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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08

At o'clock this afternoon the wind
was blowing IL miles an hour from
the south and the snow flurries had
ceased. The average temperature for
the day was exactly normal, Mr.. Flora
announced.
Out all night in a temperature of
20 degrees, that was what the bronze
Lincoln had to undergo Monday
night after 9 o'clock. By 8 o'clock
this morning the temperature had
n moderated to 25 degrees, but this was
not sufficient to melt the 2 inch of
snow that had fallen and turned the
bronze hair to a pure white.
There was some snow in the north
west Monday night, but the tempera-
lures were mild and there is little
possibility of a sudden cold snap un-
less the cold area around Winnipeg,
Canada, should take a sudden notion
to sweep southwark direct.
The official forecast announced this
morning says: Unsettled tonight and
Tuesday, probably light snow.
At Oklahoma City this morning the
lowest temperature recorded was 80
degrees and the Indications were that
there would be a slight rise thruout
the day 1t was cloudy with a light
breeze blowing from the north, with a
little chance for some snow.
The highest temperature ever re-
corded in Topeka on this date was 66
degrees in 1902, and the lowest was
below zero in 1888
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
TERMS OF WORLD
PEACE BY WILSON
u. s. Terms
of Peace

Washington, Jan. S.-President
Wilson today, in addressing con-
gresS, delivered a re-Statement OF
war aims in agreement with the re-
cent declaration by the British pre-
mier, David Lloyd George.
The president presented a def1nite
program for world peace contain
ing fourteen specific considerations.
The president presented the fol-
lowing as necessary elements OF
world peace:
"1-Open covenants of peace
without private international under
standings
"2-AbsoIute freedom of the seas
in peace or war except as they may
be closed by international action.
"3-RemovaI of all economic bar
rierS and establishment of equality
of trade conditions among nations
consenting to peace and aSsOciating
themselves for its maintenance.
"4-GuaranteeS for the reduction
of national armamentS to the lowest
point consistent with domestic safety.
'5-Impartial adjustment of all
colonial claims based upon the prin-
cipIe that the peoples concerned
have equal weight with the interest
of the government.
''6-Evacuation of all Russian ter
F1COrN ana opportunity lot fluSSIdH
political development.
"7-Evacuation of Belgium, with
out any attempt to limit her SOW
ereignty.
.'S-AII French territory to be
freed and restored and reparation
for the taking of Alsace-Lorraine.
"9-Readjustment of Italy's from
tiers along clearly recognizable lines
of nationality.
"10-Freest opportunity for au-
tonomouS development of the peo-
pies of Austria Hungary.
"11-EvacuatiOn of Rumania,
Serbia and Montenegro, with access
to the sea for Serbia, and interna-
tionaI guarantees of economic and
political independence and territorial
integrity of the Balkan states.
Obscure sovereignty for Tur-
keys portion of the Ottoman en-
pire, but with other nationalities
under Turkish rule assured security
of life and opportunity for auton-
omOus development, with the Dar-
danelles permanently opened to all
nations.
"13-Estab blishment of an inde-
pendent Polish state, including ter
ritories Inhabited by indisputably
Polish populations, with free access
to the sea and political and eco
nomic independence and territorial
integrity guaranteed by interna-
tionaI covenant.
"14-GeneraI association of ma
tions under specific covenants for
mutual guarantees of political in
dependence and territorial integrity
to large and small states alike"
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That Is Charge Made by a Pro-
ducer Today.
Three Million Cubic Feet Are
Going to Waste.
COMPANY WON'T CONSIDER II
Wells Are Right at the Supply
Pipe Lines.
Complaint Made to the Public
Utilities Commission.

