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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01
1854 HAVE ENLISTED
Kansas Doing Her Part in Furnishing
Men ito Build Ships.

With reports from thirty-nine coun-
ties still missing, Kansas has provided
1854 men for the federal Shipbuilding
service. Reports compiled today by
A A. Knapp, director of the Kansas
organization of the public service re-
serve, indicated that the state would
exceed its quota when returns are
completed.
Sixteen counties have exceeded
their quota, reports show. Shawnee
and Sedgwick counties lead the state,
with Wyandotte county considerably
behind its a2portionment of men.
Sedgwick county with a quota of 95
men has furnished 361 men. Topeka
and Shawnee county nave furnished
172 men with more being enrolled.
The county's quota is rs. Wyandotte
county's Quota is 135. To date a total
of s5 men have been supplied for the
federal service.
A total of 1000 are asked from this
state in the campaign to provide labor
in shipyards and in government war
work. With reports from Sc of the
los counties, the returns show a total
of 1,554 men enrolled. The Is coun-
ties which have exceeded their quota
are: Allen, Atchison, Barton, Butler,
Coffey, Geary, Lane, Lyon, Mitchell,
Neosho, Pawnee, Reno, Riley, Saline.
Sedgwick and Shawnee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01
CHILD'S TONGUE
BECOMES COATED
! If CONSTIPATED
If cross, bilious, sick, feverish,
or full of cold take
no chances.
california Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
& liver, bowels.

Children love this fruit laxative, -
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result is,
they become tightly clogged with
waste. liver sers sluggish, stomach
solirs, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad,
system full of cold. has sore throat,
stotnach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen,
motheri See if tongue is coated, then
give a teaspoonful of California
Syrilp of Figs" and in few hours all
of fine constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the sys-
TEN, and you have well, playful child
again.
Millions of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly
har1nless; children love it. and it never
fails to act on the stomach, liver and
boEels.
Ask your druggist for a bot
tie of California Syrup of Figs
which has full directions for babies,
Children of all ages and for grown
uns plainly printed on the bottle. Be
ware Of counterfeits sold here. Get
the genuine. made by California Fig
Syrnp Company" Refuse any other
kind with Observation-Disclosures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01
DEFENDS GARFIELD
Real Motive of Coal Order Was
To Move Our Ships.
Alarming Situation Confronted
War Forces, Says Rainey.

Washington, March 1.-The 1uei
administration recent closing order
was defended in the house today by
Representative Rainey of Illinois VINO
declared that when the entire story Is
told there will be members OF tne
house who would be glad to expunge
from the record, if they couio'
speeches they made Immediately after
the coal orders promulga ton
speeches made in this house that
day-none of them on the DemocrdIS
side, '-Representative Rainey SAID
will not be dropped from airplanes in
side the German lines and if an effuslon
from at ex-attorney general OF tne
United States given circulation sels
into Germany at all 1t Will De sen,
there by German agencies and VIII
splendidly encourage German armies
in the present crisis.
The Illinois representative asserted
that too much already had been ms
closed regarding military movements
Some Facts, Military Secrets.
1.-The entire story he added, can
MOI now re told After the war is over
it will be possible to give all the rea-
sons for the coal order of January IL,
last" Not only was coal shipment
falling off by the middle of January,
he asserted, but shipment of steel
plate aad steel bars needed for the
great new fleet the United States is
More alarming still, he added. was
the falling off in shipment of projec-
tile steel needed for munitions man
ufactures This had fallen off by the
mid die of January As per cent. He
said the relief brought about by the
heatless Monday order was immedl-
ately apparent and as a result 4S0
ships lave been loaded and coaled
since January IT. Forty of them, he
said, We're loaded with food, seventy
one with coal. oil and gasoline and
500 with munitions, and nearly all of
them have safely reached their desti-
nation and the supplies are being dis
tributed to the armies in France.
Fifty Million Tons, Coal Shortage.
Steel movements now he said, have
become normal Despite unprece-
dented increase in coal production
there is still a shortage of fifty mil
lion tons, the representative said,
which must be met by Immediately
building coal cars and more engines
and by conserving coal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01
RUB YOUR BACK!
STOPS LUMBAGO
Don't drug kidneys! Rub the
pain right out with old
'St. Jacobs Liniment."

