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Evening journal., 1918-12-31
Ar THE MAJESTIC.

Today will be the last time Vivian
Martin VIII be seen at the Majestic in
her latest paramount production. mi
randy Smiles" The role OF a scrub
girl is given little Miss Martin and she
executes ID with the skill and charm
that is all her own
NIirandy Judkins Is her plain name,
but all the charm that is lacking in
her name is made up in her charming
generosity and sweet character and
pretty face. Miss Martin is splendidly
supported by Douglas MacLean, o pop
ular young leading man.
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now between Topeka and Kansas City.
including war tax, is $1.79- After
June 10 it will be $2-1s, not counting
the additional percentage and regular
Pullman charges if one does not wish
to ride in a day coach. After the ex-
ira percentage and Pullman charges
are added the fare will be $z.s7.
War Tax Is Increased.
The increase in passenger fares to
cents a mile, automatically increases
the war tax on passenger tickets. The
basis of the tax will remain the same,
eight per cent of the total cost of the
ticket, but the ticket will cost more.
The order by McAdoo also discon-
tinues "stop-overs'' and side trips at
lower rates on one way tickets. This
is a blow at the excursion mania of
the American people. or is regarded so
by officials.
Kansas railroads are today warm
ing up their machinery" preparatory
tc placing the new freight and passen-
ger charges in effect. Officials in To-
peka say all preparatory steps will
have been completed by the time the
rates become effective. Establish
ment of the passenger increases will
be much simpler than the freight al
terations which probably will demand
much ironing out for a long time af-
ter becoming effective
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FUND is GROWING
0versubscription of A Millions
to Red Cross.
Second War Drive May Reach
I 100000 Mark.

! Washington, May 2s.-with many
eleventh hour subscriptions yet to be
tabulated, the great outpouring of
American dollars to the second war
fund of the Red Cross early today
totalled $4,000, 900, an oversubscrip-
ton of $4,000 900 in the weeks cam =
baign which ended last midnight. Of
ficiaIs today have made predictions
that the total might approach the
$3.50. 100000 mark.
: That the oversubscription was larger
than expected by the most optimistic
Red Cross leaders and larger than
that of the first 800. 10000 and last
year was taken as an answer to the
Resumption of the German offensive
and as a nationwide condemnation of
the bombing last week of Red Cross
hospitals by German airmen, as well
as an indication of a great realization
by the American people of the value
of Red Cross work on the battlefields
and behind the battle lines in Europe.
Illinois Behind.
today showed that every division with
every state except Illinois has raised
more than its allotments. Heavy
Neutrality-suspicious. in Iowa, Nebraska,
Wisconsin and Michigan brought the
central division to within 100000 of
It's $13 100000 quota and it was
thought that final reports would show
that the division raised its share.
Greater New York went over its quota
by more than 100000.
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MORE. MOISTURE HERE


stating that this part of the state is
liable to get rain at any time now.
The showers Monday night were
general all over the state, but were
not heavy in any part except here and
at Anthony. The precipitation regis
tered here was rs of an inch and a
two-inch rainfall was received at
Anthony.
The Kaw river has risen six inches
since Monday, but Mr.. Flora says
there is no cause for alarm. There
Is a good rise in the Blue but no
danger aud by the time the water
reaches the Kawf it will be taken care
of in the regular. channel Conditions
are very favorable in the Kaw valley,
Mr.. Flora reports.
The lowest temperature recorded
during the last twenty-four hours was
So at 6 O'Clock this morning. At 3
o'clock the mercury had risen to So
and was not expected to go above rs
or so during the day. Freezing tenn
peratures were reported along the
Canadian border this morning and
Kansas is expected to feel the result
of them, altho there will be nothing
like freezing reports in this state. To-
morrow the mercury expected to
float around between so and U.s.
The highest temperature ever re-
corded here on this date was 80 in
1895 and the lowest A in 1907.
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AGED GROCER IS DEAD
NJ. j. Fitzgerald Had Been in Business
Here for Twenty Eight Years