While Topeka and other Kansas
towns shiver from the cold and in
their own sweet way swear about the
gas shortage and the fuel famine,
three million cubic feet OF gas at the
Kansas Natural pipes in Miami county
are being overlooked each day. The
gas supply has been offered to the
Kansas Natural, but it has made no
move to buy the supply.
In letter which the state public
utilities commission received today. it
is charged that the Kansas Natural
has made no effort to take over the
Miami county production. Arthur
Davidson, vice president of the Racine
Oil company declared today his COM
pany had sought to sell its supply to
the Kansas Natural without results
The company wants to sell it's gas at
a reasonable figure. But Davidson
says the Kansas Natural won't buy al
tho it is now building pipe lines into
Oklahoma to secure a new supply of
gas.
Davidsons Letter.
Following is the letter which David
son sent to the state commission
Would you suggest the procedure
for us to pursue in disposing of our
natural gas productionS near Paola.
Kan, of which we now have about
three million cubic feet per day?
THE Kansas Natural pipe line is at
our lease. We have notified the COM
pany of our desire to sell our gas. but
it has ignored our correspondence.
There is considerable gas in that field
within easy access to its pipe line, a
good deal of which alreadv is connect
ed. but not being disposed of thru no
fault of the producers, as they are
willing to sell at a reasonable figure
rather than waste it. Any co-opera-
ton in that direction will be appre-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
LERRIGO TO CHICAGO
Washburn Ambulance Co. Expects to
Leave for France Soon.

Camp Pike, Ark, Jan. S.-Capt
Charles Lerrigo, of the Washburn am
bulance company, left Monday for
Chicago where he was summoned to
undergo four weeks of special train
ing in the duties of superior officers
of an ambulance unit
The summoning of DR.. Lerrigo is
regarded as indicative of departure of
the Washburn unit to Europe before
spring. All superior officers of am
bulance units are required to undergo
a final special course before their
units leave for the front
In all other respects the Washburn
company is regarded as nearly ready
for service abroad, both as regards
equipment and necessary training
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
Secretary Baker Analyses Stu
alton on West Front,
Recalls Germans Have Repeat
edly Been Defeated There.
PREPARING FOR SIX WEEKS
Huns Lost in Each of 16 Sue
cessiye Battles in Flanders.
FrancO-BritiSh Can Be Relied
Upon To Stand Shock.

Washington, Jan S.-A gigantic
Germant thrust on the west front
possibly their greatest assault during
the warts impending, Secretary
Baker declared in his weekly military
review today.
In the great battle. the Germans,
Baker said, may be counted upon to
strain every fibre of their remaining
plans succeed"
The delay in the assault, predicted
weeks ago by the German press and
allied war chiefs, has been due to the
time necessary for concentration of
large troop masses. adequate artil-
lery and ample reserves of munitions %
Baker said.
Outlook Safe for Allies.
He counsels the American people
ION the eve of a possible German Of
! fensive" to recall that the allies in
the past have always come out vic
torious.
The text follows:
six weeks have elapsed since the
| first rumors reached us of the great
thrust in the west which the enemy
then announced as imminent.
I'm order to concentrate large troop
masses, adequate artillery and ample
| reserves of munitions, much time is
required
Tho the German higher command
has so long delayed before beginning
operations, advices received seemingly
confirm the information that impor-
| tant actions are contemplated along
the western front.
Huns VIII Strain Every Fibre.
''They may be counted on to strain
every fibre of their remaining strength
in an endeavor to make their plans
succeed.
In considering the general military
situation on the eve of possible Ger
man offensive. it must be recalled that
thru sixteen successive battles of great
magnitude in Flanders, the British
have every time come out victorious
and pushed steadily ahead. Their
gains have been methodical and cumu-
lative.
THE Germans have during this
long series of major operations in
variably been forced to give way.
THE French stood like a rock at
Verdun and soon after drove forward
victoriously in the battle of the Somme
and, in turn, played a great part in
repeated drives in Flanders.
THE impending German offensive
will possibly be their greatest assault.
1.-The French and British armies can
be relied upon to withstand shock"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
TELEGRAPH TABLOIDS

