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The Topeka state journal., 1918-10-28
q. S. Attorney Robertson in
Another Attack on Capper.
Sworn Affidavit That He Of
fered Germans Protection.
WALTER WILSON IN THE MESS
Charged That He Advised ST.
1ence Until After Election.
But Capper Denies He Sent
Bank Commissioner There.

Further evidence tending to show
that Governor Capper "dickered'' with
the German Lutherans of Washington
county was given out today by United
States District Attorney Fred Robert
son. Another sworn AFFIDAVIT that
Governor Capper offered protection to
a second German school in the county
is among the documents = his pos
session. Robertson says. His state
menti concerning the governors ac-
tions in this case and the evidence he
has in his possession is as follows:
"a A. kisby. who made joint affidavit
with A. J. Anderson, concerning his move
ments regarding the school three miles
southeast of Palmer. Kansas. has made an
additional statement referring to the second
school,
, Rev. P. Stolp, who breaches at the Ger
man Lutheran church known as Luther:
situated about six miles northwest of
Palmer Kansas came to his farm to in
the day before.
Preacher Assured Protection.
1.-THE affiant said he told the minister
it was to avoid trouble and to see # ne
in connection with his church. Mr.. kisby
swears that the Rev. Stolp informed aim
the school was within the limits of the
law and that they would have the @iarcs
to protect it regardless of cost"
"kisby says he declared: Your school
house already has been painted and L am
afraid it will go still further and in case
a shot is fired what will ebe the cohse-
quences? The affiant says that the Rev.
Stolp did not answer but that another
member of his congregation did by saying
that there will be things popping all
around.
Before the interview ended .>isby swears
that the Rev. Stalp made, the statement
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half Ia miles in the first day. very and
fell IL to tse it ns it ana
another Guards division held in sup
sHiii sistible. PIT It reached and fought over a
formidable system of .defenses, and de-
spite all the machine gun fire and
counter attacks, held tenaciously to its
gains. refusing to yield anything under
pressure 1t only finally withdrew a
very short distance to conform to the
THAT a unit with only the slightest ex-
perience with the sound of bullets and
shells could accomplish their mission with
such speed is remarkable, and serves to
show what fine fighting men are now ar
riving from America"
The doings of the 35th division in the
third day of the battle here is described
as follows in the London Telegraph:
Here the core of the fighting was across
the mouth of the valley up which runs the
high road to Dun, on the Meuse the en-
emys drive being apparently intended to
recover The cluster of little woods OH either
German division which had been resting z
in Alsace, and here again it was thrown
hurriedly. into the fight, so that we have
the satisfaction of having contributed in
no small measure to the enemy's exhaus-
tion."
The dispatches have told how American
Champigneulle. Ainereville. and other
towns. but what part the 35th division had
IN tnat part OF the advance has not yet been
disclosed
Fighting Best Troops.
With the Missouri and Kansas Troops
Northwest of Verdun. Sept. 30.-Fighting
continuously day and night against the
finest war machinery science has deveI-
oped, and with all odds against them,
the troops from Missouri and Kansas
gained every objective laid out for them
and have held on despite desperate
counter attacks of the boche. They have
gone up against the finest soldiers Ger
many has at her command and whipped
them. whipped them right in their
famed Hindenburg line, and they are
hanging on to every inch of gained
ground. At this date they have been
engaged in continuous battle for four
days and four nights. fighting against
German artillery. German machine guns
and German gas. and today they are
still at it.
1t has rained more than half the time.
The weather has been cold The battle
field is sea of mud. In retreating the
boche blew up bridges. roads and mined
roads. They left behind machine gun
nests Many times the men would ad-
vance thru woods and then find them
selves attacked from all sides.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-10-28
IN 0RM0NI WOOD
The Germans Still Retain a
FOOthold There.
American Machine Gun Fire
Stops the Huns. s

