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The true northerner., 1919-01-10
ood Won
she War.


There is no question but that the
motto we took at the inception of the
Food Administration. Food Will Win
the War" did not overshoot the
mark The news that comes out of
Europe, now that the war is won and
.the bars Of censorship are down, dem
onstrates most forcibly that the war
was saved for the Allies in the spring
.iof 1918 solely by the food supplies
shipped to sustain the morale OF the
British and French. who would perhaps
nave answered the German terms of
peace as early as the month of June.
II has been further emphasized by
sons Of Germany's radical and sudden
breakdown. Germany and Austria
went through August this year on
very short rations. They had three
consecutive meatless weeks. The en-
lire rations OF the German people
ySere five caligrams OF bread and ten
Df potatoes per week. with half Of that
3or children. They bore it because
In August there was still lingering a
feeling of the importance of news from
the front But when in September the
Aact bore in upon their consciousness
that no matter how long they might
struggle and however they might go
through the winter without food, heat,
ssnd with paper clothing, eventually
they had got to lose, they quit
No nation will staTve without mo-
liive. Germany quit because the Ger
man people would not stand the food
.rations without the hope of victory,
Just as the French and British were
ready to give up the sponge in the
spring for the same reason. So we
may fairly say that we did not over
state the mission of food in this war.
We have donc what we were created
20 do: TO iced the Allies during the
war
ow It
Mas Done.
The Food Administration created
hhu NhiHptu ~ LuIODt III the last year
Al, 600 bushels OF wheat where
there were only 10000. 900 to ship.
we raised the export OF beef from
$4,000. 600 pounds TO 95,00000O and
300,000,000 Of pork in single month
Condensed milk we raised from 4,00O,-
800 pounds a year to BOG, 900, 900 The
export in other foodstuffs has in
creased in like degree. even beyond
'Ihe dreams of Mr.. Hoover when he
started. You people in the states,
with the unconquerable Mr.. Hoover
at the top, have done this.
The work of the Washington or
ganization has been to maintain
price levels in this country which
7s~ould prevent dissatisfaction among
our people. We know that war
means high prices. and we also know
that high prices are the gravest
s'causes of discomfort Three sets OF
'lbgures which came to my notice last
week will give you an idea OF what
liz being done. Last spring when
the wholesale price OF sugar was
$3.50 per hundred. the average price
among the Allies was s12.6O. The
difference I'm that wholesale price.
applied to the American sugar con-
sumption of last year. is s429, 600, 900.
The true northerner., 1919-01-10
each to share Daily breao With those who sit with
Us at Freeoom's Common Gable
FOOD WON THE WAR

food conditions Germany growing acute
Three solid weeks of meatess days in August
Educational Michigan Division United Food
Administration, Lansing, Mchgan)
The true northerner., 1919-01-10
CHRISTMAS Dinner MENU
ON CONSERVATION ORDER
A Repast That Will Satisfy All ano
Yet Save Food For Sufferng
Humanity.

In response to many requests re-
ceived for a Christmas dinner menu
in keeping with food conservation for
world relief, the United States Food
Administration suggests the following
for family of five or six persons:
The true northerner., 1919-01-10
100000 Tons Of Food Now En- Route to Europe

WASHINGTON Nov S0-Shps carrying o
populations northern
They proceeding
Bristol channel
Administrator Hoover to their final destination
and the others French Belgian
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-10
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS
,on lunch. Cremerie Cafeteria-Adv