M. J. Fitzgerald, prominent Topeka
groceryman, died this morning at his
home, ss7 Tyler street. He was go
vars old, and had been a resident and
property owner in Topeka for tWen-
ty-eight years ;,
Fitzgerald was born in st. Louis.
Mo. November 80, 1853. and moved
to Topeka in 1882. He was machin-
ist by trade and during the first Few
years of his life in Topeka he worked
at this In 1890 he entered the gro
Gerry buisenss with a man named Ian
nan, and for sixteen years the firrn
of Fitzgerald & Lannan on East
Fourth street was rated among the
city's foremost grocery concerns.
About twelve years ago F1tzgerold
withdrew from the Fitzgerald & Lam
nan company and opened another
store at 500 Kansas avenue Fitz-
gerald was operating this store at the
time of his death.
NJ ]. Fitzgerald married Miss Kath-
crime Slavin, a Topeka girl, in 1891.
H is survived by his. widow and by
two children, Gertrude and Mary Fitz-
gerald, both of Topeka, and by two
sisters, Mrs. Joseph Guilfoyl and Mrs.
Nell Fitzgerald, both of st. Marys. +
Funeral announcements will be
made later
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4411be1s:ttySi
HonOf
@szs!s


Washington, May 2s.-The army
casualty list today contained thirty
eight names divided as follows:
Killed in action 7, died of wounds l.,
died of drowning 1, died of disease 8,
wounded severely Is, missing in ac-
ton 6.
The list:
KILLED IN ACTION: Major Raoul
Lufbery, Dieppe, France; Sergt- Carl Le-
forge. Flemingsburg; Ky; Corp; Christian I.tban
S. Cook. Chicago; James P. Mckinney,
BatesviIle, Ark. David D. Nehrenberg.
Drake, N. D.; Ezra Woods, New Milford.
DIED OF WOUNDS: Pvt. Joseph Ash,
DIED or DISEASE: Corp. Alexander
tom, Salada, S. c; Aired A. Ferguson. New
1oTP w MI RGs Sqsss k PTS Mike
F. Pettis, Gordo. Ala; Corps John G.
man. Koleen. Ind; Arthur H. Quick, 1o4
South Parker street. Kansas City, Mo.
Wagner Dexter Leclair, Albany. n. Y;
Timothy ]. Cailaghan. Gortdaring, Ire
land; Roy r. Carter, Punxsutawney, Pa.
James 4. Holland. Brooklyn, N Y;
William Kearns. Morris Park, N. Y: Omar
E. Lahue. 615 Thompson street, St Joseph,
Mo-; Herbert J. Lewis. Maiden, Mass; Ben
Bloomer, Wis: Samuel Schwartz, Chicago
Jan Spelak, Detroit; Michael T. Wilman,
Ashland. Wis.
MISSING IN ACTION: Lieut.. Walter B.
Schaefer. Ottumwa, Iowa; Pvts. Frank J.
Alamo. Bristol, Conn. Raymond C. Kirby,
New Haven, Conn. Anton L. Inhart. Bee
Mass; Clarence Mitchell. 7O711 Market
street, st. Louis, Mo.
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WOOD MAY CARRY