With the American Army Northwest
of Verdun, Oct 2S.-The Germans still
retain foothold in Ormont wood. Ar
tillery fighting has been violent along
the entire front east of the Meuse.
In the Argcnne a German attack
north of Grand Pre- was repulsed by
American machine gun fire. On the
rest of the American sectors east and
west of the river. there has been no
activity of moment.
Hold All of Wood.
Washington, Oct. 2S.-Bois Belleu,
east of the Meuse river. is now COM
plete1y in the hands of American
troops, as the result of a successful at
Pershing reports in his communique
for today. Further south lively fight
ing IS taking place in the eastern por-
ton OF the Bois d'Ormont. Destruc-
ton of thirteen enemy airplanes by
pursuit squadrons of the American
first army in the course of many COM
bats IS reported in supplementary
statement. Five American planes were
lost.
The CaIibre Held Back.
With American Armies. Oct. 28.-
The calibre of the big American gun
just put into use on the Verdun front
may not be announced as yet. but the
gun can shoot many miles. The weap-
on is said to be infinitely more for
midable than the big gun with which
the Germans bombarded Paris. tho
its range probably is not as great.
The big guns were ready for use
some time ago but could not be used
because bad weather prevented the
necessary support by aviators. The
sky now has been clear for two days.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-10-28
Influenza Continues To Claim
Victims in Topeka.
Only Thirty-Three New Cases
Reported This Morning.
DANGER NOT PASSED HOWEVER
Conditions Still Bad in Little
" Russia, Clark Says.
Emergency Hospital Still in
Need of Nurses.

Five more deaths from influenza
were reported to the public health
authorities this morning. Seventy-six
deaths now have occurred in Topeka
since the outbreak of the epidemic.
The deaths of the following persons
were reported this morning:
AnaStacio Fausto, I'LL East Crane.
Margaret Meltonberger, 1109 East
Crane.
Pedro Lupersio, Santa Fe yards.
Helen GiIkje, $50 North Tyler.
John Medel, no address available.
Two deaths were reported Sunday.
Mrs Raukohl, of 1912 Quincy street,
died Sunday afternoon at her home.
Her husband is sick in a local hos
can was also reported on Sunday.
Dorothy Kenney, sister of Mrs.
Raukohl who lived at her residence,
also died of influenza.
The following persons died from i'll
fluenza on Saturday and Sunday:
Mrs Margaret Holman, 4o2 Emmett.
Mrs Edith Summers; 81 East Gordon.
Miss Nina Cooley, 1920 Monroe.
Miss Barbara Leihan, 123 Adams.
Dorothy kenney. 1912 Quincy.
Leonard Einnamore, 624 Adams.
Mrs Raukohl. 1912 Quincy.
An unknown Mexican.
Only 33 cases were reported this
morning to the office of the public
health department. Considering that
no report was made Sunday this was a
very light report. On Friday and Sat
urday, up to IL o'clock there were only
about 25 cases reported on each day.
Today the morning report, which car
ried Sundays cases also, totalled only
33. Not all of the doctors had made
their reports at that hour but those
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Largest Draft Demand Today
on Kansas of the War.
Nearly 5000 Alone From Sep
tember Registration.
ALL ENTRAIN IN NOVEMBER
State Has 10000 Availables
From Latest Draft.
Probably Fifty Men Will Be
Asked From Topeka.

The heaviest demand Kansas has
ever received under the selective
service law came today when SIP
men were called to the colors in four
calls for November. No previous calls
had exceeded 5000 men in any single
month.
All of the old class 1 men will be
inducted into service. But there are
less than 1000 of these SO that nearly
s. 900 of the new calls will come from
the men registered September 2 who
are between 18 and SO years of age
and not heretofore registered.
The four calls announced today
were:
For Camp Funston, 6,342 white men
to entrain week of November II.
For Fort Riley, 1,410 white men
to entrain week of November II.
For Camp Funston. 65S white men
to entrain week of-November1 II.
For Camp Funston. 200 negroes to
entrain week of November II.
For Camp Funston, 102 negroes to
entrain week of November 10.
10000 Ready in State.
Kansas has approximately 10000
men who were registered September
II classified and most of them have
duction into the service. The four
calls today will almost clean up the
new registrants. These are the men
between 10 and Sc who were not pre-
viously registered. The class 1 men
under the original registration and
the subsequent registrations of 21-32
classes will be called first.
The largest previous call for men
from Kansas did not exceed 5000 in
any single month.
Probably fifty men will be called
from Shawnee county.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-10-28

