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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-15
MANY MITE BOXES
Silent Appeal Is Made for Personal
Workers Union Mission.

Many mite boxes are appearing in
Topeka stores to help raise money for
the Personal Workers Union Mission
to carry on its work. The object of
the Personal Workers Union Mission
is to distribute Bibles, testaments and
Sunday school literature, to invite
persons who do not attend Sunday
school to take UP the practice, and
to send Christian workers to COM
munities where there is no leader. and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-15

Boys Jersey Sweaters, 81
to 81 sizes, good shades of
blue and red. 0En
Special CO(
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-15
BECOME A SAVER
Goebel Hopes To Organize
Many Thrift Societies in Kan.
Ten or More Persons Can Form
an Organization.

Kansas City, Kan, Feb. 15.-What
may be regarded as the most impor-
tant move yet launched for the econ
omic welfare of the American people
is the campaign for the organization
of War Savings societies The ma
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-15
AT These Sale Prices

we have included Hart Schaffner
& Marx spring weight over
coats and raincoats. Just what
you want for now and next fall.
All good styles silk lined.
Buy one now-such savings will
not be possible later!
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
MORE PEOPLE ARE
BUYING HOMES
Influx to War Industries In Philadel.
/ phia Leads to Brisk Real Estate
Turnover

According to estimates by real es-
tate men, more people have bought
homes within the last year than were
purchased in the three preceding
years.
Building materials are expensive in
Philadelphia at present, and except
for the houses being put up for ship
ward workers by the government, rev
ARE being erected. There is at pres
ent a. fairly serious housing problem
in the city, just as there has been IN
other communities where war work
has brought great influx OF work
ers.
Rents have gone up sharply, in some
places, though efforts are being MADE
to check profiteering. Houses Tor
rent are scarce except in parts OF the
city at considerable distances from
the munitions plants.
Real estate valuations have IN
creased greatly. Some Philadelphia
real estate men believe that no other
city in the country now has SO large
a percentage of property owners The
manv transfers of property have nec-
essitated keeping title and trust com
NAMES open night and day.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
WHAT ONE WOMAN Is
DOING FOR THE SOLDIERS

Paris, Aug. 2S.-When the story u
,.,o. american women have done over
horo IN France will be written, peo-
,,,o w;,, hear then about the women
,,,ho ore cooking and baking tor the
american bows with their helmets and
a.s rasks on the shelf, next the bak-
ing powder can.
One of these women is Mrs cara
e,mmons and she is as close 10 the
front line as any women is permitted
70 90. For many days during the ac-
live fighting just over the hill from
ssr sae che was the only woman in the
l 80 area The boys wanted choco-
late and she could make it ana Keep
!, hot So there you are ana 'hefe
'Ar Ior husband is with the Y NJ. G.
- v,adisyostok caring for refugees
= ,,sn need food and shelter MRS
s..sn,ons az works with 3 huge mixins
sow, hal, full of pulverized choco.
,.,o and seven or eight open cans :. q
condensed milk on the table. "nh'
ssr chocolate is simmering, she open'
her boxes of cookies and ralslns !,
Tnao m she puts out her cartons OF ci
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
GRADE CROSSINGS ONE
OF THE NUISANCES OF
TRAVEL In FRANCE
(Hy Associated Press.)

Somewhere in France, Aug. 23.--
II the average American army chauf-
feur were asked What is the biggest
nuisance in France?' he would, III
ninety-nine cases out of hundred, re-
ply with the greatest promptness,
"The grade crossing"
There are thousands of grade cross
ings on every railway In France, and
every one of them Is protected by
set of gates, which drop into position
long before train gets near the spot,
and apparently remain there long af-
ter the train has passed.
Many an army chauffeur, taking his
fill of speed along straight, tree
lined national road has found his
way suddenly barred by an aggravat-
ing pair of crossing gates. The war
trains of France are long and heavy
laden, and seem to take an intermin-
able time in passing the given point.
But after the American becomes
reconciled to these delays, he begins
to find the passing trains an interest
ing study. The traffic which they
carry is always picture of war;
time activity which the American par
ticularly takes delight in analyzipg.
Ponderous, groaning ammunition
trains, with two giant locomotives
kissing at every joint, lumber along
with food for the rayenous guns. Sup
ply trains rattle past, carrying with
unfailing regularity the soldiers daily
bread. Reinforcement trains are
fcrammed to overfiowing with smiling
Tommies or bronzed and war worn
poilus, sitting on footboards, some-
times clustered on the roof, for the
travelling soldier OF every national-
ity has contempt for railway by
laws and regulations.
Then there are the trains coming
back from the battlefield, carrying the
wreckage of war, often battle-scarred
themselves. Occasionally a hat-car
grunting under the weight of dis
abled cannon and muddy, shell shat
tered lorries, wagons, field kitchens,
and the like, and now and then an
ambulance train with its bandaged
passengers and ministering nurses.
The French crossing gates usually
run back and forth on wheels. It Ia
almost always woman who opens
and closes them-sometime an old
woman and sometimes a young one.
She has little box-house at the side
of the track, with sometimes a baby
in a cradle to occupy her leisure time,
ALWAYS she has smile and a quick
word of greeting for the importunate
motorists.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
JAPAN MAKING FURTHER
WAR PREPARATIONS
(By Associated Press.)

