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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26
EXPORTS FALLING OFF
Only One-Tenth as Much Wheat Sent
Out Last Month as Year Ago.

Washington, March 26.-Wheat ex-
ports during February were 1,04S.-
ass bushels against 10,3S3,524 BUSH
els in February East year. according
to figures made public by the depart
ment of commerce today.
Exports of corn for February were
3,203.459 bushels against 6.596,6S
bushels for February. 1917.
These figures reveal the extent to
which movement of American food
supplies have been held up by lack of
shipping and railroad facilities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26
KARL ON WEST FRONT
Austrian Emperor Back From Visit
ing Troops in Belgium.

Geneva, Sunday, March 26.-There
has been some doubt expressed in the
entente press recently as to whether
Austria really was taking part in the
western offensive. Vienna papers
clear up this point, stating that the
Austrian emperor has just returned to
Vienna after visiting Austrian troops
on the Flanders front.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-26

Miss Mamie and Miss Josephine Heron
will give masquerade party on the even
ing of April 1, for the Young Mems Social
club of the Christian church.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-01
HOPES HUNS WIN
But PrO.German Makes TOrpe-
does for Z. S. Navy.
eve Germans Stick to Father
land" Said Hennig.

New York, Feb. 1.-The govern
ment placed on the stand today in the
treason trial of Paul c. H Hennig,
accused of tampering with gyroscope
parts for naval torpedo a witness VINO
testified that Hennig had expressed
the belief that Germany will win the
war and that the American people
made monkeys of themselves in enter
ing the fight against the kaiser. He
was Chas. r. Harrigan. 19-year-old
son of an Irish father and German
mother, who for seven years had lived
in Germany working as a mechanic in
the Krupp gunworks at Essen until
last April when he returned to the
United States with his mother. his
testimony was intended as proof OF a
motive for Hennig's alleged treason.
HE asked me about the living con-
dition in Germany before 1 left and
told him I did not think they wee so
very bad" Harrigan testified Hennig,
according to the witness here, inter-
polated a remark that he thought
they had more food in Germany than
they have in the United States"
Harrigan at this point said Hennig
grew confidential and asked him who
he thought was going to win the war.
The witness naively remarked: Ger
many-sure."
That's what 1 think" he said
Henng declaredi Then the witness
Went on 10 ten Oh lhe dcSuSSei ihieh )
giving expression to a decisive view OF
the Americans as fighters.
The American soldier is poor
fighter HarrigaH said Hennig de-
clared.
"If those dudes with white collars
and brown shoes ever reach the other
side they will get the beating of their
lives,''' the witness asserted the de-
PENDANT remarked. Later Hennig met
Harrigan, SO the latter said, and again
referring to the war remarked:
The American people will get
their noses full before this war is over.
They were monkeys to declare war
on the kaiser. We Germans will stick
to our fatherland as long as we live "
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-01
ITALY HOLDS IT
Attacks To Hurl Romans From
New Position Fail.
Estimate Austrians Lost 5000
Men in AsiagO Battle.

Rome Feb. 1.-The Austrians yes
terday attacked on the Asiago plateau
in an attempt to drive the Italians
from their newly won position on
Monte di Val Bella, the war office an
nounced today.
The enemy, however, was unable to
reach tie Italian line.
The Italians by a sudden attack at
dawn yesterday advanced their lines
as far as the head Of the Teleago val
ley in this sector.
ItaIy's Losses Small.
Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Thursday, Jan. 31.-(By the As
socIated Press. 1.-The splendid success
gained by the Italian troops in two
days of fighting west of the Brenta
river has been maintained at all points
and the area OF newly occupied ter
ritory is being organized rapid = with
out further, effort by the enemy to
regain his lost positions.
As the Italian brigades which took
part IN the fighting reassembled, it
developed that their losses were COM
paratively small, the aggregate being
considerably less than the number of
prisoners taken from the enemy. But
the enemy losses were extremely
heavy. as is shown by the number of
dead left on the field and the reports
of prisoners. 1t is estimated that the
total enemy Toss without counting the
prisoners taken by the Italians was
between 5000 and 5000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-01
THE LABOR PROBLEM.

