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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-22
PLAN GRANGE MEETS
Series of Talks VIII Be Made In
County by P. S. Sanders.

A series of constructive meetings
are to be conducted by the Shawnee
county oranges under the direction OF
the county deputy and the Pomona
grange, according to an announcement
recently sent out Col. P. S. Sanders,
of Labette county. will speak to the
various subordinate oranges OF the
county during the week beginning
January IS. The meeting of the sub
ordinate oranges and the dates for the
speeches are:
shawnee grange at the Grange hall
about twelve miles east of Topeka and
near Watson on the evening of Janu-
airy So; at Berryton evening of Janu-
airy %; at Wakarusa. January 80; at
Auburn, January 81; at Prairie
grange, February 1; at Dover grange,
February 2.
Members are urged to attend and
hear the message of Colonel Sanders
who is an enthusiastic spatron, fresh
from his farm in Labette county. La
bette county has a large membership
of live patrons who are quite active
in cooperation ard practically manage
the Labette county fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-22
FINANCES SOUND!
Nations Condition Never Bet
ter Than 1t Is Today.
Federal Board Suggests Curtail-
ing Private Securities.

Washington. Jan. 22.-Curtailment
Of private security issues and invest
ment in new enterprises not necessary
as war measures, is advocated by the
federal reserve board in its annual re-
port to congress today.
At the same time the board empha-
sized the nations financial structure
was never more sound than today.
The brunt of war. coming as a drastic
prosperity and financial expansion.
has been equitably distributed and
successfully borne by the federal re-
serve system, it says
Gross earnings for 1917 were s15,-
100000 and net earnings $1,000, 900.
Dividends of $500, 900 were declared.
Even better results were forecast for
1918
Reduction in income producing Sc
curities during the year was achieved
old holdings increased and large note
issues made on the basis of this gold
reserve. to strengthen the leading
power of the banks
S25O,00O Expense to Float Loans.
Despite the fact that the federal re-
serve banks played a large part in
fiotation of the two liberty loans. ex-
penses of the federal reserve board
were but s250,000.
Federal incorporation of banks en-
gagged in International and foreign
banking and whose stock is held by
national banks operating under the
federal reserve system. should be au-
thorized by amendment to the exist
ing law. the board urged
Net deposits on which the reserve is
computed were $40, 34s, 5000 OF
November II. 1917, against $9,976,-
100000 a year ago and s6,66s, 1926, 200
in 1914
Loans and discounts to Novembe
IT were s9,550,571. 900 against S.
355, 10000 in 1916 and $685., 200
in 1914
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-22
SCOTTISH RITE MEET
Mid-winter Reunion of Valley OF
Lawrence Is on This Week

Lawrence. Kan, jan 22.-The mid
winter reunion of the Scottish Rite
bodies of the Valley of Lawrence. Or
lent of Kansas, is being held in Law
renee this week The reunion opened
with a supper at $40 O'Clock Monday
evening and will continue until Thurs
day evening.
All degrees from the fourth to the
thirty-second will be conferred upon
candidates. At least twenty-five ap-
pficants from over the state are ex-
pected at the reunion They must be
affiliated Master Ma il is pointed
out, and residents of any county in the
state except Bourbon, Shawnee, Saline,
Sedgwick or Wyandotte for a period
of six months Immediately prior to
the date of petition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-22
THREATEN ARREST
FOR GIRLS WEARING
JACKIES' UNIFORMS

Great Lakes, Ill. jan 22--BecSuse
of persistent abuses of the navy uni
form reported here, Capt William A.
Mcffett, the commandant. has sent a
letter to each of the thirteen COVER
nors of the states in the central dis
trict asking them to cooperate with
the navy department in prosecuting
violators-
1t is asked that all unauthorized
persons. girls being among the mis-
creants. wearing any part of the naval
uniform be arrested and punished. 1t
has been found that girls habitually
wear the navy blouses. and also but
tons and other adornments
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-22
Intern Three Sailors as Aliens
NIP PLOT IN THE BUD
Today Set for Wholesale Destruction
by German Agents in L. S.

