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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-15
Is YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
From the column ;!
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

The Grand opera house will contain Q
very large audience tonight when Scaicii,
the grent prima donna contralto and her
splendid company will be heard. The sup.
port includes Miss Mamie Hands. a 90
prano Of great merit. Miss Jeanette R6fe.
pianist, who is one of Scbarwenkes hest
pupils, and Mr.. S. KrOnberg, baritone.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Marburg and daughter
will leave soon for 8ermauy, where they
expect to remain a year.
The Shakespeare club will meet with
Mrs. Furman Baker next Tuesday after
noon.
Der of his friends 1T his home on Central
areDue last night. Those present .w4re
Misses Maud and Mabel Wills, Maud
lsrazier. Mary Davis. May Albright, En- ma
Hart. Eta Mclaughlin. Katie Petro.
Theresa Hclcomb, Reeee; Msssrs. Joe
Marshall Jeff Petro. Bert Shields. RAY
Parmeter and Cromwell. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-15
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of men in
Americas Fighting Service

John H. Johnston, yeoman third
class, Z. s. y. r. F., has been COM
mended by Secretary Daniels for hero
ism shown in rescuing from drowning
an IL year old boy at Rochefort.
France. August "a, 1918.
Reports show that the boy was play
ing on an old platform on the bank
of the Charente river. The structure
collapsed, carrying the child with it.
Johnston, who was some distance
away, saw the accident. and running
to the river jumped in fully clothed.
Eespite the strong current he succeed
ed after a short but difficult struggle
in bringing the child safely to shore.
Johnston's father. Edmond J. John
ston. lives at 773 Hope street, Proyi-
dence, r. /.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-15
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
The Table.

New England Corncake-One cup
cornmeal, one cup white -four, three
teaspoonfuls baking powder, one egg,
one and one-eigh:h cups milk, two
tablespoonfuls melted fat and Two
tablespoonfuls syrup. Sift together the
dry ingredients. Beat the egg light
and add the milk, fat and syrup. Stir
into the dry mixture and beat we'll.
Pour into a we'll creased, shallow pan
and bake twenty-five to thirty min
utes. This cornbreai may be made
from any kind OF cornmeal.
Virginia Pone-One cup hot boiled
hominy. two cups milk. one-auarter
cup fat, one-half teaspoonful salt, one
cup white cornmeal, three teaspoons
fuls baking powder and two eggs. well
beaten. Add the milk and fat to the
hominy. Cool and salt cornmeal and
baking powder mixed and sifted to-
cether. then the eggs we'll beaten.
Bake in an earthen dish forty-five
minutes. Serve In. the dish cut in tri-
angular pieces. Any kind of cornmeal
may be used for this pone. tho white
ccrnmeai made Of the whole grain is
preferred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-15

had been silly and disturbed over noth-
ing.
What will 1 do, Bonnie?" she asked
in bewilderment.
The old dog looked up into her face
with his big, kind. expressive eyes,
Flora thought, as if to say, "Why, he's
the best master in the world! kiss
him and make up. of course What
else would you do?''
That's just what I will do" she ex-
claimed eagerly as she put her arms
around Bonnie's neck and Rugged him
for the suggestion.
Copyright, 1913 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-15

tai trade at approximately $780,
600. 900 against s9.1s5, 100000 in 1917.
the former high record year. The ex-
cess of exports over imports will ap-
proximate $4,000, 0O,000andth the aggre-
gate excess of exports over imports for
the four and one-haf years of war
will exceed $1,000, 100000. or more
than that of the forty years preceding
the war
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-15

The foreign trade of the United
States in the year which ends with
next month seems likely to make an
other high record" A compilation
by the National City bank Of New
York estimating the trade of the full
year. based UPON the figures thus far
available. puts the total imports at
approximately s3,1oO,oo0.o0o and the
total exports at approximately $1,000
OOo, 200, thus estimating the years to-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-15

In his appeal to his fellow country
men before the election the president
said that the election of a Republican
majority in either house Of congress
would be interpreted as reputation
of his leadership. and his fellow coun-
trymen seemlto have taken him at his
word
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-15

