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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-09
WAITED 4 YEARS
Refugees Released by British
Grateful for Food.
Send Their Thanks to People
of America.
HUNS Did NOT ABUSE Them
Hid in Cellars When Haig
Struck East of Arras.
German Privates Talk of Los
ing the War.

With the British Armies in France,
Sept. 9.-Forty-three refugees-wo-
men, boys and girls-from the little
village of Recount, near Cambria, to-
day asked a correspondent to convey
to America their gratitude for food
which sustained them for four years
while they were in the hands of the
German army.
Sitting and standing on a little hill
slope far behind the lines, drinking
in the beauty of a country unmarried
by war and a peaceful village with its
roofs unchanged by shells, they ex-
pressed gratitude for many things
their deliverance by the British, the
kindly hospitality of French VILLAGERS
and the very sound of their native
tongue.
OF the Germans they spoke almost
pityingly.
Privates Talk of Defeat.
''They know they are beaten" said
one. Many told us it now makes no
difference who beats Germany-Eng-
land, France or America. What they
want is to be freed from their part
in it,"
This, it was pointed out, was the
tone of the common soldiers. The Of
ficers consistently argued that Ger
many is hound to win. For two years
the villagers related, they had dis
puted about the war almost in friendly
fashion with their unwelcome guests
I'VE never doubted that some day
we would be freed and so we were
willing to endure as long as necessary
knowing only one end was possible,
they declared.
We're Treated well.
There were no tales of abuses 5ol
cruelties. On the contrary, they sai6
the Germans had treated them re.
specially. Once early in the wal
when food supplies were inadequate
the women organized sort of strike
refusing to wash clothes or care fol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-09

the rooms occupied by German Off
GERS unless conditions were improved.
They won the strike.
However, it was asserted that some
times the Germans substituted infer
ior flour for that sent them by relief
societies and gave them too much
sauerkraut, which they suspected was
being substituted for Spanish and
Dutch food. The villagers didn't know
the word sauerkraut, but they de-
scribed it by gestures, laughter and
shrugs
When they were ill. the German
military doctors attended them. The
chief hardship they said. was the long
wait for the turn in events. None of
them had heard from a son, father or
brother in the French army since the
outbreak of the war.
Not one of them had any idea of
what had become of their men folks.
First news of Americas participa-
ton in the war, they declared was a
belittling article in the Gazette Des
Ardennes. two months ago. Final con
fession of Americas strength was re-
ceived from a German soldier who
copied the official figures which were
sent to his officer. The soldier told
all his fellows. with the amazing re-
suit that they were much cheered.
Most of them said it meant an earlier
peace.
Hid in Cellars.
Inc TACT that the refugees are now
safe in friendly hands is due largely
to their own courage when the Ger
mans rushed about a week ago,
spreading the news that the British
were coming and ordering all to be
prepared to leave. These villagers
hid in cellars and let the remainder of
the towns 800 French people depart.
Twice before, once last fall and
once more than a year ago, we heard
that the English were coming and
packed our baggage ready to leave
said a pretty little old lady. This
time we said Why should we run I?
the English are our friends so we
stayed in cellars while the British
shells fell. Then one day it was quiet
for while. Presently we heard some
one in the street. We peeped out and
it was the Canadians.
They were surprised when we
rushed out, kissing and hugging them,
tho they didn't seem to mind when
Mignonette, Marie and some of the
young ones did it," She indicated two
pretty, blushing girls standing by.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-09
100000, 1000 CIGARETS
Knights OF Columbus Orders Huge
Supply for Soldiers in France.


