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has increased thirty-nins per cent
From April I TO September ~
1917, Britainss average daily expendi-
turs was e.e4s.00 tbs. In August,
1914. the National Debt was $4,000,
900 lbs.
Taxation has been increased ver5
greatly to meet liabilities at once as
far as is practicable. The heaviest
contributions have come from direct
taxation, notably Income Tax.
An amusement tax, ranging from
about / Ia to I'd "a taxi Is now lev
led on all tickets for .theaters md
other places of entertainment. Rail-
way fares have increased 80 per q
since January. 1917. and all cheap re-
turn and excursion tickets have been
abolished, except for short distance
suburban season ticket holders (com-
muters). Postal, telegraphic and tel
ephonic rates have also been greatly
advanced.
Along with the taxation. the prices
of all necessities Of life have risen and
the purchasing value of the sovereign
has sunk to about thai of ten shillings
before the war.
The strength of beer a been very
largely reduced and the price raised.
During the year 1917 no manufacturer
of spirits for human consumption has
been permitted and no further manu-
facture Is at present contemplated.
The food rations are also worthy OF
note. Besides meat, butter, margar-
Inc and sugar, there are many other
restrictions, such as the restriction of
the amount of wheat used In bread;
of feeding cereals to live stock: In the
use of milk. etc. Bread now contains
about % per cent. of hour other than
wheat -four.
In the home work In 1915. nearly
1000, 900 employees in Goa mines pro-
duced 256, s4S,000 tons of coal. The
annual output of steel has risen from
100000 iona to 100000 and is still
increasing.
From August 1. 1914. to September
20, 1917, besides financing her own
war costs, Britain has advanced $780,
600, 600 to the Dominions and $780,
900. 900 to the Allies.
The birthrate of the United King
dom is now greater than the total
losses of Britain's men during the
whole war. The population of the
United Kingdom is increasing during
the three years of the war.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-26
To FIGHT REN9
PROF|TEER|NG
Drive Started In Cleveland
With Woman to Conduct In
veStiqation of Landlords

CLEVELAND, July 2e-The fight
is on against rent profteering in this
city and Miss Pauline Balzer, secre-
tary of the special committee inves-
tigating the rent situation, is going to
be a big factor in ousting the profit
eering landlord.
A meeting of tenants will be called
soon to put before the committee their
complaints and later the landlords WILL
be called to give their side OF the story
and IL they can show cause for any
unreasonable rent increase.
Some of Miss Bakers duties r
Compilation of a card index of ten
ants whose rents nave been increased
in the last three years.
Compilation Of q roster of members
of the proposed Tenants league OF
Cleveland.
It will be her duty to gather all IN
formation to establish If the landlord
is justified in an increase in rent.
Miss Balzer has been a stenogra-
pher in the city clerks ~ofice-for four
teen years.
To Divide City.
Committee members propose to d.
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males. from birth Il
B4&tn8rfan, in the entire popula-
Hon Of the British Isles
The first expeditfonary force ol
10000 arrived in Francs In mid
August. 1914, and took part In ths
famous retreat and subsequent Bat
tie of the Marine with decisive effect
asked for 100,0o volunteers. They
were enrolled in a fortnight BY July
81. 1918. 1000. 600 men had enlisted
In October, 1917, 100000 men
were serving abroad on the various
fronts.
The Minister of National Service
stated in the House Of Commons In
January, 1918, that, under the one
item of provision of men for the
armed forces of the Crown" the en-
pire has contributed 100000 men
since the war began.
In the first sixteen months of the
war casualties totaled $4,000 or
about rs per cent. of the entire orig
inal land forces.
The first expeditionary force had
been almost a~nnihilated; one divi-
sion has lost 10000 out of $4,000 men
and $50 out of 400 officers.
Casualties in the year 1915 totaled
$50, 900 and in 1917 the number was
put at $685. 600.
The heavy losses in 1917 were due
mainly to the heavy fighting in Flan-
ders, during which $1,000 Britishers
were killed in one month.
At the end of November, 1917, the
British armies had captured since
the beginning of the war on all fronts
10000 prisoners and over 900 guns.
The total number of British and
Colonial prisoners captured by the
Germans on the western front since
the beginning of the war until Octo-
Der 81, 1917, was $500 officers and
53,704 other ranks.
In 1914 the personnel OF the Royal
Naval Air Service totaled 500. In
1917 the number grew to be $4,000.
In 1914 the Royal Flying Corps
only had sixty-sfx aeroplanes. In
1917 they had several thousand aero
planes and tens of thousands of men
In the first nine months Of 1917
British aviators brought down SIC
enemy machines and drove 769 out
of control.
The efficiency of the medical sery-
ices Is proved by the fact that during
the first three years of the war the
huge British army in france lost only
5000 men by disease, as compared
with $4,000 deaths from disease dur
ing the South African war (18ss-
1902.
Expenditure of ammunition per
week Is now sixty-five times greater
than the average weekly expenditure
during the first ten months of the
war. The output of machine guns
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-26

