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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-13
GERMANY FEARSFANINE

Foreign Minister Self Appeals !
Arrange Negotiations for "prelis
mary Peace" Expir,
December II.
Berlin, via London, Nov Bin
mediate negotiations with a view
& "preliminary peace" in order
avert famine in Germany. are ash
cd for by the new German govern
ment in an appeal sent TO Presideu
wilson yesterday.
The note is signed by Dr.. ". S
Solf as Foreign Minister, and is al
dressed to Secretary Of State Ian
sing.
It reads as follows: -
"An armistice having now beer
concluded, the German govern
ment requests the President Of tho
United States to arrange an open:
ing of peace negotiations.
'For the purpose Of their accelera,
t;on. the German Government pro;
poses that, first of all. the conclu,
sion of Il preliminary peace be taker
INTO consideration, and it asks for i
communications as TO where and al
what time the negotiations might
begin.
As there is pressing danger of ..
famine. the German government il:
particularly anxious that negotia,
tions be begun Immediately.
(Signed) "Solf."
Washington, Nov. II. 3.-Germany':
request to President Wilson for "ar
immediate opening # peace neg0.
tjaGonS" will be granted if German!
executes faithfully the armistic,
conditions imposed on her b. the 4!
lies and the United States.
This was the view expressed il
ntfic;a quarters here Yesterday. The
German note had not been received
~ the State Department last night
.ut is expected today.
The way to an early peace it wa,
said. rests entirely upon the enemy
The only obstacle in the way of
ncace conference, Immediately upoT
the expiration 81 the time limit o.
he arnistice. provided, of course
hat the terms have been CARRIE
ut. as purely mcchal;ca! difficulties
which could easily be Strengthened
ut.
December - is the expiration dat
{ the armiSticc. and il is entircl
1rcbnb,. that the peace conference
"ill be IN session and working be
ore Christmas. The armiStice ca
.n extended beyond December -
at If tie German request for peace
IS sincare the proof Of The pudding,
i was declared. will be the mann29
n which the armistice conditions arc
.arricd out.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-13
WOULD PUNISH GUILTY


! Villa Caused Flight.
I Copenhagen, via l.ondon. Nov. -
The new Bavarian government has
! ,ent message to President Wilson
brown through Switzerland, in
vl,ici, It says:
The government fears that the
erms of the armisticc will bring
:haos and disorder in the yoGng re-
public 1T requests the entente
powers TO state conditions which
will punish the guilty.
"The German autocracy and Mill
artists deserve 10 mercy
I.ondcn, Nov. ia military
evolution at Spa, in which the
iaiser'S villa was blown up. caused
lis flight TO Holland. the Daily En-
press learns from its Amsterdam
correspondent.
The revolt among German soldiers
n Belgium is reported to be spread
ng. Many officers have been killed.
t is said.
The report persists that former
'rown Prince Frederick Wilhelm
ias been shot
From the Holland-German border
omcS story that Albert Bailin. the
cad of the Hamburg American Line,
committed suicide when he got the
news Of the armstice having been
;igned Previous dispatches had in
Heated his death was natural.
The report that the Crown Prince
laS been shot finds more credence
lcrc tonight than it did last night.
AS 10 the German situation, the
Daily Chronicle learns from Amster-
lam that the Socialist revolution
'aS been a complete success. The
ctcal upheaval lasted only seven
ours. Berlin is reported under alb
alutc control of the rcvolutionaries
nd only four persons are said to
ave been killed in the capital. Only
so we're wounded, the correspon-
eat adds. This, however, conflicts
.ith previous, strongly circumstan-
ia stories that the Berlin hospitals
Ycrc filed with wounded
Three thousand sailors from Kiel
listed the rebels in Berlin in occu-
wing the public buildings and the
{aiscr'S palace.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-13
MURDER LAST NIGHT.
.inwood KidweIl Shot and Killed by
William H. Oehlert-ilurderer
Says He Had Been Drinking and
Has no Recollection of Affair.


