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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-06-22

Las s~esiones en- la Camara de Dl-
nutados carranclana sigden slendo !&S
delicias del pablico que las Fresen-
cia q ope lee las cr0nicas de elias en-
los ~periodicos.
Gaia uno de los senores represen-
tantes va a dar todos los dlas algo
De 10 bucno que tiene, por 10 que re-
sulta II Ia dichosa Camara sc con-
vierte IN dia 81 Y otro tam5len, en-
verduleria, Quartet, plaza de ga!los'
puloueria o salon de juntas de gabi-
nete carrancista.
IT'D fuistc ~gendarme,, lie clce Ell
ren~resentante de Taiimaroa 81 de
Chalchihuites.
-iY til, zapaterO, replica hecho
ma verhena el aludido.
-Caliense, maloras,-Salta IN ter
icero-uue a los dos corocemos hlen y
sabemos que Sc robaban las gaiinas
&c los ~vecinos....
Y don Venustiano. al ehterarse del
iaripeo parlamentario que t0do& los
dias Sc verifica en- q edificio de la
Gale del Factor, dice con tono pateT-
nal V mesandose las barhas de santo
chapucero:
! .Vaya. vaya, con mis- muchachos.
No Sc les puede guitar 10 alebreSta-
do,
Villa Sc dirige 4 Ia f-ontera con
N cargamento de harras de plata
fenomenal, V don Fenustiano Sc
dispone a enviar Il c0lumHa en-
! persecution del compadre, pues aho-
r a 81 considera patrijtico Y citrate
gico batirlO.
Don Venustiano. dc algdn tempo
n esta parte. no Sc prcoclpa nj {! cam
to de una una por los r%cbeldes, p"ro
10 u es por un cargamento de pa
rraS de plata, 81 es c2paZ de SenurSe
patricia V heroico.
A Felix Fulgencio So le han suoie-
vado las ambp:oncs presidenciaes
Y esta tomando pronidenoias para
arrebatarle la chamha 4 Carr&nZa.
La primera de tstas ia sido organi-
Izar una compania con medic million
de dolares que Sc g~astaran integros
en- Ia empresa.
Qua, seri la garantia que reciban
los ~&ccionistas para cue no raya q
!sucederles 10 que d 2que.los pobres
ninos pobres que sc Quedaron mas
pobres a causa del ingenio5o in2enie-
no carranclan?
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-06-22
POLITICAM ENUDA

Don Venustiano an1a ~pidieado d.
nero a TODD dos con IN afan dc cleso
;imosnero V ~encuentra que todos son
sordos q sus ruegos y no hay quien lie
fie una peseta.
Y toGo 3or haberse metido a persona
decente Y constitutional. 81 huhiera
alargado IN POGO mas ell periodic de Il
Reconstruction, aun nodF1a Sacar IL
nero poniendoles una pistola eli Ell
nacho . los remisos como en- aquetlos
yenturosisimos tiem2os en- que "sus
arreoy eran cl tranchete Y Ia reata y
:, Gescanso era e. saQGear'.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-07
MUST OBEY ORDINANCE
Police Prosecute Motorists Who Pay
, -slr No Attention to Cars.

The second offensive movement of
the Topeka police in the war which
they have declared on motorists who
persist in violating the city ordinances
will be the arrest and prosecution of
persons guilty of reckless driving in
the vicinity of street cars. 1t was an
nounced This morning by Chief of
Police Frank Harbaugh.
The laws relating to motor vehicles
require that automobiles should not at
any time come within ten feet of a
street car and that when a car is
ahead of the machine and stops to
allow passengers to a1ight, the auto
mobile shall also stop at a respecta-
BILE distance from the rear end of the
street car, to eliminate the danger of
running into passengers who have
just alighted. In the future, violators
of this ordinance will be dealt with
strictly as the law demands. Chief
Harbaugh asserts
The recent action of the police in
arresting violators of the bright light
ordinance has practically done away
with this evil, it was said, and it is the
intention of the police department to
continue hostilities until travel upon
the public streets and highways is no
longer attended with danger to life
and limb.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-07
YANKEES FEAR NOT
Service Crosses for Conspicuous
Heroism Indicate Their Spirit.

