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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-18
AFTER HER PROPERTY
Mrs. Busch VIII Fight for Restoration
of Seized Holdings.

Washington. June 1s.-Breweries
and other rich properties owned by
Mrs. Lilly Busch, Adolphus Buschis
widow, are now in the hands of the
alien property custodian.
Mrs. Busch. just back from Ger
many, Will probably make legal fgh.
to get them restored to her, contend
ing she is loyal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-18
Find Unidentified Body.

Chicago. June 1S.-Photographs of
an elderly man found dead in a gas
filled room at 1899 North Dearborn
street. were mailed to Springfield, ILL.,,
today for Identification. The man
whose clothes are marked "P. g. p"
was last seen alive Sunday evening.
His effects indicated he came from
Springfield.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-18
BOMBED U-BOAT BASES
One British Plane Lost In Raid on
Belgian Sea Ports.

London. June 1s7.-British naval
aviators dropped twenty-four tons of
bombs on Zeebrugge. Ostend and
Bruges, with good results" between
June IS and 16, the admiralty an
nounced today. One British plane
failed to return,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-18
ANOTHER PEACE MOVE?
German Socialist Leader Tries to Get
in Touch with English.

Amsterdam, June 1S.-P h i l p p
Scheidemann. the leader of the reg
ular German Socialist party, accord
ing to Dutch newspapers has arrived
at Leeuwarden to meet, PETER Troel-
SRA, the Dutch Socialist leader, who
is going to England shortly to attend
the annual conference of the British
labor conference.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-18

The Sunshine society of the Swedish
Evangelical Lutheran church will hold
it's annual sale of needlecraft at the
church basement. corner Fourth and
Tyler streets. at o'clock Wednesday
evening, June 10. Refreshments will
be served. Everybody cordially in
vited.-Ady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-18
Chief of Automobile Section.

Washington, June &c. c. Hanch.
secretary of the National Automobile
Chamber OF Commerce and treasurer
of the Studebaker corporation, was
today appointed chief of the automo-
bile products section of the war in
dustries board. Mr.. Hanch will have
charge of all matters pertaining to
automobiles in relation to the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-18
Notice,

sAlf uniformed men are especially In
vited to attend a Grand Military ball,
given by<M. w. A. Degree Team. No.
$500. Tuesday. June %. 1918, at KEEL
lam's hall-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-18
Several Killed in Wreck.
CLAIMS BIGGEST WHEAT FIELD
Harvest Will Soon Be Finished on 101
Ranch in Oklahoma

Bliss, OKLA, June 1S.-The largest
single field yield of wheat in Okla
homa and Kansas, where the harvest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-18

held
below Governor
Lowden Of Illinois and Bridal Veil falls.
the white and the French
plorers inc uding Father Marquette Isnti and
celebration Of the centenna Of illinois aonason t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-18
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Worth . Small Bet
If. as seems
Possible, the
Draft age
Is raised
To forty-five,
Maybe some Of
These chesty
Old earthworms
Who have
Been annoying
You to death
About their
Deep regret
At being
Too old
To get in
The army
Will shut up.
Macon Daily Telegraph.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-29
GERMAN SPIES STEAL
VALUABLE DOCUMENTS
Evidence Revealing Hun Spy System
Gone Taken From Censor's
Office

German spies have stolen virtually
all OF the documentary evidence re-
vealing the workings Of the German
spy system in the United States, Mex
leo. South America and neutral coun-
tries which had been gathered by the
government censorship cables and
mails in New York.
This admission, astounding in it's
character, is made by members of the
House Naval Affairs Committee, who
learned OF the facts from testimony
given IN the investigation being con-
Quoted by that committee.
Information exposing the very heart
Of the Germa n espionage system. and
which was the result of months Of
examination OF the cables and mails,
was taken from the New York office
OF the censorship in the Appraisers
Stores Building Il was obviously the
work OF extremely intelligent spies
who were familiar with the inner
workings of the Office.
No trace Of the thieves has been
found and not the slightest indication
OF how the theft was performed has
been obtained
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-29
GIRLS wHo FAIL AT SCHOOL
They Acquire : Sen7itiveness Which
Causes Great Deal Of Unnecessary
and unsupported Unhappiness.

