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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-16
HIGHWAY is APPROVED
Douglas Co. Portion of Fort-to-For
Road Gets Federal Aid.

Lawrence, Kan, April 16.-The
Douglas county portion of the fort-to-
fort highway, twenty miles long, from
Fort Leavenworth to Fort Riley. has
been approved by the federal officials
and the federal aid sought for the con-
struction of the concrete highway has
been secured. according to word re-
ceived here from Washington by A.
A. Hicks. Douglas county good roads
booster, who is in Topeka today for
conference with the state engineer.
The Episcopal Synod of New York and
New Jersey is resolved to oppose the intro
duction of further Sunday work. Sunday
ba seball or moving picture exhibitions for
pay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-16

adjusted to allow for the flour he con-
sumes downtov. I.
a Hoarder Is Fro-German.
"A household with two members
should not have more thar twelve
pounds of siour on hand at any time.
Twelve pounds is a months supply for
a family of .wo and to have more than
a months supply is hoaEcing. a
family of two should not buy flour by
the 24-pou1d sack, but by the 12-
pound sack A family of for should
rot have more than twentyfour
pounds of our on hand at any one
time. If they buy bakers bread they
should not have more than eight
pounds of -Four on hand at any one
time A family of four using bakers
bread should make PURCHASES in g.
pound lots instead of in the 24-pound
So ok. Grocers are ordered II to sell
more than j months requir Lent for
:he family. Many grocers OF Kansas
already are refusing to make sales to
families who are already supplied. and
such grocers have the support of the
United States food administration.
Any one who boards food - helping
Germany and is pro-German
After May ! ) we viii rcTuisition
all flour no rrded by Germans. At
present pathetic Americans are re-
turning excess stores. Some are re-
turning all their flour and are going
On a wheatless ration until The next
harvest.
Information Being Secured.
THAT their loyalty will not be- in
vain we have paid Investigators work
ing now on the flour situation. We
also have 900 volunteers. situated in
every community in Kansas. who are
giving us accurate information.
II would ask anyone who wishes to
volunteer information to make re-
ports only -fter they are in full pos
session of the facts. Report to the
state office or to your county admin
istrator after facts are complete. Re-
ports should not be made wht n there
IS nothing o.It rumor to base an inves-
legation on. fer such rumors re often
the result of spite work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-16

New York, April 16.-Tommy Nc
Carly, former star big league player,
will manage the Newark club of the
new International league. it was an
nounced today. IA
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-27
CITY NEWS.

Phone B-1544, get $3.50 coal for
$500, delivered. D. E. Reeves & Co.
-Puckechetuck lodge No. AZ meets
every Friday evening at 500 o'clock.
A. w. Jones, N. g.; George w. Imme-
CART, permanent secretary.
-keokuk camp Nj. w. A, No. 623
viii hold It's regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hail. All members .
-ecuesred TO be present
Miss Georgia NJ Engelhardt left
this morning for ChiIlicothe, Mo-,
where she will spend Thanksgiving
with Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Engelhardt.
Henry c. Duncan has sold to his
son. Harry A. Duncan, for one dollar
and other consideration, lots ten and
eleven in Reid's addition, for which a
warranty deed has been recorded.
Thanksgiving dance and card
party, Thanksgiving afternoon, 800
p. m, Hibernian hall. Ladies' auxil
larry. A o. H. Agnes orchestra.
Fifty cents, extra ladies 20 cents.
Card party. Is cents.
There were fifty homes In Keo-
kuk containing sixty-six cases Of in
fiuenza this morning at 10 o'clock.
The doctors are reporting all cases,
but the releases are not kept equally
up to date, owing to the greater diff
Guilty in ascertaining them accurately.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-27
CITY NEWS.

Swedish Lutheran market, Home
Tea Co., Saturday.
Dance at Woodman hall Thanks.
giving night. Agnes orchestra.
Hotel Granite will serve a Tur.
key dinner Thanksgiving day IL to
p. NJ. 75c per plate.
Special meeting of Gate City
chapter No. z, R. A. NJ, Friday even
ing, Nov. 30, 7:30 o'clock. Work in
P. NJ and M. e. M. degrees. BY order
of %. w. Young, H. p. Harry A.
Brunat, acting secretary
The funeral of Thomas Land was
held this afternoon at o'clock from
the home of his son, Clarence Land,
1900 Burk street. The service was
conducted by Rev. Huell Warren Of
the First Christian church and burial
was at Oakland.
st. Johns Episcopal church.
Fourth and Concert streets: Thanks
giving day service will be a celebra-
ton Of the holy communion and SER
mon at 1000 a m. All are cordially
invited to attend this service and re-
turn thanks for the many blessings
that Almighty God has bestowed upon
the people of this country of ours.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-27
CITY NEWS.

