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service star In the window Of her humble
home who received word from the War
Department that Gen. Pershing had re-
ported her son among those who died
from other causes'
THE prison number of this unfortu-
nate young man prosecuted into COM
hitting suicide was ga: the date about
December6 or 9, 1913, and the hour his
body was borne away was ABOUT In
the afternoon
"ono morning about o'clock four
men were taken into one of the stalls in
the stable and beaten with blackjacks
for twenty minutes. When they came
out the blood was streaming from their
races and they were In a horrible condi-
ton. A Lieutenant n sergeant and a
duty sergeant OF Company X, 15Sth In
fantry, together with three general pris-
oners, entered the stall with these four
men who were beaten up. A guard with
rifle on his shoulder stood at the door.
After the men came out the Lieutenant
and another stood In the door examining
their fists. The men were taken over to
wash of the blood. and when one man, a
little weaker than the other three, lin
gered behind the sergeant punched him
In the ear from behind and kicked him
into line with the other three. These
men were put on bread and water. A
prisoner who carried the water to them
said the guard inquired at the kitchen
for their bread, but the mess sergeant
told him there was no bread, so the men
had TO go without II.
Some OF the men we're kept as long
as three weeks at this farm and then
were sent to the stockade just outside
Of Cholles. This stockade was n regular
military prison, with a big iron fence
round II and lookout posts about 20 feet
high The stockade was even worse than
Farm No. 2. The men received the same
criminal treatment and the living condi-
lions were worse II possible than those
ut Farm No. 2, because the stockade was
simply an enclosure OF mud with no
shelter of any kind aside from miserable
little tents. Two Of the prisoners at
Farm No. 9, after the armistice was
signed, said they had been prisoners of
war In Germany and that the treatment
they received in the German prison
camps had been far better than that
which they received in the Paris prison.
at Farm No. and In the stockade.
1.-THE Incidents I have related in this
letter I can substantiate in an official
report from the Inspector-Generalo of the
Second Army Corps to General Head
few of the atrocities committed at these
places.
Newly returned soldiers whom I know
personally and on whom I rely inform
me that conditions such as have de-
scribed still exist and that there seems
to have been no Improvement"
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ARMY BRUTALITIES
UP BEFORE HOUSE
Dallinger Exhibits Letter
With Affdavits; Inquiry
to Open.
CLUBBING Is DESCRIBED
Cruelty to Soldier Led to Sui
eide, Is Allegation; Pris-
oners Beaten.
speetal Despatch to Tnr suv.

WASHINGTON, July ia shocking
story of army disciplinary brutality
was brought to the attention of the
House to-day by Representative Dali
linger (Mass.) in a statement and ac-
tons in the disciplinary institutions Of
the American Army in France.
The letter. containing a few of the
Incidents which came under his obser-
walton, was from James w. Beckman
OF New York. a former sergeant major.
It was accompanied by affidavits, ac-
cording to Mr.. Dallinger. and further
was supported by testimony Of Ameri-
can troops returning from overseas,
who told Mr.. Dallinger that the con-
ditions complained of were common
knowledge.
These and other charges of cruelty
in France will be investigated next
week by n subcommittee of the special
House committee which is conducting
an inquiry into war expenditures.
Representative Dallinger asserted he
had become convinced there was truth
in the reports OF cruelty, and promised
10 furnish the committee with infor-
nation regarding tales OF barbarism
which were a fitting parallel to the
horrors of the Middle Ages and the
tragedy OF the French Revolution"
Representative Dallinger urged DEM
ocratic and Republican members of the
committee to unite and conduct an in
vestigation which would result not
only in the punishment Of the respon-
uihla officaro hut In Tho ono cfnapt ~
reforms in the WarDe partment.
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3 GERMAN VESSELS
WRECKED IN STORM


vALPARAIso, July 12,CDuring an ex-
trcmely violent northerly storm that
swept the harbor to-day three German
vessels, one of them the steamship Tan
mis-. a 5000 ton craft. were washed
ashore and broken up. The German
steamships westfalen and Sain are in
danger in the continuing storm and 1t
Is feared they will be lost
The storm likewise caused widespread
loss among smaller craft
The two German vessels destroyed be-
sides tho Tannis was the sailing craft
Petschili OF 8.os7 tons. and the John Of
1914 TONS
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BUTLER HELD FOR GEM THEFT.
Police Find $4,000 Worth of
JeweIry stolen From DIR. Hellman.