The suicide Of & girl who failed TO
pass 4 mathematical examination at
the Girls high school is IN extreme in-
stance Of q form Of sensityeness which
IS very common among school chill
dren and which causes a great deal Of
wholly unnecessary. md sometimes I'M
suspected unnappineSs. says the Brook
lyn Eagle.
This poor SRI thought that she had
disgracegl her family BY her failure. an
absurd noiion which could only find
Judgment in Il mind not entirely recov-
cred from the general snasettling az
adolescence. At that age the unsettling
affects both boys and girls, but the re-
suit is mere likely - be serious with
girls because they take less exercise in
the open sir. Their nerves are less
dominated by muscles tired out in
healGhna sport ana they have more
time for introsnectioa--a process which
IS prelty sure to dlstore ones view Of
his relations to his surroundings until
such time as the mind has hardened
and grown up and experience has
taught that the weird does not revolve
around the success or failure Of any
one OF us.
The prevention for this sort Of un-
happiness is to be found in keeping
sharp eye-on no account sharp
t0ngue-on children when they are be-
ginning 10 study too hard, and to have
some dlverang relaxation at hand for
them when the point is reached at
which study is no longer productive.
Children sometimes mudile for hours
over lessons without getting any clear
idea ana when All the nervous force
they put into their study is wasted.
Sometimes that is because they have
not learned how e think and some
times because no one has aroused their
interest in that study They -iust hate"
algebra or civil government, and in
that frame of mind the effort they put
on ii is almost sure to be wasted. The
remedy in that case IS not more study
but either better understanding or
more play to rest figed brain and
nerves. But the application Of the
remedy requires n VERY close and SYM
pathetic understanding of the child,
and parents sometimes ind that harder
with their children than outsiders.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-29
SUFFRAGISTS OUT TO WIN
BUT WILL THEY?
Much Quiet Guessing Being Done All
Over The State On Question Of
Votes For Women?

4 great deal of quiet guessing is
being done. not only in Annapolis
among those working hard 90 or just
plain hanging around at the State
House. but all over the State, as to the
suffragists chances of winning their
cause before the first ninety days
OF the year 1918 have rolled into that
place called the past
And no one need be very much sur
prised If they win. They have been
gaining steadily for several sessions
past. the general lineup is better for
them now than in any other session
since they have been making real
fight in Maryland, and they are very
distinctly and definitely on the job.
It viii be remembered that they won
in the Senate in the 1916 session, but
lost in the House. This year, the
Senate seems, on form, to be an even
better field for them, while the House.
being Republican. may be much more
generous than in the past. There is
no telling what the 16 Republicans
from Baltimore City viii do, and as
to the siv Baltimore City organization
Democrats well. there are some
sulfragists in the upper ranks Of the
machine
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-29
DEADLOCK UNBROKEN
FOR CITY FIRE MARSHAL
Vote Stands Five For Each Candidate
City Council hpneaIed 10

At a meeting Of the committee from
the three FIRE companies Of the city
Volunteer Fire Department held last
night, q second attempt was made to
elect a Fire Marshal for the city. but
without success. One ballot was
taken with the result that the vote
stood the same rs on the previous oc-
casion, Eve votes being cast for each
of the candidates, Messrs. ). dep.
DOW. representing Independent NO
p; George Frank. representing the
Water Witch Hook and Ladder Com
pany, and George Basil, representing
the Rescue Hose Company
AS tile committee of the three com
panies have been unable to break the
deadlock for the election Of City Fire
Marshal, they have appealed to the
City Council requesting them to ap-
point Fire Marshal, naming one Of
the three candidates
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-29
Body Shipped To Virginia

Edward Nelms. proprietor of the
Heathyille Hotel, Heathville. Va. ar
rived here yesterday to claim the body
OF his brother, Audubon Nelms, which
was found on Saturday imhedded in
the ice near Clark's wharf, as pub
lished in Saturdays Capital
The drowned man was a native of
Heathyille, where the body viii be
shipped for burial.
helms had been missing since We'd
nesday midnight, at which time he
came ashore to purchase loaf OF
bread. from the oyster schooner John
.Kelso. icebound in the Annapolis har-
Dor
The body was found Saturday morn
] ing beneath a thin surface Of what ap-
/ peared to have been a hole in the ice.
Rescuers believe Nelms fell through
the ice at the spot where his body
was found
Late Wednesday Nelms informed a
member OF the crew that he was going
ashore for bread. He walked several
feet over the icy surface and climbed
up on a small wharf His failure TO
return worried other members Of the
crew and search was instituted. On
the icy surface near the wharf was
the loaf of bread and a few feet
nearer the boat was Nelms hat Less
than a foot from the hat was a thin
sheeting OF ice standing ont conspicu-
ously against the thick coating that
covers the stream.
Otto Robbins. mate Of the schooner
Levi Phillips, who was a member Of
the searching party, secured oyster
tongs and within a few minutes
brought the body 80 the surface
The schooner John Kelso is owned
and captained by l. V. Wilson. OF
Baltimore
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-29
Federal Fuel Administrator
Grahfied AT Hearty Cooperation

