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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-31
NO HEADACHES in
DETROIT TONIGHT
FOR FIRST TIME

Detroit. MNh.. Dec. 31.-Detroit
will observe tonight the first head
ache1ess New Years in its history.
Hundreds of policemen, detectives.
county and state pure food agents
have been detailed to the Job of seeing
that no leaks are sprung into the
bone-dry law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-31
BARRICADE IN A JAN.
Sim Fein Prisoners Use Bed Cover a.
an Irish Flag.

Belfast, Ireland. Dec 31.-Sin Fem
prisoners here have barricaded them~s
selves in their wing of the jail and de-.
clared their defiance of the authoris
ties. military officials reported today.
The prisoners are said to have ac-
cumulated enough provisions for .
long siege. They have hoisted the.
Irish flag. improvised from a bed COW
erlet and are playing revolutionary
tunes on instruments made from
kitchen utensils
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-31
JOY UNCONFINED
IN CHICAGO FOR
STRIKE IS OFF

Chicago. Dec s1.-Joy will be un-s
confined in Chicago tonight. There
will be no walters and cooks strike
at the big loop hotels.
Cooks and walters unions decided
it would be unfair and impolitic to
hold the walkout today on the eve OF
the nights revelries. SO rescinded an
earlier strike vote
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-31
TO BUY OUT SAVAGE
Joplin business Men Plan To Take
Over Ball Club.

Joplin. Mo-. Dec. 31.-Business men
at meeting Monday night decided
t.-S Western league if the owner. John
Savage, of Kansas City, will agree to
sell.
Negotiations for the transfer of the
franchise will be begun immediately.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-31
SETTLE CATALONIA PROBLEM.
Spain Names Commission to Handle
Demand for Autonomy.

Madrid, Dec. 31.-The OFFICIAL
Gazette today published q decree ap-
pointing commission of political
leaders to settle the autonomy de-
mand of the province of Catalonia.
Catalonian deputies decided not to
serve on the commission but to con.
tinue their agitation for self-governs
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-31
Dobson is Captain.

Lincoln. Neb., Dec. 31.-Paul A.
Dobsop, Of Lincoln, was last night
elected captain of the 1919 football
team of the University of Nebraska.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-31
EBERT NOW is ILL
German Premier May Give Way to
Herr NOske. New Member.

is seriously ill. a Berlin dispatch re-
ported today. He may be replaced by
Herr Noske, former governor of Kiel.
whose appointment to the new Ger
man ministry was recently announced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-31
Destroy the Opium.

London, Dec. 31.-The Evening
News announced today that it under
stands the Chinese government will de-
stroy 1900 chests of opium, valued at
100000 pounds (s14.000,000).
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-31

Amsterdam. Dec. 31.-Saxon classes
of 1886 to 1899 have been called to
the colors because of the fear of a
Czech invasion, dispatch from
Chemnitz reported today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-31
A KNOCK ON BURLESON
Postmaster General Accused of Chang
ing Date ON Order.

Washington, Dec. 31.-Senator Wat
son, speaking in the senate on the
order of Postmaster Burleson in
taking over the cables after the
armistice was signed. charged that
the date on the order originally was
November IA, which was erased and
November 2 was inserted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-31
Anna Ward Tiffany Dies.

Syracuse, N. Y. Dec. .31.-Anna
Ward Tiffany. well known actress,
died at her home here today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-09
CROWN PRINCE
Denies insinuation That He is Mad,
and Predicts Calamity in Starry
ing Germany.

