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The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-20
TRANSPORT CORPS.
How Motor Transportation Is
Handled.
Work Done by 366 Enlisted
Men and Six Officers.
(From Trench and Camp.)

(From Trench and Camp.)
One of the most important depart
ments of the big army cantonment at
Camp Funston and one whose work is
job seven days a week and works
twenty-four hours day, If necessary,
is the motor transport corps. located
in the six hundreds buildings. The
duty of this corps is to handle all of
the motor transportation of the entire
camp.
sec Enlisted Men.
The personnel of the motor trans
port corps consists of 366 enlisted
men and six officers. In the work of
handling the transportation 325 trucks
and touring cars and 106 motorcycles
are used.
In additioD< to taking care of the
motor transportation problems of the
camp this organization has a service
and repair department, where the re-
pair work is done on all cars and mot
orcycles used. This department has
never yet IN all of the fifteen months
it has been in operation sent motor
job away that was too difficult to
handle. The expert mechanics en-
ployed stay on the job until the trou-
owner knows there are many, is To-
Gated and the motor put in the best
of running order.
Do Own Repair Work
The motor transport corps is COM
posed of three companies, motor
transport company No. BAT. 382 and
| the provisional company, also two ser
vice park units, No. BAT and 385. The
service park units take care OF all the
repairs on motors.
The corps was established as a sep
arate camp unit on September 1, this
year, the motor transportation prob
| lem being formerly part of the
| quartermaster corps.
Handled on Schedule.
Tho dispatch of the big army trucks,
| motorcycles and touring cars is all
handled in the headquarters Office by
| a force of four officers and nine en-
listed men. This work is accomplished
| by a system quite similar to that of a
| railroad. At every minute OF the day
or night a glance at the ,schedule will
tell where every motorized vehicle is
| what it was sent there to do and wher
| it is due to arrive at the shops 1r
addition to the supervision of all oi
| the motors this office also looks aftel
| every repair job and makes sure thai
it is gotten out on time and that the
work is done efficiently. The repair
| department handles on an average Of
from sixty to seventy repair jobs pei
day. A warehouse is maintained
| plies is carried and a minute recort
is kept OF every piece of equipment.
| Six Officers in Corps.
The, Motor Transport Corps is IL
charge of Captain r. J. McMullen. al
motor transport officer. Lieut.. F. w
Kee is chief mechanical inspector
Lieut.. c. A. Bellinger, supply officer
Lieut. r. E. Waters, personnel adju
tant, Lieut.. A. F. McDonough, com
manding officer of service park unit
BAT and 3S5, and Lieut.. B. R. Dow
commanding officer of motor trans
port company BAT and the provisional
transport company.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-20
ACHRISTMAS TREE
On the Zone for Funston
Soldiers.
Soldiers at Hospital Will Be
Entertained.
wild WEST SHOW IN P. NJ.
Program Varied To Suit
Everyone.
Football, Track Events and
Boxing Bouts.
(From Trencn and Camp)

