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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
BOLO is EXECUTED
Condemned Traitor Is Shot at
Vincennes Forest.
Was Confident of a Reprieye
Until Yesterday.

Paris, April 17.-Standing before a
firing squad in the forest of Vincennes
early today, Paul Bolo Pasha, con-
demned traitor, lost entirely the atti-
tude of Indifference he had main
tanned subsequent to and during his
trial When the order to fire was
given the rifles spoke and Bolo crum-
pied up with several bullets in his
head. Escorted by several guards,
Bo1o left the Sante Private prison
forty-five minutes before his execu-
ton.
After leaving the automobile at
Wineennes. he listened to the exhorta-
lions of a prison chaplain. Then his
eyes were bandaged and he went
without a struggle to his place before
the firing squad.
He was confident of a reprieve I'M
til yesterday evening.
Paul Bolo, who received his title of
Pasha from Abbas Hilrini, former
khedive of Egypt was arrested Sep
tember %, 1917, charged with receiv-
ing money from Germany for use in
spreading peace propaganda in France.
His arrest was brought about by dis
closures made in the United States re-
garding his activities here early in
1916. He is alleged to have obtained
$2.00O,0O0 here, which was deposited
in this country by the Deutsche Bank
of Berlin.
Placed on trial February 4, 1918,
Bo1o was convicted ten days later. He
appealed, but his sentence was af-
firnned
Connected with the 'Bolo affair are
Joseph Caillaux. former premier;
Charles Humbert, former senator, and
Ferna1d Monier, presiding judge of
| the highest court in Paris.
Delighted to Face Death.
so much better; 1 am delighted
! Bolo exclaimed when awakened this
morning by Commandant Julien of
the third court martial that the hour
! of eXpiation had arrived. These were
the only words spoken by Bolo ex-
| cept for instructions to the chaplain
to take from his body a silk lace
| handkerchief which he placed on his
chest and give l. to his brother, Mon
| sigaof Bolo.
| The condemned man went to his
| execution in a new suit of clothes
! brought to the prison by his brother
and wearing white gloves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
HE boarded FOOD
First Prosecution in Kansas Is
Under Way.
Only Thirty Days Supply AL
lowed on Hand.

Wichita, Kan, April 17.-Informa-
ton for the first prosecution on a
charge of boarding food in Kansas
was filed Tuesday by Walter z. Innes,
United States Food Administrator for
KANSAS, with E. r. Morrison, attorney
for the southwest zone enforcement
bureau.
Complaint of boarding was filed
Monday by G. H. Gregg. township
administrator, of Girard, Kansas, fol-
lowing a raid on an alleged boot
leggers joint by the sheriff of Craw-
ford county. The sheriff found 100
pounds of flour. 1t was seized and
the man was held pending action of
federal authorities. 1t is alleged that
the man anticipated great flour
shortage and was holding the flour
for sale.
The rule of the food administration
states that any person having an ex-
cess supply of flour is hoarder.
The extreme penalty for boarding is
fine of $1,000 or two years i'm
prisonment or both.
No one is permitted to have more
than thirty days supply of flour on
hand at any one time. A thirty day
supply depends on the size of the
family, but in no case shall a city
resident buy more than twentyfour
pounds of flour at one time. If he
has a family of two he can buy only
twelve pounds of flour at one time
and shall not have an excess of
twelve pounds in his possession The
amount permitted is based a sup
ply of six pounds of flour per person
a month
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17