Remember, also. there is all the
more reason why you should contrib
ute to the united war work fund.
Nothing is too good for the men in
the military SERVICE until the govern
ment Is thru with them and returns
them to their homes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-15

BY next spring the government will
have lifted the ban from peaceful in
dustry and it is none too soon to be-
gin preparations for resumption of the
public improvements which were in
terrupted by our entrance into the
war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-15

Retreatlng German soldiers are re-
ported to be pillaging and destroying
as they proceed on their homeward
journey. This might have been rea-
,sonab'y expected. 1t is the way of the
Hun He is built that way and his
entire upbringing has been along this
line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-15

The dispatches state that public
opinion in Paris is divided regarding
what shall be the fate of the kaiser
Perhaps it may be found necessary to
catch him before making any disposi-
ton of his person.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-15
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY K. MOULTON

The flu germ has evidently decided
to accept our terms for an armiStice.
Couldn't stand the garlic barrage.
The young lady next door says most
any girl will give up chaperon for
the privilege of calling some chap her
own.
AS a westerner says: cit too often
happens that the latest Amsterdam
rumor is only Anotherdam rumor."
Change Of Address.
If you should be. writing to the kaiser
COR Ludendorff, either, by chance,
Be sure that your letter Is labeled
Quite legibly. Nowhere in France"
r.. T. II.
A jurist recently asked the question,
Does marriage affect the memory"
Miss Anna Carlson is inclined to be-
lieve that it does. She thinks it slim
ulates the memory. I'VE have no
ticed," she says, that some married
women remember a lot of proposals
that never happened, and that a lot of
married men remember a lot of old
flames that never even flickered."
A soldier named Hazel or Perle has
to fight twice as hard as his comrades
to live down his monicker. BY the
way, Hazel Kidder 10 a husky six-foot
private from Ohio.
Now we are getting stories about the
kaiser's family Jewels. His press agent,
Herr Rosner, is evidently fighting
with his back to the wall.
The burning issue Of the day is coal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bond of Jersey City
have christened their new daughter
Buya. Considerable interest should be
attached to that young lady in future.
When the end finally does come
that All-Highest will be found pinnins
another medal on his first-born.
Out at Howard, Kan. the Spanish
'flu" ran its course before it was gen.
orally feared as an epidemic. Most OF
the children recovered from it prompt
ly- and were settling back to work
when the general order came to close
the schools. Now the children are In
uniformly good health and are enjoy
ing their vacation to the utmost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-15

Reports of the death of the late
crown prince are SO persistent that
they call for an official denial from
that person.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-15
. Change OF Address.

If you should be writing to the kaiser
COR Ludendorff, either, by chance),
Be sure that your letter Is labeled
Quite legibly. Nowhere in France"
r.. T. II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-15

When the end finally does come
that All-Highest will be found pinnins
another medal on his first-born.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-15

Now we are getting stories about the
kaiser's family Jewels. His press agent,
Herr Rosner, is evidently fighting
with his back to the wall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-15

AS a westerner says: "It too otter
happens that the latest Amsterdam
rumor is only Anotherdam rumor."
New-York tribune., 1918-08-01
Fourth Loan Drive
Opens September %

WASHINGTON, July 31.-The cam
paign for the fourth Liberty Loan will
open Saturday, September 20, and con-
tinue three weeks, ending October 19, it
was officially announced tonight by
Secretary McAdoo.
The date OF the campaign was an
nounced at this time in order to allow
campaign organizations to prepare for
the sale Of bonds and to prevent the
planning of other campaigns which
might interfere with the f1otation of
the loan.
Although official announcement has
not been made, the amount of the loan
probably will be S6,000,000 900. and the
rate of interest which the bonds will
bear A a per cent. Should the Treasury
decide soon to place on the market Ger
tlticates of Indebtedness redeemable
next June, when taxes are paid. the
amount of the loan may be reduced.
Secretary McAdoo has said that he
does not contemplate making extended
speaking tours for the fourth loan, as
ne has done in previous campaigns.
President Wilson has received several
invitations to make addresses durinx
the campaign but as yet has not indl-
Gated whether he will make anv
speeches for the loan
New-York tribune., 1918-08-01
Then Foch Struck

