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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-13
FOCkELE PRESIDENT
Editorial Association Will Hold Next
Annual Meeting in Topeka.

Wichita, Kan, May 13-The next
annual meeting of the Kansas State
Editorial association will be held in
Topeka. This was decided following
the election of officers here when
Click Fockele, of the Leroy Register,
was elected president. Other officers
chosen were: Will Townsley, Great
Bend Tribune, vice president; o. w.
Little, Alma Enterprise, permanent
secretary: r. r. Mccullough, Anthony
Bulletin, treasurer. and John H. Yust,
Sylvia Sun, recorder.
The principal address of the closing
session OF the meeting here was made
Ly Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, COM
mander at Camp Funston, who urged
the immediate need of universal
military training and concerted ac-
tion of all America in the great war.
Lieut.. v. D. Wierzbeck. of the French
high commission, and Lieut.. B. j.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-13
ECLIPSE IS UNRULY
Refuses to Change to New Daylight
Saving Schedule.

Denver. Colo, May 13.-The total
eclipse of the sun forecast to occur on
June has been postponed for one
hour. This is not the result of any
error. IN the calculations of the as
tronomers nor is it due to an order
by modern Joshua that the sun stand
still. but is chargeable to the opera
tions of the daylight saving law as a
esult of which the clocks turnout the
United States were set forward an
hour On March 81.
Points at which the total eclipse
will be visible include South Bend.
Wash; Chehalis, Wash; Hood River,
Ore; Raker City, Ore; Pocatello.
Idaho; Greer River. Wyo.; Denver.
Colo; Garden City, Kan: Dodge City.
Kan; Enid. Okla; Guthrie, Okla;
McAlester. Okla; Arkadelphia, Ark;
Yazoo City. Miss; Jackson. Miss. /;
Grove Hill, Ala; Leesburg. Fla, and
Orlando Fla
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-13
NO LABOR SHORTAGE
government Bureaus Say the Wal
Has Not Cut Into Supply.

Chicago, May 13.-The nations in
dustr1al manpower has not suffered
serious depletion as result of the
United States first year in the world
war. so far as indicated in recent sur
veys of the general labor situation
conducted by the United States en-
ployment service and the Illinois Free
employment bureau. Except in GER
tain skilled trades these bureaus find
there is no marked shortage of labor,
the chief problem at present being
distribution
The labor turnover so far this year
mas been greater than in previous
years. This is attributed to some ex-
tent to unusual opportunities for in
oivldual betterment offered by plants
working on war contracts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-13
American Association.
TIGERS WON EASILY
Scholz Was Big Star in Annual X. o..
Missouri Meet.

Columbia, Mo-, May 13.-Missouri
defeated Kansas in the seventeenth
annual dual track meet here on Roll
Inns field. 70 to So. The Tigers took
the lead in the first event, when
Scholz won the 1O0-yard dash from
Haddock, of Kansas, in 10 seconds
From this period on the Jayhawkers
were unable to overtake Missouri's
lead. Osborne was high point winner
for Missouri, with thirteen points.
Haddock, also a Kansas City boy,
starred for the visitors, winning
twelve points.
The most exciting race of the meet
was the ss0-yard run, Roney of Mis-
souri,, nosing out Murphy of Kansas,
by a yard.
Scholz won the 22o-yard dash in
twenty-five seconds, unusual time for
a heavy track.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-13
WILL VISIT KANSAS
Pershing's Veterans Coming Here II
Their Tour of the Nation.

Washington, May 13.-Fifty Ameri-
can soldiers sent home by General
Pershing will tour the country in the
interest of the sale of war savings
stamps and the Red Cross drive. They
will be sent into practically every
state in the Union. The states to
which they have been first assigned
are:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Cali
fcrnia, Connecticut, Georgia, District
CT Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas,
Kentucky, Maine. Maryland. Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Mime
sofa, pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Wisconsin, and West Virginia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-13
- Up to the Minute
| ~ SPORTING NEWS
w FROM EVERYWHERE.
LOOK FOR BREAK
Can Giants and Red Sox Con-
tinue Present Pace?
Statistics of Past Show This
Very Unlikely.

