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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02
AUGUST WAS HOTTEST
Warmcst % Consecutive. Days in IL
Years in Kansas.

The highest degree of heat ever re-
corded II Kansas. The hottest % con-
secutive days in seventeen years. Ac-
cording to a bulletin issued by the
weather bureau the first record was
established when the mercury went to
100 August 8. The twenty-five days
well, practically every day in August.
August of 1913, and July 1901, alone
since the keeping of records was es-
tablished, equa1ed this record.
= Terpera lures Of 100 and above for
eleven consecutive days; eight nights
when the mercury did not go below
IS: a temperature that dropped to So
degrees on the last day of the month.
these are the extremes experienced in
August. The windiest. hottest. driest
and most sunshiny month on record.
Altho the total rainfall amounted
to 3.24 inches LOS, inches below normal
and heavier than that of the six pre-
ceding Augusts, it was not enough to
meet the abnormal conditions of heat
and dryness prevalent thruout the
state.
Corn, which at the beginning of the
month did fair to finish in the best of
condition, was withered and burned
out by the hot dry winds. Most of 1t
had to be cut for fodder. Gardens and
truck patches keeled over end wells
went dry that had not been known to
fail in years.
But it's all history now
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02
KANSAS POSTMASTER KILLED.
Fall Leaf Official Killed by 1S-Year-
Old Boy.

Lawrence, Sept. George Vale,
postmaster at Fall Leaf. eight miles
east of here, was ambushed and shot
Saturday night by Carl Koerner, q
youth of IS. Vale died an hour after
the shooting. Koerner was found at
about midnight by the Leavenworth
county officers He at first denied any
knowledge of the shooting, but later
confessed. He is now in the county
Jail at Leavenwo1<b.
Vale has been postmaster at Fall
Leaf for the past twenty years and
Koerner was a former employe, whom
Vale had had arrested two years ago
for robbery. The young manewas con-
victed. but was recently released on
parole.
Koerner had been in Kansas City
Friday and returned to his home near
Fall Leaf last evening in a plainly in
toxicated condition, according to S. I.
Kindred, who runs the general store at
Fall Leaf. Koerner was at the general
store, where the postoffice is located,
for some time but none who were
there at the time can remember him
having any words with Vale, but they
did observe that when the postmaster
said that he guessed he'd get a drink
and go home" Koerner at once left
the store.
It is thought that the youth, after
leaving the store, went Immediately to
get his shotgun and stationed himself
in the shade of a large bush near the
entrance to the Vale home. which is n
quarter of a mile from the store. Vale
was shot in the back. the heavy charge
of shot tearing his shoulder and right
arm, several of the shot penetrating
the lungs. Vale died an hour and a
half after the family found the body
in the roadway in a pool of blood.
The discharge of the gun and the cry
CT Vale brought them to the scene.
Neighbors in discussing the murder
today say that Vale has several times
upbraided youna Koerner for not he
ing in the army. They believe that
the reproaches of Vale and .he fact
that It was he who haG accused him
of robbery, had become uppermost in
his II ind while he was in an intDNi-
Gated condition and spurrcI him to
his deed of vengeance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02