One billion, four hundred million
cigarets have been ordered by the
Knights of Columbus for free distri-
button to our soldiers and sailors and
their allies. Nearly half billion of
them have already been sent overseas
and millions are being distributed by
K. OF c. secretaries to soldiers each
week.
Our fighting men no longer have to
seek K. of c. building to get his sup
ply of cigarets or other Smokes"
because the knights have put part of
the organization in France on wheels
and fleets or motor trucks follow the
troops wherever they go. Men in the
front line trenches or on the move a =
constantly kept supplied with smokes"
in addition to chewing gum, chocolate,
soap and towels and other articles by
K. of c. secretaries.
The boys at camps in this country
are also supplied with cigarets and
other articles by the Knights, and ten
thousand cigarets are sent each week
Catholic Women's League, 1874 East
38th street. New York City, where SOL
diers are entertained while visiting in
the city.
Nearly six million cigars have been
ordered also by the knights, and fac
tories are busy supplying four million
corn cob pipes. In addition the
Knights contracted for three million
pounds of chewing tobacco. Great
quantities of all these supplies have
already gone forward, while factories
are working overtime to supply the
balance.
Accompanying the fleet of motor
trucks with K. of C. supplies to the
front lines are twenty-five automobile
camp kitchens. From them, the K. of
G. serve hot chocolate free to the
fighting men.
This Service under fire" of the
Knights is proving decidedly popular
among the troops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-09
CAN'T SEND PRESENTS
Christmas Packages to Boys in France
Barred-Can,t Spare shipping.

Paris, Sept 9.-Unless present plans
are changed there will be no American
Santa Claus for the doughboys IN
France this winter. Mothers, wives or
sweethearts will not be permitted to
send presents because of the need OF
tonnage for war essentials, and be-
cause all the railway transportation
in France will be required to move up
to the front the enormous quantities
of supplies that will be kept flowing
steadily across the ocean from now on.
Do 1t Thru Relief Funds.
But they can send the creates.
Christmas gifts by subscribing liberal
ly to relief Organizations. If the moth
ers were here on the ground they
scouId not do more for the doughboys
than is now being done by the govern
ment and relief societies.
More than one hundred carloads OF
last years Christmas presents from
home folks were in the depots and
railroad yards as late as May this
year. Nothing from now on can be
permitted to interfere in the slightest
with the lines of communication, and
that means from the shores OF Amer
lea, straight across the ocean and up
to the fighting line. The plan now is
for the whole expeditionary force to
celebrate Christmas back home next
year, and to accomplish that all nom
essentials must be denied tonnage
space this winter. Presents to two
million boys in France might clog the
whole machinery.
Boys VIII Celebrate All Right.
But there will be an American Santa
Claus in France on the biggest scale
the country ever knew. The entire
American army is going to be Santa
to the French nation. Anticipating
the formal announcement to be made
soon by army chiefs, placing a ban
on Christmas kits from the United
States, the Y. M. C. A. directors are
mapping out plan whereby the dough-
boys will have Christmas trees in
many cities and villages in France and
be hosts to the French people.
There will be Christmas trees, too,
in huts and rest centers.< In great
cathedrals and ancient churches spe-
cial services will be held with the
American note strong in the cere-
monials. While the desire of the folks
back home to send gifts at Christmas
time is fully appreciated, yet all must
understand that the military blow
comes ahead of everything.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-09
I.W. W. CASE POSTPONED
Hearing at Wichita Set for Today
Will Be Held Sept. %.

Wichita, Sept. 9.-The hearing of
the demur in behalf of the thirty In
dustrial Workers of the World. held
in Kansas jails for trial at the Sep
TENDER term of the federal court here,
will not be heard here today as pre-
viously announced. 1t will be heard
at the regular term of court, which
opens here September %. Attorneys
for the alleged I. w. w. members will
contend that their clients cannot be
held under the espionage act as that
act does not govern industrial activi-
ties.
who appeared in the recent 1. W. w.
trial at Chicago. which resulted in the
conviction of VIM. D. Haywood and
ninety other Industrial Workers of the
World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-09
TO DELIVER FREIGHT
In Cities Railroads viii Bring Freight
to tsStore Door,

Washington. Sept. 9.-The railroad
administration is planning establish
ment of the store door" system of
delivering freight by drays and trucks
direct from cars to consignees in a
number of cities. By this system,
which has been given a trial in New
York and Philadelphia notice to con-
signees to come and get their freight
is not given but instead the freight
is delivered by drays whom the con-
signee pays.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-09
Flannelette
NightWear

The famous ''Brighton-Carlsbad" and
the UNIVERSAL makes of flannelette
Pajamas and Night Shirts: all styles,
sizes and weights at $1.5O to $3.50.
Main .Floor-Pelletier's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-09

Would Organize Siberian Business.
Toxic, Sept 6.-The Japanese fed
Grafton of Chambers of Commerce,
meeting at Sapporo, adopted reso-
luton asking all business men to par
ticipate in the economic federation
of Siberia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-09
Officials Into Army.

