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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
Morning Grain Gossip.
FURNISHED by the Topeka Board of Trade }

New York. April 20-Journal of Com
merce: Cotton-Texas has been having too
much rain whatever may be said about the
western and southwestern sections and the
eastern forecast was for general local rains
On the other hand. there is no general belief
that cotton is in for more than a temporary
rally at the best. The situation is very
generally regarded as pointing to a gradual
decline with rallies from time to time The
tor. The submarine sinkings suddenly
jumped to Is ships against six in the prev
ious week. That drop Of cents in Liver
and price fixing talk will not down. Per-
haps 20 cents s not % be thought of. but
the common belief is rnar regulation of
some sort is to / e Instituted as regards
cotton goods and possibly this may reach
raw cotton.
letIn: Stocks-Thc buying of Mexican Pc
troieum during recessions is of high
grads ;, Pre ia in ht are being made of
lehem. In financial circles local and inter-
national, there is ncountered an aGtonish :
ing confidence with regard to the war, not
only that early peace is expected. but
that the underlying assurance exhibited by
banking channels is highly gratifying
large outside following The position of
steel is pre-eminent for the reason that as
an after war issue it will represent a cor
poration which is in the front rank of
foreign trade and having its own ships to
carry products. Steel common is the best
Industrial collateral in America. Cash and
quick assets are put "a more than 500 a
share.
Chicngo. April 2o.-The Herald says:
Chamberlain traders, were not unanimously
bearish last light Some took profits on
the breaks and wanted a further upturn
in corn and oats 20 make it safer to put
out fresh lines. 1t was said that the sea =
board exporters bought the May oats on
breaks and are showing more disposition
to buy on. dips and let market alone on
bulges. Sales to seaboard here and at out
side markets were said to be large. exceed
ing 100000 bushels. some being done after
oil of Mav oaE ,rf
News. At the low point yesterday May
oats showed break of nearly cents from
the recent high figure. This was regarded
by some a time to get off the bear
side for turn. There has been consider
O. nervous market in both grains. Reports
to some of the commission houses say run
of corn from many Illinois points is to dror
off until after corn planting. This was
offset a bullish factor by sloS demand
from the east. Car situation eastern
and western roads has changed little past
week. On some of the largest systems the
supply of cars is about equal to require
ments. Reports to United Grain Growers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
Sending of French Troops 10
Flanders Not q Drain.
Allied Army of Maneuver Still
Held for Emergency.
FOCH KNOWS HIS BUSINESS
COmmander.in.Chief Has Done
Well So Far.
AS Long as Allies Morale Holds
Steady, Trust FOch.
BY ]. w. T. MASON.

New York, April DISQUALIFICATION
of French troops with the British in
the fighting before Ypres and Haze
brouck does not mean that General
Foch is throwing his reserves into ac-
ton before a. Il jor counter-offensive.
The assistance of the French in the
northern part of the battle front is
doubtless strictly limited. Instead of
being taken from the army of maneu-
vers these troops may even have been
removed from other parts of the line
where the German positions are weak
ly held. To keep intact the army of
maneuvers for action after the Ger
mans have exhausted themselves is so
important that it is probable General
Focn Is resisting all local pleas for use
OF the army to stem the German as
saultS.
Maintenance of the morale of the
troops in the field and of the civilians
at nome is necessary if General Foch's
plans for saving his army of maneu-
vers for offensive purposes at a later
time are to continue. The losses suf-
fered by the defenders of the Ypres-
Hazebrouck front are Undoubtedly Sc
we're, tho not nearly as heavy as the
German casualties. 1t is part of the
game Of high strategy that General
Foch seems to be playing, however, to
permit these losses to continue as long
as Hindenburg wants to keep up his
self-destructive assaults.
Foch's Plan Is Big One.
There is no doubt of General Foch's
ability to stop the German attacks
along the Ypres-Hazebrouck line by
throwing into that sector several corps
of fresh troops. General Foch has
the necessary number of men, but if
this were done, Hindenburg might
well shift his attack toward Amiens
or he might again try to break thru
the line in the direction of Paris.
General Fcchs use of his authority
thus far has been highly reassuring
He has saved Amiens and in the north
Hindenburg is still vainly slaughterine
| German man power before the de-
! lenses of Ypres and Hazebrouck.
Foch'S plan can be trusted to work
| out as long as the allies morale holds
steady.
Will Do More Than Hold.
| Milan, Italy, April 20.-"We hold
| the boche waves, but that is not suf-
| ficient-we will do something more
General Foch is quoted as saying in ar
| interview published by the Corriere
Della Sierra today.
Our ample reserves are still in
| tact. We are satisfied with the prog
| ress of events"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
MOVE FLEET OFFICES
Schwab to Move His Headquarters I'm
mediateIy to Philadelphia.