stenographer who said, 'they will
simply have to go out of business;
stenographers are too scarce Claims
OF this sort were we'll represented in
the list of excuses and reasons"
Newspaper reporters should be ex-
empt. in the opinion of one registrant,
He firmly asserted that thru his paper
he was supplying the public with war
news, which it could not well do with
out.
Claims of exemption on the ground
that the claimants are attending
schools of religious instruction and
theological seminaries were almost as
numerous as the claims of those who
have recently acquired dependents.
One Was Rare Calf-Buyer.
One registrant presented four diff
ferent claims in as many days. but all
of them failed of substantiation. On
his first appearance before the board
he declared that he had recently been
honorably discharged from the regular
army and had taken unto himself a
wife, When told that the board would
like to review his discharge papers ae
departed hastily. On the following
day he presented himself as morally
unfit; this excuse falling he was given
more time Subsequent claims that he
was preacher" and then a farmer
failed to get his exemption.
A claim presented by a 'calf buyer
for a. large packing house that men of
his chosen calling were unusually
scarce; an assertion that soldiers must
have candy and that the claimant
was engaged in manufacturing that
commodity for 1.-The boys" and the
claim of the many who are subject to
"fits'-all were included in the cate
CORY of the boards would-be "evad-
/ ers."
One Had Two Wives.
One man was unfortunate enough to
have two wives dependent upon him
for their daily bread. He had been
exempted in the first draft because of
his wife. After his exemption had
been granted his wife obtained a d.
vorce. When called under the new
QUESTIONABLE system it was discovered
he had married again. this time to a
woman with child. He was support
ing his present wife and child and was
/ contributing to the support of his for
mer wife, he said
The morally unfit" the watch re-
! pairer the necessary" newspaper re-
/ porter. the candy manufacturer who
supplied the boys" the scarce calf.
/ buyers" together with the equally
scarce" stenographers-all are at ma.
/ tlonal army cantonments
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
Claims for Draft Exemption
Many and Humorous.
Ingenuity of Dodgers Put to
Severe Tests.
BOARDS HAVE UNUSUAL CASES
One Claimed One Day in Jail
Made Him "MOrally Unfit"
Another Made Four Different
Claims in Four Days.

Oklahoma City, Okla. April lift
claims for exemption from military
service with the national army. that
come under the jurisdiction of the
district appeal board for the western
district of Oklahoma, are any criterion
the ingenuity of the so-called draft
Gcdger'' has been severely put to it at
times, to think of some likely story to
bolster up his claim. While the legit-
innate claims have been many and in
nc case have been refused. there also
were many who made rather unusual
claims to their right to stay at home
where they are needed"
Claims of registrants who have con-
tracted marriages since the select1ve
service laws were promulgated, that
thew were needed at home to support
dependent wives, have been numerous
but by no means in the majority.
One man wanted his claim for i'm
munity from service granted on the
ground that he was an expert watch
repairer' A great many watches in
the territory formerly covered by his
vocational activities will go unre-
paired until the allied powers emerge
victorious from the war as the expert
watch repairer' has gone to do his
part. A fellow claimant who had
stolen a, watermelon in his early youth
and had suffered incarceration in his
county ''bastile" for one night insisted
he was morally unfit to serve his
country in any capacity.
Another registrant was too busy
to report for examination when called
by his local board and did not think
they really meant it, anyway" He
declared himself possessed of belief
that the government can't be really
in earnest about this thing"
Reporter Asked Exemption.
appears, are dependent for their very
existence on the activities of their
male stenographers. At least this is
true of the concern that employs the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
Is YEARS AGO In Topeka
From the columns of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
April IL, 1898.

April II. 1898.
meeting of the labor organizations of
the Santa Fe was held last night at the
b. OF L. E. hall and was attended by
about 200 men. joint committee was ap-
pointed to lay the question of recognizing
the labor organizations before ..Superin-
tendent of Machinery John Player and
General Manager Frey. On this decision
rests the future action of the labor organ
izations.
Miss Blossom Harding will spend the
summer in Atchison.
Mrs X. E. Freeman entertained a few
friends last evening for DR. and Mrs. P.
J. Mulvane, who return to Chicago this
evening.
Mill Lulu Fordyce entertained Informal
~ last evening for Mr.. Ed. Nettles, who
leaves Friday for Chicago to reside.
The Misses Smith. who have been Miss
May Wasson's guests. have returned to
Ottawa.
Mrs James Tanner will give an after
noon card party on Thursday for Miss
Jennette Burton and Miss De Camp of
Emporia
Mrs. J.. Byrne of Kansas City is the
guest of Mrs. Alice Clugston.
Mrs. 81. J. Page and family left yester-
Gay Tor Denver where they will live. Mr..
Page is manager of the Denver branch
or the Trust company of America of this
city. Miss Edna Crane entertained last
Saturday evening for Miss Lottie Page.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17

IF YOUR EARS RING
WITH HEAD
NOISES

If you have Catarrhal Deafness or head
noises go to your druggist and get 1
ounce of Parmint double strength), and
add to it a pint of hot water and little
graduated sugar. Take 1 tablespoonful
four times a day.
This will often bring quick relief from
the distressing head noises. Clogged nos
and the mucus stop dropping iuto the
throat. 1t is easy to prepare, costs little
and is pleasant to take. Any one who has
Catarrhal Deafness or head noises should
give this prescription a trial.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
TALKS ON HYPOCRISY
Pctticord Says There Is Nothing More
Detestable Than a HypOcrite.