A most unique party was that given by
Mrs. F. w. Vennlng for her husband to
celebrate the event of his becoming an
American citizen. The rooms were decorat-
ed with flags and bunting and the patrf-
otto note was in the entertainment Of the
evening.
A petition for a writ of habeas corpus
was filed this morning in the office rof
the federal court by Arthur L. Blunt, of
Chicago, and eight other men who were
Michigap and Missouri last Nav ana sen,
fenced to serve two years in the federal
penitentiary at Leavenworth- They ask
to be released on the grounds that the
cases were not properly under the juris-
diction of the federal courts.
Two fires in ten minutes was a record
established at the fair grounds Tuesday
works. Another tent caught fire the night
before from the same canse. The second
Of the electric current poles. The fire start
ed on account Of a short circuit AT IL :16
O'Clock Tuesday night fire company
from an engine started this blaze.
The city commissioners were unable to
hold the special meeting this morning for
fSe Of tss snS for inn
Kansas avenue. George Hayden. city Mt
torney, is III and was unable to be at his
is i'll. Commissioners Hancock and Stan
field were busy with the truck parade and
in assisting the members of the visiting
Corwine ana Commissioner McGiffert could
not hold the meeting alone. No date ass
been set on which this meeting WITH ~
held.
DR.. J. c. Shaw. fer the last twelve years
head of the Shaw hospital at Holton, has
moved to Topeka and will take up his
practice here Immediately. He served In
the army as captain in the medical corps
Upon entering the service he was first
assistant surgeon at Fort Sheridan and
was later transferred to Fort OgIethorpe
where he lectured on the care and treat
ment Of the sick and wounded while being
transported. He was then sent to Fort
Riley. Doctor and Mrs Shaw were in
Vienna at the time of the assassination of
Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand and his
wife and were in Paris when the French
army was modified. They later went to
London and assisted in the registration
of American citizens who were stranded
on account Of the war. Doctor Shaw holds
degrees from Kansas. Chicago, New York
and Vienna universities. The Shaws will
make their home at 14o1 Fillmore street
where they have purchased a residence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-10
CIDER WITH REAL KICK
Kansas Town Doesn't Worry About
July First, Woman Complains.

One woman in Hanover, Washington
county, has asked Governor Allen to
send a special spotter to the town to
clean up the hard cider joints. She
said that the passing of the brewery
and distillery had meant nothing in the
life of the little town. Men are seen
on the street every day in an intoxi
Gated condition, she. says. and all be-
cause cider is dispensed from four
stands.
The letter states that cider with
real kick in it is sold right over the
counter The cider merchants are
also said to defy the strong arm of the
law and to operate in opposition to
demands for a cleanup. The letter
recited that when the writer protested
against the activities of one cider mer-
chant, he spat tobacco Juice on her
parlor window in expression of his
contempt for her opposition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-10
Can't. John P. Shreeves Is After
Army Recruits.
He Delivers Addresses at the
Government Building.
WROTE HISTORY OF TANKS
He Came Here Especially To
Attend the Fair.
Government Schools and Col
Ieges Explained to Audiences.

The first history of the first Ameri-
can Tank corps was written by Capt.
John P. Shreeves, a Kansan: now con-
nected with the publicity department
of the United States recruiting office
at 2o3 East Twelfth street, Kansas
City, Mo. Captain Shreeves is in To-
peka today to aid in the work done by
the war and navy exhibit office at the
Kansas Free Fair.
In addresses delivered at the exhibit
building, Captain Shreeyes is outlining
the governments policy of training the
minds and bodies of the men who en-
list in the service. He is explaining
the government string of schools and
colleges established to aid the soldier
boys to bridge the gap left in their ed
ucation thru their rallying to the col
ors while the country was in trouble.
He is explaining to hundreds of young
men the various opportunities offered
by the government, thru its army, to
young men desiring to fit themselves
for vocational training and handi-
capped thru financial reverses occa-
stoned by the war.
Has a Brother Here.
Captain Shreeves has a brother, S.
E. Shreeves. who lives in, North To-
peka. Captain Shreeves was born at
Beloit, Kan. He was commissioned
lieutenant in the army in 1918 and was
assigned to Company A. 331st bat
talon, tank corps. He later was pro-
NOTED to a captaincy and went across
the ocean with the 331st battalion.
Shortly after his arrival at Bourg,
France, the American Tank Corps
camp in France, he was transferred to
another unit and during the long
months in France gathered data con-
corning the activities of the tank corps
in the great war. This information
has been compiled in a booklet which
has been published.
Remembered Old Command.
In his booklet Captain Shreeves
didn't forget to mention his old COM
mand, the S31st Battalion, Light
Tanks. This battalion of light tanks
was the only unit trained in America
that ever went to the front. 1t was
in the Argonne wood for three months.
Other light tank units which par
ticipated IN the fighting were com
posed of men taken from the Amer
lean Expeditionary Forces in France
and formed into tank commands
Other units trained at Gettysburg, the
American Tank base, went across but
never reached the front.
John Powell, son of a farmer living
north of Topeka, and Percy Powell.
a reporter, were both in the 331st
Battalion commanded by Captain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-10
AIR FLIGHTS DAILY
Weber Entertainment of Fair Crowds
a Real Treat.

