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cheney. It was not in the first three
weeks a rout, as Leipzig had not been
a rout, but it was one of the most
clearly cut victories in all military
history. and for the Germans it was
a defeat which terminated all hope.
not merely of winning the war. but OF
imposing a deadlock. After the battle
of the Hindenburg line, the certainty
of military decision. if not antlcl-
pated by a German surrender, was I'M
piStakable.
IF one wanted a parallel for Foch's
tactics one might perhaps cite the
method of Lee at Gettysburg. II this
battle the great southern general raj at It,
the right, and finally threw Pickett
upon the Union center. Both of his
flank operations were measurably sue
cessful, although neither led to any
the center Pickett was utterly unsuc-
ceSsful and suffered bloody repulse.
which left Lees army incapable of
renewing the offensive. Foch. on the
contrary, was able to coordinate his
three strokes in such fashion that
when he struck the center the blows
already delivered on the TANKS had
made a heavy draught upon Luden-
dorff'S reserves. and not impossibly
led to a weakening on the decisive
front.
Operation Perfectly ,Co-Ordinated.
But, of course, all parallels are
deceptive. and we are now dealing
with a struggle on two hundred miles
of front. where Gettysburg covered
less than ten. Nor is it wholly true
to speak of only three thrusts; there
were three major blows, but there
were also a long series of minor
thrusts by other armies. The whole
thing was not series of detached
movements, but one perfectly CO.
ordinated operation by nearly a dozen
armies, each of them larger than the
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S|M0NDS' WAR REVIEW
Continued from First Page.)

troops were approaching Valenciennes
from the north of the Sensee canal,
while Byng's army was thrusting to-
ward it from the south.
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KAISER CLIQUE NOT SEEKING PEACE,
BUT MERELY. CHANCE TO SPUR ON
PEOPLE TO NEW WAR ENDEA VOR
Situation In Russia.

Japanese forces have reached Ir-
kutsk In their westward advance.
Bolshevik forces have been prncti-
cally driven out of Siberia. at least
their power nulled by allied cooper
aticn. Czcchs and the allies hold the
Siberian railway all the way from
Pensn. in European Russia. to Vladl-
vOstOk.
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combined forces Of Meade and Lee at
Gettysburg.
The trouble with all previous allied
offensives had laid in the fact that all
resources were concentrated on a mar
row front and the concentration be-
trayed to the enemy the direction in
which the attack was coming and en-
abled him to make a counter concen-
tration. The fault with the German
offensives of this year has lain in the
fact that they consumed all their en-
ergy and resources in dealing one
colossal blow, and when that failed
to achieve a decision they had to
stop and prepare a new blow, giving
the enemy equal opportunity to pre-
pare and to recover from the conse-
quences of the first blow
The merit of Foch's strategy has lain
in his ability to expand the pressure
over very wide front and multiply
his partial thrusts so that the enemy
was never able to get~l1is breath and
never able to anticipate in which di-
rection the next blow was to fall. In
a word, you have the difference be-
tween a brute and a man trained in
self-defense. The brute undertook to
destroy his antagonist by few ter
rible blows. Foch parted or lodged
these. and then began to play his an
tagoniSt, putting him on the defen-
,sive at the second Marine, worrying
him at the third Somme and making
his ultimate defeat beyond question
at the battle of the Hindenburg line.
Never was the superiority Of French
to German military science more per-
strategy is based upon Napoleonic
principles, but while the German only
initiated Napoleon, the allied COM
mander-in-ch chief interpreted him.
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Charles Attempts to
Save Monarchy.

monarchy. 1t has been announced that
1le wiil-some reports say he has
proclaimed the autonomy of Hungary
Id complete economic Independence
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Allied military and naval clifezs to
whom Germany must look for n sus-
pension of hOstilities.
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Foe Capable of One More Campaign

01H1F11E,H
The battle of the Hindenburg line
won the war. The Germans have still
unbroken armies. great resources in
numbers and in material; they are
capable on the military side of re-
peating Napoleon's achievement after
Leipzig and fighting one more cam
paign. Whether they do or not de-
ponds upon the home front, not the
military front. as I see it. on Monday,
October 81, when this article is closed.
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The allies have received the new
Wilson note with approval. Their
.,z;o. will ho
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late that unless the allies could win
decisive victory in the west they would
bargain with her for peace In the
coming winter. and In that bargaining
she could trade western holdings for
eastern conQuests.
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Military operations during the week
when the whole western front is
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Emperor Charles of Austria-Hun-
gary has attempted to play a trump
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1t would appear on the face of
reports recording allied progress that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20
Plan in Topeka To systematic
for War Work.
Set Aside SO Much a Month for
Big Drives.

