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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
Committee AGAINST 1T
Senator'S, However, Prepare to Mod
ify Zone Postage Law.

Washington. May 6.-The senate
postoffice committee today refused to
consider legislation to suspend or
modify increased second class postage
rates which become effective July
and which newspaper publishers have
attacked, in connection with the pend
ing. postoffice appropriation bill.
Individual senators plan an effort
later to suspend or reduce the in
craaSeS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
WOUNDED IN BARGES
% Many Germans Brought Back
Transportation Is Taxed.

Paris, May $50 many German
wounded have arrived from the Elan
oers battle front that the German
authorities in Selzaete. Getvelde, Ter
donck and various other towns in
western Flanders have closed the
schools. converting them into hos
pitfalls. Many wounded have been
transported in barges on the Lys
river ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
WHAT IT WILL BUY
Army To Put Vast Sum Into
Heavy Guns.
Full Estimates Are Placed Be-
fore Congress.

Washington, May 6.-The army
program for the next year of the war
calls for expenditures of S,37S,302.-
sol for light ordnance, General March,
acting chief of staff, told the house
military committee today.
Expenditures for heavy ordnance,
provided il the Notifications bill, now
before the house appropriations com
mittee, are expected to total nearly
7,000,000,00O.
The quartermaster's corps, March
said, would require S. ,3S5,3S2 for
paying, equipping and maintaining
soldiers here and abroad and enlarg-
ing cantonments.
The estimate was presented to the
house military committee by Maj. Gen
March, acting chief of staff, and other
officers.
100000 Machine Guns.
Appropriations for 100000 machine
guns for use on airplanes was asked
by General Dixon. In addition
81 900, 100000 will be expended for in
cendiary-. bombs. indicating that the
activities of the American aviators,
altho delayed, may be potent force
within. the year
Secretary Baker, it was revealed to-
day, has told the committee he hopes
to have 1900 airplanes in service on
the French front by July L."
Most of these, he admitted, will be
made in England and France.
The aircraft program for the COM
ing year calls for approximately ST.
100000. This will be taken up in
detail tomorrow.
Altho admitting deliveries of rifles
are somewhat behind now, Dixon was
certain that the department could
next year with the improved Enfield
rifle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
HIS SIXTH BOCHE
American Aviator Is Bringing Them
Down Fast Now.

Paris. May e.-Sergt- Frank L.
Baylies of New Bedford. Mass. at
tached to a French air squadron. has
brought down his sixth German aero
plane. it was officially announced to-
day. He brought two down in April.
two in March and one in February.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
IA INCH RAIN FELL
Southern Kansas Gets Biggest Soaking
Ever Recorded.

Arkansas City. Kan, May 6.-This
section is flooded today from a IA
inch rain which fell last night. the
biggest rain ever recorded in this part
of the state.
Crops will be considerably damaged
in the lowlands
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06

New York Stock Market.
Wall St, New York. May 6.-STOCKS-
United States Steel and several other specu-
lative fayorites made maximum quota
tons for the year in today's broad and
active stock market. Sales Appropriated
500 900 shares.
Top prices were registered in the last
hour. Steel Rails Shippings and Tobaccos
leading the rise. The closing was strong.
Liberty 3H's sold at 1854 to 1894 first As
at 9G.06 to 96. 10 and second As at 90 to 960i
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06

We wish to thank our many friends
for their kindneSSes and beautiful
floral tributes at the funeral of our
beloved husband and father
MRS j. j. CATION AND FAMILY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
FOR WOMEN

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vice of great value to women. Every household prob
lem has been studied for years by the government.
There literally hundreds of publications available
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and money in the home.
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Every woman should write to the Information Bu-
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armies is largely dependent the part played by
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And in general-we urge women readers to make
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
roo LATE TO CLASSIFY

LOsT-Gold watch charm with Maso01e
emblem Sunday between Tyler street and
Potwin. Reward. Phone 2624 Blue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
YOUR PART IN THE WAR

The Information Bureau is rendering service of great
value along lines of work.
1t has put many and women in touch with the
thing they do. 1t has advised specialists in many
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cate in offering their services 1t has put
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Public Service Reserve which lists volunteer workers
in accordance with what they are best fitted do.
On such great patriotic movements as the Liberty
Loans, the War Savings Stamp plsn the home garden
campaign the home canning work, the meat and wheat
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
LOCAL MENTION

