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Republican farmer., 1918-10-25
RENEW MOTOR LICENSES.

Hartford, Conn.,, Oct. 23-The of flcials in the automobile department are making preparations for the mail ing of notices to owners of all kinds of motor vehicles including pleasure cars, trucks, jitneys, etc, that licenses will soon expire. There will be about 100000 notices and they will fill 25 mail bags. Owners of cars who de- sire to retain their old numbers must give notice to the department by December 1. Formerly the last day for receiving numbers was December 15
Republican farmer., 1918-10-25
N. Y. Live Stock Market

Reeves - Common to fairly prime steers sold at s9@16.a5 per 100 lbs; bulls, ss@s.5o; cows, s4@8.4o; tail tail ends, s3,50. Dressed beef. 1S@27c for native sides.
 Calves - Common top rime veals sold at $14@21 per 1Oo !ps' culls' s1om135O; fed calves, $s s@1o; West erns ~ se.75 @11.5O; yearlings, $6@ " zEo City dressed veals, 2o@ SOc; country dressed, 18@2Sc
 Sheep - Sheep (ewes) sold at s7 a1n5o per head; few head at $11; c,,i1s. s506; ordinary to prime lambs, s14616; culls, $1O@12. Dressed mutton, 12@17c per ID; dressed lamb 16@24c; country dressed hothouse lambs, $1201S per carcass.
 Hogs Hogs sold at $1S.25 O 1850 ner 100 lbs; roughs, $16.25. Country dressed hogs, s6@2Sc; roasting pigs, 3S035c.
Republican farmer., 1918-10-25
GIVEN
 AGAINST NICHOLS

In a decision handed down by Judge J. R. Booth of the Common pleas court judgment is given in fa- vor of Isaac Levy of New York to recover damages, of $439.67 from Nor ton c. Nichols. a wealthy resident of Greenwich. Foreclosure upon property on the Boston Post Road in Greenwich is also granted provided Nichols does not pay the judgment by the first Monday of January next The suit was to recover payment for antiques purchased by Nichols from Levy.
Republican farmer., 1918-10-25
MARRIED,
LOHNSON-PALNfER-At

SON-PALNfER-At Riverside Oct. IT, Anna A. Palmer to Charles L. Johnson of Darien. CASE-DAVIS- Danbury, Oct IT, Harold T. Case and Miss Julia A. Davis.
 RUNDLE-BROWN- R Greenwich, Oct, 16, Samuel H. Bundle, of Dan bury, and Miss Gladys A. Browr, of Washington, D. c.
Republican farmer., 1918-10-25
TOBACCO GONE
 HUNS HAVE BUGS

Amsterdam, Oct. 24-The scarcity of tobacco in Germany has affected the vineyards, as there is no more nicotine extract with which to spray the vines to kill vermin, and a sub stitute has not yet made its appear ance.
Republican farmer., 1918-10-25
BANDIT GETS HAUL.

Hamilton, Ont, Oct. 23.-A Iona bandit held up an express messenger and assistant in the express car of a Grand Trunk train as it was leaving Sunny Side today, obtained a sealed bag containing $2O,OOO and leaped from the train.
Republican farmer., 1918-10-25
DIES OF PNEUMONIA.

A Pacific Port, Oct 24-Lieut.- Commander J. J. Hadwen, senior Sur geon of a British war vessel, died of pneumonia here last night, the victim of his zeal in caring for men suffering from influenza on the vessel.
Republican farmer., 1918-10-25