New York, May 13.-If the records
of past seasons can be accepted as a
criterion, the unusual performances
of the leading clubs in the major
league pennant races to date do not
necessarily indicate a runaway win
ming of the National and American
league championships this year. While
1t is true that the New York Nationals
and the Boston Americans set a most
remarkable pace during the first two
weeks of the season there is nothing
in the history of either league to sub
stantiate the belief that these two
teams will continue their extra ordi-
nary percentage of victories and thus
clinch the remnants long before the
schedules are completed
Several unusual factors enter into
the situation this season, one of which
is the fact that the major league pay
opened later than has been customary
in past years. While the New YORK
Giants completed the month OF April
with eleven victories and but one de-
feat and Boston lost but two games
out of thirteen played, such high
winning percentage can hardly be
maintained with succeeding shirts OF
the circuit teams Opposing combina-
lions are certain to grow stronger with
the approach of warm weather, IN
creasing practice and competition
Cannot Hold Pace.
If such was not the case. however,
statistics based upon the play OF the
clubs in both leagues would appear to
bear out the opinion that, remarkaple
and impressive as the spurts OF tne
Giants and Red Sox have been, tney
cannot be maintained at anything IKE
the speed shown during the first Two
weeks of the season. A1tho the New
York Nationals winning percentage on
May / was .917, the highest on record
for the past ten years and the Boston
Americans .846. the second hisnest IN
the American league for the same
period, the fact stands out that very
few of the clubs which have led the
league on May / also closed the season
in first place.
But three such examples have &C.
Cured in the National league since
1908. In that year the Chicago cups
ended the month of April with eight
games won and three lost for per-
centage Of 1927. The same team also
won the pennant with SAB. In 1918
Philadelphia led on May with per-
centage Of 800 and closed the season
in first place with $50. Last season
the Giants were out in front at the
close of April with a percentage OF
1857 and finally won the pennant with
.636 In the American league Detroit:
in 1909. led on May 1 with 1853 and
captured the pennant with .645. The
Philadelphia Athletics also duplicated
the feat in 1913 when they won their
way into the worlds series with win
ming league percentage of .62I after
leading on May l with 1853.
1t will be seen from the foregoing
that in the past ten years but five out
of the sixteen clubs composing the two
major. league combinations from sea
son to season. have been out in front
at the close of the race in April and
still had the stamina and playing
balance to finish the schedule race
showing the way to the rival clubs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-13

went to trial this morning before
Judge Louis Bernreuter in the Madi-
son county circuit court here.
Sixteen men were indicted by the
grand jury. including four policemen.
The date for the trial Of the four po-
licemen has not been set and the
twelfth civilian has never been appre-
hended.
The men on trial are Richard
Dukes, Enid Gilmore, VIM. Brock
meier, Cecil Larremore. James De
Matties Frankel, Frank Flannery
John L. Hallsworth, all miners: JOS
eph Riegel, cobbler: Wesley Beaver,
porter; Charles Cramner, clerk, and
Calvin Gilmore, plumber.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-13
THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JoURNAI-MoNDAY EVENING MAY

Cadge. of the British army. also told
the newspaper men some war facts
and of some of the valorous deeds
performed on the field of battle.
j. >. Bacon, of Grand Forks. n. D.,
spoke in opposition to the Nom
partisan League, characterizing its
leadership as disioyal. Addresses were
rrade by the following newspaper
women: Mrs Emma B. Aldrich,
Cawker Citv: Mrs. Homer Hoch, Mar
ion; Mrs. Thomas Thompson. How
ard; Mrs Myra Williams FARRELL. To-
peka; Mrs. W. E. Payton, Colony, and
Miss Dora Adriance, Seneca.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-13
RICH WHISKY FIND
303 Pints Uncovered By Telephone
Lincmen Working Near Padonia.

Hiawatha, Kan, May 13.-Tele-
phone linemen working west of the
A. R. Stickel farm near Padonia re-
Gently uncovered 800 pints of whisky
worth between 1925 and $3.50. The
liquor was concealed under a bridge
and was promptly seized, upon noti-
fication by the sheriff.
1t is thought that the liquor was
abandoned on the approach of a
storm, by St. Joseph, Mo.,-Nebraska
whisky runners
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-13
FULTON is PEEVED
He VIII Claim Title and Forfeit From
jess willard

Portland, Ore, May 13.-Fred Full
ton who is here on his vaudeville tour,
declared that if his match with jess
Willard is not staged by Colonel Mil
Ter he will claim the heavyweight
championship of the world and col
lect the $4,000 in forfeit money put
up by Willard on the July 4 match. q
'Miller's action calling off the fight
looks to me to be nothing but a rum
out on Wizards part" said Fulton.
Il don't think Willard ever intended
to fight me or ever will fight me for
the title"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-13
BASEBALL TODAY.