1.-The smallest and most detestable
thing in the world is a hypocrite,"
said Evangelist Petticord at the
Evangelical church Tuesday night.
"A hypocrite SO absolutely lacks quail
ity as to deserve no consideration at
the hands of anyone. Hypocrisy is
net confined to religion, but exerts its
damnable influence in every line
tReligious hypocrites are moro con-
spicious because its limitations of the
real thing are so disgusting" The en-
tire address was a scathing denuncia-
ton of the religious imposter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
CAPTURE MANY Firms
Huns Also Grabbed Much Booty in
HeIsingfors. Says Der GoItz.

Vasa, Finland, April 17.-Seyeral
thousand prisoners and large
amount of booty were taken by the
German troops which captured
Helsingfors, capital of Finland. ac-
cording to a communication issued
from the headquarters of the German
comma nder. General Won der GoItz
The city was captured Saturday. be-
ing taken by a storm after desperate
struggles in the streets and in forests
around the town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
S1,522.5O FOR THE r. c.
Colby Staged Big Auction Sale and
Benefit Ball Game.

Colby. Kan, April 17.-An enthus-
iastic crowd attended a big auction
sale conducted by Auctioneers Alex.
Showalter, Jim Felts and Moody Sew
all for the benefit of the Red Cross.
Receipts from the auction amounted
10 $1,260. A bail game between Rex
ford and Colby brought in S260.50
more. making a total of s1,522.5o
RED Cross cake was sold and
resold till the proceeds amounted to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
BEEkEEPERS MEET
T.. w. Atkins. of Washington, Will
Address Gathering Thursday.

The Northeast Kansas Beekeepers
convention will meet at keene's api-
airy on the East Sixth street road at
the Deer Creek crossing Thursday aft
ernoon at o'clock.
E. w Atkins. of the department of
entomology at Washington, will give
some demonstrations in the manipu-
lation of bees and will also give an ad-
dress. Automobiles to haul the bee
keepers to the apiary will be at Sixth
and Kansas avenue at 1870 o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
JERUSALEM is GLAD
First British Postmaster Is an Army
Sergeant.

London, April 17.-Sergeant Frank
Smith. of the Royal Engineers, the
first British postmaster of Jerusalem,
writing to friend here, says:
There are 10000 inhabitants left in
Jerusalem. and they were all glad to
see us. The poverty is appalling, but
business is picking up now. and the
postoffice is doing a thriving business
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
PERSHING' WINS
Chicago School Didn't Like a German
Name

Chicago, April 17.-John J. PERISH
ing America. won a decision over
Prince Otto Won Bismarck. Germany,
here last night. A Chicago school
named for the former Hun chancellor
adopted the name of the American
general at the school boards orders
This action follows a general move
ment turnout the city to remove all
traces of German-named streets, stat
ueS and buildings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
GREEKS ARE ACTIVE
Take Several Villages North o
Struma River.

London, April 17.-Greek forces
crossed the Struma river above
Lactahinos this morning and occupied
Bejlikmah, Kakaraska, Salmah, Kis-
peki. Ada and villages to the north
ward. according to an official report
from British headquarters at Salonika
today.
The British occupied Kumli and
Ormanli.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-08
Brooklyn Youth
Wounded in Battle

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Bryce, of 2s4
Henry Street, Brooklyn, have been in
formed that their son, Philip Du High
Bryce, suffered a serious bullet wound
in the thigh while fighting in the ranks
OF a Canadian battalion in France.
If ! had 100 SONS I would give then.
all" said Mrs. Bryce. There is no use
to live at all if we live under German
rule
Mrs. Brycc's son Rolf is in the Ca
madam army and her daughter, Wini-
fred, is a Red Cross nurse in Paris.
Two of her nephews have been killed
fighting the Germans
Philip Du High Bryce enlisted last
November on his eighteenth birthda,.
lust before he sailed he wrote to his
mother:
Il wish ] could come home and kiss
you once more, but I'VE got to go and
help lick the Germans"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-08
+ ornaers Withheld Food
From Berlin, Saws Movo,