systematic war savings similar to
the popular Christmas savings ac-
counts inaugurated some time ago by
the banks of the city, will be in
stituted in Topeka soon, according to
preliminary plans made today by the
military committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, headed by d. w. Mulvane
chairman. The idea is to impress the
people of the city with the promise of
future Red Cross, Y. NJ c. A. and
sundyy drives and the necessity of
preparing for them thru regulated
savings Marco Morrow. a member of
the committee, made the suggestion
which will be enlarged upon and per-
fected by him and by a select COM
mittee soon.
The military committee has taken
this course in lieu of a plan to start a
city war chest-a fund to be procured
by one mammoth drive and to be dis
tributed among all coming quotas for
the year 1t was the opinion of the
committee that the educational and
patriotic features of single campaigns
and the doubt as to what may be
asked within the next twelve months
combined to make the war chest
suggestion impractical.
Under the new plan each citizen will
be asked to lay aside SO much week
or month in what will be called an in
dividua1 war savings account Then
when the drives are launched. each
person will have funds On hand to
make satisfactory contribution with
out the immediate sacrifice
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Attempting Spinning Nose When
Plane Crashes to Earth.

Fort Worth, Texas, March 20
Lieut.. r. J. Burley, Toronto, and
Corporal William Miles. Abedoro,
England, were killed Instantly late
yesterday while attempting a spinning
nose dive at Everman field near here.
Corporal Miles, 43, has a wife living
in London. Lieutenant Burley, "a,
was unmarried.
Fatal Fall at San Antonio.
San Antonio, March 20.-F'irst
Lieut.. Walter j. johnson, % years old
of Belleville, ILL.,, was instantly killed
at 7:45 o'clock this morning when
the Canadian Curtiss plane which he
was driving fell 1.50O feet at Kelly
field.
His mother. Mrs. NJ. H. johnson, re-
sides in Jersey City, n. j.
Lieutenant johnson had just start
ed on an advanced cross country flight
and had risen to a height of 1900
feet when his plane was seen to faiter
and then dive toward earth At 900
feet above ground he partially re-
gained control but only for moment,
and the machine again plunged down.
Lieutenant johnson was an instruc-
tor at Kelly field, having come here
from Scott field at Bellevi1le. He
learned to fly at Mineola in 1916.
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Chicago Drys Ask Court To Or
der Vote on Prohibition.
Appeal of Case by Vets Would
Delay 1T Past Election Day.

Chicago. March 2o.-The Dry Chi
cago federation depended on the
courts today to compel the election
commission to place the saloon ques-
ton before the city's voters April g
The commission yesterday held in
sufficient the signatures on the dry
petition. The ballots We're ordered
printed without the saloon question.
Federation attorneys today asked
the superior court for an immediate
hearing on their application for a
manda mus writ. The court had set
the hearing for next Monday. Vets
said they would appeal to the supreme
court should the mandamus be
granted. If the appeal operates as
stay, the Drys are believed defeated
as the supreme court meets April 9
Dry workers today were circulat ting
petitions asking removal of the cleo
ton commissioners. They claim the
three members and chief clerk of the
board are former liquor interest en-
ployes.
Plans are being laid for new
speaking and propaganda campaign
against saloons in Chicago, led by
William Jennings Bryan and Evange-
list Billy Sunday.
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LAST DAY OF WINTER
Official Spring Season Comes Tomor-
row Morning at Early Hour.
TopAY,s TEMPERATURES.