All members are requested to attend
the meeting of Topeka Lodge No 524,
Loyal Order of Moose tonight-music,
parade, frolic and eats-don't miss it,
Adv.
A. W. Miller of Jewell county, CAP
tain of Co, D, of the Formoso state
guards, is in Topeka for a few DAYS
on official business concerning the
state guards. His company has its
full quota of men and Captain Miller
drills them regularly and the boys
turn out in full force. he says.
Dressmaking. Phone 5000 Red
Adv.
Robert w. Warner a son of G. w.
Warner, 1435 College avenue, has en-
tered the ordnance training school for
military service at Carnegie institute
of technology at Pittsburg, Pa War
| ner, with several other electrical en-
] gineers at Kansas university, were
| recommended for appointment to the
| institute. He will be at Pittsburg for
| two mo nths and then will be assigned
| for duty. He is Washburn graduate
and altho he is leaving the university
before tie completion of his senior
year, he is automatically granted his
degree.
| Frank NJ. Newland, water and
lights commissioner, today introduced
ar amendment to the city salary ordi-
nance which would raise the wages
OF five men in his department $40 a
month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
FOR BUSINESS MEN

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
GENERAL INFORMATION

GENERAL INFORMATION
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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-02-08
AMERICAN TROOPS
MOLD FRONT LINE
HEAVIEST COMMANDMENT OF
MANY MANY DAYS LAUNCHED
AGAINST AMERICANS.
RETURN SHELL FOR SHELL
Two Men Killed and Nine Wounded..-
American 75s Destroy Enemy Dug.
outs.-Germans Concentrating.

The whole American sector is re.
sounding with the booming OF guns.
Alrmen became exceedingly active
along the American front Enemy
snipers wounded two Americans slight.
~ early in the morning.
shift of the wind cleared away the
mist which has hindered aerial opera.
tons and other activities for several
days A number of battles in the air
were fought by patrollng planes IN
one instance the French aviators de.
leated an attempt of German hiers 10
cross behind the American trenches.
The artillery and snlpers also have
become increasingly active American
75s are harassing traffic behind the
enemy trenches, The Germans are
combining their fire largely to the Am.
ercan trenches.
Throughout Friday night machine
guns ratified ceaselessly from German
positions
Announcement Permitted.
American troops now are occupying
a sector of the Lorraine front In
France This announcement is per.
mitted by the military censors,
The correspondents permanently ac-
credited to the American army have
been informed that they may proceed
to virtually any point within the zone
Of fire except the trenches. without
escort and without special permits
sion. Arrangements were made where
by newspaper men may proceed 10
any brigade headquarters few kilo
meters behind the trenches after first
reporting their presence within the
zone to the headquarters of the d.
vision OF which the brigade Is a part.
Unless there Is some occurrence which
makes II inadvlsable in the opinion OF
the BRIGADE commander ior corrc-
sDondents TO move nearer the front.
they may walk from his headquarters
to regimental headquarters behind the
ines.
Since all roads Immediately behind
the front are within easy German gun
range and under German observation.
not more than two correspondents
may move forward together. They
must obtain special permission to visit
the trenches and must be accompa.
MED nv an esCorting officer.
A German barrage opened the heav-
lest bombardment of many days along
the American sector, the American ar
tillery replying shell for shell as the
firing Of the heavay guns spread along
several kilometers Of front
Two Americans weie killed and nine
wounded during the bombardment
and one suffered she'll shock
II was ascertained that the
Amrcan gunners wrecked several Of
the enemy dugouts and so badly dam
AGED the first lire positions that at one
point the Germans were unable to &C.
cupy them
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-02-08
Lobsters Are Marked.

Over 1000 seed Holsters have been
liberated along the Maine coast recent
ly, and m additional 1000 are ready
MS soon MS the authorization of thu
commission Of sen and shore fisheries
Is obtained for their liberation, says
the Fishing Gazette. Every one Of
these has been marked and as they are
the property of the state Of Mime. II
will be necessary for all lobster fisher,
men who may gather them In their
traps to release them or stand the pen.
atty Of n $50 fine which was provided
In new law enacted at the last ses-
sion of the Maine legislature. The J..
900 female Holsters that were lib
Grated recently were the first to be
given the special marking, Il small hole
having been punched through the mid
die fllpper, and those later to be re-
leased will have the same marking.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-02-08
Won HERTLiNc's SPEECH
THROWN INTO DISCARD