For the first time in the history of
Topeka fairs visitors are being given
daily airplane flying exhibitions.
Tuesday evening just before the night
show began there was an air specta-
Gle that almost equaled the fireworks
spectacle. Two of the big bombs were
exploded in the centerfield and imme-
diately two planes, one driven by
Lieutenant Weber and the other by
Lieutenant Sanford, sailed over the
grounds. Parachute packages were
dropped as the machines flew over the
field and the crowd gave the aviators
cheer after cheer.
For the last five years we have
been trying to get airplane exhibitions
for the fair" Phil Eastman. secretary.
said today. I'VE have made contracts
with local aviators and with some of
the most famous flyers in the country
but never have we been able to satisfy
ourselves or our crowds with their
performances. The year before last
We got Katherine Stinson. but she in
jured her big machine Just before
coming here and was barely able to
make a short flight in the machine she
brought. But this year Lieutenant
Weber has been giving us some excel
lent flights. He has been up every
day and we are greatly pleased with
theNway he has aided US in entertain
ing our visitors"
Lieutenant Weber Is carrying pas
sengers from Washburn field.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-10
GREAT DAY FOR new YORK
Pershlng Parade Thrilled Millions as
Veteran Headed Soldiers.

New York, Sept. 10.-The big well
come parade to General Pershing left
10th street at 0 o'clock Pershing and
his staff rode UP to the starting point.
There the division, in full equipment.
was bivouaced with its artillery and
kindred engines OF war-turning the
prosaic avenue and park into a strik-
ing replica OF city OF wartime France.
Pcrshing the Warrior. =
At the stroke of the hour BLACK
Jack" PershinE gave a sharp COM
niand the shapeless mass of olive
drab began to assume form and the
division, with the general and his staff
at their head. began to move down the
avenue with machine-like precision.
This was q signal that galvanized the
milling crowds into action. and a
shput went up that drowned the
stains OF a quick step which the di-
vision band had struck up.
pershinE, the stern visaged warrior.
sitting on his horse like a centaur,
calm confident and self contained. fit
successor to Grant. Sherman and Sher-
idan. every inch soldier and a lead
er OF men. rode thru the arch which
spans the avenue at 10th street, un-
conscious of the personal tributes
showered upon him. HIS mount,
frightened by the noise. became un-
ruiy. but the general refined him into
quiet submission.
Behind the general rode two nom
CONS, one bearing the Stars and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-10

Stripes. the other Pershing's four
starred pennant. Then came his staff
followed by the famous Composite
regiment" representing practically
every unit in the A. z. F. which par
ticipated in the London and Paris
victory parades."
Wounded Men There Too.
More than one thousand wounded
men OF the First. borne in automobiles.
cred with flowers. cigarettes and can
dies.
There followed rank after rank of
infantry, artillery. and machine gun
ners, supply and hospital trains. and
all other sections of the division. A
heavy mist, lowering low over the
earth. cast q grimness over the NOV
ing battaIions that the gay decorations
and the enthusiasm Of the crowds
could not dispel.
The .doughboys. their backs bent
under sixty pound packs. with bayo-
nets fixed and shrapnel helmets
pulled forward at business-like
angle. plodded along at the semi
shuffling gait that had been acquired
by long months of hiking in the mud
and ruck Of France. 1t was not so
II had realistic air that gripped the
crowds as nothing else could
Near Forty-second street, several
hundred wounded OF other divisions,
still under treatment in military hos
pitfalls, were grouped.
At the end of each hour the divi-
sion halted for a ten minute rest.
These periods were the occasion for
imprornptu receptions to the soldiers
by the admiring throngs. The parade,
II was estimated, would require six
hours In passing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-10
SIDEWALKS COME HIGH
Cost to City % Cents Square Foot
Three Years Ago Only s Cents.