Milwaukee.-Male residents along
Cambridge avenue are thankful for
the snow and the Red Cross. Hazel
Blakenly and Norma We'll, society
girls shoveled 81 worth of snow from
the walks and today gave it to the Red
Cross. In overalls? Sure.
Cleveland. O.-The war pocket"
has hit Cleveland. Tailors here are
making pockets under the lapels of
coats. They're for pennies with
which to pay tobacco and theater
taxes
Chicago.-Percy Bird has been
Camp Grant to the aviation corps
That ought to answer Bill Shakes
peare's query Whats in name?"
Chicago.-Mme. Amelita CALI Curci
has left New York flat on it's back
She declares positively she will not
sing in that city this winter, declaring
she has tired herself out trying to en-
tertain Chicago opera fans
New York-Many women and chill
dren dropped from exhaustion after
standing in line all day waiting their
turn for coal being sold in small lots
here Sunday
Findley, O.-Merchants here issued
10000 sugar cards today. Each mem
Der of a family is entitled to two
pounds month.
East Orange, n. Magistrate Mott
volunteered as a coal wagon driver to
aid the needy. One woman tipped him
dime and warned him not to get
drunk; another demanded that her
coal be brought upstairs. Judge Mott
dumped it in the parlor.
London.-R- E. Prothero. president
of the board of agriculture knows the
exact region where the war will be
won- In a speech at Nottingham he
said: The war will be won in the
prosaic region of the human stom-
ach-''
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in any way her legitimate influence
or power. We do not wish to fight
her, either with arms or with hostile
arrangements of trade, if she is will
ing to associate herself with us and
other peace-loving nations of the
world in covenants of justice and law
and fair dealing. Neither do we pre-
sumo to suggest to her any alteration
or modification of her institutions. But
it is necessary we must frankly say,
and necessary as a preliminary to any
intelligent dealings with her on our
part that we should know whom her
spokesmen speak for when they speak
to us, whether for the German reichs-
tag majority or for the military party
and the men whose creed is imperial
domination"
The president made clear at the
outset that the German statesmen
having again challenged their adver-
saries to a re-statement of war aims.
he undertook to respond to it with
the utmost candor. The British pre-
mier's declaration the president re-
ferred to as having been spoken with
admirable candor and in admirable
spirit for the people and government
of Great Britain"
Germany Alone Is Silent
THE only secrecy of counsel" he
added the only lack of fearless
frankneSs, the only failure to make
,
lies with Germany and her allies.'
The voice of the Russian people,
PROSTATE and all but helpless, with
power apparently shattered, but souls
OF aims and, the president added, he
responded with utter simplicity and
, frankness''
At this point the president went on
to enumerate the fourteen essentials
of his program.
The president noorria1 i,e+
three minutes in delivering his ad-
dress. The visiting Serbian mission
sat with the members of the cabinet
and Joined in the applause that greet
ed the declaration for restoration of
Serbia and the freedom of the Balkan
peoples. Each statement of the pro-
gram was greeted with some applause
as the president read it and there was
no division of approval apparent be-
tween the parties.
Instant and enthusiastic praise for
| the address was given generally in
congress. Leaders and rank and file
| Joined in expressions of emphatic ap-
proVal with few reservations. It was
the general opinion that the presi-
dents address had possibilities of has
| tening peace and influencing the Rus
| sian negotiations while at the same
time concretely giving peace terms
| and endorsing Lloyd Georges state
| ments.
Wilson's Greatest Paper
Chairman Stone of the senate for
| eign relations committee declared he
was in full agreement with the pres
| ident, while other senators referred to
the address as 1.-The best thing the
president has DONE" and his great
| est paper"
| Chairman Flood of the house for
| eign affairs committee declared the
| address would carry encouragement to
| the allies and particularly encourage
and hearten the Russians.
| Representative Meyer London OF
Continued on Page Two.)
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APPROVE AMBASSADOR
Earl Reading, New Head of Embassy
to U. S., Son of Jewish Immigrant.

London, jan S.-Universal satisfac-
ton was expressed in all quarters to-
day over selection of Earl Reading.
lord chief justice of England. as Brit
ish high commissioner and special am
bassador to the United States.
The appointment is revolutionary
not alone in that it is the first time
that the second highest judicial off,
cial in England has been requisitioi. ed
for distinctly political and business af-
fairs. but in that the appointee is of
Jewish extraction. Earl Reading is
the son of an obscure Jewish immi-
grant,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
WON'T GIVE UP AN INCH
Germans Will Hang ON to All They've
Got, Declares Ludwig.

Amsterdam, Jan. S.-King Ludwig
oe Bavaria is quoted in a Munich dis
patch as having said yesterday at q
reception on his birthday that the
terms of Germany's enemies were
exorbitant
mot an inch of German territory
will be given up he declared. We
must try to safeguard our frontiers"
Asserting that the Bavarians like
the other Germans were victorious
everywhere, the king added:
May we succeed also in defeating
our latest enemies, the Americans"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
AUSTRIA REJECTS 1T
Vienna Political Circles Say Lloyd
George Terms Not Satisfactory.

