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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
LOANS TO ALLIES 6 BILLION
Sum Represents Checks Actually
Drawn on the q. s. Treasury.
Total Credits Extended Amount 70
Nearly Seven Billion Dollars.

Washington. Aug. 23.-Payments to
the allies since the United States en-
tered the war today passed another
billion dollars mark and stood At
5000, 064.750.
This represents the aggregate OF
checks actually drawn on the treas
ury and paid, as distinguished from
credits established or agreements by
the United States government to make
loans which now amount to $6,692,
100000.
Russia Still Has n Credit.
All credit accounts are open and are
being drawn on periodically by the
governments to which they are ex-
tended, excepting that to Russia.
which has an unexpended balance of
$137. 100000. Technically this IL still
available, but the Bolsheviki govern
ment has never presented any. de-
smands for payment.
Credits now established for the all
lies are as follows: Great Britain.
$3,345, 600. 900; France. $2,065. 00O, 900;
Italy, $3.50, GEO, 600: Russia. s325, 0oe.-
900; Belgium. s154. 100000; Greece.
15,7s0.000; Cuba, $15,0e0,000; Ser
bia, $120O0O0O
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
I DINNER STORIES

Gee! Where have you been buried
all this time? % exclaimed Claudine of
the rapid-fire restaurant. mo German
fried potatoes go here any more
American fry now
= "Cut out the piffle" snarled the
guest. with the flat-topped head II
want what/I order. See?"
IAN righti' responded the young
lady. Then to the chef she called:
"Hy, Badly! One order fried pota-
toes with ground glass In emf"
"Say, mister, what do they give
you at the probate court when you
go over there to get married." 1t
was q woman who asked the ques-
ton and the man at police headquar-
tiers at the other end of the telephone
line hesitated a moment. why. why
"a marriage license. L suppose" he
replied.
There was another pause, this
time at the wonian's end of the line
Then she added:
well, that may be. but I guess
they got twisted this time = I think
they must have given my husband a
liquor license when we got married
four months ago, because he hasn't
been sober one day since"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Apple Dumplings-Peel four tart
apples and remove cores. Sfft one
cup of wheat flour, one cup rice flour.
two teaspoons baking powder and one
teaspoon salt into a mixing bowl.
Work into ii a heaping teaspoon of
butter and one of lard-or substitute.
Mix with "a knife. using enough milk
to make a soft dough. Roll out and
cut in four pieces. Place an apple on
each square, putting a little sugar,
cinnamon and butter in each hole.
Fold dough around apple and bake
until brown. Serve with the following
sauce or cream and sugar:
Fruit Soup.Cook two cups fruit in
one quart of water with corn syrup
sweetening to taste. Cherries. fasp-
berries, pineapple or plum may be
used. Add the grated rind of half 3
lemon. small stick Of cinnamon. and 2
dash of salt Cook until the fruit is
soft. Press thru a sieve and when
cold add one-fourth cup of white wine.
claret or sherry and serve very cold IN
sherbet glasses. The soup may he
slightlyNthickened If one tablespoon Of
arrowroot or sage. which has been
softened in cold water, is added when
fruit is nearly done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23

Again, Foch knew better than any one
else the character of the territory
over which the battles must be fought,
the obstacles to be met. the oppor-
tunjties for advantages. and the char
acteristics of his antagonists. His
military training and skill were at
least equal to those of any other gen.
eral in the allied forces. Results have
fully justified the selection based upon
the considerations mentioned, and
Premier Ciemenceau has the satisfac-
ton of seeiug his choice indicated.
The credit accorded to Foch must be
also extended to Clemenceau who, it is
understood, insisted upon the generals
being placed IN supreme<command.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23

Apparently there has arisen in To-
peka some dissatisfaction with the
management of the city's water serv-
ice. A disposition to hold Commits
sioner Newland responsible for fail
ure of the water pressure is being
manifested. This does not seem to be
altogether fair. Mr.. Newland never
had any education or training which
would render him competent to han
die the business of supplying water to
a city Of $4,000 inhabitants. The peo-
pie knew this when they elected him
They first tried a barber for the
place. Apparently dissatisfied with
his management of the business they
turned him out of office and put a
groceryman in his place. Now it is
being urged that Mr.. Newland must
go. Shall We next try carpenter or a
bricklayer, for instance, with the hope
that he will do better? Experiments
come high but it seems we must have
them, The employing of persons of
recognized capability for carrying on
the city's business of course is not to
be thought of. Such men cost money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23

