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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25
DISMISS A TEACHER
Woman at Ottawa University Accused
of UNFOLDING Hun Atrocities.

Ottawa, Kan, April 25.-Miss Jo-
hanna Pirscher, a native of Germany,
was dismissed from the faculty of
Ottawa University, a Baptist college,
following remarks she made in the
presence of students of a German
class Friday. Because of her alleged
pro-German utterances at various
times the last year her resignation.
to become effective next month, was
requested February %.
While directing small first wear
German class at the college, Miss
P1rscher is said to have made this
statement:
Il can prove that one cause for Ger
man atrocities in Belgium was the
murder by Belgians of wounded Ger
man soldiers in their beds"
The remark was holly resented by
members of the class. They threat
ened to revolt, it is said, and started
a petition demanding the dismissal of
the teacher. One young man, who is
a ministerial student, refused to re-
cite in the class. DR.. S. E. Price,
president of the school, returned last
night from Chicago. He said Miss
Pirscher admitted she had made the
statement. She was then dismissed
Immediately.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25
MAY BECOME OFFICERS
Enlisted Men in Navy Are Eligible to
Commissions When Prepared.

Kansas City, Mo-, April 25.-Any
men enlisting in the navy or enrolling
in the naval reserve may win a COM
mission if he can pass the rigid pro-
fessional and physical tests of the
navy, according to an announcement
made by the navy recruiting service
at Kansas City today.
All naval recruits are now eligible
for what the navy calls officer ma
terial classes. The requirements are
a. least one month in the navy, be-
tween 81 and 80 years of age, educa-
ton equivalent to at least compile
tiCn of high school course, including
trigonometry and knowledge of
| logarithms, and fitness to lead men,
Selections fo- officer material
schools are not made at recruiting
stations. Men wishing to try for navy
commission must enlist or enroll in
the regular way and take their
chances of being designated. If they
are not designated or fail to qualify
| they will not be discharged from
naval service but made petty officers
and retained in service until the end
CT the war. They will not be barred
| from entering a later class at the Of
! ficerS' school, however.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25
MORE CORN NOW
America in Position To Abstain
From Wheat Entirely.
Milling Capacity for Corn Has
Increased 500 Per Cent.

Columbia, Mo-, April 25.-Ameri-
cans are now in a position to observe
total abstinence from wheat flour and
depend wholly upon corn. according
to estimates of the actual milling out
put of cornmeal which have just been
announced by the Missouri division of
the United States food administration
The estimated monthly production
of corn flour for October, 1917. was
100000 bushels, while the estimated
maximum milling capacity for corn
flour for March is placed at $4,000
bushels. 1t is believed that in the
last eighteen months the milling ca
pacity for corn flour has been in
creased 500 per cent
The Food Administration has an
nounced 1t is ready to care for all
cornmeal demands in any part of the
United States. If the American peo-
pie would give up wheat flour entire
~ there would be an abundance of
cornmeal, with what corn flour there
Is available, to care for all needs I'M
til after the next harvest This does
not take into consideration the enor-
nous amounts of potatoes and other
wheat flour substitutes, such as oats.
barley, rice and the like
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25
SHRINERS GO HOME
Big Day Ended With Banquet al
Temple Last Night.

The browning event of the cele-
bration over the safe arrival of the
caravan of novices at the portals of
the Mystic Shrine was the big banquet
at the Masonic temple Wednesday
night
IIlustrious Potentate Horace T.
Phinney of the Abdallah Shrine, pre-
sided at the banquet and acted as gem
eralissimo and official censor of noise.
Burdett's orchestra furnished music
for the eating part of the celebration,
and then accompanied the Sympathy
quartet in a series of parodies on pa
triotic airs. A community sing led by
the quartet was one of the features of
the after dinner program. Miss Mar
guerite Gohlke won for herself the
official title of the Masonic Nightin-
gale" in recognition of her regular ap-
pearance on Masonic programs.
Four minute speeches were made by
W. w. Barker, president of the En-
poria Shrine club, B. B. Eitelman, vice
president of the Topeka Shrine club;
Hugh T. Fisher, who won the right to
wear the red fez Wednesday. John NJ.
Kinkel, a member of the indian
shrine at Wichita; and Charles K.
Haw, illustrious recorder of Abdallah
Shrine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25
Use Cocoanut Oil
For Washing Hair

