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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24
1T is A DRY XMAS!
City Water Is Almost as Scarce as
Liquor in Topeka.

Patience, Monday afternoon around
B o'clock, was rewarded by stream
Of water from the city mains, which
was as weak and puny as any first
day-out victim of the "1u' that has
been turned loose on the streets OF
Topeka. According to the gauges in
the CITY building, at O'Clock. on the
second floor, pressure had descended
to 13 pounds. Some pressure! Espe-
cially in case of a fine fire outside of
furnace. The chart also showed
that during the day the highest pres
sure attained was 80 pounds.
AS usual, no definite reason could
be ascribed for the low pressure.
Commissioner Newland advanced the
opinion that it might be suction trou-
BILE. >.
Staying up nights nursing back the
whimful water plant to a semblance
of life has been the experience of
Jesse Shaw, on many, many occasions.
which is all very well if Shaw does not
mind, but Topeka would prefer to
have the water than simply to keep
Superintendent Shay up at night when
he should be home in bed.
On one evening last week, in the
southwest part of the city. at 1880
in the evening no water could be
gotten at all and at about O'Clock
Monday evening there was a period
OF several minutes when it was i'm
possible to obtain any water whatever
regardless of patience and tie will
ingness to wait long and watchfully.
Water shortage was reported turnout
the day from many residence sections.
1t is reported that the fire which
occurred one afternoon last week,
which at that time was said to be put
out with chemicals, was done SO only
on account of the low water pressure
making it impossible to develop
enough pressure to get to the roof
of the, three story building. However
Jesse Shaw, water superintendent,
was present at the fire and when
questioned as to pressure replied that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24
Returning Soldiers Are ThOrOly
De-COOtitized at Port.
Sergeant Slagle Tells of Pro-
cess He Went Thru.
PRAISES GIRLS OF ENGLAND
He Says They Dance Yank
Dream Waltzes Diyinely.
TOmmies and Air Men Did Not
Get Along Well.

One of the most impressive home
coming experiences of the soldiers who
have been in Europe is that of going
thru the de-cootitized process immedi-
ately after leaving their ship, accord
ing to Sergt. 3. w. Slagle, a former
Washburn college student, who was
on the Mauritania, the first ship that
landed at New York after the signing
of the peace armistice and who has
lust been given his discharge from the
service.
According to Sergeant Slagle becom-
ing de-cootitized is anything but a
pleasant experience, but it is a process
that has to be gone thru regardless of
whether or not the soldiers are in
habited."
How 1t Is Done.
LAS soon as you leave the ship you
are de-cootitized," Slagle said today.
"First they make you take off all your
clothes and while you are being
painted and creased your clothes are
steamed at a temperature OF $50 de-
grees. As for your body, i. is given
such a course of treatment that the
sturdiest cootie in the world could not
survive First you are painted with 1ye
and then washed with kerosene to
neutralize the eating effect of the I've.
1t is neutralzed all right if the kero-
sene is applied in time. But, oh boy!
a little delay means a whole lot in the
amount of hide you come out with
After the kerosene wash you are
drenched with a creosote mixture and
then you are ready to mix with the
crowds on Broadway"
Sergeant Slagle enlisted in the avi-
alton service last December. He was
first sent to Jefferson Barracks, then
to Kelly field for training and was al
a number of other aviation stations
before going overseas. For three
months out of the five he was abroad
Sergeant Slagle did patrol duty along
the south coast of England and was
soon to be sent to France as an aerial
observer when hostilities ceased. He
was attached to the 30S aero squad.
Tommies Not Friendly.
1--WE found the civilians in England
very hospitable and very considerate,'
Slagle said but we did not get along
with the Tommies anything like a:
we'll as we did with the Scotch, Cana.
dams and Australians. One reason
the English Tommies did not like US
/ believe, was because the English
girls were so in love with the Yanks
"Why, If a Tommy was walking
down the street with a girl on either
side of him and a couple of Yank:
came along it was no trick for the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24
LEAGUE IS IMPORTANT
London Opinions Are That 1t Comes
Even Ahead of Peace.


