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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-30
invent new Gun
Americans Will Soon Have
Powerful Machine Weapon.
1t Is Superior to Both the Lewis
and Browning.

Washington. April S0.-American
inventors have perfected a new ma
chine gun. known unofficially as the
johnson" which is believed to be far
superior to the Lewis or the Brown
ing. No contracts have been made for
production and because manufactur-
ers are enga ged in rushing out $780,
900 rapid fire guns for the new incre-
ment of the national army it is not be-
neved production of the new weapon
can be undertaken in less than a year
1t is believed by ordnance experts
that in the new gun America has an
engine of destruction which far sur
passes any weapon ever produced The
chief fault of the Lewis gun is
said TO be that the circular pan from
which the shells are fed to the weapon
frequently becomes damned
The only objection ever put forward
against the Browning gun by experts
is the danger of jamming of the woven
fabric belt which feeds the shells to
the breach and fails to hold the shell
tightly To maintain continuous
fire, it is necessary that every shell
thrown into the breach shall explode
since the power of the machine is
gained thru the recoil from the gun
and the movement of the shell belt is
halted as soon as a shell fails to ex-
plode.
The johnson gun. it is said. is sim
liar to the Browning. except that a
metal belt has been devised This belt
not only feeds shells into the gun but
receives the exploded shell. thus main
tanning a pressure against shells in line
for firing. The belt is of irregular
which ordnance experts have long
sought in vain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-30
ORDER PRINCESS OUT
Mother of Austrian Empress Is Anti
German and Is Banished.

Paris April 50.-The Princess Marie
Antoinette, mother of Empress Zita
has been ordered to leave Austria
within "a hours and not re-enter that
country until the termination of the
war. according to a dispatch from
Geneva.
Empress Zita has been blamed by
the pro-German party in her hus-
bands empire as being responsible for
Emperor Charles's now famous letter
TO Prince Sixtus, of Bourbon, his
brother-in-law. in which he made
overtures for peace to France Anti
Teutonic tendencies have been attrib-
uted to the empress because of her
Bourbon descent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-30
ONLY 8 men GRADS
Washburn College This Year
Shows Effect of the War.
Smallest Graduating Glass in is
Years at Topeka School.
COMMENCEMEN TOFPATRIOTISM
Noticeable Change in Spirit OF
Exercises on Campus.
College Closes Two Weeks Ear
Iier-Graduate May %.
TO arnsi"

To arms.
The clarion call which swept the
land in April 1917. fell on no deaf
ears at Topeka's educational institu-
tons. Commencement week at Wash
burn college, beginning May 10. is GO
ing to show the effects of the call
According to a statement issued this
morning by Miss Esther Peers, assist
ant librarian at the college and act
ing registrar, the class of 1918 num-
bers only eight boys in a graduating
class of thirty nine Miss Peers said
that this is the smallest number of
boys in a graduating class at the col
lege since 1900 when only seven men
received the sheepskin. Actually only
seven men will receive their diplomas
with the class this year. One of the
class. Duane Van Horn has already
gone into the navy. and will not be in
Topeka for the formal exercises OF
graduation.
Commencement Patriotism.
note of patriotism in the speeches
will be about the only noticeable
change in the commencement exer-
cises at Washburn college this year
course the graduating class will have
a greater preponderance% of girls tina n
at other times. but the program is
about the same as usual
Dr. F. F. Womer, president of the
college, will deliver the baccalaureate
sermon in the chapel Sunday morn
ing. May 19. Dean Whitehouse will
give an organ recital in the chapel
the same evening. Monday, May 20
will be given over to the annual re-
union of the Tau Delta Phi honorary
fraternity which will eliminate in the
annual banquet at $50 o'clock. At
1880 o'clock commencement exercises
for the Academy will have the right
OF way followed by the Dramatic club
play on the campus.
Reunions Tuesday.
Tuesday morning the reunions of
the various fraternities. sororities and
literary societies will be held. At noon
the classes of former years will hold
the annual reunion picnics. AT !
O'Clock luncheon for the trustees will
be given by DR.. and Mrs. Womer Al
, o'clock the annual meeting of the
trustees will be held. At the same
time the senior class day exercises
will be held. At 3 O'Clock the annual
rally of the Alumni association will
be held. followed by the annual bust
ness meeting at o'clock. The alumni!
and senior class dinner occupies the
evening. At S o'clock the Fine Arts
faculty appear in a concert at the
chapel, and then the annual reception
takes place at the presidents house
The commencement exercises viii
be held Wednesday morning at 1886
o'clock in the char pei. Professor
Shaler Matthews of Chicago university
will be the speaker of the day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-30
GO TO SOCKLESS!
American Soldiers to Harden Feet for
Winter Weather This Summer.

