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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-22
Hutchinson One-Third Thru.

Hutchinson. Kan. Feb. 22.-It WIS
announced hero today that one-third
of the required number of ticket
books to guarantee Western league
for Hutchinson have been sold.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-22
RUSS QUIT FINLAND
Bolsfeviki Withdraw Troops to De-
fend PetrOgrad Against Germans.

Petrograd, Feb. 21.-The peoples
commissaries have ordered Russian
forces to evacuate Finland.
This is accepted meaning that
the Bo!sheviki, in concentrating their
forces to resist the Teuton invasion.
have abandoned their attempt to. con-
quer the new republic of Finland,
which has been fighting for its inde-
pendence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-22
AS A PEACE BOND
Germans Now Demand PetrO-
grad as "Peace Guarantee"
Germany Hasn't Yet Replied to
Russia'S Peace Plea.

London. Feb. 22.-Germany has de-
manded occupation of Petrograd as a
guarantee of its peace treaty with Rus
sia and a thirty-year trade agree
ment according to a dispatch from
Petrograd dated Thursday, received
here today.
Germany Delays Answer.
London, Feb. %. = The People
commissaries (Bolsheviki ministry is
sued a proclamation declaring they
agreed to a peace with the central
powers with enormous concessions, to
save the country from final exhaus-
ton and the revolution from ruin, ac-
cording to dispatches received here to-
day, dated Thursday.
The -ommissaries said they accept
ed the conditions until the German
revolution changes them"
The German government is not has
tening :ts reply. the ministry pointed
out, because it is evidently aiming to
seize as many important positions as
possible
Believes Germans Will Revolt.
The &C mmissaries declared they are
firmly convinced the German workers
will rise against any attempt to stifle
the Russian revolution. THE soViets
ard army organizations should devote
all their efforts to recreating the
army" the proclamation concluded.
Another dispatch to the News said
it was Foreign Minister Trotzky's vote
for peace which decided the tie in the
ministry in favor of sending the peace
message to Berlin.
Trptzky Will Resign?
An indignation meeting of the Boil
sheviki was held Tuesday night. the
dispatch declared, to protest against
TrotZkys S attitude. TrotZky it was
said, will probably resign.
Russian Navy PowerIess.
London, Feb. 22.-Disorganizati ton
/ in the Russian navy has reached an
extreme point and there is no likeli-
hood of any order being obeyed, ac-
cording to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Petrograd. The naval au-
! thorities at Reval report that in or
der to save the Russian navy from
the hands of the Germans it will be
necessary to remove the ships at Re
! val and Helsingfors to Kronstadt
This, however, is believed to be i'm
possible owing to their disuse Up to
this time only submarines have beer
removed from the seaports. The ques-
ton has arisen whether to destroy the
ships in Helsingfors. 1t is also sug-
free and neutral state acknowledg-
ment of Finnish neutrality having
been made by the Bolsheviki
The Bolsheviki are willing to with
1 draw the Russian Red Guards from
Finland and to stop the supply oi
munitions to the revolutionists The
marine detachments at Abo Finland
and the A1and Islands demand theil
/ immediate discharge the dispatch adds
/ and the majority of the crews at Hell
slngfors oppose any active defense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-22
SPRING SIGNS HERE
Remainder of Week Will Be Fair
With Mild Temperatures.
TODAY's TEMPERATURES

The local office of the United States
weather bureau closed at noon today.
However, before the close it was an
nounced that the average temperature
for the day had gone above normal
again and that the last trace of the
cold spell had been removed. At noon
the wind was blowing miles an hour
from the southwest.
Kansas has taken another of her
famous sudden moods. This time tho
it is expected that the citizens will
like the mood, as it is a warm and
sunny ,.ne and well calculated to put
lContiIiisd on, q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-22

and men who want to be federal job
holders and postmasters. They came
with a harmony speech that runs as
soft and smooth as a new four dollar
Caruso record.
Nor is harmony the only thing
heard in the hotels today-laying aside
of course the patriotic sentiment of
the banquet crowd. If there was any
(Contiued from Page TwoJ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-22

the Fifth district rrowd. Heivering is a
brother of Congressman Guy 7. Helvering
of the Fifth Kansas district
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-22

