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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-09
Wilson Only Sticks
To British Policy"

LONDON. April Count Won
LutEow, former Austro-iungarian am.
bassador to Italy writing in the Vienna
Neude Freie Pre'se ON President vii.
sons latest speech, according 10 a dis.
patch from The Hague to the Daily
Mail, says:
III and when conviction gains
ground IN the United States that the
entente has lost the game. President
Wilson will come forward with a pro.
posal OF peace
Even If the German army should
not succeed in forcing a way TO the
coast II now is certain that Great Brit
ain would consider herself hopelessly
beaten and be ready 10 accept any
terms The alternative for her is 10
continue the state Of war. As far as the
United States is concerned, she will
only remain on the side Of Great Britain
as long as Germany insists on reject
ing peace proposals emanating from
President Wilson
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-09
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ADVERTISEMENT
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-09
Reve1aGot1s
0IaW1e
What Madge Did That Startled Allen
N&s1e NorYNNorr

What Msdge Did That Startled Aller
Drake.
Z II ] may so far presume ! said iciiy
u that paper has been IN the care OF a
Il woman for some time"
ii | hadn't meant 10 give utterance IA
my resentment against Allen Drake for
his patronlzlng attitude toward women
in general and my own mentality in
particular but his latest utterance con-
eerning the paper | had guarded SO
d. carefully put the match TO the kindling
4 1Eh? What" He started and looked
4. at me searchingly ! fancy that he had
Y similar emotions to those he would have
experienced If he had seen a particular
r docile rabbit suddenly exhibit cst-like
claws.
-You have Just said" I retorted, with
an effort keeping my voice at mo-
notonous level that it is preposterous
anything so vital as this should be in
the care OF a woman ! think you owe
me an apology for that remark, Mr..
Drake"
He stared at me in ama1ement Then
saw his eyes twinkle with amuse-
ment
Is your righteous indignation ex-
cited because OF the slur on your sex in
general or do you feel personally ag-
grieyed2" he asked with a provoking
drawl.
Both" I returned and my voice was
distinctly sullen
For ! comprehended the reason for
his levity He had Just been through
an srduous mental strain. His mood
was a relaxed one. The project Of
teasing me, Of listening to what ] might
say in answer to his tantalizing badin-
age was too alluring a prospect for him
10 forego.
An Airy Patronage.
He shifted his tactics a bit.
"You mustn't misunderstood me. my
dear-lady," he said, and the slight
pause between the words dear and
lady" made my fingers itch again to
leave their imprint on his cheek 81
have the greatest admiration for the
way in which you have guarded this
pdptls Dut II was taoh Ilal lVNN'
should have been given TO YOU It's too
much OF strain for any feminine brain
or nerves to undergo"
you don't think very highly Of fem
mine mentality do you2' asked meek
IT,
IN their place-their proper sphere"
he returned, and the airy patronage Of
his manner was almost unendurable,
'And affairs like this you don't in
,lude in that sphere2' asked.
Certainly not" he returned, all the
prejudice Of the early Victorian type Of
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-09

Beautiful qualities Of these
fashionable Spring woolens, In
tan', navy and gray. s., $50
and S.oS.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-09

masculine mind in his voice. But al the
same Instant he smiled across the table
at me, a fascinating disarming smile
and said
That doesn't affect my enthusiasm
over your wonderful behavior, how
eyer"
Smile and voice struck the personal
note again An irresistible longing Ia
prick the bubble Of nj. inlolerant opin
ions selred me ] looked at him square
ly
Il Need a Memory"
'Will YOU do me the favor 10 listen
and see II have this formula correctl
| asked
Without waiting for his assent I he
gan with the number Seven" the an.
swer 10 the first computation he had
told me 10 make, and ran through the
whole list Of figures and letters. which.
by a tremendous effort OF my for
lunaiely well trained memory | had
fixed In my mind the while my fingers
had been engaged IN lotting down the
computations he had dictated to me.
! repeated them very slowly, my eyes
fixed on Mr. brakes face Al the sound
OF the first two or three figures his
eyes had opened wide and he looked
at me with such a startled. fallen Jaw
expression that only my indignation
against him kept me from laughing
aloud Then, with a muttered exclama-
tion, h, snatched his notebook from his
breast pocket and turning rapidly
from page 10 page as recited. evident.
" compared my figures with the ones
he had written down
When ! had finished. leaned back in
my chair. my cheeks flushed. and my
heart beating tremendously To tell the
truth ] was a biz frightened al my own
temeriy
Mr. Drake seemed to have trouble in
articulating his sentiments.
We'll TT be" he started 10 say
then swallowed the expletive what
kind Of thinking apparatus have you
inside that pretty head Of yourS1" he
demanded.
Just an ordinary feminine brain
! emphasized the adjectiye-'that has
happened TO have a little extra mem
ory training" returned demurely.
Mr. Drake struck his hand against
the table as II in evaporation Then,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-09