A program varied SO that every SOL
der Will have an opportunity to
amuse himself in his favorite manner
has been arranged for the soldiers of
Camp Funston. For those who are
sick in the hospitals arrangements
have been made to take the entertain
ment to- them. This has been made
possible by all of the theaters in camp
donating the services of their actors
for the entertainment of the sick and
convalescent patients.
A Christmas Tree.
A Christmas tree, tastefully deco
rated and electrically lighted, will be
placed on the Zone, the amusement
and business center of the camp. The
tree will be lighted Christmas eve at
6 o'clock and will remain lighted each
evening until New Years. Singing of
Christmas carols will take place at
the tree. 1t will be between forty and
sixty feet in height and will be visible
from any section of the big army
camp.
The various welfare organizations of
camp will cooperate with the military
authorities in making this the best
entertainment ever offered for the
benefit of the soldiers.
No Military Duty.
All military duty will be suspended
y
formations of any kind and soldiers
will go as they please, and If they
do, not care to take in any particular
feature of the entertainment they are
at liberty to do bunk fatigue" to their
hearts content
A band of colored soldiers will take
the role of wandering minstrels and
will furnish entertainment in various
places about camp, wherever crowd
might congreeate.
The Christmas Committee
The welfare organization Will be
represented in the Christmas arrange
! ments by H. w. Pemberton, dramatic
director. will have charge of the
music. The military committee ap-
pointed to draw up the program con-
sists of Coll F. J.. Mcdonnell, 69th in
| fantry: Lieut.. Col. Glenn I. Jones'
| medical corps; Lieut.. Col s. NJ. Will
Boberg, quartermaster corps; Major
A. c. Jensen, T64th depot brigade;
Capt. c. E. Barg, quartermaster
! corps; Capt. James H. Whidden, A
! American Red Cross; Mrs. Leonard
| Wood. American Red Cross. and
Major Dick B. Foster, infantry, who
will act as secretary Of the program
! committee.
| Christmas morning Dramatic Di-
| rector HemDeftOn WIN all OF Cne
dramatic talent available in camp an6
with the theatrical talent from TIN
various theaters in camp, will go t.
the base hospital to enteQain the sicl
and convalescent patients. For the
| most part the entertainment will con
sist of vaudeville numbers and variou!
selections that will help the sick boys
At the conclusion of the entertain
| n1ent, presents will be distributed Il
the nurses and patients at the bas'
hospital by the Red Gross.
Football and track events will TAX,
place in the camp from 9 a. m. unit
noon. The football contests will in
clude games between regimenta
teams. Appropriate prizes will b.
given in all athletic events.
In the afternoon boxing bouts, un
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-20

locomotive sounds like nothing in the
world so much an the whistle on a
peanut machine. The Americans
greeted the big American freight mo-
gul with cheers and some witty leath-
erneck expressed the loud desire to
hear a real whistle by demanding of
the American engineer to give as
growl."
The dining room was crowded to
hear the sergeant's thrilling talk. He
lost leg and received eighteen
wounds in battle He was one of the
only two Topekans in the first United
States regiment to stem the German
tide toward Paris.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-20

mands 545ls cables, 5.44X Mexican So
road bonds. easy. Time loans, eaaier;
days. 90 days and 9 months 5ltqoM a. :
ruling rate. 4: closing bid 31a; offered -
az last loan, 3A. Bank acceptances,4s1
Final prices on liberty bonds today w.
ond rs, 1910: first convertible AS, 8345
second convertible 4A's. 94.5e; third - =
1854; fourth 4M's. ata
New York Stock Markef. ,x-s
Renewed liquidation and an extension u
bearish activity attended today's furtn{S
reaction in the stock market, rails
500 600 shares. s.S
EScrrtin~ oils. lowe~+ ~-'~es were n.
oo~.iS 80 lies at Hi
end. The closing was heavy. aTfsl
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-20
DELAY IN ALLOTMENTS
Rcd Cross Makes Inquiry About 1t.

Rcd Cross Makes Inquiry About 1t.
(From Trench and Camp)
There has been some delay in Wash
ingtoffN in sending out allotments to
soldiers dependents. and there has
been considerable complaint of suffer-
ing resulting therefrom. The Red
Cross has been making inquiry into
the cause of this, and finds that the
filing system in the department at
washington was found inadequate to
care for the vast amount of business
coming in 1t took some time to clear
up the difficulties and devise system
which would remedy them. and during
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-20
BREAK UP 20 INFANTRY
Companies Sent to Various Camps OF
United States.

(From Trench and Camp.)
The goth infantry, a regular army
unit, was split last week and entrained
for the following stations:
Headquarters. supply and G and II
companies to FIT. Leavenworth.
C, D and machine gun companies
to F't. Riley.
l and K to Ft. Sheridan, ILL.,
and b to FIT. Brady, Micl.
E and + to Ft. Nitro, w. Va.
l. to Rock Island, Ill.
One hundred and fifty men of Com
pany NJ were sent Camp Lloyd in
Chicago and one hundred to Denver
for military police duty.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-20
HAIR COMING OUT2