Back hurt you? Can't straighten
up without feeling sudden pains. sharp
aches and twinges? Now listen!
That's lumbago, sciatica, or maybe
from a strain, and you'll get blessed
relief the moment you rub your back
with soothing, penetrating .St. Jacobs
Liniment!" Nothing else takes out
soreness, 1ameneSS and stiffness so
quickly. You simply rub it on and out
cones the pain. 1t is perfectly harm
less and doesn't burn or discolor the
skin.
Timber up! Don't suffer, Get a
small trial bottle from any drug store,
and after using it Just once. you'll
forget that you ever had backache.
Iumbago or sciatica, because your
back will never hurt or cause any
more misery. 1t never disappoints
and has been recommended for 60
years. Stop drugging kidneys. They
don't cause backache. because they
have no nerves, therefore can not
cause pain.-Advertiseme
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01
BOTH GETTING WELL
Two Men Gasscd in Sewer Anxious
About Each Others Recovery.

The fine sense of comradeship be-
tween two of the city workers. y T.
Potts and Charles WinDurn, displayed
in the effort of the one to rescue the
other from death by gas few days
ago, continues thru their hospital in
ternment. The greatest manifestation
of pleasure that Winburn has made
since the accident, was given this
morning when he was told that Potts
would be taken to his home today and
wou1i recover rapidly
Winburn has been troubled great
deal for fear Potts's injuries were
more serious than his, and Potts, on
the other hand, has been equally anx-
ious ab put the condition of Winburn.
Potts has been in St. Francis hospital
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01
ACCEPTED IN COUNTY

The following registered men from
Shawnee county have passed the medical
examination and been accepted:
Francis Bradford Drake, August Custom
Anderson. Arthur Brown. Marion Wayne
Donnelly, Henry T. Engelke, Everett +.
Gill. Martin Frederick Hauer, Jens Otto
Hanson, Charles Ray Wright, Francis
Clayton Lutkey, Philip Ray McCord,
Joseph Navarro, Henry Lyle Northup,
Floyd r. Rogers, Harold Lee Rude, Chester
Warren Ruby. Daniel Clarence Rosen, John
Michael Stout. Dean Taylor, Leslie Alvin
Wood, Clyde Edward Walton, Arthur Pearl
Woods, Virgil Elmer Ball, Arthur Edwin b.
Carlson, Paul Jean Frampton, Archie Lud-
wig Horton, Thomas Newton Hayes, Chas.
Lane, Ernest Earl Lee Ray Cleates Palmer,
Vincent S. Pearson. Roy James Thompson,
Orville De Witt Woodford, Boydd Adam
WOodford, Stephen Smerchek, Melvin r.
McGinnis. Edward Crosswbite, Albert E.
Shook, William G. Davenport Elmer T.
Newly, Ernest f. Butts, Lemuel Newman,
Josh Patton. William Clare Cazier, Louis
Trahoon, Carl Harshbarger and Herman f.
MARBLE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01
PROTEST GERMAN
PLAN TO SEPARATE
BELGIAN PROVINCES

London, March Following the
example of the local authorities in
Flemish towns the principal Flemish
associations turnout Flanders have adj
dressed an energetic protest to the
German chancellor against the pro-
clamation of the independence of
Flanders by the socalled council of
Flanders"
The protest, the text of which has
lust reached the Belgian embassy
here. denied the right of the council
to speak for the F1emings, as was
proved when small group attempted
to make Client university purely
Flemish and to introduce the admins
trative separation of the two parts
of Belgium On both these occasions
the F7emings protested, denying the
right of Germany to interfere in Bel
gian internal politics. The protest pro-
claims the unshakeable viii of the
whole Belgian people to remain united
and declares that any interference by
strangers would be the expression of
internal weakness
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01

of five-cent fare on his road be-
tween Scott City and Winona- The
measure was known as>the jitney bill
and the Scott City Winona road-now
to be junked-won the title of the
jitney line. Yantis almost succeeded
in putting his bill thru the legislature.
He was one of the most adroit and
resourceful lobbyist before the Kansas
legislature.
lobby Yantis has displayed unur-<ai
talent in railroad operation and man
agement. Since the federal court APP
proved the application to junk the
western road. Yantis has been in
Arkansas. His new work will place
him in the service of the government
during the period of the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01
WASN'T GASSED!
It's Only Fumes From Village
Hotel Dinner in France.
But Flip Young Bugler From
Topeka Calls for Mask.
BY ]. ". PEGLER