London, Dec. REFORMATION of the
league of-nations is even more i'm
portant than the actual settlement,
according to opinions expressed here
today.
The impending arrival of President
Wilson, together with the league of
nations program suggested by Wis.,
count Grey, former secretary of state
for foreign affairs, has given a fresh
impetus to discussion of the subject.
1t was intimated by well informed
persons that the allies already are
beginning conversations regarding the
league, but that no attempt Will be
made at actual codification of its laws
until the principal terms OF the peace
treaty are disposed of.
Some students of international af-
fairs suggested the following as a
possible program:
Discussion of the league will con-
tinue informally. as at present.
F; The general peace terr--s will be
formulated at the inter-allied confer
ence, making acceptance of the league
i.of nations as part of the demands to
/ be made upon the central powers.
These terms will be presented and
ratified at the general conference in
! Versailles.
Then the conference, without dis
solving, will proceed to work out all
/ the details of the league.
Grey appears to have many ,advo-
Gates. These believe the British dele
CATION may suggest adoption of a pro-
| gram similar to his at the peace con-
| ference.
| Some persons argue that the league
would be valueless unless it were uni
versal, which would be impossible
| now, they say, on account of the po-
! litical and economic situation in Ger
| MANY and Russia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24
COMPUTES SENTENCES
Washington Calls Off Death Penalty
Other Actions in Army.

Washington, Dec. 24.-Sentence of
death imposed upon Recruits Ernest
F. K. Lueb for desertion and refusal
to wear the uniform has been COM
muted by President Wilson to Gishon-
orable discharge and twenty years
imprisonment. Leub was attached to
the 16s depot brigade, Camp Dodge,
Iowa.
For Pvt. George o. Jacobs. $50 in
fantry, Camp Shelby, Miss, President
Wilson has committed a death SEN
tence for desertion to twenty years
imprisonment.
Capt. Sam Buckle was dismissed
from the service for failure to prop
erly account fo- funds in connection
with construction of theater at Camp
Funston. Kansas.
One court martial case has been
suppressed by order of the secretary
of war without explanation. Second
Lieut.. E. r. Scribner of the Fifth ir.-
fantry replacement regiment has been
dismissed from the service for passing
a worthless check
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24

of his wife, December Is. Of the influ-
enza. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas were expect
ing their son and wife for the Christmas
holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Carman, 424 Larch, are
the parents of a boy.
The funeral announcements of Mrs. Eliza
Ella Workman who died at her home, 432
Lafayette street will be made later.
There will be no East side news in We'd
nesday's Issue Of the State Journal.
Rev. Sutton of the East Side NJ. E.
church announces there will be no Christ
mas tree program at his church but the
church will be open from 10 o'clock to II
O'Clock where the children can get their
Christmas candies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24

DIR. Walter Turner manager of the engi-
neering for the Westinghouse Air Brake
Co., is i'll at the Columbia hospital at
Williamsburg Pa: He was formerly a San
ia Fe and Topekan.
Mrs. Edna Kane. formerly with the
Poehler Mercantile Co., is now in the car
accountants office.
Mr.. Holden, regional director of the
central Western Region for the month of
September, says 126 fruit specials with A.
1913 cars were operated from California to
the Missouri river and Chicago with an
average of 81 cars per train. "A special
fruit trains originated in Colorado with a
total of 1925 cars, an average of 80 cars
per train. AS in former months all fruit
F! specials were operated ON conservative
schedules and were filled to enough tom
| mage with dead freight to insure economi-
cal trainload and satisfactory time per-
| Torrance.
The railroad administration has been
buying steel rails under old contracts in
| existence with the various railroads for
an average Of $50 ton. The price fixing
| fixed the price of steel rails at $55 ton
for Bessemer and $57 for open hearth. but
roads with contracts at lower price will
| continue at that rate.
There will be no Santa Fe news in the
| Wednesdays issue of the State Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24