lWs':::;sss,,ss :; s
q r~ ltain'a efforts
British American Relief Association
Service at New York.
In some quarters the belief still
fingers that Britain Is not doing her
share In this world war az a member
Of the Alliance. This belief. 1t Is an
ticipated. is due to ignorance of the
facts.
Following are some of the state
ments, compiled from official figures
and contained in the pamphlet sent
conceptions. Bonar Law gave some
account recently February, 1919 of
the work accomplished by the British
Government In the year 1917.
II 1917, S20.645 additional men
were put into the army and 100000
women were placed in civil employ
ment at home. 100000 acres were
added to the cultivated area and $780,
600 additional tons OF cereals were
produced at home. The potato crop
was increased by 5000. 900 tons. New
ships were built in 1917 to the extent
of 1,163,000 tons. The lumber Oh
guns available in. France last yea in
creased thirty per cent over the year
before. and the supply of aeroplanes
in 1917 was 2 Ia times as great in
1918.
Under war conditions the British
War Office has become one of the
greatest industrial organizations in
the country. 1t has had to spend
money on a colossal scale. The mag
nitude of its dealings may be gath
bred from some figures given by the
Under Secretary for War IN the House
of Commons recently.
There have been active and constant
operations there have been captured
during 1917. In the course of these
operations there have been captured
168 heavy howitzers; GO heavy guns;
AL field guns; 1888 trench mortars
and 2,643 machine guns.
A most satisfactory feature of the
military record for 1917 is the con
tinued good health of the troops at the
front. Some idea of the success OF the
sanitary and medical departments In
this war may be gathered from the
fRct that four times as many died from
disease in the South African war as
fhere were cases in France in the
British army to the beginning of last
November. The amount of disease in
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-26
WASTE CAMPAIGN
NETS SUM OF $115

The waste campaign of the Day
Nursery has come to a successful
|close with a total of Sis. The Board
Of Managers thank oil the untiring
workers who helped to make IL such
q success.
The campaign CT for the collec-
tion of rubbish Q CT waste ma
terials that lay c the house and
selling them. T .oceeds OF the
sale were given to 49, Day Nursery.
The Day Nursery is well establish
ed. 1t is a haven of safety to mothers
20 leave their babies there before set
ting out to work. The nursery is
allied to capacity every day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-26
Greenland Rich in Metals.

Greenland, that huge Danish terri
tory, has copper. lead, silver. tin.
Flakes of absolutely pure silver have
been picked up In crevices along the
cliffs. Masses of almost pure ircn are
found In Greenland. One which was
brought to Europe was ~ and q half
feet long by i've and thick. ana
weighed 1900 pounds.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-26
Aluminium in Transformers.

Aluminium has been suggested as q
substitute for copper In transformer
windings. Dealing with heat dissipa-
ton, temperature rise. comparative
Of the different materials ana
xher important factors. 1t appears
Eat the advantages are stu with cop
-. howeyer.-Scientiac American.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-26
Community Of Interesta.

The rhinoceros bird feeds on the
insect parasites that infest the hide
of the great beast. and In return by
flying away at the least alarm, warns
its host OF the approach OF danger,
an arrangement TO the mutual adj
vantage of bird and rhinoceros.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-26

vide the city into wards with an en-
rollment officer in charge of each to
obtain members. Dwellings have been
divided into two classes. the first src-
plying heat and the othe- -~ith no
heat. This will help IN figuring the
percentage Of cost OF maintenance.
Landlords who built their houses
.dErrhg the pre-war period will not be
allowed to charge as high a rent as
the house built since that time.
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MAINE, SO. SCORNS SAFE SAFE.
lob; CITED FOR BRAVERY

vE.sHrNaroN. July ssm eth ef c tne
wbo digests carbon copy 4 Z. 8.
reports head SSeadouarters told it to tne
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Fine Morning Walk.