Rudolph Baumann. 81. who, the po-
lice say, varied his job of butlering in
the homes of wealthy New York folk
by serving chow as a messboy aboard
ocean steamships. was locked up in the
East Sixty-seventh street station last
night, charged with grand larceny. In
two grips in his room at Mills Hotel No.
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the jewelry and the new butler van
ished. The police obtained a good de-
scription of the man and eventually
traced him TO Mills Hotel No. 1.
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John E. stin.on Now Reported SAT-.

LONDON, July 12.-American Y. NJ. C.
A headquarters received telegram to-
Gay from Kirkwall that John f. Stinson,
Y. NJ. c. A. secretary at the mine sweep
ers' station there. who was reported last
on a fishing trip, is safe
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1 the police charge they found jeweiry
valued at 5000. which was stolen from
the home Of DR.. Albert Hellman. 7s East
Seventy-ninth street.
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Five days before the robbery Bau-
mann, who used the name Andre when
no worked as butler. got a job in DR..
Hellman's home. On May 81 he took
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Casuals Imprisoned.

Beckman's letter to Mr.. Dallinger in
part follows:
when a man was picked up in Paris
without a pass or with a pass that had
expired by members OF the American
Military Police he was taken to the
Provost Marshal in st. Anne's Hotel.
Paris. At this place he was given no
opportunity to explain his case but was
accused of being absent without leave,
a thing that was true in only COM
paratively few cases. Most of these
men were casuals returning from hos
pitfalls or travelling under military or
ders. but through lack OF knowledge Of
the Prussian military regulations of the
American army governing Paris, fell
victims of the unspeakable American
military police system OF Paris. '.-...-
prisoners We're usually detained at
st. Annes Hotel about one day. when
they were transported in trucks to the
Bastile. However, on one occasion nine
men were forced to stand on the roof
of this hotel two days and two nights.
If they faltered or fell from exhaustion
they were beaten up by the military
police under officers orders.
zone night when some soldiers were
brought there and were waiting to be
assigned to cells soldier dfd some
trivial thing. A non- commissioned
officer ordered sergeant to hit the man.
The sergeant In the most casual manner
reached over and hit him on the head
with a club. 1t was common thing
at night 20 hear men groaning. When
any one inquired what was the matter
ne was told that the men were being
beaten by prison guards.
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THE SMALL TOWN GIRL
Boys Only Nod to Her There, but
in the City, Well

She was the bad girl every small
town has and takes delight in snub-
bling. For looks and style she had the
lawn social, charade party debutantes
of the village banker and general mer-
chandise man outdistanced like a grey
hound has a snail.
These debutantes and their under
studies knew it and they knew the
boys knew it. So they let the boys
know that any one seen with her was
to become a social outcast. The boys
merely nodded to her in the open but
in the stores as the clerks handed her
packages, or in the bank where the
pompadoured assistant cashier handed
her money they had a few slicker re-
marks to pass and some way or other
always managed to grab her hand and
some mentioned seeing her in Kansas
City or St. Joe.
She told the story of mans moral
cowardice at a celebration in town
few miles from her own home town
She admitted her social ostracism. ad
mitted that following her divorce she
had been seen in cabarets with strange
men, that she wore clothes way in adj
vance of the conservative village and
had a bad reputation.
That fellow who just came up and
patted me on the arm owns a store
me there. The boy who stopped me
a few minutes ago to talk is a doctors
son just out of college. He doffs his
hat at home, that's about all. Two
others from home wanted to dance
with me. If 1 went to a dance at home
I'd be a wall flower all night. They
wouldn't even see me-"
And do you think she blamed the
men for it? No. She was a woman
ut isn't the fault of the men," she
said. They've got to live there and
make living. 1t is those backbiting,
ealOuS old cats the women who ma Ike
my life miserable and drive me to
these picnics and to the cities and to
the strangers in town for a good
time"
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PROGRAM BY SENIORS
Topeka High School Commencement
at City Auditorium June 2.

