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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
AMERICAN GUNS
POUND HUN HARD
ON WEST FRONT
Roads and Towns Held by Fritz
Are Spotted.
Two Enemy Planes Down
Another Captured.
YANKEE TRICK TAKES THREE
American Party Goes 800 Yards
Into Hun Lines.
-
Artillery Fired 10000 Shells
Before Recent Attack.
Two Enemy Planes Down
Another Captured.
YANKEE TRICK TAKES THREE
BY FRED S. FERGUSON.

BY FRED S. FERGUSON.
With the American Army West OF
Mont Diiier. May 5.-American guns
are shelling Mont Didier. Cantigny.
Mesnil-St. Georges and other towns
ard roads in this vicinity captured by
the Germans some time ago.
Mont Didier. which can be seen
from observation posts in the Ameri-
can lines, has been badly knocked
about but the church is still standing.
The CantIgny church also is intact.
a1tho it probably is used as a German
observation post.
The American artillery blew up
what probably was an ammunition
dump, near Cantigny, the fire lasting
half an -FOUR.
There is a great aerial activity in
this sector. Two boche planes re-
Gently were shot down and another
was captured.
A New Gas Method.
The Germans have introduced a
new method of using gas. They are
throwing over glass bottles apparently
fired by springs, which burst and lib
crate nauseous fumes.
Three Germans recently were cap
tLred by a Yankee trick. Nine of
them attempted a raid on an Ameri-
can post. Three of them were caught.
| One of these escaped but before
reaching the German lines he encoun-
tered another American patrol and
was wounded and recaptured. s2
An American patrol which encoun-
tered more than forty boches in No
Mans Land, fought its way safely
back to the American lines, ipflicting
heavy casualties on the Germans.
Americans Penetrate Lines. s
With the American. Army in Lor-
! raine, May 6.-An American patrol
penetrated German lines in the village
I of Ancerviller to a depth of 500 yards
this morning. overcoming an obser-
vstion post. taking four boches
prisoner and killing three. Elsewhere
everything is quiet.
! Ancerviller is three miles and half
northwest of Badonviller and is six
! miles and a half south of the German
I border. 1t is IL the so-calIed Luneville
sector
BlOttcd Germans Out.
/ Paris. May 6.-The American ar
tillery fired sixty thousand shells into
the German trenches before a recent
attack, completely blotting them out.
it was announced here today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
COLONEL. KILLED
b IN FRANCE BURIED
IN BATTLE MIDST
BY FRED S. FERGUSON.

. With the American Army in Pi-
cardy May 5.-Lieutenant Colonel
Griffiths, who was killed by a shell
az he was emerging from his dugout.
rests in a grave such as he might
have picked out himself-within sight
of the enemys line.
The usual funeral ceremonies were
imposs.bl because of the Germans
proximity and the constant lombard
mert of the American positions.
Without even a flag wrapped around
the body it was placed in a long
trench and buried beside eleven other
American soldiers.
The burial party was few in number
so as not to draw the boche fire
The chaplain and the others wore
tin hats and gas masks.
No American volley was fired across
the grave, as the body was laid to
rest, but the enemy shells over head
hummed requiem.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
This City's Loan Record Was
Best in United States.
Reports Show 1t Made 191 Per
Cent Subscription.

With final reports yet to be receiv-
ed from several counties, F. w. Free
man, chairman of the first Kansas
district third liberty loan executive
committee. today announced that sub
scriptions in the district were nearing
the s7,O00.0O0 mark With a total of
s6.905,4 ,450-an oversubscription of
9S1.550-reported, Freeman declar-
ed himself confident that the final fig
ures will show s7,OO0,000 subscribed.
Reports today were indicative that
three or more counties in the district
will be entitled to gold stars on their
honor flags for doubling their quotas.
The official figures show that Brown
and Nemaha counties have doubled.
J. r. Burrow, chairman of the Shaw
nee county executive committee, stated
today that he is confident the final re-
port tomorrow for this county will
show Shawnee county doubled.
Topeka Led Nation.
Press dispatches from Washington
today say that when Topeka turned in
it's semi-final figures on the third lib
erty loan Saturday night the city was
ed subscriptions. The national head
quarters of the federal reserve bank
system gives the city a subscription
percentage of 191 with Cincinnati
following with a percentage Of Ill.
Altho $41, 900 is lacking from the
figures officially reported, J. r. Bur
row today repeated his declaration
that the county has doubled its quota.
He stated this morning that he would
produce final figures late this after
noon to prove the assertion.
Praise Sunday Spirit.
Sunday afternoon at Grace Cathe-
dral the city offered a solemn thanks
(Conrinued on Page TwoD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
HUNS Are UNFAIR
Enemy AviatOrs ResOrting to
Dirty Tricks Now.
American FlierS Win-BOche Is
Poor Sport.
tBy the Associated Press.)