The war is to he prosecuted vigor-
onslv bv the entente allies and the
United States until reace based on
The PRINCIPLES of freedom iustic and
resnect for international law is oh.
tanned
This is the decision Of the supreme
war council Of the countries in arms
against the Teuton'c allies
The hirh-soundine rhrasos in the
recent speeches Of the imnerial Ger.
man ch"r"lor and the Austro. Hunga.
"ian FOREIGN minister were entirely
Gown into the discard nv the coun-
I'll at IT'S session at Versailles. and II
was decided that the war would be
''ieorouslv prosecuted until that time
comes whom there is justification for
tho hove 'ha' "oace NOV he realized
in accord with the policies laid down
hv President Wilson and David Lloyd
George. the British premier
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-02-08

Because Of the scarcity Of male la
Dor, women are being employed a'
conductors on surface lines in New
York and elsewhere. And now girls
are quitting th,ir jobs TO get married
Thu fhoio@H,h shows Mr.. and Mrs
Charles II. LAWYER Mr. LAWYER when
aboard one Of Uncle Sans cruisers i
h'"f gunner'S mate and Mrs LAWYER
Is the first of the women conductors
- fail victim to Dan Cupid's darts
The war is really responsible for II
all. LAWYER met his bride two years
ago when she was Miss Nora Human.
They had not seen each other until re.
Gently when Gunner's Mate LAWYER
boarded Il Broadway car. Miss Han.
nan was the conductor. and one more
war romance was added 10 the list.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-02-08
TRoTzkY MAKES SPEECH TO
FINNISH REVOLUTlONARIES

London Leon Trotky, bolsheviki
foreign minister, is reported in an Elk
change Telegraph dispatch from Co
penhagen to lave arrived at Helsing.
fors, capital of .'inland, which is in
the hands of revolutionaries. He made
a speech from the portico Of govern
ment building, the dispatch says, and
advised the people to follow Russias
example, in which case they would he
rewarded by full support from Russia.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-02-08
Oppose Bolshevlki

New York.-Consternation spread
among the bolsheviki delegates to the
self.styled Russian colonial congress-
in this city when news was dissent.
mated that another Russian conven
ton is to be held here February 8 to
II by the followers OF Kerensky, the
deposed Russian premier. The new
convention, 1t was said, will be nation
al in scope and will have delegations
from all the important cities In tho
United States. II could not be- earn
ed who Is at the head Of the move
ment
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-02-08
Doing Things Well.

There used to be Il fuyoric saying
that whatever was worth doing at nil
was worth doing well, cites the Mil
waukee Evening Wisconsin. The pres
ent generation SCOTS at such an old
fashioned idea and proceeds to get
through with the least possible effort.
"Why waste time on correcting mis-
takesl" they ask. "If they pass I'M
noticed so much the better, but there
Is always the strength to endure criH-
clsm and fnult-finding.' In fact, the
present generation seems surprisingly
deficient In fine feelings since nothing
is done to avoid unpleasantness.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-02-08
STEADY PROGRESS MACE
IN MOVEMENT OF COAL

New York.-A summary OF reports
on general operations OF railroads in
eastern territory made public from
the office Of A. H. Smith, regional d.
rector, indicated steady progress in
The movement of coal and the return
Of empty cars
Within "a ha"rs / o66 carloads Of
anthracite and 7G9 Of bitumious coal
wer reported IN transit to New York
and New Jersey tidewater points
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-02-08
Smoking Prohibited.

The tavern custom of smoking wa,
regarded by early moral censors as a
greater evil than drinking, and fo-
years not only smoking but planting
of the weed was prohibited by law,
though all to no purpose, says a writ
er. The most liberal legislation al
lowed smoking in tavern "only in n
private room, where II would offend
neither the proprietor nor other
guests" Yet when In 1870, two Dutch
visitors inhaled the atmosphere In
Harvard college, reeking with tobac-
co smoke, one of them remarked !:
This Is certainly a tavern"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-02-08

Mrs Nina Llgrc buryna of New
York head Of the Duryea War Relief
III France and noted author and
beauty, has returned from Paris to en-
dcavor to raise money for perpetual
fund which will continue the work OF
relief in some form after The war.
The Duryea Relief has given n splen-
did recount of itself and has managed
In spite of many changes In shifting
scenes of the wnr-relief theater, 10
maintain its personnel. In the last
year, Mrs. Duryea reports. clothing has
been distributed to 9,610 refugees, TO
GAL soldiers, to 1858 prisoners, to Ola
women In need Of babl IS layettes, to
1850 wounded In hospitals; 374 hos
pitfalls have been aided and $1,000
dressings have been sent out.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-02-08