London. Dec. G.-"Allied and Amer
;can newspapers most unfairly depict
RE as deficient here" touching his
forehead, "but I'm not so dense. |
I'm as sharp as any of them, and
pride myself en- being q sportsman
2: the best English type"
! Friedrich Wilhelm. former crown
prince OF Prussia, is quoted thus by
a special correspondent of the Daily
Mirror who interviewed him at his
exile in Holland.
ITS very lonely life, being in
termed IN this island. ! would much
prefer beng intcrned in England" the
former ne!r to tie German and Prus-
san thrones continued.
To yeiievc this loneliness, he mikes"
with the Dutch carm workers, drinks
beer and plays cards and billiards
With them plays with children ana
chats with their mothers. During
fits Of iua'anchoiv he has novels read
u him. FOR an ncur every day he
parades up and down his bedroom,
dressed in full militsry uniform, mi
tlting Napoleon. Then he changes to
civilian ciothes and plays The fiddle
" the ccHcertina.
america ard the Allies" the core
spondent quotes The former crown
prince as saying. must send starving
Germany food AMI ameiorate the ar
ng;stice ems. They must stop kick
ii.g fallen foe, or 70000,000 Ger
mans VIII rise again and the terrible
experience Of this war will be re-
pe&ted.
The Kaiser's eldest son wore
white sweater, leather motor jacket
ard grace riding Grceches and lcggins.
He has had his Charlie Chaplin mus
tachc shaved OF, the correspondent
remarks.
Germany would mold out her friend
ship to these with whom she has occn
= war as do to YOU" said Fried
r;rh Wilhelm, thrusting his hand out
u the correspondent to shake. "For
four years the German people have
struggled along with insufficient fool.
feel sure, as Things already are IN
$ !ch bal state, that a terrible c;lam-
~ is impending, Germany must have
food or starvation and anarchy will
,JrclY come. The armisticc terms are
40 keep kicking fallen foe Is no:
playing The game"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-09
HUNS SURRENDER PLANES

London, Dec. 9.-The surrender
Il two Thousand German airplanes
under tn, terms OF the armtst!ce
convention has tceE proceeding dur
ing the past week and it is expected
that tn. full complement of enemy
machines will shortly be in the al
Les hands.
The taking over examining ans
marking Sc vast feet OF airp!ac2s
las necessarily taken time, a the
German armies, in their retirement.
are leaving the machines in their
evacuated aerodromes. Certain dlf-
ficulties srd attempted evaslors con-
rected with thu pre,ise proportion
OF various types of aircraft, and the
air worTliness OF some of the ma
chimes surrendered, are now being
adjusted N response 20 the firm rep
RESERVATIONS BY Marshal Foch, in be-
half Of the allies.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-09
CONFERENCE BUYS PAPER
Va. Methodists Take Over Baltimore
And Richmond Christian
Advocate.

Charlottesville, Va, Dec. 9.-Thc
Virginia Conference last week Voted
to rGrchase the Baltimore and Rich
mond Christian Advocate, the relig-
ious weekly owned by Bishop Jane:
Cannon and published in Richmond.
fer $4,000 An assessment Ct $50
600 is made on the Conference for
five years to pay for and sustain the
paper.
Graham l.. lambeth, pastor Of
Monumental Church. Richmond, was
named as editor for four years, at Il
salary Of $1,000 per annum. Four
preachers and four laymen compose
the hoard of managers. B;shoD Hen
dirk announced the transfer to the
Virginia Conference Of Rev. Samuel
!, Hurst, OF the North Carolina Cor
ferehce.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-09
vsthe Philadelphia Record. whether

says the Philadelphia Record. whether
Petrograd will ever be restored to its
old prosperity. 1t is largely an arti-
fetal city, created by the whim, of
Peter the Great, and not the product
of commercial needs, az most COM
munities are. It's location IS poor, and
it has owed its growth in no small
degree to It's political Importance as
the seat of the old autocratic govern
ment CT the Cars. Now that that has
disappeared, Moscow, nearer the geo
graphical centre of Russia, seems
more likely to be the new capital If
the shattered fragments of the old
Empire are ever brought together in
a federal republic. LeniEe and Trot-
XIV now exercise their tyranny from
Moscow, which, according to all re-
norris has also been greatly reduced
in population by the workings of Boil
shevisn..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-09
PROCESS OF DRYING MEAT
Simple. Cheap Method Discovered at
Columbia University Will Null
tiply World Supply.

tiply World Supply.
New York, Dec. "a new drying
process by which meats and fish can
be kept indefinitely and then restored
to their former state of freshness by
the application of water and which,
it is believed. will increase the
worlds meat chipping capacity more
than u times by doing away with
the need for refrigeration, has been
perfected in the chemical engineering
laboratories at Columbia University,
# was announced last night.
During a period of comprehensive
lasts" the statement SAID, meats
that had been dried. and Kept year
were restored to thir fresh state and
served in the homes of professors at
tached to the laboratory. Three hun
bred pounds was sent to a camp Il
thc South ard served TO the soldiers.
REPORTS from the camp state that
4ncse who ate the restored meat failed
IA discover any difference between !:
and strictly fresh meat"
By the process, it was asserted AZ
hone, waste fat and connective tissue
are removed from the meat or FISH
to be treated, leaving 100 per cent
food The meat is then cut into
cubes or, in the case of beef. into
steaks. placed in vacuum and SUB,
iected to period Of drying at re!a'
lively low temperature. No Other
treatment is necessary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-09
COOPERATIVE CHARITIES