Linwood Kidwcll, twenty-sci er
years old, who was employed Hs a
freight brakeman by the Southern
Railway Company, and lived at 42l
North Alfred street, was shot a:r'
-atally wounded at 6:a0 o'clock last
light in the office of the yardmastei
IF the Southern Railway Company b.
am II. Oehlert, thirty-fouf
.rr old. who lives at 1l2 South
tie street.
lowing the shooting ki!wcIi,
was shot below the heart, wa=
d to the Alexandria Hospital
lied three minutes after being
~ on the operating table. DR.
log Mcclure was summone! hn
ell died befJfe anything "'nld
3" ne for him.
shooting acconl;r2 :" :yew.t-
,.- was without provocation. IuSi
9us to the shooting Oehlert lefi
~. Office and walked outside "nI
.~ four or five times and imncdi-
thereafter he entered the o..
and declared he thought ~
+. shoot it up and then nu'!c1
he pistol and shot Kidwell VII"
standing at the time. ihcr''
four men in the cllice atIoEg
hiss. c. 3. Midkiff, night foreman.
:l:r # grabbed 0ehlert and Oehtert
~, te,.d to shoot him and he .1rn-
Ii pose fearing his own life All
. men in the Office having 'cit.
rt then went homc.
eff Goods and Policemen karn3
ut in a motorcycle looking So'
r.s.,rt and found him at his haze.
IT at first denied having i:tt
ouse in the. evening and accord
4. the police. afterward said if he
.. him he had no recollection an!
must have been playing
alert threatened both of tn: u
and was going into bureau
r. evidentally looking for q p'>-
when after struggle he. was
lowered
llert then resisted alter hs.ae
in a motorcycle and shovel
Goods out and the CHIEF h;;c
icg skinned.
the corner of King and ALFRED
the motorcycle was abandon
d the r'soner was brought q
leaStquarte s in an automobile. :
older in the meantime had bee
allied to asst in conveying the pris
lner, so one of the officers could TAX
harge of the motorcycle but th!
vas abandoned and Ochlert WI
brought by both officers and locke
+: Up.
|; Prisoner Held For Grand Jury
! The body of the dead man VA
liewed at II o'clock this morEin
. 1t, Whcatley's mortuary chapel i;
Jury summoned by DR.. 7. NJ. .Ione
ami afterward the jury heard III
testimony of number of witnc:%e
1T police headquarters and gave
ierdict to the effect that Kid":c
came to his death by a gu.,shr
wound inflicted by the hand Of Wi
liam H. Oehlert in the yardmastc-
office near the roundhouse of q
Southern Railway Company in t;
city of Alexandria and died at Il
| Alexandria Hospital at 6:53 p. NJ:
Immediately after the hearing t!
aroused through his attorney ,Robi
| son Moncure waived the. formaii
| of a preliminary hearing and VI
held by Justice L.. H. Thompson +
IL of Tho. GRAND iriry 49,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-13

The diet during and after influenza.
Horlick's Matted, Milk nourishinr,
digestible. ,.-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-13
CITY news IN BRIEF

Mrs. S. H. Newby announces tle
marriage of her daughter, SGeorgaha
Ward to John 4. Fage, Ostober g.
at Laurel, Md.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-13

Mr.. George E. Warfield, cashier IF
Gle First National Bank, entertained
the employees Of that institution at
q victory luncheon yesterday after
noon, served in the committee room df
The bank.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-13

The body of Ferdinand Gerdes
who died Monday night at 635 T
street, southwest, Washington, vii
be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow after
noon and the body will be brought
here aud buried in Union cemetery
The Alexandria Water Company
has awarded a contract to W. r
Cush, Washington, for grading tht
site for its filtration plant OF
Shooters Hill. A steam shovel is
now at work excavating about 35oG
cubic yards. This work, it is expect
ed, will be completed in ten days.
The Home Missionary Society o.
Trinity Church will hold an all day
rally beginning at 10 o'clock Thurs!
day in that church at which time tho
missionary Christmas barrel will be
discussed. At the afternoon session.
Mrs. Gilbert Of Washington will de-
liver an address. All are cordially
invited to attend. Lunchecn will be-
served from II until l o'clock.
Fc.r policemen will be elected by;I
the board of police commissioners al
a meeting which will be held at 7:3C
O'Clock tonight in the Office Of Mayo 4
Fisher. The salary is $100 month \
All applicants are expected to ap I
pear in person, othrwise their appli-
cation will not he considered.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-13
MORE PAY FOR POLICE

Council Fixes Salary of Privatcs 2
sIG0 Mout!l-Resolution 10 Puf
chase Engine to Cost slO.25O Pre-
DR.. Wood Chosen Health Officer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-15
SUPPORT SCHOOLS
President Urges That Educa-
ton Be Not Neglected.
Is Vital, He Says, Both in Time
of War and in Peace.

