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THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN oUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

Over million U. s. troops are NOW
In France.
The allies captured over 5000 pris-
Dners and downed 173 German planes
last week.
Twenty Norwegian vessels aggre-
eating 26,833 gross tons, were sunk
during June.
Germany will send three army corps
to the aid of Austria, according to a
Rome dispatch.
Gen. Count Won Mirbach, German
ambassador to Russia, was assassinat-
eed in Moscow :.
British casualties reported during
the week ending June 6 reached an ag-
gregate of 1886.
American troops actually on the
fighting lines in Europe about July l
numbered 251,OOO.
There is nothing but compliments
for the Americans upon the occasion
of their first appearance in an attack
side by side with British troops.
Czech-Slovak forces have inflicted a
severe defeat upon the Bolshevik
troops, according to a telegram re-
ceived in London from Irkutsk Siberia.
The Italians have succeeded in clear
ing the Austrians out of very consid-
cradle part of the terrain the enemy
had been clinging to near the north
mouth of the Piave, between the new
and old beds of the river
The Austrian war office admits the
complete evacuation by the Austrian
forces of the two important strategic
positions of Col del Rosso and Monte
di Val Bella, on the western end of the
Italian front
Five hundred prisoners, virtual an
Inhalation of a complete German regi-
ment and heavy captures of military
booty was the record of American
forces near ChateauThierry, General
Pershing reported.
Destruction in European waters of
five German submarines by British
transports and American destrOyers
conveying them, was described by
passengers who arrived at an Allan
tic port July on an English liner.
The entire population of the Muir
mansk coast Con the Kola peninsula
bordering the White sea and the Arc
tic) has broken with Russia and joined
the entente, according to dispatch to
Vardoe, Norway, to the Copenhagen
Christiana Tidens Tegn.
The British front east of Amiens, on
each side Of the Avre and along the
Somme river, seems to be the storm
center of the France battle front Aus
tralians, assisted by American detach-
ments, on July drove the Ger1Sans
out of Hamel and the Vaire and the
Hamel woods, to the south, at the
same time launching a secondary at
tack on the German positions north of
the Somme.
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Senate Agrees on Prohibition Bill.

Washington.-Legisl to prohib-
it the sale of distilled liquors, wine
and beer after Jan. 1, 1919, and to pro-
hibit the manufacture of wine and
beer after Nov. 1 next was agreed
upon by the Senate agriculture COM
mittee. The legislation is proposed as
a substitute for the pending Norris
amendment to the emergency agricul-
tural appropriation bill which would
stop the sale of distilled liquor and
wine on June 80, 1919, and prohibit the
manufacture of beer three months aft
n the bill becomes a law.
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AMERICANS SAVE PALS
French Win Ground South of Aisne,
and Australians on. Both Sides
Of Somme.

