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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

Mrs. Vina Schaeffer received card
from her son, Mr.. Jack Schaffer, al
St.Louis Monday. Jack leaves the first
of this week for a training camp in
the U. s. Navy.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31
THE MINING NEWS
! **++++**+++*
By Frank Hills

A great drill strike was brought IL
On the Lucky Jack lease at Hooker
vile, in a deep well that is being drill
led by the City of Hockewille. The
new hole is q l2-inch one that is to
supply the city with water and wa.
not drilled with the idea Of finding
ore. At n depth of l65 feet the drill
went into very rich jack and at 2Oo
feet it was still in it, making a face
at least 100 feet high and it il
thought that it is possible that it ma!
equal the great strike made a fe"
months ago on the Admiralty Zinc
company's Esther lease. The loca
ton of the Lucky Jack strike is thu
SWA of the NEA of Section 14-29-
%, and the hole is on the south side
of the lease just across the line iron
the Lucky Jennie. From the fac'
that this is the only hole that ha'
been sunk so deep, with the except
ion of those on the Blue Bennett, one
half mile south, it is thought possible
that the deposit may continue all ov
or that section and that the top run
being developed arc small in compari'
SON and more deep drilling will fol
low. On the Blue Bonnet an ore face
of 81 feet was discovered at a depth
of 81 feet and it is thought that this
is a continuation of it.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

Miss Mary Huffaker, of Pryor, Ok
lahoma,, is in Baxter, the guest al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Ros-
enstein. Miss Huffaker will be here
about two months.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

Mrs. L. o. Gray, who has been Wis
iting her daughter, Mrs Harry Hart
ley, for several weeks, returned to her
home in Pennville, Ind, Sunday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

Mr.. NJ. B. Rich returned to Baxter
from Sloan Springs, Ark. He was
accompanied by his daughters, onie
and DOME.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

Mrs. NJ. E. Miller refunded Sat
urday, after a visit in Joplin with her
daughter, Mrs. Harry Brown.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Z. B. Morgan and
sons, Robert and Richard, Of Galena,
visited Sunday afternoon with Mr..
and Mrs. James Hartley.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

Mr.. D. P. King of Chicago, repre-
senting the Sprague, Warner Com
pany was attending to business here
Monday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

Capt. Henry, of the Military COL
lcge at Mexico, Mo-, is guest of Ar
thur Nichols of this city.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

o. B. Tinsley went to Kansas City
Saturday night for a business visit
lasting until Thursday of this week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

N. S. Sherman left Monday morn
ing on a business trip to Oklahoma
City.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

DR.. Bertha BrunSteter, Chiroprac-
tor, office first stairs south Of post
office.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

Walter Reid, Of Dallas, Texas, is
the week end guest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jas. Cole, III.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Troy Killingsworth,
Mr.. and Mrs, Alex Reed and little
Miss Winnifred Marie Dickie visited
friends in Neosho Sunday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

Mr.. Claude E. Gearing of Walnut,
Kas., spent the week end at the home
of Mr.. w. ]. Wells.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

Mr.. Chester Convey is visiting at
home for a few weeks.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

Mr.. A. T. st. Clair is a business Wis.
itorat Hutchinson this week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

James Hartley is quite i'll with the
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

the mill win be completed and opera
ted. II Is said that the hole on which
the new shaft Is being sunk, showed
ore from 6S TO 100 feet and that all
Of the five holes sunk were good
ones. ]. w. Hawk Is president Of the
Memo, G. +. thinner, president
and C. +. Murphy, secretary and
treasurer, all Of Oklahoma City,, M.
NJ. Kersh Of Galena is superintendent
The Morgan Zinc Company has
made several good strikes on its
lease in the Lincolnville field in the
last few weeks, having found q 20
foot face Of good jack in three out
Of four holes drilled near the mill
shaft. The splendid plant Of the Nor
gan Company closed down several
weeks ago on account Of the dirt not
being satisfactory and the manage
ment began drilling to find better
stuff which was known to exist there.
The new stuff was found several
feet deeper than that which was be-
ing mined before and sinking will
be begun in a few days in the shaft
% get to the proper level to handle
the better grade.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

