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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-19
Navy men NEEDED
Officials Would Transfer Sailors
From Temporary Forces.
Reserve Officers Will Have
Chance in the Regulars.

Washington. Dec. 10. = Detailed
plans for increasing the personnel Of
the regular navy by providing for
transfers from the temporary navy.
were laid before the house naval COM
mittee Wednesday by Capt Laning of
the bureau of navigation. A bill pre-
pared by Laning provides for transfer
of reserve and temporary officers to
the regular navy for examination.
An enlisted man can be transferred
and have his war service counted as
part of his four year enlistment.
The bill also provided for holding
naval reservists beyond the war
period.
1--WE must have 5000 officers and
we have only 2.500," Laning said in
plea ding for the bill I.
Because of the lack of sufficient
men, the navy was not IN efficient con-
dition for a year after the war.
IF we had had to fight at the first
of the war. 1 don't know what would
have happened to the navy
Laning pleaded for an increased
personnel and told how the navy had
to work to get officers when the war
broke out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-19
HONOR TO JOFFRE.

CONTINUED from Page One)
strength which it somehow felt but
which it did not yet know how to
employ. 1t seemed that by its great
love this people felt itself already
doing something noble and comfort
ing to the allied armies. 1t made no
mistake, for that love enabled France,
overwhelmed by the detection of the
Russian armies and by the great
weakening trials of the spring of 1917,
to keep intact it's confidence and it's
courage.
while in the midst Of the Ameri-
can crowds 1 was living hours which
I number among the sweetest of my
life. 1 had OWNED the need for sacri-
flee on their part awakened in the soul
of this generous people by the heroism
of our soldiers and the justice Of our
cause. In order that France might
live in prosperity, that Belgium might
re-establish herself, that liberty might
reign and that right might be rein
stated. America arose and resolved to
throw into the fight her last man and
her last dollar.
A Marvellous Achievement.
History does not record a more
marvellous achievement than that of
millions of men voluntarily breaking
away from their peaceful pursuits to
cross the seas, where lurked death; to
come thousands of miles from their
country and give up their lives for a
noble cause, a great ideal. And as il
the sacrifice was not completed by
sending the husbands and sons. we
have seen the wives. the fathers and
the mothers escorting across the seas,
that phaIanx of warriors to alleviate
our sufferings and dress our wounds.
We have seen them unsparingly Civ
ing their gold and the treasures of
their hearts, kneeling on the graves of
orr song and adOntinP orr OrnhanS.
I'm a brotherly embrace, France
and America have given each other
their faith, a pledge for the present
and the future
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-19
BOlsheviki in Russia Gaining
More Power Daily.
Particularly Is This True in the
Border States.
ALLIED POLICY IMPORTANT
Some Military Leaders Would
Extend the Operations.
The Situation In Siberia Is Be-
coming More Unstable.

London, Dec. 19.-The Bolsheviki
are gaining power in Russia, it is in
Dictated in recent dispatches. This is
particularly true in the border states
where the Germans are withdrawing.
AS a result of this situation, the allied
policy regarding Russian operations is
becoming more important.
Contrary views are held by allied
military experts and civilian groups
concerning the course the allies are
to pursue. They range from extern
sion of the military effort to crush the
Bolsheviki to complete withdrawal
from Russia.
The situation in Siberia also is be-
coming more unstable, as military
chiefs succeed each other in chaotic
fashion. Conditions in northern Rus
STA are somewhat screened by veil
of silence, but the allied operations
there appear to have been practically
sta biiized.
The one thing that seems certain
is that there will be no extension or
change In the present policy until the
allied attitude and plans regarding
Russia are more fully explained at the
peace conference.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-19
HERE TONIGHT
Continued from Page One.)

.O4; Kansas City, .O6; Wichita. none.
North Platte, Neb., reported one-half
inch of snow this morning which prob
ably means. Flora says. that snow fell
in northwestern Kansas. Rain or snow
was general during the last "a hours in
Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. No rain
or snow was reported east of the Mis-
sissippi or north of Kansas.
The weather conditions turnout the
state are SO uncertain that it is hard
to predict either rain or snow dur
ing the next "a hours. says Flora.
However, he says there is not much
possibility of snow. There will be very
little change in temperatures.
North Plate, with a temperature of
8 degrees. was the coolest place in
the United States during the last "a
hours. In the northwest temperatures
were not much colder than here in
Kansas. In Montana temperatures
ranged between 16 and rs degrees as
the low extremes reported. At 6
o'clock this morning the temperature
in Topeka was 81 degrees. During
the night decline is expected to go to
about 40 degrees. Tomorrow after
noon the temperature will register
close to so. If the predictions work
out there will be very little change
in temperature between now and to-
morrow afternoon.
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ALLIES IN RUSSIA

