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The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-06-20
AUSTRIA WHOLE
STRENGTH IS USED
EVERY AVAILABLE MAN HURLED
INTO ITALIAN DRIVE.
LOOT IS PROMISED TROOPS
Germany Is Helping In the Operations
But the Kaiser Has 5attalions On
Hand to Get His Share In the
Booty

Rome, June 18.-Austria's entire eff
fective military strength already has
been thrown into the Italian drive
according to semi-official statements
today. ''
OF Austria's total of ninety-two di
visions, or one million one hundred
and four thousand men, seventy-one
divisions already have been identified
on the Italian front.
So far as quality is concerned, they
constitute the whole of the enemy's
really efficient troops. aae
The, Austrians also have at least
seven thousand. FIVE hundred guns OF
all caliber, and their entire aviation
forces in use, together with an abund
ance of war materials.
Loot IL Promised Troops.
As yet they have made progress at
but two points and their gains theyo
We're slight compared with the opera.
tons assigned to them.
From captured documents, and
statements found on prisoners, 1t is
known that the enemy commanders
sent the troops into the offensive with
the promise Of much booty.
Cannons and trench mortars were
furnished to the Austrians in large
numbers by the Germans. H'8
F.. - y .
In return, according to the prison,
ers, the Austrians are permitting the
Germans to have a "requisitioning
battalion. in the offensive on the It.
allan front. in order to share the ex-
pected large loot. ~ - =,
German Troops Are Helping.
Amsterdam, June 1S.-The German
troops are participating in the Italian
offensive according to dispatches from
Vienna today. The same dispatches
said that Emperor Karl was on the
Italian front. ~ ~ 4a'. ~
Austria Alone Responsible.
Geneva, June 1S.-yienna news,
papers received here today indignant
ly denied that Berlin ordered the It.
allan offensive. ' '....
They declare that the Austria. Hun
garian staff displayed great foresight.
edness in preparation for the drive and
that they should be given the entire
credit.
The newspaper revealed that the
Austrian Headquarters are located
just to the north of the Asiago plateau.
Italy In War to the End.
Rome, June Standardization of
the entire Italian people is preferable
to dishonorable peace" Premier Or
lando. declared in an address to the
of Deputies today.
This government will not neglect
any opportunity of concluding a just
and honorable peace, but as yet no
such peace has been shown u.s."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-06-20
RumoRs ARE FALSE
General crowder Has Made No Base
Ball Ruling.

Washington. June 1s-Persistent ru-
mors from the provost marshal gener-
ais office that the work or fight" or
ders viii not interfere with major
league baseball teams. led today to
the statement that no such ruling had
been made. General crowder said the
question would be decided in.the regu-
lar way when the occasion arises on
an appeal from local boards decis-
ion.
The work or fight" order becomes
effective July l.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-06-20
Lost Business.

River Conditions north Of town have
recently cut the city out OF consider
able trahc and New sharon and La,
cey havd protlted thereby One es-
ening inlparticuIar local business
man stated he counted almost one
hundred ers held Al Lacey that would
otherwlg have come ON 10 Oskaloosa
Tor purcinsH Why not ralie Tia srade
10 n, fsld limeaf
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-06-20
NO, AlI.r German women.

TO date no alien German womer
have registered with Chief OF polio,
Lawrence. The registration period
continues. to lime. 81, sunday, June 2
excluded, and u severe penalty will b.
mayed by MI tAase not registering be
core this date-
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-06-20
WOMEN ALIEN ENEMIES.
Throughout Iowa Were Busy Heuistss
ing Yesterday and Today,

Des Moines. June Is. Many won.
en- alien enemies were Registered yes
terday in all parts OF Iowa aud 9TH
ers were signing up today. The
registration continues until week
from tomorrow. Any womon horn
in Germany or married 10 4 German
must register.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-06-20
Coming to Barnes CITY.

