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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-26
WAR MOVES TODAY

Bulgaria has been invaded by the al
lies for the first time since the war
began
British troops, 1t was officially an
nounced today, have entered Bulgar-
ian territory south of the important
center of Stromitza, which is less than
nine miles from the frontier.
At the same time Serbian troops
have approached to within nine miles
of the equally important Serbian city
of Veles, held by the Bulgarians.
1t is officially reported that German
troops are shooting Bulgarians who
flee from the firing line.
The Turkish Fourth army is sur
rounded.
While the allied victory in the Bal
ka1s is thus being fully exploited.
Americans and French have opened
new drive in the Champagne and
Metz regions.
The American attack, east of the
Moselle. was begun yesterday morning.
delayed dispatch stated that the
Americans with the French cooper
ating, had attained their first objec-
tives
The French war office reported a
new attack in the Champagne, which
extends from Rheims eastward to Yer
dun. starting at o'clock this morn
ing. with Americans in ''liaison on the
east"
Early reports were confusing and it
was impossible to determine whether
the French communique referred to a
combined attack of French and Amer
leans in the Champagne or meant that
the American attack along the Mo-
selle was a companion drive. -s-
1t is known that during the last Ger
man drive. American troops were
placed in the line east of Rheims.
where they maintained all their posi-
tions and broke up the fir t. German
cavalry attack every directed against
American troops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-26
CALL SEPTIC men
New Glass Registrars Ordered
Up for Examination.
Includes Glass Except Indus
trial-AgricuItural Claimants.

Instructions were received at the
offices of Adjutant General Huffman
today from Provost Marshal General
'Cfowder that all class 1 men In Kan
s3s who registered on September ! 2 be
called at once for physical examfna-
tions except in cases where agricultu-
raj and industrial claims have been
made.
This means that all men who have
filled out their questionnaires must be
examined regardless of the depen-
dency claims they have made and all
who have not agricultural or indus
trial claims which have to be passed
upon by the district boards will be CIV
en- physical classifications just as soon
as the local boards can get to them.
The order includes men who have
made dependency claims SO that de-
lays will be avoided in case their dis
trict boards do not grant the claims.
Indicates Big Draft Call Soon.
Immediately after the orders were
received they were forwarded to all
the local boards Of the state.
1t Is believed that the order is the
forerunner of a large cali for men and
that it was speeded up because of the
fact that there were not enough class
1 men left to fill the call.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-26
SEE MISTAKE NOW
Germans Admit That They
Undervalued the Allies.
Socialist Leader in Bitter At
tack on Policies.

Amsterdam, Sept. 26. - Philip
Scheidemann, mapority Socialist lead
er, addressing the main committee Of
the reichstag, declared that General
Won Ludendorff and not Chancellor
Won Hertling rules in Germany.
I'VE are suffering now because we
undervalued our enemies" said
Scheidemann. II regard the Brest-
Litovsk treaty as an obstacle to peace.
This king making business in the east
must terminate.
THE dismissal of former Foreign
Secretary Won Kuehlmann was detri-
mental to peace. When he uttered
words displeasing to the military party
he Immediately disappeared.
This sort of thing cannot continue.
We must confess openly that General
Won Ludendorff now rules, not Chan
cellor Won Hertling.
$50 far as Belgium is concerned, we
ought to have spoken sooner, and diff
ferently.
1.-The submarine warfare has linked
America against u.s.
Herr Groeher, a centrist, made a
sensational speech before the commit
tee yesterday. He sharply criticised
the government and recited a secret
order issued by the war office August
II, prohibiting public speeches re-
garding the reichstag peace reso1u-
ton.
The Loka1 Anzeiger declares it be-
lieves Groeher's speech indicates a
change in the centrists, who have usu-
ally supported the government in ev-
cry measure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-26
FOURTH TURKISH
ARMY may FALL
AT ANY DAY NOW
British Forces Have Enemy
Virtually Surrounded Today.
Allenby Is Ready To Annihilate
Foe on the Palestine.
PRISONERS NUMBER $4,000
Capture of the Fourth Army
Would Account for $4,000.
More Than 800 Big Guns Have
Been Captured.
Capture of the Fourth Army
Would Account for $4,000.
More Than 800 Big Guns Have
Been Captured.