This map shows the battle front in
France from which, in the last few
weeks, have come those dispatches
headed: with the American Army
Northwest of Verdun."
The continuous black lire reaching
from Samogneux to Vile is the old
Hindenburg line where the German
and allied armies faced each other
when the great American drive began
the last week in September. The dot
ted line running from Longive thru
Beffu, Imecourt, Aincreville and down
the River Meuse, was the battle front
yesterday. To that line the American
forces had forced back the Germans
in more than a month of desperate and
almost continuous day and night fight
ing.
The place of the Thirty-fifth divi-
sion on this battle line was between
the Rivers Meuse and Aire. This d1-
vision is made up almost exclusively
of troops from Missouri and Kansas
which trained at Camp Doniphan,
Oklahoma, including all of the Topeka
national guard units.
The great battle fought in the ter
ritory shown on this map probably will
go down in history as THE Battle of
Argonne Forest" This forest is shown
on the map lying west of the Aire
river but other forests extend from it.
The 35th division entered the great
battle from the edge of the Forest de
Hesse. shown on the map, and its first
big fight was in capturing the Vau-
auois Hill near the town of Vauquois.
The French had tried for four years to
take this hill. The Germans had so
fortified it that they thought it i'm
pregnable.
From here the 35th division fought on,
driving the Germans out of Cheppy. Very,
Charpentry. Baumy, Exermont and Cierges.
OF the fighting done by the 35th divi-
sion here the London Telegraph said.
October 1:
How well the Americans have been
fighting recently is illustrated BIZ the
work of a certain unit which had never
seen actual fighting before"
This, as is disclosed later in the
story. refers to the 35th. which had just
come from a quiet sector in the Fosges
Mountains, where its activities were
limited to unimportant night raids in
No Mans Land and artillery dueis from
hidden positions in the forested noun
tains., The London Telegraph account
continues:
Starting from a point east of vau-
quois, it astonished the whole army by
The Topeka state journal., 1918-10-28
WITH DIRTY TRICK
Macmillan Harden SAYS That
Is Way War Started.
William III a Film and Germany
a Vulgar Show.

London. Oct 2s.-A Copenhag gen
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
company quotes Maximilian Harden
the editor of the Die Zunkunft of
Berlin, as saying in an interview with
the Berlingske Tidendeuj of Copen-
hagen:
I'VE started the war with a dirty
trick and all our subsequent vic
tories have been the resemblance of
dishonesty. William II is film and
Germany vulgar cinematograph
show. We sit today on the ruins of
thirty years of Hohenzollern politics u
The Topeka state journal., 1918-10-28
A COURT MARTIAL
General LudendOrff, Resigned
German Leader, To Face Trial.
He Quit Army Place After Dis
Is agreeing With Max.

Rome,i Oct. 2s.-Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg is expected to order
courtmartial of General Ludendorff.
according to information received
here today from German sources.
Disagreed With Max.
Washington, Oct. 2S.-Press dis
patches to The Hague trans---itted to
the state dc artms mt today sat Cen
eral Budendorff resigned his post as
first quartermaster general and real
leader of the German army as the re-
suit of a complete disag. ent With
Prince Maximilian. +"e chancellor
There was no possibility of a -orcil-
iation, according to these advices. and
the emperor was compelled to accept
Ludendorff's resignation. :
A Shock to Them.
London, Oct. 2S british Admiralty
wireless) Effect of General Luden-
dorff's resignation on the German peo
pie, who are already suffering from
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GERMAN NOTES
RECE|vED;REP[Y
BY WAR COUNCIL
Hun Is in a Hurry - Know
Allied Term
Sends Another Note ;ison
on Peace.
WILL REQUIRE NO AASWER
The German Communication
Received by Swiss.
Allied War Ministers Meet To
Formulate Answer.
WILL REQUIRE NO aNSWER
The German Communication
Received by Swiss.
THE NOTE SENT.

London, Oct. 2s.-The German
official wireless declares that the
German governments reply to
President Wilson's note is as fol-
lows:
The president knows that deep
rooted changes have taken place in
the German constitution, and that
peace negotiations will be conduct
ed by a peoples government, pos
sessing decisive legal power, in ac-
cordance with the constitution, the
military power being subject there
to.
1.-The German government awaits
proposals for an armistice, intro
ducing a peace of justice such as
the president has described"
The Topeka state journal., 1918-10-28
Hold Three Men.