The advance guard Of the blasts of
wil."r has recently been in evidence.
The present mild temperature, is
probably !. weather breeder, and we
may at any time, expect a rigid me-
tcorcIogic;'l conditions. Many arc
prepared for the advent of tbs Frost
King. bit some are not. We are liv-
ing IN. Il day of high wages and
abundant work, and there is 10 ex-
cpse 9. present for any able-bodied
ressen 70 remain in idleness, bat We
shoS!d remember that, as is ever the
e s. Z i,IE:srsas huddle. in every con-
il2:zas are. untitled for employ.
raartfsa.;,: :'ho invite aid through no
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-09
no Hun REFUGE
August r wilhelm Better Forget His
DREAM CT New Empire in South
America

DO German imperialists still dream
.; a German domination of South
america?
Do the Honenzollerns hope to stage
comeback with this continent as
tie base Of operations
Do thew plan, an empire here such
as was dreamed of for Macmillan in
Mexico:
These IRE questions asked as it IS
learned that August Wilhelm ard ms
wife are planning to come to Argen-
tira.
For thirty years Germany pursued
4 program. of penetration in South
American countries. She coIonized
till thousands Of German subjects are
IN ;he continent.
Size mas claimed more than 100000
native-born Ge=nans are in one SEC
ten of Brazil. Germans have largely
c,ntrollc: the finances of Argentina
and Chile.
By sagacious catering to eTesy
Lille wish of the South American
trade, German goods came TO lead in
the markets of the South American
countries.
Nowhere in the world do conditions
seems as favorable for recovery Of
German prestige as in South merlca
If the German; overlook the fact
that the people of these countries have
realized the loss Of freedom that comes
with Communication.
German army officers have trained
the armie; of Chile til the very mi
;orms and personal appearance of the
soldiers are German. But the Ger
man ideal is shattered in Chile.
Argentine business and government
8: circles have been Influenced and
controlled by Germans But the Lux
burg expose WI; an awakening an?
tie popular demonstrations against
German and German agents was
to the most ardent pro
German that the dream was over in
President Iroggan. who was counted
~ as nro-Gernan, has come to be
considered radical and wilful." rattle"
i'm rro-Germa:. by those who Oh
ected to his brand Of neutrality silr-
ng the war.
In Burros Airae more tcaa 100000
rarchcrl IN dsmorStrat:rr for war
nth Germany o'.-r the LaS5urG e.
,osures, proof that the capital cit
:ould Dc a poo spot TO ra Hohen-
"llcrn to get fresh start.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-09
WILSON AND LABOR oo7
british Workman Stands for a wilson
ian Peace-Must Make Effort
..Nt

Cardiff Wales Dec. 81 pleaded
fer months that President Wilson at
tend the peace conference, for he is
cur greatest safe guard" said Ar
thur Henderson, the British labor
leader and former member Of the war
cabinet in a speech here today.
THE dawn Of laDor's opportunity
i; breaking; hence the country was
rushed into a general election.
1T would be miracle if Lloyd
George were not returned with a
large majority, put | hope that the
labor party will have such repre-
.entatiol in the government that
lie government will either have to go
their (the labor party's) way or get
cut"
"The British labor party stands for
W:lsonian peace" said Mr.. Hen
s;erson, but, that kind of peace will
lot be attained without effort"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-09
ITALY AND SLAVONIA
Italians Want Adriatic for "a Lake
.Slays for an Outlet to World
at Large.
shevisn..

Paris, Dec 9.-Growing hostility be-
tween Italy AMI The new Jugo-Slav
state is reported. by the Swiss press
10th sides to the controversy eagerly
.nticipa... President WILSON'S arrival.
Tor it is he upon whom they look as
,he statesman best fitted to act as
empire.
There has been bad blood for
1nonths Jetween Italy and the Jugo-
Slavs, but the differences have been
this far more or less beneath the sur
face. Thy came TO a climax, how
ever. whan the Insurgents of Monte
negro decided upon a. union with
Serbia, and deposed King Nicholas,
who is ne father CT the Italian Queen.
Rival aspirations for the control Of
the Eastern Adriatic form the chief
b:sis of tine conflict 1t has been long
an open secret that Italy desires to
make the Adratic an Italian lake.
The Jugo-Siavs. on the other hand, in
sist that they need outlets to the sea
in order to assure them the economl:
development to which they regard
tteir young state is entitled.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-09
CASE OF WILLIAM HOHENZOL-
LERN.

