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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20
HOPE IN RUSSIA?
America Persists in Trying To
~ Find Some, Anyhow.
Wilson's Pledge of Aid ArOuses
Favorable Sentiment.

Z Washington, March s0.-The Unit
ed States government hold firm to the
belief that there is yet hope of arous-
ing Russia against the Teutons.
1T is a small Margin" high officials
say. but worth hanging onto" And
it may be assured that President Will
son will continue his efforts to drive
home to the Russian, Americas
friendship TO the last
Confidence in official circles here
has been aroused slightly by The new
tone adopted toward America by the
Russian press since the presidents
message to the soviet congress.
1t appeared likely today that Presi-
dent Wilson would delay his expected
statement on the war situation until
confused events. now in the process of
development, had a chance to assume
definite form.
For the moment Japan's proposed
expedition into Siberia is held up by
conflict of opinion as to its necessity,
in her own country. and cabinet
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BAKER SENDS

Continued from Page One.)
that were in action, while machine
gun bullets whistled overhead.
Give Him Boehe Helmet.
Returning to the rear. the secre-
tary visited men who We're billeted i'll
a barn. He clambered up ladder to
the hay loft and asked about the
mems health.
one of them replied that he had the
grip.
You've certainly had grip on
Germany" Baker replied.
The colonel presented to Baker the
helmet of a German lieutenant cap
tured in a raid. The secretary ac-
cepted it, but later aid he was going
to give it to the coioners mother.
Baker stood with his head uncov-
cred by a roadside cemetery where
half a dozen soldiers are buried while
the military funeral of another was
in progress. He remained uncovered
in silent tribute to the dead thruout
the service
While visiting hospital where
there are several gas victims under
going treatment, Baker talked with a
wounded officer who had been deco
rated with the French croix de guerre.
I've got war cross but / can wear
it," he told Baker.
Full of Pepper"
AS secretary of war, 1 give you au-
thority to wear it, was the reply.
While en- route to the trenches,
Baker had inspected a detachment of
infantry that was drawn up in a viii
lage street. The first rays of the sun
were just streaking the sky when the
American troops smartly presented
arms.
Baker addressed them briefly and
later visited a French divisional com
mander, who compIimented the Amer
lean soldiers.
The frequent remark of Baker as
he met groups of soldiers during his
inspection trip was:
You're a good looking bunch-full
of pepper"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20
HOLLAND REPLY

Continued from Page One.)
cabinet-the senate Judiciary commit
tee moved toward final action on the
Overman empowering bill.
This measure, giving the president
broad authority to coordinate scat
tered or ineffective war branches, may
be ordered reported today unless new
opposition develops.
War Department Improved.
Senator Smith, Georgia, one of the
to limit reorganization power to the
war and navy departments, the ship
ping board and the bureau of mines
dealing with explosives
Improved war work, resulting from
war department reorganization, has
dissipated much of the original oppo-
sition to the Overman measure. On
the other hand, opposition to it was
engendered in some quarters today by
the creation of another of a chain of
advisory boards'-the new price fix
ing organization.
to the new unofficial cabinet called
together today.
The general view was that the chief
value of the new plans will be in the
interchange of ideas.
Those backing the Chamberlain
war cabinet and director of NUM-
tions bills declared the trend of events
emphasizes the need for a central
directing authority, with power to de-
eide big questions and to back up
these so that hurtful competition be-
tween Departments shall be elimi-
mated.
Still Debate $3.50 Wheat.
While the house today continued
work on the war finance corporation
bill, the senate entered its fourth day
of debate on the Gore proposal to
fix $3.50 as the minimum whea,
price. Debate has disclosed great
hostility to fixing prices on anything.
Further testimony was to be taken
this afternoon in the inquiry into the
activities of the German-American
alliance and the Hog Island shipyard
was under senate commerce commit
tee scrutiny.
Proposals for ten-day liberty
loan" recess were revived today.
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LAST DAY OF WINTER
Continued from Page One,