With the British Army in France,
July 9.-In the German counter attack
against the positions gained by the
Austrians around Hamel two Ameri-
cans and five Australians were cap
tured by the enemy. Volunteers were
called for and an American party
brought back the captured men and
lians brought the number of Germans
prisoners to fifty.
Continuing their aggressive defense
in the face of the impending offensive,
the French have attacked southwest
of scissors. From the eastern side
of the Retz forest, north of Longpont,
the French have advanced over front
aOf approximately two miles, taking
Chavigny farm and the slopes to the
prisoners were captured by the French
in their sudden attack.
This may be linked with the recent
offensive operations at ST. Pierre Aigle
and gives the French a new front line
fromLOngpont north to Ambleny,
distance of almost eight miles.
Australians astride the Somme east
of Amiens and north of Hamel have
swept back the enemy over front of
more than mile and Strengthened out
an awkward angle held by the Ger
mans since the Australians and
Americans carried their lines forward
July 4.
Berlin mentions local attacks in the
Clignon sector, which is held by Amer
leans, and between the Marne and
Rheims.
Italian forces in Albania have struck
hard at Austrian positions along the
Voyusa (Vojutza) river, which flows
into the Adriatic about twenty miles
north of the town of Avlona, one of the
bania Vienna admits that the Aus
trian advanced posts have been with
drawn to their main POSITIONS
In the north the residents of the
Murman region have thrown aside the
authority of the Bolshevik government
at Moscow and joined the entente al
lies. There is a great amount of war
supplies in this region, and American,
French and British forces are guard
ing it, while German and Finnish
armies have been reported advancing
in force northwest from Finland.
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This Seasons Objective.
"Where are you going this sum-
mer?"
Don't know for sure,'' replied the
young man. France, / hope"
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REVOLUT|ON|STS
FIGHT B0LSHEv|KS
MIRBACH'S MURDER ROUSES So
CIALlSTS TO OPEN OUTBREAK
IN MOSCOW STREETS.
BREAK IN NEGOTIATIONS
RUSSIA MAY BE FORCED INTO
RENEWAL OF WAR AGAINST
THE GERMANS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London, July "a serious counter
revolution has broken out in Moscow,
according to semi-official Wolff bu-
reau telegram dated on Sunday from
Moscow and transmitted to London
by the Exchange Telegraph Com
pany's correspondent at Copenhagen.
Fighting of great severity took place
in the streets between the Bolsheviki
troops and Social Revolutionaries.
A message received in London from
the Russian wireless service, dated
Sunday evening at Moscow, says that
q counter revolution was started in
the Russian capital, but that it had
been suppressed. Several hundred
Russians, including the Social Revolu-
tionary leader, Alexandrovitch, have
been arrested at Moscow
Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshevik pre-
mier, is endeavoring to placate the
Germans by appointing an "extraordi-
nary commission of investigation" to
probe the death of Count Won Mir
bach. The commission is headed by
Comrade Peters.
AS soon as Emperor William heard
c. the assassination of Count Won Mir
bach, the German ambassador to Rus
sia, according to an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Russia, he or
dered Secretary Won Kuehlmann to
break off negotiations with the dele
gates in Berlin.
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The little word "but" blunts the
point Of many a good argument.
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Beauty is often one woman's thorn
in another woman's flesh.
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Washington, July 9.-Fighting took
forces and Revolutionary Socialists,
following the assassination of Count
Won Mirbach, the German ambassador,
according to an official dispatch from
Switzerland.
On leaving the German embassy,
the dispatch says, the assassins took
refuge in house occupied by the rev.
OlutiOnary Socialists. This building
was defended by machine runs.
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5 LOTS, z ROOMS, $1,000