Bridgeport names, Private William E. Dooley. 65S Pembroke street reported as missing in action, and Private George Sossin, 267 Hollister ave- nue, reported wounded.
 The Connecticut list is as follows:
 Died of Wounds.
 Anthony J. MuIvoy, Norwalk. John Alfred Ericson, Waterbury.
 Missing in Action.
 WILLIAM E. DOOLEY, 65S Penn broke street, Bridgeport.
 John Peter Zilko, Bristol.
 Wounded Severely.
 James, Fitzgerald, South Norwalk William H. Richardson, East Wood stock.
 Slightly Wounded.
 Clarence H. Golf, Wallingford. Wounded Degree Undetermined) Parfin G. Bazluki, Waterbury. Harold D. Vantres, Berlin.
 Walter F. Balch, Manchester. Andrew A. McIlravey, Washington Depot.
 Williams Williski, New Britain. Richard Damico, Manchester. Giuseppe Grisafe, Norwich.
 GEORGE SOSSIN, 267 HoIlistel avenue, Bridgeport.
 Stanislaw Stawicki, New Haven. Winfield Mcfarland, Derby.
 Carl A. Besenbruck, Waterbury. Thomas Padzniski, Fair Haven. Michael J. Adj, Norwich.
 Guy w. Brandow, Hartford.
 Sargis George, New Britain.
 John Hamernick, Forestville.
 Frank H. Mcfarland, Derby,
 Harry Petrowsky, New Haven. Stanley Ropiak, New Britain.
 John A. Ruffin, Middletown. Michael B. Smith, Derby.
 Washington, Oct. 24-Casualt lists furnished by the Commandin General of the American army an made public today contain TOO name | divided as follows: Killed in actior S7; died of wounds, 40; died of acci dent and other causes, 5; died of dis | ease, 45; wounded severely, 195 wounded (degree undetermined) 17S wounded slightly, S9; missing in ac tion, 62; prisoners, 4. Connecticut has 16 names include i in casualty lists today as follows: Killed in Action. Arthur Leonard Johnson, Bowlant Died of Wounds. | Bertel Smith, West Haven. Wounded Severely. 1 Afanas Kendis, Stamford. l Felix, Bernard McMahon, Norwicl Rubin Spector, New Haven. ! Emil Wilke, Waterbury. | Wounded Degree Cndetermined.) ) 1 Charles A. Ryan, Putnam. Budd N. Fine, Hartford.
 Wounded Slightly. | George K. Mckenzie, Coscob.
 Irvnig J. Conley, Danbury.
 Frank E. Metcalf, Bethe.
 Louis o. Leblanc, Danielson.
 James H. Bertram, Westport.
 James Dolan, Naugatuck.
 Missing in Action.
 Mikita Karasuk, Hartford.
 Andrew J. Riga, Hartford.
Republican farmer., 1918-10-25

Two officers and 99 enlisted men ot the army lost their lives when the ri conderoga was sunk.
Republican farmer., 1918-10-25

Washington, Oct. 23 - Casualty lists furnished by the commanding general of the American army and made public today contain 1,205 names divided as follows: Killed in action, 125; missing in action, 92; wounded severely, TIT; wounded slightly, 176; died from accident, and other causes, 12; died of disease, 101; died from wounds, so; wounded (de- gree undetermined), 44O; prisoner, l i; lied of aeroplane accident, 1.
 Connecticut has 2S names included
 n casualty lists today, ineIuding two
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-16
A SPECIAL ORDER
Permitting Young Patriot To Train
for the Service.

Lester Brullman of Miami county
was So anxious to ge' crack at
Kaiser Bill that he asked his local
board to be permitted to come to
Camp Funston for training in this
contingent of the draft. that he might
be in fit shape for the task when the
time came.
Brullman would not have been
called until the latter part of the next
draft, but he was so anxious to go to
war that he made several special
trips to his local board at Paola, Kan,
asking to be put on the list He was
informed that in the last of the first
draft his local board had been asked
to send only five men. This did not
set we'll with the young warrior. who
put up such a strong plea that the
board wired for special permission to
send six men instead of their quota
of five, so that this young patriot
might be included. The permission
was granted and he is now 1t Camp
Funston and making splendid prog
reSs-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-16
EFFICIENT and EFFECTIVE
Is the Work of the Army Y. NJ. c. A.
at Funston.

The efficient and effective work
being done by the army. Y. NJ. c. A
is clearly set forth in a monthly re-
port, made up last week. The Y. NJ.
has a definite work to do in the bet
terment of the general spiritual and
moral condition at Camp Funston. and
that the work is being done in an eff
fective manner is best told by the
figures to be cleaned in the report.
During the month of February the
report shows that the estimated at
tendance at the fifteen Y. NJ. build
ings was 04,999; sixty lectures were
held with an attendance of 30,SSS; 425
educational classes were conducted
with an attendance of 1875; the
books circulated numbered 10, 225;
five educational clubs were held with
43 present; 20.242 participated in the
various athletic events, which were
witnessed by 1875 spectators; 173 re-
ligious meetings were held with an at
tendance of 29,514; a total of 1922
Bible calls were held with an attend
ance of 9,452: the Scriptures dis
tributed numbered 2,592; personal
Christian interviews numbering 1.016
were held and $40 Christian decisions
were made: 636 signed the war roll !;
III entertainments were held with an
attendance of 48,S15; 100 motion pic
ture shows were held at which 1920
soldiers attended; a total of 35S.795
letters were written at the Y NJ. huts
and money orders to the amount of
s52,33378 were sold at the various Y.
NJ. buildings.
Visitors to the Camp Funston can
Torment are very fa<orably impressed
with the splendid work being done
by the Y. M. in furnishing recreation
and pleasant environments to the SOL
dierS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-16
FRENCH MONEY
A Comparison of Its Values With
U S. Coins.