Yanks to cop the two girls and walk
with them to their hearts content.
Another thing the Tommies did not
like was the fact that we taught their
girls our Yankee jazz dances and they
insisted upon dancing them all the
time, embarrassing the Tommies. who
were accustomed to the formal and
fast waltzes of the English. We
taught the girls our dreamy waltzes
and our fox trots and they simply
went wild over them"
While in England Sergeant Slagle
visited London. Birmingham, Shake
speare's grave and other notable
places, including buckingham palace.
While in London he went to Dickens
Old Curiosity shop and saw an old
woman selling rags and papers there
just as was done in the days of
Dickens.
Harry Lauder on Ship.
On the boat that brought Slagle
back to the United States there were
$500 soldiers and about $50 wounded
men. Also Harry Lauder. the famous
Scotch comedian was on the ship and
composed and sung to the soldiers his
latest song hit, Lets Don't Talk OF
War but Sing of Love-"
Slagle says he never saw such a
spectacle as the reception given the
men on his boat when they landed.
and he is pretty well convinced that
New York is second to none in her
display of patriotism and apprecia-
ton Of the boys who did so much
across the pond.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24
ARREST HUN IN PARIS
Man Held Says He Was Member of
Armisticc Commission.

Paris, Dec. 23.-Some mystery at
,taches to the arrest of man who ar
rived at the Grand hotel this, morning.
Speaking correct French, he asked for
a room and when asked to show his
papers, he produced them. He gave
his name as Rudolph Won Hanover, a
native of Berlin and claimed to
be coming from Spas, the former Ger
man headquarters where the inter-
national armistice commission now
sits. He declared himself to be a
member of that commission.
The man was turned over to the po-
lice. who afterward declined to say
anything about the arrest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24
= 1856 SOLDIERS ARE CITED
Journal Oficiel of France Names
Them for Bravery in Action.

Paris, Dec. 23.-The names of 1875
American soldiers cited for bravery
during the fighting of October 3 to
october 10 at st. Etienne, Blanc Mont
and Medeah farm in Champagne, are
printed in the Journal Officiel. The
men belonged to the sixth regiment
Of marines, the ninth infantry, the
ZSrd infantry, the fifth regiment OF
marines, the sixth marine machine
gun battalion. the fifth machine-gun
battalion, the fourth marine ma
chine-gun battalion, the second regi
ment of engineers and the ambulance
corps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24
Will Decide Soon.

Lynn, Mass, Dec. 24.-Empleyes of
the General Electric Co.'S plant here
will decide in meeting next Sunday
whether or not the local union will
strike in sympathy with the strike in
Erie, which was supported by q walk
out at the Pittsfield branch. Labor
leaders believe there will be no strike
here. The fact that the, Pittsfield
employees are strongly urging the sup
port of the Lynn workers may, how.
ever. change the sentiment among
the local union men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24
BULLET HIT BUTTON
And Policeman Still Lives, as Re-
suit OF the Hit.

Detroit. Mich.,~Dec. 24.-Patrolman
Walter Ruthenberg today values a
bent and twisted brass button far more
than anything else the Christmas sea-
son may bring him.
The button saved his life.
He had chased a suspect into an
alley when the man suddenly turned
and discharged a large calibre revolt
yer point blank at the officers heart.
The bullet struck the button and
glanced off. Ruthenberg was knocked
out, but only momentarily. The sus-
pect was captured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24
ANOTHER SICK KING
Nicholas of Montenegro Has the Grip
But No Throne in Sight.

Paris. Dec. 24.-King Nicholas OF
Montenegro intends to visit President
Wilson as soon as possible. The king
has been suffering from an attack OF
the grip and today. for the first time
since he was stricken, he was able to
stroll along Bots de Boulogne. Speak
ing to the Associated Press. he said:
1.-The aspirations of Montenegro are
in common accord with those Of the
other peoples of the same race-to be-
come a part of the Jugo-Slav con-
federation but preserve its autonomy,
independence and customs"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24

Mr.. A. Sheaffer of 219 Branner street has
received word of the serious illness Of his
sister, Mrs. William Phebes of Lorain, OF
She Is the wife of Prof. Phebes. principal
of the Lowman high school,
Mrs. Rachel Gordenier is Ill at her home
AT Chandler street.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey will entertain
relatives and friends Christmas
Mr.. u. ID. Fryer of 30S Hancock who has
been ill with the influenza has recovered.
returned home from Little Rock, Ark
Word has been received that Adam Ethel.
who was wounded November % so badly
that 1t was necessary to perform five op-
erations on his leg, is much improved but
still weak.
Mr. and Mrs. s. H. Thomas of 1905 East
sixth received the sad news from their son,
John Thomas, Of Denver, Colo, Of the death
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24
WILSON'S ON SHOPPING TOUR.
In Paris They Wander Off Into the
Stores for a Short Time.