~ Opposition to the work or fight"
clause of the new manpower bill, al
ready developed, makes it apparent
that politics has not been wholly ad-
journed. This opposition, of course,
proceeds from the ranks of organized
labor, which fears that the enact
ment of such legislation may lead to
the prevention of strikes. Since Mr..
Wilson became president the organ
lied working men have been able to
obtain almost anything they have
asked for. They may be able to de-
feat the work or fight program. 1t
will be interesting to observe the at
titude of congressman and senators
on the matter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23

Citizens who otherwise are loyal oc-
casionany are heard to say. by way
OF excuse for the German people, that
they are fighting for their homes.
This Is a mistake. It is in fact at di-
rect variance with the truth. The
German people are not fighting for
their own homes; they are fighting
for other peoples homes with the
hope of possessing them. The Ger
man people know and understand this
fully. They have been educated to
believe that by, reason of their super
iority in education. intelligence and
efficiency. "kultur." as they express it,
they are entitled to the earth and the
fullness thereof. To obtain this they
entered the war. Nobody attacked
Germany or planned to do so. How
can it be said then that the Germans
are fighting in defense of their
homes? The time approaching
rapidly when they will in fact be
called upon to defend their homes. But
from this they can save themselves a.
any tim by renouncing their scheme
of conquest. There are more Hun
l,citizens and soldiers than there are
kaisers. and they can end the war at
any time that they become willing to
do SO on a just and equitable basis.
They will not be asked to do anything
that is not right
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23

was Eye shall be my Witnesses" The
tongue of testimony is the principal
reliance of the cause of God. Wise
words win souls. In the shop-talk of
business. Christians are to sell the
Savior to their associates.
Putting Passion Into 1t.
Anybody who has looked at things
religious in the large knows full well
that it is not the rich or the wise or
the fashionable or the powerful or the
sophisticated churches that win re-
cruits. Ecclesiastical correctness does
not spell success. Prestige does mot
gain converts. A CHASTITY reality, from
the fact that there are many elegant,
wealthy. famous church edifices which
are echoing emptiness week after
week. The footsteps of the people are
never heard on their portals. They
have everything a church could ask
except the glow ow faith and the en-
thusiasm of numbers.
Passion is a prerequisite to testi-
mony. Christian hearts must be
ag1ow with love for the Saviour be-
fore they can impart that love to
others. salesman cannot dispose
lieve in it: how much less can one
dispense spiritual verities which he
| himself does not experience?
Thy heart must overflow,
| II thou another's heart wouldst reach"
All the exhortations to witness
| bearing that can be penned are vain
unless there be the reality of an ar
| dent love for Christ. Soldiers glow
with the praises of their comrades
and of their officers, because that
sentiment is SO real to them that they
| cannot hide it. The lover betrays his
devotion to his beloved inevitably, be-
1 s, h. =.
his life. Christians commend Jesu.
| successfully when He IS the very full
| filment of their being. They "say
| SO" because silence would be re.
| creancy to the best they are and
know.
~ have friend SO precious,
So very dear TO me,
| He loves me with such tender love,
He loves SO faithfully:
could not live apart from Him,
/ Ny Lord and I.
He knows how much 1 love Him,
He knows l love Him well:
But with what love He loveth me
My tongue can never tell;
| 1t is an everlasting lcye
| In ever rich supply,
And SO We love each othef,
- Ny Lord and I.
~ tell Him all my sorrows,
| 1 tell Him all my joys,
I tell Him all that pleases me,
| 1 tell Him what annoys:
He tells me what ought to do,
| He tells me what to try,
i MY Lord and I.
He knows how 1 am longing
| Some weary soul to win.
| And SO He bids me go and speak
The loving word for Him:
He bids me tell His wondrous love,
| And why He came to die,
/ And SO we work together.
l Ny Lord and l.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
GLOBE SIGHTS
Iron the Atchison Globe

"A man Who can cure the blues is
Just as valuable as any doctor.
The kaiser speaks English fluently,
and will soon understand the Ameri-
cans.
Some people go thru life wondering
whether circus employees get enough
sleep.
The trouble with the primary cleo
ton Is that 1t is soon followed by an
other election
When a person boasts that he Cor
she) speaks right OUT we'll say
there's an impolite person.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
FURNISH 1920 men
Kansas Quota for War Work Must Be
Met in Six Weeks.
La Dor Calls From Essential Business
Three-Fourtiis Canvass.