About the time that "eXtreme meas
ures" were being taken and the armies
of both Won Hutcr and Won Boehn
were occupying some Of Frances rich
est whcatficlds, deep III a German vic
tory, General Foch struck with power
ful force on the western edge Of the
"granary.' The result is that to-day
the harvest is still piled neatly almost
everywhere, waiting for the Allied
troops to haul it off and thrash it,
The richest part of the German har-
vest was the territory now reoccupied
by the Franco-Americans in the salient
where, simultaneously with the har-
vest, German shock troops prepared
and attempted another kind of victory
harvest"
The world knows the result. If Won
Hutier's secret order of June 20 was
sincere the war will be that much
shortened. ] saw many of the wheat
fields to-day that Won Hutier attempted
to loot. And | saw the loot still there.
In one smiling little valley north of
the OurcQ, which still smiles despite
the terrible unbured things still on
the ground, | stood in the main street
of Oulchy-la-Ville this afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-01
Partial Evacuation of
Town Used as Trick
to Trap the
Germans
Big Guns in Duel
AS Fight Slackens
Berlin Claims 1000
More Prisoners, Max
ing Total of $4,000
Since July Is

Many signs indicated yesterday
that the enemy, despite his stub
born stand, intends to give up his
line just north Of the Ourcq and
retire further from the Marne
salient to a new front on the
Vesle or the Aisne.
French aviators noted great fires
behind the German lines. The
foe evidently was destroying ma
terial he could not carry awav.
On both flanks of the American
divisions at the apex of Foch's
advance the enemy troops were
reported to be giving way slightly
before Allied pressure.
Although the pace of Foch's drive
along the whole front has slack
ened under the growing German
resistance, heavy fighting contin-
ued yesterday morning, the Allies
driving the foe back here and
there. Later in the day the bat
tie broke down into local actions
and heavy artillery duels.
The Americans after retaking Sc
ringes, above Fere -en-Tardenois.
tricked the foe by a pretended re-
treat from part of the town, and
IN a sharp reaction surrounded
the enemy, capturing or killing the
entire German force that had
driven its way into the trap.
Repeated enemy attacks against the
new French positions east of
Oulchy hy-le-Chateau Tuesday night
we're repulsed by the defending
forces, which held their positions
intact.
The Berlin War Office claims the
capture of 1000 prisoners in the
fighting of the last several days,
bringing their toll to $4,000 since
the launching of Ludendorff's
abortive offensive Of July 15
New-York tribune., 1918-08-01
Foe Burning Stores; New Retreat F0reseen.
u. S. Troops Gain at Apes of Marne SQlien
Mackensen Refuses
To Send Troops West

PARIS, July 31.-in we'll informed
Rumanian circles in Paris it is said
the German High Command has asked
the commander of the German troops
stationed in Rumania and in the
Russian districts how many divi-
slons can be released to be sent
to the Western fron.
Field Marshal Won Mackensen, the
German commander in Rumania, ac-
cording to a dispatch to the Havas
Agency from Berne, replied that it
would be unsafe to remove any
troops. owing to the excited condi-
tlon of the Rumanian people.
The dispatch adds that Won Mack
ensen has directed the Rumanian
government, owing to uprisings. to
proclaim a state of siege through
out the country.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-01
Other Passages in Order

Other passages read: "It is neces-
sary for tie troops to attempt to
organize their own subsistence by
the exploitation of the country, thus
relieving the situation in the in
terror. 1t is necessary for every one
to know the food situation precisely
He who demands more or 'better,'
or the officer who comedies such de-
mands, has no idea of our economic
status.
"The intelligence of the soldier
will realize that restrictions and
economies are necessary to a vic
torious issue Of the war and the
realization of a German peace.
"Vast prairies and immense, well
cultivated fields promise us a rich
harvest. But extreme measuressmust
be taken"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-01
Harvest Chief Aim