SDy A1cOCA0tou IAu00.J
Toxic, Aug. 23.-Japan has made
preliminary plans to increase her
army by fifty per cent and to build
three times the number of dread
thoughts and battle-cruisers previous
ly planned.
No official announcement has beon
made, but, 1t is understood that the
project adopted at recent confer
ience Of field-marshals and fleet-ad-
mirals includes the creation of an
army Of 81 corps, or AZ divisions and
the enlargement of the navy SO that
lit will eventually include three main
fleets, each to consist of eight dread
noughts and eight battle-cruisers
Each of the new army divisions will
be composed of three regiments. in
stead of four, as at present.
Years will be required to develop
the army and navy to the desired
strength, but a beginning will be made
as soon as conditions, especially f.
nancial conditions, will permit
Under the new military program
Japan would have 126 regiments, az
against the present "a, there being
now in existence 21 divisions, each OF
four regiments. An increase of 4?
regiments is provided for
OF this increase, four new divisions
are covered by the army program laid
down in 1906 when 1t was decided to
increase the number of divisions to
25, or to total strength of 100 regi-
ments. This program has not yet
been carried into effect. Writers on
military matters estimate that the new
plan contemplates an eventual en-
largement of the Japanese army by
fifty per cent above its present
strength with corresponding en-
largement Of the reserves due to the
great numbers passed through the
service each year. Many think the
expansion will be easy from the stand
point Of man-power.
| The naval program adopted at the
plans to build two squadrons, each to
be composed of eight dreadnoughts
!and eight bettle- cruisers, and two
additional cruisers to fill out the pres
ent battle-cruiser fleet. In other
words the construction project calls
for sixteen additional dreadnoughts
and eighteen more battle-cruisers
The estimated expenditure involved
is large. That for the army Is placed
at about sS7,15O,OOO, and that Of the
navy at about 100000. It is Prob
able that the actual costs would bt
much higher as the estimates men.
toned above are based upon figures
worked out before the war wher
prices were lower.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
Fighting on 25-Mile Front
(By Associated Press.)

London, Aug. ga battle is De-
ing fought on line between lhhons'
south of Somme, to the Cojoul river
south of Arras, on a front of more
than twenty-five miles, it is ofticiaily
announced. The British are making
progress at a number of points, lhe
statement adds that two enemy at
tacks east of Beaucourt were re-
pulsed during the night. On the Lys
front the British line slightly ao'
yanced east of La Touret, northwest
Of Neuf Berquin and east OF Gutter
steen.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23

is the second tarpon this year for
Mrs. Robinson, she having caught an
|S0-pounder while at the Pass in May.
George Roberts, who was the guide
on this successful trip for Mrs. Rob.
inson, states that tarpon are very
plentiful around the quarantine sta
tion but few fish for them. In the
sparty were also Horace Roberts and
Mrs. Robinson's two children. They
brought in nice catch Of trout and
other small fish, but naturally lost in
terest in the smaller game when the
tarpon was landed.
This is the first tarpon caught in
local waters in some weeks.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
WOMAN LANDS NINETY.
POUND SILVER KING
Mrs. Anna Robinson, Of Tampa,
Catches Large Tarpon

st. Petersburg, Aug. 23.-Fishing
off the quarantine station dock Tues
day morning, Mrs. Anna Robinson, of
Tampa, who Ia summer visitor at
Pass-a-Grille, landed a 9O-pound tar
pom. This particular Silver King was
a very lively one, and gave its captor
a 45-minute fight before being brought
to gaff. When measured it was found
to be five feet and seven inches long,
and was a beautiful specimen. This
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
SUBMARINE
AGAIN SENDS
SHIP Down
WAS BRITISH
VESSEL
100 OF THE CREW, SOME SEVERE.
LY WOUNDED, WERE RESCUED
AND BROUGHT TO PORT
(By Associated Press.)