Paris, Dec. 24.-President and Mrs
Wilson went Christmas shopping to-
day. visiting many Of the principal
shops during a tour of two hours in
the center of Paris. Both have been
about the city before, but this was
the first time that they ventured into
the shopping district together, as they
often do in Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24
A $4,000 Robbery.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. "a
While Christmas shoppers thronged
the streets. four men clad as lumber
jacks held up the store of the Ameri-
can Jewe1ry Co. here today and es-
capped with money, diamonds and jew
elry said to aggregate $4,000 in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24

value. The bandits knocked a clerk
unconscious with blow from a re-
volver, ransacked the store and walked
leisurely to waiting automobile The
same store was looted of $500 worth
Of jewelry two days ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24
Americans Organize.

of an American chamber of commerce
at Tampico, the Mexican oil port is
announced in dispatch to the Latin
American bureau of the department
of commerce today. .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24
North Side News

Items for this column may be left at
Petro'S drug store, or call Eleanor
kimball. phone 3c31, after D. M;
other Eours phone $3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24

it was all right but that chemicals
were being used instead, water ap-
parently not being necessary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24
SANTA FEE NOTES

Items for this column NAV be
phoned to $3.50 between hours of s and
IL 80 a. IN. Other hours, call Mrs. Mar.
garet Bostick, 1890 White.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24
OAKLAND NOTES

Items for this column may be
phoned to $3.50 between hours of AMI
IL 30 a. M Other hours, call Mrs. Mar
garet Bostick, 1850 White.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24
EAST SIDE NOTES

Items for his column NAV be
phoned to $3.50 between hours of ami
IL 80 a. m Other hours. call Mrs. Mar
garet Bostick, AGO White.]
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24

The stores will remain open until 9
o'clock tonight, closing all day tomorrow.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-07
Lightning Breaks Dish.

During q thunderstorm in New
York state surprise and wonder was
caused In a certain home by an I'M
usual accident that accompanied a
sharp bolt of lightning. The latter
struck very close to the house In ques-
ton, causing the telephone to "snap"
80 that those in the room heard 1t dis
tinctly. Following this report a glass
dish containing some steel beads,
standing on q table about twelve feet
from the telephone, broke into pieces,
scattering the beads on the floor. The
apparent explanation for the phenonn-
enon is that when the lightning caused
the spark at the telephone there was
2 discharge of electricity into the room
and that the beads, being of polished
steel with numerous sharp edges, Of
fered a path of least resistance to the
discharge. which, seeking q ground,
burst the dish.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-07

SEPARATE BOAR FROM soWs
Practice Of Permitting Him 70 Run
With Herd 10 Frowned Upon by
Many Swine Breeders.

The practice Of letting tho boar run
with the sows Is generally frowned
upon by swine breeders. There are
many reasons why the herd does bet
ter If the boar Is kept separate. He
worries the rest Of the hogs as well as
himself when he Is with the herd. The
waste and possible injury to the boar
by too much breeding, II more than
one sow comes In heat at the same
time, Is useless and can be avoided
by keeping the boar alone and turning
the sow In to him. This assists In
keeping records. The owner knows
when the SOW was bred. Also know.
ing when she is due to farrow, he can
be prepared for this event, which may
be the cause Of saving one or more
pigs. Small filters as well as weak
pigs are al often the direct results Of
the boar run with the sows as
they are due to q poor brood sow.
And to use q boar whose breeding
powers have been impaired by unwise
herd management is a financial loss
to the owner.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-07
" The - -
Scrap Book
Puzzled Musician.