Washington. April 3e.-Thousa nds
of American soldiers at training
camps and in the fields. will go SOCK
less this summer. Army experts have
adopted the suggestion of allied lead
ers and will Danish the heavy gray
sock during the warm months. in the
belief that sockiess soldiers feet be-
come toughened and lit to withstand
the rigors of winter weather in the
trenches.
It is planned to serve out light socks
in place of the wooden ones. In some
cases the men will wear silk socks. al
tho the light or cotton" sock is
popular. The men will be instructed
to grease their feet well and wear the
light sock as long as possible BY the
time the light sock is thoroly worn
out, it is believed the mems feet will
have become toughened to an extent
which will permit them to go thru
the summer without socks.
When cold weather returns the men
will Re given larger shoes and two
pairs OF wooden socks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-30
"BOSSY is UNRULY
Refusing to Re .nize New Daylight
Plan, She Forces School Change.

Sacramento. Cal. April S0.-Be-
cause the family COW has refused the
daylight saving law, but instead adj
heres strictly TO sun time and by SO
going delays the milking and causes
school children, especially those in
the country districts to be late for
class the state board of education,
according to VIII c. Wood, commits
sioner of secondary education, is con-
sidering 2 readjustment of school
hours \ flexible rule permitting
schools IN the country districts to ad-
just their hours to the requirements
Of farm life is being considered as
solution to the problem, Commissioner
Wood announced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-30
GIVES SERVICE FLAG
Lodge No. IL. A. +. & A NJ.
Presents Banner,

Nearly thirty names are on the
service flag of Topeka lodge No. Il,
A. F. & A. M, that Frank A Stevens,
master of the lodge, will present to
the body at special patriotic rally
Wednesday evening at o'clock
The address OF the evening, accom-
psnying the formal presentation of
the flag. will be delivered by Justice
Henry f Mason of the Kansas SUI
Preme court
The names on the flag, represented
by stars, members of No. Il, are:
Lieut.. Kari NJ. Bowman
Capt Leon A Congdon
Lieut. NJ. G. Cook
Capt Jesse D. Cook
c. V. Covert
William II. ESsig
George H Fair
Lieut. W. A. Gilchrist
Lieut.. r. y. Hall
George 3. Harrison
Lieut. w. A Heap
Guy H. Hill
Lieut. D.. T Jennings
Lieut.. Forrest Kutz
John Mcintyre
Robert A Maxwell
VIII L Nelson
Ralph s. Parr
Capt Peter Peterson
Harrison W. Rehkcpf
Leslie A Smith
Earl W. Stevenson
Alpha E. Sutton
/. Capt ". c, Sweeney
Harold NJ. Swendson
Luther R. Tillctson
Claude H Tucker
Harris NJ Whiting
Lieut.. John l. Work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-30
MURDER AND SUICIDE
Naval Officer Kills Wife. Then Self.
After Playing With Baby.

New York. April 3o.-Police today
are investigating the murder of Mrs
John McCanna and the suicide of her
husband. Lieutenant McCanna. L. s
y. R., found dead in their BROOKLYN
home Their xteen-months-old son.
with whom McCanna PLAYED for an
hour before shooting his wife. was
with the bodies.
note he left stated McCanna had
talked things over and the wife had
suggested he kill her
An unknown "Lennie' is blamed for
the double shooting
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-30
4 FREAkISH TORNADO
Oklahoma Twister Gave 'Bossy" an
Aerial Ride a Mile Long

Prague, Okla, April 30.-Freaks
that usually accompany tornadoes
were plentiful in the one which swept
a path IL miles long southwest of here
late Saturday. A cow-~as found I'M
hurt in a pasture one mile from where
it was before the storm Totally de-
nolishing their homes the storm did
not touch two families who were hid
den in their cellars lightning rods
were stripped from another home but
otherwise it was untouched. A gar
age nearby containing a Dodge auto
mobile was picked up and strewn
along the road
Many cattle were killed and much
property damage was entaiied A
purse of $500 has been collected for
relief of the victims
With StenheuSnu 4 Nehh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-30
A RAW, SORE THROAT
Eases Quickly When You Apply
a Little Musterole.