Washington, April 20.-The offices
of the emergency fleet corporation
will be transferred Immediately to
Philadelphia by Director General
Schwab. Nearly fifty per cent of the
shipbuilding now in progress is within
a short radius of Philadelphia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
SUB CREWS MUTINY
Returned to Base But Were Not Al
lowed to Land.

Rome, April 2o.-The crews of a
German submarine squadron mutinied
in the North sea and returned unex-
pectedly to their base, but land forces
would not permit the crews to come
ashore, the Ccrriere Della Puglie has
learned from German sources, il de-
clared today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
GETS FIvE-INCH SNOW
Manhattan Reports the Heaviest Pre-
cipitation in State Today.
Manhattan. Kan,

Manhattan. Kan, April 20.-A
fetal of five inches of snow had fallen
here up t. o'clock this morning.
according to the local weather bu-
reau. and at II O'Clock the storm was
still in progress.
The snow is heavy and wet and
melting rapidly. but blanket of
white four inches thick covered this
section of the state this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

Market weak. Native steers. s11 0O@112 /:
stockers and feeders, SS.40@12.75: cows and
heifers, S7.6O6I13 80; calves, 50 OOd1475.
| SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Monday 1900.
Market steady. Sheep, $1,000 Mss; lambs,
SIG 5O@21.SO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20


less fat.
Shorn lambs an1 sheep &c under above
prices.
Retail Hay.
Furnished by w. A. Gilchrist. GIG Quincy
Street.c
Topeka Kan. April 70.
PRAIRIE HAY-S2000
ALFALFA-S25.00
Topeka Hay Market.
Topeka Kan, April 20.
PRAIRIE HAY-$20.00.
ALFALFA-S250 90.
Poultry and Eggs.
Furnished by the Topeka Packing Com
pany, corner Laurent and Madison.b
Topeka Kan. April 20.
Springs, lbs, 19c: ROSTERS Ice;
broilers, lbs and under. 30c
Eggs are retailing in Topeka. 33c.
BUTTER-i1@I5c.
Topeka Grain Market.
FURNISHED by J. b. Billiard corner Kanss-
Ave. and Curtis ST.
Topeka Kan, April 20.
MIXED CORN-S1.3J
WHITE CORN-S155.
OATS-15c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago. April 2O.-CORN-Fresh upturns
in the price of corn resulted today from low
temperatures and from prospects of snow.
Besides, receipts here showed something of
decrease. On the advance in values,
however commission houses become sellers
and brought about reaction. Opening
figures, which ranged from 1sc to &c high
er, with May $127A and July $1.451a to
$1.45A were followed by moderate setbacks,
chiefly in the active option. July.
The fact that arrivals for the week in
Chicago proved to be the largest at this
season in more than five years had an I'M
settling influence. The close was nervous,
&c to 1asc net higher with May $1.2l Is
and July $1.451a to S1.455s.
OATS-Oats gained strength on account
of the unsettled weather conditions: Trade
tho. was only local. After opening un-
changed to &c higher. with May S31ac to
S3Ac, the market continued to harden
PROVISIONS-Advanc in the price of
hogs gave firmness to provisions. The up
ward tendency of grain acted also as a
bullish influence
Later, the hog market sagged, and pro-
visions followed suit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
Kansas Weather,

A moderate to heavy rainfall was re-
ported from over the greater part of the
state yesterday. Snow also fell at several
points over the state yesterday. those re-
2: McIherson Manhattan. 5: Sedan
Wichita. Kansas City and st. Joseph.
The weather was cloudy turnout the
state this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
SOCIALISTS PROTEST
Those in Scandinavia Ask Firms to
Cease killing Red Guards.
CopenhaRen,

