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uae in scrimmagc), and yet managed
to be IN the first place, which was his
by right, when the rcservists Of the
bank began doing business.
Office Boy Buys First Bond
Aaron is seventeen years old and is
an Office boy for the Liberty Loan Com.
mittec itself The bills he had in his
hand-Soo0 worth OF them, represent
ing every dollar he mad saved since he
quit school--wcre paid over in ex-
change tor the first bond of the third
Liberty Loan to be sold in this district
Picking out Aaron for that honor vas
easy alongsi(h the problem that pre-
sehted itself Wien the men from out of
town began setting up their rival
CLAIMS to the first honor flag" So
intricate did this prove and so full Of
tine distinctions that the committee rr-
served decision.
ne argument was still on at 1890
O'Clock, when the Equitable Buildino-
Mmch IS almost all Liberty Joan Com
n,'ttee these DAYS -resounded with the
chcers that greeted the first ret,rrnc
WITHIN the first half hour after .he
banks doors had been unlocked soa
ooo,ooo had been subscribed.
After that announcement tho ff+,,
iioor and the loan committees own
hcadquarters up on the twenty fo,,r.h
moor looked good deal like c.r,'
paign committees rooms on Flect;n,
Day. A.'ee'1o''
Money and checks flooded in ,;+,ra1l,.
BY millions. At II O'Clock S65.os7 G5o
mad been subscribed, and the tidn w,,',
SUN gong up, up. Before tba na..,
announcement the centre of ioterest
NAG SW!tchad few blocks southeast
AT Broad and Wall streets. iust nc
the ONCE workers were beginning 70
stream out onto the sidewalks. hams
ward bound for their half -holidav a
n oand struck up. There never was n
New York crowd that could rcsis. a
oand, and this of yesterday noon w.s
no exception " 40
). +. Morgan One of Marchcrs
From Broadway three men and
women out of every four made haat,.
cracks IN search of the music. Thcv
found it on the steps of the 'Sub-Trns.,
ury-~thc Fort Slocum band of sixty
pieces. massed under the mammoth
canvas which Lieutenant Henry Reuter-.
dahl and N. c. Wycth have covered With
American soldiers going over the ton
and American sailors helping enemias
to find the bottom
And when the band fans Of Broadway
found tho music they we're face to face
with the Liberty Loan. When they
were 5000 strong the band stopped and
the rest of the programme of tho first
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ton ton and lack of extravaganza. Which
does not mean, however, lack of ex-
trayagance in buying Liberty bonds.
.For," said DR.. Kraft, IF you can
not go across, come across"
The mission of America, DR.. Kraft
Ineiieves, is like that of Virgil, who led
tne poet Dante through the horrors of
1 Hcll TO PARADISE. America is to be the
Virgil leading the rest of the world to
the light of democracy.
The last speaker, who, like Monsignor
Chldwlck, is chaplain in the United
States Navy, asked the audience three
questions: "Were we right in going
into this war? Are we absolutely sure
OF the righteousness of our aims? Are
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we certain we are going to win this
war;"
An afrplane which lowered high
above the heads of the crowd while
haplainManning was speaking proved
an impressive symbol of our power to
win. What we need is money to
build more of those" as one enthusi-
asst cried.
The sale of bonds started briskly in
the little Liberty Bank, with Miss
Maud Wetmore, chairman of the Ma
tional League, in charge. SO eager
were the buyers to buy bond and
ring the Liberty Bell that the "bank''
threatened to become inadequate for
the purpose,
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'. l'red Liberty bonds had been sells
ing like hot cakes in Brooklyn. Sales
n IN brooklyn were nearing the $4,000
WV marx at the moment the Liberty
Loan parade was marching toward tho
waiting crowd ut Borough Hall Park
Inc parade was put on by the Brook
Iyh Liberty Loan Committee and the
National League for Women's Service.
nv wo thousand persons marched in it.
There waxa tour bands, naval troops,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
10000 in brooklyn Borough Hall
Park; Sales Near SO. 600 O00