Atlantic Port, Aug. 23.--The Brit
ish steamer Diomed was torpedoed
and sunk off the Atlantic coast, and
more than 100 of the crew, many
of them Chinese, some severely
wounded were rescued and brought
here by another British steamer. A
Swedish steamer, arriving today, re-
ported she was held up by subma-
rine yesterday morning, but after, a
parley was permitted to proceed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
Com. McRae Urges Florida
Growers To Hold Cotton;
ForeseeS Price OF 81 Pound
(By Associated Prsss.)

Tampa, Aug. 23.-Commissioner OF
Agriculture McRae urges Florida
growers to hold Sea Island long staple
cotton until Oct. before ginning or
selling. He points out that the price
is now 70 cents per pound and be-
lieves growers will get one dollar a
pound by holding 1t.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
TROPICAL storm
MOVED into THE
caribbean SEA
(Bv Associated Press.)

Washington, Aug. 23.-The tropi-
cal disturbance has moved into the
carribbean Sea- The approximate To-
cation this morning is about Soo
m;les west and northwest of Barba-
does and is moving toward the Yu-
catan Channel, the Weather Bureau
announced
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
Rifle American Fighters Most Effec-
tive Weapon
(By Associated Press

Paris, Aug. 23.-The effect OF
American rifle fire has been one of
the great surprises to the enemy dur
ling the recent engagements along the
front. As result the rifle Is fast
coming back to its own as the de-
pendable weapon for infantry fighting
For time its place was challenged
by the hand grenade and some of the
English and French experts took the
view that the grenade would Ngradual.
ly supersede the rife. Trench war
fare had accustomed both sides to the
grenade so that the rife was seldom
brought into use.
Even with the two weapons avail.
able, the troops had become accus-
toned to use the grenade rather than
the rife, and an enemy fugitive would
often be chased until his pursuer was
near enough to throw grenade when
rifle ball would have brought down
the fugitive from distance
All this has been changed, however
by the open fighting of the present
offensive and the unusually effective
use the Americans have made of the
rife. General Pershing has main
tained from the first that the rife was
the indispensable weapon for infan-
try, and while the grenade has NOT
been neglected, every American unit
has been thoroughly trained In rife
practice.
Many of the national guardsmen as
, we'll as the regulars were crack rife
shots, winners In tournaments and
veterans OF the rife-ranges main.
tanned at home. These ranges have
become a notable feature of the train
ing on this side, until the whole Amer
ican organization has become special
ly proficient with the rife.
German prisoners all recount the
same story, that the greatest surprise
came from the impetuosity of the
American troops, and after that thai
the sweeping fire of the American
rife caused the greatest CONSERVATION
and loss. Accustomed to waiting for
a grenade attack at close quarters
the mass formations Of the enemy
were suddenly exposed to concentrat'
ed rife fire at distance, with every
shot from a trained marksman who
was not blazing into the air but was
picking out his target and sending his
ball home.
This experience has fully sustained
the American contention for the rife
, as against the grenade, and French
and English military experts arr
agreed in the enthusiastic apurova
they give the Americans as riflemeT
and in the view that the rife has
again demonstrated It's right to bt
considered the paramount weapon fol
infantry fighting.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
DISASTER THREATENING WHOLE
GERMAN ARMY IN PICARDY
AMERICANS bomb
RAILWAY YARDS
SUCCESSFULLY

Washington, Aug. 23.-Pershing's
communique for Thursday says many
direct hits were observed when
American aviators successfully bom-
barded the railroad yards at Longu-
yon, Audun- De- Roman and Comfians,
on August 81 and %. It says hostile
raids in Lorraine and Alsace were re-
pulsed north of the Vesle and a sue
Hessful raiding party brought in elev
zen prisoners.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
GERMANS IN
FLIGHT, HAD
No TINE TO
DESTROY BRIDGES
5000 PRISONERS TAKEN; FRENCH
HOLD RIGHT BANKS OF OlSE
AND AILETTE RIVERS
(By Associated Press.)