Fine Morning Walk.
The longest bridge In the world Ia
the Lion bridge. over an arm Of the
Yellow sea In China. 1t IL Eve and q
quarter miles long, and the roadway
Ia 20 feet above water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
DINNER STORIES

In his earlier years Lord Morris
(afterward lord chief justice of Ire
land) was recorde. of Galway On
one occasion the last case on the list
"a dispute over few shillings-was
argued before him at great length
and with much warmth Lord Nor
ris was anxious to get back to Dublin
where the courts were in full swing
and he held important briefs Within
a few minutes the Dublin train was
timed to start. The recorder looked
at his watch. but the wrangle did not
seem o/be approaching an end.
At last he said, to the opposing
solicitors:
See here. gentlemen, 1 must catch
a train Here is the sum in dispute, :"
and throwing down the silver he
vanished from the court.
Cleveland Moffett of the citizens
vigilance committee of New York said
at a luncheon:
The cap who calls the selective
service unconstitutional misreads the
constitution as badly as the little girl
misrea the preachers text.
What was the text?' her father
asked the little girl. as he carved up
the Sunday roast
oh, papa she said, in a shocked
voice, 1t was-Abdomen. Abdomen.
my son Abdomen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
DRAFT men OF 81
House Committee on Bill Re.
ports FavOrably.
To Ask for Special Early
Consideration.

Washington, April 1.-THE house
military affairs committee. after
long debate today. reported to the
house the senate resolution providing
for the registration of all men who
have become 81 years of age since
June 3, last
The opposition to the senate meas
ure in committee centered around the
classification of more than 1000, 900
men who will be registered in the
draft under the QUESTIONABLE method.
Representatives Gordon, Sha Ilenberger
and other members of the minority in
the committee wanted the committee
to decide whether the new registrants
shall be placed at the head of the list
of available men or be placed after
those now on the list.
The committee reported the bill
without any material changes and left
this question to be settled by the pro-
vost marshal general. General Crow
der plants to sift the men among
those now classified.
A special rule will be asked for the
early consideration of the resolution
in the house SO that General Crowder
will have time to make all arrange
ments for the registration day which
will proba bly, be June 5.
The universal training amendment
over which there was a bitter fight in
the senate, did not receive serious con-
sideration in the house committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
OIL SHIPS COLLIDE
Thirty.seven Lives Lost in Accident
Off British Coast

An Atlantic Port, April 17.-Thirty-
seven lives were lost when the Ameri-
can steamship o. B. Jennings and the
British steamer War knight, both
laden with naphtha and inflammable
oils. collided. off the British coast on
March "a, according to members of
the crew of the o. B. Jennings, who
arrived here today. All who persisted
with one exception were on the, Brit
ish vessel. They were burned to death
by blazing gas and oil.
Those who survived the flames on
the War knight were rescued in the
nick of time by destroyers, for soon
after while the blazing hull was being
lowed toward shallow water, it struck
mine and was blown up.
The destroyers went to the rescue
thru a field of blazing oil and took off
also the crew of the Jennings. A
number of the crew of the American
ship however. were badly burned and
had to be removed to hospitals after
being landed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
wheat LOOKS fine
Corn Planting Is Now Under
Way in Southern Kansas.
Much Fruit Killed by Late Cold
Weather.