. Joseph Bros. are holding big two
weeks sale preparatory to moving
their large store in Millorsburg to
Barnes City.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-06-20

Flowing Of corn for the first and
second times is now far enough aions
that tho work might stop for a re-
lfeuhing sh,wer OF two.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17

the forehead, where 1t bore traces of
ant ugly wound received many years
before In an accident. But the eyes
these were what attracted the cap
tain's attention., as they did that OF
Narrow and slightly almond turned nj
the outer edge. they were as piercing
as an eagles, and seemed-almost
chameleon like-to change their color
with every changing glance No one
could have told their exact color, even
in the strongest sunlight And the
hands Che put out one OF them to grasp
the captain's) were as long and slen-
der as those Of the fairy princess in
the Chinese tales Of childhood, with
tapering nails OF the most delicate
coral pink. He would have been an
interesting character study at any time
or In any place; he was doubly SO
now.
Good evening, captain" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17

chair and. pulling their bamboo pipes
from their girdles. sat down to smoke
around the lantern OF All Sing. while
the captain knocked at the door and
was Immediately admitted.
Good evening, grandma" he said,
with a smile. to the venerable figure
who drew back the double bars, for
some missionary had told him that that
was always a polite form Of address to
any Chinese dame who had reached the
age of fifty. "Is Wang Foo at home ?"
1.-THE lord of our humble mansion is
waiting to receive you," was the an
swer. as she ushered him into the little
reception room and fastened to get
ready the water-pipe and the inevitable
bowl OF scalding green tea. The officer
took the proffered chair. and soon a
footstep was heard descending the mar
row stairs that led into the upper loft,
where the humble citizens Of Hong
kong spend the sweet hours Of night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17
TM1p Nus 1NNu0y
LMl Q2Mm0MMM
MeMker passage NV
n MeE aNaef. int tie
ryNey Mtk HtM!'

Wang Foo, the man Of mystery, stood
before him.
Tall and slender and light of weight
clad in long blue gown of delicate
blue silk with an upper Jacket of the
lightest yellow. neatly braided cue with
tassel of white Indicating mourning
for parent the host had all the dress
and manner of the perfect Chinese
gentleman. His face was the tradi
tional oval, nose rather sharper than
usual among his countrymen, while
the high cheek bones would have 10
Gated him in the northern rather than
in the southern provinces. His skin
was as smooth as child's, except on
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-21
IMPORTATION rOR ALL READERS OF
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL.

Each reader of the State Journal Is Of
fered the Unlimited use of the largest in-
formation burenu al the world.
This Service Bureau Is located in the ma
ti6nai capital. where it is in immediate
touch with all the great resources OF the
United States government.
1t can answer practically any question
YOU want to ask, built cannot give ad-
Vice nor mako exhaustive research.
The war has forced SO many changes IN
the daily life of the American people that
tie services Of This information bureau
will be invaluable to all who use 1t.
Keep in touch with your government
during these trying times. 1t can help
you in thousand ways if your wants are
only made known.
= 'The State journal pays for this splen lid
service In order that every one Of its read
ers may take free advantage OF 1t You
are welcome to use it as often as you like.
write your request briefly, sign your
name and address plainly, enclose scent
TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL INFoRMA-
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ton, ID. c.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-21

ty-one huts for thsm. and a number
of Chinese students of English and
American universities and colleges
offered their services as secretaries.
First to go from this country was /. H.
81, who was about to take a degree in
medicine at Harvard.
The Y. NJ. c. A. has provided as
nearly as possible s'ail the comforts
of home for these solaier-workmen.
Chinese theatrical productions are arr
ranged and staged. All of the Thuts
have monographs with an assortment
of Chinese records. and all OF them
have restaurants where Chinese food
is served. Lectures and classes are
conducted in English and Chinese.
Thrift is a native instinct with the
Chinaman, and savings banks have
been instituted SO that each laborer
may return to his home with - tidy
sum at the close of the war. :
Perhaps the outstanding feature oi
1t all is the rapidity with which the
soldiers of the national labor army
are assimilating western front forms
and ideals. This is particularly truS
of the western ideal of democracy
The coolies discuss politics with avid
ity, and the knowledge Of what demo
cratic citizenship means is beginning
to dawn on each of them. 1t is pos
sible that when these men go back tt
their own country they will lay the
foundations of a real oriental de,
mocracy. Al.f
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-21
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of men in
Americas Fighting Service

For forty minutes after torpedo
had hit their vessel, and until she was
about to sink, the gun crew of the
steamship Argonaut remained at their
stations in the hope that the subma-
rine would come to the surface. This
is the typical navy spirit-theC de-
termination that hangs on to the very
end.
Zelmer Bailey, chief boatswain's
mate. U. 8. NJ. was in command OF
the armed guard on the Argonaut
when that vessel was torpedoed. The
navy department has commended
Bailey and thru him the members OF
his crew for the manner in which
they conducted themselves.
Bailey enlisted at Detroit, Mich, in
September. 1915, and gave as his next
of kin Mary N. Rhodes, Union City
Mich.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-21
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BIZ ms NIrzABnrH THoNPsoN.