Western League.
Des Moines at Omaha, cloudy 3 rs D. M
Topeka at Hutchinson, clear, 8 p. m.
wichita at Joplin, clear. p. M
Sioux City at st. Joseph, clear, 5 p. m.
American League
Detroit at New York clear 3:45 n m
Chicago at Philadelphia, clear. AS p. m.
Cleveland at Washington, cloudy 30 D. m
ST. Louis at Boston, cloudy, rs p. m.
National League.
New York at Pittsburg, rain, 80 D. m.
Boston at Chicago, clear, p. m
Philadelphia at st. Louis, clear, 80 D. M
brooklyn at Cincinnati, cloudy, 3 p. m.
American Association
Columbus at Louisville, cloudy, 5 80 D. m.
Kansas City at St Paul, clear, 3 80 o. m.
Toledo at indianapolis, clear, D. m.
Milwaukee at Minneapolis, clear, 3 D. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-13
HE HAD NOT REGISTERED
Body of Kansan Found in Nebraska
Has Been Identified.

Atho1. Kan, May 13.-The body of
Il man found on the railroad track.
horribly mangled and with two bull
let holes thru the head. at Franklin,
Ncb., several days ago is that of Ross
Baker, of the northwest part of this
county. it has been discovered. A
coroner's inquest failed to establish
whether he was murdered or COM
mitted suicide.
1t was brought out at the inquest
that Baker. tho of the required age,
bad not registered for army service.
and many are inclined to believe he
brooded ove- this and took his own
life as the easiest way out of the diff
ficulty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-13
ARMY FED CROSS GAME
Alexander May Pitch in Contest Be-
tween Funston and Grant,

Galesburg, ILL.,. May 13.-Invitations
were mailed today to Charles Weeg-
ham of the Cubs, Comiskey of the Sox
and other baseball notables to attend
a Red Cross series between Camp
Grant and Camp Funston baseball
teams here Thursday and Friday
Grover Alexander may pitch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-13
St. Louisan Shot and Robbed.

Chicago, May 13.-Horace johnson,
364S Slat avenue, st. Louis. Mo-. was
shot in the arm and robbed of $500
early today. The injury was not seri-
Gus. johnson is travelling collector
for telephone company and was here
to report at headquarters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-13
Alex. Will use Cub Balls.

Camp Funston, Kan, May ID
Grover Cleveland Alexander will use
next Saturday the first of a shipment
OF baseball supplies from the Chicago
Cubs, pitching for Camp Funston
against the Rahe Army Motorcycle
school at Kansas City, it was an
bounced today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-13
SATURDAY RESULTS.

western League.
Topeka 4, Hutchinson g.
st. Joe g., Sioux City 8.
Omaha 10, Des Moines 3.
No other games played.
National League.
Boston 9, Chicago 4.
Pittsburg ., New York o.
No other games played.
American League.
Philadelphia 1, Chicago 0.
st. Louis 4, Boston 2.
Washington 1, Cleveland o.
New York 6, Detroit 5.
American Association.
Kansas City IL, st. Paul 2.
Milwaukee 5. Minneapolis o.
No other games played.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-13
TO TRY eleven OF MOB
Collinsvillc Lynching Trial Starts To-
day-One Man Still at Large.

Edwardsville. ILL.,, May 13.-Eleven
indicted recently by the grand jury
on murder charges growing out of
the lynching on April at Collinsville
of Robert Paul Prayer, enemy alien,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-13

Chicago Eat ClevelandD. ............d ! Q
Cleveland :.-....O
c. Williams and SchaIk; Enzmann ana
O'Neil.
No other games played Sunday
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-01
NEWS STRIKE GROWTH LEAKS
 THRU DESPITE GERMAN EFFORT
Ford Makes
 Scores New
 Sub-Fighters
Daniels Reports Develop ment of Powerful Craft
 by Navy.