Continued from Page One,
at 1880 o'clock this morning. this
reading being II degrees above the
normal night temperature for the
date. BY 8 o'clock the temperature
had gone up to Sc degrees and the
promise for the afternoon was tenn
perature of about IS degrees Tenn
peratures tomorrow are expected to
be about the same as today. The
highest temperature ever recorded on
this date was S3 degrees in 1916 and
the lowest was degrees in 1906. The
wind was blowing five miles an hour
from the south at $50 o'clock this
morning.
Temperatures at Oklahoma City to-
day indicated fine day at Camp Dom
iphan with little or no wind to stir
UP the dust. The low temperature of
the night at Oklahoma City was As
degrees
The official forecast says partly
cloudy and probably unsettled weather
tonight and Thursday: somewhat
cooler Thursday.
Shippers are notified that thirty
six hour shipments in any direction
will be in no danger of freezing tenn
peratures.
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GERMANS NEAR.


tackled BY the Germans and Finnish
government forces. This would cut
Moscow off from the Baltic sea. On
the south the Germans have been re-
norted within $50 miles of Moscow
and they virtually control the Black
sea.
No Move in West, However.
Altho they can advance in the east
against disorganized Russia. the Ger
mans have not yet displayed any in
tention. to carry out their heralded
offensive in the west Except for most
some sectors there has been no great
activity on the lengthy western front.
trench raids having decreased in
number
On the British and French fronts
the German artillery has been most
active on the sectors which were bonn
ibarded heavily last week-Ypres. Ar
lmentieres, Cambria. the Champagne.
Verdun and the Vosges.
Z 81 Hun Planes i'm Two Days. ar
The marked aerial fighting on the
British front continues and British
airmen have accounted for 2s more
German machines, making total of
lfifty-four in two days, 81 of which
were destroyed -.-f-- ~
American Repaying Enemy.
On the Toul sector the Americans
have been repayfng the Germans for
their lavish use of gas shells by
throwing large numbers of the same
shells into the enemy lines. The bonn
bardment is reported to have had the
effect desired by the American gun
ners. Towns and positions behind the
German lines also have been subjected
to American fire. while the enemy has
replied with gas shells. East of hune-
vile the big guns also have been busy
and in both the Luneville and Tout
sectors. American gunners have de-
molished more German gas projectors.
Baker Near Bursting Shell.
Secretary of War Baker visited the
American trenches Tuesday and when
he was returning large German
shell burst dangerously near the auto
mobile in which he and his Immediate
party were riding. The enemy shell
caused no damage
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AIR FIGHTING GROWS DAILY.
167 Enemy Planes Downed This
Month-FTght Like Giant Moths.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS.

BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS.
With the British Armies in France.
March 20.-The air war on the west
front is record-breaking.
One hundred and sixty-seve enemy
airpianes have been downed so far
this month in daylight flying, includ-
ing twenty-five on St. Patrick's day.
of these 102 were reduced to kim
ding wood while sixty-five were
forced earthward beyond control.
Night flying is unprecedented.
There is much mutual bombing at
night and the busy scenes at the
airdromes are most amazing Huge
airplanes silently roll from the sheds
into the moonlight. Big bombs are
loaded onto them. Hooded creatures
climb up. Then they whirr away like
giant moths toward their detectives
behind the German lines.
After an hour or so they return
guided by the flare of landing lights
The aviators assemble in their read
ing rooms. gossiping and comparing
notes. then absorb a might cap" and
climb into their hunks.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago, March 2o.lCORN-Corn prices
weakened today owing in considerable de-
gree to a drastic embargo against the re-
loading of western cars. with grain for
shipment east The only way left for
shipments east is in equipment furnished
by eastern lines. Recently eastern lines
have handled a large number of western
cars loaded with kiln dried corn for export.
Opening prices. which ranged from n shade
to &c lower, with March s12IA and May
81 .255s. were followed by moderate further
declines.
Resumption of buying on the part of in
dustries here helped later to rally the
market somewhat. Prices closed unsettled,
s1275s March and s1-25A May with the
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Approves Awarding OF
& New War Medals.
III Three Previously Decorated
by French Premier.
one KILLED THREE BOOBIES
Ehey Attempted To Capture
= Him in DugOut, but
jr Warfare on West Front
! Now Exceeds All Records.