and captured Funteere, Herbicourt
and Flaucourt On the morning of
the 18th they were a thousand yards
east of Flaucourt and by night had
added another 1000 yards to their ad-
vance. This made total advance of
seven and a half miles in four days.
These troops were then at the
slopes of the Somme, facing Peronne.
They were able to bridge the canals
the river becomes a canal here-but
the marshy country beyond was diff
ficult. So they marched back. along
the river to Fiuillaucourt and Omie-
court, where they pushed thru Clery
and found the enemy and established
contact with him. They took $50
prisoners Friday night.
The next morning one party at
tackled the mountain of St. Quentin
and another charged at FiuilIaucourt
and the third trench maze between the
mountain and Peronne. The mountain
was literally covered with WIRE vet
at a. m. the elevation was safely in
their hands and they had taken 500
prisoners.
Approaching Peronne in the after
noon from the south side of the river,
| met several hundred prisoners.
They were all mixed, lot of good,
BAD and Indifferent men, physically.
Tney looked less cheerful than 9TH
ers recently taken. A dozen officers
were leaulnS the men. Thew seemed
especially ungrateful for their release
from the fighting by falling into the
hands of the British.
Seen from across the river TODAY.
Mount st. Quentin appeared tree COW
cred and restful.
The ruins of Peronne, however, sent
up clouds of dust and smoke regularly
the result of the fire of British field
guns behind us. The Germans were
replying only spasmodfcclly 1t was
evident they had Withdrawn or We're
Withdrawing their heavier artillery
beyond Peronne.
A Desert,
The ridge from Amiens toward
Peronne is a straight line of twenty
five miles. 1t reveals that the new
methods of warfare has created q
desert. From Vi1lers Bretonneux, the
nearest points which the Germans
reached in their drive for Amiens, to
the Somme at Peronne, there is one
continuous stretch of No Mans Land
in the sense that no man would want
it. Few such disheartening scenes of
the dreadful devastation of war, it
is probable, can be found on the
earth's surface.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02
MEETING CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
Annual State Convention at Dodge
City OF Great Importance.


Christian churches of Kansas will
hold their annual state convention at
Dodee City, September 80 to OCTOBER
8 The NEST program ever planned
for the annual meeting is being ar
,.oneed By church officials. Prepare
lions are being made to handle APP
uroximately 500 people, and Dodge
CT expects to bestow all its hospital
itv upon the many visitors they eS-
pect to attend the excellent meetings
Percy Atkins. Y. NJ. c. A. man. re-
Gently returned to this country from
France for the purpose of recruiting
men for overseas work, is one of the
eminent speakers.
Cecil l. Brooks, singing evangelist,
of Kingman. will be in charge OF the
music for the convention. Governor
Arthur Capper, who was asked to
speak, will be unable to- do SO on ac-
count of conflicting dates.
It is said the Rev Walter Scott
Priest of Wichita holds the record
for number of marriage ceremonies
performed in the state. The Rev. Mr..
Scott will deliver a series of addresses
on THE Position and Plea of the
Christian Church"
The Rev. R. H. Miller of Cincinnati,
O., secretary of the Men and Mil
lion'' movement in the Christian
church, which movement has just
finished raising $4,000, 900, has agreed
to attend the convention.
There are $1,000 members OF the
Christian church in Kansas and more
than 400 congregations. War activi-
ties and other work due to the war
may tend to some degree to lessen at
tendance at the convention How
ever, this fact is expected to be off
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02
MUSIC IMPORTANT
Army Bands in France To Be
Recognized.
Commanders Find Music q
Vital Factor.

Correspondence of the Associated Press)
In France, July ga recent gen
eral order of the American army in
creasing regimental bands to fifty
pieces and giving all bandmasters the
commission of lieutenant is under
stood to foreshadow a general reor-
ganization of army bands and music.
Like good many things that military
theory had either abolished or re-
garded as of secondary Importance
when this war began, music is to come
into it's own again as primary essen
tiaI of soldering.
The commander in chief recently
sought the advice Of DR.. Walter Dam
rosch, American orchestra leader and
composer who is now in France, and
as a result the army bands are to be
brought up to date and perfected. AT
present, army musicians also act as
stretcher bearers when action is on.
It is proposed to relieve them of this
duty, if the military authorities think
it feasible. and compel them to prac-
tice constantly. The band leaders are
to be examined as to their muslSal
ability and an effort will be madesto
find the best instrumentalists in the
service so that every regiment Will
have a highly trained band
Find Music Important.
The army authorities have learned
that music is a big part of war. The
men want it and they appreciate good
music, as is shown by the big turnout
for the concerts. Good music is a
tonic to the units relieved from the
front lines and wearied troops
straighten up inwardly and outwardly
when they are played into rest camps
after action. 1t also has been founo
that to play the men out when they
start for the front improves their
morale. ~
F,xperiments are being made with a
view to the introduction of the French
bugle in our bands. The American
bugle is keyed in C and does not lend
itself well to band, while the French
army bugle, keyed in B flat and with
a clear ringing tone, is excellent coun-
terpart in band music.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02
PAPERS MERGE
War Exigencies Compel the CONSOLE
dation of Daiiies.