San Francisco, Jan. 22-This is the
day German agents are declared to
have set for wholesale destruction of
American shipping. according to infor-
nation given federal authorities here.
The alleged sabotage plans center in
San Francisco and New York but ex-
tend to all Pacific and Atlantic ports,
officials fear.
With redoubled guards of troops
and police at important factories and
shipping points, the Pacific coast was
prepared today to cope with the plot
tiers. All outgoing vessels were thoro-
ly searched but the only early result
was confiscation of 200 rounds of am
munition and six automatic pistols on
a dutch liner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-22
BANKS UNDER ORDERS
Topeka Financial Institutions Cannot
Open Up Before 10 O'Clock.

Banks were affected today by a
supplemental conservation order from
c. H. banner, local fuel director. I'm
der the order Topeka banks will not
open their doors to the public until
10 o'clock in the morning and will
close at o'clock in the afternoon.
banners order affects only the
hours when local banks will be open
for business. The ruling was made
in an effort to conclude the days
work in shorter time and to work out
a saving in the bulk consumption of
coal. While the order concerning the
hours for public banking are limited,
the order will not prevent the neces-
sary and customary work of the bank
clerical force when the doors are
closed. The new order was effective
TODAY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-22
ENGAGED 10 YEARS
HE DESERTS BRIDE
AFTER HONEYMOON

Chicago. Jan. 22--Lucy Richardson.
who says she was inveisled into mar
rage with Benjamin Waters. wants
the contract annulled.
In her petition. Mrs Waters recites
that she became engaged to Waters
four times while they were neighbors
in St. Joseph, No. before it took"
Their first engagement was announced
in 1907, she alleges, and the fifth on
April 1. 1917. On April IL they were
married, and after a 'six-day honey
moon in Chicago and ST. Louis, Wa
ters deserted her. she says
She declares she never loved Waters,
but that he exerted mental influence
over her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-22
World Proletariat Is Utopia
"New Russia Seeks.
Want Recognition of Peoples,
Not of Foreign Powers.
ERADICATE WAR, ITS aim
Set Up Rosey Hopes Amid In
ternal and External Warfare.
Seek To Stamp Out Imperialism
and Govt Ambition.
BY JOSEPH sHAPLEN

Petrograd, Jan. New Russia
wants recognition from the peoples OF
the world more than the govern
ments of the world. She looks for
ward hopefully to a world proletariat
which will combine to stop wars
slaughter and eradicate all causes for
future war.
The Bolsheviki ministry of foreign
affairs thus outlined Russia's view
point in a special statement for the
United Press today, signed by Under
Foreign Minister Salkind in the alb
sence from Petrograd of Foreign Min
lister Trotzky.
VIII Fight All Foes.
THE Russian people hitherto in all
ages have been ruled from above" he
declared Now they rule themselves,
they will stand and fight against all
foes wherever found, with full pride
in the consequences of having con-
tributed an immortal page to the his
tory of mankind"
The government Of the soviet of the
peoples commissaries, which is gov
eminent of the workers, the peasants
with obtaining official recognition
from foreign powers" the foreign Of
flee statement to the United Press as
serted. THE Republic of the united
soviets appeals primarily not to gov
ernments. but to the peoples of the
world, whom it seeks to unite with
the purpose of ending the world
slaughter and graduating the causes
of war, namely Imperialism and am
bition which in one form or another
animate all governments as at pres
ent constituted.
But Welcomes Govt Recognition.
ANY recognition which foreign
governments bestow upon the present
Russian government will be welcome
! principally as testimony of the power,
the frankness. the undisguised pur-
poses of the Russian revolution. We
are not concerned in old diplomatic
usages- Ours IS a history
governm ent-a government Of the ex'
plotted and oppressed.
We can hope to succeed, not ir
| proportion as we are recognized BY
the foreign offices of other countTies
| but in proportion as we receive tbs
| active support of the proletariat Of
| the democracies of the world.
| IF any governments willingly rec
| ognize the historical importance anC
the grandeur of a republic being borr
| in the midst of the ruins of an ex-
ternai and civil war the peoples o
4 Russia will be glad to receive tina
recognition"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-22
All Soldiers Benefit by the
Training They Get.
Outdoor Life and Regular
Hours Make Them Fit.
ARE IN PINK OF CONDITION
DOniphan Boys VIII Fight at
Drop of Hat.
Fat Men Like Training Be-
cause 1t Reduces Them.