Washington, Aug. 15.-Generous
support of schools Of all grades dur
ing war time is urged by President
Wilson in a letter to Secretary Lane
today approving the bureau of educa-
TONS plan for an educational cam
paisn this summer and fall
II am pleased to know" says the
presidents letter, that despite the
unusual burdens imposed upon our
people by the war. they have maintain
ed their schools and other agencies
Of education sa nearly at their normal
efficiency. That this should be con-
tinued turnout the war and that, in
so far as the draf- law will permit,
there should be no falling off in at
tendance in elementary schools, high
schools or colleges is matter of the
very greatest importance, affecting
both our strength N war and our ma
tional welfare and efficiency when the
war is over.
$50 long as the war continues there
will be constant need of very large
numbers of men and women of the
highest and most there training for
war service in many lines. Af.er the
war there will be urgent need not
only for trained leadership in all lines
of Industrial, commercial. social and
civil life but for very high average
of intelligence and preparation on the
part of all the people"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-15
HEAVY PROFITS TAX
Levy on War Profits VIII Probably Be
so Per Cent.

Washington, Aug. 15.-Internal
Revenue Collector Roper and DR.. HIS.
Adams. of the treasury department,
were with the house ways and means
committee today working out details
of profits and income taxes explained
by Secretary McAdoo yesterday.
AS a result of McAdoo's appearance
before the committee the tax plans
which he has been insisting on for
more than a month will probably go
into the revenue bill with little change.
His program is:
An eighty per cent tax on pure war
profits.
Excess profits rates as in the present
law with the treasury given power to
levy either excess or war profit rates
according to which will get the most
money in each case
High income taxes with exemption
for income from liberty bonds in order
to insure the sale of these securities.
He urged that the revenue bill be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-15
CANNING is URGENT
Food Supply for Winter Is Up to the
HOUSEWIVES

Wichita, Kan, Aug. 15.-The food
administration today made public the
following, Information which has a
bearing on the home canning ques-
ton:
The war department is contracting
for most of the tomato crop in the
districts where commercial Gamers
put up most of the crop. About a
third of the tomato crop, which is
usually available for civilian consump-
ton will be available next winter.
Taking 20 Per Cent of Salmon.
The government is buying 20 per
cent of the salmon catch.
The government is taking over the
entire output of some canning fac
tories
Tin is scarce and timed goods will
be high.
Unless women break all records for
canning this summer and fall there
will be scarcity of canned goods next
winter.
The sugar shortage should not hin
der canning in the LONE, according to
the food administration for most food
can be canned without sugar Permits
to buy sugar Tor canning will be issued
where fruits are putSup which abso-
lutely require sugar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-15
WANTS
AND
MISCELLANEOUS ADS

ADVERTISING RATES: The rate for
inserting Want Ads in The Topeka State
Journal Is / cent a wor6 each insertion,
minimum 10 cents; by the week cents q
word, minimum so cents
COUNT THE WORDS OF your I'D fnclud-
Ing four words for State Journal address
When address Ia used count each initial
letter and each number or combination of
figures as one word.
CLOSING HOUR: Want Ads to be ciassi-
fled properly must be in The State Journal
office before II 20 o'clock. Want Ads re-
ceived after - 20 till rs p. M viii be In
serted under the head: TOO Lata to
OUT OF TOWN advertisements must be
accompanied with cash or check in full
payment Of the same Note the foregoing
instructions about counting the words and
Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-15
BADGE FOR THE BOYS
Medal of Honor to Kansas Youths
Who Do Essential Work.

TIL hearts of many boys in various
parts of Kansas will be gladdened and
they can strut proudly before their
envious comrades when they receive
from the postman the badges of the
Boys Working Reserve, issued today
by Com Missioner W. L. Porter, at the
request of several county directors.
The badge is about the size of silver
dollar and is of bronze, embossed with
the words Boys Working Reserve"
around the edge and with an eagle
holding a shield in the center Each
badge is numbered.
To win one a boy must spend three
weeks working at some necessary war
industry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-15
VvE LA ADAMS APPLE
S. Leighton Frooks (Freaks?) Knows
How to Win War.

New York, Aug. 15.-S. Leighton
Frooks. defender of that great Ameri-
can institution. the Adams Apple, will
launch a nationwide collarless cam
paign tomorrow when he leads a par
ade of $4,000 converts. more or less
thru the streets, he announced today.
He expects to win the war or some
thing by saving laundry bills and I'M
-the-dresser collar button hunts
Former Congressman Cyclone" Da-
Wis has been mentioned as president
of a proposed rational organization.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-15
PUT ALL ALIENS OUT
Chicago symphony Orchestra VIII Be
Made Strictly American.

