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LEAGUE STANDINGS
SOUTHERN LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results Birmingham 1, Memphis 7. Atlanta 0, Little Rock [. Mobile z Nashville 6. New Orleans 6, Chattanooga 1.
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Games Today

New York at Chicago.
 Philadelphia at St. Louis. Boston at Detroit. Washington at Cleveland.
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Games Tods

Cincinnati at Philadelphia Pittsburg at New York. St. Louis at Brooklyn. Chicago at Boston.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterday Results

St. Louis ', Pittsburg 12. New York 2, Philadelphia l. Boston Brooklyn; wet grounds.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pirates Down Cards

Pittsburg, May 31.--Six pitchers were used by Pittsburg and St. Louis to- day, the home team finally winning, 12 to '. The game was marked by in effective hurling and heavy hitting. Score R. H. E. Pittsburg . 007 00S 02*--12 13 0
 Batteries: Sherdell Horstmann, May and Snyder; Jacobs, Steele. Sanders and Schmidt.
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Baker. Marshall, Jonnard, Coleman Bates. Walker and Hasbrook. Three base hit. Kaufman. Double plays, Ba- ker to Mcconnell to Kaufman, McCoh- nell to Ellam ?, Mcconnell to Ellam to Kaufman. Left on base, Nashville s. Mobile 10. Stolen bases, Damrau, Bues. Sacrifice hit, McDaniels. Struck o,,t Jonnard 2. Bennett '. Base on balls Swigler ?, Jonnard ,. Bennett 5. Hits Swigler and runs in l-3 innings. Time. 2;4O. Empires. Schee- fer and Carpenter
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

St. Louis 5. etroit 2. Washington Boston; wet grounds. Chicago 3, Cleveland 2.
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Giants Defeat Phillies

Philadelphia. May S1.-Youngs single with the bases filled in the fifth won todays game for New York, to 1, giv- ing them two out of three for the se- ries. Zimmerman's three-base wild throw started a local rally in the ninth. Pinch Hitter Adams and Meusel hit singles, but Salee frightened up after Cravath drove a liner into the bleachers that was foul by not more than two inches
 Young and Niehoff collided in the first inning while chasing Williams fly and the second baseman had his leg broken below the knee. Score: R. H. E. New York ... 900 02o 0oO-2 10 2 Philadelphia ..... 900 900 001--1 6 0
 Batteries: Salee and Rariden; Higg, Davis and Burns.
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Davis and Burns.
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Totals .......4S IT "55 zV
 .Bennett out. bunted third stri
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-17
MUST CUT WEEDS
No Mercy Will Be Shown by City
Park Department.

No mercy is to be shown weed own
ers in Topeka, this year, according to
a statement by w. L. Porter, commits
sioner of parks and public improve
ments. He declares the man who lets
his tillable vacant lots grow up to
weeds in war time cannot be very pa
triotic and should not be surprised to
find an extra charge for weed cutting
added to his taxes
AS rule the city cuts the weeds
once during the summer, but this year
they will be kept down, no matter how
often they have to be moved, and
when the city has to do the work. it
will cost the owner about so per cent
more than if he hired the work done.
1t is true, there are not as many va
cant lots growing up to weeds il To-
peka this year as in former years, but
even at that Mr.. Porter believes the
percentage to be altogether too great
Il think a state law should be
passed providing that cities may force
property holders, who continue year
after year to let property grow up in
weeds, to turn it over for garden pur-
poses,' says Mr. Porter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-17
SMALLPOX SCARE IN JAIL
Boy, Arrested for Theft, Found to
Have Disease.

The county Jail is today experience
ing all the thrills of smallpox scare.
George Black, 15-year-old. committed
to one of the rooms on the third floor
by the juvenile court, was foVnd this
morning to be afflicted with the dis
ease.
County officials spent the most of
this morning looking for a county
physician to examine the boy. Hugh
Larimer, sheriff, stated that the boy
would be sent home and the residence,
which is in Oakland, placed under
quarantine.
Black, with two other boys. was
convicted of stealing. He was COM
rniued to one of the upstairs rooms at
the jail instead of being sent to the re-
form school at the request of his par
ents, county officials say. It was as
serted by Charles Hixon. jailer. and
Sheriff Larimer. that none of tho in
mates on the second floor of the jai
has been exposed. The two boys com
mitted with Black were the only other
occupants of the third floor who
might have been exposed. The build.
ing will be thoroly fumigated. Lari-
mer said TODAY,
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FAVORS TRADE ACCEPTANCES
Vice Governor Federal Reserve Board
Urges Their Use.