The commencement program for
Topeka high school will be furnished
by the seniors. The exercises will be
at the city auditorium Monday even
ing, June 2. and no speaker will be
imported for the event. The Girls
Glee club will present a cantata. "a
Midsummer Night" and the Boys
Glee club will also have some num-
bers. Lois Ferguson and Esther Pax
ton will give readings and the music
will be furnished by the high school
orchestra.
After graduation, the only activity
4 the high school will be the six
.9eeks' summer term. Miss Minnie
Stewart will be in charge and the sub
jects offered are English, French
Latin, history and mathematics. En-
rollment will begin on June 2 and
classes will start the following day.
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w. J. Curtis Pushing Plan To
Save Time During Harvest. r
Towns To Organize and De-
liver Goods to Country.
EVERY MINUTE OF VALUE THEN
Agent of Santa Fe
Sees Money in Idea.
Motor Transport Service VIII
Also Save the Horses.

A general movement has begun in
the wheat belt for greater cooper
alton between the townspeople and the
farmer during the harvest time.
w. ]. Curtis, agricultural agent of
the Santa Fe railway for Missouri.
Kansas and Colorado. is the father of
an idea which he is successfully carry
ing into operation. During the three
weeks of harvesting, every minute is
of untold value to the farmer. His
time is no less valuable than his
horses or his motor car. 1t is costly
for the farmer, in the midst of his
wheat harvest, to have to take several
hours off to go to the town and stock
up with groceries or other articles OF
merchandise.
The plan that Curtis has been pro-
posing to. commercial and civic organ
izations, and also to the farmers, is for
the town folks to deliver goods to the
farmer in their own automobiles. -Ihe
farmer, in need of a sack of sugar or a
spool of thread or any other commod-
ity will telephone to his store and or
der it. The article or articles will be
taken to central depot in the town,
one designated by the Chamber OF
Commerce or by committee, and Will
be kept there until evening Then
men. women and children, who pos
sess motor cars, will pick the mer-
chandise up and deliver it to the farm
house.
Farmers Favor II.
The scheme is only for the duration
of the harvest period and has been
enthusiastically greeted everywhere
that Curtis has been. No one is more
familiar with the value of getting the
wheat crop out than the people of the
towns and cities.
Curtis has often preached the plan
to farmers at grange meetings and
the wheat growers Immediately have
seen the advantage of having their
goods delivered to their doors during
the rush season. Each town in the
wheat belt can thus take care of the
farmers within a radius of twenty
miles or more. The average motorist
would take a long ride out in the
country anyway on the warm summer
evenings, and in this way can have
the double advantage of helping the
farmer as well. This will also tend.
Curtis says. in creating a feeling of
good fellowship between the man on
the farm and the man in the city.
The agricultural departments of the
railroads are cooperating with the
departments of labor and agriculture
at Washington in assisting the farmer
in every possible way to harvest the
banner crop which is predicted for
| this wear
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THE WORST PEST
Keep Wheat Fields Free From 1. w.
w. SAYS Fred Robertson.

Kansas City, Mo-, May 24.-With
Kansas farmers about to harvest the
largest wheat crop in the history of
the state, the greatest care must be
exercised in the selection of harvest
hands, lest a reign of terror be
spread among the harvest fields.
United States District Attorney Fred
D. Robertson, of Kansas City, Kan,
declared in a warning issued here.
MT. Robertson called attention to
the harvest of 1918. when scores of
men, alleged 1. W. WIS, were arrested
after many deeds of sabotage had been
perpetrated turnout the wheat belt
Mr. Robertson urged men from the
cities to aid in the harvest because
of the shortage of labor. which, he
said. would force farmers to hire men
who might endaEger their crops.
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CHANGE ENLISTMENT RULES.
veterans May Be Re-enlistcd for One
Or Three Years