Perhaps our soldier boys win be
glad to get an idea of the size and
values of French money. The small
est is copper coin somewhat larger
than our penny 1t is marked five
confines and is worth one cent. 1t Is
also called a sou. The next is cop
per coin considerably larger. marked
ten confines, and is worth two cents
The next is copper piece nearly as
large as our quarter, marked twenty
five confines and worth five cents.
The edges of this coin are nilled
little differently from other coins
The next is a silver coin that looks
exactly like our dime. 1t is marked
fifty centimes and worth ten cents
The next is a silver coin of the
size of our quarter, marked one franc
and worth twenty cents. This coin is
the unit of French money, as our dol
lar, that is, other coins are fractions
or multiples of it. The next is a sill
yer coin about the size of our half
dollar, marked two francs, and is
worth forty cents. The next is a sill
yer coin about the size of our dollar,
marked five francs, and worth one
dollar Next is gold coin about the
size of our nickel but thinner. 1t is
marked ten francs and is worth two
dollars Next Is a gold coin a little
larger than the above, marked twenty
francs, and worth four dollars Next
is large gold coin marked one hun
dred francs and worth twenty dollars.
rms last is not in ordinary circula-
ton. Since the war, most of the gold
has been withdrawn from circulation
| and the smaller gold coins are re-
| placed by bank notes. These are
marked billet de banque" and are
usually printed on a heavy paper of a
| blue and white com bination color
| Ihese are little larger than our
greenbacks.
| FOR the purposes of comparing val
| ues IN American and French money,
| the number five should be kept in
| mind. An article worth S3.OO is
worth fifteen france. An aTtt;:ois worth
ten francs is worth S2.OO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-16

the men of headquarters company
with cigarettes for several weeks, was
the guest of the latter company Sat
urday night at an impromptu enter
tainment in the library of building
1889. The danger Of being lightless
made a first hand program even more
impromptu but music from the regi-
mental band, several selections by
various members of the company, in
GLIDING Musicians Harrison, Peterson,
Weekly on the sweet potatoes, solos
by Musician Elliott, Sergeants Ander-
son, Ford and Carl Jester of the regi-
mental infirmary and a trial of Private
{Colonel) Ostergaard for bathing with
hat and pipe managed to pass the
evening. After that they made way
with some two tubs of ice cream that
some one left at the back door and
beat taps to the barracks.
The regimental wireless system with
it's 120-foot aerial sixty feet above the
ground was about the only high thing
in the vicinity that survived the Satur-
day Kansas zephyr. Along with the
regimental telephone system, 1t was
put thru a real test by the wind. and
tho at one time the aerial was lowered
for safety, neither system was ever out
of working order during the day
Arlington and Key West have become
regular correspondents with the reg1-
ment thru the wireless system, but the
regiment is the silent partner, for
while they listen and absorb with
powerful receiving apparatus. the
sending instruments will not shoot the
necessary juice quite that far.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-16
A GOOD CONCERT
Depot Brigade 1874 Band Gives First
of Series.

Depot Brigade 1874 Band Gives First
of Series.
The initial concert was given Tues
day night at Y. NJ. No. by 164
Depot Brigade band, under the di-
rection of Robert ]. Webb. band
leader. Mr.. Webb and his band ar
rived in Camp Funston March from
camp Cody, Deming, n. NJ, where
they nave been stationed during the
last seven months This orga mia
ton was originally the Sixth Ne
braska Infantry band and has now
been assigned as the depot headquar-
ters oand, and viii, .henceforth be
known as the 164 Depot Brigade
band.
Mr.. webb, band leader, was for
merly president of the Musicians AS
ISOLATION of Omaha and was promi-
men. in musical circles in that city
for a number of years. He is also
known extensively by the travelling
musical fraternity. having spent ten
years in the circus and tent show
game Thru his wide acquaintance
he was able to enlist a band COM
posed almost entirely of professional
musicians and as a result this organ
ization was rated as the best in Camp
Cody.
Incorporated in the band is an
organization known as the original
Sixth Nebraska Jazz band, which won
a warm place in the hearts of the SOL
diers at Deming. Its members are
past masters in the new art of Jazz.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-16
THE STRANGE LIGHTS
The Red Aurora Borealis Makes the
Boys Sit Up.