The saving OF fuel produced by the
order of the United States Fuel Adj
ministrator, closing places OF bust
ness and amusement has been quite
pronounced and although weather
conditions have interfered with the
entire success Of the plan, there can
be no doubt but that the diminished
demands on fuel thus produced in
some quarters has materially assisted
in meeting the home demands for
fuel
Ferdinand A. Meyer, Fuel Admin
istrator for Maryland. has express
ed himself as gratifed with the pa
triotie responses that have been
made in all quarters. to the demands
for observance Of the five-day closing
Of various industries and places OF
business and on each Of the remain
ing nine successive Mondays.
The necessity OF conserving coal
throughout the year is becoming most
apparent and one Of the relief meas
ures lies in the increased use Of
wood which can doubtless be made
possible through the expected CO.
operative work.
Mr.. Meyer hopes that all county
chairmen and members Of their COM
mitfees win continue watchfulness
throughout the year so that in every
case a car OF coal viii be Immediately
unloaded and freed for further
service.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-29
JOHN FELL JOINS ARMY
COmmsndant At McDOnogh School
Commissioned First Lieutenant

Commandment John c. Fell, Of the
military companies at McDonogh
School, Baltimore, who is son Of
President Fell, Of St. Johns College,
has entered the service Of the United
Safes regular Army and has been COM
rnissinned q first lieutenant. He left
McDonogh on January 20 to join the
United States Signal Corps, aviation
section. al that he knew Of bis fu-
turs movements when he left Nc,
Donogh was that ne was to join Major
Stsver in Washington and go with
him TO Camp Love somewhere in
Texas, TO act as sergeant instructor in
infantry drill, ground school. He
came TO McDenogh at the beginning
Of the current session to teach certain
branches Of mathematics and serve as
commandment of the school battalion.
The boys are nov being drilled by
Miss Senelon, Of Washington, d. c.,
until Commandment Fell's successor is
appointed.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-29
EARLY MARRIAGE RECORDS
LAND cOMSR'S. REPORT
Recommends Preservation OF Record
Index Ct olonial Marriages
OF Maryland

In bis biennial report IF the Lassd
Office of Maryland. Lana Commissioner
James S. shepherd recommends the
Importance, a. vel as the necessity Of
an up-tc-date index Of early mar
riagss. Important. he says. be
cause Of facilities afforded in the
Study Of Maryland history, and gen
ealogy. The frequent handling al the
old records as delicate as they are,
aad becoming more so all the time
does not tend 10 prolong their preaer-
walton and usefulness The Cenmis-
sloneT recommends a ressona IL a.
pr0priation fss this indexing, IS ii
would place in his Office c0nve.
risnce IF inestimRhle value 70 hun
areds seeking, by letter, ar persona.
investig atsBn, Information If esrl.
marriages
The report contains two photnstat
illustrations OF these eli marriage rec
ards in s state Of disiutegration.
The work Of indsSing these ella mar.
iisge records. alphabetically hes
begun and nearly, or quite completed
ny the Marylsnd gensaiogist Mrs.
Gg0rge ". Hodges, and bill autncTiz-
ing their purchase mas been introduced
in the Legislature The work OF COM
piiation las been one of great labor.
a prominent Baltimogs attorney and a
member of the Legislature mas writ
ten Mrs hedges on the insstimanle
velue Of these records ia establishing
property rights He says:
Ia colonial days q wife's identity
was 50 completely merged 10 that ri
hsr husband that her maiden nsne has
often been con pletely lost, and If
property came 10 her husband Though
his wife, it is often impossible to
trace It beyond him. for lack of his
wife's maiden name
The amount named IN the bill now
pending before the Legislature is ST.
500. It is understood the Governor
favors the bill fer the purchase of the
alphabetical index Of these early mar
fiage records compiled bY Mrs.
Hodges
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-29
STATE FINANCIAL BULGE
now In Hands Of Printer Carries APP
preparation For 1920 OF
$500. 600