Mrs. Harry verSteeg of Des
Moines is visiting at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. James Young, ll02
Grand avenue.
May Harris Jacobs has sold to VIZ
ginia and Anna Graham lot TOUR IN
block fifty-three, the properly pelng
near K and Estes streets In west
Keokuk. A deed of the transfer was
recorded today.
The Employed Boys brotherhood
will meet this evening at the Y. M.
c. A. at 1880 o'clock, for a business
and social meeting. officers will be
elected and other business transacted
of interest to the brotherhood.
A NJ. Johnson has sold to August
Peterson in consideration of a debt,
lots FIVE, six. seven and eight in
Mason's addition, lot seven in Kill
bourne addition and a tract of land
in Jackson township A warranty
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-27
especially at this time. VIM. S. D.
Lamont rector

especially at this time. VIM. S. D.
Lamont, rector.
Eat chicken dinner at the Home
cafe, Thanksgiving. at r. Turkey
dinner in the evening, $40: 75c Mu.
sic in the evening. Agnes three.
piece orchestra.
Mrs. Mary Frances Washburn,
who died in Burlington last Sunday,
was a friend of the family of Mayor
Ed. S. Lotion and the grandmother
of Robert McLaury, who was in the
Burlington railroad offices here once.
She was eighty-two years old and
had an important part in Burlington
life for many years.
Arthur l.. Johnson is coming
home on the Minnetonka which sailed
from Liverpool last Friday. He is in
the 219th aero squadron and enlisted
at Fort Dodge at the beginning of
our war. During the water power
construction, he worked here under
Mr.. Cooper. and later was with Stone
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-27

& Webster in the operation Of the
plant. He is a brother of Mrs Ralph
B. Smith. and left Keokuk early in
1917.
Peter VanAusdall has sold to e.
Ross Baker and L. A. Hamill strip
of land in Montrose township this
side OF Galland, for road purposes,
Tor which warranty deed has been
given.
Mrs. Collins Wilson of Sandusky,
has received letter from Oscar
Owens, dated October II, in which he
said he was in the hospital recover
ing from slight shrapnel wound in
the forehead Private Owens was
also gassed, but is recovering from
both experiences.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-27

deed for the transaction has been
filed.
The funeral of Harry Kay was
held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
from the chapel OF Pearson, Vaughan
and Holbrook. The service was con-
Quoted by Rev. 81. E. Nethercut of
Trinity Methodist church, and burial
was in Oakland cemetery.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-27
PosToFFIcE ANNOUNCEMENT.

Thanksgiving day, Thursday, No
vember %, 1918, there will be one
early delivery and collection by car.
riers over the entire city. General
delivery and carriers windows open
from Hoo a. m. to 1900 m. No de
livery on rural routes numbers one
and two. Evening collection as usual
f. w. McMANUS,
Acting Postmaster
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-27
FUNERAL NOTICE.

STOFER-The funeral of the late
Mrs. L. B. Stofer will be held at the
home of her mother, Mrs. n. Ham
mer, 1903 Des Moines street, Thurs
day afternoon at 2:3O o'clock. Friends
invited
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-27
NO PAPER THANKSGIVING

Following the usual custom, there
will be no issue OF The Daily Gate
City Thursday. November %, Tanks
giving day. In Keokuk practically all
business will be suspended for the
day, and the time devoted to Thanks
giving exercises.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-27
The commIttees AppoInted.

COAL $3.50 $50. iLLS.) AT $500.
800 tons enroute; forced to retail
It. Phone B-1544. D. e. Reeves C Co.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-27

London uses 4OO,oOO,ooo gas man
ties each year.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Liberty Loan May Be
Under $4,000, 100000
Greater Tax Receipts and
Cversubscription Of Previous
Loans the Reason