with the American Army in France,
Tuesday, March 1s.-GeneraI PERISH
ms, the American commander in
chief, has approved the awarding of
the first new American military
eeosses for extraordinary heroism-
fhe recipients are Lieut.. John o.
Green, Sergt. william Norton and
Scrgt. Patrick Walsh.
lieutenant Green and Sergeants
norton and Walsh all have received
che French war cross. Norton and
Walsh being decorated personally by
Rremier Clemenceau on March 3.
Ez-e1tenantsCIreen, an artillery officer.
Was wounded by shell fire early in
March. Sergeant Norton. veteran
Id service. formerly resided i'll Ar
Kansas He was decorated by Pre-
pier Clemenceau for his act IN Nliilhs
Il herman lieutenant and two German
soldiers. He was challenged by the
lieutenant to leave his dugout and led
cut his men fighting. Sergeant Walsh,
fornerly OF Chicago, also is q reSu-
IfF army veteran His French deco
Sstior was received for heroism on
~ TOul sector. He took command
or a detachment in front of the
american wire entanglements when
tits captain was killed and continued
TIE fight Sergeant Walsh was Sc
fested bv General Pershing to act as
arderlv to Secretary of War Baker
dsrring his present visit to the Amerl-
can army in France
For Extraordinary Heroism-
The crosses were awarded for Eek
traordinary heroism in connection
With military operations against an
Armed enemy"
BzIieutenant Green probably Will
u n
receive the honor, for his name is
fE1st on the list of three approved by
81 commander in chief. The exploits
W. these men are described by the
general commanding their division as
faIlows:
A~%.I recommend that the distin-
suished service cross be awarded to
the officer and men named hereafter,
who distinguished themselves by acts
of extraordinary heroism.
Lieutenant Green, while in dug
out having been wounded byN an
enemy hand grenade. was summoned
to surrender. He refused to do so.
Returning the fire of the enemy, he
wounded one and pursued the hostile
party.
Saved Log, Book From Boches.
Sergeant Norton finding himself
in a dugout surrounded by the enemy
into which a grenade had just been
thrown, refused to surrender and
made a bold dash outside, killing one
of his assailants. By so doing he
saved the company's logbook.
Sergeant Walsh followed his COM
pany commander to the first lines in
spite of a severe barrage. The cap
tain being killed, he assumed COM
mand of the group and attacked a
superior force of the enemy, inflict-
ing severe loss upon them. Tho of
advanced age he refused to leave the
front =" :
To these recommendations General
Pershing appended the following:
THE commander in chief approves
the recommendation for awards of
distinguished service crosses. They
are not on hand at present, but will
be forwarded when received and will
be presented by you in the name of
the commander in chief with suitable
CEREMONY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20
PUT ON MARTIAL LAW
Ukraine Provinces Under Military
Rule-Russ. Church Asks Control.

London, March 20.-The Ukrain-
ian national council has declared
martial law in the provinces of Pol
tava, Tchernigov and Kharkov, ac-
cording to a Reuter- dispatch from
Petrograd. Freight traffic has been
resumed on portions of the railway
lines near the Baltic held by the Ger
mans.
The Russian orthodox church has
presented a demand that the Russo
German peace treaty prescribe its au-
thority over the orthodox population
in the territories lost thru the peace
treaty.
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final range as a whole varying, from 3sd
nc or to 1sc advance compared with 24
OATS-oats like corn were dominated by
the bearish influence of the eastern en-
Dargo- Fine weather for seeding tended
also to depress the market. After opening
Unchanged to &c lower. with May SIC to
S612c. prices underwent an additional sag
before beginning to react.
PROVISIoNS-Iiigher quotations on
hogs gave strength to provisions. Lard led
the advance.
Buying for packers counted subsequently
as a sustaining influence but the market
reacted somewhat when gains in hog prices
disappeared.
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in what is alleged to be a systematic
conspiracy to smugg1e cut of the
islands a large number of selective
draft registrants without the required
permits. 1t is alleged that from fifty
to one hundred men, chiefly Filipinos.
have already been Secretaly shipped
out of the territory.
AS yet, only steamship officials and
employees have been charged with
being implicated in the conspiracy, but
it is the belief expressed by federal
authorities that higher ups, were in
yOlyed
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kansas City Live stock Market.

Kansas City, March 20.-HOCiS-Receipts
1900. Market 10c to Ice higher. Bulk of
sales. S16.G0d 1f.2o heavy, S1660N11.10
packers and butchers. $16.15d 1925; light
$16.15d1I.I0: pigs S12.O0G15.5
CATTLE-Receipts 10000. Market steady
to strong. Prime fed steers. $130Od L.. 60
dressed beef steers. s10.5OMl325: western
steers, 50. T5Q 1315: southern steers, $1,000
HOO: cows. $500 Il. 90: heifers. $1,000
11.Io: stockers and feeders. Ss00n T. GO
bulls. sI.5o@10.00: calves, xI.J0d1 1900.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Market strong
1850; wethers. SI3OOd14.OO; ewes $12 O0ta
1900; stockers and feeders, Ss.OOG1TOO.
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"AT FRONTIER OF FREEDOM"
Baker Comments on Front Line Visit
Calls on Young Roosevelt.


