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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-14

Famine and Plenty.
No letter from the folks at home
Nor even any sign of EN-.
No word from home since way last May,
And then upon an August day
They hand him eight or hine of 'em.
For the first time since the war began
the kaiser's sons are leading the German
army
By the time you have learned to pro-
cardy drive the war will be over
The kibosh placed on the Doughnut box
ing show last week was not actuated by
have a re h tinted Those who control the des-
TIMES of our fair city are willing to let the
boys have all the doughnuts they can eat
In fact, some of them are ready to go so far
as to donate the holes
Strategy.
"'Tfs strategy" the Hun began.
When he had caught his breath.
"It is our well-constructed plan
To run the foe to death"
Hal Chase has been fired for the rest of
the season. Severe punishment, as it were.
Something like throwing a man off sink
ing ship.
f. Collins motto: When in doubt, tell it
to the marines.
Reports from the front indicate that the
recent gas attack on Ban johnson was
merely a false alarm
There is no dissension in the American
League. Harry Frazee Is as calm and
peaceful as man who has bumped his
pet corn.
Athletes.
A little foot race now and then
Is relished by the kaiser's men,
The crown princes drive is all footwork
and no headwork.
There is nothing startling in the report
that Ernie Shore feels right at home in
the navy.
Runner in Stockholm broke the worlds
record for 5000 meters. 1t is rumored
that the kaiser's scouts will sign him.
Ty Cobb has aspirations to become an
aviator. Imagine. Ty sliding into you, feet
first, from a height of one kilometer.
Motorist In Iowa broke the worlds record
remarkable feature of his performance was
that he didn't break anything else.
This Dempsey person is said to be n
modest kid, but it would be hard to make
Fulton believe it.
Tho Lost AIibi.
It was an ancient baseball fan,
He brushed tear away.
1T fills my soul with grief" he said,
TO think of Labor Day.
For on that sad and fateful day
The Game of Ball will die.
And with the game will pass away
My faithful alibi-
1T was our wont to gather in
A gilded thirst bazaar
And there to roll The cubic bones
Upon the polished bar.
And there we whiled the hours away
Until the eventide.
4 scoreboard hanging on the wall,
A ticker close beside.
"And as 1 wandered homeward when
The day growing dark
l told the wife l had been kept
At yonder baseball park.
Its. WE'LL the wife would make reply, ~
'Tis we'll to nnger there $780,. -.- 80
Beneath the clear unclouded sky
And@breathe the summer air.
"t'Twere better far to linger there
Than in some redeye store.
1t keeps you from the barflies whom
You knew in days of yore-'
And now comes fatal Labor Day.
The Game Of Ball Will die
And with the game will pass away
My faithful alibi.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-14
Food For ans
BY GEORGE e. PHAIR-
(COny-iChted.l
(Copvrighted.l

Famine and Plenty.
No letter from the folks at home
Nor even any sign of 'em.
No word from home since way last May,
And then upon an August day
They hand him eight or hine of EN-.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-14
Revoiutionists Laid Foundation

IL was no small matter for the CO.
IonlaIs ana their descendants to so
shape the machinery of the govern
nnent that results could be obtained
smoothly and efficiently. There were
many ups and downs, successes and
!allures' but the foundation laid in
nose irving times Is the foundation
upon "nlch the American financial
system rests at the present time end
II Is because of the soIidity of that
foundation that the United States has
oeen enabled to take such an Import
ant part in the world struggle for dem
ocracy. li
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-14

For the first time since the war began
the kaiser's sons are leading the German
army.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-14

By the time you have learned to pro-
nounce all the towns captured in the Pr
cardy drive the war will be over.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-17

give it a false value in her eyes. When our basic war needs for plat mum are going to be met only with the greatest difficulty, certainly can not consider the purchasing of platinum jewelry patriotic now and it appears to me to be very doubtful good taste at any time.''
 The marvellous ductility of plat mum, one of the elements that make it so necessary in industrial work, is better conceived when it is considered that out of a single troy ounce of the metal it is pos sible to make an almost infinitely slender wire that would reach about 1900 miles.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-17
WILL THE WOMEN RETURN AGAIN ID
 HOUSEHOLD DUTY
Women Will Replace Men, to a Large Extent In Repairing
 the Ravages of War.