Amsterdam, Sept. German Off
Gals in Belgium have been called to
active service in the army, their places
being taken by women, according to
the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-09

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1918-05-27
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pom Hraiioenten 8ilion mnierem
@oupernenr @ob6p gum 9eiten oes
Hoten &reu5es sur gerfiigung gelteaf
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3efining Company 5a Sotllton fir
ben Breis bon $t25O ~erItanoen. Die
Gompagnie fam iid oas auf) @leiiten,
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1nebr uno mebr IN Die 9obe.
Sn Miron iino smei Wdnner
megen angeblid) unpatriotiider Mer-
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miro auBeroem beihuloigt, itd Ger
&egiitrierung als feinolider 4uslasl-
Der ent5ogen 81 baben.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1918-05-27

- Stimmgeber, bic fire 8Dbnung
geanbert baben, ieitbem lie lire Eoll
3ar1 besablten, mii6en in Der GffFe
oes Gomntp : Collectors fire neue
N6reRe anscben, ebe lie itimmen tGn-
uen.
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am Gamstag pormittag Der i'm aear
JieIo itntionierte 6lugfaoett Moul-
frie s. 5roipbrioge BON Nem Worf
ans elmer Sobe bon 800 SUB 5wi-
fden Der 5rio 2anoltraBe mo elpp,
les Game ab. Ger 8erungiiidte mar
tct. ebe er inter ben Triimmern Der
Maihine berborge5ogen merocn
foitnte. Gas lit Der fiinf8ebntc, tot
lid berlaufene ltngliifsfaa, Der Die
amerifaniihen 6lieger pom aelr
5ielo ieit Gouember 1917 ~yetroffcll
bot.
GeDeD 2uoermon bon eagle
EaB, Der am Samstog Dornlittag Inn
II llbr OH Dem Snniet 8a5nbofc
peffid)fe, onf ben chen ~a6gehenoen
3ug 5u ipringen, fiel babel 10 III
gliidlicb, onB ibm Ole Maber oes lcb,
ten @ageiIs Die 3eben oes red)ten
JuBes abiduitten. Ger @erlebte mur-
be nod DEM Satto Roia 0oipital
transporter.
Muf Dem 9ellp 5llt9ieloc mar
am Samstag pormittag einc groBt
SdaulteIIlng bon ben BORT itdtio.
nierten Gliegern gum 9eiten oes
Noten areu5es peranitaltet Dor0en
an Der fdmmtIide 5lagrnaid)incr
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Geiten BON aunoidaftern begleitet II
6dladtor6nnng iiber oie itaunenos
Mcnge birtuegflog. @egen $4,000
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3nr @abl am 4. SUM-.

I'm aas Mmt oes Yoliaei= uno
Observation-Disclosures, bas our6 Sen
500 oes Snbabers, Scr. 2otDtber,
pafant fDrroe, betuerben iidJ 5meiaan-
6ioaten, Der ebennlige gbef Der
Seueruebr, Scr. Ybil. @risbt, 1llro
ser Softer 5obrifnnt Sobn s. 5eu=
timam. 8eioe lino In Der Sia0t 10 be-
fannte DISQUALIFICATION, oaB tie BET
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fiibrt 5u meroen brailben. 8eioe ba-
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farne. gr itebt Ser politii9en Clique
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LANCE Die Meinung beitebt, Dab lei
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Or. @eo. 6. @nrsbadL 3abnor5t,
Sidg @ebduoe. or. 6067.