With the American Army in Lor-
raine, June 1.-THE following Ameri-
cans have been awarded the distin-
guished service cross for Conspicuous
heroism":
Lieut.. G. B. Redwood, Corp. H. j.
Mongeny, Pvts.- E. v. Armstrong, B. H.
Holt, c. L. Shumati.
While on patrol duty they invaded
the enemy trenches, captured twice
their number of Germans, drove off a
rescue party and brought the prison.
ers back to the American lines. Valu-
able information was obtained from
the prisoners.
Lieut.. c. r. Holmes and Sergt. ].
A. Murphy, who crawled thru twenty
strands of enemy wire, leaped upon
a German sentinel and brought him
back across No Mans Land.
Corp. E. 7. Burch, who rescued a
wounded comrade under a heavy bar
rage fire.
Capt. G. r. Hulsart and Lieuts' D.
Macassac and p. NJ. Cloudy, engineer
officers, who coolly continued their
work under shell fire when they could
have retired.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-07
MAKES A PROTEST
p. U. C. Urges McAdoo to Re-
consider Freight Increase.
Claims Double Hike Is Discrim-
mating in Kansas.

In a telegram to William G. McAdoo,
director general of transportation. the
public utilities commission protested
against the proposed rate changes in
Kansas as applied to freight classif-
cations. The commission urged re-
consideration of the general rate hike
which wa. declared to be unjust and
discriminatory against Kansas ship
pers.
1T is proposed" the telegram said
in part, Ito increase the present KAN
sas intrastate jobbers' rates to the
level of the higher interstate distance
scale and to increase the rates SO in
creased by IS per cent. Both the
Missouri river jobbers scale and the
interstate rates are to be raised %
per cent and when SO increased, the
difference in first class rates per 100
pounds in favor of Missouri river too-
bling points and against Kansas job
bling points will be as follows: For rs
miles, cent; SO miles, 3ls cents:
100 miles, 1919 cents; $50 miles, II
cents; 200 miles, 10 cents, with cor
responding differences against Kan
sas cities on lower classes. The same
principle will apply in making in
creases in commodity ratea"
The commissions telegram follows
a protest mailed to McAdoo by the
commission carly this week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-07
MAY IMPROVE SCHOOL
Western University Permitted to Use
General Funds, Hawkes. Rules.

Western University at Quindaro will
be permitted to spend a portion of her
general funds for permanent improve
ments to meet a new war condition,
according to ruling today by S. N.
Hawkes., assistant attorney general.
Hawkes. ruled that the school might
use portion of its funds to prepare
for the handling of 1O3 special service
men to be trained at the university.
Recently the government called for
1O3 colored men for special mechani-
cal training at the colored institute at
Quindaro. In order to provide facili-
ties and care for the men. funds were
needed to make certain improvements
Hawkes. ruling today will permit the
revenue fund of the school. The men
to be trained at Quindaro will report
June Is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-07
.STUBBS HARD AT 1T
Senatorial Candidate Has Held Fifty
Meetings in Fourth District.

Walter Roscoe Stubs, former gov
ernor and Republican candidate for
United States senator, returned to To-
peka today after more than fifty meet
ings in Fourth district counties In
spite of the intense interest in war
activities, many Fourth district towns
provided large meetings with a genu-
inc evidence of the old-time Stubbs
enthusiasm.
Hundreds of farmers and stockmen
in the Fourth district are known to
be behind the Stubs campaign and
recent reports have indicated the de-
velopment of unexpected strength in
a number of the towns. In his trip
this week, Stubs visited Lyons,
Greenwood, Chase and Morris coun-
ties and covered the section of the
district in an automobile. He con-
cluded his trip with a big meeting in
Council Grove, Thursday night.
ut was one of the finest trips Of
the campaign" Stubs said today,
'and the response in all of the coun-
ties was most gratifying. 1 was n
more than fifty towns and met thou-
sands of people. In spite of the in
tense interest in the war and the gen.
eral tendency to sidetrack politics, my
meetings were large and 1 am greatly
pleased with the results"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-07
GIVEN SPEEDY DIVORCE
Mrs. Helen E. Eastman Restored to
Maiden Name Today.

All speed records for divorce in the
Shawnee county district court were
broken this morning when Mrs. Helen
E. Eastman, wife of Phil Eastman.
well known publicity man and former
managing editor of the Daily Capital.
filed petition, obtained an order
from the court declaring an emergency
and was granted an absolute divorce
by Judge Robert D. Carver in the
first division of the district court be-
tween $3.50 and 9 o'clock this morn
ing. The court further decreed that
ten days be allowed in which to pay
Mrs Eastman the sum of $4,000 ALI
mony, her attorneys fees of 500 and
all court costs. Mrs. Eastman's re-
quest that her name be changed to
Helen Pearl Julian was also granted.
The plaintiff declared that for years
her husband had been cold and ir-
responsive and that he had treated
her with indifference. OF late years
her husband has given her little or
no companionship, the wife declared.
The emergency order was declared
because Mrs. Eastman had accepted
a position with the Young Women's
Christian association at Denver. which
necessitated her leaving Topeka to-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-07
IN PLATINUM PLOT
Charge That Member War In
dustries Board Is Disloyal.
Would Control Entire World
Supply for Germany.