Springfield, Oct. 2S.-Three indict-
ments against men charged with dis
loyal remarks were returned by the
federal court grand jury here today.
The defendants are Albin Henry SAKE
of Alton. DIR. H. f. Ferren of Noun
tain Grove and Noel Green of Doug
las county.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-10-28
Lieut.. william CarsweH Home
From France.
He Left Argonne Battle Only
Two Weeks Ago.
Topeka BOYS IN BIG DRIVE
Radio Company From Here
Covered With Glory.
CarsWelI Soon To Be Given
Rank of Captain-

'The Radio corps. the only real To-
peka unit now fighting in France. with
its sixty-five Topeka boys out of the
tseventy-five members, is doing great
work up there in the Argonne region.
where one of the very hottest battles
Of the wartis being fought" said Lieut..
William Carswell, who is home from
France, where he saw service for siZ
The Topeka state journal., 1918-10-28
WILHELM is WILLING
Will Not Abdicate but Talks of Be
ing Hereditary President.

London. Oct. 2s.-Emperor William
has no intention of abdicating. but
is willing if it is for the good of the
people to ordain that his rights shall
be re-framed. according to state
ment attributed to German court
circles The emperor is said to have
remarked: II will not abandon my
sorely tried people, but if necessary
I am ready to become something like
hereditary president of a German re-
public, like the kings of England,
Belgium and Italy,"
The Topeka state journal., 1918-10-28
'ODAY'S TEMPERATURES

The wind at o'clock this afternoon
was blowing at the rate of ten miles
an hour from the south. The temper
ature for the day averaged degrees
below normal.
At $3.50 o'clock this morning the
lowest temperature that has occurred
this fall was registered when the rner-
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months. Lieutenant Carswell was with
the Thirty-fifth division which trained
at Camp Doniphan, going over as
lieutenant in the Radio corps which
he helped to organize in Topeka. He
is no longer with the Radio corps, for
he has been sent back to the United
States~fos4-beceme an instructor at
Camp Meade in Maryland. He has
been recommended for captaincy. He
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L0SSBERG LEADS ARMY
l. Named Head of Hun Forces, Sue
ceeding Ludendorff.

Washington, Oct. 2S.-Generai L. S.
berg has been appointed successo- to
General Ludendorff, the state depart
lnent was informed this afternoon.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-10-28

Washington, Oct. 2S.-Frederick
Oederlin. charge of the Swiss legation
delivered the German note. at the state
department at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
1t was said not to differ materially
from the wireless version.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-10-28
ICE ON GROUND HERE
Frost, However. Did Not Kill Vege-
tables, Flora Announces

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS:
Unsettled tonight, warmer southeast por-
tion and cooler Northeast portions; Tues
day partly cloudy and cooler.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-10-28

from the wireless version.
(By the Associated Press)
An allied reply to Germany con
cerning armistice terms has not yet
been announced. The text of the
German note has been received In
Washington, but it is indicated that
the president probably will not reply
to the German government whose
note is looked upon as an acknowl-
edgment of the presidents latest
note.
Washington, Oct. 2s.-The German
governments reply to President Will
sons last note, asserting that the nego-
tiations for peace are being conducted
by a peoples government with actual
and constitutional power, and that the
terms of the American and allied gov
ernments for an armistice are awaited.
reached the Swiss legation today by
cable.
(By the Associated Press)
Germany asks the allies to name the
terms for an armistice.
1t is understood that the allies have
decided upon the terms to be exacted
before hostilities are suspended, but
that these terms will not be announced
until the German note is officially
made public.
Note Unexpected.
Washington, Oct. 2s.-Germany's
reply to President Wilson's last note
was rather unexpected here and pend
ing the receipt of the official text thru
the Swiss legation, comment was with
held. Generally, however. the note
was not regarded as one requiring an
answer.
The diplomatic situation is Just
where 1t was when President Wilson
informed the German government that
its request for an armistice and peace
had been transmitted to the allied
governments. The next step expected
was the submission of terms of an
armistice to Germany.
announcement from London that
Premier Lloyd George and Foreign
Secretary Balfour had left for France
with naval and military advisers fore
shadowed an early meeting of the SUI
preme war council at Versailles.
While the military and naval members
of the council are drawing terms of
an armistice, which will be tantamount
to surrender by Germany, the political
representatives of the entente powers
are expected to discuss the Individual
peace views of their government with
view to formulating a complete pro-
gram to be presented if Germany ac-
ceptS the terms of armistice.
From London Papers.
London, Oct. 2S.-London newspa-
pers are divided in opinion regarding
Germany's reply.
THE note is virtually an unqualified
acceptance of President Wilson's de-
mands." said the Chronicle.
TT carried the situation no further"
the Mail declares.
president Wilson's refusal to the
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WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas.
Unsettled tonight; warmer south,
| cooler north portions. Tuesday, cloudy
| and cooler.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-10-28