Along the front in northern Picardy
battle which seems to be one OF
the greatest of the war, has devel-
oped. Disaster is reported as threat
enipg the whole German army on this
front. The Germans are throwing
great masses of men into the struggle
in the hope of checking the tide OF
battle, which dispatches from British
Headquarters say is settling against
them.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
PINT OF TEAR GAS
MAKES PASSENGERS WEEP
(By Associated Prsss.)

Brighton, England, Aug. 23..-Sev-
eral hundred passengers on the sta
ton waiting for trains yesterday were
observed to be weeping bitterly. for
quite an hour. The cause was even
tually found to be from two pints OF
tear gas" which had leaked from a
carboy and which had permeated the
atmosphere of the whole station.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
4 KILLED AND
10 WOUNDED
IN ACCIDENT
ABOARD SHIP
(By Associated Prsss.)

Washington, Aug. 23.-Commander
William Price Williamson, and three
enlisted men were killed and Com
mander R. B. White and eighteen
men were wounded by the accidental
discharge of depth charge aboard
the United States ship Orizaba on
Aug. II.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
Bubmarine on 5O.Mile Front
nv Associated Pross.l

London, Aug. ga battle Is rag
ing today in France on one of the
widest fronts of the war and extends
fifty miles north of Scissors. Every
where, according to news this after
moon, the battle is going successfull,
for the Allies,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
fBy Associated Press }

With the British Armies in FRANCE
Aug 2S.-The British this mornihs
reported they have captured sChoins
aolles and Herleville. south OF the
Scnme. taking more than thopsanu
Prisoners. In this operation Boyelles
and Boiry Basquereile were taken anu
ae British are still pushing forward
he British have reached GoIaiecour'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
earettes and cigars.

earettes and cigars.
Even before the hot chocolate is
ouite ready. the boys begin to arrive.
they come in tin hats with gas masks
hanging at their sides. Her own he'll
met and gas mask are on the shelf
behind her.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
French Hold Banks Of Oise
(By Associated Press.)

Paris, Aug. 23.-Between the Olsne
and Aisne the French last night ad-
vanced their lines to Guny and Pont
St. Mard, just south of the Ailette
river. They hold the right banks OF
the Disc and Ailette from Sempigny
to the railroad west Of Coucy-l'e-Cha-
teau, it is officially announced.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
Forced to Withdraw
(By Associated Press.)

London, Aug. 23.-Allied troops On
the Ussure river front, north OF siaai-
vostok, outnumbered by the enemy
have been forced to withdraw aitef
heavy fighting, says dispatch to Tue
Daily Mail, dated Wednesday,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
Had No Time to Destroy Bridges
(By Associated Press.)

With the French Army on the Oise
Thursday Night Aug. 22.-Delayed)
General Mangin has driven the Ger
mans across the valley Of the Ailette
on a front of several miles. In their
retreat across the Disc river the Ger
mans did not have time to destroy
bridges.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
5000 Prisoners Taken
(By Associated Press.)

Paris, Aug. 23.-Between the Disc
and Aisne, during the advance We'd
nesday and Thursday, General Man
gins army took five thousand prison
ers, according to advices reaching
here.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
Germans Ask, sWill Echo Have
Yankee Accents
(By Associated Press.)

Paris, Aug. 2s.-set in special
type the L'Heure prints prominently
this enigmatic note: "Will ecno "
great Bertha soon be heard? VIII
echo have Yankee accent"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23

Mrs. B. l.. Keathly has been quite
ill for several days, but we are glad
to state she is now considerably i'm
proved.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
AMERICA HAS
LOANED OVER
$6,0S9,00Q,o00
TO THE ALLIES
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press)
Washington, Aug. 23.-Payments
to the Allies since the United States
ell .ered the war today passed another
billion mark and stood at more than
$6, 0S9, 100000
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23