Very few of the men hit upon the cor
rect solution for the beautiful natural
phenomenon of the north and east
ern heavens of one night last week
Many who had previously seen an ex-
hibition of the aurora swore that ii
bore no resem blance to this particular
display. The beautiful red coloring
was novelty in auforas new to the
most of them. If 1t is not an aurora
and is not fire. then what is it, they
asked each other. When the light
reached it's greatest brilliancy cheer
ing broke out all over the camp
They were being treated to something
bit out of the ordinary by Dame Ma
ture and appreciated it even if they
couldn't understand il.
The cause of the aurora is scientifi-
ca lily expla ned an overabundance
of electricity in the polar regions
During storms in our ATTITUDES this
electricity is discharged as lightning
but in the extreme north it forces its
way thru the atmosphere which is a
nonconductor and the friction causes
luminosity This is the authority of
an eminent st. Louis astronomer 1t
is said that the aurora has been eff
fectively reproduced in Norway and
Sweden by the use of wire attached to
powerful batteries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-16
Y. M. C. A. WORK
The Program Outlined for the Next
Week

Monday and Tuesday. March IS and
10, Prof. H. p. Cady of Kansas uni
versity will give lectures and demon
STATIONS with liquid air as a subject.
He will appear at No. 1 building at
7:15 Monday and at No. and No.
buildings at and o'clock respectiveI
ly on Tuesday.
Prof. James w. Mayberry of the
Kansas State Normal school will give
his lecture Some Problems for Both
Peace and War" at buildings and s
on Monday at and o'clock and at
bnildings No. Z and at same hours.
At No. 9 building Prof. Raymond
Taylor of the Kansas State Agri-
cultural college is expected to lecture
on Tuesday night at 715.r
Wednesday Prof. F. L. Black gives
an illustrated lecture Caesar and the
World War" at No. IL building at
7:15. He will give the same lecture
at the same hour at No. II Y ON
Thursday and on Friday at No. 10 and
No. at and s O'Clock respectively.
Prof. Black was abroad when the war
broke out and has an interesting dis
cussion by way of comparison of
Caesars campaigns and the present
conflict
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-16
SIXTEEN MULE POWER
" ighs Heavily on Sergeant Steph-
ens's Noble Breast.
BY FLOYD WAMBEAM.

sixteen mules on an infirmary
sergeant's chest. Oh, for relief"
This frenzied bit from the tangled
web of Sergt. F. B. Stephcns's dreams
found w | expression one night last
week following the announcement that
s. zen long-eared beasts of burden
weis to be added to the infirmary
staff. According to his bunk mates,
Sergeant Stephens has also become
acdicted to nightmare. 1t is said that
he IS obsesse d both day and night with
vision of his assistants dashing thru
MS Land in a mu1e-drawn in
Urinary wagon, scattering o. d. pills
and reveille reminders with a scoop
shovel to boches, Sammies, Tommies
ard poilus with equal .impartiality.
Now and then he considers turning
H. urinary into a circus to provide
9mU -1ent for the rest of the train.
In this case, he hopes to be allowed an
extra mule to serve as a press agent.
Ii this hope is gratified, he will detail
William A McTyre for this job. He
expects Lieutenant Krasa to volunteer
bis services as riEgmaster.
Be that as it may, the capable SER
Geant now has sixteen mules that re-
quire daily attention, and eight wag-
ems that have to be creased regularly.
With this addition of animal power,
lie number of men detailed to the in
Urinary has been increased from. eight
to sixteen. Half of these will be SER
geants and the remainder privates,
who will take turns caring for the
II S and aiding in indoor infirmary
work
In field service, one sergeant and
one private will be attached to each
company as an individual infirmary,
CT Grating a pill wagon" drawn nv
four mules. In garrison, the sixteen
men consolidate and operate as a sim
gle unit that serves the entire train.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-16
REMARKABLE RECORD
From Operating Room to Lieutenant
Colonelcy in a Year.
BY FLOYD WAMBEAM.