Omitted Press staff correspondent
With the American Expeditionary
Army, France, Jan. IL (by maiD -
The m hin hall of the little village no.
tel smells like some lun,berjack,s bar
racks
Outside, the ground is three feet un-
der snow. Inside. ten of the fifty
Sammies crowding the room have
stripped off their soggy field shoes
an6 their first layer of socks. The
socks are hanging on the grill around
the stove, drying in the heat of the
beamins wood fire.
'Phew! Gimme my gas mask" de-
mands the flip young bugler from To-
peka- 'Golly. gimme a gas mask or
something"
Big Time Saturday Night.
They keep on crowding in-Sam-
mics from fifteen miles around They
have come every way, afoot, in side
cars, on bikes, in ration wagons, by
train and by gun-limber with the ar
tillery. 1t is Saturday night when
company commanders release few
Sammies in turn for thirty-six hours
town leave"
This little jerk-water village doesn't
offer much in the line of amusement
There is a movie that starts at $50
and quits at $50. There is a good
L.
are few-cafes where Sammy can
learn to sip coffee with his poilu pal
WHO can't be wooed from his red wine
or after-dinner cognac. And there's
the hotel where Sammy gets a restau-
rant meal in the grande dining room
the roughly furnished, barn-like room
with its oil lamps. F1utterv French
peasant girls go scooting from table
to table with plates of roast veal and
beans and fried potatoes
Feeds 100 Sammies.
Madame, the owner of the hotel
says she feeds as many as 100 Ameri-
can boys on Saturday night. She can't
understand why they come to her
place for supper when the American
army feeds it's boys SO well. The
Americans even have white bread so
rare in France that the peiius call it
"cake."
The first shift is coming ont from
the tables White-haired plump
Madame scurries over to her place at
the door to collect the dinner toll.
Silver clinks into her country CASH
register. a cigar-box with the lid
knocked off.
The second shift edges toward the
and Jean are rushing about, clearing
away the traces of the first service
"How's The chewin'?" asks the
Albany rifleman.
FTetty good, pretty good" says the
engineer boy from Los Angeles Good
place to fill up on tan bread for a
change"
Close your eyes and shut out the
khaki The buzZing voices. the
scraping hob-nails take you back to
the Democratic convention of Pot
tawatomie county last spring when the
delegates came in thru a sleet storm
and dried their socks around the stove
IN the Chamber of Commerce. Or
you're back in the locker-room hear
| ing the coach'S final inst1 uctions for
the county championship tussIe with
| Lincoln high.
The second service is finishing. -Four
| Sammies are rolling the old tin
| threaded piano into the middle of the
| floor. One of them used to be rag
| time 'song-booster.' Oh baby, how he
! can torment those keys!
| There they go in a chorus of fifty
roofraising voices
| Twice as nice as Paradise
And they call it Dixie Land.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01
TOPEKANS ACCEPTED

BY Board No. 1.
OrIean B. Eakins Thomas Steele Audria
Finney, J. Henry Sullivan, w. A. Atchison,
o. c. Bryant, Oliver c. Thatcher Ross F.
Clinton, Will f. Anderson, James Ken
nedy, F. L. Dutton. Henry C. H. Wallace.
H. B. Newell, Robert r. Crichtop, Odell ].
Lay, Frank Brandon, Carl Vesper, George
RadfOrd, Minus Gentry.
BY Board No. 9.
Alva Mitchell, Elbert WoodalI. Walter H.
White, Willard Funston, Frank Il. Raab,
g. Becker, James D. Stamm, Elmer II.
Slaybaugh, John M. Williams, William T.
Martin. John e. Sisson. Claude Il. John
son, Albin NJ. Carlson, Clarence H. Robin
son. Abe NJ. Affron, Ernest M Carter,
Alexander Regling, Ernest F. Carlson,
Lauren P Ame1l. Warren A. Becker Frank
Il. Newman Charles NJ. Jacoby was ac-
cepted for limited service a machinist.
Rejected by Board No. 2.
George w. Clark, Emil 3. Miller, George
U. Henderson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01
STILL ON STAND
Clark dresser Continues To
Tell Details of His Life.
Case Will Not Be Completed for
Several Days.
TO ADJOURN TRIAL TONIGHT
MeKeever Now Says He Will
Not Put Ed on Stand.
Prosecution Tries To Show
clark Was "GOOd Spender."