Sir Frederick Bridge, the veteran or.
ganist at Westminster Abbey, recently
told q good story of a musical party he
attended a short while ago.
Il could not make head nor tafl Of
one piece Of music that was being play.
ed" he said. 1T sounded very alb
struse. and, to me, quite Incompetent.
stble for the most part, yet here and
there I seemed to recognize a bar OF
two.
presently, consumed by curiosity, l
leaned over and asked my hostess the
name Of the piece.
She looked at me in surprise for
some seconds; then said, somewhat
stif1y, It's Bach's fugue In D minor,
Sir Frederick
THAT 1t most certainly Is not I
thought, but I kept my opinion to my.
self.
II found out later, however, on max.
Ing an investigation, that the lady was
right. Only the perforated music roll
had been put in upside down, with the
result that the piano had played the
fugue backwards"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-07
Wireless to Detect U.Boata.

To assist naval airmen In detectdns
the presence, and then determining
the position Of enemy submarines, a
delicate instrument of considerable
ingenuity has been produced, OBJ
serves q writer. An adequate concep-
ton of its character is afforded with
out necessarily discussing it's techni-
cal details, which for obvious reasons
are withheld. Roughly, it consists Of
q compact buoy that carries a receiver
which converts the sound waves from
q submarines propeller into electrical
energy. When thrown overheard by
an airman, it floats on the surface of
the water. Upon the approach Of a
submarine within a certain radius of
1t, the antenna attached to the buoy
sends out wireless signals which are
in turn picked up by receiving instru-
ments installed on the. aircraft. The
presence of a boat within this area is
thus announced. Its general position
in relation to the buoy, as we'll as It's
movements are indicated by the in
tensity Of the signals.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-07
OTHER STATES INVITE LEAGUE
National NonpartIsans viii Answer
Appeals by Putting 1000 Trained
Organizers In Field.

The National Nonpartisan league
now Is organizing in twelve states and
more than 10000 members aligned
themselves under it's banner last
month. More than 5000 Of these mem.
bers we're obtained in Minnesota and
the number could have been tripled
had organizers been available.
The league receives many appeals
from farmers in unorganized states,
who write they want to follow the ex.
ample Of North Dakota and throw of
the yoke Of Big Business. These de-
mands are coming from the East, as
we'll as from the South and West, and
to meet these demands the league is
preparing for q vigorous "sprin9
drive"
It is planned to place more than
1000 organizers in the field as soon
as weather conditions permit easy &C.
cess to the farming districts. These
organizers will be trained men. for
most of them will take advantage Of
the preparatory course in economics
and other subjects that make for eff.
ficiency in organization work which
the league now is conducting.
With this number Of organizers In
the field, the National Nonpartisan
league next summer may be expected
to sweep the western state like q
prairie fire.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-07
A Brussels Joke.

What amounted to a practical Joke
was played on the Germans by the Bel
CLANS In Brussels. The Germans am
nounced a grand concert of German.
music at the opera house. A syndi-
cdRe OF Belgian bankers and brokers
bought all the seats except one and
the royal box. General Baron Won Bliss
Ing was delighted at this evidence that
the Belgians were not averse in times
or foreign occupation to listen to q
German concert. But or the night Of
the concert not q single Belgian used
his ticket. When Won Kissing arrived
at the opera house 1t was empty save
FOR one solitary auditor, a German
landsturm soldier.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-07
DISEASE OF CATTLE
Abortion 10 More Widespread Than
Most Farmers Think-DIfferent
Treatments Advocated.

4 disease that is more widespread
than most farmers think Is contagious
abortion Of cattle It is such an In
iduous disease that It gets q foot
hold In q herd Of cattle before the
owner Is aware and then generally It
10 impossible to eradicate it without
sacrificing the herd. A number of diff.
terent treatments have been advocated
but there h no SUR cure, says Indiana
Farm and Guide. Caution as to the
condition Of the breeding stock should
10 observed. Diseased animals Of
&ther sex should be summed as the
trouble ia carried In this WY. Other
sources Of the disease r contaminat-
ID food and water, infected bedding.
etc. When q COW aborts several times
In succession or the several other
members Of the herd lose their calves,
one should become suspicious and call
IN an experienced veterinarian.