If you want to keep your hair in
good condition, be careful what you
wash it with.
Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali. This dries
the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and
is very harmful. Just plain mulsified
cocoanut oil (Which is pure and en-
: sirely greaseless), is much better than
.=the most expensive soap or anything
-sehse you can use for shampooing, as
this can't possibly injure the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with water
and rub it in. One or two teaspoon
gus will make an abundance of rich,
creamy lather and cleanses the hair
--ass@- scalp thoroughly The lather
rfnses out easily, and removes every
particle of dust, dirt, dandruff and
wexressive oil. The hair dries quickly
and evenly, and it leaves it fine and
=Hlky, bright, fluffy and easy to man
age.
You can get mulsified cocoanut oil
% at most any drug store. 1t is very
cheap, and few ounces is enough to
last everyone in the family for months.
advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25
THAT "RIVET KING"
Union Mans Complaint Over Legii-
mate News Story.

To Editor Topeka State Journal:
news item under Philadelphia date OF
the 24th which appeared in your issue to-
day, tells of a champion riveter doing his
bit at 1000 day rate on ships. and at
the bottom of the dispatch appears the
paragraph, 1.-The average riveter hammers
from 800 to $50 rivets in eight hours" The
man can drive 1000 rivets in a day that
the average riveter' driving 800 to $50
rivets is Stacker and the reader naturally
in ship building.
On referring to the Emergency Fleet
News published by the United States
Shipping Board Emergency Fleet corpora
ton, which ought to be official, find this
statement:
the average) seems to be the division of the
ships into units. Three broad divisions
shell work on a hull. In an S-hhour day
a good gang can average $50 to 600 seven
eighths inch rivets on shell and side work,
inch and one-eighth rivets in the difficult
places of an inner bottom count $50 to 500
rivets good days work"
The point / want to make is that the
newspapers should take care to state the
facts or be more explicit so that the read
ing public may not have the facilities or in
clination who analyze will not become I'M
necessarily prejudiced against labor's part
in construction.
Sincerely yours,
Topeka, April %.
The item referred to by Mr.. Stevic
was telegraph story out of Philadel-
phia sent to the State Journal and
hundreds of other newspapers over
tho country by a reliable and un-
biased news association, the United
Press. The fact tina. this riveter is
able to drive 1000 rivets a day is
what makes him the champion" of
his kind and incidentally is what in
stigated the story. If he had been
an average riveter'' there would
have been no story. Mr.. Stevic must
remember that every ball player isn't
| a Ty Cobb. Every prize fighter is
not a Jess Willard. Every typist is
not Miss Holmes. There is only one
Mary Pickford, one Douglas Fairbanks
Mr.. Stevic has grasped this oppor-
tunity to insinuate that the State
Journal attempted to place the
/ union riveters in the wrong light
Like insinuations, recently, have been
spread over Topeka joyfully by GER
tain agitators. The State Journal
had no part in the writing or the
solicitation of this rivet champion
story. It was sent over the wire as
news and was printed as such. The
State Journal, with the government
recognizes the great work that unior
| labor has performed in aiding the
national war program. The simple
fact that a man in Philadelphia car
drive 1000 rivets a day has no bear
ing whatever On labor prejudice. Ger
| tainly, labor has too big a task ahead
o. it to become picayunish over the
| exploits of g champion riveter."
Anyway there was absolutely moth
ing whatever in the dispatch to in.
| Gicate or inSinuate that the average
riveter' was a Stacker. Mr.. Stevic':
| conclusions are fathered by his ideas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25
MANY CATTLE KILLED
severe Weather of Last Week Hit
Kansas Stock Raisers.

Cottonwood Falls, Kan, April Is
Many cattlemen who have live stock
on grazing in this county were hard
hit by last Fridays snow storm, and
the cold weather which accompanied
it. which resulted in loss of cattle by
exposure.
Each day following the storm brings
reports of added losses, as stockmen
are still finding here and there over
the grazing districts cattle which have
persisted from exposure, while in some
sections there have been found
punches of two or three dozen car
casses together.
The total loss in this county is now
estimated at from 200 to 800 head.
with Nation Brothers probably the
heaviest losers. They had just
shipped in several trainloads of stock
from Texas, and the number of their
cattle which persisted is upwards of
$50 head
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25
Stop Itching Eczema

Never mind how often you have tried
and failed, you can stop burning, itching
eczema quickly by applying a little zemo
furnished by any druggist for 35c. Extra
large bottle, $1.00. Healing begins the
moment zemo is applied. In short time
usually every trace of eczema, letter,
pimples, rash, blackheads and similar
skin diseases will be removed.
For clearing the skin and making it
vigorously healthy, always use zemo, the
penetrating, antiseptic liquid. 1t is not a
greasy salve and it does not stain. When
others fail it is the one dependable treat
ment for skin troubles of all kinds.
The E. W. Rose Co.. Cleveland, o.
(Advertisement)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25
TRAINMEN TO CHANGE
On Account of War Conditions Con-
vention Will Be in a Central City.