Dandruff causes a feverish irritation
of the scalp, the hair roots shrink,
loosen and then the hair comes out
fast. To stop falling hair at once and
rid the scalp of every particle OF dan
druff. get small bottle of Danderfne
at any drug store for few cents, pour
a little in your hand and rub 1t into
the scalp. After several applications
the hair stops coming out and you
can't find any dandruff.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-20

der the direction of Tommy Ryan,
camp boxing instructor. will be held
on the Zone parade ground from l
until o'clock. Z
One of the features of the program
will be a wild west show and feats of
horscmanship, which will be staged
on the parade ground in front OF the
Zone at O'Clock.
Dancing will take place in the Kan
sas and Nebraska building from
O'Clock in the afternoon until 1880
at night. Free refreshments will be
eerved.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-20

that time there was some delay: for
past six weeks they have been revis-
in. their files and getting in shape to
do business on the large scale needed.
and now they are ready to catch up
and keep up the allotments of the SOL
diers.
anxious about conditions at home thru
failure to receive this money from the
government, may be reassured with
the expectation that back payments
will soon be made complete.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-20
SEND CONVALESCENTS HERE
Will De CHARTERED in Fourteentl
Unit
(From Trench and Campo

From Trench and Camp)
Coryalescent oasuals from overseas
will be received at Camp Funston, ac-
cording to announcement made last
week Three hundred of these men
who are ..ent from the various recon-
struction hospitals are on their way
here and it is expected that many
more will follow in the next few days.
The convalescents will be quar-
tered in the fourteenth unit. formerly
occupied by the goth infantry. An
effort will be made to send men from
Kansas, Missouri and surrounding
states for treatment here.
Most Of the men to be sent to Fun
r.on, according to latest advices. are
those who have suffered wounds or
shell shock.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-20

DIR. Danjo Ebina. a leading Japanese
Buddhism will die out when militarisIn
and Imperialism are abolished. and Chris
tianity will become the religion of the jap
aneSe.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-20

In 1850 only one woman worked Tor
wages to every ten men, but just before
the war the ratio reached one woman to
four men
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-20
LOCAL MENTION

J. l.. lfersh, who has been connected
with the firm for several years. has been
appointed assistant treasurer of the Capitol
Building and Loan association. He suc-
ceeds JoIA c. Stewart. L. Il. Rouse was
appointed assistant secretary and Harold
Tyler cashier. The appointments were
announced by Charles S. Elliott, secretary
of the association.
The swedish Lutheran church will hold
its annual bazaar at the Banner dairy
lunch, Saturday from IL a. m. to p. m.-
Adv.
Rev. J. b. Mackenzie will preach at the
Tecumseh NJ E. church Sunday at p. IN.
Subject, making Room for the Prince of
Peace. The Sunday school, under the
direction Of J. r. Taylor Will meet at
p. M.
The old Pete Heinz milk depot, 212 East
Eighth, will reopen for business Saturday,
December 21.-Adv.
c. L. Mitchell is in Hutchinson today
attending the funeral of Ed l.. Teed, who
was killed last Monday in an automobile
accideut at Phillipsburg. Teed was a sales
man for Crane & Company for thirty years,
retiring about four years ago. Is
/ Review No. IA Maccabee Ladies will hold
fancy work sale Saturday afternoon at
the Gibbs Clothing Co., 433 Kansas avenue.
| ADV.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-20

New York Money Market.
New York. Dec 20-MONEY-Mercantt
raper G per cent. Sterling. 60 day bills,
4.Tala: commercial, GO day bills on h'rss.
7oA commercial co d. t're
mand, 4.75S0; cables, 4.76.55. Francs. de-
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-20
Explanatory

We received shipment of 25 watches yester.
day-they are gone today. Well receive another
shipment tomorrow, maybe. We have some
watches we're holding back for local trade.
These will be sent out to mail order customers
Monday if you don't take them.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-20

The ban having been lifted on all Sunday,
schools as well as public schools outside
the city limits the Seabrook Sunday
school will meet Mt the usual hour next
Sunday. At the morning church service
the pastor will preach upon The Signifi-
YeaPS
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-20

Liberty Bonds bought and sold
Shawnee Investment Co., 634 Kan. av.
Adv
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-24
h VALUABLE TEAti

Fertilizers like vigorous webred most profitable the farmer when conditions their work when they suited their properly handled.
 Study the matter tage sufficient Of the seed the Of disease The stronger the running the bigger the load will The better attention paid the ding the seed twodoaabushe wheat commercial fertilizers will applied In sufficient quantity and suitable analysis
 When hat you consider the best horses that because profitable Remember would not be profitable beyond Still further remember the team to do the profitable of the fertilizers the the larger the yield Recall furthermore good could do Its valuable broken. Fertilizers
 
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Connecticut western news., 1918-01-24
HoIIand's Foreign Trade.