Dear Mrs. Thompson; I have al
ways had lot of friends. but no par
ticuIar boy friend until a few months
ago. A certain hoy began paying spe-
eiai attention to me and later ne tolq
me he loved. me and asked me TO keep
steady company with him. AT that
time he was keeping company with
another girl. but he said he would
give her up for me. went with MIN
lust as he asked me to, and now
have learned thru girl friend thai. ne
still goes to see the other girl. l ac-
cused him of it and he said he had
been there once to return ring ne
had of hers because she wrote and
asked him for it. My girl friend says
that she is sure he has been there Oft
ener. Which one shall believe? 1t
would break my heart to think that
the boy is deceiying me. CLOVER.
There is great possibility that your
girl friend has been misinformed
about the number Of times the boy has
been to see the other girl. Trust him
until you have good reason to doubt
his word. Since he said that he had
clined to believe that he told you the
truth.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: have an
awful habit of biting my finger nails.
feel ashamed of this. Can You please
| tell rpe what to do to break myself OF
| the habit Is there anything to put
Oh the nails to keep them rom breaE-
| ing easily? ANXIOUS.
Both grown persons and children are
sometimes aided in breaking the habit
of biting finger nails by dipping the
| finger tips into alpes. Quassia is also
good ana applied in the same way.
Both are good because they are so
bitter.
Finger nails can be kept from
breaking by rubbing them with sweet
| oil or vaseline every night. The oil
makes the nails soft and velvety.
| Dear Mrs. Thompson: am 20 years
of age. I am going with a youth OF
| about the same age. Some other girls
would like to go with him and when
we are out together they do everything
| they can to make him talk to them
and leave me. I am of a jealous dis
position and when they act so MY eve
| ming is spoiled. What can do to
boy from going with some other girl
| instead of me? ROSAIIE.
+ You are crossing your bridge before
you get OF it. Since the boy is going
| with you now you are very upwise To
| trouble yourself with thoughts of los
ing him. Jealousy is the worst passion
there is and never brings happiness
i Just be natural.
/ Dear Mrs. thompson: Will you
please tell me if tams are aeing worr
again this fall? If not, what is beine
! wern?- Is it too early to wear them
ANOTHER READER
Tams will be very popular this fa1
i and winter. Large brimmed hat are
also In vogue. Both are beins worn
now.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-21
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BIZ RoY x. MouLToN
Dead Language.

Dead Language.
''How many lumps?"
Come over to dinner Sunday"
"I always carry four extra tires"
'No, this one Is on me"
"Have a few more OF the mush-
rooms" ..+-
1t is about time for General Humid.
ity to retreat and dig in for the winter.
No matter how hard he tries. the
Turk can only weakly initiate kuitur.
AS bad as we paint him, his resemb-
lance to the Hun is only remote.
Pershing's slogan: I'VE have mes
tn, hunemy and they are ours e
The aoughboy works from hun ts hun.
The Charmerette.
Maud Muller, on a summers day,
Raked the meadow, sweet with hay.
The hay was deep. the weather wsrm.
She wore her booful uniform.
A thirty Ska. perfect fit,
There was no doubt it made hit.
All day the farm hands stood around
And watched Maud manicure the ground.
The only work done on that land
Was done by Maud. We understand. s
Efficiency was clean forgot
The hired men will ne'er forget
The year they met the chafmerette.
We have a whole-souled. magnani-
nous. patriotic friend who said yes-
|,terday:
= well, IL I am drafted. I will go."
Don't you love that?
Sailors on ammunition ships must
be included in the new aristocracy
along with munition workers They
receive $4,000 a year and their mail il
filled with automobile catalogues and
real estate literature and among their
regular callers are mine promoters
and radium saiesmen-
Meyer London In refusing to agree
with his country, right or wrong"
has not much faith in h.s country. =.
1t is only fair to state that the feel.
ing seems to be quite mutual as tt
were. ~
BY recent comparison with regu-
lar frightfuiness the Turk has, in .
manner. lost his only claim to fame
his -unspeakableness.
Probably somebody will remember
to resurrect baseball after the duration
Of the war stops durating; but II so, II
will have to thrust itself upon the trust
ing public in a little different shape
than it has assumed during the pass
few seasons.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-21
Is YEARS AGO m TOPEKA
From ths eoluRas =
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