Camp Doniphan. Okla. Jan e.
The benefits that accrue from six
months of living in the open air, with
regular hours, regular meals and
plenty of exercise out of doors is now
being appreciated by the men of the
Thlrty-fifth division very forcibly for
the first time.
do I look different than 1 did
when I came down here" one par
ticularly heavy man asked his friends
after returning from a visit home 7
weigh just as much as / did when 1
enlisted. but everyone told me l was
much thinner. l tried on a suit of
my old civilian clothes at home. tho,
bag on a broomstick. 1 thought maybe
I was getting thin. so I had myself
weighed. and 1 tipped the beam at
three pounds more than I did when
I left home"
All Are Benefitin.
He had lost all his superfluous
Mesh, and in its stead he was as hard
and solid as a rock. Somehow, this
outdoor living and regular hours
seem to make the fat men lean and
the lean men fat, and ther both like
it
the color of the complexion of the
men, and the sparkle in their eyes. It
VIII not be surprising at all. If. after
this war is over, the .jammies will re-
turn nome with rosy, rudy cheeks, SO
characteristic to thu Englijhmen. for
the men of the Thirty-fifth division
certainly are taking on a roseate hue
around their heck bones.
None of the men are seen with
heavy or dull eyes during the day. If
one is, it is sure sign he is i'll and
should be in the hospital They
couldn't stop the change for the bet
ter If they desired. 1t must come as
the direct result of clean and regular
living
.---.-. Ready for Fights.
TousneYer saw such a bunch of
men in 20 T life" one officer re-
marked the other day Every one of
them seems to be carrying a chip on
his shoulder. The best of friends will
black each others eyes, and in two
or three minutes they Will be just as
good friends as they ever were. They
are in the pink of condition. that's all
that is the matter with them. They
are just trained right up to the minute
and they are just aching for a scrap.
If they received half the hard
knocks or blows in civil life, or had to
undergo some OF the things in civil life
that they do here. some one would be
killed, But they take it all as part
of the game. and they are all being
made better men. in spite of the life
some of them led before coming here
\ medical officer who ranks high in
his profession remarked the other day.
that if this war did nothing else Tor
America. it would raise the standard
Of manhood and of future generations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-22

the government are the things the
theater owners and managers cite as
their basis for consideration
Grocery Men Kick.
In the dry goods stores the mana
gers feel that the order is fair enough,
but many grocers are up in arms. con-
tending that a distinct class of Gus
toners does its purchasing after the
usual closing hour for the shops and
offices of the city.
Taken altogether the Danner clos
ing order, is considered by most bust
ness men to be unnecessarily drastic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-22
Disapprores Of U. S. Honor Legion

Washington. Jan 22.-Formatioin of
an American Legion of Honor has
been disapproved by the administra-
ton Secretary Baker proposes in
stead distinguished service cross
and medals for distinguished service
for thoseJother than in military. Secre-
tary Baker advised Chairman Cham
berlain, of the senate military commit
tee, that legislation to permit Ameri-
cans to wear decorations conferred by
the allies was being favorabIy con-
siGered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-22
2 DAYS TO COOL OFF
But Indications Are Senators VIII
Renew Clash Thursday.

Washington, jan 22--Indications
today were that partisan debate in the
senate precipitated by Senator stones
attack on the Republicans and Theo-
dore Roosevelt will break out again
Thursday WIN sessions are resumed.
A two-day adjournment was ar
ranged late yesterday in the hope that
both sides would cool off and permit
the controversy to drop, but many
senators did not take the floor and
probably Will insist on being heard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-22
NO COMEDY IN THIS!
Manager of Show Fined $500 and
Three German Musicians informed.

windsor Ont, Jan. 22-Hugo Zor-
mig, Max Drogman and William FIeck.
musicians, with the .Katinka" Musical
Comedy company. were ordered in
termed here Monday as alien enemies
and A W. Bachelor, manager of the
company was fined $500 and costs tor
assisting them into Canada from De-
troit.
- All are Germans with first citizen
ship papers, whose homes are in New
York.
Intern Three Sailors as Aliens.
Philadelphia, Jan 22.-Three men,
bers of the crew of a French ship at
anchor in the Delaware river were
brought to the federal building here
from Wilmington. Del, today and will
be questioned by agents of the depart
ment of justice They are Frank A.
Eerstrocten, CormelIe Jansen and Vic
tor DIVER, all claiming to be Belgians.
The seamen were taken off their YES
sci in compliance with the PRESIDENT
proclamation forbidding enemy aliens
aboard vessels in American ports.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-22
VIII Shoot For $1,000.