berlin's food supply was short at+hc
,peHinn!ng Of this year, owing TO the
lack or 1ertilizcrs, and TO the fact thai
Ssfefai or the federal states Of the
ucTnan Empire had prohibited thu ex.
pof' CT iood 70 Prussia, declared Dr.
a' 1.e.o-r' me Mayor Of Berlin, in an in
lerVic" N German newspapers Of Jan.
var, which have been received here
ne Mayor said:
~ ~ very difficult at present to oh.
I,'in the necessary food articles in
bcIlin, We have concluded contracts
Tor the delivery Of vegetables bn,
have received only small SUNNY ~
these contracts. We have sent a iars,e
army Of buyers to all parts OF III,
country, which has involved great OK.
ponditurc.
'lf we could supply the farmers ant
eArachcrs "lth fertilizers we certainly
"ould receive the needed supply Of
vegetables, but unfortunately we war,
fcrced TO give the army administrator
me ammonia produced I'm large uuan-
titiea IN our gas plants. Many small
cities have Jared better I'm that rc.
spcct."
In ths future, Dr.. Reicko said. the
army administration would allow Rer.
lin to retain larger amount Of am.
,nonia and had threatened to impose
heaVy penalties for failure TO fulfil
contracts TO deliver food to the people
OF the city. Concerning tho action OF
,he farmers in withholding food from
Berlin, the Mayor said:
J'ho prohibition Of cxporta nv SOW.
eral federal states and in MANY arri-
cultural districta OF Prussia has IN,
jured us greatly. In southern Ger
many there was an abundance OF veue-
tables and fruit. Much Of It was
wasted. More rigorous measures are
needed"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-08
Germans Gouge Out
Our Soldiers Ewes

At the Base Hospital No. /, Columbia
Oval, eighty-eight men are recovering
from injuries they received at the
front. One of them is Albert B. Sykes
attached to the division sanitary corps
He was caught in an automobile acci-
dent and pretty badly hurt. But he's
going to get we'll, and he's going to go
back-if they'll let him.
Il saw enough just one night" he
said yesterday, "to make me want tc
go back and back and back again
Twelve of our fellows went out on pa
troll. They didn't return that night
and we thought they had been captured
But they following night they did come
back.
They were found right in front of
the barbed wire stretched out from our
trenches. Every man had his ewes
gouged out, several had their hands
and feet cut Off, and their bodies had
been horribly mutllated. That's why
Pm going back"
Sykes told of several other incidents
which came to his personal attention
at work close 20 the front line trenches,
lhe cruelty of the Germans was almost
unbelievablc, he declared, and he said
that if he and those who had been
through 1T. were to tell half thew had
seen the people over here would think
they were just wild flights of magma.
ton ~
New-York tribune., 1918-03-08
Number for Eac ch
Soldier to Identify
Dead and Wounded
New System Adopted May
End Errors in Report
ing Casualties
LSt0f Correspondencel

WASHINGTON, March To pre-
vent recurrence of the great dstress
caused to families of soldiers through
notices of deaths and injuries CHROME
ously sent out by the War Depart
ment, arrangements have been com
pleted by the Secretary OF War for
numbering every enlisted man in the
military establishment as a positive
means of identification.
each soldier in the expeditionary
force and in training in this country
as of February 28, the War Depart
ment announced to-day. While no
provision has been made to number
officers, military authorities asserted
to-day that this undoubtedly would
follow.
No arrangements have as yet been
made by the Navy Department to pro
vide similarly for positive identified
tion of men in the naval service.
Both the War Department and the
Navy Department have been the means
of bringing distress to families of SOL
diers and sailors through errors made
in notifying the wrong relatives Of
men either killed or wounded. Under
the numbering system, il is believed.
it viii be impossible to notify the
wrong relatives of soldiers whose names
appear in casualty lists.
The errors that havc been made, i:
was explained to-day, were largely due
to incomplete information received
from abroad. 1t was asserted that all
the cablegrams como in code Occa-
slonally a similarity in names has
served to increase the probability Of
mistakes.
General Pershing's reports of deaths
and wounded soldiers are carefully
checked in the War Department be-
fore any message is sent to the rela-
tives involved, the adjutant generals
Office said to-day. The cablegrams first
are decided, and copies Of the trans
lated messages are furnished to the
statistical division, where the name of
the nearest relative of the soldier is
ascertained, and notices are immedi-
ately dispatched to the next Of kin.
In tho Navy Department cables from
Admiral Sims come in code, and after
being decoded, are sent to the personnel
division, where data Of the next of kin
are available. Messages announcing the
death or injury of the sailors are then
sent out
Tho errors that have been made un-
doubtedly resulted from combination
Of imperfect code messages and the
multiplicity Of hands through which the
original messages passed, it is said, but
under the numbering system. as far as
tho War Department is concerned, it is
argued that chances for mistakes will
be reduced to the minimum.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-08
German People
Still Back Kaiser,
Refugees Assert
They Long for Peace, How.
ever, Say Sisters Back
From Germany

