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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
TO Save BULCAR
Germans and Austrians Try To
Place Army in Country.
Would Battle To Keep Allies
From Gaining There.

London, Oct. 5.-The Germans and
Austrians. the Daily Mail says, are
making great efforts to place a new
army in Bulgaria in order to hold the
railroad to Constantinople. Men are
being drawn from thirty-four German
and twelve Austrian divisions in Rus
sia, but the divisions generally are
poor in quality and weak in numbers.
Germany can use the railways and the
Black sea to throw troops quickly into
Constantinople. Their chief aim, the
paper adds, is to maintain land COM
munications with Constantinople and
to prevent the allies from getting in
touch with Rumania.
Constantinople is at the mercy of
the guns of the battleship Goeben and
the forts at the. Dardanelles are
manned by picked Germans The
Turkish attitude, concludes the Daily
Mail, is one of helpless expectation
and Turkey will be the prize of the
army which wins the race for the rail-
road
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
SANTA FE WRECK
Three Killed and Three Injured
at Hackney, Kan.
Train Ran Into Open Switch,
Report Says.

An engineer and two firemen were
killed and an engineer and one pas
senger were injured this morning in a
head-on collision on the Santa Fe rail-
road near Hackney, Kan, midway be-
tween Arkansas City and Winfield.
according to information reaching the
office of the general manager of the
Santa F here.
The dead:
ENGINEER B. L. MCANDLESS,
Newton.
FIREMAN V. E. RANDOLPH,
Newton.
FIREMAN BOUCHER, Newton.
The injured:
Engineer Dougan, Newton.
Dave Sheldon, Kansas City, Mo,
slightly
Passenger train No. II. speeding
south, a half mile south of the sta
ton at Hackney, crashed into engine
1922, which was attached to an east
bound freight train, but at the time
was standing still. Three baggage
cars, a smoker and two chair cars on
No. IT were derailed by the collision.
but the last siv cars on the train
chair car and five sleepers-re-
manned on the track. The wreck oc-
Cured at 500 a.. m. The cause has
not yet been determined, the general
manager here stated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
QUOTA
One Billion Dollars Subscribed
for Liberty Loan.
Tomorrow Is To Be Liberty
Sunday Over the Country.

Washington, Oct. 5.-One billion
dollars has been subscribed to the
fourth liberty loan. This is a sixth of
the total in the first week OF the three
weeks campaign. Official reports to-
day showed total subscriptions as
$957,124,00O, representing sales up to
last night, and officials said unre-
ported sales would raise the total
above the billion mark.
Washington, Oct. with AZ per
cent of its quota subscribed, the St
Louis district today led all the federal
reserve districts in the campaign for
the fourth liberty loan. Total SUBJ
scriptionss from all districts as report
ed early, today amounted to $685.
$4,000.
Flu BoGhers Not.
The Boston district which has been
most affected by the Spanish influenza
epidemic, ranked second in percen-
tage of quotas subscribed with 287
per cent of its allotment of bonds sold
Reports received by the treasury to-
day told Of preparations in many COM
munities to observe tomorrow as lib
cry Sunday" Appeals for subscrip-
tions will be made in churches. In
Washington, church services having
been discontinued on account of the
influenza epidemic, a house to house
canvass will be conducted. Secretary
McAdoo, who has sold millions of dol
lars Of bonds, will be a member OF
one of the canvassing teams and will
for the first time solicit personally for
subscriptions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
Men VS.MACHINES
That Is the Situation in Yank.
French Drive.
Allies Push Ahead Over Well
Organized Defenses.