JIG. Tindale was q business visi;c:
in Muskagee.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

Mr. ]. o. Treece left Saturday on
q business visit to Kansas City.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

The Old Sambo mill at Lincolnville
began to operate the first of the week
and will be running regularly in a
few days. Nix & Son of Miami, have
taken over the property and will OPP
crate it but they have not determined
whether they will call it the Sambo
or another name, it having been call
ed the Pathfinder by company which
operated it a few days last Fall. The
ore bodies of the Sambo mine are
very shallow and quite rich but the
plant has not been operated for
months on account of q scarcity OF
water but now that the pond has
been filled by the recent rains it is
thought that there will be a plenty
to last until sinking can be done to
get a supply. The SambO is. a large
mill and the ground has been opened
up SO that it may be operated to ca
pacity as soon as the little tuning up
that is necessary after so long q shut
down, is completed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

The Mineral State Lead and Zinc
Company made q splendid strike OF
its lease on the Clark land immediate
" north of the Admiralty Queen Els
Their tract, a mile southeast OF thu
city of Baxter, Wednesday. Tho
new hole shows a 50-foot face Of go"
stuff which is considered by most peo-
plae wonderful one but from thf
fact that of the Is holes drilled on tn
tract, three have shown a face o.
from 80 to 81 feet, makes the late Z
appear ordinary to the management
The Mineral State people have 3
shaft down so feet and are rushing
it with all speed. They are planning
to build 2 mills in the near future
which is to be operated by the lost OF
August. DR.. w. L. BOnnell is presi
dent of the Mineral State Lead anc
Zinc Company; Clark Trammell, sec
rotary; Clyde Kelly, treasurer; John
Branneman, vice-president; Ed Ziler'
C. B. March and DIR. Corbin, directors
all of whom are from Chickashaw
with the exception of Mr.. Zilar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-01

down a tremendous barrage between
Warfusee and the Somme and attentive
hours of terrific gunfire advanced in
masses. They came against more cav
airy and met a similar fate, the Brit
ish line remaining intact.
North of Aubereourt, south of Mar
celcave the British stormed and re-
captured important high ground to
iously.
Americans Aiding Defenders.
1t is now possible to tell of spec
tacular feature of a brilliant British
defense last week below the Somme.
1t is the story of a little army COM
posed largely of assortments of troops
who were hastily assembled in a great
crisis and who successfully held vital
stretch of the front against furious
German onslaughts until reinforce
ments could arrive. In this gallant
force were included American railway
engineers who, as in the battle of
Cambria last November, threw aside
their tools and took up arms in de-
Tense of the allied colors. 1t was last
Tuesday afternoon at a critical mo-
ment when it was absolutely neces-
Sary that more troops should be
thrown into the British line to hold
the onrush of Germans. Reinforce
ments We're on the way but could not
arrive in time. There was no time to
lose and a certain general Immediate
ly organized a force collected from the
various units nearby in which were
the Americans.
Fifteen hundred followed the lead
of their dashing brigadier out into the
swirling battle line, where they were
strung over a front of 1900 yards
against which hordes of Germans were
flung. 1t seems almost inconceivab BILE
that these defenders. brave unto death
tho they were, could have been able
to hold that long sector but they held
The enemy advanced in force and
hurled themselves time and time
again against the British line in this
region. but they found no weak spot.
This composite force stood as gallant
ly and as well as their comrades to
the right and to the left. They chung
on for many hours until the regulars
came up. This is a sample of the
fighting spirit which allied soldiers are
showing in this time of stress.
Walked to Battle Front.
This incident is more spectacular
but hardly finer in spirit than that of
seven British soldiers. These lads had
been home in England on leave and
on landing at channel port in France
could find no transportation to the
front. Did they sit down and wait :?
They did not. They tramped almost
every foot of the way to the battle
lines to take their places besides their
hard pressed comrades
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-01
HE STANDS PAT!
Wilson Assures NJ. e. Bishop
Kaiserism Must Be Crushed.
Letter Will Be Read From All
NJ. e. Pulpits Next Sunday.