Ten thousand persons damned into
Borough Hall Park and streets LEADING
up to the park yesterday afternoon to
take part in Brooklyns third Liberty
Loan rally.
Borough President Riegelmann gave
the signal for the salute gun in the
park to fire three times, symbolical of
America's third financial drive against
the Germans.
But for some time before this gun
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

II. Cooper Clife reading I.inoln's
Gettysburg address at the City
Hall. Behind him to left: Mayor
Hylan, Martin Vogel, J. P. Nor
gan and George F. Baker, jr. Five
women in foreground: Mrs. Price
Post, Mrs. Henry Beadleston, Mrs.
Phyllis Bankard, Mrs. Joseph
Norma and Mrs. Wendown
Blodge, of Mayors Committee on
National Defence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
TO KEEP UKRAINE
An Austro- German Colony To
Be Made of 1t.
Native Officials Being Replaced
With AustrO-Germans.

Washington. April 1S.-In carrying
out their plan to make the Ukraine
an Austro- German colony, the central
powers intend to dissolve the Ukraine
rada and to install an Austro-Ger-
man government, report reaching
the state department today said.
the Germans already have cut off
completely communication between
the Ukraine and Russia. 1t has been
established, said the report, that ma
tive officials are being replaced with
Austro- Germans and that Austro-
German money is being forced into
circulation.
The latest dispatches on the situa-
ton contain the statement that the
arrest of all entente officers in the
province hos been ordered.
Chiefly Austrian ~oldiers are in the
Ukraine, according to the departm ent
information, and they refused to be
moved.
The Teutons still control Odessa, the
great grain port, and Nikolaiev, the
Ukrainian river town, where is locat-
ed an important submarine building
works.
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NO NEWS OF COLLIER
Navy Department Pays Little Atten-
ton to Disloyal Theory.

Washington. April 1s.-The lost col
her Cyclops was sailing into the void
of unexplained mysteries today.
No hint or suggestion of what fate
the 1900 ton navy ship met, or
where when or how, had yet been
forthcoming. altho scores of naval
craft still swept the Atlantic in vain
search.
The possibility that she had by some
mishap, accidental or planned, disap-
peared into one of the innumerable
inlets or sounds about the islands of
the Caribbean sea was being methodi-
cally investigated.
Meantime navy department officials
here refused bluntly to accept any
theory involving suggestions that
Commander Worley had proven dis
loyal. Moreover, they said navy rec
ords gave the lie to the report that
Worley was a German. He swore he
was born in California. Officials had
no knowledge of the alleged remarks
of his wife at Norfolk that something
sensational in the case might be eX-
pected within tWenty-four hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
TO LOWER PRICES
Government Gradually Gaining
Control Over Foods.
Flour May Be "Several Dollars
a Barrel" Lower.

Washington. April 1S.-While flour
mills and middlemen have made mil
lions in swollen profits since the war
opened, government supervision is
gradually getting the upper hand and
prices are. on the down grade, the fed
eral trade commission said in special
report to President Wilson today.
Government price-fiXing together
with food administration regulations
over millers and distributors will re-
suit this year in flour being several
dollars a barrel lower to the consum-
er than last, it was reported.
At the same time, the commission
charged net profits of millers increas-
ed from l / cents a barrel for the 1912
1913 crop to 50 cents a barrel for the
1916-1917 crop. Gross profits of car
lot distributors jumped from % cents
a barrel in 1914 to 55 cents in 1917
and of small lot jobbers from SO
cents in 1915 to Sc cents in 1917.
Millers' operating profits per barrel
increased IFS per cent in 1916-1917
over the preceding year and profit on
investment 100 per cent The COM
mission criticized the food. administra-
tion's regulation limiting nillers to
fixed profits over cost. This method,
it was held, fails to furnish a stimulus
to efficiency in production and offers
encouragement to cost padding.
It was also suggested that maximum
flour prices be fixed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
AGED TOPEkAN KILLED
Jake DenEis Struck by Car Driven
by Kansas Citian.