Kansas must furnish a quota of
1912 men for war work within the
next six weeks, according to a state.
ment today by J. Will Kelley, state die
rector of the United States employ
ment bureau. One thousand of these
men will be sent to Nashville. Tenn.
for work in the powder plants, Kelley
said, and they will be shipped from
the state within the next two weeks.
Four hundred men are required for
work in the Pennsylvania shipyards,
and $50 men are still to be shipped to
Lee Hall. Va, for work on the new
artillery cantonment
Kelley said today that about Is per
cent of the calls for war labor are al
ready in and that 1t Is thought that the
full Kansas quota will not exceed 49,
600 men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
CZECHS CALL FOR HELP
Must Have Strong Reinforcements
Within the Next Thirty Days.
japanese Forces Advance-Jap Gem
eraI Takes Charge OF Allied Forces.

Tokio, Aug. 23.-The Czecho-
Slovaks have asked the allies for big
reinforcements In the region of Lake
Baikal. according to the Vladivostok
correspondent of the Nippon Dempo
news agency.
The Czechs, says the dispatch, are
seriously endangered there and declare
they must decisively defeat the Boil
sheviki within a month, before winter
sets in.
japanese Troops Advance.
Toxic. Aug. 20-Japanese troops ar0
advancing beyond Nikoisk. the war
office announced today. The Japanese
official statement also said that Lieu
tenant General Otani, commander of
the allied forces in eastern Siberia.
will command also the Czecho-Slovak
troops operating there and the anti
Bolsheviki forces in the maritime
provinces of Siberia,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
Egbert's Perseverance.
By ROY z. MOULTON

EgDert'S perseverance,
When Egbert was but a young lad
he decided to try his fortune in the
great city. Before he left Tankville, his
father called Egbert to him and said:
"Egbert, always remember that perse-
verance wins. Be faithful to the task
and thine shall be a great reward"
THANK you, father" said Egbert,
and left for the great city and the
great adventure. Egbert was a good
boy who didn't smoke, swear or knit.
Egbert secured a position almost at
once with Peabody & Co, and in only
five years had worked up to assistant
bookkeeper. His salary was eighteen
bones per week, just as regular as Sat
urday rolled around.
Egbert was always first in the Of
flee in the morning and the last to
leave at night. He always helped Mr..
Peabody with his overcoat and even
ings he would go up and NOV Mr..
PeaboGy's lawn.
other men, not so persevering as
Egbert, came and went, higher. Egg
bert held this position twenty-five
years and always took care of Mrs.
Peabody's coat and rubbers.
One red-letter day Mr.. Peabody
called Egbert into the office and said
.Egbert, you have been with us twenty
seven years and you have been faith
full. From now you will be head book
keeper and your salary will be twenty
dollars every week..
"Oh, thank you, sir" exclaimed Egg
bert You are too good to mel"
Moral: Perseverance wins.
The Duke Adolph Friedrich OF
Mecklenburg has accepted the crown
OF Finland.
If there is anybody who holds a
grudge against Adolph Friedrich, LET
him now gloat. The duke is about to
get all that is coming to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
HOUSE ASKS RAISE
Mayor Submits Budget to Commits
sioncr WATSON Today.
, Includes $4,000 Increase for Poles
Department Salaries.