Washington, May PA require
ment that men enlisted in the regular
army prior to April 2, 1917, could re-
enlist only for the three-year term
was revoked today by the war depart
ment.
These men. however, now may be
re-enlisted for one or three years at
the option of the applicant Orders
will be issued also annulling the re-
Quirement that seven-year men serve
their full time in the reserve and
authorizing their immediate re-enlist-
ment for a new three years period
after they have completed one such
period in active service
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that is what the 500 nurses thought,
and 200 soldiers had similar ideas.
Perhaps one-fifth of the rations for
first two days was consumed, and only
a small per cent of that per cent was
consumed properly. 1t was not safe
to lean over a rail on a lower deck to
gaze into the green depths of the
water. 1t would not bt nice to go into
the details of that-all we can say is
that it was hardly safe. No life was
on board the ship and most of the
men had but one suit of clothes.
Seasickness, to be properly de-
scribed, if such a thing is possible, is
feeling that is akin to a mixture~of
the trench itch, appendicitis, flu, ma
iaria, indigestion, toothache, corns
and any other fashionable disease
that might be mentioned. Not that it
is serious 1t is really laugha ble-to
look back upon. No one with a real
attack of it was ever known to laugh
at the time.
Don't Care To Talk of Food.
A number of artillerymen were not
i'll during the storm. They cheerily
told of the big meals they were con-
Stunning, and entertained their less for
tunate companions with tales of juicy
steaks smothered in onions and mince
pie. A seasick soldier would rather
discuss air. He doesn't care for a
lengthy dissertation on food. And
later in the trip, when the sea was
smooth, many of these hardy "old
salts" of the earlier part of the voy-
age, became mighty sick. Their COM
rades, fully recovered from their fad
of feeding the sea gulls, added to their
misery in every way possible.
Can't Even Yawn.
During the storm, no one could
yawn with safety. That is in itself
explainable. To those who tried to
maneuver about on decks, it was con-
sidered proper to watch where they
were stepping. Also to be on the alert
because seasickness is a very sud-
den sensation. Most of the sick men
while out on deck. were always on the
ment. But he stayed above, where
he was safe. He had such a nice look
ing uniform, anyway.
One of the men who is not familiar
with seasickness except in the guise OF
spectator is Arch Brier of Topeka
at that time a sergeant in the medical
detachment of the 130th. but now just
an ordinary citizen. Doc" retained
his sea legs" turnout the journey
His friends were all hoping he would
slip" but he kept his chin high and
never once was host at a feed where
the deep sea bass were guests OF
honor.
You cannot describe the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado river so that
a listener can really picture the won
ders of the place. It's the same with
If you really care to learn all about
the malady, cross the ocean, and be
sure and pick a month when storms
are frequent.
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in FISHING PARTY
Two and Half Million Yanks
Were the Hosts.
Soldiers SeasickneSS Is of
HumOr and PathOs.
ARCH BRIER A "SLACkER"
Not Once Did He Engage in En-
tertainment of Fins.
But the Rest of Them-HOw
They Did WhOOp 1t!
BY SAN FARRELL.

Seasickness is one of the most hu-
morous ways in which the human
body can be disorganized. 1t is also
a form of illness that is miserable in
even it's mildest attacks. To explain
the symptoms of this ailment of the
briny deep is almost impossible, and
millions Of Americans Who have suf-
fered it cannot really describe the
sensation.
OF the 100000 American soldiers
who crossed the big pond" to par
ticipate in the festivities which have
enthralled the world for several years,
the great majority were sick on at
least one of their two trips. Once in
a while a lad is discovered who is not
susceptible to seasickness. but gener-
ally in these cases the Yank was for
tunate enough to find smooth sailing
on both voyages.
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ILLEGAL? MAYBE. BUT
Hun Lawyers Law knowledge Didn't
Save Him, Says KaRsan,