1t is evident that the forme" En-
peror of Germany realizes that loss OF
his rrcwn and exile from his country
are rot all that may be in store for
him. He hears IN his refuge in ftoi-
land the stern demands that az"
being made for his punishment. and
he IS astute enough TO understand
that they are something mere than
the voice CT individual implacahles.
He recognizes that there is i rapidly
growing disqualification Of the war
sentiment and opinion that held him
to be the chief of the criminals who
eunspircd against the peace OF the
world. It is because Of his perception
Of the danger in which he stands that
he is beginning to answer the lnfo"-
nal but insistent international IN
dictment that charges him with the
main measure Of responsibility for
the war, and it is because of thcs"
omircus mutterngs that he IS AZ
tempting to minimize the nart which
he played in bringing it about.
The Baltimore Sun says one thing
that appears at present to be among
the cartalntieS Of Tie future is that
his indictment vii be formally
framed b. the grand jury OF the AZ
lied nations. and that the former
Emperor will be called upon 20 plead
TO il. not from Holland, but before
an International court in Paris, nr
elsewhere. rs = ruler guilty Il the
worSt and most destructive wrong
known to history. Nothing. - ia"
as we can see. can prevent the crea-
ton Of such tribunal. Whether il
will be enc Of the subjects with which
the Peace Conference will deal. ~
whether this grand inquest Of the ma
tons will be summoned as the result
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-09
HERE'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT

On the entry Of the United States
into the war it was Loudly proclaim
I'd by our enemies that our clv:llza-
ton had so weakened the virility ard
!1ardihooi of our men that we cou!G
not put an efficient arry into the
field. Probably that opinion has been
somewhat revised in the light OF re-
cert events on the Marine and else
where But though it has happily been
p1 oven 10 be false. its falsity Is no
credit u certain well meaning re
formers" who have been engaged for
wears in trying 10 make it true. II
IS worth while to take note OF tAe
.I,:ngs which the pharisces have been
trying to proh;Sit and which have
been found essential to the we!l-be-
inn Of on, troops in France. Tobacco
has been denounced far and wide as Z
poison yet tie government, IN
terested IN the phySica! well-bcing of.
The men. who fight for its life, has de-
ciared it to be me -essity' for whose
manufacture fuel must be supplied,
and transports it az, css the sea with
other necessities 10 the soldiers. Box
;ng has been fecried as rude and
brutal by old ladies beth male and
female, ard baniShed by law from
many states YET the government
finding i. the hes. Of physical train
;.g. introduces the daspised prize
fighter as an instructor il military
camps. Sunday laws do their evil ut
most to make amateur athletics i'm
possible . men bound 70 close en-
r,ayment, yet Wellington said that
Waterloo was wen or the cricket fields
Of England, and ii may enc day be
said thai FTarcc vas saved from the
Hun CT the baseball, diamonds CT
Ans. 'caa UEcle Toby hewailed that
our armies swore terribly in Fian-
!crs" and there IS many an uncle Toby
in the United States today who loses
!: the inspiration Of the world crisis
IN thinking of nc possible oaths Of
ctr own heroes n that historc land.
The --ar has shown what it is too easy
t. forge5 that in the last analysis the
lie and safety rest On hardy.
-esolutc, rcd-bloodcd manhood. 1nto
.hc composition OF that manhood en-
FRS muaa that ls alien to the acssao-
ic. yet history shows that when the
'rae virtues arl their invaria5!e cen
! rritart the rude vices are all smooth
! oft the barbarian comes 10 crush
ut civilization that has grown too
ice 70 live. So said the greatest
:udent g humanity: aog
lest m;n are moulded out of. faults
md for. the mos, become mu:h more |
the octtcr -"
'or being q little bad"
I n,,g Mi, ,.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-09

fault Of their own. There were lame
and blind and halt in the days OF the
Saviour; they are with US today, and
in these times of prosperity those
whose lines are falling in pleasant
places. who have been blessed IN bas-
ket and in store should not ignore the
appeals, often silent, of those whose
coal coal bins are empty as well as their
larders.
The Cooperative Charities Of
Alexandria haye for years faithfully
performed their duty BY m!nlstering
to those who need help. Great care
is exercised by those at the head Hf
the organization, ard they are sell
dom. if ever, dupes Of imposters. They
make personal winter visits where
aid is invoked and interview neigh
bors---in short, what ever They do Is
done with wide-open eyes. Hence
there is no danger ri their charities
being miscarried.
The time has come when their
yearly appeal must be made. and we
have no doubt as to the response
The good people Of Alexandria have
always done their part; they will do
t,this year.
When the Great Teacher tabernacle
with men He was wont to raise HIS
hands over miscellaneous assemb'
lage and say BLESSED are We poor
re expects the same compassion
rom every one OF his followers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-09
WOMEN GOING TO COURT
Want Status as Workers Fixed. in
View OF Cleveland Strike.

