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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-05
Morning Grain Gossip.
FURNISHED by tue Topeka Board of Trade.t

New York, Feb 5-Journal of Commerce
-Cotton-A conference today between ID,
may decide the question as to another
coalless Monday but meanwhile New Eng
land mills are TO get cotton more readily:
Liverpool selling of late was bearish. II
the cold weather which has lasted with
little or no intermission for nine weeks
greatly hasten return of normal condi-
lions and it would seem that mild wealth
er cannot be far off. The allies must, it
ships to Liverpool have laterly been re-
duced, it Is said, 3 to per cent. Exports
to Italy have increased somewhat. The
short interest here has expanded, it is
said to be large. Long liquidation has been
drastic The technical position has there's
says cotton will not be included in price
fixing bills
New York. Feb. 5-Financial News Bull
letin Stocks-In the absence of unset
Ting news reactions do not go far and
new new buying appears, with broadening ten,
to continue along those lines during which
| activity, conservative purchases on reac-
neglect fair profits owing to the higher
price ranges and greater vulnerability to
professional attack on adverse news. Spe-
nels, including the rubbers, equipments,
oils and shipping shares. The paper stocks
are being recommended in well Informed
Chicago. Feb. 5.-The Herald says: Sem
timent of the oats trade last night was
DeaFiSn, due TO the late WeuKhess In casn
premiums. Only few cars of oats were
sold at the late break while traders in the
pit sold several million bushels. futures
Those who are. bearish think they see a
fading away of the same cash premiums
thru shutting off Of eastern shipments. Al
the same time the east is bare Of oats
York of late. A local cash, handler who
returned yesterday from a trip thru west
central Illinois sal he found elevators
| generally well stocked with oats. In some
Instances it will be necessary to move Out
oats before earn can be handled. There
/ is n lot of corn in the fields. Car situation
! is somewhat easier. Al, estimate made
| by Decatur elevator man shows that *
per cent of the 1917 corn crop in Illinois il
| vet on farms where raised. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-05
WILL HONOR LINCOLN
Program for Birthday Anniversary of
Great Emancipator Arranged.

A parade of workingmep to pledge
their loyalty to the United States in
the war and out, a flower tribute laid
at the foot of the new Lincoln statue
on the state house grounds, and a
monster mass meeting at o'clock in
the evening will be the outstanding
features of February IL in Topeka.
The program is in charge of the COM
mittee of fifteen appointed by the To-
peka Industrial Council with Otto l..
Rain as chairman. 1t was announced
in a morning paper that the February
IL activities would start at O'Clock in
the morning, but this was denied by
Chairman Rain later in the day and
an official announcement was made
that the parade would be held late in
the afternoon, winding up at the Lin
coin statue where a wreath will be
laid at the feet of the bronze in trib-
ute to the memory of the real Lin
coin. The days activities will close
with the mass meeting at the Cham
Der of Commerce at o'clock in the
evening. Gov. Capper and DR. Ed
mund James Kulp will be the principal
speakers at the mass meeting.
Other addresses at the evening
meeting will be by c. H. Banner and
J. o. Stevic.
One of the novel features of the af-
ternoon parade will be that no We
hicles of any kind, character or de-
scription will be allowed to participate.
Every man in the parade will have to
march on foot, and even the marshals
of the parade will not be provided
with horses as heretofore, but will
push the pavement with their fellows.
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on the better or desirable kinds. Plainer
grades sold about steady. Three loads or
Colorado feeders weighing 9SS pounds
brought S11.15 i record price on feeders
from Colorado this year. Stockers range
in price from IS to 81 and feeders $3.50
to $11.15.
Hogs sold today at mostly 10 to 10
cents higher prices. top s164o. bulk of
sales $16,l0 to S16.35 Most of the heavies
brought from $1625 to $500 and light
weight sold up to 5000. Pigs were strong,
selling from $11 to ST. Kansas City was
the only market to show increase in
hog receipts for the month of january
The increase was approximately $1,000
more than January a year ago.
SHEEP AND LAMBS.
Receipts of sheep and lambs were light
and market was about steady with the
close of last week. Best lambs here sold
at $17.15 but there was nothing real choice
here. Warnings sold up to s14.T5, wethers
sell up to SIS. ewes S12-25 and feeders up
to S15S5. J. A. RICKART, =
Market Correspondent
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REAL SPRING SAMPLE
Continued from Page one.)