The trial of Clark Gresser, charged
with embezzling $4,000 from the Cit
izshsI State bank, showed further evil
depce of dra gging out today. The de-
feHdant, who was placed on the stand
in 3lis own behalf early Thursday att
ernoon, was still testifying this after
noen. Attorneys hazard guess that
the case will not go to the jury until
ting middle of next week.
e5ressers testimony today and
Thursday afternoon was practically a
repetition of that given at the first
trial. He told of first being informed
of gthe errors in the banks books
by his brother, Ed S Gresser, the
cashier, and of being told by the
brether that there was enough evil
dence on the books alone to send Kim
Ozark Gresser) over the road" He
repeated his story of raising $4,000 to
pay tine bank and of making ''eyasive
confessions" He said he did these
things tc protect his brother and
their mother at the brothers request.
The brother. he said, was afraid sus-
pieson would be thrown upon him.
Ed the defendant testified promised
to T'make good by repaying the mon
eyEto him and hushing up the whole
affair.
Brother Stays Away.
4 II during the defendants testimony
the issue between the two brothers has
bean forced with considerable bitter
ness. Altho it is asserted by E. D.
MeKeever. attorney for the defense,
that Ed has been subpeonaed for ev-
cry day this week, the elder brother
has not been in the court room since
the trial started.
On the stand today. Clark dresser
spent the most of the time explaining
TECHNICAL questions about the bank
books and certificates of deposits I'M
der cross-eXa mination of John H.
Hunt, assistant attorney general. who
is handling the cross accumulation for
Robert Carver. county attorney, who
wsss in charge of direct eXamina ton
of the states witnesses. S. NJ. Brew
ster. it appears, has personally drop
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01
BATTERY A BOY DEAD
Private Ivan Steinmetz Victim of
Pneumonia at Doniphan.

of Battery A, Kansas National Guard
before the organization was mustered
into federal Service. died this week at
camp Donipnan. Pneumonia was the
cause of his death. Steinmetz had lived
for time at the home of an uncle, N.
j. Chapman, 1921 East Crane street.
His home, however, was in Valley
Falls.
A brother of Private Ste;nmetZ is
Henry o. Steinmetz, with the ammuni-
ton train now in France. Henry o.
SteinmetZ lived in Atchison, altho he
entered tie army service in Topeka.
The body of Private Ivan Steinmetz
was taken to Valley Falls for burial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01
SIGN UP FOR GUARD
Topeka Battalion Is Growing-Officers
to Be Announced Later.

The Topeka battalion of the state
guard met at the auditorium Thursday
night to reorganize the old home
guard, and a dozen new names were
added to the roll in addition TO the
fifty members recruited from the
former home guard companies. The
battalion is to be brought up to full
strength in numbers, and then divided
into companies. Names of the COM
missioned officers will be announced
later by ]. D. Norton, state COM
mander.
Those who signed the rolls Thurs
day night were Frank E. Bernard, H.
Edmund Platt, Fred F. Barnett, Fred
F. Herring, Walter Griffith, Charles
D. johnson, Paul c. WEIGH. Lucian R.
Booth, Abe McAffron, Henry M. Orr
and Elwyn Charlesworth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01
C. E. RASH STRICKEN
Minister Collapsed While Making
Patriotic Address in Church.

c. E. Rash, pastor of the Central
Park Christian church, collapsed on
the platform of the church Thursday
night while making a patriotic speech
to his congregation. 1t was reported
that the Rev. Mr.. Rash was able to sit
up today, but was unable to do much
work.
According to reports from different
members of the congregation who
were present at the meeting, Rash
had just reached a climax in his talk
when he was noticed to stagger, then
he fell. He was revived from the
faint and carried to the parsonage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01
TO WORK ON STREETS
Boy Scouts Will Push Thrift Stamp
Sale Here Tomorrow.

1.-The boy scouts will be on the
streets tomorrow selling war savings
certificates to the paSSerSby," an
nounceo c. S. Elliott this morning.
The tag day for thrift stamps is just
a small part of the drive that is being
ma de in Topeka to sell a record num-
Der of thrift stamps to the people.
According to the announcement, the
scouts will stop the people on the
streets, will invade the stores, and in
every Iossible way do their best to
draft the citizen as a permanent buyer
of Uncle Sans little bullet moulders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01
DEMAND He ABDICATE
Demand He Give Up His Throne, In
Peace Terms to Rumanian king.

London, March 1.-The peace terms
submitted to King Ferdinand OF i.u-
mania by Count Czernin, the Austro-
Hungarian foreign minister. included
the kings abdication in favor Of his
brother. Prince William, or the taking
of d referendum in Rumania regard
ing his successor. according to Il .er-
lin dispatch transmitted by the Ex-
cha nge Telegraph correspondent at
Amsterdam. today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01
GOES UNDER M'ADOO
Frank S. Yantis Is Called Into Federal
Railroad Service.