A recent announcement by Secre-
tary Wilson of the federal department
of labor is of interest. Commenting
en- the apparent shortage of labor and
the proposition to allow importation
of oriental workers to fill the gap. he
states that the government will take
100000 workers for war purposes.
He states there are 35,000,000 workers
in the United States and that the
number required for war work.
l. 5O0,0 900. is less than the normal
number of unemployed.
This showing would indicate that
the problem is more a readjCstment
than a shortage and if this be true the
situation should work itself out read
lily with time. 1t would indicate that
while there is real shortage in some
lines there should be a surplus in
others from which the former can
draw its needed supply. If this be
the case intelligently applied classlfi-
cation should remedy the situation
ano should utilize all available labor
to the best advantage.
1t is a fact, that needs only little
observation to establish its truth, that
labor at present is in a state of mi
sratory unrest. Some industries are
paying unusually high wages. All
workers have a natural desire to par
ticipate in the advantages others en-
joy. False or exaggerated reports of
labor shortage in some industries are
responsible for much of the unrest
among workers. This has the effect
of demoralizing effort and of serious
ly reducing production.
Systematic planning and far-sighted
regulation are needed to remedy this
situation. says The Iron Trade Review,
and no more important task corfronts
the government. If there be sufficient
labor it should be distributed to serve
all needs according to a comprehen-
sive and integrated program But
there should be no delay, since the
demand for farm labor soon will be
insistent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-01
ATTY IMPLICATED
Piersol Says He Drew Up Con-
tract for Dividing Ransom.
kidnapped Baby Taken to Home
of Adams; Died of Neglect.

Marshfield. Feb. Claude Piersol.S
convicted of the kidnapping of Baby
Lloyd Keet, who probably will be re-
moved from Jail here today to the
state prison to begin his thirty-five
year sentence. made a new confession
to Sheriff Mackey last night
The confession goes into greater de-
tails and many of his statements are
at variance with those in his first
confession. Piersol reiterates that he
was not the leader of the kidnapers,
clinsing to his version that the rnys-
FERROUS RILEY directed the move
ments of the gang.
Lawyer Took Part.
Piersol declares that a Springfield
attorney advised with the gang regard
ing their contemplated crime, even
drawing up a contract" specifying
the amount each was to receive when
the ransom money was paid by j. IA.
keet, father of the baby
The confession describes minutelv
the movements of the gang on the
fkeet premises the night the baby was
stolen. Piersol says Make Adams was
the one who climbed thru the window
and passed Baby Lloyd out to "Isiley."
instead of being taken to a deserted
snack ten miles from Springfield. as
tod IN his first confession. Piersol
says the baby was taken directly to
the nome of Taylor Adams on Deimar
avenue and that Mrs. Adams cared
TOT 1t while it was kept there.
Names Twelve Conspirators.
Inc baby was taken to the Crcn-
shaw nome six days after the kidnap-
ing. Plersol says. when it was report
eo tnat the authorities contemplated a
searcn OF every house in Springfield
Arl =,
out to the Crenshaw place and that
me pany died because there was no
one at the rendezvous to give the child
proper attention. He says Riley and
three other members of the gang put
the body in the cistern.
The confession rames tp,a,,-a ~.
sons who, Piersol says. were actiyeiy
implicated in the kidnapping.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-01
LOCAL MENTION

A. E. Woodwork. 145 Kellam ave-
nue.. Oakland, a linotype operator for
the State Journal. sustained painful
cuts about the face this morning when
he collided with a street car at Eighth
and Kansas avenue. Woodwork was
on his way to work and alighted from
his car in front of the State Journal
office. He ran behind car and start
ed to dart across the street toward the
office door when he ran into a car on
the east tracks. His injuries are not
serious.
C. B. Wingett, Topeka real estate
man. was made deferida mt in a suit fill
ed against him by Martha d. Myers.
200 Stephens street. Mrs. Myers in her
petition filed today alleges that Win
gett sold property for her receiving
$2S7.77- That was in 1913, Mrs.
Myers alleges. Since that time she
claims to have received two payments
from Wingett, one for SIPS and the
other for $S5- She asks for the re-
mainder with interest finding of
fraud in a civil suit filed against Win
getts sometime ago resulted in Judge
Dana placing him in prison bounds"
awaiting the payment of the judg-
ment Until the Judgment in met
Wingett must remain within Shawnee
county
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-01

The death of Maj. "Gussie" Gard
ner has done more than anything else
to direct official attention to the con-
Editions in army camps. Camp pneu-
monia' is the name given by con-
gressmen to the disease that is re-
sponsible for about two-thirds of all
the deaths in our military camps. The
present death rate of about $50 Per
week from that cause alone is causing
pertinent inquiries to be made about
the conditions that are responsible for
the loss. 1t is more than likely that
Ia congressional investigation will be
had of the sanitary conditions in all of
fh,- cantOnmentS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-01
UNDERMINE HUN ARMY
boishevik Agitation I'm Germany Pro-
ducing Anarchy, Says Newspaper.