CONTINUED from Page One.)
coming bases for German submarines
from which our North sea barrage
could have been turned. These were
important and contributed materially
to the defeat of Germany.
IT say nothing of the fact that a
vast portion of the earth's surface and
millions of people friendly to the allies
have been spared the unspeakable
horrors of Bolshevik rule. But, in
course of this allied Intervention,
thousands of Russians have taken up
allies. How can we, simply because
our own immediate purposes have
been served. COME away and leave
them to the tender mercieS of their
and our enemies before they had time
to arm, train and organize so as to be
strong enough to defend themselves?
An Abominablc Betrayal.
at would be an abominahle be-
trayal, contrary to every British in
stinct of honor and humanity.
You may be quite sure that the
last thing the government desires is
to leave any British soldiers in Rus
STA day longer than is necessary to
discharge the moral obligations we
have incurred, and that, 1 believe is
the guiding principle of all the allies.
Nor do 1 myself think that the time
when we can withdraw without dis
astrous consequences is necessarily
distant. But this is case in which
more haste may be less speed.
If the allies were all to scramble
out of Russia at once the result would
almost certainly be that the barbar-
ism which at present reigns in a part
only of that country would spread
over the whole of it including the
vast regions of northern and central
Asia which were included in the do
minion of the car. The ultimate con-
sequences of such a disaster cannot be
foreseen, but they would assured1y in
volve a far greater strain on the re-
sources of the British empire than our
present commitments"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-19

". b. Vining. Piper. vice president.
o. T. Whitney. Topeka, secretary.
Trustees: NJ. +. Chandler, Argentine;
James Sharp Councih Grove; r. Polka.
Smith Center; ]. G. Maxwell, MCPHERSON
Kansas horticulturists will go home
late today after their fifty-first an
nual meeting in Topeka. Their three
days session this week was one OF
the most successful meetings held by
the organization, altho attendance
was reduced as a result of the flu
epidemic
One thing was made absolutely pos
tive by the fruit growers. They favor
Improvement and betterment OF state
property and especially identifying OF
the state house grounds. Suggestions
early in the week by w. A. 5. BIRD,
Topeka lawyer, to the effect that the
ing, were scorned and ridiculed by as
ISOLATION members. They want
beautiful state house lawn. But they
don't want Kansas to get in the TOOL
ish class by trying to raise a crop
of beans and onions on the grounos,
At the annual election OF offIcers,
C. w Holsinger of Rosedale, was ele-
waited to the presidency after year
as vice president of the state organ
ization. Hoisinger is one or the most
successful shOrtiCulturlStS IN the MIS-
souri, valley district. o. F. Whitney
of Topeka won reelection to a fourth
year as secretary of the association.
Today's Program.
A number of noted speakers held
places on today's program, and the
discussion Of commercial gardening
and cooperative farming was given
greatest consideration. c. V. Holsinger
of the state agricultural college, Ames,
Iowa, told of practical experiences by
Iowa farmers engaged in the CONNER
cial end of the gardening game. A
number of Kansas gardeners attend
ing the Topeka sessions took chips in
the discussion which followed the
HoIsinger address.
Frank Olhausen, secretary OF the
Leavenworth Fruit and Vegeta bic
association, urged adoption by farm
ers near market centers of a cooper
alive marketing plan. He told OF the
results achieved by small fruit and
vegetable growers in Leavenworth
county in the adoption of a to-opera-
tive marketing system.
Late this afternoon the horticul-
turists will hear results of commu-
nifty marketing in other stats. A G..
Van Horn of Kansas City will tell of
his experiences with one cooperative
market. agriculture in Eoys' and
Girls Club Work" is the subject of
the final paper to be read at the con-
vention this year. L. v. Rhine of the
state agricultural college, Manhattan,
will read the paper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-19
THE BOLSHEWSTS