Three piece, bath, electric lights. sleeping
porch, 7-room house, lots, one block OF
West side car; all for $500. Snap. Also,
Morris Ave. Z rooms, all modern, 8 lots,
garage, for 5000. See
COTTRELL co.
Columbian Bldg, ia West eth. Tel. 34OS.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGES rooms.
modern, West side. close in; will take
East side south of 7th and west of Jeffer-
son. Phone 2404.
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with and then to avoid stirring. as
stirring sometimes causes Jumping.
Always cook cereals fully as long as
the directions demand. 1t is often bet
ter to cook them a little longer AT
any rate, long cooking improves the
flavor and never detracts from their
goodness. Oatmeal should be cooked
a very long time to make It palatable
and perfectly digestible. Cereals that
require direct boiling should not be
cooked in a double boiler unless it is
possible to leave them in the boiler for
danger Of sticking when cereal Is boil
ed for a length of time on a gas stove.
For this reason a fireless cooker Is of
enormous value in cooking cereals of
all sorts.
Rice is the most quickly cooked of
ell cereals. After boiling eighteen or
twenty minutes it Is usually thoroly
zone. It needs no further cooking,
and to do so would usually be to de-
stroy the shape of the grains and rem
der it mushy.
Cereals all need sailing However.
don't get in the habit OF taking them
too salty. A level teaspoon Of salt to
q quart of water is usually enough. 1t
;s mistake to get in the habit OF put
ting more and more salt in the cereal
and more than this may prove too
much for the paiates of some. Well
cooked. well sailed cereal with rich
nilkreal cream is out of the question
for most Of US in these days-is ap-
petizing enough without sugar and 1t
is decidedly more wholesome when
eaten that way. 1t is a mistake ever
to let children get into the habit of
| eating sugar on cereal
It is always well to follow directions
| for process cereal absolutely with re-
gard to proportions Of water and GER
| cal and not to depend on guesswork
| Il determining II. If any difference Is
| made in cooking from directions let
| Il be in cooking longer than the direc-
.iopS prescrfhe
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ever is worn that covers or conceals in
ture of the skirt and the blouse should
be encouraged, say the designers, to
the fullest measure.
We were told to keep on our jack
cts in public. however. in order that:
we avoid the vulgarity of appearing
in our shirt sleeves. 1t was another,
version of the one law for man, one
law for woman propaganda. Well, we
learned this lesson in a most credit
able manner and, undoubtedly, looked
the better for it, and now, On the fn-i
ished pinnacle of success, we are Of.
fered the chance of coming out before
the public in our shirt sleeves in a
was accorded us by the separate
blouse. These universal jackets, and
their newer rivals, the jockey Jackets,
make no disguise of their intentions.
In them the best of women have the
appearance of leaving work for a mo-
ment to smoke a pipe on the stoop.
So much for the consistency of
fashion. But there is this much in
favor of the new movement: we are
not permitted,to appear in town places
in our shirt sleeyes; we keep the fash
ion for the country; and as for the
Jockey jacket, it makes rather a strong
appeal to ones sense of fitness when
d
horseshowing country club.
A few OF the more daring Of these
waistcoats-for they go by that name
as well as any other-are in red and
white polka dots, or bright blue and
white stripes, and here and there one
spies a broadly striped yellow and
| black one. all of which give a flavor of
| those race tracks of France where
once Americans gathered each sum-
| mer, such as Auteuil, Longchamps,
and Deauville.
In this season of occurrences these
! splashes OF former gayety attract
attention. Do women object to that :?
Not Caps, But Sailor Hats.
Once upon time, not SO long ago,
| we wore regulation jockey caps, and
| furthermore, they were the invention
| of a New York milliner who was able
to persuade smart and daring women
to exploit his fashions; but, today,
when the Jacket that goes with this
striped cap has been projected into
the style, the fashion-makers have de-
| cided to reina-ate the broad-brimmed
| sailor.
| Look at the sketch today which was
picked up from the open air life going
on despite the war There is shown
1 the new hat of black straw worn far
| over the forehead in the prevailing
manner, the white stock and the
jockey waistcoat in black and white
4 polka dot foulard which extends well
below the waist line, has two small
pockets, and has its edges bound with
black silk braid.
These white riding stocks. remem-
Der have leaped into the fashion along
with the sleeveless jacket and sailor
hat. and they are also worn with
strictly tailored coat suits on the city
streets.
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lpE7r DRESS
|N OH HRl BZ 6n1Ie Rite n house
Copyright Mcclure Syndicate
RtEenhOLSe

a constant desire for change. that
women receive with open arms a vari-
ant on what has been, even if there
is doubt and uncertainty of its sue
cess.
When. therefore, designers started
the propaganda against the sweater
as the first fashion in the way of
sport costumery and intimated that
the warm weather would bring out
something more novel, those women
who were sure they would have few
opportunities for any variety Of cos
tunes this season. asked for proof.
They have it in the sleeveless jackets
which might be likened to a. plague
of locusts that has spread over the
land.
The use of the hideous word
plague" is suggested by the irrita-
ton that 1t has brought to those who
banked high on the continuance of
the sweater as the one and only de-
sirable garment for women's sport
clothes.
The Spread of the Black Coat.
Travel over the continent; go north
or south, east or west, and you will
find that the four points meet in the
common usage of that especial type of
open air garment which the whole
salers made by the wholesale and
called the sleeveless sport coat, and
which is offered as a substitute for a
sweater.
It is worn by the thick and thin,
the short and long. tits usually black,
for this is not screaming color sea-
son. We are given to the colors of
gentle ties, probab bly, as contrast to,
and relief from, the shout of red war.
This jacket. as you know well, hay
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CURSE CURSE The KAISER
Travellers Blame Him for Hike
5 in r.. r. Fares.
1t Costs Real Money To Ride on
Trains Now.
$40 .is7,---------<
TURN In MILEAGE BOOKS
Holders Cannot Use Them I'm
der New McAdoo Order.
Soldiers and Sailors Will Get
Reduced Rates.
TURN In MILEAGE BOOKS