With the American First Army, Oct.
5.-The Franco-American advance in
the Champagne and the Argonne re-
gion is at present a case of men against
machinery
The allied infantry pushed furiously
on over the well orga nized defenses of
the Germans, who retire only when
they are showed out.
The operation was an attack of vet
Grams against experienced defenders.
The Germans admit the suddenness of
the assault surprised them There
was no artillery preparation to give
them warning.
At $3.50 a. m. the entire sector was
suddenly curtained by the American
barrage. The German front lines in
a quandary. waited in absolute inac-
tfVity for five minutes. Then the
doughboys jumped off. Leaning against
the creeping line of explosives, they
swept forward.
Heavy Guns Start.
American heavy guns meanwhile
began the pounding of the German
batteries with high explosive and gas
shells. One small area alone received
more than two tons of gas shells The
German batteries hidden in the woods
across the Meuse were saturated with
mustard gas.
The Germans made their most pow
erful resistance against our right
wing, where the Meuse bends east
ward. They used both artillery and
machine guns. sweeping the rolling
hills and woods The doughboys
pushed into this steady fire, gaining
their first detectives against the stub
born resistance of the enemy in the
well fortified lines south of Roma
gage.
The left wing advanced rapidIv
across the hills bordering the Argonne
forest. which are chopped with small
ravines forming a sheltering surface.
The veteran Americans advanced
behind light artillery curtain fire, the
infantry jumping boche machine gun
ners quickly and taking prisoners as
they advanced at the rate Of almost a
kilOmeter an hour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
To be subscribed

| Tuesday is set as the last day of
the liberty loan voluntary subscrip-
! tion drive. Wednesday morning the
strong arm committees Of the Shaw
nee county fourth liberty loan COM
mittee will wend their several ways
! into the allotted districts and will
then ana rnere call upon those persons
who have not subscribed to the fourth
| liberty loan, and will demand OF them
| immediate subscription to the full of
the prospective subscribers ability to
meet the payments.
The committee also will call on
those who have not subscribed
| enough.
The doctrine which Is to be fol-
| lowed by the committee in the solicit
tation work has been amply set forth
&! in numerous pronunciamentos of the
government. 1t is short and to the
point. 1t is as follows: Persons who
are amply able to subscribe for bonds
of the larger denominations should
not be permitted to purchase immun-
purchase of a $50 or 500 bond.
Translanted this doctrine means
that persons able to buy and hold
| bonds of the larger denominations will
not be stricken from the list of slack
| ers just because they have bought the
/ right to wear a fourth liberty loan
subscriber button for a pittance of
/ fifty dollars.
But" Burrow warns the small in
vestor who is giving in proportion to
| his means, mo action taken by the
strong arm squad should be construed
! to in any way cast reflections on the
! patriotism of the man to whom an
| investment of fifty dollars in fourth
! liberty loan bonds represents whole
| hearted support of the war to the
| point of individual deprivation
| Thru a special request of the Shaw
nee county liberty loan committee the
! banks will open for bond business at
o'clock this afternoon, and after that
hour subscribers may volunteer at any
| bank in the city. No regular banking
| business will be done after the regular
| closing at IL o'clock-and the special
opening is for the convenience of those
persons who on account of their Ia
! bors are unable to present themselves
F! during the ordinary banking hours.
b, Today there are two things to re-
member-the banks will take liberty
loan subscriptions after 2 O'Clock this
| afternoon and Tuesday is the last day
| before the appearance of the strong
arm squad and the beginning of the
| house to house canvass.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
ON BATTLE FRONTS
The Situation as 1t Looks Today
in the West.

FROM THE NORTH SEA TO LENS
The German retirement between Armen-
there's and Lens has permitted the British
to reach ErQuinhem, only four miles west
of Lille. Further north, German reSis-
tance and Flanders mud has retarded the
Anglo-Belgian progress.
FROM LENS TO LA FERE-Both the
British and French have made slight ad-
ditional progress north of st. Quentin.
FROM LA FERE to RHEIMS-General
Berthelot has crossed the Aisne-Marne
canal at several points and has reached
the edge of Bermericourt- The German re-
tirement in this region is reported to have
ceased at the Aisne.
FROM RHEIMS TO VERDUN-The
French and Americans are reported to have
definitely broken thru the whole front OF
the German defenses behind the Sutppe
river East of the Argonne, the Americans
have repulsed enemy counter attacks and
are pushing on. Staff dispatches today
reported that furious fighting was under
way on the whole fifty-mile front from the
Meuse to westward of the Suippe.-.--
BALKANS-king Ferdinan6 OF Bulgaria
is semi-officially reported to have abdt-
Gated in favor of Crown Prince Boris
PEACE OFFENSIvE-Austria is re-
ported to have requested, thru Holland. a
non n-committal conference of all belliger-
enents at The Hague. Great Britain Is
said to have replied demanding that Aus
tria explain what Is meant by mon com
INITIAL,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
MANY LIVES LOST
Nations Largest Shell Loading
Plant Is Blown Up.
Millions in Damage Done in
Great COnfIagratiOn.
LOSS AS GREAT AS $50 PERSON
Plant Cost Around IL Million
Dollars.
Government Is the Heaviest
Loser i'm the Catastrophe.
LOSS AS GREAT AS $50 PERSON