With the American Army in
France, Friday. May 3, (delayed).- -
German aviators are now resorting to
unsportsmanlike tricks in an endeavor
to outwit American fliers. The tricki-
ness of the German soldiers afoot is
emulated by enemy airmen who are
marking their machines to make them
look as much like allied markings as
possible.
The Germans have taken to round
ing off the corners of the cross on
the wings of their planes to make
them look like allied badges The
game of the German airmen is to play
around. get in a shot if he can, and
then run. American fliers for fear
Of attacking probable friend. must
get up close to an enemy machine.
usually after considerable rnaneuver-
ing before opening a fight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
TO SMASH. AMIENS
Systematic BOmbardment of
French City Started.
BOche Would Destroy 1t Like
Rheims Now.
BY HENRY WOOD.

With the French Armies in the
Field, May 6.--The Germans Saturday
and Sunday began the systematic de-
annihilated Rheims. They hurled
more than $50 shells and sixty aerial
torpedoes into the city. causing heavy
property damage. killing some civil
ians and endangering the cathedral
the palace of justice and the museum
The latter contains the famous Puvis
de ChavnneS Murals.
Amiens was evacuated by a large
proportion of the civilian population
some time ago. Recent dispatches de-
clared that Rheims practically had
been razed and stated the famous ca
thedral there was so badly wrecked
that its collapse was imminent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
IT IS PEACE PLOT
Germany Sending an Agent To
Make Proposals.
Restore Belgium and France
and Things Like That.

Amsterdam, May 6.-Former Dutch
War Minister Colyn is reported to have
gone to London to present the fol-
lowing proposals in behalf of Ger
many.
Remuneration of all claims in the
west; full restoration of Belgium:
autonomy of Alsace-Lorraine within
the German confederation; continual
ton of the present status In the east:
certain concessions by Austria in the
Trentino and an international confer
ence to decide the Balkan and Col
onial questions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
Wartime Hits an Orchestra

the sacrifices demanded for the sue
cessful prosecution of the war, the ST
Louis Symphony orchestra faces dis
bandment. This announcement was
made -ecently after meeting of the
executive board at which some of the
contributors were present
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
SPRING IN HER GLORY
Showers Followed by Sunshine Make
Things Look Fresh.

Temperatures Tor the day averaged
6 degrees above the normal for the
date. The wind was blowing twelve
miles an hour from the southwest at 2
O'Clock this afternoon.
The rain Sunday following two days
of sunshine put the finishing touches
on the greening Ip of the trees and the
bare spots along the roadsides where
the, grass had been a bit reluctant to
revive after the winters Information.
Today. everything which ougtt to be
green was green. if it is alive-even
the weeds have begun to sprout rap
idly in the back yard gardens and a
number of ardent gardeners were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
BIC NORWAY LOSS
Ten Ships Sunk in April, 755
During War.
Over a Thousand Norwegian
Sailors Lost, Too.

Washington. May 6.-Ten vessels,
aggregating 1904 tons and twenty
seamen are already Norway's war
losses during April, the Norwegian
legation here was informed today by
a cablegram from the foreign office
The April totals bring Norway's
losses due to the war to 755 vessels,
aggregating 1,115,51s tons and the
lives of 1.006 seamen. in addition to
about 700 men on fifty three vessels
missing, two-thirds of which are de-
clared to be war losses -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
PEACE AGENT BUSY
But Has Met Cold Reception in Brit.
ain and Is Discouraged.