Chicago, June 17.-Paul NJ. War
burg, vice-goveruor of the federal re-
serve board, today told American busi-
ness men their adoption of the trade
acceptance would help win the war.
Speaking before the Trade Accept
ance council and the National Associ-
alton of Credit Men here, Warburg
said the fluidity of credit obtained
thru the use of this instrument would
help in food production by shortening
the circles which finances travel.
"Over 1000 firms have adopted the
trade acceptance Warburg said. 1T
is a step toward greater democracy
in commerce and banking. General
use of the trade acceptance is likely
TO tend toward greater equalization of
interest rates and Standardization OF
banking paper.
THE single name note serves as
camoufla ge. It is hard to trace thru
it the transaction being financed A
trade acceptance however, bears its
own evidence of a legitimate deal"
Warburg also referred to the 'ac-
ceptance" as the most liquid paper
fer federal reserve banks in keeping
up reserve balances in the face 81
rapidly increasing deposits and loans
of war financing.
The credit mems association will
hear reports of officers and commit
tees regarding prosecutions tomor-
row
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GIRLS GOING TO WAR
England Sending Lassies OF II to
Hospitals in France.
England is sending even her youns

England is sending even her young
girls of 81 or Whereabouts into the hos
pitfalls as nurses aides, according to
Mrs. L. NJ. Dawson, herself an Eng
lish sister" now visiting Topeka.
Mrs Dawson explained that in Eng
land a trained nurse is known as a
sister" while the unframed aides are
known as nurses" she said that at
first the sisterhood was very much
opposed to the use of unframed wom-
en- in the war hospitals, but says that
now the nurses have proved their
worth and the sisters welcome their
help.
She says that the average English
Tommy considers trip to the hospi-
tai in the light of a vacation, tho he
is inclined to find fault and crumbs
at his confinement on general princi.
pies Mrs. Dawson said that when the
time came for the Tommy to leave
tho, all his grumb1ing vanishes into
thin air and he makes every effort tc
prolong the Confinement" Tommy
is entertained and pampered and pet
ted while heis in the hospital and hi.
grumblfng is of the good natured yari-
ETY. and just Tommy's particular way
of expressing his appreciation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-17
AWARDED $4,000
Jury Gives Insuxaihce Agent
Money ON Unwritten Business.
He Claims Company Cancelled
Long Time Contract.

A jury in Judge Whitcomb's divi-
sion of the district court today
brought in a verdict awarding a total
of SIS, 600 to o. G. Chesley, an insur-
ance agent, Des Moines, Ia, who sued
the Merchants National Fire Insur-
ance company, Chicago, for $4,000
in commissions on business unwritten
because of alleged breach of contract.
The amount of the verdict is one OF
the largest ever returned by a district
court jury here.
Trial of the case before Judge4Whit-
comb occupied the most of last week
Chesley, in his petition. claimed that
insurance company to write all fire
and hail business for the defendant
in a half dozen or more states, in
Guiding Kansas Testimony and evil
dence showed that after the contract
made in 1915, had been in effect
about 4 year. new officers obtained
control Of the defendant company and
cancelled the agreement.
Covers Kansas Only.
In his petition asking SIS, 1000, Ches
ley asked that the amount be awarded
for business he would have written il
all the states involved in the contract
had it not been cancelled. Juds:
Whitcomb, however, held that any
Judgment the jury might return must
cover business that might have beer
written in Kansas only. The Jury heIc
that during the zine years following
the cancellation of the contract Ches
ley would have written business tina
would have netted him $4,000, and
returned the verdict for that amount
j. A Stebbins, a former Topekan
and who in the last few years hat
become one of the most prominen
lawyers in Chicago, represented the in
surance company
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-17
MINOR ACTIONS IN FRANCE
French Improve Positions and British
Make Raid.