as II by a sudden tremendous impulse
he extended It across the table to me.
won't YOU forgive me for being
seventeen kinds Of a blundering idiotl"
he said with a boyish smile that would
have wrung forgiveness from a harder
heart than mine. Il trust I'm always
willing to take off my hat 10 anyone
who gets the better Of me But you've
let yourself in for an awful lot Of work
| need a memory like that In my bust
ness, and I'm going TO call upon you
frequently whether you like Il or not"
(Copyright)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-09
AUSTRIAN PRESS
THINKS WILSON'S
TALK MODERATE
Baltimore "FOrCe" Address Is
DepIOred, However

ZURICH, Switzerland, April o-Thc
tone Of President Wilson's speech al
Baltimore is deplorsd in Austria, say,
a Vienna dispatch TO the Neus Zuricher
Ieltung although under the circum
stances It Is regarded as quite intel.
ligible. The essential point is con.
sidered to be the presidents readiness
under the conditions indicated TO con
clude peace even now The situation.
therefore. is looked upon as unchanged
The Vienna press in general, the dis
patch says, regards the speech as very
moderate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-11
THE WAR UP TO DATE.

America has certainly got into her
stride, and the American army will
soon enlighten Germany a to its tight
ing capacity; SO we may hope conf
IDENTIFY for the victory which our aid
will Surely hasten. The encouraging
features of the war situation are en-
Enthusiastically set forth by Henry Clews
in his Financial Review as follows:
We enter the second half of the year
under conditions generally hopeful.
tho highly confusing and in some re-
spects uncertain. The undertone of
confidence, however, is still running
strong; the military outlook being
decidedly encouraging. Germany's
supreme effort has practically tailed;
since the allied armies have not been
divided, the British are not driven
into the sea, and Paris has not fallen
into the enemy's hands While the
Grive will soon be renewed, these con-
tingencies are now less remote than at
any time since the campaign began,
and the French and British are con-
fident of holding their own.
Driving back the Austrians over the
Piave afforded particular encourage
ment; not only b. depressing Austrian
morale and raising the Italian, bu.
also thru saving 1taly's great indus
trial plain in the -Iorth, the Loss of
which would have affected all the al
! lies adversely.
The greatest encouragement of all.
however, from the American stand
point, Is the marvellous rapidity in
perfecting plans for our entrance into
the war. There are now over a NIL
lion American soldiers in France fully
| equipped, and by January 1, it is ex-
| pected that we will have approximate
ly 100000 men in the army. Sub
marines have proved a failure, and
the huge shipbuilding campaign mi
tiated by our government is now be-
ing rapidly carried out.
We celebrated the Fourth OF July
by launching nearly 100 ships and
fourteen destroyers. totaling about
100000 tons. These are wonderful
accomplishments. We shall soon also
be shipping aeroplanes on a large
scale. Industrial mobilization of the
steel industry is complete and the en-
tire war machinery of the country is
running at high pressure and with as
little friction as possih1e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-11
BUILD PILL BOXES
Only War Savings Army Calls
Them ssBlOckhouses."
FOrtresses To Be Placed All
Along Kansas Avenue.
IN SENSATIONAL CAMPAIGN
Nothing Left UndOne To Raise
S68,21S in Shawnee.
Speakers Will Mount Soap
Boxes Along the Streets.

The adv ,nce of the retail merchants
division OF the war savings stamp COM
mittee to the assault of the fortress of
Topek; and Shawnee county will be
along a strategic plan well thought
out and complete in all its details, ac-
cording to an announcement by the
council of war this noon.
Retail Divisional Commander Rob-
ert S. Fullerton said today that one CT
the chief offensive moves in the cam
paign to sell s66.213 worth of war
savings certificates in the city and
county will be the establishment of a
series of blockhou = along Kansas
avenu, and at congregating points
in the rural communities.
Robert Pierce is in command of the
construction of the blockhouses which
will be used in the campaign, begin
ming Monday. July %. Practically
every lumber yard in Topeka has
agreed to contribute lumber for the
the contractors of the city have agreed
to do the work
Blockhouse Booths.
These blockhouses will in reality be
series of booths made up in the
ancient feudal castle and will be
manned by saleswomen or statesmen
furnished by the various merchants
of Topeka and the rural communities.
The blockhouses are expected to dot
Kansas avenue in Topeka from Gar
field park to South Topeka, and east
and west on all the cross streets near
business houses In the rural COM
munities like Auburn and Dover. Te-
cumseh and Watson the blockhouses
will be placed at one or two of the
most prominent .pots in the towns.
Fullerton said that one of the war
savings stamp blockhouses will be
placed on the sidewalk in front of
every merchants store where the
merchant volunteers to provide a
salesman or saleswoman to take
charge during the week.
Spe: From Soap Boxes.
Another feature of the weeks cam
paign will be the advance of the Skin
! rnishers and videttes in charge of Gar
L. Hooper of the Orpheum theater.
Hooper will command a corps of four
minute speakers and singers and Will
put the campaign before the peocla
every night after July % from the
vantage points of soap boxes or. the
street corners and from the bounding
| deck of a motor truck.
| Six Dollars a Month to Each Clerk
| In the campaign for the sale Of war
savings stamps the retail merchants
division of the war savings stamp COM
mittee in Topeka is charged with the
sale of approximately Sc worth IF
stamps every month for every clerk
now employed in the country. TIE
clerks are engaging in the campaign
| on the same footing exactly as heir
| employers, for the assignment of
stamps for each to sell is Just allie
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-11
THOUSANDS HONOR mitchell
ndless Procession of All Glasses
Passes Flag Draped Coffin.