Cleveland, o., April 25.-Due to
war conditions the next triennial con-
vention of the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen and the Brotherhood
Ladies auxiliary will be held in some
central city in May, 1919, instead OF
san Antonio, Texas, the city selected
at the Detroit convention in 1916,
President W. G. Lee has announced.
More han 600 of the 900 lodges have
voted in favor of the change. Owing
to Cleveland being the headquarters
OF the organization, this city probably
will be selected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25

Extreme economy in consumption
of sugar is urged by the food admins
tration so there will be sufficient for
canning. Every one is asked to use
just enough. This rule applies par
ticularly to adults. Care should be
taken so that children are not limited
to such an extent that it will inter-
fere with their growth. However, it
is not necessary to stuff the children
with sweets. They can get along very
well without sugar made candies if
they have plenty of sugar for their
non-wheat cereals and with other
foods
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25
GEESE EASY TO RAISE
They Live on Grass and Are Valuable
Fat Producers.

Manhattan, Kan, April 25.-The
demand for geese is strong and steady
thruout practically the whole year
and is not confined to certain holiday
seasons.
Geese will live almost entirely on
grass. They excel all other kinds of
poultry as fat producers-and fat is
valuable now. This is the time of the
year to start flock. points out L. w.
Burby, extension poultry husband
man, in the agricultural college. Lit
erature on Goose Raising may be
had for the asking from Mr.. Burby.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25
Is YEARS AGO in Topeka
From the columns of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL



The Santa Fe strike ended at o'clock
the machinists, blacksmiths and boiler
makers returned to work, having been out
fifteen days.
Capital lodge No. S92, l. o. o. F., and
Topeka lodge No. 40, will hold regular
meetings tomorrow night at their re
spective halls, and indulge in exercises
commemorative of the anniversary of the
order In North Topeka, Harmony Re
bekah lodge No. 81 VIII entertain Eugene
lodge No 10 and Victor lodge No. 440, and
celebrate the 74th anniversary of Odd Eel
lowship.
The family of J. B. Chapman of the
Press will occupy the A. L. Daniels resi-
dence in West Tenth street.
Miss Margaret Mulvane gave thimble
party yesterday afternoon for Mrs. John
BoaI of California.
Mrs. Eugene Wolf and Miss Laura
afternoon Those present were Mrs. John
BoaI of California; Mrs. Stevenson, of
Duluth, Mimi. Mrs. Arthur Adams. of
Oregon; Mrs. Frank Quinton, of Iowa +;
Miss Fannie Spencer, of Chicago; Mrs.
Eugene Quinton, Mrs. Arthur Mills. Mrs.
J. L. King. Mrs. A. H. Connelley, Mrs. T..
l.. Soper Mrs Harold Chase. Mrs. Frank
Thompson. Mrs. Frank Bonebrake, Mrs. 5.
Hughes, Mrs. A t. Waggoner, Mrs. Emery.
Mrs. Dell Keller, Mrs. J. w. +. Hughes,
Mrs. Arthur Capper, Mrs. H. H. Arthur,
Misses Name Horton. Lillian Gemmel, Mar
garet Mulvane and Myra Williams.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25
TO OPPOSE HOME RULE
sir Edward Carson Would Organize
for Resistance.

London, April 25.-Sir Edward
Carson, the Ulster Unionist leader,
has written to the secretary of the
Ulster Unionist council advising the
reorganization of the machinery to
oppose home rule. He says it will be
necessary to summon the council
committee at the earliest moment
after the publication of the bill by
the government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25
FOR KRAUT is GERMAN
Therefore 1t Is Unpopular and the
Price Has Gone Down.

New York, April 25.-Yea, all
things German shall become unpopu-
lar-even sauer kraut.
Pickle dealers report true patriots
are avoiding sauer kraut because of its
German associations. Before the war
it sold from S45 to $50 a barrel.
Now it is down to $14 a barrel, with
no buyers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25
SUGAR BY CARD
Extreme Economy Necessary in
Use of Sweetness.
For Canning Purposes 1t Will
Be Issued Carefully.