Mrs. c. D. clough and daughter,
Christine, returned yesterday from a
three weeks visit with relatives at
Oveido.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
HOOVER Returned
TODAY FROM TRIP
TO EUROPE

tBy Associated Press.)
New York, Aug. 23.-H. G. Hoover,
U. S. food administrator, returned to-
day from a trip abroad.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-23
0NE OF GREATEST BATTLES Of THE WAR
IS NOW RAGING; H0RDES OF GERMAN
TROOPS FAIL TO STEM THE TIDE Of
BATTLE, Settling AGAINST THEN

which is considered the chief point OF
German defenses. Meaulte, southeast
lof Albert, fell early in the drive.
Happy Valley, north of Bray, was tax.
en- after hard fighting.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-28
US. to TakeOver
Rifles Ordered
For Russians

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S. - Rifles
ordered by the Russian government
from the Remington Arms-U Union
Metallic company at Bridgeport.
Conn, and the Westinghouse COM
pany at Springfield, Mass. will be
taken over by the government.
More than half a million rifles diff
fering only in bore from the Amer
icanized Enfield are involved.
The desire of the war department
TO hold together the trained work
men in the two plants while these
fectories are being reorganized to
manufacture machine guns is the
principal reason for the action.
After a series of conferences in
which the Russian embassy was
represented, it was decided that the
department would, in effect, take
over the contracts, reimbursing the
manufacturers in a manner which
will permit a gradual reduction
through the next months of the
force engaged on rifles continues.
1t is understood the Russian embas
s. requested and obtained an option
on the rifles i'm the hope Of event
ually being able To take them over.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-28
CEN. PERSHING'
MEN WOUNDED
Several lnfantrymen Hit Dur
ing ACtion-No Details
Are Given Out.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-Gen.
Pershing today reported the wound
ing in action Of several infantrymen
OF the expeditionary forces. No de-
tails OF the night were given.
Privates Bergard Gorski. Chicago,
were severely wounded First Sergt.
Lee Hacker, Manchester, KY,
wounded moderately and the follow
ing slightly wounded: Corp. Willie
Carpenter, Mangum, Okla; and
Privates Earl Ballard, Kannapolis.
\. c.; Casper A. Schwab, Harlan.
la.
Carpenter was wounded Jan. y;
the others Jan. Il.
The following deaths from natu-
raj causes were reported:
Sergt. Joseph NJ. Ellis, pneumo-
MIA, NOrtonville, Kas.
Corp. Sebastiano MilardO, menin-
gifts, AIiddletown, Conn.
Cadet Richard w. Blair, pneu.
monia, New York city.
Privates William II. Cook, pneu-
monia, Ontario, Calf; Angelo Fran
c., pneumonia, san Francisco, and
Samuel X. Anders. scarlet fever,
NorTistown, Pa.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-28
RESOLUTIONS.

81 thought 1 was always kind.
remarked Esther, a girl friend of
mine, 10 me today But, 1 de-
clare, Mary, YOU never know what
YOU are until you make New
Years resolution and try 10 live up
TO il for a month / don't see how
I'm going through a whole year of
this. If 4 do, I'm sure the feathers
Will sprOut on my shoulders, I'll
be so angelic. j never knew that il
required an effort 10 be kind"
why, Esther. you are always
kind 1 exclaimed. What kind Of
a New Years resolution did you
make that seems so hard to keep p"
We'll, you see, explained Es-
ther, L heard our priest talk about
a sainted woman Of the past, and
how the law OF kindness was on
her lips every minute of the time.
and was so impressed with that
sermon that l made a resolution
that, no matter how trying the cir
cumstances might me, the law of
kindness would be on my lips for
the balance Of the year. I thought
y months of it would fix the habit
YOU see. Well. 10 begin with, L
really thought l was kind. Every
body has always told me ] was. But
when Violet Gordon told me the
mean things that Jessie said about
me. just because Harold danced
With me all Saturday evening in
stead of with her, / started to say
what / thought of Jessie. Just then
il flashed across my mind that
couldn't say anything that l really
thought. l just had to play being
kind. My, that was hard!
Then, yesterday--you know what
fun all the girls had going up the
mountain
yes. Why weren't you along? 30
asked her.
That's what I'm coming to-"
said Esther. MY Aunt Caroline
was laid up with rheumatism. AMI
her daughter had promised TO spend
the day helping the Red Gross with
a bazaar. She asked me IL 1 could
come and sit with Aaunt Caroline.
/ started right in To explain how
impossible it would be for me .
remain, when / recollected that dis
agreeable resolution of mine. ard
so I said that on second thought
could arrange not to go. and I'd be
delighted TO sit with Aunt Caroline.
I even did some of Aunt Caroline s