New York, May 24.-Sergt. Maj. H.
C. Cole of Atchison, Kan, 353rd in
fantry, told of German lawyer refus-
ing to obey some of the American
regulations and what happened to
him.
He was a typical lawyer" said the
Atchison soldier. He spent several
days looking over the law, then calm
ly announced to the American COM
handing officer that he did not have
to obey the regulations as they were
illegal. unconstitutional, etc. The
regulations were made constitutional
mighty quickly. The lawyer was
locked up four days in the jug then
fined 1000 marks and, believe me,
there was no more question of the
legality of the American regulations -
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Victor Hugo in one of his master
full novels, 'Toilers of the Sea-" de-
scribed a storm at sea in words that
no one since has been able to equal.
But Monsieur Hugo, while he used
superlatives galore in depicting the
mountain high waves and the foams
of the billowy deep, neglected to por-
tray the appearance or the actions of
human beings who might have been
on boat during the storm. 1t would
have spoiled the story. just like it no
doubt spoiled the decks of those ships
temporarily.
Sick Only Short Time.
There is one resemblance between
seasickness and 1.-The morning after"
That is the stubbornness of meals to
remain within the stomach, or any
where in the vicinity of that vital or
gan. One can eat a bean sandwich
at 2:1O p. m. and by 2:12 o'clock be
feeding the fishes from over the rail
1t might not look like a bean sand
wich at 2:12, but it is the same article
of food Notwithstanding.
AS rule, the average doughboy,
in crossing the ocean, does not remain
sick during the entire voyage. He is
usually too healthy and too curious to
remain i'll long. 1t is only when the
transport runs into rough seas that
the Yank ceases to take interest in
life and remains below deck wishing
he were on dry land where the little
fishes do not play.
Experience of 13Oth.
On board the transport Mobile,
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which transported the both field ar
tillery from Brest to New York, were
more than 500 nurses. The ship had
no sooner left the harbor than it en-
countered the tail-end of storm that
was rocking the Bay of Biscay from
Spain north to the Irish sea. The
boat plowed westward but the storm,
instead of diminishing, increased its
fury, and for two days the ship tossed
about the water like a cork; at least
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GETS HEART BALM
Jury Values Affections of Lieutenant's
Wife at $15O,OOO.

New York, May 24.-The affections
of Mrs. T;ubie NJ. Davies, wife of
Lieut. Laverne A Davies, U. S. A.
were valued at $4,000 by a sheriff's
jury which heard a S250,000 aliena-
ton suit of Lieutenant Davies against
Alfred c. Harrison, Jr., owner of SUI
gar plantations in Cuba, and son of
Alfred c. Harrison, a wealthy bust
ness man of Philadelphia. The de-
PENDANT, who failed to defend the ac-
ton, and now is in Cuba, lived with
his wife in this city. Her sister is
the Countess Karl Holnstein.
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VICTORY BONDS HERE
First To Arrive Go to Buyers at Santa
Fe Shops.

The first United States government
bonds of the Victory issue to arrive in
Topeka were distributed among bond
buyers at the Santa Fe shops Friday.
Bonds to the amount of $4,000 were in
the first consignment and these were
distributed among men who had paid
cash for them.
There were not enough bonds to go
around the long list of cash buyers,
tho and it is necessary to await the
arrival of more consignments before
the shop distribution can be COM
Melted
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ACQUIT CAPT. CHAMBERLAIN
Texas Aviator Freed on Charge of
Taking HcToism.
(By the Associated Press.)

London, Friday, May 23.-It is I'M
officially reported that the court mar
mond G.. Chamberlain. of San Antonio.
Tex, the aviator, who claimed to have
performed many thrilling exploits
over the German lines, has acquitted
him of the first charge of perjury and
forgery. The vote on the first speci-
fication is understood to have been Z
to l and on the second specification
solidly in Chamber1ain's favor.
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new MEANEST man FOUND
Topeka Thief Steals Every Cent
Wounded Soldier Possessed.

The title of the meanest man"
might well fit the individual who stole
purse from a wounded soldier who
was eating in a Kansas avenue restau-
rant. The older was a sergeant who
wounded in France, was on his way to
Denver to have a leg amputated. The
purse contained every penny in his
Possession. including a ticket to Den
yer, and he is now compelled to wait
in Topeka until he can get money from
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home to continue on his way.
MY idea of that man." said an ac-
quaintance of the sergeant in speak
ing of the thief. sis too terrible to ex-
press. To steal is bad enough. but to
steal from a man who has given up
everything for our liberty and returned
a cripple places the thief in the same
category with the kaiser"
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MAY LOSE A COLLEGE
Midland President Looks Up Legality
of Removal to Nebraska,

E. E. stauffer, president of Midland
college, Atchison, was in Topeka Fri
day discussing the proposed removal
of the college to Fremont, Neb. He
looked into legal phases of the trans
fer with the secretary of state.
President Stauffer is chairman of
the committee which will make a re-
port in June concerning the advisa-
bility of the transfer and the proposal
to merge Midland with Fremont Nor
NAL college. s~~ e f.