Battle. Creek. Mich, Sept. BE
ginning with the issue of Sunday, Sep
TENDER 1, the Enquirer and the Eve
ming News were merged in one eve
ming and Sunday morning paper.
There probably need be no explana
ton of the reason why this new ad-
Justment is necessary. The public al
ready is too familiar with curtailments
required by the war to fail to under
stand the necessities behind the move
which the Enquirer and News are
taking. In addition to all the other
causes which the war has been stead
lily bringing to require rearrange
ment of service, the government has
now laid upon newspapers an order
for the reduction of consumption of
news print paper slightly exceeding 5
per cent weekly, and a reduction of
space allotted to reading matter rang
ing from per cent upward according
to the space previously used.
Newspaper work in all its branches
is highly specialized work, and the
replacement of trained workers is not
an easy matter at any time. It is al
most impossible at times like this.
Every department of the paper has
contributed its quota of good soldiers
to the cause
This situation is one of the reasons
for the readjustment in service which
two forces will simplify the problem of.
closing up the ranks for war.
Battle Creek has for some years
past been one of the few towns of it's
size in the country to support morn
ing newspaper. There are but two
morning newspapers left in the state
of Michigan outside of Detroit-but
three in all-aside from Battle Creek
One of these is at Grand RAPIDS, a
city three to four times Battle Creeks
size The other is at Jackson. The
old and established morning paper at
Jackson was sold and discontinued
some time ago. There is no longer
morning paper at Kalamazoo, Sagi-
nav, Flint, Lansing, Bay City. The
Kalamazoo Gazette. the Oldest news
paper in Michigan and thru all it's ex-
istence until two years ago a morning
newspaper, is now an evening news
paper.
1t is no secret to the newspaper
profession. and probably is not to the
public, that a morning newspaper even
in cities much larger than Battle Creek
save in exceptional locations is a diff
ficult enterprise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02
A SIMPLE FRENCH
WORD BOOK-FREE

. FREE to every reader of the State
Journal.
1t will give you an easy Introduction
to the French language.
French is one of the great Ian
guages of the world. To know French
is to hold the key to a great culture,
aid one which cannot fail to mean
more to Americans. after the associa-
tions of this war, than it ever has be-
fore.
A new spirit of international broth
erhood has sprung up among the al
lied nations. The study of foreign Ian
guages will do more to promote this
new spirit of internationaism than
any other one thing. And French Is
perhaps the most widely spoken Ian
guage on the continent of Europe.
war may call you to France. Mil
lions abe there and millions more
must go before the work of civiliza-
ton is done.
This handy French Word Book has
been issued by the United States ma
rine corps. Our Washington Informa-
ton Bureau has obtained some for
our readers. SEND FOR IT.
Sign and send this coupon-TO-
DAY. Write your name and address
plainly. Direct your letter to the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02
out OF POLITICS
McAdOo Orders Railroad Men
Keep Hands Off.
Must Not Run for Office or Sup
port Others.