The immense increase In Santa Fe freigbe
traffic takes 60 more shopnen back e
work tomorrow morning. This makes I'D
men that have been taken back within
week.
The following story is told Of DE-. II. c.
Linn Of this city:
DR.. Linn vent to Perry on the .firet
train. He is q man of years and weli-te-
run for a let just to ahow the boys that
got lot all right and just behind him
were three young men, two of yhou
squatted on two lots adjoining. There
was nothing left for the, third Here,
young man." said DR.. Linn, II don't want
any lot, take mine. I am only here for
fU; stand your ground and fight for It."
Mrs Maggie Teets Of Washington. d. C..
will arrive today to make an extended
visit to her parents. Mr. and Mrs. y. w.
Kigdon Of North Topeka.
Mas Anna Josephine Hudson. yonngest
daughter Of Major and Mrs. =. K. Hudson
Of Highland Park, and Mr.. VIII G. Smith,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry r. Smith OF
Atchisou. were united In mafFiaee last
evening at the home Of the bride The
ceremony was read by Dr. F. =. AeCabe ID
the presence OF . inrge company OF friends.
Mr.. and Mrs Smith will 20 to house-
keeping at once at their homA 1f34 Tyler
street.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-21
SAVING PAPER-sAvING CARS

It is estimated that about three tons
of materials on the average, in addi-
ton to coal; are consumed to produce
q ton of paper. This includes the ton
mage represented by the pulp. waste
paper stock, repair parts, etc.
We have then a demand by the pa
per industry for something like 25.-
000. 900 tons of freight that has to be
moved annually. This represents
nearly million carloads required for
the original manufacture and distribu-
ton.
A large part of the paper produced
which have to be transported again
For example. newsprint and book pa
per are converted into newspapers
magazines, books, ETC., many OF
which are sent thru the mails as sec
ond-class matter. Paper board is con-
verted into folding boxes. set-uI
boxes, corrugated and fiber contain
Germs using them. filled with the vari.
Gus articles, and again shipped to the
wholesaler, retailer, or the ultimate
consumer. Paper is converted inte
stationery, envelopes, tablets, intt
| drinking cups. towels, wearing appar.
| ell and thousand other forms, and il
each case a further shipment usual,
takes place. Any economies effected
are. therefore, cumulative in respec
to the transportation space saved.
A reduction Of 25 per cent in tn,
consumption of paper would releas'
5000, ,080 tons of freight in and out o
the mills in addition to the 2.500,00,
tons of coal. This represents 400, 00i
carloads. The surplus car capacity no
! needed for. the shipment of munitions
food, fuel and government supplies i
now not over 10 or Is per cent and i
steadily decreasing.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-21
ANSWERS TO
CORRESPONDENTS

The following are Some interesting
answers to correspondents who wrote
for information to the Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau. WASH
ington, d. c.:
Does Indian Summer take place in De-
tober or November:
ANSWER-There is no precise date. Ii
IL period Of warm weather late in Autumn
and may be in either October or November
Is 1t true that fifty American soldiers
We're brought back from the front with
their tongues cut out?
ANSWERING, the surgeon generals Of
flee stafes that there is absolutely no foun-
dafion OF truth In that report
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-21
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
By DOROTHY DIX
Wcsld's Highest Paid Woman Wnme.
The Point of vie,v.-f.