: Jake Dennis 4t2i Kansas avenue,
was almost Instantly killed at Z
O'Clock Wednesday night by an auto
mobile driven by Frederick Holder,
3719 Washington street, Kansas City,
Mo. The accident occurred between
Fourth and Fifth streets on Kansas
avenue. Dennis was nearly 20 years
of age and was janitor at the Saliva
ton Army headquarters. He came
to Topeka manv years ago from Lam
caster, Pa.
Dennis was crossing Kansas avenue
in the middle o. the block after eat
ing dinner at the Ever Gloss cafe,
416 Kansas avenue. Myer Scrinop-
skie. Ernest Bowker and f. J. Broad
dus, eye witnesses, whose names
were gathered by Holder, all testified
that the car was not exceeding the
speed limit ard that the old man
stepped in the path of the machine.
Holder declared he stopped the car
in it's own length after the front
wheels had passed over the old To-
peKans body Holder was arrested
ana MS Buick machine was held as a
guarantee of his return to a coronor's s
inquest. Holder is a salesman for an
Oshkosh, Wis. overall concern.
A coroner's jury this morning re-
turned a verdict of accidental death
and released Holder. The inquest was
held in the court of Topeka.
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McAdOO Will Announce New
Schedules Soon.
Railroads West of Mississippi
Are Affected.
WILL MAKE A GREAT SAVING
Cut in Service Expected To Be
Most Drastic.
Line of Barges on Erie Canal
To Be Operated.

Washington, April 1S.-Director
General McAdoo is about to clip one
million miles a month from the total
mileage travelled by passenger trains
west of the Mississippi river.
Details of the remodeled train
schedules are practically complete and
an official announcement of the
change is expected within ten days, it
was learned at the offices of the rail-
road administration here today.
The, revolutionary change, besides
releasing scores of locomotives for
hauling war necessities, is directly in
line with McAdoo's policy of economy
in operation of the National railways.
1t will place passenger service on a
strictly war basis. One train prac-
tically will be doing the work of two,
it was said.
To Speed Up War Materials.
Constan. calls for speed in handling
materials needed in the prosecution
of the war has forced the tranSporta-
ton of passengers to be given second
ary consideration. Recent elimlna-
ton o. "superfluous trains" east of
the Mississippi river has provided a
basis for the arrangement of train
schedules in other sections. The plan
which will be announced shortly is
expected to affect the entire west
AJInO the CUT III SCTNlCt
to be The most drastic since the gov
ernment took charge of the rail lines,
officials stated, the reScheduling has
been worked out on purely an eff
cheney basis. They asserted the pub
lie would suffer few inconvenience.
Hits Transcontincntal Trains.
Transcontinental trains no longer
will be permitted to carry half filled
coaches. And they will make more
stops since contemplated changes will
eliminate numerous local trains. The
number of trains from coast to coast
will be fewer. Details as to the exact
reduction in that service were re-
fused. but it was understood the same
curtailment would be effected as on
connection eastern lines where fewer
trails have proved practical ~
The north" routes to the Pacific
coast are regarded by officials as
having the highest percentage OF
"superfluous trains.' Therefore, few
er trains, especially between Chicago
and st. Paul, are certain to be the
rule.
Little change in southern trans
continental service is anticipated. One
fast train, however. was said to be due
for conversion into local traffic
carrier.
Part of Broad Plan.
This new action is another part o1
MCA0OO IdT-TedC0l1S pldHS IOT COIL
serving transportation facilities in an
ticipation of the great strain expected
as America responds to the allies ap'
peals for reinforcements.
Yesterday it was announced that tc
improve facilities in the congeStet
east, McAdoo would construct and pu
into opera ton a line of barges on tht
Erie canal This coordination o.
canal and railroad facilities will b'
under the direction of G. A Tomlin
son, Duluth, Mimi. and all traffic tha
can be handled by water will be di
verted to the canal.
, fCop+,prad on pa0a
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mile front extending from a point
south of the Somme, east of Amiens.
to the Disc, in the vicinity of Noyon.
Enemy Cannot Dig In.
This bombardment covers every
inch of the German positions and the
rear areas for miles back of their
lines. Prisoners say that the cannon
aiding has caused heavy German cas-
ualties and has prevented the enemy
from digging in.
The points of the farthest German
penetration in Picardy are included
in this bombardment. 1t also in
cludes the greater part of the southern
leg of the Hindenburg triangle in this
region-believed by many military
critics to represent the most vulner-
able part of the German advance.
The next few hours are expected to
preparatory to a major counter-of-
fensive by the allies.
Meteren and Wytschaete Lost.
Undiminished in intensity the great
battle in Flanders and south across
the French border goes on. Having
retired east of Ypres the British are
now putting up a most desperate re-
sistance to the Germans menacing
YPres and Hazebrouck. the important
supply base to the southwest. French
troops have come to Field Marshal
Haig's assistance and are fighting
side by side with the British in stem
ming the enemy tide east of Haze
brouck
During the past twentyfour hours
the heaviest fighting has been along
the Lys on a front of fifteen miles
from west of Merville to Wytschaete.
The British took the offensive and re-
gained Wytschaete and Meteren, six
miles east northeast of Hazebrouck
Wednesday. but the Germans in
strong counter attacks forced them to
retire again. Along the remainder of
the front the enemy threw wave after
Continued on Page Two.l
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Men Found Diseased Will Be
Interned in Topeka.
At Last Standard of Morals Ap-
plies to Both Sexes.
BIG POLICE CLEANUP HERE
All Men Under Arrest To I'm
dergO Examination.
Undesirables Will Not Be Re-
leased Until They're Cured.