Continued from Page One.)
the Searching rays of an ambitious sun
the Temperatures this afternoon were
due to top the 50-degree mark. This
will see the last of the snow now on
the ground, and if the gods are willing
the Topeka lawns will not be covered
with any more sheets of ice this win
ter OF course, it is rather early in
the season to talk of spring. but tenn
perature of so degrees is almost a
touch of heaven after the sustained be-
low zero temperatures in Topeka all
last week
The lowest temperature in Topeka
last night was above at a. m. BY
Z O'Clock the mercury had climbed to
is degrees and at $3.50 O'Clock it was
touching the "a mark. From the SO
degree temperature expected this aft
ernoon, the mercury will drop to the
35 degree station tonight and tomor-
row back up 40 SO or more. Meteor
ologist Flora said this morning that
err in Topeka Thursday or Friday.
Temperatures in the northwest were
higher than in Florida this morning.
Oklahoma City reported aNtempera-
ture of 40 degrees at Z O'Clock this
morning. The temperature at Camp
Doniphan was expected to reach so
degrees this afternoon. No overcoats
for the drilling soldiers today
The highest temperature ever re-
corded in Topeka on this date was
81 in 1904 and the lowest was 4 be-
low in 1907
The forecast says fair tonight and
Wednesday: warmer tonight in east
and central portions; somewhat colder
Wednesday in west portion.
The shippers forecast saws temper
atures in all directions will be above
freezing
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AMERICANS PUT
Continued from Page One,

tS0utinueu IRON IaSe One.l
by tne troops during the heavy Ger
man bombardment of Saturday A
number of men who were wounded
eighty by shell splinters were treated
in the lines with their first aid packets
and insisted on remaining at their
posts until the fight wa finished. One
man who was carried to a field dress
ing STATIC returned to his comrades
in the line after his wounds had been
attended to, and remained on duty
until the fire ceased and the danger
was over. All the men later went to
a hospital for full treatment.
Keep Gas Masks Handy.
Many OF the Americans have had
their first experiences with gas in the
last few days. as the Germans have
been sending over considerable num-
Der of gas shells. None came over
this afternoon "a, but an alarm was
given. The chief of staff of one di-
vision and another STAFF officer who
were motoring to a village back of
the lines came upon several COM
panies, all the men in masks. The Of
ficers hurriedly put on their own
maks and rode on toward the front
line. At the next village the men were
wearing masks.
The officers kept theirs on until
they saw, thru a shell hole in the
side of brick wall, twenty infantry
men with no masks on, rolling dice
as if nothing had happened
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SEVEN BILLION


figured literally on their expenditures
originally, to allow a margin of finan-
cial safety. In addition production of
ships and war supplies has failed to
develop as rapidly as had been
planned.
Officials point out also that as big
contracts for. ships and army ma
terial fall due in the next few months,
the expenses may run up higher than
is anticipated even now.
Where Money Comes From.
Government borrowings on the two
liberty loans have paid for four ifths
of the wars cost, and taxation and a
few minor ordinary government re-
ceipts for about one-fifth. The loan
campaigns produced S5,792,00O and
s1,250,000 came direct from the
pockets of the people, and will not
have to be repaid. Financial demands
of the war in the next few months
will be met in the same way-by
another bond issue, and by taxes which
will begin soon to roll in from the
first war tax act.
The army, navy and shipping board
alone have dipped into the financial
war chest for more than 95 per cen,
of the nations fighting funds
Two-thirds of the s3,000,0OO, 1000 ex-
pense for war purposes in the last ter
months has been for the army and the
entire military establishment
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CONTINUED from Page one.l
Situation and plans to meet them can
be brought together, co-ordinated and
Settled upon.
Too Much for One Man.
Il realize that some may contend
that the president can make all these
decisions and therefore there is no
need for any element in our wartime
machinery. My contention is that be
he ever so able, no president-no
human being-can perform such a
task 1t is utterly impossible for one
man to examine into all these intricate
Questions. The days and nights are
hot long enough"
"a Referring to the committees war
Enquiry Senator Wadsworth said it
had covered only part of the ground,
fsnd that to investigate all army activi-
dies which might justify inquiry would
not permit the committees to finish
its work during the present sessions
of congress.
I'm both the ordnance and quarter
masters departments" he said, 1--WE
discovered a distressing state of af-
fairs. Those who attended every day
became deeply impressed with the
conviction that purchase and produc-
ton and initial distribution of the vast
amount of supplies must be essentially
an industrial operation, and that mill
1ary men, with rare exceptions, are in
capable of bringing about the best re-
suits" <sLs
a All the expert civilians appearing
Before the committee, Senator Wads-
worth declared. testified in the same
sdirection-"proper Capitalization OF
authority established preferably by
Statute whose decision may be prompt
Nv reached and accepted as final
Lack of Preparedness Costly.
Lack of preparedness before the
war. the senator said. is costing
''many, many lives and millions OF
dollars" besides prolonging the war
Illustrating hisAargument from g
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-05
CALM GREEK MUTINY
Complete Order Restored at Lamia-
$50 Arrested.