London, Sept. 26.-The fourth Turk
ish army on the Palestine front is vir-
tually surrounded in the region east
of the Jordan and faces annihilation
by General Allenby forces, today's ad-
vices show.
The total of prisoners already taken
was increased today to $4,000.
The annihilation of the fourth army
now hoped for would complete the
cleaning up of the Turkish forces in
Palestine, accounting for about $4,000
men.
More than 800 guns have been cap
tured.
Casualties Are Low.
London, Sept. 26.-"Since Septem-
ber II our casualties have been less
than one-tenth the number of our
prisoners" it was stated in the official
report received from Palestine today.
Occupy More Towns.
London, Sept. 26.-British troops
operating in Palestine are extending
their occupation about the Sea of
Galilee. They have occupied Tiberias
and Senakh, on the borders of that
sea, and Esm- Samara, it was officially
announced today.
Pushing on to the east of the Jor-
dan the British have occupied the
strategic town of Amman on the He'd
Jas railway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-26
In Only Is Months We've Spent
Half as Much as Germany.
Nineteen Billions in Expendi-
lures Since War Opened.
USING So MILLIONS A DAY
This Months Bills Will Break
All Records in World.
Exceeds the Sum Spent by Any
Other Belligerent.

Washington, Sept. 26.-America's s
war debt VII reach the $4,000, ,000,-
0Oe mark the day she reaches her
fourth liberty loan. With daily ex-
penditures ranging close to $4,000
otO, this months war cost will break
all records.
The nations burden for September
is placed at $1.775,00O. 900, which, ac-
cording to unofficial figures, exceeds
the monthly expenditures of any 9TH
er belligerent.
Altho Germany's debt has been
shrouded with some mystery, her four
years of war have piled up a debt said
to be $39,000,000,000. This includes
maintenance of her armies and run
ming her government as we'll. The
United States.i therefore. has spent
nearly half as much in eighteen
months as Germany has in forty-nine
months. But this government, of
course, has aided her associates in the
war to the extent Of $500, 900, 900 in
actual cash advances and has ten
dered them credits of $75O,00O, 900
more.
The burden of expense borne by
America in September exceeds the
combined expenditures for August and
September, 1917.
There is surplus besides, which is
equal to the cost of running the gov
ernment in any month of any previous
war year. treasury department statis-
tics reveal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-26
SPREAD CANADA
Spanish Influenza Appear.
Among Dominion Troops.
Nearly 10000 Cases Are Re-
ported in U. S. Camps Today.

Montreal, Sept. 26.-Spanisf, grippe,
the disease which caused such havoc
in different parts of the United States
has made itself felt in Canada. Re-
ports from different parts of the do
minion show that the disease has all
ready claimed vfctfmG Probably the
most seriously affected district is St.
Johns. Que. where some 1900 men
are under military training. There
are 355 cases there in the camp.
Nearly $4,000 in Army.
Washington, Sept. 26.-Spanish in
fluenza cases up to today in the army,
at home, numbered 29,002, with more
than 5000 of these listed for the twen-
ty-four hours ending yesterday noon.
Ihe New England situation is still
troublesome.
The epidemic has now spread to rs
states. altho in most localities it is not
yet serious.
The Red Cross, war and navy de-
partments and the government health
service are cooperating in adopting
the most effective measures possible to
stamp out the epidemic.
Quarantine in Illinois.
Chicago, Sept. 26.-Illinois today be-
gan a state wide effort to stamp
out Spanish influenza. Strict quaran-
tine regulations were put in force by
state authorities. The regulations in
cluded careful and prompt burial OF
victims OF the disease.
At the Great Lakes training station
where 10000 sailors are in training
the epidemic was reported waning
Captain Moffett, commandant, report
ed seventy-seven deaths in the twen-
ty-four hour period covered his state.
ment. In the same period 257 new
cases arose. The figures showed a de.
crease by 10 new cases. Since the
epidemic began S,475 cases were re-
ported with 2.sS0 still on the sick list
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-26
One Case Suspected of Spanish
Influenza Here.
Dread Epidemic Shows Up in
Other Parts of State.
z CASES REPORTED AT PAxlC0
State Board of Health Busy
Trying To Check Spread.
DR.. Crumbine Warns the Cities
Thru the State Journal.