Temperatures for the day averaged
Is degrees above normal for the date.
The wind was blowing IL miles an
hour from the south at o'clock.
At O'Clock tomorrow morning the
spring of 1918 will officially begin,
according to a statement by Meteoro-
logist Flora this morning. Flora gave
no special reasons as to just why
spring should start at that precise
hour, but merely stated the fact.
Signs of spring were plentiful on the
streets today. Red birds have already
been fitting about from Topeka tree
to Topeka tree seeking the proper
place for a nest: and the female of the
White Way Moth" species has been
observed for several days past appear
ing in the latest creations in low shoes
and-and-and other things not nu-
merous enough to mention.
The lowest temperature recorded in
Topeka Tuesday night was "A degrees
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HERO TO Topeka AESS FALSAKE IT TO COURT start SAVING!
More Meat Eaten Instead of
Less, Says Food Official.
Says High Wages Result in In
creased Consumption.

Washington, March 20.-Meatless
days have not conserved the meat
supply. Joseph P. Cotton, head of the
food administrations meat division
toda-- told the senate committee in
vestigating food supplies, but on the
other hand, he believed there had
been more meat consumed on those
days than usual.
This was caused. Cotton said he
believed. because while many persons
observed the meatless days. others
who previously had not used much
meat were enabled to do SO by the
high wages they We're receiving and
this resulted in a net increase of
consumption rather than a saving
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Descendant of Israel Putnam Wins
Honors as Flyer in France.

Paris, Tuesday, Mar. 19.-David E.
Putnam of Brookline. Mass, a descen-
dant of Israel Putnam and a member
of the Lafayette Flying squadron. has
Just brought down two more German
airplanes. Putnam also has been pro-
NOTED to the rank of sergeant in the
French army. He already has the
war cross with palms.
On the afternoon of March IA,
Aviator Putnam attacked three alba
tross monoplanes, bringing down one
and putting the others to flight. The
next day he attacked two two-seated
machines, one of which crashed to
the ground in flames.
In each case Putnam was alone on
patrol duty.
This makes four machines with
which Putnam is officially credited.
altho he brought down fifth ma
chine on a German airdrome. This
was not seen by French observers and
therefore was not officially credited.
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They're Well Fed, Do Not Lack
Supplies or Attention.
War Secretary Wears Tin Hat
While Visiting Front Line.
CARRIES HANDY GAS MASK
BOche Shells Overhead and
Shrapnel Burst Nearby.
One Lands Near His AutO-A
Greeting From Fritz.
BY Erred S. FERGUSON.

With the American Army in France.
March 2O.-Secretary Baker today
addressed members of the rainbow di-
vision who have been on the firing
line, promising to convey message
from them to 1.-The folks at home"
ITO your relatives. scattered thru
the states, I will send message tell
ing them you are well-fed and do not
lack the supplies and attentions which
safeguard your health he said.
your communities and the nation
will be proud of your good conduct
and clean living which go with clean
hard fighting and the principles for
which you fight
Bakers visit was a surprise to the
men in the trenches The greatest Sc
crecy was maintained regarding the
arrangements for the trip.
Had Drilled With Gas Mask
The secretary wore borrowed Off
GERS uniform pants, civilian coat, rain
coat, puttees and tin hat and car
ried a gas mask. Previously he had
taken a gas mask drill
After inspecting dugouts and the
front line trenches, he traversed a sap
to a listening post, nearest the Ger
man trenches. When he returned to
the regular lines, he remarked:
Now I've been from the farms to
the factories; from the homes to the
front line
He chatted with the men, frequent
ly asking, What part of Ohio are you
from p"
Some of the men recognized the sec
retary of war and drew up stiffly at
attention.
..Everything's Quiet" They Say.
Baker asked the men how things
hny feel
ing. The ultimate opinion was that
everything was quiet
Some boche shells passed over
head and the secretary inquired what
size they were.
A soldier dropped a hammer in
the mud. Baker picked it up The
soldier demonstrated, but Baker said
he was afraid it would be lost.
listening post sentry bashfully
assured the secretary that the Amer
leans shoot better than the boches.
When Baker arrived at a certain
brigade headquarters, seven batteries
nearby were being shelled. There
were frequent explosions as the enc
my shells struck in the vicinity.
There was some delay in starting
while a route to the trenches was be
ing picked to avoid traversing the
German barrage.
Feared for Guests Safety.
The entire sector was lively with
breaking shrapnel.
There were only four in the party
Baker, a division general, a major
from the press section and a guide.
The other members of the party
were extremely nervous regarding
Bakers welfare, but he was obviously
cool.
Entering the com un1ca ton
trenches, they were stopped by a SEN
try. The general stepped forward
and announced:
1.-The secretary of war.
''Yes. Siri yes, siri'' stammered the
sentry and snapped the rifle to salute.
AS Baker passed, a shell burst near
his automobile. He inquired whether
anyone was hurt. When he was as
sured there were no casualties, his
automobile was speeded up to carry
him out of the danger zone.
The party passed American guns
(Continued or Page Two.l
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BROTHERS IN JAIL
Sons of Former Deputy Sheriff
Accused of Robbery.
Guy and Phil Montgomery
Found Near Economy Store.