BY FRED S. FERGUSON.
With the American Army in France,
March 18.-Secretary Baker was in
the front line trenches under shell fire
early today scanning No Mans Land
from a listening post
Now. I'm at the frontier of free
DOM" he exclaimed.
Returning from the trenches a los
caliber German shell burst within
fortyeSards of the secretary's automo-
bile.
Baker saw many men from Ohio
whom he knew. both officers and
rankers.
The secretary caRed on Capt. Archie
Roosevelt at the hospital, stood at the
young officers cot and chatted with
him for some time, praising his gal
lantry.
He also talked with other wounded
officers.
Thru Demolished Towns.
The Visit to the hospital followed
an inspection of the Toul front. Bak-
er and his party motored thru shat
tered villages to division headquarters.
A battalion drawn up by the roadside
was formally reviewed.
One of the villages traversed en-
route to the trenches housed Ameri-
can regimental officers. 1t was the
most utterly demolished of any visited.
The officers lived in stone skeletons
that were once houses. Shells fell on
the village with great frequency. Ev-
cry one of its inhabitants is constant
ly tin-hatted and gas-masked
The road to the village winds thru
the open country, exposed to enemy
fire.
While Baker was in the trenches
allied airplanes wheeled overhead. de.
spite heavy fire from boche anti-air-
craft guns.
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ROB BANK OF $4,000
Took Their Time to 1t But Overlooked
100000 in Bills.

San Francisco, March 20.-Three
daring robbers who late yesterday
held up the Yokohama Specie bank
and escaped with $4,000 in cash and
checks, are sought by the police to-
day.
Driving up before the bank in a
stolen automobile, the robbers entered
the bank calmly pulled down the
shades, locked up five men in the Of
flee and gathered UP all the money in
sight. They overlooked 100000 in
currency inside the vault.
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ONLY UNDESIRABLE"
So Society Spy Quartet" Will Merely
Be Deported From United States.

Washington, March 20.-Investiga-
ton has convinced the department of
justice that the two women and the
two men claiming French citizenship.
recently arrested in New York on sus-
picion of connection with the German
spy ring. can only be classed as unde-
sirable citizens. rather than as spies.
On this conclusion they will be de-
ported
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tFurnished by Tue Topeka boaru OF Trade
New York. March 20.-Journal of Com
merce: Cotton-Another rise of II to 70
points was followed by right about face
In other words the early advance was lost
and 10 to 20 points besides. A Washing
ton report caused that. The council of
national defense announced that price
fixing committee mas been appointed for all
raw materials used by the government in
war preparations but before this news had
been received prices had already begun to
show the effects of profit taking but when
the dispatch in regard to price fixing was
received they melted fast. Many consider
the decline nothing more than a moderate
and perfectly natural reaction. A mere
shadow by comparison with the recent rise
of some 800 points And q good many
think that while there is a possibility that
prices may be fixed cotton goods raw
cotton will not be touched. They maintain
that the basic situation in cotton is I'M
changed.
New York, March 20-Financial News Bull
letin: Stock.-A trading market within a
range of several points is expected as the
trading position is suggested as the best
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FAITH IN U. S. GROWING.
But Russian Official Says Attitude
iowa r(ls Allies Is Unchanged.
(By the Associated Press.)

: (By The Assoclated Press.J
Moscow, March 20.-Russia' rela-
lions with the entente are unchanged.
M. Tchitcherin,, the Bolshevik foreign
minister, declared in an interview
with the Associated Press correspond
ent today. More friendly relations
were being established with the
United States, he added. and he COM
mented upon President Wilson's mes
sage to Russia as showing that Amer
lea would not take aggressive action
a qainSf her
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FIGHT BARBER STRIKE
10000 Threaten to Quit Work in Chi
cagO-Operators Belligerent.