Washington, Sept. 2.-Director Gem
eral McAdoo has ordered all railroad
men, officials, and employees, alike
to keep out of politics.
Coming state and federal elections as
we'll as the primary contests the direc-
statement to all railroad men, make
1t imperative the conduct of all should
be so scrupulousIy guarded that there
can be no charge direct or indirect of
railroad influence.
No Excuse for Dabbling
Pointing out that while railroads
were under private management it was
common report that their participa-
ton in politics was widespread, Mr.
McAdoo declares that under govern
ment control, sthere are no longer
private interests to serve and that
the incentive to political activity no
longer exists.
Under government control" says
the announcement, there is no in
ducement to officers and employees to
engage in politics. On the contrary
they owe high duty TO the public
scrupulously to abstain therefrom."
Will Dismiss Those Who Mix.
AS a definite policy of the railroad
administration Mr.. McAdoo announced
that no railroad officer, attorney or
emp1oye may do any of the following:
Be an officer or member of any political
committee or organization that solicits
funds for political purposes.
Be delegate, a chairman or an officer
in any political convention
Solicit or receive funds for any political
purpose or contribute to any political fund
collected by an official or employee of any
railroad, or any official or employee of
the United States of any state.
assume the conduct of any political cam
paign.
Attempt to coerce or intimidate another
offlcer or employe in his vote. (Vfolation
OF this rule. Mr.. McAdoo says, will result
in immediate dismissal)
become candidate for any political
office. Those who desire to run for office
or engage in politics must Immediately
sever their connections with the United
states railroad service.
Membership on a local school or park
board will not be construed as a political
office.
Wants to Show Public.
Calling on all the railroad men to
carry out the spirit of the policy so
announced, the director general says:
Let us demonstrate to the Ameri-
can people that under federal control
railroad officers, attorneys and en-
ployes cannot be made part of any po-
litica1 machine nor be used for any
organized partisan or selfish purpose.
Let us set such a high standard of
public duty and service that it will be
worthy of general emulation"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02
ATTACK THEF.T.C.
g. S. Chamber of Commerce
After Trade Commission.
Calls 1t an irresponsible and
Unfair Body.

Washington. Sept. 2.-Usurpation of
power. inefficiency and unjust abuse
of business interests are among grave
charges against the federal trade COM
mission which have been laid before
President Wilson by the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States.
In a letter sent to the president sew
eral days ago and made public today
by the chamber the directors of the
organization approve and submit fe-
port denouncing the trade commission
as an irresponsible body that has lost
the confidence of the public, and ask
ing the president to remedy this con-
dition by filling two existing vacancies
in the membership with able men.
whose interests will be single to the
commissions work. This report was
prepared by the chambers federal
trade committee. 1t presents as sew
eral specific charges:
The commission has undertaken the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02
NO SEASON TICKETS
One Night Sales Only for Attractions
at Free Fair Here.

On account of the enormous ex-
pense of putting on the night attrac-
tons, with it's 400 participants at the
State Free Fair this year, it has been
decided by the board of managers that
season tickets will not be sold as has
been done heretofore.
The reserved box seats will be sold
at 81 per chair for either the afternoon
or evening performances, each box
containing six chairs. Up until Satur-
day night, September Z, box seat
reservations can be made of Charles
L. Mitchell, secretary of Crane & Com
pany, at his office. Mail orders ac-
companied by remittance will be filled
in the rotation in which they are re-
ceived.
The best box seats will be given
those making applications first. After
September the reserved box seats on
sale at ticket office, fair grounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02
EMPORIA MAN Is CAUGHT UP
GottIieb SattIer May Be Interned on
Account of His Loose Tongue.

Gottlieb Sattler of Emporia was ar
rested there Saturday afternoon by
Chief Deputy United States Marshal
c. C. Jackson on a presidential war
rant, charging him with making re-
marks derogatory to the government,
with failure to support the war in pro-
portion to his means and with having
expressed wish to be with his broth
er. John Sattler, who is informed at
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, as an enemy
alien. He will be taken to Kansas City
and probably interned at Fort Doug
las, Utah.
Sattler is said to own property to
the amount of $4,000 but his war
charities have been almost negligible.
1t is probable that the property of the
two Sattlers will be confiscated and
that they will be deported to Germany
after the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02
ADVERTISING

Tell the truth Advertising is
the mouthpiece of business. 1t may
be the ruin Of a store with poor
vale es just as it may be the boon
of a good business which plays the
game honestly II man breaks
his word once. he has to advertise
all the mo. to be believed the next
time He has to lrove by serious
arguments the simplest things.
which people ought to have been
able to take for granted without
being told"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02
DEMONSTRATORS HERE
Two of Free Fair Departments Under
Government Control

