it up
for a bad job. I began washing, and
not being accustomed to the box I got
overbalanced and almost fell into the
river. I have reached the conclusion
that it is best to do things your own
way.
Il received a letter from Uncle Will
lie a few days back, he wrote from
Baltimore that he would be in New
York in a few days and would like
to see me. / regret that I did not
got to see him. I also heard from
Clair. He is of my opinion in regard
to France and that is that it is a good
place to be. I have not heard from
you yet but I am quite sur that I
will 500 I wish you would have
The Herald sent to me and be sure to
give my correct address.
Lots of love to all.
"Devotedly,
"CLIFTON."
Sgt. Maj. C. S. Rhoad, HQ. 306th En-
gineers, A. P. o. 791, American
Expeditionary Forces.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-02-28
REPORT OF INJURIES

Wood
Two and onha t2s Of labor expenditure
County Board
labor work.
The
parties provide
labor
nearly large years.
the
the Workmen Compensation Fund,
have
in
and amounting in
The other three who the
paid a
SURVEYS IN TOWNS, VILLAGES AND CITIES
Survey surveys incud-
ing therein the Engineers salary travelling
printing of the stakes