Continued from Rage One,
the divisions service in France. No
reason for the change is given at the
war department The general himself,
leaving for New York.
Reported Going Last Week.
< When Wood returned from France
some weeks ago. after a tour of the
hattie front, he successfully passed his
physical examination and only last
week it was stated officially he would
soon be in France
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood has been
assigned to command the Department
OF the West, with headquarters at San
Francisco, to succeed Major General
Treat who will go overseas.
8 The general was at the war depart
rnent Monday comforting with Secre-
tary Baker and other officials, and it
is understood he urged strongly that
II he must stay at home he at least
be given an assignment promising
more active duty than a command in
the West.
There was no official announcement
OF the change in General Woods or
ders. Secretary Baker would make
no statement on the subject. formal or
Otherwise, merely saying it was not
the custom of the department to ex-
plain orders to officers.
Baker Is Silent
Secretary Baker. declined to COM
ment upon suggestions that the latest
development might be construed as
a. manifestation of the disfavor with
which it has been publicly alleged
the administration looks upon the Of
fcer. General Woods close associa-
tfon with former PresidentR
among the most unsparing critics of
the administration and particularly of
the war department, has led to asser-
lions with regard to his assignments
before.
sThere have been instances in the
past where officers assigned by the
war department to command large
units due to go overseas have been
relieved on recommendations from
General Pershing. whose choice of of
fipers to serve under him never has
been questioned by the department
Nd official would say whether General
Wood had encountered such an obsta-
rEn
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counter-attack then carried the Amer
leans into the boches line. which they
held for more than an hour
Near Cantigny. the Germans go,
such a hot reception that they did
not ATTEMPT to repeat the assault OBJ
servers reported heavy enemy losses,
artillery, machine and rifle fire cut
ting down the advancing boches. who
left a great number of dead in Nc
Mans Land
Fighting Extremely Bitter.
The three attacks netted the Ameri-
cans five German prisoners. Ameri-
can positions were considerably
mauled by the enemy artillery and the
troops are working hard to recon
struct them, in preparation for re-
sumption of the German assaults
The fighting was extremely bitter.
Opposing forces clashed, hand to hand
in the midst of smashed sandbags and
caved-in parapetS- The Germans
were loaded down with hand grenades
but the American rushed to close
quarters and forced the enemy to use
bayonets.
Soldiers declare the Germans were
equipped with armored breastplates
which turned aside a bayonet thrust
unless it was in the neck or stomach
One company counter-attacking be-
fore Cantigny, penetrated the German
lines clear into the ruins Of the village,
where they remained until called
back.
This dispatch is being written in a
dugout in the rear of the front lines
and reports of the details of the fight
ing are coming in but slowly.
Three Buried Alive.
Just learned that three privates-
B. Rowden of Kentucky, Joseph Law
renee of Allentown, Pa, and A. D. No
lin of Providence-were among sew
eral who were buried for three or four
hours when their dugout was struck
by a high explosive shell. Their COM
rades dug them out under shellfire
When they were finally excavated,
they popped out smiling. They were
taken to the first aid station. from
which they soon departed.
During tn, early strafing,, prior to
the attacks, rear areas were severely
shelled. The field hospital described
in a recent dispatch, where only the
most severe cases are taken, was en-
dangered by shells. They broke with
in three hundred yards of the build
ings, but the women nurses continued
ministering to the patients as tho
nothing unusual was going on.
American artillery leveled great
stretches of the German trenches this
morning, in retaliation for the attacks
Heavy cannorading on both sides was
still in progress as this dispatch was
filed.
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KILLING STEERS.


Chicago, May 2s.--:HoGs-Reeeipts2 $500.
tomorrow $1,000. Market slow. soc under
yesterdays average. Bulk Of sales, $1655@
1880; light $16.5O616 80: mixed, $16.356
1890 heavy. $15.50@1665; rough, $4,000
Is. pigs $1450G17.O0
CATTLEReceipts II 900, tomorrow s.
900. Market firm. Native steers. $1050@
100; stockers and feeders $9.25@13.6 5
614.75
sHEEP-Receipts $4,000. tomorrow 12ooo.
$13.5O@174O; springs. S14.25@a0O0
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She Goes to France as Nurse.