BY FIOYE WAN BEAM-
From the operating room of a sur
geon's private practice to the rank of
lieutenant colonel in the army in less
than a year-this is the remarkable
record of Lieut.. Col. Bruce Ffoulkes,
M. c., n. A., commander of the 314
sanitary train, who was promoted to
this position March 1.
This achievement, accomplished
thru the successive steps of officers
training camp, captaincy and COM
mand of a company. majorship and
dictatorship of a group of field hospi-
tails and recent promotion to his pres
ent high position is the more remark
able in. view of the fact that it has
always been the policy of the army
to give no higher commissions than
those of major to officers of the medi-
cal reserve corps, regular army officers
usually being promoted to such high
positions. Colonel Ffoulkes is the
fourth medical reserve officer to re-
ceive such a promotion and the first
to receive it in this section of the
country. The promotion came as a
big surprise to the colonel himself.
Colonel Ffouikes was a captain in
the army before his retirement to pri-
vate practice in 1905, and he saw a
great deal of Philippine service. He
was in the second expedition sent to
the philippines in 1898, serving first
as acting assistant surgeon, being
later promoted to captain and assist
ant surgeon, U. S. V. He was sta
toned at Manila as quarantine officer
for the port in 1898. Later, he was
sent to Sidney. Australia, to study the
bubonic plague. Following this he
served as attending surgeon under
Gen. Jacob F. Smith, TacIoban, Leyte
who had charge of a commission to
the Islands of Leyte, Samar and Bohol
| to cope with both cholera and small
pox. Thousands of cases of these dis
eases passed under his eye
Colonel Ffoulkes took part in sew
| eral battles iii the Philippines, among
them the following: Manila, Calico
can. Malobon, Tondo, Lalomboy
Gevara, and Zapota bridge. Following
| his return to America, he resigned
from the army in 1906 and started a
practice in San Francisco. as a sur
| geon, which he maintained until the
war was declared last spring.
| On April II, 1917, Colonel Ffoulke s
was commissioned as a captain, be-
ginning his training at Riley in
juno. He was there one month
after which he organized and COM
manded Field hospital No. II, the
first one organized there. He con-
t1nued to command this until the
term of training was over and then
came to Camp Funston to command
| Provisional Field hospital No. 2. He
was later made director of field hos
SANITARY train early in October with
| 140 men. He was made major No
vemb+r 5 and lieutenant colonel
| March 1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-16
STRONG IN FIELD
Also at Bat, Are Veteran Soldier
Ieaguers.
, BY FLOYD wAMBEAM.

When the roll is called by the first
baseball practice of the season on the
Funston diamond, the director of ath-
letics is going to be faced by veteran
aggregation of major leaguers-men
that are strong in the field as we'll as
at the bat. This practice is coming
within a week or two, as talent of the
division has been searched out and
everything is ready to begin, except
ing settled spring weather.
Ten promising big leaguers are al
read listed as material in the athletic
office. This list includes Moves, St
Louis pitcher; Haslet, old Brown
catcher; Lewis. Federal league catch
er; Lloyd Wait. Pittsburg catcher;
Captain Wilmington, pitcher for Har-
ward; Hodge of Williams. who tried
out with New York; Lindsay, captain
and second baseman at K. u; Dennie,
Brown outfielder; "Potsie' Clark. IL
linois outfie1der, and Ed Spellman,
Omaha catcher.
So far, one game has been sched-
uled by the division director of ath-
letics, round with the Kansas City
Blues on the Association ball field at
Kansas City. The proceeds of this
game will go to the Camp Funston
recreation fund, which is used for the
purpose of getting needed supplies for
Funston athletes.
Aside from games the division team
will play, great emphasis will be
place upon inter-company and inter-
regimental baseball at camp this sea-
son. Each regiment will fight it out
amo g its own companies. following
which regimental teams will compete
for championship honors of the entire
cantonment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-16
A BIG JUMP
From a Private to First Lieutenant i'm
q DAY.

No doubt H. ]. Pittock of Company
E, 314 supply train. has had more
rapid promotion than any other en-
listed man who arrived at Camp Fun
ston October 4, 1917.
Two weeks ago Pittock was
buck private. One morning bright
and early he received papers giving
him a commission of first lieutenant in
the medical corps. Shortly afterward
he went to the NJ. o. T. c. at Fort
Riley.
First Lieutenant Pittock is from
Tasting, Neb., and was a physician at
the Nebraska state hospital before
joining the army.
Lieutenant Pittock's company asso-
ciates gave him unique send-off by
haling him before a kangaroo court
martial to answer a charge of viola
ton of the 5Sth Article of War, 'in
that he did desert his company" and
masquerade as an officer in an at
tempt to escape: Several witnesses
were arraigned before the court and
severe cross-examination elected
many Skeletons of the brand new
lieutenant, which, however. are de-
leted by censor for the purpose of this
article. After the trial had proceeded
about an hour. upon the entering of a
nolle prc-eQui by Sergeant Schieble,
one of the members of the court, the
Judge advocate laid the case aside, but
it is subject to being reopened at any
time the court may direct. Lieuten-
ant Pittock was ably defended by Pri-
vate Frank Vosmik of Company e.
The trial was followed by a recep-
ton that evening in honor of Lieuten-
ant Pittock at which the seriousness
of the charges of the afternoon was
forgotten and many delightful and ap-
propriate toasts started him on his
commissioned" way.