Two of the departments at the Kan
sas Free Fair will have government
demonstrators. The home made prod
ucts department, of which Mrs. Rob
ect Copp is superintendent. will have
as a demonstration Miss Rena Raubion,
who will demonstrate the uses of cot
tage cheese. She is the government
agent who made a demonstration at
the cooking school held this SUNNI Ter
in the auditorium.
In the culinary department. of
which Mrs Harry Forbes is superin-
tendent Miss Irene Taylor will ex-
plain canning and wheat substitutes.
Miss Taylor is the county home dem
cnstration agent for Shawnee county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02

exercise of functions beyond its own
jurisdiction to the detriment of its
proper usefulness.
The commission has abused its pow
ers of publicity.
Prominent features of the commits
sfon's recent food investigation were
perverSive of common justice.
The report sets forth that it does
not undertake to criticise in detail spe-
cific acts of the commission, but rather
to point out mistakes in principles of
conduct. The president is assured that
the chamber and its committee does
not represent special business interests
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02

This message followed a letter from
Parrish to his mother, telling her
about France and the French people
and commenting on the railway loco
rnotives and coaches in which he tray
eled. He enlisted in the regular army
in March. 1918, and arrived in France
in May. He is a member of Company
L, 80 infantry, fourth division Prior
t. his enlistment he was employed for
many years as a cabinet maker in the
Santa F'e coach department. He made
his home with his mother.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02

set by the redoubled efforts of those
who may attend and their coming to
che meeting bringing their enthusiasm
and attempting to make up for the
lacking members.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02
TOPEKAN is WOUNDED

on Casualty List in France.
A message was received from the
war department Sunday by Mrs. T. ].
Parrish, 1880 Virginia avenue, High
land Park, stating that her son, Paul
r. Parrish, % years old, was wounded
in action on battlefield in France
August 5. The extent of his wound is
undetermined, the message states.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02

To obtain the autograph of General Sir
Douglas Haig. the British commander in
France. an English woman sent him a
good-sized check, with the request that ne
donate the proceeds to any charity he
might select.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02

Tne United States mint last year broke
all previous coinage records when 1t urned
out over 700, 900, 600 COINS, including 500
100000 pennies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02

The Standard Oil company of New Jer-
sey has 1 ,404 men in the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-02

Starting August 26, the Australians
have advancedE4, 900 yards on a three
mile front. They had taken Dom
pierre and Frise by the night of the
2Sth. They moved forward all night
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-01-31
LIVER DIDN'T ACT
 DIGESTION WAS BAD
Says year Old Kentucky Lady, Who Tells How She Was Relieved
 Alter Few Doses of Black-Draught

Meadorsville. Ky.-Mrs. Cynthia HiggInbotham, of this town. says: "At my age. which is G5. the liver does not act so well as when young. A few years ago. my stomach was all out of fix. I was constipated, my liver didn't act. My digestion was bad, and 1t took 50 little to upset me. My ap- petite was gone. was very weak.
 decided would give Black Draught thorough trial as knew 1t was highly recommended for this trouble. began taking it. I felt better after few doses. My appetite improved and I became stronger. My bowels acted naturally and the least trouble WAS soon righted with few
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-01-31
SUTTON SCRAPS

Hello! MT. Pic, yuue Readers. and Core Iessondenl.. after a t,v weeks lay off we arc back OH t:.e nu49 me again.
 Well, a new year has come. 1917 is a thing of the past. We cannot go back and correct any mistakes that we have made, but We should endeavor to make fewer during 1918.
 This has been cold January, coldest We have had in several years. The old proVerb. ,,a cold winter for a good crop year. If this proves true, we will make bumper crop this year.
 Some sickness in our commu- nifty now, mostly measles:
 MT. Oscar Galloway, one of the teachers Tn Sutton High School, has been confined to his bed for the past two weeks with measles. but We are glad to say he is better at this writing.
 T. s. Garrett has a very sick child at this writing. We trust it