Eula B. Butzerin of the division of ex-
tension in the Agricultural college has
been called to service in the army
nurses corps of the Red Cross for
overseas duty. She has been granted
leave of absence by the college, and
has left with nurses unit No. 2S
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- ,R SaG city. Ma May 2s-H 9Ss Receipt.
Ga5kes I sas Of pa sass
and butchers. s1e.6o@1675; light, s166o@
1880; mi gigs, Sc s sos@l7oeo oo 49, ..s.,-
to weak Prime fed steers. $16.75@17. IS
hese stssrs
bulls, $s5o@11. 50; calves; ss.5e@1soo:
, SHnEEP.- - 10000. Market steady
i1oo: wesSefs sisooa1sso ese. soo@
1900; stockers and feeders. $1,000 100
Kansas City Stock Yards, May 27.-Pack-
few fat cattle were in the run, and con.
ioe iower.4reeefpts 1000 head. top s ST. s
Hog prices opened &c lever. but finished
600 head. sheep and ID lambs sold s5e to s5<
higher top LAMBS pSsS Sc = sT receipts 1900
light. and the best Of these sold around
sold at $16.50 to $17.25. Seven cars Of Geb.
a Ps ssP With N the RHs
some of them week ago. Ten cars OF
ss rhsse cass
in Forth Worth, and the bid on them there
was 81. Arizona Gamers brought SI.9t
$3.50 and some light Arizona led rteers Sc
lbs. brought $3.50. Cows sold weak to 10c
lower at 1850 to $14.
STOCKERS AND FEEDERS.
Stockers offered. included 115 panhandle
steers weighing S97 lbs. at .$13.25, and EOS
panhandle stock heifers weighing $50 lbs
at $12.25. These were from the dry district
in Texas south OF AMARILLO and there will
be some big shipments from that section
here later this week. Common Arizona
stockers sold at $3.50. Feeding steers
reached S16 last week, the highest price
on record here.
HOGS.
l.: Order buyers and spectators paid S17.1(
for light hogs and $17.05 for both medium
and heavy hogs. these were SC to 1Oe
lower, but packers stood out for 15c to
25c lower prices and bought most of theil
hogs that way, stopping at SIT. Bulk Of
all sales ranged from $3.50 to $1705. The
usual June break is being enforced and
will probably continue this week II receipts
hold up. Pigs sold steady today. but con
sfderably lower than last week. Good
native stock pigs SIT to SITES.
SHEEP AND LAMBS.
The good advance made last week or
lambs was continued today, prices Ok
higher. Wooled lambs sold at 1913 te
$20.25, clipped lambs $1525 to $16.25. Re.
ceipts included Arizona spring lambs
weighing 81 lbs s16.S5, and some common
Arizona clipped lambs offered at $3.50
but unsold at noon, Arizona clipped ewes
S. ID. average at S13.5c Goats sold $50
higher and about SO cents above the low
time the middle of last week. Good An.
goras at 50 to $500. and Mexican goat
weighing Sc lbs. at 1925. J. A. RICkABT,
Market Correspondent
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Govt Loan to St Louis Railway.

Washington. May 28.-The war
finance corporation announced a di-
rect loan to the United Railway COM
pany of St. Louis of $3s235.000 for six
month at per cent, secured by first
and underlying mortgage bonds of the
Emitted Depot Railroad company of ST.
Louis and by 100000 in liberty
bonds
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Light to moderate heavy rains fell in the
eastern and south central parts Of the state
in the past "a hours and temperatures have
ranged considerably above normal with
cloudy skies.
The river stage at Lindsborg yesterday
was 1T instead OF ITO as reported.
No important changes are Indicated in
the rivers of the district except moderate
rise in the lower Blue. At Topeka the river
will change very slowly, barring heavy
rains,
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new R. R. RATES