Guy and Phil Montgomery. sons of
a former deputy sheriff of Shawnee
county were arrested near Seven
teenth street and Kansas avenue at 3
o'clock this morning shortly after the
Economy store at that corner had
been broken into. The police say they
are certain they robbed that store, and
are the same men who broke into the
home of Richard Moore, 1913
Buchanan street Sunday night.
A 3S caliber revolver was dropped
in the rear of the Economy grocery
Today Detectives Frost and Ransom
took the revolver to the Moore home,
where it was identified as the revolver
stolen there Sunday night
officers Hill, Jones and Duncan
made the arrests. The robbery was
discovered a few minutes after it had
been perpetrated. AS nothing had
been stolen and a chisel used to effect
an entrance was found lying on the
floor and only the dial of the safe
had been broken. it is believed the
robbers were frightened by the ap-
proach of officers.
One young man was found in an al
ley only short distance from the
store. Another was arrested about two
blocks distance. They deny their
guilt.
Boys Make Explanation.
One brother says he took a girl to
her home in South Topeka and was
just returning. The other told Off
GERS he had been securing that end of
the city looking for friend who used
to live in the neighborhood. The one
who gave the girl story told officers
the name of a girl. Detectives Frost
and Ransom called on the girl and
found the story untrue, they stated
today.
The young men. one 25 years old
and the other 2S, at first denied
knowing each other. Finally, they
confessed to being brothers, saying
they came to Topeka a weeS ago and
have been living at the Colonial hotel
and later at the Commerce hotel un-
der aSSUn ed names
Their father according to detec-
tives. was a deputy sheriff under for
mcr Sheriff Wilkerson. Later, the
father became a railroad detective
and was shot and killed in Texas.
Their mother lives in Wichita which
is their home.
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Probably Will Take City With
out Defense by Bolsheviki.
Troops Are Advancing Along
Coast and From PskOv.
WILL CONTROL FINLAND GULF
City Remains Passive to Fate;
Govt Has Fled.
Russia To Be Cut OF From
Seas. North and South.
(By the Associated Press.)

London, March 2O.-Occupation of
Petrograd by the Germans is only
matter of hours. according to dis
patches from Petrograd to several of
the morning newspapers. The Russian
capital is said to be a:suming a wait
ing attitude and is not displaying the
slightest sign of organized resistance.
Advancing in South, Too.
Reuter- dispatch from Petrosrad to
have reached the vicinity of Dno sta
ton, about so miles south of Petro-
grad. The Austro-Germana advance in
southern Russia continues. The enc
my has occupied Soumy, five hours
march from Kharkov, the dispatch
says,
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Dutch Answer Reaches WASH
ingtOn at 10 A. nj. Today.
Govt Prepares at Once To
RequisitiOn Dutch Vessels.
NATURE OF REPLY WITHHELD
Wilson Summons War Workers
and Advisers in Council.
Keep Up Fight for Chamber
lain's War Cabinet Measure.

Washington March 20.-Holland's
reply in the shipping negotiations was
received shortly after 10 o'clock this
morning. The American government
prepared to take action Immediately
to take over the ships.
The nature of the reply was not dis
closed, pending the issuance of
proclamation by President Wilson
which had been prepared in advance
and was awaiting only news of the
conclusion of negotiations in London.
The American and British govern
ments were ready to take over all
Dutch vessels in their waters Monday,
but seizure was DELAYED here pending
word that the Netherlands govern
ment had acceded to their demands.
Whatever the reply, however, it was
said, the ships would be taken.
Seizure was delayed chiefly because
the Dutch government, but it has been
indicated that neither the United
States nor Great Britain would go
thru another long series of negotia-
tions.
Not Altogether Acceptable?
London, March 2O.-The conditions
laid down by the Dutch foreign min
lister for the acceptance of the de-
mands of the associated governments
as regards the taking over of Dutch
shipping, are not likely to be accept
able to those governments according
to a Reuter- dispatch from the Hague.
filed yesterday. 1t adds, however, that
the arTning of the Dutch vessels may
not be insisted upon.
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Private Peat. Fighter and Au-
thor. Is Coming.
He Will Appear at the Audi
torium April IL.