CONTINUED from Page One.l
on Monday, The first session resulted in
personal encounters. On Tuesday turbu-
lent scenes continued. George Ledebour, a
ing a bitter attack on Premier Ebert.
Suppress the Bolshcvists.
Amsterdam, Dec. 19.-The Ebert
Haase government has suppressed the
Bolshevik government at Neu Oeln,
arresting members of the workmen's
and soldiers council, according to a
Berlin dispatch received here today.
Disorders Mt Danzig.
Zurich. Dec. 19.--Serious disorders
have broken out at Danzig, West Prus-
STA, according to dispatches received
been opened and the inmates set at
liberty, it is said, and street fighting
is reported.
Tell 1t to Wilson.
Paris, Dec. 19.-Civilians seized by
the Germans in occupied French ter
ritory and sent to a hostage camp at
Holzminden, Germany. will appoint a
delegation to call upon President Will
son to tell him something of what they
detained by the Germans, it is an
nounced.
Elect President Sunday.
Berlin. Dec. 10 (delayed)-The ma
tional workmen's and soldiers coun-
ellis have received proposals that the
German republic" elect a president
Sunday. Prompt action in this conf
nection, it is pointed out. is necessary
to give the allies guarantees that Ger
many will have a responsible govern
ment when the peace conference be-
gins
They Would Resign.
Basel, Dec. 19.-The executive COM
mittee of the soldiers and workmen's
council for Berlin and its suburbs in
tended to resign, according to mes
sages received from the German cap
ital. 1t is said that it will be replaced
by an executive committee elected by
the general assembly and the soldiers
and workmen's councils OF the empire.
Hold the Radicals.
Paris Dec. 19.-The Spartacus
group in Berlin appears to have been
checked, a Zurich dispatch to L'Infor-
nation said today.
The dispatch declared that Chan
cellor Ebert has been upheld by the
workmen's soldiers council and is TAX
ing vigorous action against followers
of Karl Liebknecht.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-19
HIS JOB A BIG ONE
Ludcndorff Told He Must Capture
Paris, London, New York To Win.

London, Dec. 19.-General Luden-
dorff was told more than a year ago
that in order to win the war he must
capture Paris, London and New York.
He admitted 1t could not be done.
This was revealed today in an In
terview with DR.. Ratheman, head of
the German General Electrical COM
pany, employing 10000 men, obtained
by the Berlin correspondent of the
Express.
Germany is ruined for the next
generation politically, industrially and
Economically" Ratheman was quoted
as saying. THE people do not know
whom they can trust.
II told General Ludendorff in July,
1917, to win the war you have got
to capture Paris, London and New
York
1--WE can't do it, he admitted and
said he wanted a peace by under
standing"
Regarding the present conditions in
Germany, Ratheman said:
IF the allies do not send food with
in two months, there will be riots and
sickness thruout Germany"
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IN A conference

(Contflue1 from Page One.)
be sent to the most Isolated localities
As result she probably will sing in
Gondecourt on. Christmas day, while
the president is addressing the dough-
boys at American headquarters
(There are two Gondecolrts in the
American zone. One is eighteen miles
east and north of Verdun. The other
is forty-five miles south OF that city.
The former probably is the town Miss
Wilson will visit.)
London Will Guido Paris.
London, Dec. 1s.-London intends
to eclipse Paris welcome to President
Wilson, in the same degree that its
population exceeds that of the French
capital. -f. q
While great numbers of organiza-
lions, political and non-political, have
already considered separate demon
strations in Wilson's honor, it is be-
lieved they ultimately will follow the
example provided by Paris and COM
bine in one big celebration.
The government, of course, will
provide the president with every Off
cial attention. but it Is London's mill
lions who will furnish the real well
come.
Wilson's visit, however, will be
much more than a holiday, since he
will arrive in the midst of an increas-
ingly warm discussion regarding the
allies Russian policy. 1t is practically
certain his counsel will be Sought in
this regard. 1t is almost equally GER
tain he will be urged to define in more
detail his attitude-concerning freedom
of the seas and enlarge on his plan
for the league Of nations.
Will Welcome Wilson.
London, Dec. 19.-King George, it
was announced today, has Cancelled the
arrangement which provided that he
should go to Sandringham palace for
Christmas. and he will remain in Lon
don instead to welcome President Will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-19
THE DEFENSE STARTS
Germer, Socialist on Trial, Makes Ad-
missions While on Stand.


Chicago, Dec. 19.-The defense to-
day launched in earnest it's case for
five Socialist leaders charged with
espionage act violations. Federal
Judge lands late Wednesday refused
to order a mot guilty" verdict after
the government had rested.
The motion was made by Seymour
Stedman. defense counsel.
Adolph Germer, national secretary,
and one of the defendants, was to re-
sumo his testimony today. He was the
first witness presented by the defense.
Germer declared that a world wide
miners>strike had been planned in the
event of war. while he had official
connection with the United Mine
Workers of America.
Germer admitted there had been a
detection in the Socialist party since
the St. Louis convention of 1917. The
break occurred, he said, over the ques-
ton of adopting the minority anti-war
platform.
William F. Kruse and Victor Berger,
other defendants, were to follow Ger
mer on the witness stand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-19
MUCH MARRIED MAN !
Milo ii. Piper. Charged With Murder,
Faces Several Wives and Certificates.