he'll again meet the effects of the
railroad order in Increased passenger
fare. -
y The present fare from Topeka to
Chicago, including Pullman and war
tax, is 1851. The new fare. including
Pullman, will. be $21.29. Passenger
fare alone, with the war tax added,
will be s16.S9.
The passenger transportation fare
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Continued from Page One,
lanche of bullets into the enemy's
trenches.
Washington, May 28.-Another sec
ton of General Pershing's com
munique of yesterday made public to-
day by the war department said that
an enemy bombardment and a gas
attack on American advanced posi-
ttpns in Picardy before daylight yes
terday was repulsed by counter at
lacks. Two places in the American
lines were penetrated. An attempted
raid accompanied by artillery fire in
the Woevre also was repulsed There
were gas attacks in Lorraine yester-
day.
After a. hull of several days the ar
tillery bombardment in Picardy has
become more intense on both sides.
The Germans are throwing many gas
SHELLS into the American lines. The
american gunners, however. are re-
turning the enemy fire two fold
German raiding troops attacked the
Afnericans in the Luneville sector this
morning. In sharp fighting the raid
ers lost five men killed. The Ameri-
cans suffered some casualties.
Three Attacks Made.
BY FRED S. FERGUSON.
With the Americans in Picardy, May
81 (night)-Three determined attacks
III lHe nature OF large scale raids
were delivered against the America n
lines, this morning. The first, before
Fontaine-sous-Mont was at els
The second and third were launched
simultaneously at 1880, one to the
right of Cantigny and the other again
before Fontaine-sous-Mo ntdidier. All
were repulsed with heavy German
loss.
Not only were the attacks repulsed
but the Americans drove the boches
from their trenches in a counterat-
tack, holding the captured positions
until they were ordered to withdraw
to the original line.
The first attack was preceded by a
barrage and followed the pounding of
the American rear positions by enemy
artillery all thru the night The
boches advanced in two waves, in the
face of heavy machine gun and artil-
lery fire. They succeeded in enter
ing our lines, but counter-attack was
Immediately organized and they were
driven out.
Brought Comrade Back.
The retreating Germans were taking
an American prisoner with them
when several of his comrades leaped
from the trenches, caught up with the
boches, killed the entire party guard
ing the prisoner and brought him
back.
The second assault before Fontaine-
sous Montdidier was as violent as the
first, but the enemy was unable te
penetrate the American lines. The
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Kiued in Auto Accident.

Marysville, Kan. May 2s.--Henry
StegeIin, a farmer, about 35 years
old, is dead, the result of a motor car
accident. He was returning home
from a funeral when his car ran off
q small bridge.
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Morning Grain Gossip.