W. II. l. Pepperill revenue collector for
the district of Kansas. laid aside the col
lection of revenues and income taxes long
enough to come 20 the banquet. And Pep
PERIL has brand new Thompson speech
that is worthy of audience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-22

Click Fockele. publisher of the Leroy
Reporter, followed established custom
and came a day early. He was in the
hotel lobby early Thursday morning look
ing for someone 20 welcome to the love
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-22

Frank Britton Democrat nominee for
lieutenant governor in 1924. is one of the
really busy men in the hotel lobbies today.
Britton holds an acquaintance among the
men of his party which is equalled by few
men in the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-22

Mike Frey, with the same red cravat he
wore in the legislative sessions of 1911 Is,
is spokesman at the banquet for Riley
county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-22

Continued on Page Two.l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
WHAT IS YOUR PARTy
Bar Association of Alabama to Discuss
 Voluntary War Work
President Sims Outlines Matters to Be Discussed at Meeting of Asso-
 citation at Montgomery

Henry Upson Sims. president of ths Alabama State Bar association, states that the meeting of the association to be held in Montgomery on July 12-1s, bids fair to be very important affair.
 Among other matters to be considered, the association will endeavor at this meeting to systematic the voluntary war work to be done by the lawyers, so that the public as we'll as the bar may have more definite idea of what the lawyers expect to be called upon to do without charge.
 The meeting will also consider a closer organization of the bar for constructive work upon the social and legal prob- lems brought about by the war.
 With a view to nonpartisan court im- provement the association will also con- sider plan to further simplify the dis patch of judicial business; and some spe- cial court bills will be considered for recommendation to the coming legisla- ture.
 The officers of the association express delight in announcing that the annual address will be delivered by T, J. O'Don- nell of the Denver bar. one of the most eloquent speakers, as we'll as one of the leading lawyers, of the middle west, The public as well as the lawyers will be entertained and inspired by what Dr. O'Donnell will tell them, it is said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
|COLORED VOLUNTEER
 WORKERS ARE GIVEN
 HOOVER CERTIFICATE
Forty-Seven Colored Women to Give Instructions in Making of War
 Bread From Wheat Substitutes

Forty-seveE negro women received cer- tificates at the Hoover kitchen yester- day. when appropriate exercises were the singing of America" by everybody and was followed by prayer and the jubi- lee song by the classes. An interesting talk was made by Miss Martha Arn,- strong. city home demonstration agent. on 'aThe Plan for Volunteer Workers in Extending Home Demonstration Work. p She explained that these workers who have completed the course would teach others to make breads of various substi- tutes for wheat and all food conservs tion recipes
 w. B. Driver, county chairman of foo conservation committee for colored peo- pie, introduced Frank Willis Barnett, wno made a talk in which he spoke mos, highly of the splendid work being done by the Hoover kitchen. He then pre- scented the certificates to the class. while the presentation address from the class was made by Mrs. A. w. Harney. Timely remarks were made by Mrs. H. D. Pearce, chairman of house commit-
 
 tee of Hoover kitchen; N. R. Baker, county superintendent of education; Hattie TIuckabee and o. w. Adams.
 An interesting address was made by T. M Campbell of Tuskegee. Those re- ceiving the certificates were: Mrs A M. DeYampert, Mrs l.. U. Gains, Mrs w.. T. Poole, Mrs. R. A. Bylount Mrs w. B. Driver. Frances Kemp, Mrs. Rosa Bum, Mrs. W. A. Rayfield Mrs. c. F Cox. Mrs. B. J. Anderson, Mrs J. K Mitchell, Mrs E. w. Wa1thall, Mrs Al len Jones, Mrs. M. Hunter, Mrs. S. A Moore, Mrs. M. M. Spencer. Mrs. k. G Bradford, w. J. Clarke, Mrs P. H. Jack. son, Mrs. William Miles, Mrs J. l.. Pe- terman, Mrs. M E. Butler, Mrs E. F McCarroll, Mrs. l.. G.. Bowen, Mrs. Hat tie Lewis, Mrs Dorothy Green, M. Riv, CTS, Mrs. Eva Greer, Carry Pickens, Mrs R. B. Maclin, Mrs. Ophelia Battle, Mrs Elizabeth P, Davis, Mrs, Minnie Will Hams, Mrs. w. P. Finley, Mrs. N. N Reed, Mrs. B. E. Huckabee, Mrs. Mari, Lewis, Mrs. Lila Guice, Frankie Bonner Mrs. P F. Clarke, Mrs. Hattie Ruseau Nancy Thomas Mrs. W. J. Turner, Mrs w. w. Hadnott, Mrs. c. H. Johnson Mrs. A. W. Harney. Mrs. E. A Brown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19