Washington. Jan. 31--NeW suhmar- inc fighting craft of DOW crful type are about to be turned out in the United States in large numbers. Af- ter testifying today before the house naval committee on the naval ap- propriation bill, Secretary Daniels authorized the statement that a con tract for several scores of the new craft has been placed with the Ford motor company of Detroit. He de scribed them as half Way between destroyer and submarine chaser, 200 feet long and equipped with the latest discoveries for combating sub marines.
 The vessels will be fabricated at the Ford plant ald parts shipped to seaboard where they will be asscmb led. Mr. Daniels sail taai deliveries during the coming summer are as" sured.
 The new vessels are expected to prove far superior to the chasers now in use, including these of the no foot class. They will have steam power with greater radius of action, will be more seaWorthy and will be able to carry heavier armament.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-01
LOWER PHYSICAL
 REQUIREMENTS ON
 NEW DRAFTED MEN

Washington. Jan. 31.-NeW regu- lations for selective draft physical ex- aminations were issued today by Pro ,ost Marshal General CrOwder, in preparation for extension of the policy oI accepting for special limited service resistrants unfitted for general mili- tary duty. They will bring into the ceryice under the next draft many men who otherwise would be exempted. The local boards are directed to pass upon registrants for general military service only when they come within the standard of unconditional accept ancc o. rejection. All other cases must be referred to the medical ad visory board for further examination. Hereafter there will be no uncon- ditiOnal rejection of men of who have remedial defects.
 Under the old regulations, men un- der five feet in height were uncon- diticnally rejected, in the future men of 5S inches, if exceptionally well pro- pCrtioned, may be taken. The mini- mum weight established by the regu- laticn IS 100 pounds. unless the under weight is plainly due to some recent illness, and otherwise the registrants have no disqualifying defects; but the cases Of registrants weighing be. tween 100 pounds and IA pounds arc to be referred to the medical board.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-01
FIRST M|D.IERN CLASS GRADUATES FROM P.B. HIGH

Misses Arys Charmicael, Sarah 1ldson, Kathleen Scheu and Julia Peaneider, and Jesse Crump and Leon sutsteln nave the distinction of being members of the first mid-term grad lsuon class of the Pine Bluff High caooi The four young ladies and TWO young gentlemen last night were Dresented with diplomas certifying ha' tney had completed creditably ne w nlgh school course.
 Ine large auditorium was we'll fill u With friends and relatives of the Iauuates, and the exercises were inn Rlesslve, as well as entertaining. iecedlng the invocation by Dr. J. L. ,ollis' the class marched in to the Scompaniment of the processional rrof. M. D. McNeil. Miss Sarah ,iuon iuason gave piano solo. and the ass prophecy was then given by 'sse Crump. This was followed by splln solo by Miss Miss Arys Car nal, tn" and an address by Rev. H. A. soweA. The diplomas were present oy Dr. Wm. Breathwit, member ,osas .ne board, and the exercises rhaee aoseo With benediction by Rev. neodore Copeland.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-01
MAY CALLED ON U. OF A.
 TO HELP TRAIN ARMY

Fayetteville, Ark, Jan. 31.-Presi- dent John c. Futrall of the University of Arkansas has received letter from the Federal Board for Vocation al Education at Washington, asking what the University of Arkansas could do in the way of training ex- jerts for the National Army during the coming summer. The letter states that the army will be in need of many thousands of men trained inn such things as automobile experts, carpen- ters, concrete workers, plumbers, and steam filters, draftsmen, 3lenOgrapl- CTS, electricians. telegraphers, civil and mechanical engineers, and many other things, and tha tthe techinal schools of the country will be called upon to train them. President Fut- rall has replied stating that the University can take care of the train ing of several hundred such men next summer and that he feels sure the trustees will be glad to place all the resources of the University at the dis posal of the government for this pur- pose.
 An intimation that the University of Arkansas may be called on by the government to train men for techinal trades and commercial occupations was also made in letter from Frank lin K. Lane, Secretary of the Inter for, to Dean w. N. Gladson of the College of Engineering in which it was asked just what the University could do in case 1t were requested to aid in training men.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-01
US. AIRCRAFT
 PLANS DELAYED
 BUT RUN SMO0IA