Oh the kaiser"
That is the expression used by any
number of Topeka men now when they
go to purchase a ticket at one of the
local depots for foreign port" And
perhaps even the ladies permit the
thought to enter their minds-there
is nothing certain about it.
The kaiser is to blame for so many
things just now that it is easy to be-
lieve he is responsible for the in
creased passenger rates that went into
effect Monday. Persons travelling be-
tween points in Kansas where the fare
has been 2 cents a mile will be most
effected, but persons travelling in Pull
man or parlor cars will also be hard
hit.
Rates Arc Way Up.
The regular new rate of cents a
mile must be paid for the railroad
ticket, Il cent a mile "excess fare" for
the privilege of riding in a Pullman,
their regular Pullman or parlCr car
charge, with an additional per cent
war tax on the railroad and excess fare
tickets and 10 per cent to the Pullman
ticket. All special rates, reduced
rates for round trip tickets, have been
abolished. Mileage books, of which
many hundreds were purchased in an
ticipation of the new rates. must be
turned in and the money will be re-
funded. Round trip tickets purchas ed
before the new rate went into effect
are good for the return trip.
Soldiers and sailors in uniform it
is said. on fur!o and with proper Gre
dentials, may travel on one-third fare,
or approximately l cent mile.
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FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

APARTMENT-Front o27 Kansas Av,
Ready June 18th. Three rooms. bath an
new, attractive. well arranged, hall servie
and steam heat provided
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There Are Women Who Bear a Sur
prising Resemblance to Jockeys in
Their Outdoor Costumes Which
Show Sleeveless Jackets Instead of
Sweaters.
New York.-Dont be surprised If
you go to a smart country club this
summer. to see a group of women
sitting on the porch who seem to be
making ready to ride as French
jockeys IN a steeplechase. They are
idlers from war work waiting for a
hot cup of tea Their mode of dress
ing has to do with a certain phase of
fashion, not horse racing.
Sweaters, you know, have had a
cold and evil eye cast upon them by
the elect for a year and. tho the ma
jority would not believe the rumor
that the chosen garment was to be
partially discarded for other and new
er types of covering, they have been
true.
Sweaters are not entirely taboo.
Certainly not. Life is too compli-
Gated as 1t Is. to forego all the easy
and comfortable ways and manners of
dressing, and that would be the case
if wash blouses, sweaters, separate
skirts and pockets were thrown into
the limbo of things that were. But
every woman knows full well, and
welcomes the knowledge, that the
seasons bring in their train a pleas
ing variety of things that are SEEM
ingly better than what has gone be-
fore.
1t is for this reason, the old, old
reason that governs human nature and
causes it to create anarchy and rebel
lion, which rests on the foundation of
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BRITISH MAKE SMALL GAIN
Advanced Half Mile Last Night on
Front South of Albert.

London. June 11.-British troops.
attacking south of Albert between the
Ancre and the Somme last night ad-
vanced nearly half a mile on front
of a mile and half, Field Marshal
Haig reported today.
South of Morlancourt (three miles
south of Albert) our line was ad-
vanced last night a depth of nearly
half mile, on front of more than
a mile and a half" the statement
said I'VE took 233 prisoners and 81
machine guns.
Northwest of Mor1ancourt, south
of the Scarpe, and east of the Nieppe
forest, we took prisoners and two ma
chine guns in successful raids.
THE enemy raided a post in Aveluy
wood. One of our men is missing.
Hostile artillery was active with
gas shells west of Lens last night
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THE HOUSEHOLD
In Cooking Cereals.
Edited by ANNE RIrrENHousE

There are many ways of making
cereal unpalatable thru wrong cook
ing In fact a good many yeople who
insist that they don't like cereals sim
ply have never tasted them we'll cook
cd. With the present effort to dim
inish the consumption of wheat we are
finding it convenient more and more
to make breakfast cereal of nom
wheat sort take the place of bread
Stuffs, because many persons find
these non-wheat cereals more pala-
able than wheatless bread.
In cooking almost any sort OF cereal
it is very important that the water
should be actively boiling before the
cereal is AIDED. 1t should be added so
slowly that the water does not stop
boiling turnout the process. Usually
it is well to stir 1t quickly to begin
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ing three or more in your closet,
probably. does not relieve one from
wearing a wash blouse. SO 1t does not
stand for economy. The new kind of
coat suit, built from thin materials,
is supposed to lessen the laundry bill,
but the sleeveless coat does nothing so
sensible. It rests it's claim to consid-
Grafton on its appearance and its cool
ness.
AS far as Strengthening the lines of
the figure and f1attening out the waist.
which is the primal object of all these
sport and open air coverings. 1t does
no better than the sweater. What
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MISCELLANEOUS ADS