Spanish influenza has reached To-
peka-at least as a suspect. There
was one case reported today by DR..
H. L. Clark. city health officer, which
is under careful surveillance as a pos
sible case of the epidemic which is
at present sweeping the country
Fred Rigby, son of Postmaster
at Lawrence, returned home Wednes-
day troubled with symptoms which
might indicate the presence Of the
disease. Young Rigby lived in fra
ternity house at Lawrence in which
several other boys were sick at the
way as was Rigby. Every precaution
is being taken against possible spread
ing of the disease if 1t should prove
to justify the suspicious with which 1t
is regarded. Cultures will be taken
today to try to establish the young
says that he really does not believe
it is influenza, but that no chances
will be taken anyway. There is no
further report of the condition of the
boys still at Lawrence, but as moth
ing of an alarming nature has de-
ve1oped there gives rise to the opinion
that there is nothing for people to be
concerned over here in Topeka.
Two Cass at Paxico.
Two cases of the dreaded disease
have been reported to the state board
of health from Paxico, and there are
unconfirmed reports that the disease
has made its appearance at Leaven-
worth and Lawrence. More than 100
cases are now being treated at Camp
Funston, it was stated today.
There can be little doubt about the
cases at Paxico being real Spanish
Influenza" DR.. S. J. Crumbine said
this afternoon. ''The circumstances
in themselves are almost conclusive.
A young man from Paxico who is
stationed at the Great Lakes was
recently at home on a visit, and since
returning to the service has been ill
with the disease. It is reported that
both of the patients at Paxico are
relatives of the Great Lakes man and
were with him while he was there on
a visit
The state board of health today
sent cut notices to every health Of
ficer in the state to make telegraphic
reports of any cases that appear in
their. localities. Theaters in Topeka
were told by Doctor Crumbine this
afternoon to throw notices on their
screens warning people not to cough
or sneeze without covering their
mouths and moses and thru the To-
peka State Journal he asks theaters
in every other city in the state to do
likewise.
"Our ability to control and keep
down this epidemic will rest largely
with the people," Doctor Crumbine
said. people should stay at home as
much as possible and no visits to sick
persons should be made until it is
ascertained what the nature of the
ailment is"
Caution the Watchword.
Doctor Crumbine laid great en-
phasis upon the caution people should
use when coughing or sneezing in
public. mot only is it a breach of
etiquette and civic health rules to
cough and sneeze. in public without
covering the mouth and nose,' he
said. but it also is a violation OF
military law to do So"
The health authorities at Paxieo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-26
City and County Will Soon Be
Ablaze With Them.
distribution to Banks Has AL.
ready Been Begun.
EVERY ONE A STRONG PLEA
All Bill Boards of the City Will
Be Covered.
Ministers Asked To Make Plea
I, In Sunday Sermons.


Before the sun comes up Saturday
morning, all Topeka and Shawnee
county will be ablaze with the posters
Fourth liberty loan campaign. The pic
Topeka late Wednesday night, and all
today a corps of girls was busy in the
office of John Morissey,. secretary to
the Shawnee county fourth liberty loan
committee, sorting out the posters and
distributing them to the various banks
in the city and county.
A corps of bill posters from the
Hinkson-Crawford company started
out today with a load of the bigger
Autographs which are to adorn the
bill boards in all parts Of the county.
Pictured Cry for Aid.
I, Every one of the posters to be used
in the fourth liberty loan campaign is
a pictured cry for aid from the gov
ernment that the boys on the fighting
lin in France may not suffer nor be
forced to delay an attack on the Hun
strongholds for the mere lack of
money with which to buy ammunition
and the necessary supplies of war.
When the supply of posters and
placards came in to Topeka Wednes-
day night and were delivered to Nor
fssey, there also came with the rolls of
Autographs a number of mysterious
looking boxes. Morissey had no idea
what the boxes contained, but when
opened they revealed the government
ammunition to be used in the most in
ICnnt;nuod oD Do oOo \
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-26
Influenza, HOW To
AVOID IT and CURE IT