WASHINGTON, Aug 1.-THE fourth
bi-weekly block of certificates of in
debtedness, announced tonight by the
Treasury in anticipation of the fourth
Liberty Loan, is for only s500,000,000,
instead of the 5O,00O,0 900 planned
originally as the amount of each issue
The reduction, which also was made in
the third block, was taken as indcat-
ing it may be unnecessary to float the
Sc 600 100000 of certificates which the
Treasury had tentatively arranged to
sell in connection with the financing
programme for the fourth Liberty
Loan.
The reason for the reduction of the
size of the new issue. it was an
nounced. is the fact that all three
previous issues were oversubscribed
and that receipts from income and
excess profits taxes were greater than
advance estimates. A half billion is
only tho minimum of the ISSUE how
ever, and banks are urged to subscribe
on the basis of a S75O000,OO0 issue.
The certificates will be dated Au-
gust 6 and are payable December 5,
with interest at Az per cent. Sub
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
|,OO0th Battleplane Is
Completed at Dayton
Airplane Plant Workers and
Citizens Join in Big Cele-
bration Of Event

DAYTON, Ohio. Aug. 1.-Employes
OF the Dayton Wright Airplane Com
pany, the largest manufacturer of De
Haviland battlcplanes in this country
for the United States army, to-day
held a huge celebration, completing
and dedicatine to the service the
1,oooth plano built by the company.
All Dayton Joined in the celebration.
The 5000 employees were given a hol-
lday and listened to addresses by
Governor James NJ. Cox and officials Of
the company, while the ,o00th plane
flew over the open-air gathering. New
ton D. Baker. Secretary Of War, in
telegram complimented the airplanc
manufacturers on the part they are
playing in winning the war
- Alfred ". Lawson, inventor. of
Green Pay, Wis, on his way to Was6-
'ngton, stopped in Dayton to dav and
explained a plan for floating large
numbers Of airplanes to Europe Ills
plan, which viii be presented to gov
ernmcnt officials in Washington. would
enable the United States to send as
many airplanes Immediately as could
be built, he said
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Socialist Fatherland Is in
Danger, Their Com
nittee Warns
Urge Mass error
Against Bourgeoisie
Decide Defeat Of Czechs
and Obtaining Grain
Are Chief Tasks
tsp The Associated prcss)

MOSCOW, July 3t.--At a plenary
session of the Executive Main Com
njttec, the Moscow Council and the
lahoG organizations, in which two thou
sand members participated, Premier
Lenjne and War Minister Trotzky
SPOKE, and the following resolutions
were passed:
!. The Socialist fatherland is in
danger.
>. The chief tasks at the present
moment are The repulse Of the
Czecho- Slovaks and the obtaining of
grain.
8. The most powerful agitation
must be started among the laboring
classes to explain the gravity of the
situation.
4. Vigilance must be increased
against the bourgeoisio, who every
where are joining the counte; revo-
lutionists. The Soviet government
must protect itself, and TO that end
the bourgcoisie must be placed under
control and mass terror put into
practice against them
S. The general watchword must be
death or victory, with mass cXpcdi-
tons for bread, mass military organ
i2ation, the aiming of workmen, and
the eNertion of all strength to fight
against the counter revolutionary
bourgeoisie.
The meeting at which these rcsolu-
tons were passed was held on July 90
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
w ar inae Merchants
Must Alter Methods
Statesmen Urged to Appeal TO
Men Outside OF the
Draft Ages

ne men from twenty-one to thjrtv-
one are IN the trenches, or on the wav
there" said T. Z. Fehlman, ADDRESSING
ihe Fruhauf Brothers School of Sales
mansh1p at the Hotel Astor Yesterday
afternoon. "That means that the bia-
gest part of the male buying public is
so far as the merchants standpoint
goes, removed. The appeals that used
20 reach these men most readily are
rot the appeals that will reach the nnb-
nc to which, chiefly, the salesman must
now make his pleas. The bows from
Mlteen ~, to twenty-one, the men from
'hlfty-one to siXty-these are the neo-
PIE you have got to talk to now in sell
ing goods. How are you going to do
Following which Mr.. Fehlman ana
,Tzed the newspaper ADVERTISING noss;.
pllltles throughout the country. The
day' which was entirely given over to
d discussion of ADVERTISING methods
was che fourth and last Of the school,s
present Session"
lie gathering came to an end los+
hlght at a dinner where r. II. Lee actod
d, as toastmiaster and addresses were
made by leading merchants from tho
Shlei cltleS OF the country
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Berli, Agent Finds
All Russia Bitter
Against German, ,