London, Feb. 5.-Complete order
has been restored at I.amia, northwest
of Athens, where soldiers of Greek
infantry regiments mutinied, according
to an Athens dispatch to the Times
One hundred and fifty arrests were
made in connection with the mutinv
Former Premiers Skou1oudis and
Lambros and other former cabinet
members under impeachment, have
been. ordered to consider themselves
under arrest in their own. homes
where they are guarded closely by
police. All political prisoners of mill
tary age undergoing sentences in
Athens have been sent to the fortress
of Nauplia.
The newspaper Hestia, of Athens,
the dispatch adds. calls the LAMA in
cident blessing in disguise, saying:
1T furnishes positive proof of
the underlying infection which the
Nenizelos government trusted it could
cure without recourse to surgical
remedies"
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with Secretary Bakers reorganization
plan and that of the committee shown
together. Senator Wadsworth called
attention to the existing vast number
of official, semi official and purely
advisory agencies, bureaus and other
bodies which, he asserted, are not CO.
ordinated, consulting or harmonizing.
On the railroads the senator oe-
elared goods with blue tagged priority
orders have exceeded normal ship
ments and in the east Sc per cent of
all freight was so tagged.
What has been the result?" he
asked. "A hopeless jam and conges-
ton of our railway transportation ia
cil:ties. A million three hundred
thousand tons of munitions and sup
plies are piled upon the docks along
our Atlantic coast billed to France and
Italy alone. Some are deteriorating
rapidly. In some places locomotive
boilers and great piles of shells and
other important materials have been
dumped out upon the ground and lie
rusting in winter weather"
Reviewing the governments han
ding of the coal industry the senator
said:
AS a result of lack of planning we
have great communities starving for
coal and an order issued by the fuel
ADMINISTRATION closing down thousands
of factories and throwing out of work
hundreds of thousands of men and
women, costing millions of dollars in
wages and delayed product and Grip
ping, for the time being, those very
activities upon which We must depend
for the winning of the war;
Must Centralize Authority.
"Other emergencies viii overtake
us" Senator Wadsworth said in con-
clusion.
eff we are wise and prudent and
farsighted, we shall establish some
agency in our government, whether it
be called a war cabinet or by some
other name, whose members shall sit
around a council table every day,
morning, noon and night, and devote
their whole time and every ability to-
ward E-orking out in advance the
methods of meeting and overcoming
the emergencies -
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UNION HEADS