rotterdam, Feb. 1.-The Boil
shevik agitation in Germany il rem
derlng our army defenseIess and nr,-
oucing anarchy, according to the Rus
sian pattern, with its accompanying
newspaper Nachrichten of DusseIds.rr
today. mere
Agltators and wire pullers are pre-
pairing the strike. We Know il will
Increase the obstinacy of the Bolsl1evil
peace delegates 's'e'iA
The Cologne Volks zeitune s.
>, The Social Democratic Dartv he
49, .ne Tune has come to translate
INTO action program concIndi,,e
peace satisfying its political demands
.orean;e roik wish to gain the title of
mem continue. then. on Gern,an,',s
eoinpstone, write Not conquered hy
enemies; deserted by frieDds, ny
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-01
HE DIES in FRANCE
First Shawnee County Casualty
With Pershing Force.
Private L. Nj. Dice, Tecumseh,
a Victim of Pneumonia.

General Pershing today reported
the death from pneumonia of Private
T. M. Dice, Tecumseh, Kansas" says
an Associated Press dispatch from
Washington. w. NJ. Dice, Route Is,
Tecumseh, the father of the deceased,
received a telegram this morning tell
ing of his sons death.
Dice's death is the first Shawnee
county casualty with the Pershing ex-
petition. The soldier was 81 years
old.
He enlisted in Montana last fall,
the father said today. He went to
France as a member of the 163rd in
fantry supply regiment of the Forty
first division.
Dice lived at Tecumseh for six years
prior to two years ago, when he went
to Montana, where he was employed
as an engineer on a ranch. Here he
ran a'threshing outfit for several sum-
mers.
Three sisters, "a dining room girl at
the Cremerie restaurant; Goldie,
stenogfaplIer for E. D. McKeever, an
attorney; and Maude, an employe at
the state hospital. live in Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-01
THE ROTH PLAN,

Retail stores which maintain q sys-
tenn of doing business that includes
both cash and credit and those permit
ting some customers to carry home
their parcels while others are given
free delivery must have heard COM
plants of the inequalities connected
with the plan. The customer who
pays cash and delivers his own goods
to his home feels that he should de-
rive some benefit from the proceeding
and not be compelled to pay as much
as those who do neither of these
things.
To equalize these conditions to some
extent, system of doing business has
been evolved by s. W. Roth, publisher
Of the Wholesale Grocer, Chicago.
The system is said to be a practio al
and successful cash-and-carry plan,
enabling retail grocers to sell on closer
margins and increase the turnover.
Three essentials are embodied.
First. Prices are reduced and
marked in plain figures.
Second. Five cents is charged for
each delivery.
Third. One cent on each dollar and
fraction thereof is charged on credit
accounts.
In marking prices, the grocer work.
ing under this system carefully figu1 es
his cost of doing business and adds
his fair profit. This brings the odd
penny into prices and gets away from
the fixed nickel-and-dimei idea. enabl-
ing the grocer to compete with mail
order and bargain concerns. All goods
are marked in plain figures SO that
customers can see the prices, which
saves time in answering questions and
looking up prices. Credit customers,
telephone customers. and cash-over-
the-counter customers all get the
same selling price, and the problem of
delivery and credit is automatically
governed by the extra charge for
those services.
As his contribution toward helpir &
the grocery trade make its far .each-
ing adjustments to war conditions, the
originator of this system, is travelling
over the country at his own expense,
explaining it to gatherings of grocers,
and is available as a speaker wherever
grocers organize and meet to hear
about the plan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-01
WILSON APPLIES LASH
Calls in Democrat Senators to Inquire
Into Delayed Legislation.

Washington. Feb. president Will
son today tried direct action to whip
up congress on needed war legisla-
ton. He summoned eleven Demo-
cratic senators to the White House to
urge speed up" tactics on the rail-
road control bill. Threats of some
senator to block the bill unless it is
limited to a strictly war time measure
had reached the presidents ears. A
faction of the interstate commerce
committee stands unqualifiedly for
such limitation of the control period.
The president acted in view of the
delay measures he believes neces-
sary to throw the balance against the
kaiser this year. He warned yester-
day that this is the crucial period of
the war.
Those who were called to the White
House were Senators Martin, Thomas
owen, Gerry, Pheland, Shields. Under
wood, James, Jones of New Mexico.
King and Smith of South Carolina
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-01

Official reports on the gold move
Inent indicate that large part of the
world supply has been cornered in
the United States. The imports OF
gold during December amounted to
but $2.5Oo.OoO. as compared with
s159,ooo, in December. 1915. For
the year the gold imports amounted
TO $3.50, 100000. against $3.50. 1000. 900
lin 1916. The exports of gold amount
ed to $4,5O0.O0O in December. 1917,
against s2S OoO.ooO in December. 1916.
For the year the gold exports amount
ed to 1872. 200. 900, as compared with
$156,0OO,ooO in 1916.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-01
GLAD HAND TO S. A.
Brazil Newspaper Says Wilson Wins
Unanimous Support There.