The "In- en Uitvoer" publishes the following aLalysis of Dutch for eign trade during the first half of 1917:
 The value of the leading articles imported into Holland from Germany, or rather, of those articles which are included in the official figures of the central bureau of statistics ("Maand- statistiek van den h. en Uityoer en van het Entrepotverkeer''), in the first quarter of the year was 25,365, ,107 flor Ins (about S10, 100000 at exchange of sO.41), and, in the second quarter, 45,- pS4, ,6O6 fiorins (about s1S,567o oO0o, a total of 70,649,713 fiorins In the first six months of 1917. The value of the chief articles exported to Germany was 49,247, ,575 fiorins tabout $20, 19i ,500) In the first quarter and 2,S41, POP flor fms tabout S21, ,e65, ,OOO) in the second or 1O2, ,0SS,777 ficrius for the half year. Thus, in the first quarter Holland sen almost twice as much to Germany T it received, but in the second quart the import trade with Germany nlnl balanced the export trade.
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-24
CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE.

In the face of war time conditions, which naturally make for re-adjust. ments all along the line, the annusl statement of the Connecticut General Life Insurance company issued today. shows that 1917 was one of the best years the company ever had
 Insurance in force increased $28,- 957, ,425 62 or 21 per cent; while the new insurance aid for in 1917 totaled $33, ,4O8, ,39s.s0
 Perhaps to Robert W Huntington and hIs co. workers the most gratifying feature of the company's statement IS the record of the growth of insurance in force during the past ten years Deo 3l. 1907 the total was $36, ,472, 986 co, wsile on Dec. 3l, 1917 it was $l37. .349,353 94-an increase of 276 5 per cent in decade At the same rate another ten vears will zee the company carrying over halI billion of insur- ance in force.
 But mere bulk ism t what the Con nec,icut General is after. What it is after it is getting in a highly satisfac- tory measure, and that is strictly high grade business. The Connecticut risks alone total $21, ,413, ,572 co which is nearly one-fifth of all the insurance in force. (hartford Times, Editorial Page)
 F. North Clark, General Agent.
 Litchfield. Conn
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-24
Canaan Evidence for
 the Canaan People
The Statement of Canaan Residents Are Surely More Reliable Than
 Those of Utter Strangers.

Home testimony is real proof.
 Public statements of Canaan people carry real weight.
 What friend or neighbor says com pels respect.
 The word of one whose home is far away invites your doubts.
 Here's a Canaan mas's 6 statement.
 And it's for Canaan peoples benefit.
 Such evidence is convincing.
 That's the kind of proof that backs Doan's Kidney Pills.
 Lee R Wickwire, Railroad St., says "I am glad to recommend Toan's Kid ney Pills for have used them with wonderful results. I am subject to pains across the small of my back and when they come on, use Deans Kid. ney Pills. They relieve me almost i'm mediately. so I know from experience they are a wonderful medicine.
 Price soc at all dealers. Don sim ply ask for kiuney remedy-get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mir. Wickwire had. Foster Milburn Go. Mfgrs Buffalo, N Y-adv. 24
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-24
With the ChaIdeans.

The Chaldeans were sturdy, agri- cultural race. The land in which they lived had great extremes of climate. The summers were dry and hot md the winters, especially in the rugged northern part, were cold. The rain- fall was scant and water had to be carefully hoarded in reservoirs. Much of the land was dependent upon the floods of the Tigris and Euphrates riv- CTS for irrigation, and a drought was sure to result in famine and suffering. Therefore the kings appointed astrol- ogers to scrutinize the sky to foretell not the places of the moon and plan- cts but the weather. .s
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-24
Need Parcel Post Facilities.

