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New York Sugar Market.

New York, Jan. 11.-SUGAR-Raw,
steady; centrifugal, Cos; molasses, nom
ina1; refined, steady; fine granulated, 1.45.
The raw and refined sugar markets Will be
closed Saturday hereafter.
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is BELOW HERE
Continued from Page One,

ICohunued from Page One.)
Oklahoma line. with to inches in
Oklahoma. The average over all of
southern Kansas was 4 inches The
average in western Kansas was re-
ported by the Santa Fe at inches.
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Chicago Grain and Provision Market.
Chicago, Jan. 11-CORN-Close: Janu-
airy, S1.27A May, S1-251s.
oATSmJanuary. 79a4 @79%c; March 1885
May. 76A @767sc-
PFo oRhIan s. $40; 20. Nay May, 81 s45z5
SHORT RIBS-Jan. $24.OO; May, S2442.
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Grip Follows The Snow
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets
taken in time WI Prevent Grip. E. w
GROVES signature Oh box. 30c.-Adv.
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DAILY WEATHER TABLE

Furnished by the weather bureau office
Topeka, Kan, for the "a hours ending at
a m Friday -
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Chicago Grain and Provision Market.
{The range Of prices on grain futures on
Chicago Board of Trade reported by
Thos. J. Myers. 201 N. e. Bldg.)
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TOPEKA MARKET REPORT.


Topeka. Kan, jan IL.
PRAIRIE HAY-So0.Oc.
ALFALFA-$250 90.
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Wall St. New York, jan 11.-STOCKS-
Stocks continued to decline during the dull
forenoon, rails joining the movement. The
few gains included accessories, Peoples
Gas, Wells Fargo and United Cigar stores.
Bonds were extremely variable, French gov
eminent SIPS rising a substantial fraction,
while on the curb Russian government 5A
and 61a broke and 8 points respectively
on reports from Petrograd that these issues
may be cancelled. Liberty 37a's sold at
80 to 9S.62, first As at 98.04 to $500 and
second As at 1864 to 96.42
Industrials, including the more popular war
issues. yielded 1 to IL points in the early
dealings on the stock exchange today. Ship
pers, Coppers and Oils also reacted to like
extent. Steels were subjected to marked
pressure and the loss of IL points in
American Can was attributed to the COM
pany's new financing Rails were irregular
ed slight improvement.
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Kansas City Live Stock Sales
(The following sales were made this morn
ing at the Stock Yards, Kansas City, and
rect to the State journal by Clay Robin
son & Co.. live stock commission mer-
chants)
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PEACE COUNCIL

Continued from Page One,
outlined by Czerin and approved by
Kuehlmann.
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Kansas City, Jan. 11-CATTLE-Receipt
5000 head. Market slow and weak.
-HOGSAReceipts 1000 head. Market
steady. Bulk of sales, $15.90@16.15; top,
SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Market steady.
Lambs. S159O
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-08-23
WORLD SHORTAGE
IN BEET SUGAR
Crops Are 40 Per Cent. Less
Than Pre-War Average-Cen-
trail Powers Hit Hardest.
CANE SUGAR is ISOLATED.
Allied Beet Production Falls One-thlrd
In Rigid War Economy
Practiced.

The world today is producing forty
per cent. less beet sugar than the pre-
war average.
Counting the American, Allied and
German Austrian crops, as well as the
neutrals, the U. S. Food AdminiStra-
ton has estimated that the world
shortage created by the light crop of
1917-1o18 is at least three and half
million tons.
That the 1917-191S crop of cane sug-
ar was two million tons in excess of
the previous year does not relieve the
general shortage.
Cuba and Java produce one-half of
the world cane crop, and the Java sug-
ar is too far removed from America to
transport when shipping is badly need
ed to transport and maintain the mill
tary forces in France.
In Java large part of the old sugar
crop is still awaiting shipment. Since
II REQUIRES $50 to 160 days for each
boat that is sent to Java, the possibili-
ties of obtaining adequate shipments
of Java sugar this season are remote.
Allies Production Falls.
Taking the Allied nations as group,
official reports show that beet sugar
production is less by one-third than the
pre-war average.
French beet sugar industry has suf-
fered most by the war. The French
weld of beet sugar is now only 29.1
Der cent. of the pre-war average.
For the five years preceding the out
break of hostilities in Europe, France
produced an average of 752, ,542 tons of
sugar each year. For 1918 the
French production was 219,416 tons.
With 81 factories operating, as COM
pared with more than 200 that were
in existence before the war and before
the general campaign Of destructive
ness launched by the German armies,
France nevertheless managed to manu-
facture more beet sugar in 1918
than In 1916-17, when the total output
was 2O2, ,415 tons.
Italy in 1e17-1S produced 100,800
tons Of beet sugar, which was $1,000
tons less than the previous year and
lilo. .250 less than the annual output Of
sugar for the Ave year pre-war Pc
Rod.
One Of the great difficulties expert
.enced in Itaiy's beet sugar industry
was finding sufficient labor to handle
the crop. Thousands Of men usually
employed in beet sugar production
were called for military service. The
yield per acre amounted to approx
mately half Of the usual quantity Of
beets harvested.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-08-23