Did you ever stop to think that hap
piness or misery, content or dissatis-
faction, are merely the result of your
point of view?
| There is no such thing as an ideal
paradise, No human being is SO for
tunately situated that he or she is i'm
mune to the cares, sorrows, sickness
and disappointment that are the COM
mon heritage Of all humanity.
Out Of all of this muddie that We
call life, some. people get happtn ess
and go laughing thru it, while others
get unhappfness and go waiting and
weeping, beating upon their breasts.
and crying out that all 10 cinders, ashes
and dust.
Yet fate has played no favorites. We
all have gotten about the same deal.
The difference consists in the way we
have looked at our cards. Some have
beheld them thru rose colored glasses
and it has made them feel that the
game was worth playing just for the
sheer sport of it. Others have looked
at their hands thru q sickly. green, bill
| ious haze that has made them fling
down the cards and say. Ion, what
the use!"
| It is not. the thing itself, it Is our
own mental attitude towards 1t that
makes it either thrillingly exciting or
q deadly bore. For an illustration OF
this yon> need go no further than the
ancient and honorable game of golf,
which really isn't half as interesting,
and is far more laborious than hoeing
potatoes, yet men who could not ne
induced to spend a single, solitary sat
urday half-holiday in wedding a pota-
Ito row, or chasing the ninlble potato
bug as it leaps from leaf to leaf. will
walk miles and miles around golf
course pursuing little white ball, and
enjoy every minute of it because they
think they are amusing themselves IN
stead of doing some useful labor.
| Yet as a matter of fact. work is the
most interesting thing in the world
1t is the most fascinating game thai
human ingenuity has ever devised
and no people, in reality, are SO lucky
as those who are driven by their bust
ness or profession. You meyer see
really hard worked person who is Ian
/ guild, flabby, discontented, full ol
complaints about all sorts of trivial
But we have been taught to take
the wrong point of view of work. We
\ have been taught that to have to carr
our bread by the sweat of our brow /:
a curse. instead Of its being an appe-
tizer that gives our bread a flavor thai
no other condiment can give 1t. Sc
we go about envying the rich who dc
not have to toll. instead of plying
them because they are denied life'f
choicest pleasure.
And inasmuch as most of us have tc
work, whether we want to or not
isn't 1t a pity that we haven't intelli-
gence enough to realize that whether
our work is drudgery or play. is sim
ply in the way we look at it?
And IL it is unfortunate that mer
SO often fail to get the right perspect-
| i've on their work, it is nothing lesi
than tragic that the great majorit,
} Of women do not get any happiness
out of their life work because they
look at it from the wrong angle.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-21
VOLUNTARY LIBERTY LOAN.

2 <ToPekans, one week after next, nave
an unusual opportunity to exhibit
their real true patriotism-during the
first week of the fourth liberty loan
campaign beginning September 2s. In
this period they will be asked, not
coaxed or "strong-armed," to go to
their banks and subscribe voluntarily
to the cause of democracy. The citi-
zens of Topeka and Shawnee county
will be placed upon their honor to lay
away a large portion of the S2,500,0o0
quota without being called upon or
persuaded OF cajoled into making a
safe investment for themselves and
safe country for their families.
For the first three loans the city
and county was organized in detail
and teams of business men and women
called upon every man and woman to
deposit money in the safest vault in
the world-Uncle Sans treasury. AS
result this district went far above
the amount established as minimum.
In the third loan. for instance. Shaw
nee county made the most distin-
guished record of any district of this
|. class in the United States with a show
ing of 250 per cent.
Chairman J. r. Burrow again heads
the campaign for the fourth loan. The
Shawnee quota for the loan amounts
to little less than the record set for
the third.
What will Topeka do?
A genuine war condition faces the
campaign committee. Men in every
| line of work who heretofore have Civ
en- a large part of their time to the
| loan campaigns are faced with an
emergency at their offices, their shops
and their places of business. They
are doing the work of a number OF
employees due to an acute shortage of
labor. To give up three weeks in this
busy season of the. year would seri-
ous1y handicap industrial conditions
The time simply cannot be spared
Chairman Burrow is of the opinion
that the loyal people of Topeka will
come to the rescue. He has enough
confidence in this community to be-
| lieve that leases and arguments are
unnecessary to swing the necessary
$2,50O.00O into the pot.
! So for the week beginning Ceptem-
Der 2S his committee will conduct a
4 silent prayer" period. Persons are
asked to go to their banks and sign
up or buy every bond they can stand
There are now probably 2,000,0eG
Yankees across the sea. Topeka ID
asked to contribute s1.25 to each mar
in olive drab who is risking his life
for his country in France.
There is no reason whatever why
Topekans should be embarrassed by
listening to their neighbors attempt
ing to induce them to invest money
that draws interest in the Stars and
Stripes.
Let us make this a patriotic voIun.
tary fourth liberty loan. Let's not al
low the draft to catch us. Let's vol
unteert