AN ATLANTIC PORT, March r.
Miss Beatrice McCann and her three
sisters. refugees from Germany, ar
rived in this city to-day on the Hellig
Olay, OF the Scandinavian-Americ
Line Miss McCann and one sister,
Frances nineteen years old, were born
in the United States, but the two
younger sisters, Pauline and Elizabeth,
were born in Germany 1t took them
from October until January to obtain
the passports which permitted them to
leave Germany, and their brother,
Frank, who was born in tho United
States twenty years ago, was unable to
obtain one
Yood wan sca,cc in Germany, Miss
McCaEn said, but she thought the peo-
pie were getting used 10 short rations
and passed through this winter with
fewer complaints than in former years.
Every one hoped for peace, she said,
but the government dccreed war and
had tho backing OF the people
The potato ration when Miss McCann
left was SIX pounds a week for each
person, and there were no sweets or
wheat TO be had for civilians, although
candy could be bought and sent by the
shop where it was purchased to SOL
der al the front.
Other refugees on the steamship
were Frederick Rente, his wife and
sixtaen-year-old daughter, Florence.
Mr Renie left Schoenberg, Germany
tao months ago. having represented
an American concern in that city for
seven years He said that he could
not tell much about the conditions of
that country. as he WAS hold close in
his home- He verified the statement
OF Mics McCann that food was scarce,
bus added that il you had money
enough you could get what you wanted.
Among other passengers were Cap
tain Jesse Grant Cramer, United States
military attache at Copenhagen; Rich
ard BJerk and Lauritz Dorenfclt, spe-
cIal food commiss toner's from Norway,
and Peter 0. De Treschow Danish
Consul General at Chicago. who was
one of the few who did not have to
undergo examination by the Naval In
telligence squad.
De Troschow said the people Of Den
mark were starving
The Hellig Olay, which had 432 pas
sengcrs on board. was fourteen davs
at sea and ran into several storms on
the way. Off Farce Islands she sighted
three -masted American schooner fly-
ing DISTRESS signals. The schooner had
peen battling with storms for several
GAYS ana the crew of twenty seven
men had been without water for a
,3s "eek, The liners captain ordered a
1lsepoat lowered. and sent water and
food aboard an"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-08
French Gratitude
Medal for Americans
Decoration Created Since War
Began in Recognition
Of Services
Of Services

PARIS. Wednesday, March 6.-The
FIRST list is printed to-day in the
journal OfHciel' of the names of per-
sons who have been awarded the new
decoration. "Medal OF French Graft
tude," issued since the war to recog-
nize services rendered to France by
foreigners. The Queen Of Belgium is
named first among those who received
class medals. Among the first class
medallists are the following Americans:
Henry o. Beatty, director general Of
the American Relief Clearing House of
New York; Mrs. Sophie Coolidge,
founder of the Detroit group OF the
American Hospital at Neuilly; Mrs. W.
4. Edwards. Of Los Angeles, of the
American Red Cross; Mrs. Hermann
na!l. James Hazen Hyde. Mrs. Anne
Ienfield, IN recognition of her devotion
TO French soldiers aterned in AUSTRIA
hungary, and Mrs. Sharp. wife Of the
ambassador. for her untiring war work
since her arrival in France.
The second class medals were
awarded to these Americans:
Walter Abbott, director Of the
American Clearing House; Fernand
ISehn and Sosthene Behn, bankers;
William Bowers Bourne. OF San Fran
cisco, and Mrs. Bourne: Mrs. Brunswig.
Of Los Angeles; Mrs. Francis Carolan,
OF Burlingame, Cal; Mrs. Helen Cool
idge, John Jacob IIoff, Dr. Landetta, Of
Cuba; Mrs. Mason Smith, of New Or
leans; Mark PeiXotto. Mrs. de Roaldes.
OF Louisiana, and Raphael WE'LL, of San
Francisco.
Third class medals were distributed
to the following Americans:
Louis Adoue, of Galveston; Miss
blanche Cahen, Of San Francisco;
Ridgely Carter. Mrs. Casserly. Of San
Matco, Cal; Miss Chloe Dirings. George
Fuscnos, Of Los Angeles; Persifar Glib
son. DR.. Walter Clines, Miss Rebecca
GodchauX. of San Francisco; Hugh Reid
Griffin, Mrs. J. P. Jones, Of Los An
geles; John Howard Jordan, Miss FL
Vlnc Neeser, OF New York; Robert
Nccser, Mrs. Claire Sisco, Howard
Sturger Mrs. Jeannette Watson and
Miss Marion viii.