Oak avenue, under Coombs apartments, open
all winter. The only practical body and face
massage. Also ladies shampooing, face mas.
sage and scalp treatment by electric or hand
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-08-23

OVER rs per cent. of the sugar used in the United
~ States is delivered by ships There is produced
about 100000 tons of beet sugar and 100000 tons of
cane sugar in Louisiana. The total consumption of the
United States about 900 tons of raw which
makes about 4,25O, 900 tons of refined sugar.
If our coasts were blockaded as Germany's now are,
would have available for the of the people of the
United States only pound of for four we
Under such circumstances there doubt that the
American people would get along this limited supply
without complaint.
The United States Food Administration is asking
every American household to not more than two
pounds of sugar per person each month for domestic
use. Reducing sugar consumption here means that
will be able to help supply the needs of France Eng
land and Italy. Sugar conservation on the American
table also means conservation of ships
The Army and Navy have sent out an IS O. s." call
for ships. "Save Our Ships to Transport Troops and
Munitions to France in order that may keep the fight
ing front where it is and not allow it to extend to
our own homes" is the message.
There is ample sugar in the world for all require
ments-n fact there is large surplus, but account
of the ship shortage it is not available for in this
country.
Java which produces Is per cent. of the worlds
cane crop is too far removed It requires $50 te 160
days for ship to go to Java and return.
, 1918-05-23
WE'LL SEND AS MANY ACROSS AS
WE HAVE SHIPS, DECLARES
PRESIDENT WILSON.
MUST WIN WORTHILY
PRESIDENT OPENS GREAT RED
CROSS DRIVE IN NEW YORK
ADDRESS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union views service.
New York.-To win the var the
United States is determined to set no
restrictions on the number of men to
be sent to France, President Wilson
declared here Saturday night, May IL,
In a speech re%affirming the purpose OF
America to set no limit on its effort.
AS many men will go overseas as
ships car be found to carry them, the
President said, after referring to state
ments that have been made that 81
000, 900 should so.
The United States, he said, will not
be diverted by insincere talk of peace
from the Teutonic powers. Their pro-
posals, he declared, spring from a de-
sire to have a free hand in the east.
The speech was made in opening
the American Red Cross drive for a
second 800, 900, 900 war fund.
The President was given a great
demonstration when he entered the
Metropolitan Opera House, and was
introduced by Cleveland H. Dodge.
Before the speaking began the
Opera House chorus, conducted by
Giulio Setti, sang the national an
thems of France, Italy, Great Britain
and the United States.
The President was preceded by
Henry P. Dawson, chairman of the
Red Cross, who spoke Of the work OF
the organization. Mr.. Dawson re-
ferred to the President as the leading
figure of the world.
In ipfrod,o;po the pracidant Mr.
Dodge said that the President had
asked for the privilege" of marching
in the days parade, when none of the
committee had dared" to invite him.
The President, Mr.. Dodge declared,
is the spokesman of all the great spir-
itual forces of the world.
The President started speaking by
saying he did not come to New York
to tell of the work of the Red Cross,
but to tell what 81 think it all means"
There are two duties with which
we are face to face" he said. THE
first duty is to win the war. The
second is to win it greatly and
worthily."
81 have heard men say" said he,
that We must put 5000, 900 men in
France. Why limit it to that number.
Every ship shall go on every voyage
with every man and all the supplies 1t
can carry"
The crowd arose and cheered when
he said, 81 am here to stand by Rus.
STA as we'll as France"
Il summon you to the ~comradeship,
l summon you in this next week to
say how much and how sincerely and
how unanimously o sustain the
heart of the world" said the Presi.
dent in closing.
, 1918-05-23
ROBERT w. pEER DEAD
w. r. r. MILLS SUCCEEDS TO
MAYORS CHAIR.
Executives Last Words Were Con.
corning the UpbuiIdins of Denver
and Coordination In War Work.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver, May 15.-Robert Walter
Speer, mayor of Denver, died at 3
o'clock Tuesday afternoon of pneu-
monia at his home, 800 Humboldt
street, and the tolliEg of the bells in
the Immaculate Conception and st.
Johns cathcdrals conveyed the first
knowledge of his death to the citizens
Of Denver.
Not Until an hour before he died did
he lose consciousnoss-and until that
time his mind was trained on the
problems of the city he loved. Also
on the question which had been clos
est to his heart, one on which he
spent great thought-how his city
could more effectively aid the nation
In winning the war. For an hour be
tore he became unconscious he insist
ed on talking with those at his bedside
On these matters.
In spite of his weakness, still refus-
Ing to admit hat death could con-
uuer, he discussed plans he had
formed fully, and those which were in
, 1918-05-23
Million rons Of Ships Completed.