BEDFORD, England-The muni- tion factores of Great Britain re- sponded nobly to the heavy demand for increased fighting material, re- sulting from the recent great Ger man offensive, according to F. G. Kellaway, parliamentary secretary to the ministry of munitions. De- liveries of guns, he told the Liberal club, exceeded the estimates by 32 per cent, while deliveries of gun carriages were 60 per cent greater than before.
 There was great demand for in- creased supplies of particular kind of shell, but there was sufficient on hand to supply this from stock. The horse artillery after long inaction, suddenly was called upon for a most active kind of service and conse- quently an immense increase in the output of ammunition for that branch of the service was neces- sary. The workshops, MT. Kell- away said, rallied magnificiently and by the end of April the weekly output had increased 800 per cent. The production of machine guns, small arms and rifles increased pro- portionately.
 All this, MT. Kellaway added, as accomplished in spite of the fact that for the month previous to the offensive an average of 3,46O men were released per week for the army and, for the first month of the offensive this figure was in- creased to S,20O per week .=..
 At a meeting for enrolling women for the land army, MT. Kellaway said that since the beginning of the war there had been two great pieces of constructive work. One was that of munitions and the other agri- culture. With regard to the former the women had done splendidly. The excavation work at one of the most Qualifications on the north- east coast was carried out by fisher women from the eastern part of Scotland. They, said MT. Kellaway, had been the sure shield and buckler of Great Britain and he did not be- lieve they would return to the use- less occupations so many occupied before the war as there would be room for them and the men in re- pairing the ravages of war.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-17
NOTICE

MT. c. H. Hall, special disbursing officer wishes to announce that he has for sale four bonds of the Third Liberty Loan.
 These bonds are all of the S1OO denomination and purchasers will be required to pay $60 on each bond at the time of purchase which should be not later than noon on the 18th day of the present month. The balance is due on August 18th.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-17

The biggest fire in the history of Ruby, which occurred on June 1e, completely destroyed the Harry Hebeler store and warehouse. to- eether with their valuable contents. The building was owned by John Dunn, and was not in ,ured. Hcb,l, ,r carried $6,O00 insurance on his stock. Other losers were Eddie Willis, who lost two new bowling alleys; the Yukon Gold company, a supply of belting and other material belonging to the Greensboro dredge and the Northern coolroom, a biz stock of cigars and candies. The ex- plosion of gasoline stove, upon which Hebeler was cooking h,s break fast, caused tie fire. Nearby build- ings were saved with difficulty.
 The children of the Ruby Sunday School recently collected s22.5O worth of tinfoil (3O lbs.) for ship ment Outside to Mrs. Robert Taylor, of Seattle. Washington. T. H. Long. Jr.. won the first prize, gold souv- enier ring, and Mildred Fisher won second prize, gold and ivory pin.
 The prizes were donated and awarded by Mrs. o. E. Tackstrom.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-17
MOVIE PICTURES
 ARE NOW TAKEN
 BY GERMAN SUBS
Photo Artists Now Attached to the Supersubmarines For Recording
 Attacks on Ships.

CHRISTIANIA, Norway-Moving picture operators on German super submarines at sea are late addi- tions to the U-boat fleets. Films are made of merchant vessel sink ings and taken home to be shown to the German populance to give an idea of the dangers of the deep.
 Details of how a German sub- marine of the larger type com mandeered the big Norwegian steamer Norefos and used her as a tow boat for weeks at time in the Atlantic were related here recently by members of her crew.
 The Norefos was overtaken by the German submarine off the Canary Islands early this year. Two German naval officers and fourteen sailors were sent aboard as a prize boat crew.
 Then the submarine departed on pirating expedition, the Germans on the Norefos adjusting the ire less apparatus so as to able to keep in communication with the under sea boat. On this trip the submarine was gone eight days and upon her return to the Norefos the sailors heard that she had been in search of a British fleet of merchantmen from the other side of the Atlantic.
 The submarine then tied up to the Norefos and for two weeks the Norefos roamed the sea with the submarine in tow, as the U-bost WE short of fuel.
 The Norefos soon ran snor. of fuel and an effort was made to utilize green peanuts from the cargo, but they soon deve!cned a gas which caused numerous small explosions in the fire boxes and created such d stream of sparks through the funnel that the shir nearly caught fire. So no more peanuts were used and for several lays the Nore;os widowed along with the wind and tide. When other ships Were sighted the Ger mans unfurel the Norwegian flar.
 After another two weeks cruise, the U-boat returned to her "mother" ship.
 After helping themselves to a part of the cargo of rubber, the prize crew returned to the super- submarine, the Norwegians were ordered into lifeboats and the Nore- [os was sunk by three Lombs OK oloded in her hold. The motion picture operator on the U-boar took film records of all the important events, starting with the seizure and he developments of the voyage With each return of the U-boat to he ship. ":...==. ....~-
 The Norwegian sailors were n lfeboats for several days, being picked up by French steamer and several weeks later they arrived in 1 Jhristiania after an absence of five
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-17
MARINE NEWS
. . sHsHgSHH H SNHeHrs s