Chicago, May 2s.-Tribune says: Grain
the cash oats to deliver There were 245.-
900 bushels cash delivered early yesterday
and 100000 bushels of them out in the
afternoon. Eastern cash oats condition
shows very little improvement. About the
only business being transacted at New
spot to the local trade. which usually pro-
yided for its requirements sixty days
ahead. Export purchases last week were
around 100000 bushels in all positions in
the west principally for Baltimore This
grain is said to have been secured to fill
at specially attractive prices. The leading
buyers have declared that their require
ments for June will be small. owing to the
largest amounts already accumulated and
the fact that about 100000 are yet to be
moved from Canada What worries the
trade as much as anything is to find out
what level Of values the hearish conditions
declines in corn and oats futures. There
have been big breaks, yet the trade re-
mains bearish on the weather and the be-
lief that there should be a readjustment
of values on lower level and that crops
are looking too good to be bu1hsh at pres
ent. 1t is well known that the country
should look good at this season
New York. May 2S.-Financial News Bull
ietin: Stocks-The present tendency. a
Continuation of bearish sentiment is expect
ed in the industrial list which professionals
are inclined to sell on Fallies on account
Is distinctly influencing greater specuIa-
live conservatism generally. There is no
doubt that the advance in freight rates
has made very good impression on in.
vestment sentiment AZ TO rails, declines in
which are not expected to be material
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sac; ordinary f,rsts. es@2sc at mark. cases
PoTAToES@Market lower wisconsin.
Michigan and Minnesota, 90c6$10o; ditto
sacks S1.10@115.
PotLTRY-AHve, higher; fowls. &c;
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IODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago, May 2S-CoRN-Severe drops in
temperature brought about upturns today
in the value of corn The sudden change
of weather conditions was generally De-
lieved to be adverse to crop pro0ress.-- On
creased owing partly to official denial of
reports that the government had placed
tations which ranged from &c to 1Ac high
er, with June $1.37 and July Sissy to
$13S14 were followed by a moderate reac-
ton.
Rallies took place. but in the late trading
persistent selling in small lots more than
wiped out the gains. Warmer weather was
in prospect. The close was heavy, SC
to 1Ac net lower with June $135h and
July $1.36N to S1.361a.
OATS-Oats hardened as a result of the
corn strength. Shorts were the chief buy
ers. After opening &c off to Ne up, the
market scored slight further gains.
PROvISIONS-Provis weakened with
hogs. Lard tho, was relatively firm.
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Wall St. New York, May 2s.-SToCKS.,
at the opening of today's stock market
Equipments, Motors and affiliated special
ties yielded I to points. United States
Steel rallied quickly from its depression.
break in Canadian Pacific was more than
neutralixed by the strength of Reading,
Union Pacific, New York Central and New
Haven. Liberty bonds again moved con-
trari1y, the tax exempt 3h's strengthening
while the * 3 repeated their minimum quo
Rails extern ded their advances in the first
hour. Canadian Pacific regaining the great
er part OF tbs loss, but the whole list fell
back violently later on a sweeping selling
ira Tobacco, Bethlehem Steel Baldwin Loco
motive, General Electric, Industrial Alcohol,
Marine preferred and Colorado Fuel ran
from to points Omitted States Steel
down to 102h, an extreme reversal Of 2A
points. New low records were made by
liberty AS on their further decline from
$3.50 to 97.2 and the second 4's at 81 SO
to 94.40. The 31A's sold at $500 to 99.9S
Kansas City live Stock Sales.
(The following sales were made this morn
ing at the Stock Yards, Kansas City. and
reported over long distance telephone dt-
rect to the State Journal by Clay Robin
SON Co.. lire stock commission mer-
,chants)
Kansas City. May s-CATTLE-Receipts
-HOGS-Receipts 1900 head. Market 15c
to 25c lower. Bulk Of sales, $16.6o@16.75 ;
ssiHEEP@Receipts 10000 head. Market
15c to 40c higher. Clipped lambs. $500
lambs $20.65.
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Kansas City Produce Market.


Kansas City. May 2s-CORN-Cash !:
Iss: No ;. s15s@157: No 2 white, &. ssG
10; No. 3. nominal; No. yellow. $1,000
163: No. 2. nominal.
OATS-Market steady to &c lower No. 2
white. 76he: No: 2 mixed, 75@75hc.
KAFIR AND MILO MAIZE-so. s5@o.92.
HAY-Market steady to 81 lower. Choice
timothy. s1s.ood1a@: choice prairie. $500
BUTTER-Market unchanged.
POULTRY-Market unchanged.
EGGS@Firsts, 29c seconds. 25c.
CORN-Close: July, SLABS.
New York Sugar Market
New York. May 2s.-SUGAR-Raw,
steady; centrifugal, COOS; fine granula ted,
New York Produce Market.
New York, May cS-BUTTER-Market
easier. Creamery higher than extras, 43A
EGGs Market irregular. Fresh gather
ed extras, SIC. E
HEEsE--Market irregular. State, fresh
POULTRY-Alive. strong; dressed, quiet.
New Orleans cotton Market.
New Orleans. May 2s-cOTToN-Spot
steady, % points up; middling, 1000.
Chicago Grain and Provision Market
Chicago, May 2s-CORN-Close: June.
oATs..May, 74,s@74ssc; June. lie; July.
PoRRMMay, s4o.1o: July. 5000
LARD-May, s24.02; July, s23.92; Sept,
SHORT RIBs-May. s21.52; July. s21.55;
Sept. $3.50.
Chicago Produce Market.
Chicago, May 2s-BUTTER-Marketu IN
EGGs-Market unsettled. Firsts. 500