Washington.-The first million tons
of ships completed and delivered to
the United States government under
the direction of the shipping board
have been put on the high zeal to help
defeat Germany. A total of 1853 yes
sells of 1,10S,62 tons was completed up
to May IL, according to statistics com
piled by experts of the shipping board.
Since Jan. l more than half of the to-
tai tonnage, 667,ss6, has been deliver
ed, and the monthly totals have shown
q steady increase
, 1918-05-23

complete. for carrying on his work OF
city building. To his cousin, ]. Frank
Adams, who sat with Mrs. speer, and
v. L. Chucovich, a friend of many
years. his last words were concerning
the many matters which have been in
his hands for a closer cooperation
with the government service on the
part of Denver, and a coordination Of
the city's best energies and minds for
war work.
Then he closed his eyes,. From that
time on he gradually grew weaker,
his heart refusing to respond to the
stimulation administered by his ply
sician. who had been with him con-
stantly since Sunday, when pneu-
monia claimed him as a victim. Death
came to him in easy form, painless.
Mr.. Speer was SO years old. He
had been weeks at his desk, long
hours each day. Contracting a severe
bold. he had refused the urgent pleas
Of his friends to go to his home. The
strain of the burdens Of city govern
ment and his illness sapped his
strength and left him little with
which to combat the ravages of the
dread disease.
AS the word went speeding from Of
flee to office and store to store, men
Of business and the professions voiced
a sorrow that bespoke the feeling
with which Mr.. Speer was held in
Denver.
The body of the mayor now rests
In his home. Interment will be in
Paramount cemetery and, in all prob
ability, eventually the citizens of Dem
yer will erect a mausoleum as their
tribute to the man.
At city hall municipal employees
cried openly when they were told.
Monday had been set for the mayors
return to his desk to take up again
the work into which he had, since his
reelection two years ago, thrown all
his energies. That work now must be
taken up by ". f. r. Mills, manager
Of parks. who automatically becomes
mayor. He will carry out, it is said,
the policies Mr.. Speer held, and con-
tinue the great works of improvement
he had started.
, 1918-05-23
Conscientious Cuss.

"Enos Dubblehook is the most con
scientious gent in town." related TIT
landlord Of the Petunia tavern. 9TH
other evening the fellers here in thu
office were telling funny stories, ant
Enos got off one about a drunken mai
meeting a ghost. He strung the yarI
out quite a distance, and then, after h,
had got through and we had all laughed
politely, he re~collected that a drunkei
man always says 'Hic!' And so, as b
wanted to be perfectly accurate, he toll
the whole story over again, putting II
the missing hiccoughs at the proper In
tervals. I sometimes think that witt
a little different education Enos woult
have made a f1rst-class German spy."'
Kansas City Star.
, 1918-05-23

and advise all ailing women to ~.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound and l will guarantee they viii
derive great benefit from it."-Mrs
FRANK FITZGERALD 25 N. 41st Street.
West Philadelphia, Pa.
There are Thousands Of women everv.
where In Mrs. Ftzgerald's condition.
suffering from nervousness, backache'
headaches, and other symptoms Of |,
functional arrangement. 1t was q
grateful spirit for health restoredw which
led her to write this letter so that other
women may benefit from her experience
and find health as she has done.
For suggestions In regard toyour con.
dition write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass. The result Of their
40 years experience is at your service.
, 1918-05-23