nurses where the dictates of life or death or the utmost physical necessity do not demand them
 If you are employing trained nurse largely as a companion, it is your sa- triotic duty to release her.
 General Gorgas' call demands the strictest conservation of nursing serv- ice. This conservation is as essential as the conservation of food.
 While the Red Cross nurse is waiting for her call, through thoughtlessness many people having need for a nurse, when calling for one, have stipuateS that she be not Rcd Cross nurse. for fear she would be called to service and a change made necessary.
 This penalizes the nurse who has signified her willingness to serve her country,
 This Is the triumph of selfishness over patriotism.
 Your part is to insist upon the serv- ices of Red Cross nurse that she may not be deprived of her livelihood while waiting for her country's call. It Is for you to pay to the Red Cross nurse every consideration for the serv- ices she is willing to render; to re :. lease unnecessary nurses; to stand back of those who have volunteered for the war. and to encourage others to do likewise
 This is your part.
 AMERICAN RED CROSS.
 Washington D. C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
British Seaplanes Do
 Big Damage at Ostend
 Between June 13 and l6

London. June 1S.-Extensiye damage was done by British seaplanes in the period between June ts and June IS, ac- cording to an official statement issued by the admiralty today, which reads
 Good results were obtained and hits were observed in the Chase basin, the railway station. the docks, the Leopold basin. the Frederick battery and the lock gates at Ostend. Fire was started in buildings at the junction Of the canal and the Leopold basin,
 "Rursts were also observed on the mole at zeebrugge and near the lock sates, At Bruges bursts were seen on thc northeast quay The railway at Thouroat was also hit, ,
 s.Nearly A tons of bombs were droppeu and ali the machines returned With the exception of one, ,..,,x,
 "Bombs were dropped on an enemy vessel. During the same perioa, not withstanding unsuitable weather tne aerial fleet was active In home waters in anti-submarine escorting and Ill ar craft patrol. Hostile submarines were sighted by the seaplanes, alrplanes anu airships which also attacked enemy mines and destroyed them Allied a,u neutral shipping was also conveyed oy the aerial fleet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
Additional List of 84 Americans in Enemy Prison
 Camps Are Announced


 Washington, June 1S.-An additional list of S4 Americans reported in German prison camps by the American Red Gross was announced tonight by the war de- artment. Most of the men named pre-
 viously had been reported as missing by General Pershing. Eight officers. three of whom were serving with French and English fly ing squadrons. are included in the list They are: Capt. George c. Freeland, westville Conn. Lieut.. Edward A. Koenne, 225 Penn, sylvania avenue, Rochester. N. Y. Lieut.. Bernard J. Gallagher, Waseka
 Minn.
 Lieut.. William H. Jenkins Leesburg Virginia. First Lieut.. Elmer D. Mackay. Me Keesport, Pa. Aviatcr Thomas Buffun. French avia tion service, no address given. Lieut.. Hugh Gugan, British Royal fly ing corps. nc address given Lieut.. Herman Whitmore. no address given, French aviation service
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19

next August 1. and that Class would be exhausted by the first of next year.
 The present tentative schedule Of the war department Is baid to contem- plate the arming of 4.000.o 900 men by January 1. That would mean the call ing of 100000 men between July and January. and the absorbing of not only the men remaining in Class 1 from the first registration. but those placed in that class under the recent =egistra- tion as well as some 100000 expected to be put in that class as the result of the reciassification recently ordered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
Principles of Maryland Compulsory Work Law
 Adopted in Tennessee

Chattanooga. Tenn, June 1S.--Principles of the Maryland compulsory work law are to be put into effect immediately throughout Tennessee through state wide campaign participated in by police departments of the cities and towns. The move will affect all men between the ages of IS and 50. William H. Sears, chairman of the state committee of the national committee on prisons and prison labor. will call upon Governor Rye to issue proclamations to sheriffs of the state putting the plan into effect at once
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
WAR DEPARTMENT IS WILLING ID RAISE
 THE DRAFT AGE LIMIT
Secretary Baker Says, How ever, He Sees No Immedi- ate Necessity for Such
 Action