New York, April President Will
son has not changed his attitude con-
corning negotiated peace with the
| central powers, as expressed in his
flag day address, his reply to Pope
Benedict and his message to congress
] on the declaration of war with Aus
| trla, according to letter he has writ
| ten to Bishop Theodore S. Henderson
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
/ made public here today by the nation
al war council of the church. Bishop
Henderson wrote to the president in
behalf of 100000 American Metho-
dists asking in particular whether his
present unwavering purpose was ex-
pressed in sthe following words from
his MESA geS:
The German power, a thing with
out conscience. honor or capacity for
coVenated peace, must be crushed.
Our present and immediate task is to
WIN the war and nothing shall turn us
ASIDE until it is accomplished"
me presidents letter dated March
In reply to your letter of March
a. may l not say that you are per-
1ectly safe in using the words which,
you quote from my messages as ex-
pressing my unaltered thought and
anoroken purpose? 1t is always our
uuty TO find out what the expression
| OF desire for peace from our oppon-
ents really means but unless it means
complete and convincing program
VI justice upon which a lasting peace
can really rest (and We have had as
yet no evidence that it means ANYTHING
| or that kind it means nothing"
Must Choke Off Pacifise.
The presidents letter will be read
| from all Methodist pulpits in the coun-
| try on April Z, and the national war
| council announces that all Methodist
| ministers have been urged to use it
as "a basis of a new and hearty back
| ing of the president in the war and for
| the choking out of all pacifists''
! The council also announced plans
| for collecting a fund to be used "in
| strengthening the churches near the
army camps. both with buildings and
| helpers, SO that the soldiers who de-
| sire can come into the nearby towns
| and get a honey church service" The
| church does not plan to open separate
| buildings in the camp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-01
3,159 ENEMY ALIENS
Kansas City, Kansas. Has Largest
Number in the State.

.zEnemy aliens in Kansas number
1859. according to announcement
made today from the Office of Ohio T.
Mood, United States marshal A full
life history of every man is on file in
TIE marshaFs office.
IS In twenty-four cities in Kansas with
&C population exceeding 5000, enemy
asiens registered with the chiefs of
l5olice while in the smaller towns they
Registered with the postmasters. These
Inen must. report to either the police
chief or postmaster if they leave the
City and cannot move from one town
te another without receiving a permit.
Elm the twenty-four cities. enemy
aliens number go The remaining
gas live in rural districts or towns
III less than 5000.
q The largest number reside in Kan
sns City. Kan, where 14S enemy aliens
are registered. LeaVenworth is next
With 1871; then Newton with "a; To-
lseka, "a; Wichita, b; Atchison, Ga.
s Registration cards received by post
masters in cities of less than 5000
have been sent to w. o. Rigby, post
master. who today completed sum
lhary sheets of these reports. One
sheet was placed in the hands of the
United States marshal, another is kept
By Rigby. while a third is forwarded
to the department of justice in Wash
ington. The chiefs of police send their
Reports to the marshal and to WASH
i4gton and keep one in their offices
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-01
LECTURES HERE. WE'D.
John p sClum Will Tell Topekans of
California Attractions.

John P. CIum, travel lecturer. will
be at the Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday night with an illustrated
talk on Bits of Scenic and Romantic
California" Clum is coming to To-
peka under the auspices of the enter
tainm.n committee of the Chamber
of Commerce. Tickets for the lecture
are free and may be obtained thru the
secretary of the chamber of thru w.
A. Biby, chairman of the entertain
ment committee. Only 500 of the tick
cts will be issued.
Clums series of pictures is not all
views. There are some
reels of moving pictures; and both the
movies and the stereopticons are &C
companied by the spoken lecture.
Clum is quite a character in the west
ern section of the United States as he
has been in the forefront of many of
the pioneer movements He has trav-
eled across the continent more than
fifty times and has been up and down
the continent at least seven times.
If the attendance at the lecture
Wednesday night warrants, Clum will
return to Topeka with lectures on the
Yukon and other parts of North
America
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-01
HUNS NEXT MOVE.
Checked by British Two Alter
natives Confront Them.
Nay Either Smash Away on
Present Front or in Champagne.
BY HENRY WOOD.