Alaska-Up Rampant, 18th. Julia B.-Up St. Michael, 18th. Sarah-Up Holy Cross 16th. Reliance-Up Nulato for Koyukuk ' a. m. date.
 Seattle No. 3-At St. Michael. Jacobs-At Gibbon.
 Davis-Up Holy Cross, 18th. Washburn Up Holy Cross for Dikeman, 18th.
 Sibilla-Up Gibbon for Dawson 3 p. m., 18th.
 Yukon-Up Gibbon for Fairbanks a. m. date.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-17

The opening of March field at Riverside, Cal, on June 15; and Souther Field, at Americus, Co.,, for active flying makes a total of 27 flying fields now in use for training aviators and experimental purposes of the Department of Mill tary Aeronautics.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-17
NEW MAN IS APPOINTED
 HEAD OF BRITISH MEDICOS

LONDON.-Major General c. H. Burtchaell has been appointed direct or-general of medical services of the British armies in France, in success sion to Lieutenant-G General Sir A.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-17
WOMEN WAR WORKERS

There are now 3,378,998 women registered for service according to their specialized talents under the Woman's Committee of the Coun. cil of National Defense. The ma jority are registered for industries and agriculture. This census is be- ing taken by the state committees of the council. These figures rep resent the incomplete registration returns from 25 states. The census taking has been retarded by the tre- mendous amount of clerical work, and in some districts by the mis- understanding of persons who be- lieved that the act of registeri was equivalent to compulsory labor. A second registration drive will be- gin in the early fall.
 The Pennsylvania: division has carried the registration through to the extent that the organization is able to report LAS placement" of women in work. An informative campaign will precede the second drive.
 To assist in meeting the present shortage in unskilled labor through out the States, Secretary of Labor Wilson has issued a departmental order temporarily removing restric- tions on the importation of Mexi- can labor to be used in certain specified occupations.
 The order went into effect June 20, and provides that during the present emergency conditions Mexi- cans entering the United States to engage in agricultural pursuits in railroad section maintenance, and in Ignite coal mining will be ex- empt from the head tax, literacy test, and contract-labor provisions imposed by previous rulings.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-17
PLATINUM SLACKERS
The newest type of stacker anG

OHS WtlO lS OOiikS IlS COuHtIy great amount of harm IS the man or woman who buys or even en- courageses the purchase of platinum jewelry, according to the Bureau of Mines, Department of the h. terior For the country is and for many years will be desperately in need of the scarce and precious platinum in it's industrial work and must have it if the war machine is to go full speed ahead.
 A plan proposed by the federal officials would stop the use of platinum in jewelry, not only for the war but for all time Officials of the government who are in touch with the situation are filled with apprehension as to the future SUD- ply of platinum. As far as can be learned, it is believed that aside from the large amount of platinum metals in the form of manufac- tured jewelry, large part of which is in private ownership, there is less than 25 per cent of the normal stock of unmanufactured platinum in this country available for the needs of the war.
 In an effort to fill the immediate pressing needs of the government in it's war program, the War Indus tries Board has ordered that 75 per cent of the stock of platinum in the hands of manufacturing jewel CTS be communicated and also the complete stock held by refiners, i'm porters and dealers; but this, it IS said, will only fill a small gap and that temporarily.
 It has been hoped by federal officials and chemists throuhout the country who understand the serious ness of the situation that the whims of fashion might yield to national needs and that purchasers of jewell ny would demand gold and silver or a white alloy, and so release platinum for its highest use, but the results have been disappointing.
 The American Chemical Society, an organization composed of the leading 12,000 chemists of the coun- try, which is also back of this move ment, has issued an appeal to the people not under any circumstances either during the war or after the war to use platinum jewelry, but to conserve this unique and fast dwindling metal now priced at five times the cost of gold, for the. ex- elusive use of the chemical and other necessary industries. The first purpose will be obtain a sufficient supply of platinum for the needs of the war and then to retain the pro- duction of the future for the in- dustries. It is claimed that even before the war, as the result of this unreasonable craze for platinum in jewelry, the highly important work of the chemists has been curtailed and research. work, especially in the universities, handicapped by ina bility to meet the constantly rising price for platinum.
 Van H. Manning, director of the Bureau fo Mines, is quoted as say- ing:
 "The scarceity of platinum thru out the world and it's high price is apparently due almost solely to the fact that the women of this and other countries have been recently led to consider it a choice article for adornment. It is inconceivable to me that any woman would wear lead-colored ring or bracelet or adorn herself with lead-colored jew elry, except that it's artificially pro- duced high price has been made to
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-17