New York, July 11.-Thruout the
night men and wo4hen, rer resentafives
o. every class, filed past the flag
draped coin containing the body OF
Maj. John Purroy Mitchell. former
mayor Of Ne York City, to pay ST.
lent tribute to his valor, unmeasured
loyalty and supreme sacrifice.
Several hours efore the funeral
procession started for the service al
St. Patrick's cathedral, it was esti-
mated that forty thousand persons
had visited City hall and hundreds
were still in line.
Thousands r. laborers paused on
their way to work in the early morn
ing hours to file thru the rotunda
She after s o'clock came Theodore
Roosevelt who stood beside the casket
with bowed head for a moment and
then passed or to Mayor Hylan's
office.
A plan for a memorial for Major
Mitchell with popular subscriptions
financing it was endorsed today by
the Publishers Association of New
York CITY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-11
Kansas Wheat Production To-
tails 10 Per Cent of Nation.
DR.. w. M. Jardine Makes Re-
port to State Defense Council.
.kAW VALLEY SPUDS ARE GOOD
Yields From Is to 100 Bushels
Not To Be Uncommon.
Considerable Shipment From
Here July and August.

Wheat production in Kansas this
year will be more than 10 per cent
of the total for the whole United
States according to figures presented
NJ. Jardine, chairman of the commit
tee on agricultural production. Doctor
Jardine estimates that the Kansas
wheat crop will run about 100000
bushels, while the yield for the whole
country will be approximately so0,-
100000 bushels.
The same acreage this fall. with
better methods of seeded preparation,
is advocated. For eastern Kansas a
greater wheat acreage is urged.
Early and careful preparation will
mean an increase of from five to ten
bushels to the acre.
Doctor Jardine suggests blowing or
listing in July or early August all land
that is to be planted to wheat in the
autumn. He advises using for wheat
land that was planted to oats this year
and also cornstalk ground that has
been kept well titled.
1t is estimated that nearly 10000
bushels of Kanred wheat, the high
yielding strain developed by the Agri-
cultural college, will be on sale for
seed.
In spite OF unfavorable weather con-
ditions there will be. Doctor Jardine
stated in his report, a considerable
shipment of potatoes from the Kaw
valley this month and next. Yields
of rs to 100 bushels will probably not
be uncommon. The cost of the crop
this year, however. was extremely
high, having been increased by high
prices for seed, spray materials and
labor. The acreage of other vegeta-
bles is greater than that of last year
but the returns will be less than for
1917.
Doctor Jardine outlined the boys
and girls club work, the silo building
campaign planned by the Agricul-
tural college. efforts toward increased
| honey production, measures against
destructive insects. and other agricul-
turai work carried on by his commit
| tee.
The final report of the seed survey
| of last spring showed that ninety
seven counties participated, and that
| nearly 1900 samples of seed were
| tested. AS result of the survey. mos
of the seed planted was of known
termination. and the labor and cx-
pense of replanting were largely
avoided.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-11
SAVING MAN POWER.