Wichita, Kan, April 25.-Sugar GER
tificates are to be issued during the
canning season by the United States
food administration for Kansas to en-
able householders to buy supplies in
excess of the SO cent maximum for
city customers and the 81 maximum
for country customers The form of
certificate was made public today and
is as follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25
LIES ILL IN ARCTIC
Explorer Stefansson Sends Courier to
Alaska for a Doctor

Fort Yukon. Alaska, April Is
Bringing an appeal for a doctor by
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Arctic ex-
piorer who lies dangerously i'll on
Herschel island, a messenger reached
here late yesterday after a record
breaking trip on the long trail from
the north. In a message carried by
the courier Stefansson told of being
i'll fifty days of typhoid and pneu-
monia followed by complications
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25
PUTS BAN ON IRISH
Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives
Are Forbidden by Commander.

London, April 25.-GeneraI Mahon,
commanding the troops in Ireland has
issued an order forbidding any one to
carry or possess arms, ammunition
or explosives in eleven Irish counties
and also the cities of Cork and Linn
erick unless duly authorized.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25
Archbishop Ireland Not Ill.

st. Paul, Mimi, April 25.-Reports
that Archbishop John Ireland suffer-
ed a relapse are untrue, according to
persons at his residence and accord
ing to his physician, DR.. Charles j.
Meade. today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25

1 hereby declare to the United States
food administrator that desire to pur.
pounds of sugar for my use
for preserving and canning purposes
only, and that 1 shall return any sur
plus not used for that purpose
Signed -----
Address
This certificate should be returned to
Walter P. Innes, federal food admins
traitor for the state of Kansas, Wichita,
Kan. within one week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25

The family of ]. B. Chapman of the
Press will occupy the A. I. Daniels resi-
dence in West Tenth street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-25

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New-York tribune., 1918-04-30
Lexington Results

First race threc- and upward: clair ing;
purse. $500: six furlongs)- )--Yorkyille, io9 (Gru'
ber). $3.50. s5.40 and SIS So won: Peaceful star,
10y tDursch), $3.50 and sS 10. second: Jack K 81
ySlmpson) $3.50. third. Time. l:l4 3-5 Van asss
Wells. sn The Duke Martre and Billy Joe also RAJ.
Moore. lo4 Cwillis), .sls. TO- 81 and s. TO- soeii
Docod. ia Nietcalf). $3.50 and s4 So second: u !,
Lynch. ia CMcCahe). S. 30 third Time. c:ss.
Ollie s. Genevieye Sweep. Lady Apt, Lavender and
Bulldoze also
upward: flies and mares: purse 5000: Futurts M
course)-Rahu lo3 tMorris) sic go 81 20 sns
$40, won; Sun Flash. liz tConnelly) sil 90 and
500. second: Petrovna, ITO tSandej So 80 ttirdl
Time. l:lo As. Rigmarole. Mabel Trask, Ndio ard
Diversion also
ing; handicap; purse. 5000: six Iongs)~Chan.sr
us (iorysl. so. 81 80 and out won; Prince OF
Como. us tGoose). s2.60 and out. second Taf.
Col. III (Howard). out, third. Time l:l3. Phecios,
also :
Fifth race (twc-year- -olds; four and half s.r.
and So 40 won: Henry ReNrts. lis (simpsa !.
s. So third TIME o 90. Lauche Brother "a
Clean. Buster Clark. Iothair and Gale George r
Sixth race (three-year- oids and upward: six ~,
lonss)-kate Canal. 80 tSmpsonl. Sc. GO. S2.7QH
s2.4o won: Words OF Wisdom. III tJohnson) /s5. $
and S240. second Hasty Cora. 10 tJeffryE s..
third. Time, isl5 Sam Mc ieekin md Q
Seventh race tfor three -year-olds an ID upws
mile and an eighth)-I1ttle Bigger 100 VAfajsst
s3ss.S0. s67.70. $500. won. Fair I'd Eisni -
tDowner> $3.50. $2.70. second. Hcwdy III iJkNdy,
Biair). $3.50 Time. 53 As. Petit BiHcu T
Isl. Surprising. John Graham and Dancer &Also
New-York tribune., 1918-04-30
Boxing News and Notes
BY FRED HAWTHORNE