Cleveland. Dec. 9.-Women nos
employed as conductors on local
street car !;ncS have decided to begin
+ gal proceedings to establish their
economic and i,en! status. The w.
n'cr assert that the deman,! for III.
dismissal Is street car employees is
4 boycott.
It was vota,: - present their cl;e
before The y y: National Trade
Uricn League 1t Washington. WI;
thu Recommendation 4hat il 10 carrie;
TO he War LaGoE Board fer settle
mont as national issue of free r.
male labor
! ANY legal action taken will be
with view to establishing the legal
and economic freedom Of women"
Miss Rose Moriarity. che of their
spokesman sud I'VE will leave the
departure of women from the street
cars in this city out of the. question.
We are INV concerned with the free
dom Of American women in indus
try.
Miss Nor!arity said that she would
go to Washington and confer with
Mrs. Raymond Robins. president Of
The Woman's National Trade Union
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-09
THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL

The cens"s figures of 1910 gave
the Russian capital a population of
1.9ns.O0O.
These tig-rcs are CT particular in
tcrest just now because of the reports
which state that through starvation
and the unparalleled capacity of the
Rolsehviki for misgovernment the
population of Pctrograd has fallen to
half, a million persons, ), and that it
looks ,liHe.a deserted city.
There seems good reason to doub.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-09
HATS OFF TO BRITISH

Amsterdam, Dec. 1.-The British
authorities in charge of the occura-
ton in the German zone assigned %
the British army have ordered all
German men to raise their hats to
British officers. according to an atf;"-
ial announcement N Berlin. Ihey
must do similarly when the British
national anthem is sung, the an
nouaccrGent adds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-09
GROWING ALEXANDRIA

! N -. +.
As There are many advantages expert
enced by those who reside near the
capital of the nation, ard this tact
has often been presented b. the Ga
zette while extolling the advantages
of Alexandria as commercial or res
idential centre. People living in our
city enjoy the benefit Of everything
that comes to Washington, and i:
this day of easy and rapid commun-
ication the two cities are, in 4
measure, blended.
The great influx of strangers to
Alexandria during the past year is
phenomenal, and ere another year
shall have passed away this number
is sure 70 be augmented greatly. as
it is not believed that the torpedo
factory which will soon be in process
= :
: of construction viii be the only build
ing the Navy Department will erect
here, as there are hints nov that
more land is soon to be acquired on
our river front for government pur-
poses. Such factories as may b"
erected will be adjuncts of the. WASH
ington Navy Yard, and the services
i of thousands of men will be needed.
The weather last night was mild,
and the great number of persons on
King street occasioned much conl-
ment. Although it was Sunday, that
thoroughfare was literally crowded
by huge throngs passing and repas-
sing, showing the augmentation OF
our population.
At the beginning Of this article we
referred to the advantages CT resIt-
ing in close proximity 10 Washln@tnn,
and thousands avail themselves Of the
opportunity of visiting the capital
city night, and day Some public n
situations in Washington are open en-
Sunday. 1t is often suggested That
all should be. as this is the only day
the great bulk of a community has
on which to visit museums, arr gal
leries, etc. THE crowd at the Cor
coran Art Gallery Yesterday after
noon was enormous; in fact too large
to be hansiled, and rules in vogue IN
Westminster Abbey, London. we've
resorted to-that is visitors Mcrc
compelled to keep moving. The IN
creased attendance was due &C the ex
hibition of prints some as large as
those in moving picture houses show
ing the late submarine warfare and
the devices used by the allies to
cripple this Hun weapon.
The efigies of Napoleon and Vol
taire, beth in sitting positions. were
being faced by new generation. The
sun was about to set upon the Corsi
can at his ST. Helena home. while the
sicklv smile of the French atheist.
who had said he would eliminate the
Bible from the world, sugges;e she
futility of man defying his Creator