The 1920 State Financial Budget
bill carrying appropriations OF near
" 100000. Is now in the hands Of
the printer in toto and work is be-
ing rushed by him on this to get the
measure ready for introduction in
the House and Senate this week
The complete copy of this bill, to-
gether with a large part of a simi-
lar measure carrying appropriations
for 1919 was placed in the hands Of
the printer yesterday The remain
ing part OF the copy for the 1919 bill
was sent to the printer yesterday.
In addition to the preparation Of
these two bills. the clerical force at
the Governors Office. under the gen
eral supervision Of Mr.. A. T. Buck,
Legislative Budget expert has been
lu ing the completion Of the budget
report, which win be delivered to the
Assembly today BY Governor Iar-
ringtca The routine time under the
Budget Amendment to the Constitu-
ton, for the filing OF this data with
the Legislature expired a week ago,
but on motion OF Senator Frick an
extension of one week was granted by
the lawmakers. This extended time
expires today
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-29
LIEUT.-C0M0R. PARSONS
FOUND DEAD IN OFFICE
U. S. H., R. r. Officer Found Dead
10 Norfolk, Va. Supposed Sui
eide Due TO Ill Health

Lieut-Com. John H. Parsons, u s.
~ r. f., was found dead in his Office
IN the building occupied by the Off
GERS OF the Fifth Naval District yes
terday afternoon with bullet hole in
his head He had been dead several
hours when the body was found In
his right hand was revolver His
friends say he committed suicide be-
cause Of III health.
Lieut. Com. Parsons was in com
mand OF practically the entire notilla
Of submarine chasers along the At
lantlc coast. Before the war he was
commander Of the feet OF menhaden
fish boats and because OF his familiar
ity with the Atlantic coast was offer
ed commission in the Naval Reserve
Corps when the United States declar-
ed war against Germany He accept
ed the commission and brought the
entire feet Of menhaden fish boats
with him There were over 100 boats
under his command.
He was Commissioner OF Fisheries
OF Virginian and was considered
wealthy lie was the father Of Mid
shipman J. S. Parsons, Jr, Of the
Fourth Glass. Naval Academy. and Is
also survived by his widow
A note addressed to William Par
sons. of Oniey Va, a brother, was
found in Lieutenant Parsons Office.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-29
Personal Mention.

Mr. and Mrs. George ". Hedges
left today for Prince Frederick 70 at
tend the funeral Of Mrs. Hodges
mother, the late Mrs. Henrietta Mar
selle Roberts Of Calvert County.
Miss Juliet Talcott, Of Richmond,
Va, who has been visiting Mrs.
Ridgely P Melvin, mas returned home.
Msjor and hrs. w. P. Upshur spent
Sunday with friends in Baltimore.
Miss Eleanore Shipley, OF Bslti-
more. was one Of the guests at the hop
at the Naval Academy Saturday night.
Mre. William B. Daingerfeld, Of
Alexandra. Va. is the guest Of her
daughter, Mrs. Henry 3. LeBouggeois.
Admiral Perry Garst, who has been
spending several weeks with his
daughter. Mrs. LoVaine Anderson, has
left for Florida. where he will remain
until the Spring.
Mrs. James II. Love, wife Of It,
Col. Love, u. S. A., spent the week
end in Annapolis, with her sister,
Mrs. H. B. LeBourgeois.
Miss Ethel Tilton, who has been
spending several weeks With Miss
Clara Mccormick, has returned to her
home in Norfolk, Va
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-29
COUNTY PRINTING
CONTRACT AWARDED
Advertiser-Republican Lowest Bid
der County to Save $500 Over
Last Years Contract.