Private Peat. fighter and author,
with an arm shot to pieces by Ger
man explosive bullet, and who has at
ira cted the attention of President Will
son and the entire country, will be in
Topeka Thursday evening, April IL. at
the auditorium under the auspices OF
the military committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce The proceeds of
the entertainment will be given to the
local Red Cross.
Private Peat is a wiry little black
eyed man. With his arm dangling by
his side he is preaching the gospel of
patriotic sacrifice He tells of German
outra ges-outrag ges he has seen on the
battlefield. He tells of spies, of Ger
man intrigue, of Hun cruelty-and
then he relieves the situation with hu-
morous war incidents.
His book. Private Peat is un-
doubtedly one of the best sellers of the
war
The military committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, under the
Craftsmanship of D. w. Mulvane, is
fortunate in procuring Peat for this
thrilling war lecture. He is in de-
mand in all parts of the United States.
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noon

Il think the woman is not telling
the truth" said Lariner after he re-
cited her story.
The woman told Lariner that her
maiden name was Anna Same and her
home was Fort Worth, Tex. where
she married William Barnes in April
1915. He was cruel to her, she told
the sheriff, and they have been. fav-
ing much domestic trouble. Two
months ago. she declared. they moved
to Kansas City, Mo. altho she could
not give the street number where they
lived.
Finally they decided to give the
baby away and three days ago, she
declared, Barnes came to Topeka to
make arrangemen to give the bab by
to someone. She came here with the
baby, Sunday and registered at the
Fifth Avenue hotel as Mrs. A Berns.
O'Clock Monday morning.
Met Husband in Topeka
About l o'clock, she declared, she
met her husband at the Baltimore
hotel opposite the Union Pacific sta
ton in North Topeka. She was as
sured that he had found the baby a
home and he directed her to go to the
station, leave the baby there and go
on to Kansas City; that he had made
arrangements for some one to call for
it.
Larimer will arrive in Topeka this
Fisher, county attorney, stated that no
warrant would be issued until Iari-
mer's return. A fine of 800 and six
months Imprisonment in the county
Jail is provided FOR such an offense.
While Larimer was endeavoring to
get a straight story from Mrs. Barnes
in Kansas City. Undersheriff Bob
Miller was investigating her actions in
Topeka Monday, SO far as it was pos
sible. Besides the baby who was left
I nflH n 40 .aFRFx
room, was a bundle of cheap baby
clothes which had been tucked in a
pillow case. ''Balt" was a laundry
mark on the case.
Miller went to the Baltimore hotel.
opposite the Union Pacific station. and
found the name of Mrs. Barnes on
the Monday register. A pillow case
was missing in the room she occupied,
and the same laundry mark was found
on other pillow cases in the hotel.
The Greek proprietor of the place
remembered the woman registe erine.
She carried a baby and a suitcase
She called at the hotel shortly after
1 O'Clock Tuesday and stated that she
wanted a room for over night and
was taken to a room. About an hour
later she left the hotel with the baby
and suitcase
Are you coming back?" the
proprietor asked
Yes she replied.
Find Baby's Picture
The proprietor denied that she met
a men at the hotel or asked concern
ing any man. She was a woman
as the woman taken from the Union
Pacific train at Kansas City.
Wrapped in the baby clothes, Mrs
w D. Bundy. matron at the county
detention home, found two pictures
of the baby. One was mounted on a
u
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GEN. WOODS SON
JOINS u. S. ARMY
AS PRIVATE, AT 19

Boston, Mass. March 20.-Otis c.
Wood, 19, son of Maj, Gen. Leonard
Wood. is a private in the United States
army today.
Wood, who is not yet 21 years of
age, was a sophomore at Harvard.
He will leave for Fort Slocum, N. Y.
Saturday to begin training
He enlisted as a private when, after
repeated attempts, he found he was
too young to enter any of the officers
training camps.