AMSTERDAM, Aug. I.-"Feeling in
Russia is everywhere very bitter
against Germany" is the surprisingly
frank statement made by Hans Worst,
special commissioner or the "Tage-
blatt," of Berlin, who reached Moscow
after long and tedious railway Jour
ney recently and reported from that
city on the conversations he has had
with business men, officials and peas
2Nts REGARDING internui conditions in
Russia.
The business men, the correspondent
1!nds, are without exception strongly
olshevik, blaming the "crazy ty-
ranny" OF the Bolsheviki for Russia $
do"ntall and economic ruin. They be-
lleved another war against Germany
was coming, but We're not clear under
whose direction, there being much
divergence of opinion on this point.
al, however, agreed that the Bolshevil5
regime ought to be smashed. although
1t was freely admitted there was no
other organization yet in existence
Capable of smashing it,
An officer. who claimed to be speak
ing for 80 per cent of his class" Horr
Worst continues. Said that he was
serving under Bolshevik authority, but
was doing so i'll the hope that some
great national awakening would over
throw the Bolsheviki and that Russia
yet would finish the war. Many peas
ants confessed that they were formerly
for the Bolsheviki because they had
been given land by this regime and had
been left to manage their own affairs.
The new regime. however. had worked
disillusionmont because of the lack of
central control. The division of land
had turned out unsatisfactorily,' as it
was done without any system. and one
local Soviet would take action dametri-
callv opposed to- the interests of other
Soviets, thus leading to endless fric-
ton and confusion
"The peasants thoroughly approve
the confiscation of church and mon
astery properties, but disapprove of the
clergy being prosecuted and made the
butt of course wit by those in power,
as the people have held to their re-
ligion."
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Won Eichhorn Murder
Extremely Bold One,
Says 'Vossische Zeitung'

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 1.-The murder
of Field Marshal Won Eichhorn, who.
with his aid, Captain Won Dressler,
was assassinated on Tuesday at Kiov,
was effected with great boldness, the
Berlin "Vossischc Zeitung' says. The
district In which the field marshal re-
sided and in which the murder took
place is only i short distance from the
Casino and was guarded by German
sentrlss, the newspaper points out,
After the assassination, tho "Voss-
ische Zeitung" continues, General
Skoropadski, the Hetman of the
Ukraine, went to the spot and made
arrangements for proper attentions to
the iield marshal and his aid. Later
the Holman visited the German Min
lister and expressed his sincere regret
over the crime. A manifesto which he
ISSUED declares the indignation of the
Ukralnlah government At the murder
and laments that "a great friend OF
Ckrainian independence had fallen by
tho hand Of the enemy"
There is evidence, the newspaper
adds. that an attempt on the life of
the letman also had been planned.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Recall of Ambassador Con-
sidered Following Won
Eichhorn Assassination
Sending of Troops
Also Discussed
Serious Riots in Country
Districts Reported in
Dispatch From Kiev

LONDON, Aug. t.-Germany is com
temrlating the recall of Ambassador
Won Mumm from the Ukraine and the
handing of passports to the Ambassa-
dor of the Ukraine in Berlin pending
the clearing up of the situation in
Kieff, according to an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Amsterdam un-
der Wednesdays date. This is a re-
suit of the murder of Field Marshal
Won Eichhorn on Tuesday.
Foreign Secretary Won Hintze, the
mes sage adds, mad q long interview
with the ambassador from the Ukraine
on Wednesday and then received the
Austrian Ambassador. With the latter
the possibility of sending military re-
inforcements to the Ukraine was dis
cussed.
Serious riots are reported from the
country districts in the Ukraine, ac-
cording to a Kieff dispatch to the
'Fremdenblatt," of Hamburg, the Ex-
change Telegraph correspondent at
Copenhagen reports. The peasants are
now offering organized resistance to
the German usurpers," as they are
characte riZcd.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Chicago Bank I Has
Option on Chinese
S20,0O0,000 Loan
VIII Not Exercise 1t in
Connection With Pend
ing $50, 100000 Loan
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune


CHICAGO, Aug. lit has developed
that the Continental and Commercial
National Bank Of Chicago has an option
on the next $40, 100000 bond issue of the
Chinese government This bank will not
exercise this option in connection with
the coming S50,O00,0OO Chinese loan, but
will work in harmony with other banks
for a general distribution of it. Thu
$b0,o00,oo0 loan is now being figured
out in detail in Washington, and it will
be backed by four powers-United
States, Japan, Great Britain and France.
1t will not be in allotments to any par
tribu cd throughout the country so far
as possible. Just what rate the loan
viii carry is not known, but it is be.
lieved that it will be at least Z per cent,
as the only other Chinese loan ne
gotta ed here, placed two years ago,
went for per cent
J. j. Abbott, vice president of the
Continental and Commercial National
Bank of Chicago, has been in Washing
ton for some time comforting with the
government authorities regarding The
contemplated Chinese borrowing Ab-
bott has made a study of Chinese bust
ness conditions, having visited that
country and investigated affairs pre-
vlouS to taking over the S5OO0.OOO
loan which this bank took care of com
pletely few years ago That loan
came at time when China needed
money most and created friendly
feeling on the part OF the Chinese
toward the people of the United
Safes
That loan was Chicago proposition
and brought the city prominently he.
fore the world as an international
financial centre. The coming loan is
being figured out and backed by group
oil Chicago and New York bankers.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
German Drive on
Southern MursnQ17
Railway Expected