Milo II. Piper. Charged With Murder,
Faces Several Wives and Certificates.
Muskegon. Mich. Dec. 19.-Three
marriages have already developed in
the Milo H. -Weichman murder
case here and today the police started
a search for records of other matri-
monial escapades of the prisoner.
Discovery of the third marriage was
made yesterday when Sheriff Stauffer
found Piper had been married to
Marion Grey, manager OF a matrimon-
ial bureau in Benton Harbor. The
woman was jailed by federal authori-
ties and later pardoned by William
Howard Taft.
Piper said she divorced him.
Missing jewelry of the murdered
wife is being sought by the police.
She was known to have had several
hundred dollars worth of diamond
rings.
Illness of the prosecutor tempo
rarily halted the grilling of the prjs-
oner. Piper refuses to answer ques-
tions and is verging on illness. He
refuses to eat sufficiently and spends
his time weeping and lamenting his
fate and appealing for the continued
loyalty of his legal and living wife.
Miss Freda Weichman came to her
death by violence, according to three
physicians who today examined the
body of the girl because of whose
death Milo H. Piper of this city is
held here on a murder charge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-19
!, FOOD PRICES

FOR TOPEKA AND SHAWNEE COUNTY
as interpreted by the price Interpretation
board of Shawnee county. e. Montgomery.
chairman.
This list is printed by order OF the
United States food administration.
Prices approved by the Topeka board are
FLOUR-wheat flour. 24-lb. sack. cost
nhs'Ag e, sell 81 4s@lSo' t,d Bulk hn Her
CORN MEAL-Bulx per ID. cost 43O.
VICTORY BREAD-24-ounce loaf, cost
9@1Oc.
OATMEAL-or rolled oats. bulk, per H.,
cost 51a4,ic, sell 6HQSs; 22-ounce pack
age, cost 109sc, sell 13@14c.
SUGAR-Granulated, bulk, per H.. cost
1o;oie sell Ms 49,, per H. above cost; M.
ETY.. per ID, cost s1a to DC, sell II to lie.
PoIAT9ES@white or Irish. per peck.
ONlONS-Per h., cost 2k@5Ac. sell s1s
,.KAIsINs.-seeded. 1G-Ounce package. cost
PRCNEs-Medium size. so to 9Oe per b..
cost ilase; sell :5@1!s per Id.
CANNED COiiN-Standard grade, per
2o.ounce can, cost-13A to 15c. sell Is to I'c.
20-ounce can, cost 1874 to 15c. sell Is to 3:c.
CANNED SALMON-Tall pink Alaska.
per 1T ounce can, cost 1878 to he: sell y to
20c- Tall red Alaska per 16-ounce can.
cost &c, sell 33@35c.
EVAPORATED MILK-Unsweetened, per
6-ounce .cn, cost Nc, sell IAc. Unswee an
ed. per 16-ounce can. lie. sell 1Sc.
14@19c.
MILK-Bottled. quart. cost 1oQ12Ac. sell
12@16c.
BUTTER-Cost Csc, sell Il to re.
OLEOMARGARINE-P h.. cost. 20 to
Sac. sell "a to 40.
EGGS-Per dozen, cost &C., sell 6s to
Zoe per dOz.
CHEESE-American, full cream cut, per
h., cost 4OH to 42c; sell Al to 4Sc.
LAED-Pure leaf. bulk. per lb.. cost
LARD SUBSTITUTE-Bulk, per h., cost
2i1s 6f25c, sell 2S13O1ac.
BACON breakfast. sliced standard
grade)-Cost As to 45Ac sell % Coo per
ID.
PORK CHOPS-Cost % to soc. sell So 10
4Oc.
HAM (smoked, slicedl-Cost 40 to Csc.
sell 40 to 60c per Id.
ROUND STEAk-Cost 25 to 2Sc sell 50
to 40c per Id.
HENS year or more ODD dressed
drawn. heads and feet off, cost 27 to zoe
h., sell at rs to 3Sc lib. Buttermilk fed
hens. dressed. :rawn. feet and heads rfe
cost 40c fb: sell at IS to Coo lb
Consumers will not be limited as 10
amount of sugar that they may consume or
buy at one time.
Grocers may not require patrons to sign
pledges when tney purchase sugar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-19
FOR TEXTILE FACTORIES