Deep Breathing.
Air free If you put II In YOURSELF =
Sign In Mmtclaii IN j. garage.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31
Behind MIM F0otIights
PLAZA

An entirely new bill will be shown at the Plaza theatre today, the lead Ing attractions to be Emily Stevens in the absorbing drama, ''Kildare of the Storm" and the famous musical artists, The Bingards, in their extra ordinary high class musical act
 "Kildare of the Storm" is taken in the South and shows scenes of South ern plantations. The story deals with the owner of one of these plantations, the last of his line, but so coarse that he was @ constant misery to the girl he married It is an all-absorbing, powerful drama and Is of keen inter- est from start to finish.
 The Bingards have a musical act that might well be termed wonderful. There is cast of five exceptionally talented people and will be a source of joy to all music lovers in Bridge port.
 Austin and Carvin will be seen in a clever song and dance act, bringing with them many new and popular song numbers that have not been heard as yet in this city.
 N1ta Johnson, the dainty singing comedienne, is bound to be entertain ing in her act which is full of fun and dexterity.
 Griffith and Dow will bring with them many surprises that are sure to keep you guessing and wondering what will happen next. Their act is one that has brought large applause in all houses and will be a. treat to Bridgeport because of it's originality and uniqueness.
 The latest tssue of the Gaumont weekly which not only shows our boys over there, but gives review of what you read in the daily papers and a reel of the Post travelogue which helps you to become acquainted with all parts of the world will all go to- gether in making a most attractive and entertaining show which will be shown at the Plaza for the last three days of this week commencing today, with three performances daily.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31
LYRIC

Those who remember the wholesome comedy in "A Pair of Sixes," the po- etic sympathy and deep pathos of 1.-The Littlest Rebel" and the delight ful and keen insight of "The Prince ] Chap" will thoroughly enjoy the lat est play from the pen of Edward Pe- ple, "The Cabin in the Hills" now playing to capacity houses at the Ly- rio theatre Not since their advent in Bridgeport have the Poli Players had the opportunity of showing their versatility of talent and their capacity dor handling any characters that a theatrical production calls for.
 "The Cabin in the Hills is founded on the "eternal triangle" a true and Nnsuspecting husband, tempted and foolish wife and a supposed friend, but in this "The Cabin in the Hills differs vastly from any other of it's kind in that the wife is tempted, but that is all. The primrose path which attracts her has not yet reached too deeply into her heart to rob it of the debt she owes her husband and when the end of the trail is reached and the rainbow of happiness is found, the wife also finds solace in the arms lof the husband she came so near be- traying.
 Besides the abundance of dramatic situations there is @ large supply of real comedy which keeps the audience in rollicking good humor from begin ming to end. Grant Erwin, as the mining prospector fresh from the hills of Nevada, has jaAt the kind of a part for which he 15 fitted and injects much of the comedy into the produc- tion. In this he is ably assisted by Jack McGrath as the nephew of the iwvronged husband, and engaged to Ida Maye, the weak wife's companion, Nwho exposes the plot originated by Ehe villain, portrayed by Walter Mar
 sRal, who is later shot to death ir thA Western hills.
 Briefly 1t is a play that everyone should see and none will be disap- pointed for 1t contains an element of everything entertaining.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31
EMPIRE

Seventeen is the Paramount fea- ture that tops the program at the Elm pire theatre this afternoon and even ing. Jack Pickfcrd, the popular stage and screen player who is now doing his bit under the direction of Uncle Sam, plazes the leading role in the picture which is one admirably suited to this talented screen stars ability. Rurh Roland is also on the program, appearing in the latest and most startling episode so far of Pathe's master chapter play, Hands Up" Tomorrow and Saturday: Geo. 6oule Spencer and an all star cast in the masterly drama of the great Northwest, Trooper A."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31
WEST END

A thrilling race to a wireless sta tion and the effort to flash a telegram to a transport sailing from America with troops abroad, warning that an machine has been placed in the ammunition hold, Is one of the features of 'TThe Hun Within" in six acts, which is being shown tonight and tomorrow at the West End the atre. Dorothy Gish and Douglas Mac Lean are in the automobile racing for the wireless station with a German spy standing on the running board in an attempt to frustrate the effort to save the vessel. Miss Dorothy Gish drives the car, while a thrilling hand to-hand fight goes on between Mac Lean and Bert Sutch while the ma chine is travelling at the rate of 60 mileg an hour.