Son oen 1926 Stuoenten Der
Staots : ltniperlitdt, mel6e in aie
9lrmee eingetreten iino, mllroen bis
ber 1850 81 Sffi5ieren ernannt.
Nus Comfort miro gemeloet, in
einem @odenblatt, Oas ariegsiau-
itrotionen bringe, lei III Der lettcit
glusgobc Elm SdlaAtenbilo, alf Dem
iid elm Comforter, Otto 8rinfmatn,
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MANN befinoet, urlb in eiicm SLIT.
fen @ogo5in lei Elm Bib, aif benz
Elm anoerer Comforter, 8alter 8il.
fe, ser Sobn BON Serrn Robert Bill.
fe, 81 ieben lit.
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m-Hruonft
@emnie.

0tuuufC%
&artoffeln, neue, 5000 uuo 1928 per
100 Hfunb; California, $500 per 100
Rfltlo: COLORADO, $1.75 per 100 1fD.
SIbfartoffeln gam. $3.50 ulo $3.50.
3niebelu, Seras 8ermlioa5. $t.25,
@rhital Bare, $3.50.
{ Somaten, mer., 1925.
8obnen. Colorado, Yinto. pet Hfn,.
1925; California 8anous. pee cDt.
5000; Bints, 1915; 2imn. $500:
Mabb, $500; GladeDes. $11.00, MouulD
Green, per 8uf1eL 9amperS, $3.50.
Stride String Beans" $t,75 uno
$500.
aobl, 1926 uno $3.50 per 100 &fo.
Crime Yfeffer, $3.50 per Crate.
Gaoiesden- Doc per 9so. ssiinoel.
Sptnat. 85c per camper.
Crime @rbfeu. $500 per Camper
Geeten, $500 per 100 Pfuno.
Meerretttas@ uraein. per RfD i9h-
@nrten, Sf.25 uno $3.50 Der 8ufdet.
BeterfiIie. Acc per @tb. s@inbeI.
aopfidlat, Gal.. $3.50 mo 1915 Der
Crate.
grbbeeren, 5000 Der Crate.
4firlide, Sf.25 uno $t.75 per Crate.
grbSen, per fleiner Crate, $500.
0e[be @urseIn, $500 per 100 1f6.
Soitaib, $500 per 8uIhel.
gierpflanSeu, $500 per @uIbeG.
Riibeu. $500 per 100 gfinno.
Sieb-Marft.
Gan antonio. 81. @ai. 1918. -
aiibe, $7.35 bis $500.
&Glbcr, $3.50 bis $10.85.
@uIlen, $3.50 bis $1,000.
06ien. 5000 biz St0.80.
ct. eouis. 81. @2ai. 1918. -
Rinobieh 8eross @ieb, $40 bis $3.50.
Sdtpeiue. S16.05 biz $3.50.
SGnte.
@einl8ene 6dlte ......,1 5c per Efo.
Erodene 56iite $1,000 0c Der 8fo
Crime SGute ......... t2c per Gfb.
5ele.
g8olf unb Studs -. 20 @ts.
Mnaoras3 ieaen. per Bfo. :. 10 Cts.
Nngoras 3ie8en. beiddsigt -. 5 @ts.
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L.okdies.
8abrideinlides Better.

Sir Son Mntonio uno llmgegeno
@eute abeno uno morgen teilmei1e be=
oedf.
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Sic 15reie 8reHe iiir Sera9,.
eridJeint ais Snaeblatt,

erideint ais saseblatf 1,o 0Sodbenblatt. s.zs
0as saeeGiat 1T oierleihg uno fonet SOC per gtonat ooer SIS per Saer.
9as gspden6latt lit ieh5ebneihg uo foHet 50 per Sabr. Nab Wterco
50 @oIo. Sea1 guropa, gorto efngeibloien, So.
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Cotton.
San Slntonio, beute % geats.
@alpeitou, geitern feline 8orie.
Gottoniamen -Grobnfte.
San autnniu, Of. Mai, 1918. :
Hrime grube Cotton Seeo Oil. $1.31.
Gents Der Goaone
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-27
Old EnoIIsh Furniture.