Krupp Works at Essen Will Be Used
No Moro for Munitions.
Berlin, Dec. IS (delayed.) 1.-The
Lokal Anzeiger declares the Krupp
works at Essen will be utilized as tex
tile factories.
Recent dispatches said the question
of peace time employment of the great
munitions works would be left to q
vote of the employees themselves.
Later it was reported that 100000
persons have been thrown out of work
thru the closing of these factories.
Directors Arc Held.
Amsterdam, Dec. 19.--Three of the
principal directors Of the Krupp NUM-
ton w.rks at Essen, including Doctor
Bransenberger, inventor OF the big
Berthas. have been arrested by the
revolutionary committee in that city,
according to advices received here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-19
HUN U-B0AT PLANS
Papers Taken Show Arrange.
ments To Attack Holland.
Scandinavian Countries Also
Included in the Move.

Washington, Dec. 19.-Papers of
Captain Won Papen, the former MILL
tary attache of the German embassy
here, taken from his quarters when
the British captured Palestine, and
which indicated Germany planned u
boat warfare against Holland and the
Scandinavian countries in October,
1916. were placed in the record Wed
nesday in connection with the senate
judiciary committees hearing on Ger
man propag anda. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-19
MURDERED AMERICAN
German Guards, After Armisticc, Shot
Their Prisoner, a Flyer.

Copenhagen, Dec. 19.-Murde~ of a
young American aviator by German
prison guards after the armistice was
signed was reported today. "A young
American aviator named Coheeny,
who was a prisoner in a camp near
Stralsun, went outside the barbed wire
enclosure about Z o'clock in the eve
ming of December s." a British officer
declared during an interview regard
ing German internal conditions, pub
lished in the Koebenhaven. THE
German guards promptly shot him
dead. despite the fact the armistice
had been signed. Coheeny was about
81 years old"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-19
A GERMAN MINE EXPLODES
Month After Armistice is Persons Arc
Killed by Explosives of Huns.

Paris Dec. 19AA German mine
which had been planted on a bridge
at Guise has exploded, killing fifteen
persons and injuring twenty-five, ac-
cording to a Guise dispatch to the
Matin. The date of the explosion is
not given but the dispatch says that
it occurred more than a month after
the armistice went into effect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-19
THE SUPPLY SHORT
Only To-Day Rations in America at
Harvest Time.

New York. Dec. 19.-The federal
food board has stated that there was
less than ten days supply of wheat
in America when the 1918 crop was
harvested.
Cessation of submarine activities
and the signing of the armistice, the
board said, released large quantities
of wheat in distant countries and with
assurance of a good crop in 1919 re-
lieved the situation.
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WOULD BE REPUBLIC
Knrlsbad Council Asks Wilson To
Help 1t in Move.

Amsterdam, Dec. 19.-The Neue
Winter, Zeitung says the Karlsbad
municipal council has sent a petition
to President Wilson, stating that on
account of the city's international
character, it should be proclaimed a
republic under an American protec-
:orate. (Karlsbad. in Bohemia, is one
of the famous watering places in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-19
End the Strike.

Manchester Eng, Dec 1S.--The
striking cotton operatives here held
a mass meeting today and decided to
return to work at once. The opera
tives accepted the terms of an agree
ment by which they will receive an
increase of about 80 per cent over
their present wages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-19
CHILD LABOR

Amendment to Revenue Bill Passes
the Senate Today.
Washington, Dec. 19.-The amend
ment to the war revenue bill placing
what is designed as a prohibitive tax
on the products of child labor was
adopted Wednesday by the senate. The
vote was so to IL, all those casting
negative votes being democrats.
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Poultry end Eggs. -
I Furnished BY the Topeka Packing Cen.
pany. corner Laurent and oedtsou-t
Topeka. Kan. Dec. 10.
Springs over lbs, 23c; old ROSTERS. tJcs
Oroliern. lbs. ani uudcr. BIC aens ovea
3h lbs, gle: -hens under 81 lbs lscs
springs over . tbs. &c: sings. 10c.
Topeka firain Market.
(Eurnished by Derby Grain Co.. corner
Kansas Ave. and Curtis STD s
Topeka. Kan, Dec. 10.
WHITE CORN-$1.40
OATS-6Sc