Splendid, soaking rains that covered
all parts of Kansas the latter part OF
the week and ranged from one to two
inches in the important wheat produc-
ing counties, greatly improved crop
prospects. Temperatures, however.
were below normal and had the effect
of retarding the growth of vegetation
until the last few days. Freezing
weather occurred the fore part of the
week in all parts. with killing frosts
in many places, but the damage was
not serious. according to the weekly
weather bureau report.
Wheat made steady improvement.
Its growth was slow on account of the
cool weather and it was set back a
little by the severe frosts, but it has
stooled in a very satisfactory way in
the central and eastern counties and.
with the generous rains that fell. it is
In condition to make a rapid growth.
oats are up to excellent stands and
barley is coming up in a satisfactory
way in the northwest counties, tho
some is still being sown
Alfalfa is reported to be in a salts
factory condition generally and it's
growth is rank in the south-central
portion. where it is almost knee high
in places that were favored by heavy
rains the latter part of March Like
wheat. it was set back by freezing
weather, but not seriously. Pastures
nave been slow in all parts on account
OF a general lack of moisture until the
last few days. In the extreme west
ern counties they are just beginning
to green up.
Planting Corn Under Way.
Farm work is well up with the sea
son and the ground is in excellent con-
dition for spring blowing in all parts,
except where it is too wet on account
or the recent rains. Planting corn.
wnlle retarded on account of the COOL
weather, is almost finished in the ex-
IRENE southeastern counties and is be-
ginning well up towards the Nebra ska
line and as far west as the middle of
the state. -
Early gardens have been almost at
a standstill this week and the few
plants that were up were frozen. Early
potatoes are just beginning to come mn
ana were not hurt by the frost.
Pears. plums. apricots and earlv
cherrles are in full bloom and have
been practically all killed by the freez-
ing weather, but it is believed the
greater part of the apple crop. ex-
ceptnS some early varieties. has es-
capped damage. Early Strawberries
were Killed in the extreme southea st
ern counties. In the northea stern
however. they were not so far al
Ndnceo and are in good condition
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
HE WANTS TO FIGHT
Horace G. Black Asks Court to Restore
Citizenship Rights.

Horace G. Black. former labor agi-
tator. wants to fight for his country,
and desires to be restored to his sanity.
His petition for restoration to citizen
ship and sanity is being heard this
afternoon before Ralph H. Cav. pro-
bate judge.
Black was arrested during the
winter on complaint of a school
teacher who became suspicious of his
actions around the schoolhouse one
morning. Postal cards of Black in a
September Morn" costume were
found in his pockets at the time. His
mother testified that he had struck his
aged grandmother and wouldn't do
much work. The secretary of the rail-
road Y. NJ. c. A. and an East side
minister testified he was a nuisance
with his continual harping on la Dor
subjects.
Black says he has been placed in
class 1 of the draft and is willing to
take up arms for his country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17

Tho big German offensive on the
western front now has been in prog
ress nearly four weeks and the enemy
stiu is far from his objective, whether
il be Paris or the channel ports. De
ypite the heroic resistance of the al
lies the Huns continue to make occa-
s;nnaI slight advances. The location
of that big reserve army which Cen
eral Foch is reported to nave ana
what il is doing must remain a puzzle
10 the uninitiated. IL we knew Cen
eral Foch's plans perhaps HindenburS
would know them also. 1t must be
apparent that the Huns cannot go on
indefinitely hurting attacks of massed
troops against the determined OPPOSE
ton which up to this time they have
encountered. The people of the
United States, England and France
can only wait with the assurance that
their cause is in competent hands and
that whatever can be done will be
done to stop the Hun horde. Nowhere
vet haves the Teutous been able to
break thru. There still remains be-
tween them and the British channel a
long line of hills. They were checked
here by General French in 1914 with
a much weaker force than that now
under command of General Haig.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
MRS. GOODWIN FREED
Woman Charged With Inducing Sol.
dicr to Desert Is Discharged.

Mrs. William Goodwin, arrested late
tuesday, charged with inducing wal
ter cooper, member of Battery A to
desert, was discharged late this after
noon IN fer preliminary hearing be-
tore Z. B. White, United States com
missioner. Commissioner White an
nounced that in his opinion there was
not sufficient evidence to warrant
holding Mrs Goodwin for a grand Jury
investigation, but that if the United
states district attorneys office. NOT
present at the time. wished it might
be able to bring the case before a
grand jury.
MIS- Goodwin is the wife of fire
man IN the postoffice building. She
adinltted today, according to c. c.
Jackson, deputy United States mar
sinai, that she had told young Cooper
she wanted him to get out of the
army, but her advice had been to ouit
the army in legal manner The in
formation on which the federal off
Gals made the arrest was furnished
by Mrs. w. c. Kennedy. 1905 Van
Buren street, sister with whom,
cooper made his home before going
70 Camp Don:phan. She claimed
Co"per's rash action had been the
result of Mrs. Goodwin's advice. so
jackson says. Cooper is still at large
he Is 19 years of age
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
FOR MORE STEEL
Shipbuilding Demands No
Shortage, Says Hurley.
War Consumption of Steel Con-
stantly Growing.