Men found in places of ill repute
or picked up by the police for vag-
rancy drunkenness or other misde-
meanors. will be forced to undergo
a physical examination by the city
physician, and will be interned at
the state detention farm until cured
if found to be afflicted with social
ailment, it was announced today by
Mayor Jay E. House.
The policy of interning undesira-
bic men has been adopted definitely
as part of the city Administrations s
vice crusade here and follows the in
ternment of seventeen women and
two men at the state farm at Ian
sing, the former for the duration of
the war and the latter until cured.
Internment of the men has been made
possible, in the absence of a law, by
arrangements made by the city ad-
managers. Such action probably
makes the campaign here for higher
morals more intensive and drastic
than any yet conducted.
One Man Goes Up.
The police department under Chief
f. S. Harbaugh is handling the clean
up aimed against masculine undesira-
bles along with the drive on ''soiled
angels. The police are working
quietly, but are getting satisfactory re-
suits, it is said.
Wednesdays shipment of "unde-
sirables'' to the state detention farm
was comprised of three white women,
one negro woman and one man.
Cloe Smith, Hazel Henderson, and
Ada French were the white women,
Ada Mcdonald the colored woman
and Boyd Carter, the man.
The quintette were taken to Lansing
by Matron McGrath, Augustin Alba
and H. O. Cook. s@
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
IS WAR MINISTER
ViScOunt MiIner Becomes Brit
ish Secretary of War.
Earl of Derby Goes to Paris as
Ambassador.