New York, Jan. 22.-The dates for
the Grand American Handicap tour
nament Of the Interstate Trap Shoot
ing association have been set for
August to g, inclusive The tour
nament will be held at Chicago under
the auspices of the South Shore Coun-
try club. There will be $4,000 in
added money, of which $500 and
trophies will be divided among the
first five place winners
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-22
OLDTlME COLD
CURE-DRlNK TEAL

Get a small package of Hamburg
Breast Tea at any pharmacy Take
a tablespoonful of this hamburg tea,
put a cup of boiling water upon it,
pour through a sieve and drink a tea
cupful at any time Ii is the most ef-
fective way to break a cold and cure
grip. as it opens the pores. relieving
congestion Also loosens the bowels.
thus breaking cold at once
1t is inexpensive and entirely vege-
table, therefore harmless.-Ady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-22
FEDERAL FOOD BOARD GETS
$1,000 LIB. BUTTER HOARD

New York. January z2.-NeaIly
1900 pounds of butter boarded
by Charles Wilmer. a Brooklyn re-
taller, since June, in the hope of
a rise in price. is to be distributed
by the federal food board to hos
pitfalls and charitable institutions at
the cost price. it was announced
today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-22
View York Yankees Get Plank.

St Louis, Jan. Fiddle Plank,
veteran pitcher and Derrin Pratt
second baseman. were traded to the
Ne York Americans by the st. Louis
Americans today for five players and
- n
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1918-01-11

Democratic party likewise forget themE II
PARTY politics is to be baniShed from the
brain of man until the war IS won. will not
some well-informed Democrat please tell
me WHY it is thai, since the war began, as
we'll as before, the Democratic party has
had its candidates Ou' for every office I'M
every State in the Uaion-lOcdl, district
and State-where the Democrats have had
even a remote chance of winning Will
somebody point out a single instance
where President Wilson was opposed to
the election of a Democrat and Tor the
election of a Republican for any office
anywhere, large or small, since the war be-
gan? If politics and party advantage are
not to be dreamed of until this war is
over, as the Democrats solemnly admonlsh
us, why do not President and his party at
least, some time, somewhere, and upon
some occasion, advocate the election OF
some Republicans?-Ex.
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1918-01-11

Do not fail to note the real MONEY
SAVING PROPOSITION" made by this sterling
newspaper, the ST LOUIS CLo"E-DEMocRAT'
elsewhere in this issue. In spite ofthe en-
ormously increased cost of production, the
DAILY CLoBE-DEMoCRAT, except Sunday is
offered to rural free delivery and star route
patrons yearly subscriptions only at the
remarkable low rate of So per year-or IN
complete clubs of three or more, at the
net club rate of only $3.50 for each yearly
subscription. The DAILY GLoBE-DEMOCRAT
including Sunday, is offerag for $3.50 per
wear. or in clubs of three or more at the
net rate of $475 for each yearly subscrip-
ton. This offer is also open to subscribers
who receive their mail at post offices where
the DAILY GLOBE DEMOCRAT is not handled
by local newsdealers. The local news
dealers. The regular price OF the GLOBE
DEMOCRAT, including SUNDAY, is now $3.50
per year; daily, without Sunday, SIS per
year; Sunday only, $3.50 per year; weekly,
issued twice week, so cents year. Again
we urge you to read the "Money-Saving
Proposition" and send in your order AT
ONCE. Address the Globe Printing Com
pany, Publishers, ST. Louis, Mo.
R. M. Shields, of Isabella, had business
in Ducktown, Saturday.
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1918-01-11
REGISTRANTS SHOULD
NOT PAY FEES.