Amsterdam. Jan. 8.-The Budapest
Pesterllcyd printed a dispatch from
Vienna declaring. "It was learned in
political circles that it was Impossible
for the central powers to accept Lloyd
Georges conditions"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
NOW PEACE DELEGATE
Won Tarnow Was Austrian Ambassa-
dor to q. S. But Never Recognized.

Amsterdam, Jan. 8.-Count Adam
Tarnowski Won Tarnow. according to
a dispatch to the Berlin TagebIatt.
has been appointed an Austrian dele
gate to the peace conference at Brest-
Litovsk. The count was named am
bassador to the United States last
spring but never was officially re-
ceived by the American government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
FIRST KNITTING CASUALTY
WOMAN STABBED IN ARM

Chicago Jan 8--Miss Anna
Meyer is Chicago's first woman war
casualty. She was stabbed in the
arm with a knitting needl, while
seated beside an Industrious purler
in a street car.
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GUILTY OF FRATRlCIDE
Dr. Chamberlain Given Life Sentence
for Staying Brother.

Goochland, Va. Jan. S.-Dr. Asa w.
Chamberlain today was found guilty
of the murder of his brother and SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
BRITISH.

London, Jan. S.-Active hostile ar
tillerying at night in the neighborhood
OF Bullecourt and at Passehendaele
was reported by Field Marshal Haig
today. In the neighborhood of Fies-
qu1eres. the enemy raided British
post. One British soldier is missing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
LIGHT SNOW BLANKET
Mercury Climbing Today-Tempera-
ture of 30 at Camp Doniphan.

Temperature readings for the day
furnished by the local office of the
United States weather bureau:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
OFFICIAL WAR
STATEMENTS
GERMAN.

Berlin, via London, Jan. S.-Repulse
of English companies which attacked
at dusk east of Bullecourt was an
nounced in today's official statement.
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ITALIAN,

Rome, Jan. S-Fighting on the
Italian front has been reduced to the
minimum by recent heavy SHOWS, to-
days official statement announced
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08

THE Kaiser would only unwind
that fist of his long enough to show
his hand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Unsettled and colder tonight and
Tuesday. Probably light snow.
The Lambertville record., 1918-11-22

suffocating gas were used by the
French police in securing demented
woman who was firing at everybody
in sight. These weapons were pro-
vided for the special police after the
downfall of the motor bandits. The
scene of their use was Neuilly. The
woman had barricaded herself in her
room and from her window she fred
upon anyone who passed by.
A force of police, protected by the
new breastplates and carrying the
gas-discharging revolvers, went to
the house. They were received with
a volley, but on reaching the door of
her room they fred the gas charges
through a hole in the woodwork. In
a few minutes the woman fell uncon-
scious to the floor and the men we're
able to secure her and take her away
The Lambertville record., 1918-11-22
PRAISE THE MISSION SCHOOL
Bulgaria Expresses Its Gratitude for
Work Done in That Country by
American Teachers.

Bulgarian mails bring news that
the Bulgarian ministry of education
has officially certified by decree that
the work of the American mission
schools at Samokov is equivalent to
that of its own national gymnasia.
The full text of the certificate, the
correct translation of which is Off
cially certified, is as follows:
"The ministry of national educa-
tion of the kingdom of Bulgaria
hereby certifes that the American
The Lambertville record., 1918-11-22

and Rat creeks to devour the domes-
tic animals, and some Crow creeks,
while there are also Fly creek and
Mosquito creek to worry the summer
boarders. Milk and Cold Water
creeks are present, likewise Hog
run and Mud creek, so that Bacon
creek is not strange. 1t is fitting
that with a Bee creek and a Bee
branch there should also be a Honey
creek. There are a couple Of Cherry
creeks, a Crabapple creek, and plenty
of Plum creeks, and for the wild
animals we have Bear, Beaver, Buck,
Crane, Deer, Doe, Elk, Otter, Pan
ther, Raccoon, Skunk and Wolf
creeks. With Keg creek there is
a Whisky creek and Whisky run.
Finally, there is a Purgatory creek.
The Lambertville record., 1918-11-22
HAD TO SHOOT pEsHRrERs.