With the French armies in the field.
March 31.-The allies having checked
Fhe German offensive before it's OBJ
1ecttVes were attained. military off
Gals consider that only two posSibili-
ties are now open to the Germans:
First, to continue the present effort.
IN which case the battle must newt
ably become a long and gruelling
struggle. like the Somme or Verdun.
Or, second, Ito start another often
give elsewhere, presumably in the
Champagne, where the German
Grown princes army is still lined up.
but where the allies are confident the
only result that can be obtained is the
Production of another salient like the
present one.
Bring Up Heavy Artillery.
During the temporary lull imposed
By the necessity of the Germans bring
ing up heavy artillery, the allies like
Wise are completing concentrations
calculated to check future enemy eff
forts.
! Owing TO the rapid advance, the
battle so far has been essentially one
of infantry combats, with rifles, ma
chine guns and light field runs alone
Engaged. Presumably. the Germans
bext thrust will be supported by their
heavies, fully opposed by the allies
heavies.
{ The Germans so far have engag ed
ninety divisions (1,0S0,000 mem of
Which a fourth has been withdrawn as
the result of losses.
The most conservative estimate
based on scientific military calcula-
fions, is that the German losses have
Reached 100000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-01
III OIIICdSU HeduqudTItTS OF t1le OFSa
ization.
Trial May Last Six Months.
Counsel for the /. W. w. are Geor
Wy Nandoraar Of Saorrra ntfo ~, -
T0DAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago. April 1.-CORN-Grain prices
showed steadiness today apparently await
ing military Developments in Picardy.
Corn started trifle easier, influenced by
favorable weather, but soon rallied as a re-
suit of scattered purchasing. Opening
prices: which exhibited lse decline. with
May S1.25A, were followed by a rally to
above Saturdays closing figures.
Later the market turned weak. owing to
the large proportion of inferior grades
coming forward A decided increase of
the visible supply total counted also as
bearish factor. Prices closed unsettld
sc net lower with May S1.25A.
OATS-Auspicious field conditions had
only a transient bearish effect on oats On
the down turn, shorts became active buy
ers, and gave prices material lift. After
opening unchanged to H6%c off with May
S4&c to So1sc the market scored moderate
general gains.
ROVISIONS-Provisions weakened ow-
ing to falling off in shipments. Besxles
hog arrivals here for March were showing
to have been the most plentiful ever known
for this time of the year.
subsequently an upturn of the hog mar
ket led to rally. especially in lard.
CORN-Close: May, 1881.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-01
Morning Grain Gossip.
FURNISHED by the topeka Board of Trade.

New York, April Financial News Bull
1etin: Stocks-Irregular moderate improve
ment is expected. SO far as the new war
tax ruling on short sales is concerned
there is no great activity contributed to the
market these days by bearish operations of
programs and unpatriotic Americans and
we de not believe the outcome of this pro-
position will be material Bullish activity
is predicted from pool channels in American
Car Foundry, Smelling, Baldwin. Wilson.
Shorts retiring in Bethlehem Steel,
Inspection P, r., Marine common, Read
ing. St. Paul, Union Pacific and Tobacco
Chicago, April i. The Herald says: Grain
A number of adverse conditions were
against the maintenance of values for corn
and OATS Saturday, especially the latter.
country over the Good Friday holiday and
came back bearish, Rains in the southwest
and more favorable crOf, reports and selling
from there. the sentimental effect of the
proposed change in the rules and the with
drawal of the wheat export company as a
buyers of cash oats after the early bulges all
helped TO make a bearish situation and bet
were short. The long interest has been cut
down and the short interest increased.
Oklahoma April crop report as wired ~
c. A. King & Co, Toledo. made winter
wheat condition 90 against 53 IN March and
IS last year. Letters from western North
Dakota say summerlike weather has been
on there of late. Farm work is making
progress. Sloughs and bitches have little
water. There are many of the provision
of the meatlcss days for 20 days. They had
a report that the food administration is to
conffne its operations more to the big
packers and less to the little ones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-01
TO ADVERTISE AGAIN
City Will Make Another Effort to Let
Paving Contracts.