And Musteroie won't blister like the
old fashioned mustard plaster. Just
spread it On with your fingers 1t pene-
trates to the sore spot with gentle
Jingle, loosens the congestion sad draws
out the soreness and pain
Musterole is clean, white ointment
made with oil of mustard 1t IS fine for
quick relief from sore throat, bronchitis,
tonsiIitis, Group, stiff neck, asthma, neu-
ralg;a, headache, congestion, pleurisy.
rheumatism, lumbago, pains and aches CT
the back or joints, sprains, sore muscles.
bruises, chilbiains, frosted feet, colds on
the chest (it often prevents pneunonisl
Nothing like Musterole for croupy chill
dren- Keep it handy for instant use
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-30
COVER THERE" MAIL
American f. F." Should Be In Full
in Addressing Soldiers

Washington. April 3o.-Maii adj
dressed to members of the American
expeditionary force should have the
word American written or spelled
in full so that in the address the des-
ignation will read American E. F."
according to a request made today by
the postoffice authorities The new
order is deemed necessary to distin-
guish American mail from that of the
expeditionary forces of other coun-
tries
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-30
LOOK AT HIS SHOES!
When He Proposes, Girls. Sec That
He Is Half Decentralization.

Grand Rapids. Mich. April 80
When your lover kneels to propose,
step behind him and look at his shoes.
If they are half-soled take him was
the advice Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo left Michigan maids as he
swung eastward today in finishing his
liberty loan speaking trip
Every man ought to wear half
soled shoes and half-soled breeches,'
the secretary reiterated to his audi
ence here. Il wear them myself"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-30
KING OF TONGA DIES
Pacific Islands Are Under British
Rule But Retain King.

Melbourne Australia. April 90
George II, king of the Tonga islands,
is dead
The Tonga or Friendly islands in the
South Pacific ocean, have been under
a British protectorate since 1900. al
tho still possessing a native king.
There are about $50 of the islands, Of
which perhaps thirty are inhabited
The people are fair Polynesians. and
are Christianized- George II was AZ
years old
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-30
is GERMAN PRISONER
DR.. CahiH. Q. S. A.. Missing Since drive
Started, Is Now Located.

New York, April 3o.-Captain Fran
els ]. Cahill Of the medical corps, U.
S A. missing since the commencement
of the German offensive at St Quen-
tin. is a prisoner in Germany, ac-
cording TO information received here
today thru Red Cross sources
DR.. Cahill il a graduate Of Cornell
medical college and served as an in
terne At the Kings county hospital
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-30
For Burning Eczema

Greasy szIves and ointments should {
be applied If good clear skin Is wand.
From any druggist for 35G or Sl6o 1
extra large size, get bottle Of ze1
When applied a. directed il eAecdT'
removes eczema. quickly stops itching I
heals skin troubles. also sorz, bar
wounds and chaEng. L penerzfss. cIezz::
and sooti7es- Zeno Is clean, dependz]
and inexpensive, penetrating. sntisep
liquid Try Il, as We believe ncth;rg ,
have ever used IS asefect;ve ard satisfy
Tee z ". Rose Co. cle~e.z1d. @
CAdxerusEnert1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-30
BRITISH CASUALTIES
During April Nearly 10000 Were
Killed: 10000 Wounded

London. April 50-British casualty
lists published during April showed
1854 officers killed. 4.s41 wounded
and 2.45s missing. s.1ss men killed.
$500 wounded and s14 missing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-30

ious to know if they are sure to be
sent back to their old outfit as they
call their units.
II wouldn't swap this job for the
best pastoral place in America"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-09
Right Use Of the Flag
1t Should Never Be Permitted Touch the Ground Nor
Draped a Decoration


following from the National Geographic Magazine
while in
playing
monies that should
national
be of
hosting which should be slowly
with dignity should
should 1t be trail
soed
1t above it,
"a meetings drape
flag like tablecoh the
let the straight
1.-THE a of
nations displayed should be
yards of size the level
The flag should be raised lowered appliance
should walking
allowed fall
possible the
should
diary purposes
privately
preferably by other methods lacking the
OF
al al s of mourning
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-09
.ONE HUN MASTER
IN RUSSIA KILLED
COUNT Won MIRBACH is THE
VICTIM OF ASSASSlNS
AT MOSCOW.
TWO unknown MEN DID IT
Obtain Admission to Office on False
Pretense-Fire Hand Grenades-
Death Was instantaneous
The Thugs Escaped.