All regisiranls are notified that they
should moi paw fees for any service in
connection with answering their question
naire. Fees to nolaries and magIstrstes
are wholly unnecessary.
The Legal Advisory Boards will aid YOU
and take all necessary aflidaviis without
chorge. The State Legal Advisory Board
has recently learned that some justices OF
the peace and notaries in various parts OF
the state are charging regsIrants for aid
ing them in taking the afidavits required
by the QUESTIONABLE. In few distances
LAWYERS have charged fees for similar SER
vice. No one performing this service
should Charge for it and drastic steps will
be taken against those who have done so.
We have requested Governor Rye not to
commission any notary public elected at
the January term OF courts who has charged
registrants, nor unless he agrees not to
charge them. All lawyers who have
charged for aiding or swearing reglslrants
or for making affidavits are advised to I'M
mediatey return the fees so chsrged.
The regisirants are called upon to make
a great sacrifice in leaving home, business
and family. No one should charge them
for any service rendered in connection
with the performance of this duty. The
Selective Service Regulations provide that
the services required of Legal Advisory
Boards shall be uncompensated.
Many questionnaires filled by registrants
without the assistance of the Legal Ad-
visory Boards are found to be improperly
filled out and will require large amount
of additional work and expense. We,
therefore, advise all registrants to take
their missionaries immediatel y to the
Legal Advisory Board working with their
Exemption Board. They should not at
tempt to answer it without advice nor 60
to unauthorized persons who may unln-
tentionally lead them into error.
State Legal Advisory Board For Tennessee.
P. D. NADDIN, Chairman,
Nashville, Tennessee, Jan. 5. 1913,
C. W. Renwick. manager of the D. S, {,
4 |. Co., left, yesterday, for St. Augustine
Fla, for few weeks rest.
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1918-01-11
THE NEW STENOGRAPHER.


l have new stenographer-she came
to work today;
She told me that she wrote the Ora
ham system;
Two hundred words minute seemed
to her. she said, like play.
And word by word by at that; she
never missed 'em.
gave her some dictation, a letter to a
man,
And this, as | remember it, was how
the letter ran:
Dear Sir have your favor, and in
reply would state
That | accept the offer in yours of
recent date,
wish to say, however, that under no
condition
Can | afford to think of your free
lance proposition.
shall begin tomorrow to turn the
matter out;
The copy will be ready by August
10th, about.
Material of this nature should not be
rushed unduly.
Thanking you for your favor, am
yours very truly"
She took it down in shorthand with
apparent ease and grace,
She didn't call me back. all in a
furry;
Now thought l, "at last | have girl worth
keeping round the place"
Then said, "Now write it out; you
needn't hurry"
The Remington she tackled; now and
then she struck a key,
And at the end of thirty minutes this is
what she handed me:
rDeer sir, have the feever and in
pile sit,
And | except the offer as you have
reasoned it.
I wish to see however that under any
condishun
Can think of your free lunch propo-
sishun.
shall be in tomorrow to turn
The Mother out.
The Cap will be red and will COST
81 about.
Marerial of this nation should not rust
N Dooly.
Thinking you have the feever' | am
yours very truely."
William F. Kirk.
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1918-01-11
SOME QUESTIONS.

Said Caleb Powers-"If the Republicans
are to forget politics for the time being
should not President Wilson and the
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1918-01-11

DUCKTOWN. TENN, JAN. IL, 1913.
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1918-01-11

C. W. Renwick. manager of the D. S, c,
4 |. Co., left, yesterday, for St. Augustine
Fla, for few weeks rest.
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1918-01-11

R. M. Shields, of Isabella, had business
in Ducktown, Saturday.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-20

come in Tor days after the polls close.
Lenroot carried Superior, his home
town, by 5000. He won Racine by l 400.
The city of Madison complete gave
Lenroot, 1884; Thompson, 1904. La
Follette's precinct gave Lenroot S5,
Thompson 43.
Berger's large vote is estimated to
have cut deeply into ThOmpson's.
On the Democratic end Davies has
62S to McCarthy's 116.
On the Democratic side is was a
walkaway for Joseph e. Davies, who
resigned as head of the federal trade
commission to chuck his bonnet into
the ring, over DR.. Charles Mccarthy,
militant progressive, by large mar
gin, as the latsst returns indicate.
Madison, Wis, March 2O.~-The sol
diers' voting law passed by the spe,
cial session of the Wisconsin legisla.
ture just closed permits soldiers to
vote in the election April 2, but not in
the primary.