Chicago, Aug. 15.-Complete Ameri-
canization of the Chicago Symphony
orchestra was ordered today by Man
ager Albert Ulrich. Following exam
nation of three alien enemy members
on espionage charges, Chicago union
musicians exerted some pressure.
Among others of the famous orches-
ira, Director Friedrich Stock is an
enemy alien.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-15
SHOOT UP
Average Increase in United
States 66 Per Cent.
This Raise Covers Five-Year
Period 1918 to 1918.

Washington, Aug. 15.-Retail prices
in the United States have increased Sc
per cent since June, 1913, the depart
ment of labor announced today. In
this five-year period the price of milk
has increased ~ per cent; butter As
per cent; eggs SIS per cent Food
prices increased 7 per cent in the last
YEAR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-15

T. R. Allen, who is a private in
Supply company, 353 infantry, now in
France, has written come verses, in
praise of the homeland, the Land of
Peace and Plenty. Allen is the son OF
Mrs. T. F. Allen, 41S Forest avenue.
Topeka. He was formerly connected
with the Wolff Packing company, and
was in the office of the city salesman
for eight yeas He went to Funston
in December and has since been sent
to France. He used to be known as
the Packing House Poet" and often
wrote verse for the State Journal,
published in tn sporting columns and
elsewhere in the paper.
The following verses have recently
been received from him:
am somewhere sweetheart, somewhere
In the land of sunny France,
But my thoughts are ever with you
And my dreams are sweet romance.
l am serving Right and Country,
Hopeful, waiting for the day
When our debt to France is settled
And we pack and sail away
From this place Of strife itts and battle,
To the land of Peace and Plenty
And my home, sweetheart, and you.
am somewhere, mother, somewhere,
Near the front lines ove~here,
But l know that you are praying
And feel your presence near.
And I'll try to do your teachings
always, where e'sr 1 may be
AND De worthy OF the mother
You have always been to me.
And I'll soon come sailing, mother,
Back, in answer to your prayer
To the land of Peace and Plenty
And the home you've made SO rare.
I am somewhere, father. somewhere
Near that bloody No Mans Land
Where your actions show your makins
And your manhood takes its stand.
Dad, 1 know you're proud I'm serving.
Should l hesitate to start
If l shirk to do my duty.
May a bullet pierce my heart;
So, If 1 live I'll be worthy
OF my flag and native land
That sweet place of Peace and Plenty
And the right to shake your hand.
Yes, we're somewhere. people, somewhere.
In a country far away,
But our thoughts are always somewhere
In the dear old U. S. A.
Be 1t Kansas or Kentucky,
Texas, Maine or Alabam',
Just SO it's in the borders
OF the land ofsUncle Sam.
And you'll never find its equal
Anywhere beneath the sky.
It's the land of Peace and Plenty.
There let me be to live and die.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-15
WANTED--sfALE HELP

enacted before September 2S, when
the next liberty loan is floated.
Following the appearance of Roper
and Adams, the committee will at
once plunge into writing the profits
tax.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-15
wANTED-FEMALE HELP


GOVERNMENT NEEDS 10000 women
clerks at Washington. Examinations
everywhere IN August. Experience unneces-
sary. Women desiring government posi-
tons write for free particulars to j. c.
Leonard (former civil service examiner),
49S Kenois Bldg, Washington.
GOVERNMENT will hold civil service ex-
aminations in Topeka In August. 10000
women clerks to be appointed at Washing
ton. Experience unnecessary. Women de-
string government clerkships write for free
particulars to r., E. Terry, tformer Civil
Service Examiner. 3ia Columbian Build
ing, Washington.
WANTED-Waitress TO ship west, $50 mo-,
board and room; women cooks, SIS week !;
girls for private families; dining room
girls; housekeepers; cnambermaids, etc.
Furmans Employment Office. log west S,h.
WANTED-Inteliigen young ladies' for
telephone operating. age 16 to %. Per-
manent work, good wages and paid while
learing- Call at s12 jackson between s
n. m. and 8 p. m.
WANTED-Young lady for office work.
Superintendent, Crane & Company, no
East Eighth ave.
WANTED-A woman at 227 Kansas ave
To do all kinds of work. American
Hotel.
WANTED-shirt ironer. White Star
Laundry
WANTED-Marker and sorter. white Star
Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-15
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

->---~-@-~~~>-~~~~-~-~-e~-
c. A Hallendorf and wife to A. c.
Trulson, lot "a. pit. 25, Orchard st.,
Hartsock's sub; 81 300
North Topeka :'.-........... 1900
r. E. Mcintosh and wife to Cap. Bldg
& Loan Assn. lots 1875 Kendall
ave, Kenwood, ........:....! 1900
II, Crane s., Pleasant valley. -. 1000
J. A Mehrwein and wife to NJ. E.
Farrier, TT. No. 2, Hillcrest add. 1900
o. Sclover to NJ. A Levitt, lot %?
Lawrence St, Parkdale:.... $50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-15