It has been reported to the con
sorvation division IF the war indus
tries board I 1T practically all OF the
retail stores of New York City have
decided to ON y with the eGuest
of the government for economies in
delivery service. The request is that
each store shall make only one deliv-
cry a day ovef each route, eliminate
special deliveries, and refuse to accsnt
the return of merchandise that has Re-
manned in the customers possession
more than three lays.
other cities in which the merchants
have recently adopted the conservation
program are st. Paul, Minneapolis De-
troit, Denver, Boston, Memphis. New
Orle lns Montgomery, Baltimore,
Newark. Los Angeles, Portland and
Oakland. These re in addition to
those which have previously complied
ment in time of war fof the general
We! re of the cor try.
The adoption Of this program as
made it possible to avoid replacing
employees who have been drarted or
who have entered essentia. war work.
The large stores of thirty cities have
been able to operate with 35 per cent
less of force, d the saving in al
tomobile trucks has been 40 PEI cent
This is according to the rep orts mace
by these stores to he wa ind Istries
board. Limiting the return of mer-
chandise to not more than three days
is reported to have made an avelagA
reduction of So per cent in the amount
returned. because of greater fore
thought In the selection and ordering
of goods.
In smaller stores one delivery a
day has encb1ed one de- livery Ian to
do the work that formerly required
two. In thirty small stores in several
towns in one eastern state the mum
Der of delivery men employed has
been reduced from 116 to SIS. as their
men have been called away for other
service.
The experiences In these cities. It is
said. shows that there is no hardship
to the public thru these restrictions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-11

Municipal owner Up and operation
of public utilities has reac' n high
point of efficiency and financial sue
cess i England. Among the cities
owning and operating their own street
always is Nottingham. The tram
ways committee, in its statement to the
city council for the year ended March
81. 1918, reports total receipts Of
s1.194.SS5, which is an increase of
s17S,560 over the previous year he
operating expenses were $777,42o for
the same period, an increase of SIS.
s35. There was = decrease in the cost
of maintenance. compensation, law
charges. and for miscellaneous ex-
penses amounting to s12,e2O. OF the
total number IF passengers Carried
39.-44.107 were the ordinary 2-cent
fares, or 74h per cent of the total
The ordinary 2-cent fares were in
creased 8 cents beginning April
After deducting all of the operating
expenses, thSIs vas a net balance OF
$41s. 915. which was disposed of as fol-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-11
THINK THUGS CONE
Can't Find Them in Woods
Near Scene of Robbery.
Strange Crowd in Auto Was
Seen on Way to X. c.

Paola, Kan. July 11.-After search
ing four hours in the timber border
ing the river, Capt. Steve Quimby, in
command of the Paola guard, was in
clined to doubt the report that the
fugitives were hiding in this vicinity.
He suggested that they had motor cars
and could h We reached Kansas City
in little NOR than an hour after the
holdup, as the scene of the robbery
was on the Jefferson highway a
popular driveway.
A Paola merchant, who lives on ahe
Jefferson highway told the authorities
today that a motor car loaded with
men stopped in front of his home soon
after midnight. He said they were go
ing toward Kansas CITY and were
seemingly lost
Captain Quimby this afternoon was
investigating q report that small safe
stolen by the bandits had been found
on farm ten miles southeast of Pa
alo. Members of the posse accompan-
led him to take up the trail if the re-
port is verified
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-11

Scarcely a day has gone by in the
past month without announcements Il
the dispatches and from Washington
that the Huns were just about 20
launch another big drive on the west
ern front. Still no action of that sort
has developed. Meanwhile offensiv.
thrusts by the forces under comma d
of General Foch have steadily in
creased in frequency and intensity and
have been extended to all the fighting
fronts, including the Mac DOMAIN.
These jobs have proven almost uni
formly successful for the allies an6
costly to the enemy in casualties, loss
of ground and war material. Whether
or not any great significance nay be
attached to these facts is a matter for
the war experts to determine. But to
a layman it appears that HindenbIrg
must strike soon or lose his initiative.
What seems to be one of the impor-
tai features of the situation IS the
fact that the allied armies in the Bal
kans have got IL motion after an in
activity lasting approximately two
years. Something like miIliob men
have bee. idle on this front thru all
that period. The fact that they have
begun to move must mean that the
awaited time for action has arrived
since they have initiated the fighting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-11
FEARS BURLESON
With Wire Control He Could
Censor AIl'News.
Senator Smith Declares Pro-
posed Measure Dangerous.

Washington, July 11.--Condemning
without reservation any plan which
would give Postmaster General Burle-
son censorship over telegraph mes
sages. Senator William Alden Smith of
Michigan. today launched a bitter at
tack in the senate on the resolution
empowering the president to take over
the telegraphs and telephones.
Smiths attack was the opening gun
Of the op sition. 1t was the first
time Burleson had been mentioned
openly in such strong terms on the
floor of ( senate in connection with
the telegraph resolution.
Are the United Press and the Assoc
ciatea Press to be inhibited from us
ing the wires except by permission of
Mr.. Burler ?" asked Smith. as ev-
cry telegram to be submitted to criti-
cism and censorship?
I'VE are drifting into an unknown
field. So far as I'm concerned, have
taken the last step in the direction Of
socialism or government-ownersh Of
utilities. which is the same thing near
1y. I'm just wondering if people will
have right to breathe by and by"
Senator Watson. Indiana. introduced
an amendment to the resolution ex-
empting telephone and press associa-
ton and press bureau wires from
operation of the resolution.