Washington, Jan. 31.--Constant al- tering of plans to meet rapid changes in air fighting tactics i'll Europe, com eined with delays in getting material and scarcity of skilled labor, has put Americas great aircraft program two months behind schedule, tho it is now moving forward smoothly. In disclos- ing this today to the senate military committee, Col. Deeds. assistant to Major General Squier, chief signal of tjcer of the army, said that not q single machine of the exact type planned when congress appropriated Sc40 00C.000 for an air fleet will sec service in France
 Col. Deeds told the committee that the tendency was toward machines of greater power and that valuable les sons in this respect had been learned in the last battles about Verdun. He believed that the machines now being manufa ctured and sent to France not only would meet present require ments, but would meet anything the enemy may produce in some time to come. Testimony on how many ma- chimes have been sent over the equip ment going with them, the number of aviators in France or expected to go, was left to an executive session of the committee. and will be continued to- morrow: but Col Deeds said at the public hearing that it "looks as tho we will keep the program of mov- ing men and equipment to France we'll balanced.
 Col. Deeds said four types of ma chimes were being manufactured elementary training, advanced train ing, combat and bombing. Contracts been let for 5,350 of the elementary type. Information about the combat and bombing craft was withheld. Con tracts for the aviation service, how ever, exceed in the aggregate the S640,000,000 provided by congress.
 The foreign contracts, Col. Deed said. with France and Italy were ar ranged between governments thru an allied commission, thereby escaping payments of large royalties demanded bv some patentee. The committee was told that contracts have been awarded to 65 firms and that 400 sub-contract- OrS were working.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-01
S[C. NJ ADl|O MEETS SENATE LEADERS
 ON FINANCE PLAN

Washington, Jan. 31.-Stefs toward vast financial operations for the war here were planned tooay at conferen- ces between Secretary McAdoo and leaders in congress. Next Monday it was agreed the administrators bill to create war finance corpor- ation with SJ00000,000 capital and authority to issue S4,000,000,OO0 in short term notes to finance private war industrial operations. will be introduced simultaneously iii the sen ate and house. For the governments own finances, Senator Simmons, chairman of the senate finance com mittee, announced after conferring with Secretary McAdoo, that work probably will begin about March 13 or April 1 on war tax legislation. Secretary McAdoo went to the capital to discuss many phases Of the war finance situation. meeting Democratic Leader Martin of the senate, Senator Simmons and Chairman Owens, of the senate banking and currency commit tee
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-01
AMERICANS LOSE | 2 MEN AS HUNS
 RAID TRENCHES Four More Wounded in
 Clash With Germans
 in Heavy Fog. PARIS RAIDED BY
 PLANES-M DEAD  French Capital Suffers First Attack of Year-Italians Make More |, Gains-Peace Conference
 on Again.
Associated Press Summary.)

Associated Press Summary) On the fighting fronts the most im- portant event has been another attack by the Germans on a small American l post in which two Americans were killed and four wounded. Another soldier is believed to have been captur- l ed by the enemy. This position on the French front daily has been searched out by shells from the Germans for |several days past, but Wednesday morning, aided by a heavy fog, and lowered by violent artillery barrage, fthe Germans decided to attack. Ii is |believed that the German casualties Fafe as great as those of the Ameri- leans, whose cannon and rifles fire was played unstingingly on the marauders. [Still more gains have beea,. made by 1.-the Italians against the Austrians in Ethe northern sector of the Italian |battle front on the Asiago plateau. 1 In an attack Wednesday the Italians |were again, able slightly to advance [taeir line northeast of Col del Rossi, In France and Belgium the fight ling continues to be carried out main Ny by the artillery wings of the belli-
 gerents.
 Paris Raided.
 Paris, for the first time since last |year, has been subject to a German
 air raid. Wednesday night a num- Der of enemy machines flew over the French capital, dropping bombs, 14
 tons of them, according to the Berlin Iwar office. Considerable material damage was done, and some 20 per- sons were killed and 50 wounded lone of the raiding machines was Drought down.
 Peace Farley Meets. The peace conference at Brest Lit
 ovsk again is in session, but no de- |tails of the proceeding yet have come thru. Bavaria now has q represen-
 tative among the delegates, who will watch the proceedings in behalf of
 King Ludwig, who is declared to have fiewed with serious anxiety the pre-
 vlous. course of the negotiation. Re- ports have it that the king of Bav- 'arla is in favor of security peace" Fin Revolution.
 In Finland the revolution goes OH
 epace, with fighting between the
 White guard, representing, the gov
 ernment, and the Red guard, the re-
 volutionists. The unofficial advices,
 coming thru Stockholm, report sue
 cesses everywhere for the White
 guard. The losse sto British shipping
 last week by mines or submarines
 were nine large and six small vessels,
 which, in the aggregate, is seven yes
 eels more than the losses in each of
 fhetwo preceding weeks.>