Moscow, May 20.-Musselmans and
Bolshevik forces are engaged in a
deadly conflict at Baku, on the Cas-
plan sea. According to dispatches to
the Moscow newspapers, 1900 persons
have been killed and 5000 wounded.
Various parts of the town, including
entire streets and the Persian bazaar,
are b urning.
Turkish regulars and Kurds, ad-
vancing in Persia, have occupied Soul
bulak and Ushnu, south of Lake Ur-
mia, according to newspaper dispatch
es from Tiflis.
A dispatch ron Tabriz says that the
Turks objective is Enzeli, which will
become the central base from which
the British will be menaced in Meso-
potamia.
, 1918-05-23
JAMES GORDON BENNETT DEAD.
Noted New York Publisher Passed
Away In France.

Beaulieu, France.-James Gordon
Bennett, proprietor Of the New York
Herald, died May IA, after having been
unconscious for two days. Mr.. Ben
nett's last words before relapsing in
to Inconsistencies were in relation to
his newspaper interests. Mrs. Bennett
was with her husband when he died.
Upon the death of his father, the
younger Bennett, then Just past 80
year., inherited the largest newspaper
fortune accumulated by any American
publisher up to that time.
, 1918-05-23
Five Children Burned to Death.

Silver City, N. M.-Five children of
Thomas Pinson, a ranchman living
five miles east of here, were burned
to death in a fire which destroyed the
Pinson home. OF six children. alone
in the house, Levi, aged 9, who had
gone to the well for a drink, was the
only one to survive. Those who per-
ished were Bertha, aged 10; Eva, 10;
George, 6, and Alice and Mary, Swear
old twins. An exploding lamp is be-
heved to have caused the fire.
, 1918-05-23
FARMERS ARE WORKING HARpEI

And using their feet more than ever before
all these workers the frequent use O
Aliens Foot=Ease, the sntiseptic powder II
be shaken into the shoes and sprinkled in tn,
foot-bath, increases their efficiency and In
sures needed physical comfort. 1t takes tn,
Friction from the Shoe, freshens the feet
and prevents tired, aching and blistered feet
Women everywhere are constant users Of
Aliens Foot=Ease. Don't get foot sore, gel
Aliens Foot=Ease. Sold by dealers syery
Hhere, 25c.-Adv.
, 1918-05-23
SEIZE 500 IN sINN FEM PLOT.
Most of Chief conspirators Taken Into
CUSTODY.

London.-Five hundred Sim Feiners
were arrested at various towns in Ire
land May IS, according to a Dublin dis.
patch. Prof. Edward De Valera, presi-
dent of the Sim Feins; Arthur Grit
fifth, founder of the Sim Fem; Count
ess Markievicz, DR.. Dillon and William
Cocgrave, Sim Fem member of Par
Lament for Kilkenny, were arrested.
, 1918-05-23
A Literal Translation.

My brother while home from CAM
Grant told this incident that happened
recently in the camp. Two of the boy
in his company were placed in TIT
%guardhouse one morning and vert
surprised to see each other.
One said, "WelI, Mac, what you IL
here for?"
"why, I'm in here on account of my
f%urlong."
"You don't mean furlong; you meal
furlOugh."
mo, l don't; / went too fur and !
stayed too long."-Exchange.
Mistakes are opportunities for learn
inP-EmersOn.
, 1918-05-23

{ IN Dad health.
and had several All
tacks Of nervou,
p~rostration until nj
seemed as If tbsI
organs In my whols|
body were worn
out 1 was fnallv|
persuaded to1try|
Lydia E. PinkhamS|
Vegetable COM
pound and it mad.
q well woman of
me. IL can now doI
al - ~
, 1918-05-23
WASHINGTON