Influenza must be kept out Of
Topeka!
Prevention is likely only by
avoiding crowds and crowded places
where contact with others spreads
the disease, by sneezing and
coughing; by keeping ones self
clean in clothing and persol, espe-
cially of the nose and mouth. The
germ is carried to others from the
nose and mouth and the only prob
able means by which the germs
enter the system is by the nose and
mouth.
The symptoms of Spanish influ-
enza may be distinguished from
those of an ordinary cold by pros
tration and aches and pains in the
head and back. There is no pro-
tracted period of waiting to know
whether your cold is influenza. If
you have it you'll probably know it
the first day.
There are two main varieties Of
Spanish influenza. One begins with
chills or chilliness, which may be
slight. There will be what appears
to be an ordinary cold, catarrhal,
with coughing and sneezing, head
ache, backache, fever and prostra-
ton. The other is marked simply
by chills. fever and prostration.
Both forms may be marked by
nausea and vomiting.
There is no drug preventive and
there is no specific remedy. altho
the specific bacillus has been iso-'
lated. Treatment shoul follow in
general the course of putting the
patient to bed Immediately and
keeping him there till he is cured,
both for his own sake and for the
sake of the community, so that he
cannot merely "get better" and go
out and infect others.
The initial treatment should be
saline p rgative of calomei.
Aspirin, five to ten grains, may be
given to relieve the aches and
pains. A warm bath. also, will
prove comforting and check the
pain, but great care must be taken
to keep the patient from becoming
cold. The patient must stay in
doors.
A light diet should be given. such
as pasteurized milk, beef broth,
soft boiled eggs anf toast. For
those with weak hearts there
should be added a stimulant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-26
G.. O. p. Chairman Knocks
Henry's Prospects for Election.
Charges Democrats Using War
for Political Ends.
PROTESTS AS AN AMERICAN
Urges Keep War Out Politics
and Politics Out War.
Senator Townsend Refers to
FOrd's Pacifist Theories.

Grand Rapids. Mich, Sept. 90
Charging that the Democratic party
had attempted to use the war for par
tisan political purposes, Will H. Hays.
chairman of the Republican national
committee, speaking before the Repub-
lican state convention here today,
urged that war be kept out of politics
and that partisanship be kept out of
the management of the war. The two
great parties, he declared, should work
together to a common end-peace with
victory. The national chairman re-
ferred to the Republican victory in
Maine and characterized it as Maine's s
reply to the Democratic attempt to
use the war for partisan purposes"
Wonders ut "MentaI Gymnastics"
Continuing, he said:
THE Democratic national commit
tee says that the election of a Repub-
lican congress would be a source of
his cohorts. Against this unpatriotic
conduct of a responsible political or
ganization, l protest, not as a Repub-
lican, but as an American. We seek
in vain to understand the mental
gymnastics of those who can see COM
fort and elation to the kaiser in the
election to the senate of Commander
Ford-a man who is said to have spent
thousands of dollars in propaganda
for peace at any price after the
slaughter of innocent men, women and
children by Hunnish hounds of He'll.
In the name of every American SOL
der in France. I appeal for the sup
port of the country's cause by all men
and women without thought of party
Calls Democrats inefficient,
a.
Severe criticism of the Democratic ad-
ministration and Henry Ford as SEN
atorial candidate, was coupled with a
vigorous defense of the Republican
party's war efforts by United States
Senator Charles E. Townsend in his
Republican state convention here to-
day.
Senator Townsend charged the ad-
ministration with inexperience, ifieffi-
cheney. and vacillation, and declared
that altho President Wilson told con-
gross politics had adjourned, Demo-
cratic politics never was more active
than when the president sent for
Henry Ford-a man, he said, who op-
posed war and who felt soldiers were
murderers"-and invited him to be-
come candidate for the United States
senate.
Asserts News Is Suppressed.
Criticising the governments pub
liicty policies, the senator said:
1.-THE acts of the government in
peace and war should be known to the
people. 1t is their business and all
the truth and only the truth should be
given them. Today our press is gagged
and some of the most reliable news
concerning the war comes to US thru
Canadian papers. The administration
issued a newspaper in charge of a man
who has been known for years as a
Socialist. and it is a proven fact that
gross falsehoods have been knowingly
published by him."
The Republican party should be re-
turned to power, the senator said, not
only for the successful prosecution OF
the war. but to safely guide the nation
thru industrial and international diff
cult.es that must be met with after the
war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-26