That fine old furniture Is yet found
in Britain in many unexpected places
Is said to be largely due to the stir
ring up of the country that was given
by the great exhibition at London OF
1851. This was soon after the devel-
opment of the railway system in Eng
land, and there focked to London, a
large number Of squires and their
wives. A new world had opened to
the country danes. The new things
had a wonderful fascination for them.
On returning home they got rid Of
much of their old furniture and
bought new. Much of the old furni-
ture found its way to secondhand
shops, and was sold to poor folk, who
could not afford to buy new. This ac-
counts for the finding today of much
good old furniture in small houses In
provincial towns and among country
people.-Indianapol News.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-27
Gas Made From Straw.

The production of fuel and lighting
gas from straw is now made possible
by Canadian invention. This pro-
Queer, which is designed for individual
farm use, offers a practical means for
utilizing the vast quantities of straw
that now 90 to waste on the Western
plains.
The gas is made in retort equipped
with three cylinders, each of which
molds a bale of straw seven feet
long, two feet wide, and six inches
thick.
After filing and closing these cham
bers, a straw or gas fire is / GIFTED
under them and allowed to burn so
or 40 minutes. One firing with wheat,
Oat, barley, or flax straw in this man.
ner produces 1900 cubic feet of gas,
having fuel value of 400 B. t. u. About
1900 cubic feet Of gas can usu.
ally be generated from one ton of
straw, and in addition six to eight gall
Ions Of tar and GAO pounds of carbon,
from which lampblack can be OBJ
tained.-Popular Mechanics Maya.
zine. ..- b..
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-27
pIo.on. sroks Us ! Monopoly.

One Of the queer things about the
nutmeg is the romantic WY in which
nature thwarted the Dutch attempt to
establish a complete monopoly Of tho
spice. They own the Banda islands,
where most of the nutmeg trees grow,
and at one time they wanted to pre-
vent everyone else from raising the
spice. So to keep up prices and to
induce other planters on other islands
to cut down their plantations the
Dutch at one time burned three piles
of nutmegs, each of them said to have
been as big as an average church.
They induced other planters, to join
with them and 1t soon seemed as
though they were killing all competi-
ton.
Then nature took n hand In the
game. A large pigeon Of the islands,
which was extremely fond Of mace,
carried the seeds to all the surround
ing lands, even to the mainland OF
Asia. Nutmeg trees began to grow
wild in numerous places and all danger
Of monopoly was removed.-Boston
Post.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-27
Oriqin of "Douahboy."

A phrase, strictly American in its
modern usage, is that Of "doughbOy'
as applied to an American soldier. An
American Infantry soldier recently ex
planned the origin Of the term TO the
correspondent in Paris of the London
Times after this fashion: 'In the Civ
il war a great number of federal troops
were waiting for uniforms, which were
made but lacked buttons. So great
was the hurry that eventually the mer
went round the houses in the town ant
collected buttons off the women's cloth
ing. These were for the most par
large buttons from overcoats. Natural
ly the infantry looked funny with theil
uniforms fastened by great overcoat
buttons. Those resembled hard tacl
(large, round, dry biscuits made Of
dough- and hence sprang the wore
'doughboy,' which has been kept in thu
United States army as a slang phrase
for an infantry soldier"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-11-27
Two r.1istrs as,.tjons.

To the Spectator thanks are due fol
two enterprisiny m.rtranslations, one
belonging to the genus SOCIOLOGY howl
er, and the other resulting from ar
attempt at Ir,:.ch on the part of O
mess sergeant.
The menu ono day announced Din
beetle roti" as the p, zee de resistance
the riddle being solved by the appear.
ance of roast goose. 1t is just possible
that the sergeant nourished some re.
sentiment against that particular
goose, but it was generally thought
that the imbecile roti had resulted
from a half hour or so spent with a
French-English dictionary.
The schoolboy added to the hilarity
of nations by rendering the Horatian
line: "Post equitem sedet atra Cura''
as: "After horse exercise the blacl;
lady sits down with care."-Christian
Science Monitor