Rio de Janeiro, Feb. The news
paper Impartial, discussing the recent
letter from President Wilson to Row
W. Howard, president of the United
Press, repledging Americas utter un-
selfishness in the war, today said edi-
torially:
The Wilson-Howard corresnond-
ence is an opportune statement of the
elevated motives of the United States
in the war. 1t is a defense of prin-
ciples constituting the foundation of
the political existence of the countries
on the American continents. Presi-
dent wilson's ideas are bound not only
to attract the unanimous adhesion of
the American peoples. but also uni
versal opinion"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-01
TRUANT BOYS HOME
Sheriff Larimer Arrives With Young
Trappers This Afternoon.

Sheriff Hugh Larimer returned at
$3.50 o'clock this afternoon with
Winnett Robinson and Carl Luthey.
boys, who left their homes
here in November. Larimer found
them at Hardin, Mo. .
The Luthey boy lived in Oakland,
the Robinson boy on route 6, North
Topeka Their fathers went to Cawker
City Wednesday after receiving word
that two boys answering their descrip-
tions were hunting and trapping on
the Solomon river near there. The
next day. Larimer received word that
the boys were at Hardin, Mo.
! 1t didn't take the boys long to dis
cover that it was too cold to do any
trapping, they told Larimer. They
applied for job on farm near Har-
din. Mo, and had been working there
for the last two months
They said they just wanted to have
a little adventure" said Larimer.
The people for whom they were
working became much attached to
them. The boys say they are glad to
get. home
The fathers of the boys are expected
home from Cawker City late today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-01

Loyalty. says a writer in the Allan
tic Monthly. has acquired an immense
accession of power as a working force
in human life. 1t has been born in
millions of hearts which never before
had felt the inspiration of a great
cause, and it has deepened it's roots in
hearts that were loyal already. 1t has
expanded to a new scale and won a
nex loftiness. At this moment the
growth of loyalty is the most promis-
ing thing in the world. 1t contains the
seeds of a thousand spontaneous ref
ormations. We have more to hope
from it than from any one. or all. of
the schemes. plans and programs for
the reconstruction of society which
have poured from the study and the
press during the last three years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-01

A fire has been started in the Ger
imam rear which for the moment ap-
~pears to be more dangerous to kaiser
sdom than the fire in front. A strike
Efor peace is something unique in the
History of the world. When, in
country governed as Germany is, a
sfevv thousand workmen throw down
their tools end make demands on the
Government failure to pacify them
-1nay be followed by suppression at the
Shands of the military. But when the
STRIKERS number hundreds of thou
sands the job becomes too extensive
flor an army already fully occupied
with an enemy on the outside. Be
<sides there always is a possibility that
-the soldiers will refuse to fire on their
Friends and neighbors. The seeds
ssown by Trotzky and his followers ap-
@pear to have fallen on good ground
<and brought forth an abundant har-
Evest. 1t is noted that there are many
women among the strikers. The Huns
apparently are willing to murder wo-
men belonging to the enemy but they
will hardly be induced to fire on their
Town. If the strikers maintain the
stand which they have taken their
<power will be found to be irresistible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-01
BREWSTER WON OUT
Attorney General Takes First Blood In
Gubernatorial Campaign,

S. NJ. Brewster is sure to carry To-
peka in the gubernatorial election if
the straw vote recently taken by the
ladies of Lincoln Circle No. is any
indication. Brewster received IT'S of
the $50 votes cast during the meek
election. Senator James A Troutman
was second with 6S and Henry Allen
was third with SO. W. Y. Morgan
gathered total of Sc votes during the
balloting while A. NJ. Keene came far
pehind the field with total of Is
votes.
In consideration of his victorious
straw campaign. Brewster rs to be the
happy possessor of fine knitted he'd
spread. The knitted blanket was do
mated by the Lincoln Circle ladies' as
the prize IN the governor contest that
during the last week