Grading is under way for about five
blocks of sidewalks to be put in at
once blythe city. According to Frank
Snyder, superintendent of streets, the
startling price is % cents per square
foot Illustrative of the general high
cost are these figures on sidewalks.
Three years ago sidewalks were built
at a cost of SO cents per square foot:
two years ago the cost was 1913 cents;
no sidewalks were built last year on
account of government restrictions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-10
LOCAL WRESTLING TALENT
II. d. Anthony, a Printer, Meets Pro-
fessionaI nj Fair.

III. d. Anthony, a Printer, Meets Pro-
fessionaI ut Fair
Frank Burns, manager of the car
nival athletic show at the fair grounds,
has two good and well known wrest-
lers with him. but they have been
having hard luck in the way of beating
all corners in Topeka. Charles Win
throp, middleweight champion of Eu-
rope, and Gus Pappas. the lightweight
champion of Canada, are the two mat
men who are ready to meet any wres-
tier in the city.
Several local men have showed the
two professionals considerable speed
and science on the mat and have
pulled down the 81 a minute offered
for holding the champions shoulders
to the floor. H. D. Anthony. local
printer, will wrestle winthrop tonight
and the round promises to be spir-
tied one,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-10
Little Dannarellin E1nrilia

Lords Flowers Satisfy. Tel. s27-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-10

Shreeves. John Powell is still in the
army. After the armistice was signed
he was souvenir hunting in the
Argonne woods and picked up a Ger
man hand grenade which exploded
and tore his right hand to shreds.
For a time it was feared the hand
would have to be amputated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-10

Jacksonville. Fla, Sept. 1o.-The
tropical hurricane evidently had little
erect on southern Florida. Advfces
mere today report trains running to
Key west on the overseas extension
and comparatively little damage any-
where -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-10

Winfield. Kan. Sept. 1O.-President
Wilson's train will stop at Winfield
thirty minutes on his trip from Wich
ita to oklahoma City Friday, Septem-
Der 26. He has been invited to make
a speech here during the stop, which
is for lunch, and word has been re-
ceived from Secretary Tumulty that
the invitation has been received and
is being considered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-10
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

THOMAS BRANDON. age 70. died Tues
day afternoon at the home Of his daughter.
Mrs. s. L. Bechtol. POS East Euclid avenue.
The funeral will be held Friday afternoon
in Topeka cemetery.
MRS. CHARLOTTE BECK, age "a. died
september 10 at her home, 1116 Quincy
street. The funeral will be held Friday af-
ternoon at 2 O'Clock from Penwelps chapel
Burial In Mt. Hope cemetery.
The funeral OF II. D. Wood who died
september at his home in Shorey. will
the Church OF the Assumption. The BODY
Will lie In state at Converts North Topeka
chapel Thursday from 1 p. m. until 10
p m. Burial In Mt. Calvary cemetery.
Lords Flowers Satisfy. Tel. ,s27-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-10
others Haven't Patified.

While criticism for delay has been
aimed at the foreign relations commit
tee the report points out no action has
oeen taken by France, Japan or Italy.
The argument that the treaty speed
ily should be ratified that trading with
Germany might begin. the report dis
misses rs rather faded" and declares
the United States has been trading
with Germany since the signing Of the
statement that trade cannot be re-
sumed until the treaty is ratified is
characterized as a mere delusion."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-10
5hargc Information Held Back.