Basel.-General Count Won Mirbach,
German ambassador to Russia, was
assassinated Saturday at Moscow, &C
cording to a dispatch received here.
Obtaining admission under false
pretenses, two unknown men entered
the private office of Count Won Mir
bach. A short discussion ensued
Then revolver shots were heard, fol-
lowed by explosions of hand grenades.
The ambassador died almost in
stantly The assassins escaped and
have not yet been arrested.
General Count Won Mirbach has
been active in negotiations between
Germany and the bolsheviki. A dis
patch July from Moscow, June 26,
said he was that day successful in
obtaining the release of six Finnish
officials detained by Russia in ex-
change for Leo Kamenoff, bolsheviki
ambassador to Austria Hungary, who
had been, held as a hostage in Fin
land.
Count Won Mirbach formerly was
German minister to Greece. The boil
shevik government consented to his
nomination as ambassador to Russia
last April In May a dispatch from
Moscow said that the demands pre-
scented by the German ambassador
would virtually make Russia a Ger
man colony.
On May 27 the Russian government
agreed to the appointment of Count
Won Mirbach as an intermediary be
tween Russia and the transcaucasiar
government. On May 81 he obtained
from Russia an acceptance of the
German proposal for peace negotia
tons between the bolshevik and Fin
| land
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-09
Pitcher M. B. Hogan.

thought, and utterly failed to remem-
Der of ever having heard of him.
"Why, the paper up in Cohoes said
you wanted to give me a trial and
so here 1 am" explained Hogan. 1--WE
been pitching semipro ball up home,
and 1 guess you've heard about me.
I'm a machinist by trade"
McGraw had never dreamed Of Ho-
gan, but he liked the youngsters
looks, and, most of all, he took a
fancy to the name of Hogan. Nc
Graw would like to surround himself
with Doyles, McCarthys and Hogans,
so he decided to give Mike a chance,
and Mike went to Marlin.
SO there is something in a name
after all, for Hogan, who had never
played professional ball, is getting his
first tryOut in the strongest minor
league in the country, and all because
his name is Hogan.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-09

Whitaker started, staggered with
amaze, and the burden of his wife in
his arms. Her own arms clipped him
close. Her fragrant, tear-gemmed
face brushed his. He knew at last the
warmth of her sweet mouth, the dear
madness Of that first caress.
Then through the magical hush of
that time when the world stood still,
the thin, clear vibrations of a distant
hail:
"Aho-oyp
In his embrace his wife stiffened
and lifted her head to listen like a
startled fawn.
'Listenl" He held up his hand.
This time 1t rang out more near and
most unmistakable:
"Ahoyi The house, ahoyl"
With the frenzled leap of a mailman,
Whitaker flung out into the dim, sill
very wltchery of the night. He stood
staring, while the girl stole to his
side and caught his arm. He passed
it round her, lifted the other hand,
dumbly pointed toward the northern
beach. For the moment he could not
trust himself to speak.
In the sweep of the anchorage a
small, white yacht lowered ghostlike
On the beach itself a small boat
was drawn up. A figure in white
waited near it. Rising over the brow
Of the uplands moved two other fig
ures in white and one in darker cloth
ing, the latter leading the way at q
rapid pace. AS they drew together
the leader of the landing party
checked his pace and called:
"Hello therel Who are you? What's
the meaning of your fires-T
Mechanically Whitaker's lips ut
tered the beginning of the response
"Shipwrecked-sig for help"
"Whitaker" the voice of the othel
interrupted with a jubilant shout
"Thank God we've found you'll"
1t was Ember.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-09
Good irish Name Helped
Mike Hogan Get a Tryout
With John McGraW'S Team

The bird who said there is nothing
in a name had his signals gummed
up.
There is quite bit in some names,
and the case of Mike Hogan of Co
hoes. N. Y, proves it beyond doubt.
Just before the Giants started for
Marlin and spring training, Mike Ho-
gan bounced into the Giants offices
and announced that he was ready to go
South.
John McGraw gave him the up and
down, scratched his noggan in deep
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-09
The Butter Tree.

