The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-24
Miss DOIlie TiIford, Plaintiff in the
Prize Damage Suit of the Year.

organized the lodge were holding most
Of the higher offices, and the order had
grown to such an extent that it ex-
tended all over the United States. An
effort was made to break the alleged
combine, and it was successful. The
petition in this damage case cites
some of the mthods used in remov-
ing DR.. Warner from the office which
he held for many years. However, the
persons who assailed DR.. Warner, in
cluded the name of Miss Tilford, the
plaintiff in this case, in the scandal
which is supposed to have defeated
the Topeka physician. That Kirk
patrick, who was unfriendly to DR..
Warner. was responsible for the state
ments reflecting upon Miss Tilford,
is charged in the petition filed today.
Here are few paragraphs from the
petition which. if correct, are GER
tainly derogatory to the fair name of
Miss Tilford:
THE defendant, in the presence of
DIR. b. F. Stewart Of Bethany, Mo-;
NJ. Y. Rusk of Brookfield, Mo; Frank
Miller of lone. Mich. and others. in
speaking of the then approaching
meeting of the national council to be
held on June 6. 1908, stated and said
that he" Cmeaning the defendant)
would not be a candidate for re-elec-
tion as national president unless he
(meaning the defendant) could Sc
cure the defeat of Doctor Warn err
(meaning the said H. A. Warner)
land Wallace. but that he" (meaning g
the defendant) had them (meaning
said Warner and Wallace0 "both
down; that he (meaning defendant)
would prove by a photograph of the
hotel register of the Welland hotel of
Montreal that Warner" (meaning the
said H. A. Warner) land Miss Tflford"
tmeaning the plaintifD occupied the
same room" (meaning thereby to
Charge the plaintiff with immoral and
vicious conduct with said Warner) {;
that the balance of the Topeka crowd
arrived at the hotel and did not see
Warner (meaning said H. A. War
rer) land Miss Tilford" (meaning the
plaintiff); that the next morning
when Warner" (meaning the said H.
a Waruer) land Miss Tilford'
(meaning the Dlaintfff) 'came down
stairs. Warner (meaning the said H.
A Warner) looked at the hotel reg
lister and seeing that We (meaning
the defendant and other of Topeka
people, 'were registered there, both
Warner and plaintiff), left the hotel
Before breakfast, that T. (meaning
defendant) do not have the hotel reg
ie.er now, but L (meaning the de-
fendant) will have it, (meaning said
register) "at the meeting of the ma
tional council.
Photograph of Register.
a photograph of this leaf of the We'll
land hotel register, of Montreal, Can
ada was widely circulated by the de-
Warner. The photograph shows that
Dr. Warner registered as ..Dr. H. A
Warner, Topeka and that Miss Til
ford registered on the next line, as ID.
NJ Tilford, Topeka It appears fur
ther that a wooden-headed clerk
marked ''5' opposite both their names
in a space reserved on the sheet for
room numbers. The plaintiff in this
case states that she is prepared to
show that they did not have a room at
the Welland hotel at all, and did not
spend the night there, but simply reg
istered for lunch. Miss Tilford says
she was in charge of DR.. Warner, who
had been the family physician of her
parents for 20 years, and was a per-
sonaI friend. They had called at an
other hotel in the city, but only one
room, was vacant This room was as
signed to Miss Tilford, and she left her
baggage there, going to the Welland
bofeI with DR. warner for supper. Here
Warner hoped to get a room. and may
have told the clerk that he wanted one
ROOM But when he sent to the nrSt
hotel for his baggage, he was informed
by a messenger that another room hao