The city commissioners today de-
cided to readvertise for bids on the
1913 paving work, and instructed the
city clerk to notify contractors in the
usual way to send in new figures.
Bids for the paving were opened
Friday, but it was found that the con-
tractors wanted more for both brick
and asphaltic concrete work than the
city engineers estimate called for. The
low bid on brick paving was S3,044.40
and on -asphaltic concrete $9,64T.7S.
w. G. Tandy, commissioner of streets.
said that the city estimate for the
work will be altered before the new
bids are opened
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-01
APRIL DEBUT BALMY

Cohunued from Page One.J
ing, that being five degrees above the
normal temperature for the date. The
temperature this afternoon was ex-
pected to go to about IS degrees, down
to about 40 degrees tonight and to-
morrow afternoon to about so.
The highest temperature ever re-
corded in Topeka on this date was 81
degrees in 1908 and the lowest was Fl
degrees in 1899. The wind was blow
ing miles an hour from the south
east this morning.
Oklahoma City reported a tempera-
ture of So degrees this morning. in
dicating a fine warm day at Doni-
phan. The sky was clear and a light
breeze was blowing from the vest
The official forecast says partly
cloudy tonight and Tuesday; cooler
TUESDAY,
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FANCY BOAST OF
Continued from Page One,

Continued from Page One.l
Amiens itself. Unable to make gains
astride the Somme the enemy has
made heavy attacks at other points
But with no success. MoreuiI, tho CEN
ter of the fighting south of the
Somme is reported to have changed
bands four times and is now held by
British. Canadian and French troops.
Around Montdidier where the battle
nne curves northward. the French
have reclaimed Ayencourt and Mon
ehel. Further east toward Lassigny
IN the direction of Noyon the Germans
have been pressed back and a salient
driven into the enemy lines. 1t is in
fhis region that the Germans are now
digging in. German attempts to force
a passage of the Disc at Chauny were
Crushed by the French who wiped out
an enemy force which tried to estab
Hsh a bridgehead on the southern
Sank of the river.
Hindenburg Made Bum Guess.
North, of the Somme where the
Germans were thrown back with Sc
we're losses by the British Saturday,
the enemy made no further attempts
Sunday and the fighting activity has
been moderate.
s If Field Marshal Won Hindenburg
Intended to spend April 1 in Paris he
must have meant some other year
4aan 1918. His troops are still more
ca pital and III eleven days of fighting
and under tremendous losses they
have not even reached the Paris
Amiens railroad. the principal route
from northern France to Paris. In
deed, they are getting ready to defend
themselves against the Anglo Franco
American forces under General Foch.
The boastful utterances of The Ger
man leaders much in evidence in the
early days of the present campaign.
also have ceased.
No Infantry Activities on Italy Front
! In north Italy the artillery firing is
ihcreasing in intensity and patrol ac-
tions'are more numerous but there has
been infantry action on a large scale.
) American patrols continue active
Southwest of foul. The German lines
are under heavy bombardment.
Marked activity behind the enemy
Mnes shows TO signs of letting up, but
the Germans have not attempted any
attacks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-01
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE
Atlantic City Visited by Terrific
Sweep of Flames.

Atlantic City, n. j., April IA
quarter of a million dollar fire early
today destroyed a city block, threat
encd the hotel district and created a
small panic among the scores of
thousands of Easter vacationists who
were routed from their beds during
the early morning hours.
Famed by a high wind, the flames
soon got beyond control of the At
lantic City fire department and calls
fo- assistance were sent to neighbor-
ing cities. When Fire Chief Murphy
of Philadelphia and a trainload of
apparatus arrived the hotel section
was in imminent peril of destruction,
but a change in the direction of the
wind enabled the firemen to confine
the blaze to the block where it started
Atlantic to Pacific avenues. from
New York to Tennessee avenues.