Copenhagen, April 20.-Swedish,
Danish, Norwegian Socialists today
protested to Vasa against the execution
of Red Guard prisoners. They re-
quested the White government to
ADOPT a conciliatory attitude which
would tend to terminate the civil war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

Kansas City. April 2O-CORN-Cash
Market PC higher. No. 2 mixed, 81 ga sc
No. 3, 81 5sM1.61: No. white, 81. 106I /. "A
No. =: 81. 6561 Ito; No. yellow, 81 .62@1. 10
No = 81. 56d1.60.
OArS-Market he higher. No. white.
STMSI sc: mixed e33@S4c.
RYEESo. 40@2.5O
EAFIR AND MILO MAIZE-S3 1898 20.
HAY-Market unchaE ged.
SHORTS-S1. 90M2.10-
BRAN-S1 6561.S0
WHEAT-Recefpts cars.
BUTTER-Market unchanged.
EGGS-Market unchanged
POULTRY-Market unchanged.
CORN-Close: May. s1.2Tss; July,
81 1871 a 1 49,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

New York. April ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
paper, 4 months and months, 6. Sterling,
60 day bills, 4.T2h: commercial 60 day
bills on banks 4.T2; commercial so day
bills 4.T1% demand 4.7515 cables, 4.76 4
16 Francs, demand 572Is cables. 5.7o1s
Bar silver. 9TAc; Mexican dollars. nc.
Government bonds. firm; railroad bonds,
firm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

association say % to 90 per cent of the
wheat in parts of Alberta has been seeded.
and barley ) to 20 per cent. Wheat acre
age there is estimated at 3.0O0.00o. Salts
factory reports are coming from Manitoba,
with 30 to 10 per cent of wheat seeded and
acreage increased ~ per cent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
Chicago Live stock Market.

Chicago. April Observation-Disclosures 49,
Ooc, Monday $1,000. Market unsettled at
Yesterdays average Bulk of sales, 81. 20d
17.15; light. S17-2Jd17.S IS; mixed. s1I.G3G
1850: heavy, SIG 25@1f.5e; rough, S16-25@
1865: pigs, S13.256I D.
CATTLE-Receipts 1900, Monday 1900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
DAILY WEATHER TABLE

Furnished by the weather bureau office
Topeka. Kan. for the twenty four hours
ending at a. m. Satur day.
High Low. PPec W-rther
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

New York Cotton Market
New York, April 20.-COTTON-Spo
steady: middling, 30.15.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

Kansas City. April .-HOGS-Receipts
JOO Market steady. Bulk of sales. S17.20G
1145: heavy. $11.10G17.50: packers and
butchers. s1I.25M 1850: light. 7-20@17. As
pigs S1;J0u 16. 20.
CATTLE-Beceipts 300. Market steady
Prime fed steers 10000 II 20: dressed beef
steers s14.JOd16.5o: wes tern steers. $13. 5o61
1855: southern steers. S9.06G1500; cows,
SI15G13TJ: heifers so.00d145o: stockers
and feeders. IS. 25sI1350; bulls, s8.J0611 IS
calves SS.O0m l. GO
SHEEP-Receipts nome Market steady.
Lambs $50 25m21-J0: yearling s SIG 50G Is. 90
wethers, S15.00M1T.Oo; ewes. S15.00d IL. 75
stockers and feeders. $500 1880.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

Kansas City Produce Market.
(The range of prices on grain futures on
Kansas City Board of Trade reported
by Thos. ]. Myers, sol n. e. BldgJ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
Kansas City, Ap

Chicago Grain and Provision Market.
Chicago, April 2O.-CORN-Close: May
S1.27h June. s1.461s July, $1.451@@1. 453s
OATS-April SSc: May. S3A@S3Kc
June, s0@S0Ac; July, 73H @4c.
PORK-May. $47. 30.
SHORT RIBS-May. s23O2; July, $23.52
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