Paris, June 1.-THE French troops
improved their positions north and
northwest of Hautebraye between the
Disc and the Aisne in a local opera
ton early today One hundred pris-
oners and some machine guns were
captured. says the official statement
today. German attacks were repulsed
In the Cavieres wood and In the
vosges. The statement reads:
Between the Disc and the Aisne the
French succeeded in carrying out
early today a local operation which
positions north and northwest OF
Hautebraye.
The French took 100 prisoners and
captured several machine guns. In
the Cavieres wood and in the Vosges
our troops repulsed enemy surprise
attacks. There is nothing to report
from the rest of the front"
French Premier Smiles
Paris, June 17.-Premier C1emen-
ceau spent Sunday at the front The
Petit Journal says the premier re-
fused to talk but that he smiled
when he declined to discuss the situa.
ton
British in Successful Raid.
London, June IA successful raid
was carried out last night east Of
Arras by the British who took a few
prisoners it Is announced officially.
The statement follows:
i've carried out a successful raid
last night east of Arras and capturet
a few prisoners. A raid attempted b,
the enemy yesterday morning In tn,
neighborhood of Givenchy was re
pulsed.
For a short period during the nigh
the enemy's artillery heavily lombard
ed positions northwest of Albert
Elsewhere only normal activity wa
reported"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-17
DESPERATE MOVE
Austrians Must Win or Face
Revolution.
Is Opinion. of British Press on
Offensive.

London, June 1.-THE outcome of
the Austrian offensive is viewed hope
fully. even confidently, by the news
papers here. This view is based on
the staunch resistance of the allied
defensive and the failure of the enemy
to make anything like a big success
in his initial advance.
Too Early to Make Sure.
1t is admitted that some days must
pass before the results of fighting on
such q great scale can be correctly
judged, but the belief is firmly ex-
pressed in several quarters that it will
end in failure for the enemy.
Failure says the Daily News, ION
the first day Of these attacks as con-
Quoted on the modern German plan
has hitherto been fatal as in the case
of Vfmy Ridge, and in the present case
the fact of failure can hardly be
doubted"
The newspaper cites the opinion OF
its correspondent on one Italian front
that no enemy offensive up to this
time has begun so badly. and adds:
There is strong ground for believ-
ing that an enemy failure is immi-
nent.'
Austria Was Desperate.
The opinion is expressed by several
papers that there Is a direct connec-
ton between the initiation of the Of
fensive and internal conditions in
Austria-Hungary. The Daily Express
describes it as "a gamblers throw, tht
most desperate that the war has
SEEN" while the Times declares it !.
"a desperate attempt to keep up the
waning spirit of such elements of tbs
population as still remain faithful Il
the esta blished institutions of tht
Austro-Hungarian state"
The Daily Mail and others predic
that an Austrian failure to gain a de-
cision will have serious internal eff.
fects.
Germany's hand generally Is seer
behind the move. The Daily New:
believes that IT is an offensive i'm
posed by Germany on an ally which
long ceased to have any part in tbs
struggle and which Is sinking to 4
condition of internal disintegratior
and despair"
Slaughtered for German Profit
The Daily Mail says:
1t car hardly escape the Austrian
peoples that they are being driven Il
slaughter for the profit of GERMANY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-17
ANOTHER BIG MEETING
OF Capital Council knights and Ladies
of Security.

All members are urged to attend the
meeting of Capital Council No. l.,
Knights and Ladies Of Security. Tues
day evening, June Is, at which time
preliminary arrangements viii be
made for the part Capital Council will
take at the laying of the corner stone
for the first building to be erected on
the Home and Hospital farm. W. C.
Mccullough. our new district manager.
will be present and outline the plans
for the big H. & H class of 1000 new
members for Capital council These
are things in which all members
should be interested Come and take
part In the meeting and then enjoy
the hot-weather refreshments that will
be served
J. E. GRIEST, President
MAUD WATSON Secretary. ADV,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-17
BIG CHICKEN DINNER
Rota Club Entertained Soldiers With
Home Feed'' Sunday.

Soldiers from Camr Funston attend
ing the Rota club entertainment Sun
day afternoon were duly impressed
with the efforts of the ladies to put
the touch of home in the community
house 1t is not every day that the
enlisted man is fed on real fried
chicken But Sunday soldier appe-
tites were flooded with generous por-
tons Of the expensive voting fowls
and settled down with a big canta-
loupe Sundae.
The usual afternoon of talk and en-
tertainment was staged with the as
sistance of Mrs. June Chapman's kim
dergarten classes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-17
BIC CAMP OPEN
Y. NJ. C. A. Youngsters Enjoy
ing a Big Outing.
Water Sports Are Most Popular
at EImdaIe.