Washington. June 1s.-Should Con- gress decide that it is necessary at this time to extend the draft age lim- its either below 21 or above 80, or both. no opposition will be offered by the war department.
 In authorizing this statement today, Secretary Baker said the department could see no immediate need for such action. although the date already is in sight when it will become necessary to replenish the Class l reservoir.
 A bill by Senator France of Mary land to extend the draft to men from IS to 45 is now before the Senate mili- tary committee. and at a hearing on it Saturday. Provost Marshal General Crowder gave it as his opinion that extension of the draft ages would be necessary. He told the committee that s.000.000 men would be under arms by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
Dry, Hot Winds Damage
 North Alabama Crops

Huntsville, June 18.-(Special. )-A dry. hot wind from the north, which has accompanied the hottest weather has been serious setback to the corn crop in this section. according to re- ports from several localities. The hot wind has contained no moisture and those who have experienced the hot waves of the northwest claim that what we have been having here is just l like them. although not quite as .se- were.
 The temperature went up to 1o2 de- grees Monday afternoon.
 An exciting man-hunt was engaged in by a large posse from Limestone county. reinforced by a dozen depu- ties of Madison county Monday eve- ming. in the northwestern part of this county and into Limestone. The quar- " was Ed Robertson. the negro who is wanted at Athens for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Henry Eubanks. The negro. barefooted and bareheaded. was traced to a short distance northwest of Hazle Green where he turned and went back toward Limestone county.
 The hundredth university of the First Presbyterian church of Hunts vile was celebrated by the congrega- tion of that church Sunday special programme was prepared and history or the church was given, addresses be- ing delivered by two ex-pastors, Dr. Francis Tappey and Dr. George L. Bit ger, the supply pastor. Rev. A. S. Doak, and the present pastor. Rev. H. M Moffett
 Internal revenue men of the Hunts vule force of raiders have return ed IT. -ra.ckson county where they de- strNyed two illicit distilleries in Paint Rock valley and in Morgan county. where another still was destroyed Sey- eral hundred gallons of beer were poured out at the two Jackson county stills. More distilling is being done now, 1t is believed. than ever before. Three dollars quart for moonshine whisky is the/ price that 1t is going at. according fp the we'll informed
 Enforcement of the Sunday laws in the strictest sense is now the order in Huntsville, Mayor Terry having applied the blue laws as war measure. He believes it will have a good effect through the self-saerifice entailed. everything but the drug stores were closed last Sunday. and it is believed they will get together soon and close at least part of Sunday The most noticeable effect of Sunday obsery. ance was on the joy riders who were unable to buy gasoline
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
SECRETARY BAKER !. AND AMBASSADOR HOLD CONF FERENCE
It Is Thought They Dis. cussed Question of Send ing American Troops
 to Italy

Washington. June 1S.-Count V. Mac chi Di Cellere. the Italian ambassador, called on Secretary Baker today, and, while no statement was made, it is Gn- derstood the recently announced de- cision of the war department to send American troops to Italy was discussed. Leaders of all the allied governments as well as officials here have felt that no better way of demonstrating to the world that the nations at war with Germany and Austria have been solid flied into single force with single purpose could be devised than to have each nation represented in the armies on each front. Necessarily. however, the extent of the participation of any country on any front must be gov erned by questions of transportation and supply.
 Italian troops are in France. form ing a part of the international re- serves at General Foch's disposal. while French and British armies now are aiding in stemming the Austrian drive. There is nothing to indicate that 1t is proposed to send to Italy an Amerl- can force that would be in itself a very important military factor on a front where men by the millions are engaged, but, on the other hand. it will be sufficient to make it obvious both to the Italian army and people that the United States is in the war with it's whole heart and prepared to go to any extreme to achieve the com mon victory.
 There is always a possibility that the Italian front will become a center of assault against the Teutonic forces. Officials here. before the Italian re- treat last fall, saw great possibilities in strategic way in shifting the front of attack to Italy. Sound military judgment would dictate the selection of the weaker foe for assault if oth- CT conditions left a choice between two DOSSible fronts for aefiau
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
HENRY BADHAM, JR., RESTING WELL IN
 FRENCH HOSPITAL