T. Sloggett, who retires at the age limit.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-25
BARRIERS WILL BUY BONDS
Union Secretary Asks Them to Share
Good Fortune With Gov
= eminent.

Union BARRIERS in st. Louis, who re-
Gently have been benefited by an in.
crease in their wage scale, are being
asked by F. A. Heller, secretary of
Local No. 1902, ~Journeyman BARRIERS
International Union of America, 10
share their good fortune with their
country.
Heller is advising the more than
600 members Of the local craft to in.
vest some of their earnings In Liberty
Bonds. Haircuts are now costing IS
cents.
Under the new scale BARRIERS are
getting a guarantee of SIG a week and
60 cents on every dollar over $24 a
week that a basber takes in. The
boss" BARRIERS. or shop proprietors.
have inaugurated a higher charge ON
shaves and haircuts to meet the in.
creased pay of the men at the chairs.
There a be no better investment
than a Liberty Bond" said Heller. II
would like to see our men, who are
now getting a share Of the prosperity
which the war has brought to some
fields Of industry, help our govern
ment in turn. So l am telling them
to divert some of their earnings to
Liberty Bonds"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-25
BOY SCOUT WINS HONOR
C.. D. Wales, II, Of Memphis, Sold
More Bonds Than Any Other
Scout in Town.

Boy Scouts did valiant service IN
selling Liberty Bonds of the first and
second issues. Plans have been
launched for the Scouts to sell many
thousands more of bonds in the third
issue. Out of the army of Scouts in
America, c. D. Wales, Jr., II years
old, of Memphis. Tenn, has the dis
inction of having sold the largest
number of bonds of the second issue.
Young WALES has just received q
gold medal given by the president OF
the National Boy Scouts Council In
New York to the Scout who sold the
O bonds. The Memphis youth,
who is employed in a bank, sold 1880
bonds, valued at $445,OO0.
Troop %, Boy Scouts, OF which
Wales is a member, won the state
flag given by President Wilson for
selling the largest amount OF bonds.
The troop sold s665.O0O in bonds.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-25
Macomb

Sunday school at the Baptist
church every Sunday.
George Findley and Pete Bra.
zeal left Tuesday night for Ara.
pahoe, Nebr,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Jones of
Sarvis Point were in Mscomb
Sunday.
Rev. Morgan Standifer filled
his regular appointment at the
Baptist church Saturday and
Sunday.
The surprise singing at Terry
Doyle's Tuesday night was quite
asuccess.
Misses Mabel King and Mae
Ryan of Norwood attended the
c. E. at the Baptist church Sun.
day night.
Emma Fndley is staying with
j. Il. Gass's this week, Mrs. Gass
being quite ill.
Virgil Dake returned Sunday
from California where he has
been working for some time.
A large crowd attended the
surprise singing at Seth inley's
Thursday night ard all report
an enjoyable time.
Mr. and Mrs. A. l. Babb of
near Olathe visited at theEugene
Doyle home, Sunday.
Sam Jone of Slrvis Point and
S. K. Hart called at Boss Find
ley's Sunday evening.
PENNY.
Buy Liberty Bonds
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-25
sTARsAND
CABINET MEMBERS
AMONG SPEAKERS
ORATORS FROM EVERY RANK TO
SPREAD LIBERTY LOAN DOC
TRiNE IN UNITED STATES.
ALLIED ARMIES ALSO HELP
Former President TAFT, Governors Of
Many States and Soldiers From
the Front VIII Be Among
the Lists.