London, May 6.-Germany's peace
emissary, according to the Daily Mail.
has been busily working here but has
made no progress in any direction.
There is reason to believe. it says.
that the German agent who has been
reported to be a Dutch financier re-
turns to Germany to report that there
is nothing doing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
'3RD HUTCH. CAME
KaWs Out To Make 1t Straight
Wins Today.
TomOrrOw's Will Be Last Game
of the Series.
TODAY'S LINEUP.

Johnnie Nee and his Kaws were out
to make ii three straight from the
Hutchinson club this afternoon and
it was expected that Claim. the only
Topeka pitcher the fans have not seen.
would be sent to the box Holland
was expected to start Corzine again or
to call Bentley to the service.
Tomorrow the Kaws will play their
last game here before going to Jop-
linsfor the opening in the miner town.
Tomorrow will be ladies' day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
CAR MEN GET RAISE
Street Railway Company Grants In
crease to Its Employees.

crease to Its Employees.
Conductors and motormen for the
Topeka street railway have been
granted a wage increase of 6.6 cents
an hour, it was announced today by
Howard Patten. superintendent. Shop
and barn men were granted an in
crease of cents an hour.
Negotiations for an increase in
wages have been underway for some
time between the company and the
men, Patten said today. The con-
tract for the raise was signed at a
meeting held between IL and o'clock
Sunday morning.
The new scale of pay, counting the
bonus. for the carmen is from 2S6
cents to 34.1 cents an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
Baseball Today.

Topeka and Hutchinson play
at League park today. Special
baseball extra State Journal on
streets Immediately after game
giving game in detail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Cloudy tonight, with local thun-
der showers in east. Cooler tonight.
Tuesday, fair and cooler.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-06

The total number Of keels laid IN
American shipyArds for the Elmer
gency Fleet Corporation TO october |,
1918, were 1874 llecls representing
7,161,372 lightweight tons, Of which
400 keclS representing 2,913,56O
lightweight tons were laid ON the
Pacific Coast.
your record is splendid" wired
Chairman Edward n. Hurley of the
United States Shipping board on Octo-
responds in II freshEEp ?s--ar. d
Der I. "Fvcry record of this sort cor
responds to n fresh pinccrS drive on
the Western front. You must be
proud Of your organization, and the
workers in your yard have every
right to be proud Of their achieve
mont.'
This tribute was drawn forth by the
feat of tho Gray's Harbor Motor Cor
poration Of Aberdeen, Washington in
launching the 1865 wood cargo YES
sci, the "Aberdec1", in 10 Calen-
dar days GT-1-2 working days) anu
completing the vessel ready for scrv-
ice in 81 calendar days, This is the
fastest time in which a vessel has ever
been completed either in the United
States or abroad, and beats by days
the record made by the Great LAX os
engineering Works of Ecorse, Mich,
which completed the 3,500-tOn "CraWl
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-06

The Pacific coast was the first local
ity in the United States to deliver a
million tons of shipping to the
board
There are two shipyard sections on
the Pacific Coast---Puget Sound yards
and Oakland Harbor yards-which
surpass; in extent the famous Clyde
River shipyards in Scotland. There
are also two on the Atlantic Coast
which surpass the Clyde--Hog Island
on the Delaware and Newark Bay.
United States Shipping Board S
Pacific Coast navigation schools have
graduated 1000 officers out of Il total
of 5000 in the United States since
June, 1917.
The total number Of ships de-
livered to the United States Shipping
Board Emergency Fleet Corporation
since August, 1917, and to October l,
1918, wore 40S ships of 1916, 362
lightweight tons, of which 1862 ships
of 1,149,6S5 lightweight tons were
delivered from Pacific Coast yards.
The total number of ships launched
in American shipyards for the Elmer
gency Fleet Corporation since August
1917, and to October /, 1913, were
677 ships of 3,667,053 lightweight
tons, of which 2S9 ships of 2,175,75O
dcadWoight tons were launched on the
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-06
SHIPBUILDING ON
THE PACIFIC COAST
Labor in West Plunged Into Task
With ZeSt and Won Out