Wall St. New York April 2O.-STOCKS-
Pools controlleds today's stock market to
"a considerable extent their operations en-
bracing Il variety of speciaIties. notably
Motors and Subsidiaries. well as Equip
ments Sugar and Tobacco at extreme gains
of " to :, points. Standard shares were
sluggish at the outset. but came forward
later. United States Steel rallied briskly
from its slight reaction, making its best
quotation of the week at a gain of IL
points. Rails also hardened after early
irregularity. The closing strong.
Sales Appropriated 215.0OG shares. Liberty
3L2's 1854 to 9S.94 first As $3.50 to 96.60,
second As 1862 to 96 66.
War issues and allied equipments featured
the early trading in today's stock market.
some at substantial advances. Sloss Shelf
field gained % points on resumption of
dividends. and Motor accessories such as
United States Rubber, Goodrich and Kelly
Springfield Tire advanced to % points.
Baldwin. Locomotive. American Car and
Railway Steel Springs were a point over
yesterdays final prices
The more representative industrials made
only fractional gains. while rails were dull
and irregular. Liberty bonds held steady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
New York stock Market.

New Orleans. Aphil 20.-COTTON-Spo
nominal and unchanged: middling, 33 OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

Chicago Grain and Provision Market
(The range of prices on grain futures on
Chicago Board of Trade as reported by
Thos. j. Myers. sol n. e. Bldg.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
TOPEKA MARKET REPORr FOR
WAGON DELIVERIES.

prices furnished BY wo.ff Packing Co,
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Topeka Kan. Arril 20.
CATTLE IND HOGS
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-02-22
Ex-Guard Writes Story Oh
DOingS In Hamilton.
REQUESTS THAT SAME BE PUB
LISHED. PRESS THINKS BEST
NOT TO AT THIS TIME.

The Press is in receipt of a lengthy
communication from one of the men
brought into Hamilton from Chicago
for guard duty. In his letter, the
former guard tells how he and seven
teen other men were herded together
in Chicago, hired, given instructions
and brought into Hamilton. He tells
many things that would make inter-
esting reading. He also gives the
story of the shooting of Eddie De
Sent, guard, by A.W Smith, another
guard, in the Atlas Hotel. Nothing
has come of this case because of the
disappearance of De Sent Any time
the County Prosecutor desires the ad-
dress and telephone number of De Sent
he can get it by calling at this office.
Many other things the writer of the
letter tells us and has even gone so far
as to go defore notary public and
made sworn affidavit as to the truth
of this statement, with the request
that we publish the same, and while,
as before stated we know it would
make interesting reading, the Press
doesn't believe that it would be con
ducive to the best interest of the city
and all concerned to do so at this time.
1t would only create bitterness, i'll
feeling and hatred, and this is some
thing the Press desireSto avoid We
believe however, it TO be our duty to
hand a copy of the communication
to the Prosecuting Attorney, City
Solicitor and other authorities whose
duty it is to look into such matters.
If all this man says is true, someone
is walking on mighty thin ice and we
believe there is more work in sight
for the Grand Jury.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-02-22

ed labor on all Boards of Educa-
tion.
8. The free text book system
should be extended to such stat
es as have not adopted it.
4. Teachers should be secured
tenure positions during efficien-
cy. There should be no dismis-
sails without full and fair
hearing. And, in this connection
lit IS timely to insist that while
actual disloyalty to our country
can not be tolerated in our pub
lie schools or anywhere else, the
public must carefully assure it.
self that charges of disloyalty.
or Of any other nature that may
be peculiarly effective at the
time, are not cloaks under which
official supervisors may at
tempt to secure retaliation for
a selfrespecting lack of subserv-
iency on the part of teachers
under them.
). Through the committee on
State organization, the Presi-
dent and Executive Council of
the American Federation of
Labor have been instructed to
aid in securing immediate in
.creases in teachers salaries.
Your Committee on education
heartily concurs and urges on
all affiliated bodies active CO.
operation One of the most
fragrant injustices and most
dangerous weakness in our ma
tional life is the continued neg
lect OF these valuable public ser
wants.
s. Your committee is
alarmed by the lack Of democ-
racy in the conduct of our
schools. Our American school
system is administered auto
cratically, the teachers actually
on the job in the class rooms
having a negligible voice in the
determination and carrying out
Of policies. Self-governing
schools and district councils of
teachers should be established
for the purpose of utilizing the
Continued on page four)
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-02-22
Luxury Trade To End.