Mayor House today submitted his
budget to VIII. WATSON. commission
ers of finance. The mayors budget
contains only one change from the
budget allowed last year. In the police
department the mayor asks for $4,000
more to be expended in salaries The
police pay roll request is for $4s.20o.
The total amount asked for police de-
partment last year was s51,e5S, which
has been increased to $56,55S this
year. Last year the mayor was al
lowed $76.173 for the fire departmoeA
general fund. S24.64S for the ext
platoon. These figures were n9e
changed in-the budget for this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23

Premier CIemeneeau is reported to
have told Senator Lewis that the war
will end within year. When re-
garded in the light of Marshal Foch's
recent success, the forecast does not
seem to be out of the way. It is diff
ficult to see how the Huns will be
able to stop the allies. Unless they can
do this, they will be unable to reor-
ganize their forces, a proceeding of
which they stand greatly in need.
The longer such action is postponed
the more difficult Becomes it's accom-
plishment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BIZ MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: ID Do YOU
think it is natural for any girl to
want to be loved?
CD How can 1 overcome lonely
feeling. Sometimes I am so lonesome
I hardly know what to do with myself.
1 chum around with girl friends and
my father will not let me go with
boys. If 1 do want to go I sneak
out. I am going on IS. Please tell
me what 1 can do.
AN ACHING HEART.
It is natural for a girl to want to
be loved, but to day dream about it
is an unhealthy state of mind. If
you want to be loved when you are
older you must build character now.
and in order to do SO it will be neces-
sary to master your thoughts and not
yourself to day dream. When you
find yourself drifting. get busy at
something that will keep your hands
or body occupied as well as your
mind.
CD You are not too young to do
Red Cross work. This, will give you
something worth while to do when
you are lonely and will do much TO
relieve your feeling of restlessness.
Never go out when your father has
forbidden it, You are not old enough
to go with boys. as your father real
ICES. and you should respect his
wishes in the matter.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Can you
give me a good remedy for oily hair ?
My hair is terribly oily and straight
and 1 have a good head of hair. but
cannot make it look we'll I wash it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23

Readers of war news will be glad to
note that General Byng again has ap-
peared on the fighting line at the
head of an army. 1t was Byng who
led the drive into the enemy's lines
in front of Cambria last year and
narrowly failed of capturing the
place. The fruits of the victory later
were lost. but not thru any fault of
Byng's, so far as has appeared. 1t
was Byng who first used the tanks In
large numbers and al ineffective
manner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23

about every three weeks. and two
days after 1 wash it, it Is just as oily
as ever. n. 3
A tonic for oily hair is made with
the following ingredients:
Tincture of alcoholic cantharides.
one dram; tincture of capsicum, one
half dram; tincture of nux vomica.
two drains; coco oil. thRee-Quarters
of an ounce; alcohol, two and one
half ounces. Shake before using.
Massage nightly into the scalp with
the finger tips.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23

The selection of Marshal Foch for
the supreme command of the allied
armies already has been fully justi-
fled. He has amply proven himself to
be the man for the place. There were
many reasons why Foch should be
made generalissimo of the allied
forces. In the first place. France is
the battle ground and the French ma
ton has most at stake in the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23

Wall St. New York. Aug. Z3.-SToCKs-
Indications of easier money conditions and
stimulating war news gave impetus to to-
days stock market. Investment rails re-
cording extreme gains of / 10 5 points
Sales appropriated 10000 shares. =
Trading dwfnd1ed IN the final hour but
gains were maintained subject TO slight re-.
cessions The closing was strong
Liberty bonds closing. Final Drices OF
liberty bonds were 31z's 1922. first ron
vertfble as ~ 20 second SIS o. ~ first
convertible As 81 20. second convertible k'e
9394 third As a510
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
MITCHELL IN NEW HONOR
He Is Chairman of General once Sup
ply Section International Rotary.

Announcement was made today that
Charles L. Mitchell has been named
az chairman of the general office sup
plies division of the vocational section
of International Rotary clubs. Mitch
ellis paper on the stationery business
read at the international convention
of Rotary in Kansas City this spring.
has been printed by the international
association and distributed among the
various clubs as a text hook on this
phase of vocational work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23

The Hun contention that America
cannot produce standard soldiers calls
to mind the old story of the lawyer
who told his client thru the prison
grating that he could not be put in
Jail on the charge leading to his
arrest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
Appoints Ordnance Assistants.

washington, Aug 23.-Major Gem
eral Williams. chief of ordnance. to-
day announced appointment of five
special assistants to act for him IN
supervision of various activities of the
ordnance department. They are Col.
Guy E. Tripp. Col. w. H. Marshall.
Lieut. Col Bascomb Little. Lieut.. Col.
W. c. Spruance and Lieut.. Col. Ralph
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
Cardinal Farley Better.