Washington, June 7.-Charges that
Charles Engelhard, platinum adviser
to the war industries board, is Amer
lean representative of a German firm
that aims to control the worlds plati-
mum supply were made in the house
today by Representative Henry T.
Rainey, of Illinois.
Engelhard' controls eighty per cent
of this country's platinum thru con-
troll of three firms besides his own,
Rainey said.
The jewelers. Vigilance committee.
Rainey said, were 'unpatriotic prof.
teers," charging the organization had
defeated a proposal to tax heavily
platinum jewelry and forestalled eff
fective platinum communicating or
ders. He proposed platinum be taken
board unless sufficient commander
ing orders are made at once"
Fight War With Platinum.
Modern wars cannot be fought with
out platinum, Rainey explained, be-
cause the metal is absolutely neces-
sary in making guns, explosives, air.
planes and nitrogen. He said there
was danger of a shortage here.
The German firm of w. c. Hereaus
has its headquarters in Hanau, Ger
many" Rainey said. TT has a branch
in the United States controlled by
Charles Engelhard, who has his offices
at 80 Church street, New York City,
ness as Charles Engelhard, he is a
branch of this German firm. This
German firm is the largest dealer in
platinum in the world.
Charles Engelhard was born in
Hanau, Germany, of German parent
age. He speaks German and came
here some rs years ago. He married
the daughter of this same w. c. Her
aeus and she has six brothers in the
German army.
Il have with me a complete copy of
card signed by Charles Engelhard
and filed recently with the Chemist
Club of New York, which contains the
following quotation:
81 am personally with the war in
dustries board, Washington, D. c.,
every Tuesday to consult as regards
platinum matters
He also states on this card that his
business is platinum"
Money to Aliens.
Recently a young man representing
one OF the great commercial agencies,
succeeded in passing the out barriers
and getting into the inner offices Of
Charles Engelhard, hoping to find
him there and obtain from him a
financial statement. He did not find
him there but he did find, apparently
in control of the inner office, a Ger
man alien by the name of Won Brock,
who at that time received from un-
known sources frequently sums of
money usually amounting to $4,000
which sums he disbursed among
Germans who were out of employment
on account of war conditions.
''From the firm of Baker & Co.. a
inspected German alien was recently
taken and informed at Ellis Island, N.
Y, where Won Brock is now interned.
at called n T irL ~
sufficient facts-and these facts cam
not be CONFERENCE.-THE create the
strong suspicion that the platinum in
dustry of the United States may have
been controlled during the year we
have been engaged in this war by Ger
MANY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-07
JOIN IN new STRIKE
Railroad photographers May Cast Lot
With the w. U. Operators.

Chicago, June Railway teles-
raphers are preparing to, Join issue
with the Commercial Teiegraphers'
Union of America in its proposed
strike against the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph companies. accord
ing to an announcement made by 5.
]. Konenkamp, president of the Com
merciaI photographers union.
E. j. Thomas. Chicago district chair
man of the railway telegraphers, has
arranged for conferences with
Konenkamp. 1t is understood the
railway telegraphers' grievances are
directed against the Western Union
and include demands for increased
pay where railway offices handle
Western Union business.
I'VE are mailing the strike instruc-
tions," Mr.. Konenkamp said. The
locals are instructed to prepare for
the strike which is to enforce the de-
cision OF the United States labor war
board providing for reinstatement of
500 operators discharged for union
affiliations and for recognition of our
union. Hf%
while the date for the strike has
been definitely set. We are not yet
ready to make that public
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-07
WRITER'S FACE DANGER
Associated Press Correspondent Tells
of Work at Front.