LONDON, Aug. There are indica-
tions that the situation has changed in
the last three weeks in Northern Rus
sia and that the Germans shortly Will
begin an offe lslve against the southern
part of the Murman Railway.
The Finnish population is now in
tensely hostile to the Germans. There
is a great shortage of food and the
people are entirely dependent on the
Entente for sustenance.
Both the government and the army,
however, are completely under German
control and there is every reason to
suppose they will cooperate with the
Germans
The Germans have induced the Boil
shevlk government to agree to the ces-
sion of the whole of the Murman coast
to Finland, notwithstanding the desire
CT the inhabitants to remain Russian.
The Finnish army capable of under
taking an offensive probably does not
exceed 10000 men.
In the Ukraine the present rising has
assumed large proportions and appar-
emily seriously menaces the German
and Austrian communications. The
peasants are destroying the railroads
and have blown up the bridge south
east of Kiev. The Austrian troops in
the district have been unable to con-
troll them.
In the Caucasus there is great fric-
ton between the Germans and Turks.
The Germans are trying 20 prevent the
Turks from occupying Baku, on which
. Turkish attack appears to be i'm
minent. Baku is lightly garrisoned by
Armenians and Bolsheviki, and prob
ably will fall.
There is evidence of growing dis
couragement in Bulgaria, which is said
to be due chiefly to the explorations of
the Bulgarians by the Germans.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Typhoid in Bulgar Army
Plague Rages in Ranks and at
Sofia, Is Report

LONDON, Aug. 1.-Travellers from
Bulgaria. says an Amsterdam dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph Company,
declare that serious outbreak of
typhoid fever is raging in the Bulga-
rian army and at Sofia. The number
of casualties is said by the travellers
III the army. The medical service is
reported to have broken down.
The departure from Sofia of King
Ferdinand the arrivals at Amsterdam
say, was due to the fact that two cases
of typhoid had htoken out in the royal
ralaCe.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Surrender
Three Baltic Provinces
At Ger77ary's Demand

AMSTERDAM, August 1.-The Rus
sian government has agreed that
Livonia and Esthonia shall be sep
arated from Russia, as a result Of
negotiations between Germany and
the Soviet government, says the Berlin
correspondent Of the Strassburg
Post" Consequently, he adds, there
probably viii be change in the or
ganization Of the territory occupied
by the Germans
Courland also will be separated from
the administrative territory of the
German commander-in- chief in the
East and will be united with Livonia
and Esthonia
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
81 Ship Contracts Let
Four 1o,ooo-Ton Ships Will
Be Built for u. S. in China

WASHINGTON. Aug. l. Contracts
for twenty-five additional steel cargo
vessels and ten tugs were awarded last
week oy the Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton, the Shipping Board announced to-
day.
Fourteen OF the cargo steamers will
be built by the Ames Shipbuilding
Company, Seattle, and the other eight
by the Long Beach Shipbuilding Com
pany, Long Beach, Cal.
All the tugs six of which will be
steel and the remainder wood, will be
constructed by the Northwest Engi-
ncering Works, Green Bay. Wis
1t is also announced that four 10 O00,-
ton steel cargo ships will be built in
the Chinese government yard at Shang-
hal. They will be part of the general
contract entered into recently with the
Chinese government.
The twenty-five vessels to be built
at Long Beach and Seattle will be of
$500 deadweight tons each
New-York tribune., 1918-08-02
Berkman Boy Is Found
State Police Working on Kid.
naping Theory

MiDDLETOWN, N. Y, Aug. lisa
dore Berkman, the three-year-old New
York boy who was thought to have
been kidnapped Saturday, was found
today in the woods near here. He
was hungrI and exhausted. but other
wise none the worse for his expert
ence.
1t was impossible to draw from him
any information. However, the state
constabulary are still looking for kid
nappers. He disappeared from the
yard of hotel while his mother was
getting him glass of milk.
He is the son of Samuel Berkman,
AZ West 112th Street