New York, Oct. 5.-Reverberating
with a roar as of heavy artillery, the
series of deadly explosions that started
the demolition of the enormous Giles
pie Shell Loading plant near Perth
Amboy, n. J., Friday night, continued
today.
At noon the wrecking force of fire
and heavy explosive blasts had prac-
tically completed. its work. Firemen,
policement, soldiers and civilians are
exerting themselves to save from de-
struction the towns of South Amboy
and Perth Amboy, now threatened
with an engulfing fire from the flying
embers blown over the countryside by
the terrific detonations of thousands
of pounds of high explosives.
In statement today, President Gill
1espie. head of the company. declared
that the loss of life, so far as the COM
pany has been able to determine,
amounts to something near fifty per-
sons, but this is countered by state
ments of others, placing the actual loss
at $50. Gillespie declared there were
seventy men in the building at GIL
when the first blast was touched off.
OF these, he declared, all but eighteen
have been accounted for.
The financial loss is sustained main
ly by the government, for which the
Gillespie company has been operating
thep liant, it was stated.
Gillespie said the plant cost $12.-
100000, consisting of thirteen COM
plete units. Seven of these units, he
said, were in full operation. The other
six were nearing completion and were
to have been started soon. This loss
will be about what the outlay was in
building cost.
The loss in shells and explosives he
could not estimate. Nevertheless it is
known that millions of dollars proba-
bly, have been lost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
REAFFIRM PEACE MOVE
New German Chancellor Talks to the
ReichStag Today

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct 5.-The
reichstag peace resolution of July,
1917. will be reaffirmed by Prince
Maximilian of Baden, the new German
imperial chancellor, in his declaration
of policy before the reichstag today,
according to information here The
new chancellor is expected to develop
the scope of this resolution in his
statement and indicate desire for a
speedy peace.
The indications are that the session
will be brief one, the deputies prob
ably adjourning until the regular date
of the assembling in November, after
hearing the governments declaration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05

London, Oct Sit is estimated that
the Americans today have taken be-
tween 5000 and 1000 prisoners in'the
Argonne- -Meuse fighting.
Washington, Oct 5.-Despite the
epidemic of Spanish, influenza en-
barkation Of American troops is being
continued at the rate of more than
100000 per month, General March an
nounced today, the total embarkation
to date now having passed the 1880
900 mark.
The September shipments exceeded
100000, altho cases of influenza in
camps at home exceeded 100000.
The policy of the war department in
sending overseas only men who have
not had the disease and who have not
been exposed to it has necessitated
material readjustments of the shipping
schedule but has not interfered with
the total number embarked.
Sweep Ahead Today.
Paris, Oct. 5-American troops at
tackled again this morning between the
Meuse and the Argonne along an eX-
tended front. The advance at some
points has reached more than a mile
and several villages have been taken.
The forward sweep of the Ameri-
cans is progressing brilliantly, accord
ing to advices received by La Liberte,
this afternoon. The American forces
are in contact with the last defenses
of the Brunhilde line represented by
the woods between Brieulles and the
Meuse.
On Fifty Mile Front.
With the American First Army, Oct.
Spurious fighting continued today
along the whole fifty mile front in the
Champagne-Argonne regions.
Heavy American artillery fire is
supporting the infantry assaults. The
weather is ideal and there is a stu
pendous amount of aerial activity.
Violent German counter attacks in
the region of Fleville, on the eastern
edge of the Argonne forest, were re-
pulsed last night.
Near German Base.
Paris, Oct. 5.-Franco-America
troops, driving northward against
Vouziers, are now within less than
five miles of that important German
base. Enemy long range guns cover
ing Vouziers, which had been in
stalled near Sugny and between St
Euenne and Semfde, are being hastily
Withdrawn.
The Germans are reported to be
evacuating the entire MoronvilIers
grove.
General Debeney is Tightening his
grip on the Disc region, south of ST.
Quentin, and is increasing his pressure
against the nothern defenses of Laon
and the St Gobain massif.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
Topeka AND KANSAS
BOYS IN MEUSE DRIVE
General March Tells Where the
American Divisions Fight.