A tree, known as the shea, or butter
tree, is beginning to attract CONNER
cial attention. 1t supplies not only
nuts. but also butter that may become
an article of commercial Importance,
SAYS the San Francisco Argonaut. 1t
is already exported to Europe, where
makers of artificial butter find use for
1t. Almost two-thirds Of the nut Is
vegetable butter. The tree begins to
bear when it is fifteen years old, and
reaches its prime in twenty-five years.
Chocolate manufacturers could easily
utilize the product. 1t might also be
of use in making candies and soap.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-09
U. S. HAS $4,000 MEN
ON THE FIGHTING LINE

General March, chief of staff, an
swered a question that has lain in mil
lions of minds when he told the SEN
ate committee Monday that we have
about 100000 men actually on the
fighting line in Europe. The others
over there, numbering about 100000,
are still back of the lines-building
railroads and operating them. moving
supplies from the seacoast to the in
terror, or in intensive training for
fighting service a little later on.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-09
Swiss Potato Scum.

Take four large potatoes, one large
white turnip, three quarts of boiling wa
ter, quart of scalded milk, one-half
an onion, four tablespoonfuls of fat.
one-third of a cupful of barley flour,
and a half teaspoonful Of salt, and
one-eighth of a teaspoonful of pep
per. Wash the potatoes and turnip,
cut in small pieces and cook ten min
utes, drain and add the onion cut In
slices, add three cupfuls of water, cook
until the vegetables are soft, press
them through sieve, return to the wa
ter; add milk, reheat and thicken
with the flour and fat cooked together {;
add seasoning.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-09
SAVE CANADIAN TROOPS.
American tackles Take 700 Off of
Wrecked Transport.

Boston.-The rescue by an Amer
lean patrol boat of 700 troops from
the Canadian troop ship City of Wen
ma, which was wrecked off the At
lantic coast, is reported. The Amer
lean boat ran through thick fog to
reach the City of Vienna, which went
down soon after all hands had been
taken off.
A later report says she had gone
ashore on the Atlantic coast. All the
troops and the crew were safely re-
moved. The City of Vienna, of Gill
tons gross, was built in 1914, and has
been a government transport almost
from the time of her launching.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-09
Potato Mullins.

Take one cupful of mashed potato,
packing the cup firmly, add a cup
full of warm milk, half yeast cake,
two eggs, a tablespoonful of lard, a
tablespoonful of sugar, teaspoonful Of
salt, and flour to make a stiff dough.
Let rise, shape into biscuits. Let rise
again, and bake 10 minutes. Set the
mullins at eleven and bake at six.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-09
BUTTE MINERS GET BOOST.
Advance of so Cents per Day Made in
Wage Scale.

Butte, Mont.-The mining compa-
MES operating in Butte, Anaconda and
Great Falls Saturday announced an
increase in the wages of miners of
so cents a day. Under this scale
miners will receive 1915 a day. The
increase is made because the war in
dustries board has raised the price
of copper to 26 cents a pound. Sal
aried employees will receive an in
crease of SIS a month where they
are now paid less than $3.50. Twenty
thousand men in Montana are affect
ed by the increase.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-09
Potato StuHnq.

Mix two cupfuls of mashed potato
one cupful of soft bread crumbs, one
third of cupful of melted shortening
half a teaspoonful each of salt and
poultry dressing a few dashes of cay
enne pepper, mix thoroughly and use
as stuffing for fish or poultry.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-09

Short and Snappy.

Jealousy at best is but a
chronic case of self-love.
A shady character doesn't al
ways keep a man cool.
During the courtship love
shows up in the dark.
Men of genius often make a
fortune for a man of talent
Singers who pursue the even
tenor of their way never get of
their bass.
Sometimes the man who is
afraid to take a chance Is beat
en- at his own game.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-09
Lenine So Sorry!

Representatives of the Russian gov
eminent visited the embassy and ex-
pressed indignation at the act, which
they considered as a political maneu-
yer to provoke trouble. The govern
ment is taking every measure to dis
cover the murderers and bring them
before a special revolutionary tribunal.