New York Feb. p The retail mer.
chants of the United States were told By
H. Gordon selfridge London dry goods
merchant, that they would soon have to
realize that the luxury trade" must
cease. He said ii had been eliminated
abroad long ago. 1t would be possible
he pointed out for merchants to get
and handle the necessities" and declared
that along this line business muat be
conducted during the war"
Mr. selfridge spoke at the annual con
vention of the National Dry Goods AS
sociation here.
In England, he said, when man joins
the colors if he has wife and children.
his employer sees to it that they are pro-
perly cared for. The slodier then is able
TO attend to the business of fighting with
an easy mind
1T is the duty of American merchants
to do as much, . Mr. Selfridge asserted
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-02-22
EAGLES BUY MORE THRIFT
STAMPS.
WILL HOLD MEMORIAL SERV-
ICES SUNDAY.

Butler Aerie No. 407, Fraternal
Order of Eagles is certainly doing its
share towards financing the war. At
a largely attended meeting Tuesday
evening the Trustees were authorized
to invest an additional 5000 in Thrift
Stamps. At previous meeting the
lodge purchased $100 worth. The
lodge also has number of Liberty
Bonds slowed away in its strong box.
The Eagles are deserving of much
credit for the patriotism and loyalty
displayed.
At Tuesday evenings meeting a
number of candidates were initiated
into the order
The Memorial Committee reported
all arrangements complete for the
memorial services which will be held
in the High School Auditorium on
Sunday afternoon. The following
program will be rendered:
Order of Services.
Orchestra-Golden Hours -Reverie
................................C Chas. L. Johnson
Quartette- March from Alfalfa.
...........................Men .Mendelssohn Herbert
Opening Announcement .................
Worthy President, Carl w. Lehmkuhl
Opening Prayer ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Worthy Chaplain, Ernest Schrichte
Solo-"Fear Ye Not O Israel"
Dudley Buck Mrs. Earl Van Horn
Duties of the Day...~.........Jr. Past
Worthy President, James Brannon
Invocation...............Rev. G. S. Gerhold
Quartettes- Dear Lord Remember
Me" e.............................Ha Harold Chivers
Calling Roll ...............................
Worthy Sec, Harry VIM. Hetterich
Orchestra-S Sunbeams and Shadows
................................. Robert A. Keiser
A Tone Poem.
Violin Solo-"Thais Meditation"
Messemet
Miss Lillian MefFord
Grafton Grand
Worthy President, Carl G. Winter
lo-Recessional- DeKoven)..
.............................Mr George Segers
Closing Exercises..................
Worthy President and Members
Quartettes-Art Thou Weary? ?....
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l. Leighton
Nearer My God To Thee
Audience viii please rise and sing
Benediction. BY the Worthy Chaplain
Orchestra-The F. 0. E. March,.
.. AdHlecnlh
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-02-22

l. We believe that the nation
al crisis requires increased en-
phasis on the value of our
schools and should lead to a CO.
ordinate genuinely national and
democratic system of education.
Child labor and school atten-
dance provisions should not be
suspended. Conditions also in
higher education are not reas-
suring. Those on the point of
graduation, the country may
perhaps use now. But it is
reported that in some colleges
eighty per cent of the students
have been permitted to enlist.
This enthusiasm is admirable
but in many lines Of work, an
additional two years of training
would double or treble a stu
dents value to the nation, even
from a purely military point
of view. May we not hope that
this shortsighted waste of hui
man ability will be checked?
Against this misguided diver
sion Of our boys and girls and
young men and women from
the schools and colleges to the
industrial and military field,
President Wilson, Secretary of
War Baker, and Commissioner
of education Claxton have Wig
orously protested. But in many
sections a headstrong public
opinion has overriden their pro-
tests and appeals. Your com
mittee asks the convention to
endorse and do everything in
its power to drive home into the
public consciousness this prin-
ciple:
Educated manhood and women
hood is the nations greatest
asset in both peace and war.
And we must not sacrifice, even
to an emergency, the increased
national efficiency which can be
attained only through organized
educational training.
2. This convention urgently
calls upon international and
Local Unions, State and Central
Bodies, to work actively for ad-
equet representation of organiz-