v,,t.
WHSln"Ston' NOV H.-lhe way IN
" "cil 'nu NeSt ""S plu"Seu lnto inc
s'o 81 lhtp""olns' 10 one OF the IN
SN| "'N ''',,SS Vi inc ""r' men the
E"""'' '"ii t"'no loF Iils hatloh,
w. w" "'6 I''" "lnioaV ulSappeareo
'"'', 'h& seas TO bulld an enormous
]"'"tE OF SI"PS ana 10 puma 'hem
u" 'N'N as PoSS,o'o' the racine
: '"N' "''h ""heo u rev Shlpyarus,
h@uFhl'NNtN Threw OIL ltS coat, rolled
~ us sleeves ana went at 1t.
Ip &nd down It's long length or
'""$' i'N" Ii could muster only 23
@o'">' II rapidly established thirty
'to'e' hrou&ht INTO the % the Drawn
ana h'uSci" or the Pacific slope ana
Inc rcsu!t--hut wait minute.
EHcrN were on September l. Zo3
%hlpNard9 with 1920 ways in the coun-
Try, most OF them rev, products OF
the war. IN september the Nallou"
yards made delivery Of a ships ag-
grcgntinG 36@,6&5 lightweight tons,
4 world roCo"A. into this record step
pe6 the hu@ttnE Western Nard& Win
1" quot" q ~ completed vessels az
|regGting 2o9,b05 daadWeiEht tons,
more th@a o"o~half tho combined oui-
put of tho Atlantic, Gulf and Great
Lakes shipYards.
IN delivering the Aberdeen, Il
3,G65 ton wood freighter within p
days after her keel was laid, the
Gray's Harbor Motor Ship Corporation
"f Aberdeen. Washington, showed
what the West can do when it is out
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-06

beats that OF tho $500 deadweight
tons steel collier, "Tuckahoe" by 10
days. This vessel was built by the
New York Ship Building company,
Camden, n. J., in 81 calendar days.
"Thrce months ago" said James
@. HeyWorth, manager Of the Division
of Wood Ship Construction of the
United States Shipping Board Elmer
gency Fleet Corporation, the boys III
the shipyards of the west coast told
me they would produce a hull COM
pletc in shorter time than any steel
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-06
n BOOK HE DIDN'T NEED.
BY Brig,

A soldier, very swarthy in hue,
tered the American Library ASS
TONS library at Camp Sewer, S
and asked for books in mo
Greek. He was offered, an
others, one on the Balkan war.
smiled, but shook his head. GU
unbuttoning his shirt he shove,
terrific old scar on his shoulder.
II fought in that war" he
land / know all want to know a
it,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-06

yard in the world if it took the shirts
off their backs. They have made
good. It's up to the steel men to
even match it. This is q splendid en-
ample for the rest Of the wood ship
yards in the country and shows what
can be done with proper management
and team work in the yards"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-06

The S. of V. Auxiliary will hold its
regular meeting Friday evening at the
kenilworth club rooms in the Sow
ereigns building.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-11
of

The American Red Cross Is the largest and most
efficient organization for the relief OF suffering that
the World has ever seen.
1t is made almost entirely OF volunteer workers,
the higher executives being without exception men
accustomed to large affairs, who are in almost all
cases giving their services WITHOUT pay.
1t Is supported entirely by its membership fees
and by voluntary contributions.
1t Is today bringing relief to suffering human.
ity. both military and civil. in every War torn a..
lied country.
1t plans tomorrow TO help In the work OF res
toration throughout the world
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-11

of great calamity
1t is there to help your soldier boy in his time
of need
With Its thousands of workers. its tremendous
stores and smooth running transportation fack
tiles. 1t Is serving Americas advance guard
and thus helping to win the war.
Congress authorizes 1t.
President Wilson heads IT,
The War Department audits Its accounts
Your Army. your Navy and your Allies snthusa-
astcally endorse II.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-11
Facts About the American Red Cross
Did you know that -