= ADVERTISING RATES: The rate for
inserting Want Ads In The Topeka state
minimum 10 cents; by the week cents
word, minimum 50 cents.
COUNT THE WORDS Of your nd fnclud,
ing four words for state Journal address.
when address In used count each Initial
letter and each number or combination OF
figures AZ one word.
CLOSING HOUR: Want Ads to be classi.
fled properly must be in The State Journal
eeiyed after IL 20 till rs p. m. will be in
serted under the head: TOO Lats to
Classify"
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payment Of the same. Note the foregoing
instructions about counting the words and
the rate Der word for The Topeka State
journal
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LEGAL
Published in The Topeka State Journal.
June IL, 1851
State of Kansas,

StaI0 OF h4noa1,
Governors Office.
WHEREAS, It having been planned to
make the approaching birthday Of our flag
I'll. sncs m ss sTs sHa s ss day were
by the Continental Congress
NOW. THEREFORE,, ! Arthur Cappsr.
proclaim and designate Friday. June the
fourteenth, the one hundred and forty
first anniversary Of the adoption Ct our
ly known as Flag Day, and I call upon
the people of our state to observe It with
all reverence and respect s....,,
but rather thoughtful of that new conflict
which we have entereo-a conflict that 10
w trg on vast from
our sons-and which only united effort and
ceaseless endeavor VIII win. Let VI. who
Of freedomMour loyalty for our country.
and our hearty endorsement of the Allied
cause By joining in a day Of statewide
For to MS our flag embodies all the
hopes and aims Of our highest ideals. On
this day when the stars and stripes for the
flags Of our Allies-when our Kansas boys
Ws the boys o e
land-allied in cause which we know 10
1ust-fshting against foe. cruel, unscrupu-
surely we can without thought Of self
and with humble thanks and honest praises.
hay sna IN public
our state dedicate anew ourselves to our
flag and to those things for which II has
always stood, and to pledge ourselves anew
to fight on until all countries enjoy the
freedom we have SO long accepted as our
right
In accordance with the arrangements that
will be carried out In all states of the
Union, ask that the Stars and Stripes be
displayed on every home and public build
ing in Kansas. and that all public assemblies
sing our national anthem-the Star Span
gled Banner-with fervor, and renew our
vow to stand behind our flag wherever It
may lead us throughout the coming year.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have
hereunto subscribed my name
aud caused to be affixed the
Great Seal Of the State. Done
ISeal.l at Topeka. the capital, this
eighth day Of June, A. ID.
1918
Arthur CAPPER, Governor.
| BY the Governor
| j. T. BOTKIN. Secretary Of State.
! By 2. A. CORNELL.
Asst Secretary Of stats.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

K. Hoffman to A. Bear, lot 16 JET
ferson st., Cranes sid ......::..:...$ 57S
lots 1851 sth ave, Pinehurst. ESQ
NJ L. Cless to J. W. Markham, 81
s-L1 Spruce IT, Rossvilie. ;...s.. 1,2oo
Greene, lots 650-b2-4 West st., blk.
NJ & b. sub. MISUNDERSTANDING. 5,0of
e. A. Miller and others to G. H. Wood
ind add. .....................
C. e. Cless and others to NJ. L. Cless.
lots 67-9-n Spruce st.. Rossville. -:
R. D. Blaine and wife to d. Lane. lot
20 Tenth ave-, PIT. Prospect add.
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WANTED-MALE HELP

WANTED-50 farm hands, married farm
help; 500 laborers; macbinists; man and
wife hotel help; porters, walters, cooks,
day clerk, hotel, $40 mo-: newsboys on
trains bridge helpers; day laborers. Fur
mans Labor Agency, 106 West 9Th.
WANTED-Young men 16 or older to feed
cylinder presses. Opportunity to learn
good trade.
THE HALL LITHOGRAPHING CO.
62S Jackson street.
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WANTED-SALESMEN

statesmen WANTED-Several neat ap-
pearing young men aged Is to As, to
travel and solicit business in rural dis
tricts. Permanent employment. straight
salary and expense. No commissions. Good
men are making $50 to $40 weekly above all
expenses. Automobile furnished IL you
make good. Liberal allowance for car or
necessary, but must he hustlers. Write
for details. Address Sales Manager, p. o.