Washington. Sept. 2s.-Plans for q
vote by the senate today on the fed.
eral woman suffrage amendment vir-
tually were abandoned in he midst OF
debate. Chairman Jones of the wo-
man suffrage committee. Majority
Leader Martin and other leaders OF
both factions Joined in private state
ments that the resolution would go
over until Saturday.
While the senate debate was under
way with crowded galleries awaiting
the final test. Chairman Jones made
the following statement to a represen-
tative of the Associated Press:
''It now appears likely that no vote
will be taken today and that the reso-
luton will go over until next Saturday.
when Senator Lafollette of Wisconsin
is due to arrive"
New polls taken by the suffrage
leaders today are reported to have
shown one or possibly two votes short
of the two-thirds necessary I'd win-
They decided. therefore, to delay the
mustered.
A Forty-Year Fight.
Washington, Sept. 26--Saturday the
United States senate is expected to
vcte-and . crown with victory-the
American woman's forty-year fight
before congress for equal suffrage.
Only q victory on the Susan b.. An
thony amendment to the federal con-
stitution will result in the vote ex-
pected Saturday being the last in the
upper branch If they are defeated,
suffrage forces will battle on with ev-
cry parliamentary means at their
command to keep the issue aAve-and
troublesome to the "antis.''
Confident as it is possible to be
without knowing that victory is abso-
lute1y sure. both suffragists and antiss
today poured into the capitol. seek
Inf Choice places in senate galleries.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait for the
worth. Jr., for the antis. were rallying
points for their supporters. Last min
ute calls on doubtful senators were
made early in the day.
Curtis Is Stuff Leader.
Despite the fact that Senator Cur
tbs. for the suffragists, and Senator
Unt erwood. for the antis. both claim
victory by fairly safe margins, the de-
cfsion now rests upon one or. two
senator's who have succeeded in puz-
ziing everybody as to how they will
vote.
One of these is Culberson, Texas.
When the last senate vote on suffrage
was taken-March Is, 1914-Cu1ber-
son did not vote. Both pros" and
''antis' claimed him in advance of the
vote today. Overman, North Carolina,
was another about whom support
claims ccptered. Overman voted mo-"
but suffragists declared he Is expect
ed to change today. Gore, who voted
no" in 1914, is definitely counted for
suffrage now, a1tho he is not paired.
and neither side therefore can tell
until he votes just what he will do.
King, Utah, about whom there was
some fear, has been definitely paired
for suffrage.
The resolution that is before the
senate submitting the Anthony amend
ment to the states for ratification
passed the house on January 10, this
year. 1t got the unanimous votes of
twenty-three states
1t was first introduced in the sen .
ate by Senator Kent, California, in
January, 1873. Since then thirty at
| tempts have been made to get the
senate to approve it, but only two
votes have been taken-one in 1887.
when there were sixteen for and thir-
! ty-four against, and the one in 1914.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-26
BOMB HUN AIRDROME
British Air Forces Drop Explosives
on Field at BuhI.

London, Sept. 26.-The German
airdromes at Buhl, 25 miles southwest
of Karlsruhe and Kaiserslautern, be-
tween Metz and Man lheim, have been
bombed by machines of the British
Independent air forces, it is officially
amounted today.
An air force squadron attacked Kali
serslautern. Bursts were observed near
the station and munition factories.
While returning, the allied airmen
were attacked by a number of enemy
machines. In a long, running fight,
two enemy planes were destroyed.
Three allied machines are missing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-26
ATTACK ON NEWSPAPERS
German Press at Porto Allegro Arouses
Ire of Populace

Rio Janeiro, Sept 26.=German
newspapers at Porto Allegro, in the
state of Rio Grande do Sui, early this
week so aroused the populace by criti-
cising Brazilian affairs that attacks
were made on the plants of three
newspapers. The plant of the Journal
da Tarde. formerly the vaterland, ac-
cording to reports here, was wrecked
and burned. Heavy police guards
were thrown about the offices of the
Gazeta Popular, and the Deutsche
Volksblatt, and the crowds were kept
at bay until the excitement subsided.
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H. C. OF L. 81 PER CENT
National Investigation Indicates Con-
ditions Thruout Country.

Washington, Sept. 26.-Cost of 1iv-
ing Investigators of the bureau of sta
tistics now working in the principal
cities reported today that costs in Phil
adelphia have increased 67.17 per cent
since December, 1914. Clothing in
creased 10S.12 per cent in cost; furni-
ture 1876 per cent: food $500 per
cent; housing 9.69 per cent and fuel
and light 31.65 per cent The increase
was 1886 per cent since Decem Der
1917