Answering specific questions.
March said the 9th (New York;
division had made satisfactory
progress September 20 north of st.
Quentin, had reached the canal
tunnel September 27. captured
Bony and LIE Catelet and Septem-
Der so had driven well beyond the
canal.
American troops at Archangel are
identified as the 339th infantry.
unit of the 310th engineers. hospi-
tai and other troops. under Col.
George E. Stuart.
The S8th division has not yet
been reported in action.
The seth division has not yet
been officially reported arrived.
The assn infantry of the S5th
division is training in the Ameri-
can training area.
The 35th division missouri and
Kansas national guard boys) was
quite possibly in the Meuse drive.
The 89th division is in the St
Mihiel sector.
The 33rd division had its head
quarters near Verdun on Septem-
Der 4.
The S2nd Division was in the
Woevre on the line. at last reports
March was unable to definitely
identify the Illinois troops fighting
in the Argonne.
The 330th infantry is with the
SD division.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
PASS UP OLDER MEN
Those Between 81 and As Not To Get
Qucstionnaires Now.


The men between the ages of 81 and
As years who registered September IL
under the selective service law will not
receive their questionnaires or be clas-
sified for the present. c. S. Huffman,
adjutant general, was notified today
by the provost marshal general, that
the local draft boards should be direct
ed not to attempt the classification of
men above 81 years until further or
ders were received from the provost
marshal. The telegram said:
''At present and until further order,
no registrants of September IL are to
be classified or inducted outside the
ages of 10 to 36 inclusive, excepting
only inductions into students army
training corps under letter of Septem-
ber and advancement of .classifica-
ton and physical examinations of GER
tain regiStrants for commissioning or
induction under letter of September
25''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
PATROL BOAT SINKS
Scout Boat Number 379 Goes Down
After internal Explosion.

An Atlantic Port, Oct. 5.-News has
been received that United States scout
patrol 379 has been last near this port
The vessel sang, bow first, from some
cause as yet unknown. Rescue vessels
have been sent to the scene.
Later it was learned that the patrol
cruiser was the victim of an internal
explosion. One boat load of men from
the sunken vessel have been rescued,
but whether the rest have been saved;
is not yet known.
The patrol carried complement of
55 officers and men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
1852 of Them Have Suspended Since
Nthe War Was Declared.

New York. Oct. 5.-Since the begin
ming of the war. 1852 German news
papers and ma gaines have discontin-
ued publication either per-anently or
temporarily. This is officially an
nounced by the German postal author
tiles. says the Berlin Tageblatt. In
the same period 1,765 new publica-
tons were begun. total number
of newspapers and magazines in Ger
many was estimated at 1900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05

Washington, Oct. 5.-SpanlSh in
fIuenza cases in camps now number
100000.
Close All Public Places.
Cincinnati. Oct. 5.-A sweeping
order closing all schools. moving pic
ture theaters. regular theaters. Sunday
schools, the University of Cincinnati.
churches and all places where people
are accustomed to congregate. either
indoor or outdoor. was made here to-
day by the board of health. The order
followed reports from physicians
which displa--ed the fact that there
were approximately four thousand
cases of influenza prevalent here.
lis New Cases.
Kansas City Oct. 5.-One hundred
and fifteen new cases of Spanish in
fluenza were reported in twenty-four
hours to the health department here
with ten deaths. eight of which were
among army motor school students
Hold Up Draft.
St. Paul, Mimi, Oct. 5.-Minne
draft boards today were instructed by
Gen. E. H. Crowder to discontinue
sending men to training camps to re-
place men rejected for service. The
influenza epidemic was the cause.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
They Line Up Before Constan-
tinOple and Call for Action.
Talaat Pasha and Minister of
War Objects of Hate.
Battle FOLLOWS THE DEMAND
The Ministers Refused To Quit
Their Posts.
Government Forces Engaged
the Deserters in Battle. y

Zurich, Oct. 5.-Ten thousand de-
serters from the Turkish army as
sembled outside Constantinople and
demanded the designations of Talaat
Pasha, the Turkish grand vizier, and
Enver Pasha, minister of war, accord
ing to dispatches from Constantinople.
The ministers refused and dis
patched government troops to attack
the revolters, it was stated. A battle
followed, the result of which is un-
known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
STEAMER is SUNK
The American Line San Saba Goes
Down OF New Jersey Coast.