10. 600 BARRIERS, affecting 5000 shops
in Chicago. has been called for May .
If the mems demands for increased
wages are not met union officials said
today. The Master BARRIERS associa-
tion announced that fund of $4,000
has been raised to combat the strike
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shaggy young roosters. lrc; b-oilers. 2 lbA
aud under. 23c.
Eggs are retailing in Topeka Sc
BUTTER15@50c.
Positively canpo: Use sheep or iambs IN.
less tat
Retail Hay.
FURNISHED by W. A Gilch-ist- 626 Quincy
Street-)
Topeka. Kan, March 20.
PRAIRIE HAY-S10.oo.
ALEALFA-S25o 90
Topeka Hay Market
Topeka, Kan, March 20.
PRAIRIE HAY-S20.o0
ALFALFA-S25.00
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SMUGGlE OUTRECRUITS
Selective Draft Registrars Disappear.
ing From Hawaiian Isles.

Honolulu. T. H. March 20-Fed-
eral officials are working today to pice
together the evidence and collect more
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policy. Professional operators are closely
following it in many cases. They are SELL
and buying during weakness after reac-
tions of moderate extent Tine disposition
to await developments of a moving charac-
ter is strong and preparedness against
sudden reversals is being recommended by
veterans.
Chicago March 20.--The Herald says:
Grain-May oats have declined almost 10
cents and reacted . cents within ten days.
break and the liquidation ran its course
The advance has oeen due to the cash
houses house. selling freely freely to the sea
port company, which is the only buyer for
export, is understood to have bought a
great many oats at flat bids. while cash
ing to buy back oats they sold on the
break and are the main cause for the ad-
vance of cents in premiums the last two
days. When prices were declining it was
said by some that restrictions in tr ding
checked buying. while the reverse was the
argument on the advance yesterday. 1t is
said the big rush of corn will be over with
In week. and in some sections deliveries
are said to have fallen off materially the
last week. The leading industry withdrew
from the poor cash corn market yesterday
but took No. and No. 6 grades. They
have been heavy buyers of late, supporting
good stocks. number of shippers expect
that the embargo on shipments of grain to
the east within Il sh ort time. will be lifted.
Kansas City live stock saies
tThe following sales were maue this morn
ing at the Stock isrds, Kansas City. and
rect to the State Journal by Clay Robin
son Co.. live stock commission mer-
chants.)
Kansas City. March o0-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 10000 head. Market steady.
higher. Bulk of Gales, s16.75@17.e5: top.
SHEEP Receipts 1900 head. Market
!
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New York stock Market.

New 10fk STUCK Market.
Wall St. New York, March 20.-STOCES
filled, the market falling into extreme dull
ness before the end of the first hour. The
movement became irregular on the heavi-
group. and shippings also reacted. With
the approach of midday the entire list sag
ged moderately. some short selling result
land American situation. Liberty SIS
sold at $3.50 to 91.54, first As at 96lS to
96.2I and second As at 1886 to 96.16
-Industrfals shippings and a variety of
equipments recorded appreciabie gains in
the first half hour of today's broader stock
dealings. Rails also improved. Special
ties were featured by Industrial Alcohol
which rose 2la points. Coppers, Oils and
Continental and American Can S-ere higher
by fractions to point but United States
Steel moved in very limited area Liberty
bonds we're irregular.
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CHE range of prices on grain futures on
Kansas City Board OF Trade as reported
by Thos- j. Myers, sol N. Z. BldgD
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Chicago Grain and Provision Market.
THE range of prices on grain futures OF
chicago Board Of Trade as reported by
Thos. j. Myers. 3Ul N L. Bldg.i
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Chicago Live stock Market.

Chicago, March 20.-HOGS-Receipts 80
ght s19S fse OF m fsss
1890; heavy. s16.Ou 1855; rough S16.3Oa
1850: pigs, S1jJ06 11.2J.
CATTLE-Receipts 1900. Market firu
Native steers, S9.50@14.50 stockers an
feeders, SS250 20: cows and heifers, 81 i
@1215: calves. $1O.50td 1855.
SHEEP-Receipts 1900. Market firm
Sheep, $11.O0@14T5: lambs, S14.J0Gis.i5
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prices.
less fat.
Topeka Grain Market
Furnished by j. B. Billiard. corner h ansas
Ave. and Curtis ST.
Topeka. Kan. March 70.
YELLOW CoRN-S1.35
WHITE CORN-$1 81.
UATS-SUc.
Poultry and EgEs-
FURNISHED by the Topeka Packing com
psny. corner Laurent and Madison
Topeka Kan. March -.
Springs. over .bs-. lyc: roosters, t.pe