New York, June 7.-Experiences
under fire and difficulties faced by
correspondents in the battle zone In
France are told in a letter just re-
ceived by the Associated Press from
one of its correspondents with the
American expeditionary forces He
also tells of the fine morale Of the
American troops.
.aThe conditions in the north (refer-
ring to the Disc district) were quite
exciting for correspondents, he
writes when I was there l was liv-
ing in a town so close to the lines that
six-inch shells came in on us. A num-
Der of shrapnel broke right over my
house, breaking off the brick-like
shingles. A Carnegie bowler (steel
helmet) was my best friend. There is
nothing quite so upsetting as to be
writing a piece for the papers and
hear that whistle of a shell coming
your way, hear it break almost over
head and then hear the ~,-istie that
shrapne1 makes as it shoots down
ward. The incessant racket kept up
day and night.
Nights it was worse; absolutely
preventing sleep. There were the
rumble and roar of French and
German guns nearer the line, the
crash of French heavy about a
block away, the whistle of a shell go
ing out and coming in and the
c-r-r-r-r-umph of boche shells ex-
ploding. When you finally drop off
to sleep about 8 in the morning the
racket is not SO great, but You never
know whether you will wake up in
the bed where you went to sleep, a
hospital bed, or whether the next
thing you hear will be the voice of
Old st. Peter telling you to wipe the
mud off your boots before entering.
Added to other troubles probably
have small quantity Of gas in me.
1 got a whiff about three weeks ago.
1t wasn't enough to do any harm.
and making my eyes and throat
suna
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-07
HE SWAN The MARINE
Pittsburgh Lieutenant Did This to
Rescue a French Soldier.

With the French Armies on the
Marine. June THE rescue of a
French soldier by Lieut.. Walter R.
Flannery, of Pittsburgh, who swan
the Marine river to reach the man.
was described today in an official note
issued at French headquarters.
American machine gunners along
the bank of the Marine noticing some
one opposite signalling them not to
shoot, called a French interpreter"
the note said. 1.-The interpreter made
an appointment with the individual
for 9 o'clock that evening under cover
of a sunken canal boat. At that hour
Lieut.. Walter w. Flannery, tying a
rope around his waist, swan the river
at the risk of his life and brought the
man back
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-07
CAN'T JOIN THE R. C,
Billy Forced to Turn Down Appoint
ment With Major Ranking,

thusiastic leaders in war and Red
Cross work that Topeka has, was
obliged today to refuse an offer from
the Red Cross to become field super
intendent with the rank of major.
Conditions arose in his affairs which
made it impossible for him to accept,
and he is disappointed man. He
was also obliged to decline the honor
of going to New York next week to
visit all points of embarkation there
to. make the final address and give
the parting Red Cross message to the
soldiers leaving for overseas duty.
Billy has been in Washington re-
Gently, where he made an address to
the war council and Red Cross
mAnagers. 1t was following that
speech that he was asked to make
the New York trip to address the out
going soldiers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-07
HOOVER TO EUROPE?
Director May Go Over to Check UI
Food Needs OF Allies.

Washington, June As Americas
armies are becoming more and more
great and vital factor abroad, need
OF closer and more intimate associa-
ton with the task is apparent
1t developed today that Herbert
Hoover probably will leave for Europe
before the summer is over to check I'D
on the food needs of the allied nations
The tremendous development of sup
ply depots, ordnance manufacture and
kindred work is expected to result in
a trip of general inspection by Edward
Stettinius. head of the purchases and
supply work of the war department.
Oscar T. Crosby, American financial
representative abroad, now here as
sisting in the formulating of a new
lnter-a1lfed finance policy, will return
to Europe within a fortnight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-07
Unknown Persons Trying to
Work Graft in City.
Posed as Solicitors for a Col.
Ored Orphanage.
HAD THE NAMES OF FIRMS
However, They Were Names
Signed to Old Petitions.
E. H. Crosby Responsible for
Exposing Scheme.

One of the cleverest-and the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES propositions yet
sprung on the gullible Topeka public
was given the light of day this morn
ing by E. H Crosby of the Crosby
Brothers company.
The list in question purportS to be
the list of subscriptions made by To-
peka merchants to a colored orphan
age home fund. 1t is made up Of
original signatures of Topeka business
men who last August subscribed to the
fund The signatures have been
clipped from the original subscription
book and pasted on a sheet OF paper
bearing at it's head this legend:
I'VE send our man to ask that you
please pay your subscriptions to the
colored OrphaEage Building fund I'M
der the auspices of our churches Tor
which we shall always be grateful.
Hoping you will give us the kind
est consideration in this matter and
you may rest assured that we will al
ways give you our prayerful respect
and future patronage"
Then follows the list of clipped sig
natures pasted opposite amounts sup
posed to represent each merchant or
business mans subscription to the
fund.
Only One Subscriber.
AS far as is known the J. Thomas
Lumber company is the only company
that has made subscription this year
on the list-this in spite of the fact
that several Of the firms listed are
marked as having paid their subscrip-
tons.
Four firms are marked on the list
opposite the pasted signatures, As
having paid the amount Shown-bu:
representatives of each of these four
firms denied that any such subscrip-
ton had either been made or been
paid.
The plea which heads the list and
promises the merchants ''prayerful
respect and future patronage" from
some unmentioned society of colored
churches is signed by NJ. L. Manager
The solicitor, was denounced as an i'm
postor when he presented the list to
E. H. Crosby this morning, and was
released to find three colored preach
ers to identify him. Crosby said the
man had been drinking to such an
extent that his breath was odoriferous
of spirituous liquor some distance
away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-07
County Registrars