Paris, April 1s-Viscount Miner
has been appointed secretary of state
for war in the British cabinet, accord
ing to LIE Matin. The Earl of Derby,
who has been war minister, the paper
says will come to Paris as ambasSado
in place of Lord BERTHE, who reuires.
Premier Clemenceau had a long
conference last night with Lord Mil
ner.
Alfred Miner first Viscount Mil
ner, has been a member of the British
war cabinet without portfolio since
December 10. 1916. The Earl of
Derby has been at the head of the
war office since the Lloyd George cab
met took office, in December. 1915.
Previously he had been director of
army recruiting and air minister.
Has Had Prominent Career.
Announcement was made some time
ago that Lord BERTHE was about to
leave his post in Paris, where he has
been ambassador since 1905. Lord
BERTHE. who was raised to the peerage
in 1915, entered the foreign office in
1868 and was formerly British ambas-
sador to Italy. He is IA years old.
Viscount Milner has had a promi-
nent career in British politics and was
British high commissioner for South
Africa previous to 1905 and from 1902
to 1906 he was governor of the Trans
vaal and the Orange river colonies
He was born in 1854.
Chamberlain in Cabinet
London, April 1S.-OfficiaI an
nouncement was made today that the
Earl of Derby has been appointed am
bassador extraordinary and p1enipo-
tentiary on a special mission to
France, in succession of Lord BERTHE
Viscount Miner becomes secretary
for war, and j. Austen Chamberlain a
member of the war cabinet
Mr.. Chamberlain, the eldest son of
Joseph Chamberlain, has been a
prominent figure in public life for a
score of years. His last previous post
was secretary for India, which he re-
signed last July after being censured
by the commission which investigated
the disastrous first campaign of the
British in Mesopotamia. Chamber
lain, who as secretary for India was
largely responsible for the arrange
ment campaign, admitted in the house
of commons that serious errors has
been made. particularly in regard to
the hospital service.
Milner an Efficient Man.
The appointment of Lord Miner as
British secretary of state for war
means that the British war office is
now in the hands of an efficiency ex-
pert.
Lord Miner has a great reputation
in England as man of action, who is
ruthless in overcoming all obstacles to
success. He was the late Cecil
Rhodes's right hand man in building
up the British empire in South Africa
and he made his first reputation
among the Beers as a man of quick
decisions and untiring perseverance.
If Lord Miner lives up to his pre-
vious reputation he will cut all red
tape in the British war office.
Lord Miner was educated in Ger
many and knows the workings of Ger
man minds by instinct.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
COLD SNAP COMING!
Temperatures Will Be Near Freezing
Tonight, the Forecast Says.
TODAY'S TEMPERATURES.

The days temperatures averaged
five degrees below normal. The wind
at 8 o'clock this afternoon was blow
ing IL miles an hour from the west.
Topekans who have garden truck
and flowers are warned TO look out
for them tonight as the official fore
cast says: Unsettled and colder to-
night with temperatures near freez-
ing: Friday fair and cooler in south
ern portion of state.
Altho a freeze is not expected. the
local office of the United States
Continued on Page TwoJ
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AWARDED WAR CROSS
Lieutenant of American Army Medi-
cal Corps Showed Rare Courage.

With the American Army in France,
April 17.-Lieut. George Patton of
New York City, of the American army
medical corps, has been awarded the
French war cross for courage in treat
ing wounded while without a gas
mask during a heavy bombardment of
gas shells.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
Special Service for Gardeners.

London, April 1s.-Many clergymen
in English towns now hold a special
morning service on Sunday for men
who spend their Sundays in their veg
etable gardens. The service lasts only
15 minutes, is held at a. m, and the
workers are specifically invited to
come in their working clothes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
ITALIAN SHIPS LOST
Three Vessels Lost to Mines and Sub.
marines; One Escaped.

Rome, April 1S.-One Italian steam
ship of more than 1900 and two SAIL
ing vessels, one of more than 100 tons.
were sunk by German mines and sub
marines in the week ending April IT,
One steamship was attacked unsuc-
cessfully by a submarine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
ONE FRENCHMAN SUNK

Paris April 1S.-During the week
ending April 13. German submarines
did not succeed in sinking any French
ships of more than 1000 tons. One
ship under that tonnage. however. fen
prey to the enemy.
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Is Military Professor Now.

Washington, April 1S.-Lieut Col.
John Howard, retired, was detailed to-
day as professor of military science
and tactics at Columbia university.
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MORE SHIPS ARE SUNK
U-BOats Take Heaviest Toll Slnce
Week Ending March 25.

London, April 1s.-British mex
chant ships sunk during the week end
ing April Is, included eleven of more
than 1900 tons. four of less tonnage
and one fishing vessel, according to
the admiraltys report.
This is the heaviest submarine toll
since the week ending March 25- when
sixteen large ships and twelve small
ones were destroyed The toll for the
week ending April 8, which was next
to the lowest since unrestricted u
boat warfare was inaugurated. incIud-
ed four large ships and two small
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
Peruvian Cabinct Resigns

Lima. Peru, April 1S.-The Peru
Wan cabinet has resigned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18

MEN who go to camp next week
will have n chance to get "soldier"
seasoned before summer weather ar
rivcs.
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WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Unsettled and colder tonight
Friday. fair and colder in south por-
ton