former owners. They can make sue
cess or a failure of it as they choose"
Mr.. Garretson was asked if he mad
made any computations as to how
much the proposed increases in wages
asked by the men would cost.
Absolutely nome" he replied. eff
any enterprise cannot pay it's way it
does not deserve to exist. If an in
dustry cannot maintain the men who
serve it, it is not paying its way. 1t
does not matter what the increases
cost. In this case the men are en-
titled to them.''
IT have facts to provo that exper-
fenced railroad men are not permitted
to operate as their training dictates"
said Mr. Lee. The old arrangements
do not want government operation
made a success"
Wants Govt to Retain Lines.
DO you think the public will let
the railroad go back to the old system
if government management proves eff
ficient? That's why / want to see the
government make a success of operat-
ing the railroads C7
Mr.. Lees remarks were made in the
course of spirited discussion prtcipi-
tated by the presence of several repre-
sentatives of railway arrangements in
the room. A. B. Garretson, head of
the railway conductors charged their
presence was in contravention of I'M
derstanding with Director General
McAdoo that the hearing was to be ex
parfe.
Commissioner Covington said the
railroad men were there by invita-
ton of wage commission to supple
ment, not antagonize, information pre-
sented by employees.
"You will pardon my being suspi-
cious." Mr.. Lee said, but I have
ben dealing with those gentlemen for
half a century,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-05
Topeka Women Urged Not To
Throw Away Old "Kids."
They Make Fine Wind-ProOf
Vests for Soldiers.
NATION wide CAMPAIGN ON
Mrs. William r.. Smith Directs
the Work Here.
Many Vests Will Be Made in
This City.
Save your kid gloves.

Save your kid gloves.
In a campaign inaugurated here to-
day by Mrs. William r. Smith, 1884
Harrison street. discarded kid gloves
will be used in making windproof
vests for American soldiers and sail
0Tp- Mrs. Smith is collecting kid
gloves in Topeka and late this week
will send a shipment to the stage
Women's Relief Committee. S66 Fifth
avenue. New York.
Hundreds of Topekans have col
lection OF discarded kid gloves. Usual
Is these gloves go to the scrap heap
via the trash can. But the Topeka
woman is urging the conservation OF
this material that windproof vests may
be provided for the American fighting
men. Many of the ia -kets will be
made here by Topeka women who Sc
cure the patterns which Mrs. Smith
win provide in response to telephone
calls.
Nationwide Campaign.
The campaign in Topeka is link
In a nationwide movement for con-
servation of discarded kid gloves. This
campaign is being directed from New
York and was organized by prominent
stage women. So ingenious is the
campaign that it has attracted atten-
ton overseas and the movement IS
being taken up by Americas allies II
is believed hundreds of responses viii
be made to the call il Topeka and
that several large shipments of gloves
as well as an assortment of finished
vests will be sent to the New YORK
offices of the NATIONAL organization.
Commenting on the kid glove cam
paign. the New York sun recently
said
IL your bureau ir;wer is filled with old
gloves and there : a roll of leather SOFA
cushions and leather postcards accumulat-
ing dust SOM shelf this leather can De
nut to valuable use for Dur boys over there
in the Stage Women's War Relief work
room at ;,66 Fifth Gvenue the old glove tops
and pieces of waste leather are being care
fully made into w.ndproof Jackets for so
Sliers. sailors ana aviators- Here rolls OF
waste leather may be left, or if you prefer
10 make your own jackets pattern may
Z be procured
Many Jackets in Use.
Already many of the windproof jackets
have been sent abroad to our men and our
allies An Italian statesman visiting TINS
country was so greatly impressed with the
f. ingenious use of waste material that ne
asked for two models 20 take back to Italy
one TO give to his wife to inspire similar
thrift among Italian women and the other
TO present to the queen
Rachel Crothers. chairman of the stage
-Momens War Relief; Olive Oliver. chris
fine Rlessing Mrs. Henry T. Harris, Daisy
,IfuinfreKs, N1autie .Odeil, Grace Reals Mrs
aflfIendorf, Jean Chanblin. Gfadys Afberga
Helen Ware, Minnie Dupree. Florence
Frances Starr Kathryn Butterfield, May
Herbert and Harrie Fumade are amone
rhe actresses who are busy utilizing the
odd glove
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STRIKERS THROW
CONTINUED from Page one,