E1mdale, Kan, June IA happy
swarm of boys, from IL to Is years
old, are spending a week at the Y. M
C. A camp near here known as Camp
Wood. These youngsters succeeded the
group of high school boys who opened
the camp this season with their con-
ference and outing which was con-
cluded Saturday, June s.. The periods
run ten days each.
While similar to the program car
ried out by the older boys, that pre-
vailing at the camp for smaller boys,
deyotes more time to outing and re-
creation than was provided for the
older lads. The entertainment Is some
what of an experiment with the small
Ter lads. this being one of the first
There were approximately zoo boys at
the high school conference and an
equal number are at the camp for the
period running from June 10 to June
i 20. The boys hail from all parts Of
the state.
One OF the chief attractions for the
boys is five acre swimming pool
| in 1915 and is full this year for the
| first time. The first thing on the
days program is a dip in the lake
which gives the boys a fine appetite
| for breakfast at 6:45 o'clock
On Beautiful Site.
| Camp Wood" is situated in the CEN
| ter of a tract of so acres. nestled
/ along the rocky lodges of the Flint
| Hills, bordered on the north by the
! Cottonwood river. The camp lodge
/ is on an eminence overlooking a most
beautiful country for miles in the dis
tance. The lodge is large structure
with an immense lobby and fireplace
| in the center. At either end are the
| kitchen, store rooms and offices
The tents, each with capacity for
eight persons, form a semi-circle fac
| ing the lodge. Nearby is a tall flag
| pole. The raising and lowering of
the flag. respectively. at sunrise and
| sunset, are formal parts of the daily
ceremonies.
lin addition to- the lake sports
| which include swimming, boating and
fishing. arrangements and equipment
are complete for baseball, volley ball
tennis, Quoits and many other games
and as final event on the day before
camp breaks, a regular field day and
track meet is to be held. Almos,
daily there is a new speaker In camp
for the auditorium meetings. The
camps is said to be one of the largest
Y camps of its kind in the United
States
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-17
KAISER KEEPS ON ROASTING
Congratulates Crown Prince on Sue
Cesses in France.

Amsterdam. June Emperor
William has congratulated the crown
prince on the recent successes gained
by his troops. according to an official
dispatch from Berlin.
Under your leadership" the en-
peror teiesraphed, the armies of Gen.
eral Won Below and General Won HUI
tier have severely defeated the enemy
and shattered the storm of his hur-
riedly brousht-up army reserves.
Eishty-five thousand prisoners and
more than 1000 guns are the out
ward signs of this tremendous battle
success To you and the participant
ing commanders and troops I express
my thanks and those of the father
land. =
The fighting spirit and fighting
strength of my Incompatible troops
guarantee our final victory. God will
further help"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-17
LEAVE OUT GLOOM
Funeral Directors Will Open
Convention With Music.
All Plans Made for Big Gather
ing in Topeka.

Undertakes from all parts of the
state have been arriving in Topeka Sum
day and today to attend the twenty
first annual convention of the Kansas
Funeral Directors association, to be
held at the auditorium June Is. 1s,
20. L. NJ. Penwell, who is on the exc
cutive committee, says that attendance
at the conventions varies between 500
and 700 persons, but IL cannot be
estimated what influence the war may
have on the attendance this year
The entire program is for associa-
ton members. their ladies and the
Travelling Mems association. Mem
bers of other state associations are
invited, but no one will be admitted
without the official badge. which may
be obtained from the credential COM
mittee by all members in good stand
ing.
Mayor To Welcome Visitors.
The session tomorrow morning will
open at 1890 o'clock with music fur
nished by the Topeka Junior Sym
phony orchestra. The welcome ad.
dress will be made by Mayor Jay E
House, and the response by NJ. A
Troup, of Logan, Kan. This will b.
followed by the report OF the execu
gardner is chairman, appointments o.
committees, announcements, and ap
plications for membership. The at
ternoon session, beginning at 1880, viii
consist of the reports of officers ant
delegates and three or four addresses
including an address by President P
P. Friesen, of Hutchinson.
Officers of the association are: P
P. Friesen. Hutchinson, president; W
B. Hutchinson, Halstead, vice presi
dent; NJ. E. Cheatum, Halstead. sec
ond vice president: Ralph Davis
Spring Hill, secretary; Mary L. Gates
Rosedale, treasurer; W. E. Samuels
Emporia, sergeant-at-arms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-17
OPERATORS WILL NOT STRIKE
Notify Wilson They Will Abide by
Decision of War Board.