One hundred years ago six SOL
diers of the United States army were
shot at Plattsburgh, for desertion.
During the closing months of the
war of 1912 no little disafrection
manifested itself among the troops,
due in large measure, it was said at
the time, to the unpopularity and in
capacity Of some of the commanding
officers. Earlier in the month there
had occurred what amounted almost
to a mutiny among the volunteer and
The Lambertville record., 1918-11-22
135 N. Broad Street

adjectives, and we freely "bombard, :"
though it would be quite as reason
able for a pillow fgh r to say he
"pillowed."
Perhaps the most curious thing in
this connection is the way in which
we have been driven back upon the
old verb "Aee." Before the era of
the Zeppelin and the aeroplane we
should certainly have said "the Ger
man fleet flies before the British !"
now we say it "Aees," because "flt-
The Lambertville record., 1918-11-22

of Russia addressed a rescript to the
nations inviting them to an interna-
tional discussion on a question of
ways and means which would assure
a durable peace for all peoples of the
world. The result Of this was the
first peace conference at The Hague
the following year, according to the
Hartford Courant's historian. At a
convention, which was held few
months after this conference, was
created The Hague tribunal, causing
each of the nations in session to NOM
mate for six years representative
members of permanent court of
arbitration, the main duties of which
are to call the attention of prospec-
The Lambertville record., 1918-11-22

talk of nations ''taking the sword,
though that is just what they never
do, when moving the howitzer"
would be vastly more appropriate.
Modern artillery has forced us to
make a verb out-of a noun and to
permit our gunncrs to shelf
place in defiance of all conceivable
rules of grammar. We have forced
Offensive" and "obiectiye7 to do
duty as nouns in spite of the fact
that they are plain and indubitable
The Lambertville record., 1918-11-22

try recognized the girls gymnasium
as equivalent to our national gym
nasia for girls. In order to fully at
tain, however, to the standard, both
of our gymnasia and of these in Eu-
rope as well, it is indispensable that
they significantly broaden their ac-
tivities, by securing teachers body,
corresponding to those of our ma
tional schools and by also procuring
modern equipment, laboratory ap-
The Lambertville record., 1918-11-22
CLEARLY A FARMING STATE
Names of Many of the Streams That
Flow Through Iowa Seem to
Demonstrate Fact.

That Iowa is a farming state is
reflected in the names of many of
the streams that flow through it.
First there is Farm creek, so that
Farmers creek is not out of place ;
then there is a Chicken creek, a
Duck creek, a Goose creek, num-
Der of Turkey creeks, as well as Pig
con creek. There are Fox. Hawk.
The Lambertville record., 1918-11-22
Where to buy, When to buy and What buy in Trenton

ing" seems to connote motion above
the surface of the earth. There are
hundred subtle differences of this
sort to which war has impelled us,
and from which the most pedantic
purist is totally unable to escape.
The Lambertville record., 1918-11-22

gymnasia--boys' and girls'-in Sa-
mokov, Bulgaria, founded more than
fifty years ago, and continuing to
the present time to carry on their
educational and moral activities,
have been, during all their existence
centers of spiritual culture and
progress. The Bulgarian nation has
always looked with special respect
and honor upon these schools, which
even from the dark period of slav-
The Lambertville record., 1918-11-22
CHANGE ALLEGIANCE AT WILL
Nationality a Matter of Small Mo-
ment in the Countries of
the Levant.

Constantinople and the neighbor-
ing regions have been the great scene
of quick-change cosmopolitanism.
eve naturally think of nationality
as being matter of birth and race"
says Sir Charles Eliot, "but in the
Levant it is regarded as kind Of
privilege which may be acquired,
lost or changed. No one sees any,
The Lambertville record., 1918-11-22

paratus, libraries, ETC. In this way
they will enhance the educational
side of their work las well as the
moral and religious side), and they
will increase still more the gratitude
of the Bulgarian nation"
The Lambertville record., 1918-11-22

without the least trouble. II is said
that, though the gas thus fired causes
almost immediate Inconsistencies, it
has no unpleasant after-effects.
The Lambertville record., 1918-11-22
BIG LINE OF CHRISTMAS
GOODS ON HAND.

owing to the European war. 1t was
quite in order, therefore, to hear
from Ceylon that:
"a group of business men promi-
nent in Colombo have organized a
pioneer company to undertake the
manufacture and refining of sugar
produced from the palmyra palm.
The company is called the Ceylon
Sugar Refneries, Ltd, and its inten-
ton is to develop the production of
sugar in Ceylon, which at present