NOW that they can't get creai.i TO
whip. will Topeka housewives dc
vote more time to the youngsters?
The Topeka state journal., 1918-10-28

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-24
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York, September 23.-(Special) In the absence of any further alarm ing reports from Washington, small demand from the extended short in- terest created last week on the sure tip from Washington that low price for cotton would be fixed, brought about a recovery of from 40 to 6o points. Then the market relapsed into dullness, as, until more is known of the intention of the government, new business will be limited. The price of cotton goods is expected to be fixed for the next three months this week. This decline in prices will enable the spinners to obtain cotton on lower basis of values and may so effect the prices for their goods. Just why the spinners should be protected from these efforts of the fourth disastrous crop. or the exporter secure cotton at the expense of the planter, We have never been able to understand. Bra gil tries to look after the planters Of coffee, not the consumers of coffee.
 in America and Europe Many listened in church yesterday to the proveI bs and then returned home and read the XIV chapter of Jeremiah the Prophet. We still believe that maximum price may be fixed we'll above the present level, but we cannot bring ourselves to believe that there is any intention to sell our cotton abroad at a low price, when each bale so exported pays part of our war expenses.-Hub- bard Bros. X Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-24
News of Society and |Aceiv of Wonnem
Fly EMMA REID RYALL

bly, following an operation at Birming-
 ham infirmary.
 The many friends of Mrs w. C. Shack elford will regret to learn that she IS
 critically ill at St. Vincent's hospital.
 News has been received by Birming- ham friends of the safe arrival overseas of Miss Del Nabers, who recently sailed as Red Cross nurse. MT and Mrs. Norvell w. Cullom have returned from their wedding trip which was spent in Atlantic City, N. J., and l Asheville, N. c. MT. and Mrs. Culloms were married a few weeks ago at Ger mantown, Pa, where their wedding was
 an interesting event. They will be at
 home at 3319 Cliff road. Mrs. Josiah Smith and Mrs. Ernest
 Lamar of Selma are spending few days in the city as the guests of Mrs.
 R. J. Lide, on South Thirteenth ave- nue.
 Mrs. John NJ. London of New York is the guest of Mrs. o. H. Bowen on Whit aker street. Mrs. London until a few months ago made her home in this city and is being cordially greeted by her many friends She is en route from New York to Little Rock. where she will join MT. London, where they will make their home this winter.
 MT. and Mrs. L. H. Dent, who are visiting the North Carolina resorts, will return home this week.
 Friends of MT. and Mrs. w. B. Allen will regret to learn that they left yes terday for Mobile, where they will make their home in future.
 
 Mir. E. H. Andrew has returned from New Jersey, where he and Mrs. Andrew spent the past few weeks. Mrs. An drew will remain a few weeks longer. Mrs. Florence E. Buck and daughter, Miss Susie Haskill, have returned from stay at Atlantic City and have an apartment at the Ridgely for the winter. Mrs. Middleton Barnwen has returned from Syracuse, N. Y., where she was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Lighthall MT. and Mrs. Barnwell have sold their home on Caldwell Ter race and have taken house on south Fourteenth avenue for the winter, which they will occupy after October l. Mrs. H. R. Johnson has returned from a stay on the Jersey Coast, where she spent the Iast few weeks. Mrs. E. R. McDavid left a few days ago for Lexington, Va, where she will be the guest of her son, Edmund, who is suffering from a dslocated shoulder, which he received at football game at the V. NJ. I.
 Miss Blanch Beall. who has been ill at the South Highlands infirmary, is im- proving and has been removed to her home.
 Miss Florence McCrossin will leave to- l morrow morning for New York, where she goes to train for overseas duty in the Red Cross work. She has just received her orders to report at once and her many friends will be glad to know that this lovely young woman will be among those sent abroad to cheer and aid our ! boys over there.
 Mrs. Samuel Kennedy of Anniston is the guest of MT. and Mrs. Frank Nell son, Jr.