The speaking campaign in connec-
ton with the Third Liberty Loan will
be one of the largest and most com
prehensive eve undertaken in the his.
tory of the nation. Virtually the 81
tire country has been organized along
district lines. Beginning with the Ma
tional Federal Speakers Bureau In
the Treasury Department., the work Is
in charge of organizations controlling
units from federal reserve districts
down to villages. In some cases the
organization extends into rural com.
munities.
The total number of speakers who
will participate in the campaign wall
into thousands. Between 400 and
$50 of them will receive personal d.
rection from the National Speakers
Bureau and about 5000 will work un-
der the direction of various other bu,
reaus. All of the speakers are being
supplied with fresh information in re-
lation to the loan as it develops.
The personnel of the speakers list
embraces men in almost every walk
of life, including a former President Of
the United States, members of tkt
cabinet, state governors, federal offi-
Gals and actors and actresses, both of
the silent and speaking stages. Some
of the persons who have agreed to
make addresses are: Former Prcsi-
den William Howard Taft, Secretary
McAdoo, Secretary Lane. Secretary
Daniels, John Burke, Treasurer of the
United States; Maj. Gen. +. E. Swil-
ton, Assistant Secretary of the British
War Cabinet; Gov. Bamberger of
Utah; Gov. Brough of Arkansas; Will
liam ]. Bryan, former Secretary II
State; Martin E. Glynn, former Gov,
'ernor of New York; Carl vrooman,
Assistant Secretary Of Agriculture;
Clarence Darrow, Charlie Chaplin.
Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite Clark,
Mary Pickford, Lillian Russell, Marie
Dressler, Harry Lauder, Alice Nelson
and Katherine Ridgeway. Many the.
atrical stars who will be unable TO
leave their regular work will give Lib
erty Loan talks in lieu Of encores.
Many soldiers from the allied
armies have accepted invitations to
talk. Scores of them from Australia,
England, Scotland and Canada will
speak in various parts Of the United
States as the campaign gets under
way. Most of them are injured men.
The preliminary Liberty Loan speak
ing work also is being accomplished
on a larger scale than yer before. BY
the opening date of the loan more than
500 Liberty Loan meetings will have
been held in various cities. Patriotic
meetings have been in progress In
different parts of the country ever
since March II.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-25
THE PINK AaD YELLOW
CARD Fixes STATUS
Goth Indicate slaekers, Though One
Has suhseribed-6ut Not
Enough.

Two colors are going to figure prom.
inently in this Third Liberty Loan
campaign. Yellow and Pink. Every
person who Is financially able to buy
a bond and who refuses will have his
name recorded on the yellow card
the Stacker card.
In the last two campaigns for the
sale Of Liberty Bonds there were many
persons who slipped quietly into their
banks and made a small purchase Of
Liberty Bonds. when. as a matter Of
fact, by reason Of their financial abil.
ity. they should have bought ten times
as many bonds. Such individuals are
considered by the federal government
as slackers. just as much as are those
who can but will not buy any bonds
at all.
In order to get a permanent record
Of persons of this character, the Fed
eral Reserve Director OF Sales OF 10 wa
has sent to every county chairman a
supply of pink cards. upon which the
names will be recorded of such per-
sons as do not do their full duty-who
do their "bit" instead Of their tut
most"
These pink cards will be carried by
every Liberty Bond salesman, and
when an individual who ought to Guy
a $1,000 bond will only buy a $50 bond
down goes his name on the pink card.
These cards will be handled the same
as the yellow cards-they will be re-
Viewed by the county chairman and
his executive committees. The indi.
vidual will then be given another op-
portunity to increase his subscription
to its proper amount. and. failing in
this. the cards will be forwarded to
the Federal government for such ac-
tion as the Federal agents deem
proper.
Each state in each of the Federal
Reserve Districts has similar plans,
and no man may be a Stacker without
the knowledge Of Uncle Sam.