One of the most urgent necessities in behalf of the American export trade with Paraguay is the establish ment of large parcel post system with this country, writes Consul Henry Fl. Balch, Asuncion. AS there are very few large distributing houses In Par aguay practically all the important mercantile establishments import their goods direct from the foreign mar kets, and as many of the orders are small or for goods that do not occupy much space the parcel post Is exten- sively used by the average Paraguay an importer.
 A good percentage of the large trade that Ge rmany, England, and France had with this country at the beginning of the war was developed through the parcel post system that those coun- tries maintain with Paraguay. Mer- chants frequently state that they would turn much of their trade to the United States which has hitherto a.'ne to Europe if there were a parcel Iost convenience. In fact, parcel post or- ders from the United States are rath- CT frequently received by Asuncion merchants through third parties To- cated in Buenos Aires.
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-24
IMPROVING THE
 1918 WHEAT CROP
Top Dress With Manure and Fer tiIizer and Increase the
 Yield.

. The bureau of crop estimates of the United States department of agricuI- ture reports an increase of four pee cent in tho acreage of falls -sown wheat as compared with that sown in the faii of 1916, This would bs highly en- 'couraging. were it not for the fact that much of this is In poor conditioa. is in fact ten per cent under the aver are condition of the last ten years. Un- less the coming spring Ia remarkahly favorable for the deveicpment seks mamr ter wheat. the 1918 crop win be cven smaller than that of 1917.
 We have but one more chance for increasing our 1918 bread-T grain crop. and this is by top-dressing either with fertilizer or with manure. Tn the lat ter case the work may be done at once. the manure being spread thinly4 and evenly, preferably with the manure spreader. Manure so used protects the wheat from winter injury, and at the same time stimulates growth In the cold weather of early spring. Every day gained at this season is just 90 much crop insurance.
 When fertilizer Is used it must be applied just as growth starts in the early spring, It is then that available plant food Is most needed, and when 1t is most efficient in causing the plant to "tiller out" and increase the number of seed-benrIng stems. Ferti- lizer used at. thls time may change crop failure to crop success, and is certain to give results when the wheat was sown late, or when 1t was sown with an insufficient supply of plant food.
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-24
Berries That Renewed Viaor.

Toward the middle of the fifteenth century, 1t Is related, poor Arab was trnveling In Abyssinia. Finding him. self weak and weary, he stopped near q grove. For fuel wherewith to cook his rice, he cut down Il tree that hap pened to be covered with dried berries. Ills meal being cooked and eaten, the traveller discovered that these half burnt berries were fragrant. He col lected number of them, and, on crushing them with Il stone, found that the aroma was increased to a great extent. While wondering at this, he accidentally let the substance fall into . can that contained his scanty supply of water. A miraclel The almost pu- trid water was purified. He brought 1t to. his lips; 1t Was fresh and agree able; and after short rest the travel or so fur recovered his strength and energy as to be uble to resume his Journey. The lucky Arab gathered as many berries as he could, and, having arrived at Alden, informed the multi of his discovery. That worthy was an inveterate opium smoker, who had been suffering for years from the in. nuence of the poisonous drug. He tried an infusion of the roasted berries, and was so delighted at the recovery of his former vigor that in gratitude to the tree he called it camuha, which in Arabic signifies force"
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-24

At a Court of Probate holden at Corn wall, Conn. within and for the
 District of Cornwall, Conn. on the
 21st day of January A. D. 1918.
 Present Geo. R Smith, Esq Judge On motion of Harriett E. Sandmeyer, Administratrix, Cornwall Bridge, Conn on the intestare estate of Henritts Sandmeyer late of Cornwall, Conn within said district. deceased.
 This Court doth deciee that six months be allowed and limited foi the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims against the same to liar nett E. Sandmeyer, Cornwall Isridge, Conn. and directs that public notice b. given of this order by advertising in a n newspaper having a circulation in said district, and by posting a copy thereof on the public sign post in said town of Cornwall nearest the place where the deceased last dwelt. .a,
 Certified from Record,
 Geo. R- Smith, Judge.