Frank S. Yantis, widely known
Kansas railroad man and for several
years general manager of the Scott
City & Northern railroad, has been
called into the service of the federal
railroad board in Washington. Yantis
will report for service at once. The
exact nature of his work has not been
announced.
Yantis became prominent in state
affairs when he came to Topeka dur
ing the 1915 legislative session to lob
by for the bill permitting collection
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01
Former Navy secretary Very III.

Boston, March George Won L
Meyer, formerly secretary of the navy.
who has been seriously i'll at his home
here for .hree weeks. is suffering from
a tumor of the liver and his condition
today was regarded as serious, ac-
cording' to a bulletin issued at noon
by DR.. Henry Jackson, Mr.. Meyers
physician
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01

was also overcome. The effects of the
gas poisoning have disappeared. but
Winburi. is still suffering from bruises
and strain in his back caused by the
fall Potts fell on top of Winburn
and was not hurt. except for the
poisoning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01
WHY NOT7
Why Not Take Look at My Spring
and Summer SuiingS?

have about $50 patterns bought in
advance and as long as these goods
last, the price will not be advanced.
OLOF EKBERG,
LOG e. 9Th. Majestic Theater.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-01

and Winburn in Christ's hospital. Both
were removed to their homes today.
In removing a clog from the sewer
in Oakland, Winburn was overcome
with gas and fell back into the man
hole. Potts, in trying to rescue him,
The Redwood gazette., 1918-05-15

The State of Minnesota to all per@
sons interested in the granting of adj
ministration of the estate of said de-
cedent: The petition Of Mary Bald-
win having been filed in this court.
representing that Vern Baldwin, then
a resident of the County of Redwood.
State of Minnesota, died intestate on
the oath day of April, 1918, and
praying that letters of administration
of his estate be granted to Mary
Baldwin; and the court having fixed
the time and place for hearing said
IetitiOn.
THEREFORE,, YOU, AND EACH
OF YOU, are hereby cited and re-
auired to show cause, if any you
have, before this court at the Pros
bate Court Rooms in the Court
House, in the City of REDWOOD
FALLS, in the County Of Redwood.
State of Minnesota on the 10th day
of June, 1918, at 10 o'clock a. ms
why said petition should not be
granted.
WITNESS, the Judge of said
Court, and the Seal of said Court
this 8th day of May, 1918.
A. r. A. LAUDON,
Probate Judge
| (Court SeaD
A. C. Dolliff,
Attorney for Petitioner.
(43-3
The Redwood gazette., 1918-05-15
HATS OFF TO THE FLAG.

Doesn't it make you mad to see
some man stand stolid as the flag
goes by and never lift his hat?
Sometimes you 60 out and speak
to him. We have known persons to
go to the curb and politely remove
the offenders hat. We know a Won
an who stepped out to the curb and
took four hats off as many men all
in a row. And the exasperating thing
about that was that they did not
know what it was all about until
she explained that the colors were
going by and that every man was
supposed to uncover to the flag.
But after all, it is not so much a
lack of patriotism as it is lack of
education which is responsible for
our want of courtesy to the Stars
and Stripes. We have all been Woe
fully slack in instilling into the
Younger generations and into those
who have come to US from a foreign
land proper respect for the en-
sign of the land.-Buffalo Express.
The Redwood gazette., 1918-05-15

There have been mistakes. The ad-
ministration has told us about +he
real ones. Nothing important is be-
ing held out on us. With hardly an
exception, the men who are now on
the job are exemplars of highest eff
ficiency and truest patriotism.
You and /, every American, man,
woman or child, must back up Amer
lea with faith, confidence, optimism,
hope, courage and undying loyalty.
And, for the love of Pete, don't be
a pessimist. The air Of impenetrable
gloom that is donned like sackcloth
and ashes by the "We're Getting
Licked" club every time the "Daily
Bugle" prints a line that we have
lost eighteen feet of trench (that
had possibly outlived it's usefulness)
would be tragic if it wasn't funny
The quickest way to lose a fight is
to start running.
The kaiser is making special lot
of iron crosses for Americans who
help him by careless talk. Don't quail.
ify. It's time to stop, look and listen
If you can't say something that viii
help win instead of lose the war, dom
talk.-By c. G. Ferguson.