workers revolt-and how soon such
incident may come-are now con-
templated with interest by officials
here.
Meantime Americas war work is
speeding up as at no previous time in
the war. The greater confidence is
registered that this year will develop
the telling stroke as demanded by
President Wilson.
Workmen E'orced Back to Work.
London, Feb. 5.-German militar-
ism is still supreme in the central en-
pires. Its iron heel today had crushed
out practically the last vestige of resis-
lance by the starving, enslaved COM
mon people
Cowed by the threat of the firing
squad and fearful for the fate of their
women and children, thru reduction
of their already meager rations, the
protesting workers had practically all
returned to the factories.
Only one isolated case of continued
resistance was reported. That was at
jena where the Tageblatt said a third
of the men employed there had walked
out Saturday.
There is a disposition among Off
Gals and students of economics here
to regard the waning of the general
strike as only temporary surceaSe of
the central empires industrial and
political problems. llss e-s-s
Is The work of the extraordinary
courtmartia1 at Berlin. in imposing
severe penalties on strike leaders, is
expected to provide fuel for further
| trouble.
Dittmam Gets Years Term.
Wilhelm Dittmann, Socialist mem
Der of the reichStag, was sentenced to
five years imprisonment for "inciting
to high treason and was given an ad-
dftional two months for resisting pub
lie authority" Imperial Chancellor
I
| tervene in Dittmann's case, declaring
he could invoke no civil procedure SO
| long as the military was supreme In
the capital
Heinrich Schultze, another popular
| leader. is under six months sentence
| for distributing strike literature
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Joseph Hanlon, chairman of Topeka
draft board No. 2, left Monday night
for Dallas, Texas, with the registration
records of Ebert A. Adams Hanlon
is making the trip in answer to a court
subpoena. He has no information as
to why the Adams records are wanted
In a talk to the nurses of the Pub
lie Health Nursing association at the
City building Monday, Miss Annette
Nicoll, city bacteriologist, informed
the nurses on the meteorological COM
position of milk and on the use of dis
infectants.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Topeka Traffic association will be
held at $50 O'Clock tonight at the
Chamber of Commerce. o. E. Cuff
fler, president of the association, will
direct the meeting. Plans for the
years activities will be discussed. E.
H. Hogueland, counsel for the asso-
tiers before the meeting; w. S. Barton,
new secretary of the association, will
be introduced to the members.
Tracing the history of the found
ing, the struggles, and the final Wig
tory of the now world famous ten
cent stores thru the years was the
contribution of B. B. Eitelman man
ager of the Kresge store in Topeka,
to the knowledge and entertainment
OF the members of the Square Circle
cluD at the meeting of the club at
Pelletier's Monday night.
The district officers of the Woman's
home Missionary society of the Meth
odist church held luncheon business
meeting a. the Y. w. C. A. today at
which plans were discussed for the
launching of membership campaign
and for the raising of a war work
fund. Mrs. H. L. Hotter, president
OF the district organization, presided.
The missionary meeting of the First
U. B. church has been postponed until
Wednesday, February IA.
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CITY BABIES SUFFER
While Producers Are Feeding Milk to
Pigs Due to Price Embargo.

Chicago, Feb. 5.-Scarcely enough
milk to feed the babies has been re-
ceived in Chicago since milk pro-
ducers launched their boycott Satur-
day morning.
Governor Lowden may be appealed
to for troops to prevent farmers feed
ing the milk to pigs, States Attorney
Hoyne intimated today. However,
State Food Administrator Wheeler re-
fused to use his power to force pro-
ducers into the Chicago market. 1T
is their milk" said Wheeler. IF they
do not wish to sell here, that is up to
them"
Wheeler intimated that the majority
report of the price commissioning
which producers objected might not
be accepted. Farmers will receive
higher prices and the Chicago retail
price will advance If he overrules the
commission.
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An Anti-Laundry Crusaders
CAR SERVICE is POOR
Patrons of Junction City-Manhattan
Interurban Complain to Governor.

Complaints concerning interurban
service between Junction City and
Manhattan have been filed with Gov
ernor Capper. A complaint was re-
Gently filed with the state utilities
commission, but under the rules of the
commission delays are being eneoun-
tered before an order is issued requir-
ing improved service. The governor
was asked to speed up improvements.
According to complaints sent to the
governors office, the Junction City
Manhattan service is inadequate, the
company fails to provide sufficient
cars to handle the business and both
tracks and equipment are lin moor
condition. 1t is also urged that cars:
are not properly heated. Because of
the cold cars, it is stated that a num-
Der OF patrons recently threatened to
turn over one of the cars. The gov
ernor is investigating conditions