Regrouping of the troops was uro-
vlded for by the general so minor
lty was to remain on the fighting
line while every possible pair of
hands could work in the fields.
The same general who created the
mass system" of attack, which has
been responsible for the slaughter
of SO many thousands of German
soldiers in the battles since March.
concluded his secret order thus:
'lt is necessary to verify the con-
dition of the vast number of har-
vesting machines which we must
capture, classify them, put theni in
condition and demand more of the
French people if sufficient numbers
are lacking. Preparations must be
made for the harvests."
Other sentences were intended to
warn the troops that the army was
being sufficiently fed only at the
expense of the interior of Germany.
and that therefore strict economy
in the army more than ever i'm
poses itself on all"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-01
Sole Aim Now
Is Annihilation.
SaysGen. March
Chief of Staff Asserts Battle
Has Entered Into
New Phase

WASHINGTON, July 31.-The sole
object of the commands of both the
Allied and German armies in their
present struggle on the Aisne-Marn.
front Is to annihilate their opponents,
General Peyton C. March. chief Of staff
said to-day in his weekly conference
with newspaper spondents. What
ever had been the original aims on
either side had been lost in the battle,
he said, and each army was now striv-
ing to crush the other
General March frankly admitted that
the German success in holding apart
the jaws of the salient for nearly two
weeks had allowed the body Of his
army to withdraw from their menaced
positions and had frustrated all plans
for capturing any considerable part of
the German forces within.
Rainbow Division Engaged
Arrival of the 42d (Rainbow) Divi-
sion and its participation in the fight
ing east of Fere- en- -Tardenois was an
nounced. The Sd Regular Division also
was identified as in action at Sergy and
Cierges, where the crack German
Guard divisions have been defeated IN
recent fighting by American troops.
The Americans hold the apex of the
Allied drive, the vital point on which
the outcome of the struggle may hinge,
and the fury of the German counter
attacks is accounted for by this fact.
General March also announced plans
for the consolidation of all National
Guard, National Army and regular
army units in single army.
No Distinctions Hereafter
The Chief of Staff said that in carry
ing out the new policy of zone army"
the War Department intends to put the
letters "U. S" heretofore reserved for
the regulars, on the collar of every
man serving in the military forces Of
the United States.
The sub designations of an. G." for
National Guard and an. A." for Ma
New-York tribune., 1918-08-01
Kaiser Tells His Fighting Forces
They Now Face Hardest Struggle

AMSTERDAM, July 31-Emperor William has issued c
0focomat1o dated August addressed to- the German arm
ma noUU saying that they facing the hardest struggle
me 7oar says a Berlin dispatch receired here
Ihe proclamation reads:
Serious years of lie behind The people,
vncd ofts just resting and trusting in
1ods gracious world
OF Your fighting the war in the
h into the country
the horrors and devastation of
In the second and third destru
tive blows broke the East Meanwhile
your comrades in the West victorious front to
enormously superior forces
AS the fruit these victories the year
brought US IN the East In the enemy heavily
mt by of
count among the highest deeds German history
"You in the midst struggle The deperate
efforts of the WILL oed v YOUR bravery OF
that am certain, and with the fatherand"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-01
Captured Papers Show Ger
man "Victory" Depended
on Selling Crops
Loot Plans Upset
BY Foch's Attack
Soldiers Fed at Expense of
Interior, Won Hutier's
Documents Disclose
By Wilbur Forrest
(SDCci0I CubIe Tn Tbo Tn;b,N


Copyright. 1918. by the Tribune Association,
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES
July 31.-A secret order issued to
the 18th German Army and signed
by General Won Hutier is in posses
sion of the French military authori-
ties. 1t not only throws in bold re-
lief Germany's serious internal eco
nomic problems, but explains in a
measure the complete surprise of
the Allied counter offensive between
the Alsne and the Marne July 18.
Won Hutier's order was issued on
June 20. 1t made a brutally frank
confession to the troop that victory
depended not only on the battle, but
upon a hasty and most thorough
harvest of the rich French crops IN
territory newly occupied by the Ger
man forces
New-York tribune., 1918-08-01
Neither Side Able to Make
Appreciable Gains i'm
Last "a Hours
BY Arthur S. Draper
Especial Cable to The Tribune)