1t has established and is operating twenty
dispensaries in the American Army Zone in
France to care for the needy families there and
to improve health conditions in that section
ready for our troops?
1t is housing and feeding thousands of chill
dren in the War Zone to keep them away from
the danger of gas and shell fire?
1t has divided the entire War Zone into six
main Districts with Red Gross workers at each
point to distribute cooking utensils, agricultural
implements, beds, bedding, food and clothing?
1t provides builders and ready to-put-up
buildings to house the homeless in the devas-
tated regions, often before the walls of the de-
StrOyed homes have cooled?
1t is bringing over two hundred tons of sup
plies every day into Paris from which one hun
dred and twenty five tons are reshipped to
branch warehouses over France?
1t is providing an artificial limb factory out
side of Paris, in addition to special plants for
the making of splints?
What will you give to keep this Hand of
Mercy at it's work?
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-11-15
LAKE HAS THREE WONDERS
Scotland, Is Not the Only One
Which Is Known.

In Loeb Lomond, in Scotland, there
are said to be three wonders-tish
without fins, waves without wind and
a floating island. AS far as the float
ing island is concerned, observes an
exchange, Loeb Lomond has no monop-
oily, for floating islands are not I'M
known in other parts of the world.
They are found on the White Nile.
where they go by the name of "sudd''
or "scudd," and in Lake Gatun, in, the
Panama canal zone, there are Cor
were) several. 1t is said these float
ing islands all have the same kind OF
origin. They are merely masses of
vegetation and earth loosened from
the bottom by the rising water and
blown about the surface. They are
composed of sticks and leaves with a
mating Of soil, upon which there is
usually a rank growth of grass. The
largest floating island ever seen in
Lake Gatun had an area of about
three acres. Most of the floating
islands in this lake have been towed
and fioated over the spillway, to be
carried down to the Atlantic ocean in
the swift current of Chagres river, but
there are still stray ones to be seen.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-11-15
THE TREATMENT.
BIG CITY WITHOUT FACTORIES
constantinopIe Is the Only Metropolis
in the World That Has No
Smokestacks.

One wonders what the population of
Constantinople lives on, especially
aow, George A. Schreiner says in his
Berlin to Bagdad." In the Turkish
capital and in many suburbs lives a
population of about /, 135.0O0, of whom
$4,000 are Turks, 100000 Greeks,
10000 Armenians, $1,000 Jews and
10000 of mixed European stock.
And there is not single smoke
stack 1t almost seems as il the min
arets of the mosques would not toll
crate such intrusion upon their prerog-
ative.. From a landscapee point of
view this is an advantage. But from
the angle of social economy the thing
Is an anachronism.
Constantinople is the metropolis
without factories. 1t is place of trad
ing and home industry. The men all
buy and sell something and the poor
est classes of women work themselves
into blindness making lace and the
like. That lace may be fine and all
that, but it seems to me that it costs
too much in poor eyesight and round
shoulders. 1t also causes a great deal
of tuberculosis of the lungs. Last,
but not least, it causes many of the
young women to cast about for greater
and more easily earned incomes in the
cabarets and other places.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-11-15
Pl1URGRlY=NMES

The hens should receive oyster
shells throughout the year to insure
strong hard shells on the eggs.
Farmers will undoubtedly find that
good breeding cocllerels will be very
scarce next spring and it will pay to
study the requirements Of the home
flock this fall.
Keep the hens in laying trim. Their
"shells" are valuable food ammunition.
Rutabagas cut in two and hung in
the chicken house make good green
feed for the chickens during the win
ter. Mangles, large beets and cabbage
are also good.
Poultry is the only class of domestic
animal which is s2ttable for converting
the kitchen waste, right where it is
produced in the city, into wholesome
and nutritious food in the form of eggs
and poultry meat.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-11-15
Patriotic to the Limit,

Freddy's tricycle. was old and worn,
so his aunt, for birthday gift, pre-
scented him with a fine $40 automobile,
which he received with keen delight.
She was therefore amazed a few mo-
ments later to find him calmly riding
up and down the sidewalks on his un-
popular tricycle..
"There you are, riding on your old
tricycle!" cheerfully reminded aunty.
"Why don't you use your lovely new
automobile?"
For a couple of seconds Freddy
gazed at her in silent reproach, then
in a voice pitched high with indigna-
ton he stingingly broke loose: Il
certainly is s'prised at you, aunty.
Doesn't you know this is gasless Sum
day."