H. L. Badham yesterday received ad- vices from the hospital in France where his son, Henry l.. Badham, Jr., is con- fined, giving more particulars about his recent injury
 Henry Badham is an aviator, and the letter simply stated that he fell and that one arm and one leg were broken, and that he was doing well. The hospital au- thorities stated that he would be con fined there for two months. The letter, which was brief, also added that when the accident occurred one of the avia- tors at Badham's camp flew over to the camp where Robert G. Thach is sta toned and asked him to cable the fact to Birmingham. This explained the fact that the first news of the accident reached MT. and Mrs Badham through cable from Lieutenant Thach to Mrs. Thach
 Mir. Badham also received cable yes- terday from French officer, which stated that his son, Lieut.. William Bad- ham, had returned safely from a suc- cessful period at the front. William Badham is with the heavy artillery. his special duties being flying observer. This means that he goes up in an air plane and directs artillery fire from the air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
PRISONER WANTS FOOD

Marinello Salvatore, not very long ago, was a fisherman along the gulf
 coast.
 Came war, Italy's call for her re- serves and Salvatore respondedl Folk along the gulf coast, at least
 around Bay St. Louis, Miss probably
 remember him. He gained little fame as a boxer.
 The other day his friend, Andrew
 Maneri, of Bay St. Louis, received a letter It was written in Italian and i from German prison camp. 1 Salvatore was a prisoner! l And he is hungry, and wants the war ! to end quickly. and wants to come back l to America and fish with Maneri-and boxi
 1 Maneri wants to send the prisoner 1 friend food--fish and other good guilt coast products. So he sent Salvatore g letter to the bureau of civilian relief, gulf division, American Red Cross, in New Orleans.
 The letter had to be translated, and
 here it is:
 send you news of my very good 1 health, and the same hope to hear oi you and your family. Dear Manieri, want to tell you that I October 30 1917, was taken prison CT. and I am now in Germany after
 having been 24 months at the front. | But let us be patient, and let us
 hope this war will end soon because
 am very anxious to go again to Ameri-
 ca and see you. | "So, dear Manieri, let me know fl
 your son. Russell, is the champion of | the world; here we do not do any more
 boxing. I hope to go to America and
 take up boxing again. l Now I am going to ask you a favor
 Since I have been prisoner for live
 months, and I have not yet received
 any news of my family, am going te 1 ask you the favor to send me some lpackages of food because I am very , much in need of it. l q have nobody else to whom I can apply for these, and I have thought oi | you because you have always been a good friend to me. After the war when I will return to America I will pay you for 1t. Now | I have nothing else to say. Give my greetings to your family and accept my most cordial and sincere wishes
 am, your friend,
 | "MARINELLO SALVATORE l Address: Prisoner of war. Prigioniero | di Guerra, Marinello Salvatore. 19 Com pagnia, Matricola N. 1062S2; Kriegsge- | fangenenlager (Mershede), Deutsch- land"
 | The Red Cross is going to see that Salvatore gets his fish--not from the gulf coast. but through probably the
 Italian Red Cross.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
By ETHEL GILLEN THE IMPERATIVE CALL

Surgeon General Gorgas, United
 States army, must have 250Q0 nurses
 for the army alone. It is the duty of
 the American Red Cross to supply them.
 The needs of the navy must also bo
 met
 Do you realize that the wen-being of the fighting army depends upon the size and efficiency of the nursing army?
 That in this call General Gorgas seeks to conserve the health and lives of our boys-the health and life of your own boy?
 The call is imperative. The nurse
 must be the volunteer. She is the only woman who will share the hard ships. the dangers and the priyations
 at the front. She it is who must give all. ever her life if necessary, for your boy. She it is who must stand in the place of mother. wife or sister when he is burning with fever or shat tered by she'll She it is who must be you to him at his sick-bed and at his death bed. She it is who will catch the last whispered message to you. WHAT IS YOUR PART? To release for service in the army and navay nurse corps, as a pressing military necessity, every nurse whase services are not, imperatively needed at home.
 This military necessity devoives di- rectly upon every person employing g