The following completes the list OF
men who registered for army service
in Shawnee county last Wednesday,:
William Henry Clutts, Route 10, Elmont
TerroI Herbert Woodland, Elmont.
Edwin Emanuel Peterson, Route ., Elmont
Clyde Henry Porter. Wakarusa.
Gene James NettletOn, WakaruSa.
Charley Daniel Boley, Route 2, Topeka.
William Bryan Martin, Wakarusa.
John Richard Matney, Carbondale.
William Hobart Strohm, Auburn.
Clayton Miller, Rfchland.
Carl Bertell Losh, Richland.
Frank Andrew Spangler, Richland.
William Mckinley Norris, Richland. :
Henry Ebberts, Richland.
Pintest Wallace. Rossville.
Ernest Ray Green, willard.
Walter Osborn, Willard.
Henry Horace Allen, st. Marys.
Joseph N. Curwick, Rossville.
Henry Mike Otto, st. Marys-
Joseph Cletus Meyer, kossyiile.
Claude Bryan Sneller Rossvflle.
Ross Isaac Mccullough, Rossville.
Harold II. Immenschuh, Rossville.
Robert Harold Sebring, Rossvllle.
Fred Lake. lola.
Albert A Holm. Rosvi1le.
Carol d. Gutschull, ROssville.
Martin Owen Morstorf. tossv1lle.
Orbie B. Binncy. Rossville.
Thos John Barrett. Auburn.
Burdette E. Billings. Valencia.
William J. Susser, Auburn
Chas. p. Kendall, Auburn.
Louis Carl Zirkle. Auburn:
Geo. Omer Price Route Z, Topeka.
Samuel Forest Lane, Valencia
Clarence A. Woodford. Silver Lake.
William H. Perkins, Route G. N; Topeka.
Lynden Lester George, Silver Lake.
Walter Jessie .ditchell. Elmont: \,
Raymond Reed Neiswender> Route o. N
J-raei q Phillips Silver Lake.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-07
WAR REVENUE IDEAS
Increased Import Duty, Income Tax
and Mail Rates Are Suggested.

Washington, June 7.-Hearings pre-
liminary to framing new war
revenue bill designed to raise one
third of the nations expenses by tax
alton were begun by the house ways
and means committee today. Thomas
o. Marvin, of Boston. representing the
Home Market club, the first witness,
advocated raising several million dol
lars more revenue by increased i'm
port duties. Benjamin C. Marsh, of
the farmers national committee on
war finance, asked a heavier tax on
incomes, and Representative Albert
Johnson, of Washington, presented a
plan for graduated taxes on second
class nail matter.
Mr.. Marsh said that during the war
no patriot would want an income of
more than $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-07
GLORIOUS OLD MARINES
eve Have No Objective" Says
American Officer Today.
BY LOWELL MELLETT.

BY LOWELL MEILETT.
With the American Armies in
France, June I've have obtained
our object-not objective. as we had
no objective. We simply were deter
mined that the German rush should
be stopped. It's stopped"
This was the terse summary by an
American officer today of his brigade 8
exploit northwest of Chateau-Thierry,
which has developed into one of the
most glorious in the history of the
United States marines.
The 1ull in the fighting in the mid
die of this morning permitted brief
checking up of the results OF the four
days desperate action.
1t is now positively known that the
Americans defeated three divisions
1000 men) of Prussians and Bavar-
ian landwehr for three successive
days. They took hundreds of prison
ers and left heaps of German dead on
the fields. The marines casualties,
however. were not disproportionate.
Washington Is Pleased.
Washington, June Friends OF
the marine corps expressed the great
est pleasure today at the news of their
work in France. The part they are
taking in the thick of the fighting and
the splendid success of their efforts
was pointed to as justification fol
putting them into the front line.
There are no better fighting mer
in the world than the Marines" said
Secretary Daniels when told of wha,
they had dine. No recent announce.
ment has been made as to the strength
of the marine forces abroad but to.
days dispatches indicated they are
holding a section alone that would re.
quire more than brigade strength, and
that their divisional organization II
approximately completed.