Washington, Oct. 5.-The American
Mallory line cargo steamer San Saba
was sunk yesterday fifteen miles
southeast of Barnegat, N. J., the navy
department was informed today. 1t is
supposed the ship struck a mine.
How many of the crew were rescued
is not yet known
Washington, Oct. 5.-A steamer pro-
ceeding to New York reported that she
picked up four men and one dead
body from the wreckage Naval yes-
sells were Immediately sent to the scene
to search for possible survivors and to
sweep the vicinity for mines The San
Saba was of 2,45S gross tons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
HERRICK MAY RUN
Independent Candidate for Congress
in Third Given Permission.

Robert 7. Herrick may run for con-
gress as an independent candidate in
the Third district. The state canvass
ing board heard the protest against
allowing his name to go on the ball
lot Friday and handed down a ruling
today that the protest should not be
allowed.
The secretary of state was directed
to certify Herrick's name on the Off
cial ballot. Herrick lives at Indepen-
dence and circulated his own petitions
for the Independent nomination
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
GENERAL HUTCHINS BACK.
Texas National Guhrd Officer Sci
Home by General Pershing

Washington. Oct. 5.-The return to
this country of Brig. Gen. Henry
Hutchins, formerly with the Texas Ma
tfona1 guard troops in France, was an
nounced by General March, who said
General Pershing had asked permis-
sion to send this officer home The
reason for the transfer was not an
nounced. General March added that
orders for General HutchinsS dis
charge from the service had not yet
been issued
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
Thanks the French.

Paris, Oct. 5.-Premier Venizelos of
Greece has telegraphed Premier Glenn
enceau expressing the admiration and
gratitude of Greece for the help given
by the French in the recent fighting in
Macedonia. The sacrifices made by
the allied soldiers. he added, attest the
solidarity of the great and small ma
tionS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05

\ St. Joseph, Mo, Oct. 5.-The Re
publican executive committee of the
Fourth congressional district has filed
the name of Col. John D. McNeely, of
St. Joseph, as the party's nominee for
representative III congress. Colonel
McNeely is now with the Second army
corps in France He is lawyer, and
is believed to be first soldier overseas
to be nominated for congressman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
SOLF is SECRETARY
Colonial Secretary Gets German For
eipn Post. Saws Official.

Copenhagen. Oct. 5.-Dr. w. S. Solf,
German colonial secretary, has been
appointed to the German imperial for
eign secretaryship. it was officially an
nounced in Berlin today.
Matthias Erzberger. the Centrist
leader, has been appointed secretary
of state without portfolio. Herr
Bauer. Socialist member of the reichs-
tag. has been named as secretary of
state for the imperial labor office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
ANOTHER BOAT SINKS.
The Steamer Lake City Goes Down
With Most of Crew.

New York. Oct. 5.-The new Ameri-
can steamship. Lake City, was sunk
in collision with the oil tanker, James
K. Mckee, off Key West. Thursday
night, according to authentic infor-
nation received in maritime circles
here today. The majority of the
crew. it was said, went down with the
vessel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
KING FERD QUITS
Official Correspondence to Co.
penhagen Brings the Word.
His Son, Boris, Is the New Bull
garian Ruler Now.

Copenhagen, ct. 5.-The official
Austrian correspondence bureau has
given out a dispatch from Sofia dated
Friday stating that King Ferdinand
Of Bulgaria abdic ted on Thursday in
favor of Crown Prince Boris. The
new king, it is declared, has already
assumed the reins of office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
IS TEMPERATURES.

The wind at 2 o'clock this afternoon
was blowing at the rate of four miles
an hour from the southwest. The tenn
perature for the day averaged IA de-
grees above normal.
Regular summer weather will re-
main on the weather menu today and
CONTINUED on Page Two.)
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Kansas in List.

Washington, Oct. 1.-The name of
Ascension NJ. Sales of Osawatoulie. ap-
pears in today's casualty lists as killed
in action.