ST. Paul, MINI. June 17.-There
will be no strike of commercial teleg-
raphers if-the commercial companies
agree to abide by rulings of the war
board, President S. J. Konenkamp. of
the operators today wired President
Wilson. In reply to letter from the
president, Konenkamp wired:
IT can readily pledge you thatsif the
telegraph companies will in turn ac-
cept the decision of the national labor
war board and be governed by its rules
and awards, industrial peace in the
telegraph service will be continued, at
least until victory
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-17
LARIMER WILL TALK
Cooperative Club VIII Honor Arlo
Hubbard Tuesday Evening.

H. G. Larinler and his war maps are
much in demand by the Cooperative
club. The next regular meeting OF
this body will be held at Pelletier's
Tea room tomorrow evening. 1t will
be ladies' night and all the wives and
daughters of the members are ex-
pected to attend.
Larimer and his war maps are billed
as the feature attraction of the even
ing. Arrangements will also be made
at the meeting for the annual Coop
picnic at the Anderson camp on Mil
creek. Arlo Hubbard will be the
member of honor" at the meeting to-
morrow evening in celebration of hi
being called to the colors. -.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-17
SAM LUX HAS RETIRED
Head OF Large Mercantile Compan,
Gives Up Active Business.

Samuel E Lux, Sr., president OF
the Lux Mercantile company, has re-
tired from active business according
to report issued Sunday. Lux has
been engaged in the wholesale fruit
and grocery business in Topeka for
the last rs years.
1t was announced that the Lux
Mercantile company will continue to
do business under the same name.
o. A. Fleming, vice president of the
company was announced as the proba-
BILE president.
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DROWNED AT PITTSBURG
Girl OF Seventeen in Swimming &C
Into Water Beyond Her Depth.

Pittsburg, Kan, June 17.-Fforence
Walters of Pittsburg, II years old, was
drowned in Spring river, fifteen miles
southeast of Pittsburg, late yesterday.
She was a member of a swimming
party and got into water beyond her
depth
She could not swim
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-17

New York. June 17.-Bank clearinge in
the United States for the week ending June
Il. as reported by telegraph to Bradstreet's
Journal New York aggregate 1892 OF. 600
against s6.451 $50 600 last week and s5g73.-
10000 In this week last year Canadian
clearings aggregate S215. 600 COO az again st
S19S- OF 900 last week and S194 s04 600 in
this week last year. Following are the re-
turns for this week and last, with percent
ages Of change shown this week as COM
pared with this week last year:
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Notice.

All uniformed men are especially in
vited to attend a Grand Military ball
given by II ". A Degree Team. No
$500, Tuesday. June Is. 1918, at Kel,
Iam's haII-Adv.
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Items for this column may be left
at Petro's drug store, or phone
kle.lo- Kimbail after Q D. M. other
hours phone 1850.
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MAUD WATSON Secretary. .-Ads
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She could not swim.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-03-26
MONSTER GUN
IS FEASIBLE.
Says MAXIM
Inventor Describes Method of
Building Such Weapon As
Used BY Germans: Not A
New Idea

NEW YORK, March 25.-Hudson
Maxim, inventor, declared in 4 state
mcnt issued today regarding the
bombardment OF Paris by the new
German cannon, that it is entirely
possible to secure range Of over
sixty miles with gun. but that fb. 70
is nothing new in the idea H..
stated:
81 understand that the new pro.
j,ctilo is practically of qir.r
calibcr. With "a 9-inch gun from 10 IN
30 feet in length and with a maximum
elevation OF IS degrees, a proirctI.
may be thrown to a distance of moro
than twenty miles.
Now. ir We double the callbcr Of
the gun. We Quadruplc the area OF
the has, of the proi,cfu. T., ,r,,rI
Dee perfectly possible TO cmploy for
such purpose gun OF 2O-incb caIiher
throwing a suJ.calibrr proiccrIIo Of o
inches.
There is nothing now in tbis ida,
Of sub.caIibur pr1icctfle. Sub.calibcr
projectiles were used in the old Il.
inch ZaNnsH dynamite gun.
with a gun of 2Oincb caIib.r modo
from SO to 100 feet long it would be
possible to get tho maximum range
attributed to the Germans. The gun
would probably be what is generally