Copyright. 1918. by Ths Tribune Association.
LONDON, July 31.-During the
last tWenty-four hours there has
been comparatively little change in
the war theatre. The fighting has
been fierce, but neither side has made
any appreciable gains. Franco
American troops in the neighborhood
of Fere-en- Tardenois have withstood
heavy assaults and driven the enemy
back at several points, notably at
Seringes, where Pershings men are
making a gallant stand under diff
cult conditions.
The enemy's raiding troops have
been exceedingly active in widely
separated sectors, and reconnois-
sance work by the air forces is on a
large scale.
apparently some experts fear
reaction following the early optimism
with which Foch's counter blow was
received, and they are painting the
situation in rather sombre colors.
foch's success has never been con-
sidered by the best judges as mark
ing either the beginning or end, but
rather the drive has been viewed as
opening a new phase of the Western
struggle, and it fulfilled all and more
than was expected of If.
Fires Behind American Lines
The German retirement northward
has ceased, at any rate for the mo-
ment. The enemy appears particularly
anxious to retain the ground at. the
southern point Of his pocket. which
still commands the Paris -Chalons rail
way along the Marine North of the
Ourcq he also shows no disposition to
retire at present. despite the reports
of burning villages behind the lines.
According to military opinion, the Ger
mans are unlikely to want to settle
in their present line permanently, al
though it is recognized that the pocket
in its present shape may hardly any
longer be called salient in the sense
of its being dangerous
Spectacle Is Needed
Foch and Ludendorf confront each
other Ike two chess players while the
world awaits breathlessly the next
n owe. Ludendorf may retire to the
Nesle, or even to the Aisne. He NAV
adopt his present positions permanent
ly or temporarily, while launching an
offensive elsewhere. What is certain is
that it is the Germans desire, before
the end Of the campaigning season. to
obtain some spectacular, if minor. sue
cess to reestqblish the national morale.
Germany's only war aims now are
peace by negotiation. Staging the next
peace move is probably occupying as
much attention among German authori-
ties as the military situation. Ger
many undoubtedly considers that her
best cards in the peace negotiations
would be to show the Allies a strong.
we'll disciplined nation, apparently
willing TO hold out Indefinitely.
If only to heighten the morale at
home Ludendorff may again cndeavor
to snatch the initiative before the
summer season is over 1t is very
doubtful whether at the best COM
rutation Ludendorff possesses suffi-
cient troops for large scale often
sivc on the British front. or suffi-
cient divisions to exploit fully pos
sible breakdown east of the present
He might at small cost /
to the German army send divisions to /,
Italy and induce the Austrians to start |
another Italian campaign or alterna-
lively again thrust for Paris between |
AZ
New-York tribune., 1918-08-01
Degoutte, Pleased
With u. s. Troops,
Sees Further Gains
lBY The Associated Pressl !

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
ON THE AISNE- E-MARNE FRONT.
July 81 g p. m.)-General Degoutte,
commanding the army on this front,
expressed to the correspondent to-
day his satisfaction at the progress
already made and the hope that the
advance would continue until the
Germans were forced beyond their
new positions.
1t had been keen satisfaction to
him, he said, to have American CO.
operation in the battle. and he was
frank in his praise of the manner in
which the Americans were carrying
out their part. Some of the officers
now in the line he had met at the
time of the Boxer rising in China,
when he was a captain.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-01
80 du Pont Powder
Magazines Blow Up
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune)

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, August =
Thirty magazines filled with high ex-
plosives blew up in tremendous
explosion at the Carney's Point works
of the Du Pont Company early to-day
The country was severely shaken
over radius of dozens of Hes SO far
no reports concerning the loss of life, if
any, or the exact extent of the ma
terial damage have been received here
New-York tribune., 1918-08-01
Aiege Is Fined for
Celebrating Victory

oNDoa, July s..-rhc Maas.ricrn
.nh..''apf .hIpapef LES Nouvclles" says the
on,bDs,ain't.s on,bD,Sai'ts Of Liege, Belgium. held an
he s,"aa @.esuc PUBLIC demonstration over
ihe Miseess Ut the Entente Offensive in
slarse,li.nI,e salient, during which "rhe
ihe Gsryoa' ~ this, the newspaper adds
ey~fey, '"h governor has ordered the
ia, sa',K 1onK at Z o'clock In the evening
bren 4eSslai e,ls weeks ard the city also has