Washington, April 17-Chairman
Hurley of the shipping board yester-
day went directly to President Wilson
in an effort to defeat delays in ship
building due to a shortage in fabri-
Gated steel The shipping board holds
that it must have steel at once or see
the shipyards closed because of ma
terial shortage. At the same tinfe,Df-
rector General McAdoo has called for
steel for 90, 600 ears and 1900 Loco
motives and the war has made known
its steel demands will constantly grow
heavier.
officials of the shipping board stat
ed wherever possible wooden ship
assembling yards
Steel for Ocean Liners.
This does not mean that no more
wooden ships will be built but the
ships for transatlantic trade here
after will be of steel
1t was explained that probably pri-
vate plants would place in service
wooden ships to supplant the steel
vessels taken from the coastwise trade
Tor trans-ocean service.
In letting no more contracts for
wooden ships, the shipping board is
taxing the first direct step at increas-
ing the size of vessels with which To
supply our troops and the allies.
Wooden Ships Too Small.
The prime reason for the revolu-
toinary move was believed to be a
lack of docking facilities in European
waters together with a shortage in
boilers and engines. 1t was pointed
out that wooden ships. few of which
are larger than $500 TONS were forced
to sacrifice thirty-five per cent of the
cargo space for carrying coal SO the
second trip could be made in one
bunkering. The problem has been to
get ships unloaded quickly at foreign
ports. If sufficient coal for a round
trip could not be carried, allied ports
soon would be filled with vessels
awaiting fuel
There is also the considera ton that
after the war the larger type of shins
will be much in demand, officials said
They declared that the smaller yes
sells could not compete with those
having cargo capacity of 1900 or
more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
Heart and Beauty
Problems
BIZ MRS. ELIZABETH rHoMPso,

Dear Mrs. Thompson: My wife OBJ
jects to my bowling or money on Sat
urday afternoons. She is always will
ing to accept the money when I gain.
but objects strenuously when I lose
These are innocent little games with
the boys in the office and I can see
no harm in them. Do you think my
wife's objections are well founded?
T. H. X.
Your wife is very inconsistent 1t
is dangerous to play for money and
you should not blame your wife when
she objects to your developing the
habit of gambling. because that is
gambling. Naturally she would like
to have the money. but she should not
accept it under the circumstances
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Is it proper
for girls and boys of sixteen co have
sociable meetings once a week?
IL
/ think neighborhood gatherings of
young people are a good thing. Such
meetings should not keep you out
late at night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
MAKES SCHOOL TALK
DIR. Dean Addresses High School Stu
dents-NIiss Stockton Talks Tonight.

Evangelist John NJ. Dean spoke at
high school this morning. Tuesday
night was kansas Night" at the First
Baptist church. Sunflowers were in
evidence everywhere and the leader
ship of Kansas in the fight for ma
tional prohibition was emphasized.
Before speaking on the subject of the
evening. Lincoln and the Booze Bat
tie, Doctor Dean read a copy of a re-
port made by committee of minis
tiers to the Topeka Ministerial union.
This report was a vindication of
Pastor Robert Gordon and declared
the charges he had brought against
facts. Il am glad" said Doctor Dean
that the ministers of the city have
put themselves on record thru this re-
port"
Tonight is to be devoted to Tine
World war and the Return of Christ"
The main address will be made NV
Miss Stockton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
A P0RKLESS BILL
Congress ApprOpriates Twenty
Millions for War Needs.
Recommendations of War De-
partment Followed.

Washington, April 1.-THE house
today passed a "porkless" rivers and
harborS appropriation bill, carrying
see 100000. 1t contains no projects
except those specifically recommend
ed ny the war department or those
considered necessary to the war. Only
two new projects are carried in the
bili
One of the most important war
provisions is an appropriation of s4,-
100000 to improve Charleston har-
Dor. S. c., to prepare for giant
naval dry dock, carried in the naval
bill. Another deepens the He'll Gate
channel at New York, so as to speed
up transportation of-supplies and men
to Europe.
Other large appropriations are for
work on the Ohio and Mississippi riv-
ers ard harbors at Norfolk, Mobile,
Key West, Los Angeles and Philadel-
nina