Marrnaroneck. n. 2, Aug. ga
slight change for the better in the
condition of Cardinal Farley was noted
today in the first bulletin issued on
the condition OF the aged archbishop
of New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23

The general advance in prices at
last has overtaken Mexican dollars.
These were, quoted at IS cents this
week. They had stood uniformly at
n cents for months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

>~~~->-~~~---~---~- ->--->----->-
MIST RE SOLD-Honsehold goods, dir.
ing table rbnirs. lounge. wardrobes 9TH
er furniture fnoleum. Brussela carpet
1I-3x15. 1921 wes. 9th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23

The Russian bear now is confident
y, expected again not only 20 walk like
a man but also to fight like a man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23

Conyicts at Great Meadow prison, GIens
Falls, n. Y. have Sworn Off the use of
their "smokes'' TO a fund for American
soldiers and sailors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23

New York Stock Market.
FURNISHED by 7. j. Myers. 30I N. E. Bldg.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-08-22
Contractors Notice

Notice is hereby given that the Trus-
tees OF Henleyheld Consolidated School
will meet at the County Superintend-
ent's officec, County court house at ten
a, m, Friday August 3Oth, 1918 for the
purpose of receiving sealed bids and
awarding contract for the erection of a
Home Science and Manual Training
Building on Campus of said school
Building to be erected according to
plans and specifications now on file in
superintendent Office. Contract will
be awarded to lowest and best respons-
IDLE bidder. Trustees reserve the right
to reject any all bids.
Leopold L0Xz
County Supt Educ alton
}, A. Lee,
W L. Burge,
L A Harvey Trustees.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-08-22
Notice Of Trustees Sale of Land.
State Of Mississipp

State OF Mississippi,
County Of Pearl River
Bv virtue of the authority conferred
upon me as trustee in a certain deed OF
trust executed by J W. Murphy on the
10Th day of January 1918 in favor OF
Mrs. Mary B. Whitney and Pearl Jopes,
and recorded in the Office of the Chan
Gerry Clerk Of said County in book No.
7, pages 1928, default having been
made in the payment of the indebted
ness therein named and having been
requested by the holders of said IN
debtedness to foreclose said deed OF
trust, l, n. U. Stevenson, Trustee, viii
on 5th day of August 1918, at the front
door of the Post Office in the town OF
Nicholson, said county offer for sale
aud sell to the highest bidder for cash,
during legal hours the following de-
sCribed property conveyed by said deed
of trust, to-wit: The NE IA of square
c. of MitchelI's addition to Nicholson
and platt OF which addition is recorded
in the Office of the Chancery Clerk OF
said County, said land lying and being
in Nicholson, Pearl River County Mis-
sissippi.
Witness my signature this the 18th
! day of July, 1918,
H. U. STEVENSON, Trustee.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-08-22
Rats Steal FIatiron,

Some plastering fell from the ceiling
,of the linen room at the Glenn house
recently, says Pittsburgh Dispatch, and
Harland Ray secured ladder and
climbed up to knock down the loose
Iplaster remaining. He discovered a
rats nest an | in it were three ladies'
silk stockings, two perfume bottles and
la flatlron, besides numerous other
things not mentioned In this inventory.
How the rats got the iron there re-
mains a mystery.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-08-22
Cure for Dysentery.

While l was in Ashland, Kansas, a
gentleman overheard me speaking oil
Chamberlain's Collie and Diarrhoea Re-
medy," writes William Whitelaw, of Des
Moines, Iowa. He told me IN detail OF
what it had done for his .amiIy, but
more especially his daughter who was
lying at the point of death with violent
attack Of dysentery, and had been given
up by the family physician. Some oil
his nei8hbors advised him to give
Chamberlain's Collie and Diarrhoea
Remedy, which he did, and fully be-
lieves that by doing SO saved the life OF
his child. He stated that he had also
used this remedy himself with equally
gratifying results" For sale at Smith
Pharmacy