Prohibition for Hawaii is provided
for in a bill passed by the Senate with
out a roll call.
President tells senators he is OPP
posed to general investigation of the
conduct of the war.
The last obstacle in the way of reg
lstration of men 81 years old on June
8 was removed when the House
adopted the conference report on the
~21-year-old bill.
The lowest death rate in army
camps and cantonments in this coun-
try since last November was reported
by Surgeon General Goethals for the
week ending May II.
Representative Edward II. Taylor
wants the United States to have a ma
tional flower and knows of no prettier
one than the columbine open to adop-
ton. To have the state flower of
Colorado so honored is the purpose of
a bill he introduced in the lower house
of Congress.
The War Department has fixed a
goal of 100000 fighting men and e.
900, 900 men of all branches OF the ser
vice in France before the end of 1918.
President Wilson invited Charles e.
Hughes to assist in aircraft investiga-
ton, and request accepted.
, 1918-05-23
BAKU FIREQ,.2,OOO DEAD
German Forces Seize 6jorko Island In
Finland Gulf, Thirty Miles North
west Of P%etrograd.

Petrograd, May 20.-German troops
have occupied BJorko. an island in the
Gulf of Finland south of Viborg, and
thirty miles northwest of Petrograd.
, 1918-05-23
Skin Tortured
Babies Sleep
After Cuticura
seap Use. ointnsnt IS and Soc.

They will be the richest at the emf
of this war who have given the most
, 1918-05-23
Nervous
PR0STRATION
May be Overcome by Lvd;I'
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound This
Letter Proves IL.

West Philadelphia, Pa.-"Durino a.
thirty years I have been married, Ibs %s
, 1918-05-23
WESTERN

A temporary 10 per cent wage in
crease was granted by the national la
Dor board to st. Louis street car em-
ployes.
Enormous product of wool in Ari-
IONA. Estimate of 145 carloads to be
sent from Phoenix. Five million
pounds awaiting shipment.
Included in the list of names of men
who have qualified at the third Off
GERS training camp, Ninety-first divi-
sion, Camp Lewis. Washington, are
two Colorado boys and two from
Wyoming.
Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison, wife
of the encouragement of the Philip
pine islands, was granted an interlocu-
tory decree of divorce in the Superior
Court at San Diego, Cal, oil a charge
of desertion.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-10-10

The preliminary meeting of the
neighborhood Bible study class will
be held in the basement Of the Lii
brary, Wednesday at 8 p. M. The de-
cision will be made at this time
whether or not the class will meet
this winter.
There was no meeting Of the price
committee of the Food Administration
last Monday evening, owing to the alb
sence from the city Of necessary men,
bers. Present prices seem to be prop
er, as there is little change in the
markets.
Mrs. Albert SchOenwether. who has
been visiting at the home Of her faith
err, w. A. Caldwell. and with Mr.. and
Mrs. A. J.. Schoenwether, her hus-
bands parents, returned Tuesday
evening to her home at Washburn. N.
d., accompanied by her baby.
Mrs. Jessie Blanch of Mantorville,
Mimi, visited three days during the
past week with her sister, Mrs. S. c.
Cornell. Tuesday evening she re-
turned to Arlington, where she has
been visiting her son. After a longer
stay there she will return to her Min
nesota home.
A former head Of the commercial
department at State College. Prof. A.
B. CrOsier, has resigned a similar po-
sitiOn at the University of Mississippi,
and accepted a position in the secre-
tarial department Of the Montana State
College at Bozeman. The many
friends of the family here will be glad
to hear good news of the professor.
Lieut.. Cecil Brown, son Of DR.. G..
L. Brown of State College. returned
yesterday morning from his training
course. He was first at Fort Sheri-
dan. Ill.,, and was later sen to Camp
Perry, Ohio. for a special training in
small arms practice. He has been
commissioned a second lieutenant and
probably will be detailed to some col
lege as an instructor.
Prof. II. B. Mathews has received
Il ltlleI HUH Ills SUI, I1uDtII MdlIltWS >,
saying that he has left New York City
and come west to Chicago, where he
has taken the place on the art staff
of the Chicago Tribune, which was Of
fered to him some time ago. He COM
menced his services with them last
Monday and seems to be well pleased
with the prospect Of congenial sur
roundings and agreeable work.
A very enjoyable feature of the
high school assembly Tuesday was the
pleasing violin numbers by Mr.. Roller
of the college department of music.
Mr.. Rollers playing is distinguished
in it's deep and broad qualities Of
tone, which with his ample technic
and pleasing and unaffected person
atty have already attracted many ad-
mirers. His numbers included the
Chaminade Serenade, the Sarasate
Zigeunerweissen and the Granados
Spanish Dance, the Granados number
proving especially popular in it's bril-
liant Interpretation.