According to our old and reliable
friend, Sllvey Burns, his new bantam
weight fiend (even money the compos-
ing room deletes that word into
"hnd'), Joe Leonard, of Brooklyn. is
not obeying the Saving daylight" law
Up in Hamilton, Canada. on Fridav
night, Joe "walloped the daylight out
OF" Elmer Doane, the pride of Buffalo.
IN the star bout.
ellvey, who writes us to that effect
IS now the manager of Leonard. as
well as Charley Perelli, the East Side
lightweight, and if these two boys keep
on improving at the rate Silvey de-
clares they are, they will come back
to New York as champions in thair
respective classes.
All the nine little would-be boxing
clubs over in New Jersey were living
awake in their cribs last night, wait
ing to see what Santa Claus. repre-
sented by the Jersey Boxing Commis-
SION, would leave in their stockings
Today. The commission meets in Tren-
ton this morning for the purpose of
passing on the applications for H.
censes OF those organizations that wish
to hold bouts under the new Hurley
boxing law. Some of the BOYS are
liable to be disappointed, of course, nut
they've all been on their best behavior
for the last two or three days and
each hopes for the best.
There will probably be tense, dra-
New-York tribune., 1918-04-30

mate M scene at the Capitol CITY A. C..
. ol ot. Paul, Mimi, on the night of Nav
., "hen Jack Dempsey and Billy Miske
meet IN ten-round bout. There is
posslbllity that John "Barber" Re;s-
.er' hnlght Commander of the Brush
may stalk upon the stage at the mo-
ment that Jack and Billy are ready
TO ,oegin. and gum the Whole works
WIN III, an injunction against Demnsev
me bloodEounds following Eliza
over the floating ice cakes were naver
more relentless pursuers on her troi]
than Dempsey has at his heels in tho
person OF John the Barber, K. C. r
me good John swears that his in.
junction is one Of those all-wool
never-rlp, hole-proof articles that viii
not shrink IN the wash or fade in tho
ilght OF strong publicity, and he in
TENDS TO wave it under Jacks nose
every time the Western heavyweiebt
trles to fight except under the excel;
lent BARRIERS management. John has
adopted for his personal family motto
the words: "Jack Dempsey Shall Not
Fight To-night!@ A'0'
Now. if WE were in the show bust.
ness and running the Congress Of
Dare Devils of the World" at Madi-
son Square Garden, to be held from
May 6 to II, we would not consider
that we had provided the ultimate in
thrills and daredevils until we had
Jess Wizards signature to set ~
articles calling for his daily and NIGHT
ly appearance at the Garden.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-30

Cravath and Burns, the Phillie catcher,
closed the onslaught with a fine catch
OF Iesreau's foul. Burns raced clear
to the grandstand to make his sensa-
tional play
The Giants rested until the seventh.
when they added another run to their
total after Holke had flied out to Ban
croft. McCarty singled to left and
took took third on Tesreau's safety to right
thorpe was put in to run for the Giant
catcher and on Young's tap to the in
Held the Indian was run down between
third l, and home, Young reaching first
Burns flied to Meusel.
The run-making fever stuck to the
Giants in the eighth. With one mar
out, Larry Doyle doubled to centre
iield and advanced to third on Fletch.
er's fly to Cravath. A single by Holke
brought Doyle across. lineup was or
the mound for the Phillies in the
ninth, and the Giants, just to show
they, treat all pitchers alike, gathered
another score
jeff Hits lineup
Bill Rariden, who had supplantec
McCarthy, was an easy out at first
and Mr.. lineup was preparing to ex.
tend congratulations to himself whcr
jeff Tesreau hit the right field wal
with double. Of course any ordinary
individual could have reached third on
this smash, but Jeff is extraordinary
on the base paths.
Young grounded to McGafigan and
the numbering jeff got to third. Benny
Kauff put the climax on his slugrine
bee, by doubling along the left field
foul line. Jeff walked in. George
burns once more ended matters by Civ
ing e, bancroft an easy chance at short
The Giants are still going.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-30
Varsity and Junior Crews
Prepare for R9ces on
Lake Carnegie

long row of five miles featured the
practice for the Columbia crews yes
terday afternoon on the Hudson pre-.
paratory to leaving for Lake Carnc yie
Coach Rice took both his varsity anc
junior shells up to Dyckman Street and
swung back down the middle of the
river. the total distance being some
what more than five miles
After the long two-mile race on Sat-
urday between the crews, conducted by
Assistant Coach Plaisted, yesterday IS
workout took the form of series of
short sprints followed by long pulss
Several racing starts were tried, in
which the coach had Brown, stroke of
the varsity, hit up a "34" pace. Be-
cause of the shortness of the distance
which these fast rows covered the Sec
ond boat kept up very we'll with the
first.
There has been no change in either
boat in the last two days of practice
Coach Rice has announced that he will