Recalling the senate's responsibility
as equal with the presidents, the re-
port recounts at some length the diff
ficulties the foreign relations commit
tee experienced in getting information
on the treaty being obliged to send to
Paris for maps, being compelled to get
Imperfect information from press re-
ports and having at its disposal few
~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-11-02

several social functions given in their
honor. One heard it whispered that
perhaps a scanning of the lists of
those present" on the several occa-
sions would settle once and for all the
vexed question of who's who-and
who isn't-in Washington society.
But not so. AT. the dinner given by
the Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
the company asked to meet their, maj
estes was purely official one, and
So in turn, was the company enter
tanned at dinner by the Secretary of
State and Mrs. Lansing. Even the
guests at the brilliant and picturesque
reception which, followed the Lam
sings, dinner were limited to the Dip
,lomatic Corps--the heads Of missions
to be exact-with their wives and
few of the State Department officials.
also with their wives. And, although
there were more guests in the party
which accompanied the royalties to
Mt Vernon aboard the May1ower.
they were equally 'sof the official
world,
At the dinner party given by the
guests were few and all official: and,
although their majesties' luncheon
earlier in the day was larger and less
formal, almost everybody present had
some connection with 1officialdom.
Resident society did have it's innings
at the reception which followed the
dinner at the embassy, function to
which perhaps 100 or lbs persons
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-11-02

Andersons are in mourning: but just
little impromptu festivity to af-
ford the Duke of Brabrant-whoh had
lamented that he hadn't met any
American girls-the opportunity to
make the acquaintance of a few-a
''hand-picked few" I'll wager-of our
Washington buds.
So now, even IL his feminine ac-
quantance in this country isn't large,
the young prince, who is tall and
blonde like his father and yet has a
look OF" his petite mother, has made
friends with two very fetching girls,
Miss Lane and Anna Hamlin. 1t was
IN Boston, you may remember, that
his highness persuaded Miss Hamfin
TO kidnap him. They took a run out
to Cambridge and witnessed a football
game on the Harvard campus instead
of-putting in an appearance at some
dry ceremony at which the prince
was supposed to play silent" role.
Al St Marks. the little party at
tracted considerable attention. The
girl in the check room was so excited
when she returned his highness' cap
10 him that she dropped the tip he
gave her-and she's since spent most
of her waking hours hunting for the
giorifed~ bit of silver. ..-.a-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-11-02
RtiQIQ.S t3y

contained kittie, too, black and white
with literally shining fur. She walk
ed slowly and with much dignity and
poise up the crimson-covered steps
no leaping or anything like that, a
real promenade effect, turning the
corners properly. Up she went quite
to the portal. Then she withdrew to
perfectly dignified sitting position,
with the front feet primly placed, the
tail curled around in its "at rest" po-
sition-and facing the crowd awaited
whatever might happen. She evil
IDENTIFY belonged" and no doubt knew
there were great doings in which she
too had role to play. The crowd
caught the situation and kitty got a
hand"-for additionally a cat may
look at king. and kings are scarce
in these diggings.
Washington certainly extended to
their Belgian majesties the warmest
sort of a welcome, but not a bolster
Gus one. The thermometer registered
80 in the shade--more or less-last
Monday and Tuesday, and the humid
ity was about equally high. But the
tremendous crowd which assembled
in the plaza in front of Union Station
to welcome royalty to the Capital of
the worlds greatest democracy was
curiously quiet one. 1t was ex-
pensively friendly, but it was not vo-
ciferous.
In fact Washington crowds never
are. And the city proved it's genuine
interest in the Belgian visitors by
the way throngs turned out to watch
them pass whenever the possibility
ofered-at the Capitol where His
Majesty went on Tuesday to address
the Senate and. the House; wherever
they CHANGED to be dining: at the
White House, when they made their
historic VISIT on Thursday afternoon.
and on down the line. Everything
possible has been written about Their
Majesties' call upon the Chief Execu-