In the awarding of the contract to-
day for county printing, the taxpayers
are saved some $400 next year, and
the County Commissioners are in this
sum
Last year the county paid 500 for
its printing and $500 for its publish
ing, whereas, this year. despite the
high cost Of print paper, ink. labor and
all other materials in the printing
line they viii pay but $500 for print
ing and $500 for publishing
The bids for county printing were
opened today at the Court House at
the regular weekly session Of the
County Commissioners.
There were two bids, one Of the Ad-
vertiser- Republican. the weekly paper,
for $500 for printing and $500 for pub
fishing, and one from The Capital
Publishing Company for 500 for
printing and $500 for publishing The
contract covers all county printing for
the fiscal year from February 1, 1918,
TO February /. 1919.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-29
loo, 900 BAGS OF SUGAR,
BUT NO CARS
famine In East Apparently Due En-
tirely To transportation
Deficiency

The Desert News, of Salt Lake
City, Utah. has sent the following dis
patch TO 3 number Of. leading Chicago
grocers and several Chicago news
papers.
According to press reports there
is serious sugar shortage in your
city and vicinity For your informa-
ton, we submit that there are now
stored at the 20 or more beet sugar
factories in Utah and Idaho over ! :
600 900 bags Of sugar, sufficient to
keep moving a train Of 40 cars per
day for one month. This could be
sent to Chicago on short notice If
Government Food Administration and
supreme railroad authority would
unite IN ordering shipments. furnish
ing cars and providing sugar trains
right Of way.
s II. Love. member OF the Ma
tionai Food Administration Commit
tee. said that the great trouble in
moving sugar continued to Be the
shortage Of cars. An embargo on the
Union Pacific Railroad. due to the
roads connections in the East plac-
ing a similar embargo, has been lift
ed. but the Denver and Rio Gradne
announced that no sugar would be re-
ceived for shipment until further
notice
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-29
TWENTY MILES OF
NEW Army BLANKETS
over Five million Overcoats Con-
tracted For Army.
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
Ii Cooperation With Council Of Ma
tiOnal EeleHse WhatIt means
To Keep q Million Men
A Year.

Nearly twenty square miles OF new
army blankets have been ordered by
the Quartermaster General since war
was declared. Some 1000 acres Of
them 909.286 blankets had been
delivered up to December
The oTercoats contracted for mum
Der 569i $50
The army IS particularly we'll sup
piled with shoes 22l,l17.8l2 pairs
have been contracted for. and S.525.-
29S pairs delivered Every soldier
can use up four pairs before the sup
ply CO hand IS exhausted.
s51550s1 Yards Of wooden cloth for
70 p shirts have been contracted for
To call IS 1874 miles OF cloth VIII
perhaps give a clearer idea Of the size
Of the order 10 $50 .205 yards OF this
material has been made up into $685.
IA shirts.
The contracts for woolen uniform
cloth reached the somewhat smaller
figure ct 28. 956.95s yards.
10.84S. sos pieces of winter under
wear have ben delivered. out of 2S,-
275.s45 pieces contracted for. The
upply Is divided into 4.S06,343 upper
garments. and G.5A2, 100 neither.
OF the four camps visited by Sur
geon General Gorgass in his recent
tour Of inspection, none reported a
shortage Of bed sacks. There were
Ieggins enough to so around. and the
supply Of light wooden socks was
large enough to give each man three
pair.
None Of the camps reported had
quite enough eomforters, Camp Funs-
ton. for instance. was short about 81
600 Funston. however. had more
than three blankets per man.
IN this war the Quartermaster De-
partmenI Is feeding FIVE times as many
troops as in the war with Spain with
food costing three times what ii cost
in 1898. and hard to get at any price
Keeping 4 million men for a year on
the United States garrison ration
means the provision Of 225,000 tons
450.00e000 pounds Of fresh beef
This figure is reduced somewhat by
the substitution of other fresh meats,
as turkey on THANKSGIVING D3g ana
Christmas. and occasionally mutton
or fish
Three hundred million pounds OF
-four must be supplied for the bread
ration, not including the -four used
in making hard bread Other items OF
food supply are 29,600,000 pounds OF
coffee. 5000 tons Of sugar and &c.,
600 gallons of cucumber pickles.
Besides the articles Of the regular
ration. the Quartermaster Depart
ment keeps on hand 165 item Of stock
for sale at cost Many Of these items
are things to eat Others are shoe
backing. writing paper, taIcum
powder Us, 500 cans and a few bot
ties Of toilet water
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-29
To EnroIl Hen Fit For shipbpiIding

Quotas assigned to each state in
the three weeks campaign for g vol
untary shipbuilding reserve of 250,-
600 men were announced by the De-
partment Of Labor. The object is to
enroll men itted for shipbuilding
work and not now employed in It as
o part Of the war labor reserve now
being registered Men who enroll
viii not sacrifice independence Of ac-
ton and are advised 10 remain at their
present jobs until notified that
place in a shipyard Is ready for him