FOR SALE-Koomfng house of 12-16 and
20 rooms each at $500. 81 900 and 81, 800; :
low rent and well located in Topeka. 4. L.
Furman, Topeka, Kan, LOG West Sth,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-15
LEGAL

First published In the Topeka State Jour
nal Thursday, August Is, 1851
State of Kansas, Shawnee County, IS.
In the Matter of the Estate Of w. w,
Mills. deceased. late of Shawnee County,
Kansas
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.
Notice is hereby given that on the 18Th
day of August, A. D. 1918. the undersigned
was, by the Probate Court of Shawnee
traitor of the estate of w. w. Mills, late of
shawnee County, deceased. All parties In
tefested In said estate will take notice and
govern themselves accordingly.
THE CENTRAL TRUST CO.
Administrator
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-15
First published in The Topeka state Jour.
nal August i, 1e1s.l tssss
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF SHAW.
NEE COUNTY, KANSAS. -
In the Matter of the Estate Of Mark NJ

IN IdE PKoBATE COURT OF SHAW
In the Matter of the Estate Of Marx n
Blakely, an Insane Person
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION.
State Of Kansas to Marx III. Biakeiy:
You are hereby notified that I aid ON the
list day OF August, 1913. file my petifion
nee County. Kansas. asking for an % order e
sell lots forty-two and forty-four (42 ana
~ on Klein street, Cranes addition to the
of which you own the title in Zee simple.
The matters set out in said petition will be
heard in the office Of the Probate Court
the 22nd day of August, 1918, at 10 O'Clock
a. m of said day.
Guardian of Mark NJ Blakely, an InssnA
sCHOcH & RANKIN,
Attorneys for Guardian.
First published in The Topeka stats
Journal, Thursday. August s. 1851
State Of Oklahoma. Tulsa County, IS.
western OIL and Gas Company. 4 Corpora-
ton. to the Charter Board Of the State
Of Kansas for an order to Withdraw ana
The Northwestern on and Gas Company
is a corporation duly organized under the
admitted to the State of Kansas and an-
thorized to do business In said state. That
am the managing officer Tor AGENT OF
said corporation within the State Of Kan
sas; that / am personally familiar and
acquainted with the business Of said corr
geratison s within The State Of Kansas, snd
ton within the State of Kansas have been
discharged, fnIly settled. and there are ne
State of Kansas existing against said Coz
porafions RALFH c. RILEY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
AMY b. CHAPTER.
MY commission expires January 10, 1872
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-15
PICTURE FRAMING

FRAMING, regiiding, mat making mount
ing done By J. D. Sullivan. 122-124 W. sth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-15
1 NAL IhUST Gu.
Administrator.
First published in The Topeka STATE
Journal, Thursday, August s, 1918.

IN the Probate Court OF Shawnee County,
Kansas.
In the Matter Of the Estate of John w.
Scott, Deceased.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
All creditors and all others intercste in
the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified
that on the 3rd day of September, 1918,
month and the first day of the September,
1918, Term, l shall apply to the Probate
Court sitting at the Court House in the
for full and final settlement of said estate
and for an order of the Court finding and
Scott, deceased.
You are further notified that my claim
for compensation as Administrators. ana FOR
attorney fees and other expenses necessarf-
ly incurred in the administration Of SAID
estate has been filed and, as ordered by the
court, VIII be heard on the said 3rd day
OF September, 1918 at 10 O'Clock q. m.
]. T. GRAY, Administrator.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-15
lFirst published in The Topeka Stat
Journal, July rs. 1918.

In the Probate Court of Shawnee Comfy
Kansas.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Andrew
Englebreeht, Deceased.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
All creditors and all others interested in
the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified
that on the 23rd day of August, 1918. 1
sittine apply the 1o t9s our tr0eHt sn Court
the City Of Topeka, shawnee County,
Kansas. for full and final
settlement of said estate and for an order
of the Court finding and adjudging who
are the heirs Of Andrew Englebrecht, de-
ceased
You are further notified that my claim
for compensation as Executor aid for
attorney fees and other expenses necessarf-
~ incurred in the administration OF said
estate has been filed and, as ordered by
the court will be heard on the said Z3rd
day Of August, 1913, at 10 O'clock d. m.
J. B. HERRINGT0E Executor.
IEirst published in The Toneka STATE Iouf.