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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
TREES TO POOR
TOpekan VIII Give Away
Christmas Greens.
J. III. Newman Enters Into the
Holiday Spirit.

Many a poor family of Topeka will
have it's Christmas frightened and
made fresh and green by gift of a
Christmas tree.
J. H. Newman of rural route No.
% has a large stock of the evergreens
for sale, but he has also a large stock
that he says he will give away to the
poor that their Christmas may be
frightened by a little touch of the
traditional vestiture of the season.
Children of all ages, I, II or 20, ap-
preciate the spirit of Christmas more
and gather a new stock of courage if
the world-holiday is frightened with
tree of conical green. Christmas
comes on apace and Newman has not
a great deal of information as to the
location of the deserving poor of the
city.
He appeals to the people of the city
thru the State Journal to furnish him
with the names of families who have
numerous small progeny but are I'M
able to purchase a tree for the OBJ
servance of the day.
Mr.. Newman can be reached at the
address given or thru phone No.
1S04-K4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
BEAT SON TO DEATH
Colorado Farmer Then Dismembered
and Boiled Remains Is Charge.

O1athe. Colo, Dec. 19-John o.
Bush, 40, a farmer and his mother,
Mrs. Nancy Bush, were held by county
officers here today pending investi-
cation of what officers believe to be
the murder of Otis Bush, the man.
l1-year-old son.
According to the story told bv Mrs.
Bush, the boys father beat him until
he fell in dying condition. Then to
cover his crime, he dismembered the
child's body with an axe, boiling the
yard.
The woman, who is 81 years old,
told officers her son forced her at the
point of a gun to help him dispose
of the childs body
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
ARMY TRUCK IN CRASH
One of Overland Caravan Struck by
Train-Dr1ver Killed.

Warren, o., Dec. 19.-Liberty motor
truck No. I, comprising one of thirty
five military liberty motor trucks en-
route from Detroit to Newport News,
Va, near Braceville. Ohio, at o'clock
this morning was struck by an Erie
passenger train, resulting in the death
of Frank Pappelo, Canton, Ohio,
driver of the truck and seriously in
juring John Litzenburg, an assistant,
of Mineral City, Ohio.
The motor truck fleet scheduled to
reach Warren, Ohio. at o'clock last
night had been delayed by a heavy
snowfall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
CALLED CRIMINALS
But Hun Conscience on War
fare Clear, Says Chancellor.
No Troubled Sleep Over Bel
GUM or U-BOat Atrocities.

London, Monday, Dec. 17.-Ger-
many's way in the west is clear mas
much as a peace by negotiation with
Great Britain is out of the question
at present, Chancellor Won Hertling as
serted in an interview given to the
director of the Wolff bureau. the
semi-officia German news agency. as
quoted in dispatches reaching London
today. The interview was given in
response to q request for a reply to
the recent speech of Premier Lloyd
George. who said he would regard
peace overtures with Prussia at the
moment the PruSSiah military spirit
was drunk with boastfulness as a be-
trayal of the great trust with which he
and his colleagues had been charged.
Lloyd George calls us criminals
and bandits" said the chancellor.
Modern wars are not won by INJECT
i've but perhaps rather prolonged
thereby, because it is clearly out of
tbs question to negotiate with men of
such temper. For some time it has
been impossible for an attentive OBJ
server to doubt that the British gov
eminent under Lloyd Georges leader
ship is completely inaccessible to the
idea of just peace by understanding.
His speech affords convincing proof
of this
Offered Peace a Year Ago.
The chancellor then discussed the
origin of the war, saying Germany
conscience was clear, and added:
More than a year has passed since
we and our allies offered the enemy
the hand of peace. 1t was rejected.
In the meantime our reply to the pa
pal note has again sent forth our
standpoint"
After referring to the conclusion of
the armistice with Russia, the chan
cellor went on:
Lloyd Georges speech is the Brit
ish answer to the papal note. Our
way in the west accordingly is clear
1t is not Lloyd George who is Judge of
the world, but history. AS on August
2, 1914, so also today we may look
forward to its verdict with equa-
nimity."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
PUT EMBARGO ON COAL
Shipments to KANSAS City May Be
Diverted to Kansas Towns.

Kansas City. Mo, Dec. 19.-Fear
that it would be necessary to declare
an embargo on all coal shipments into
Kansas City for the next day or two
in order that the more urgent needs
of Kansas towns for fuel might be
met has been expressed by John May
err. chairman of the federal fuel dis
tribution committee for Missouri and
Kansas. named last Friday by the fuel
directors of the two states. Mayer
declared he saw no other way in which
the great emergency in Kansas might
be cdnbated.
More than 100 Kansas towns are
virtually without coal, according to
reports reaching Mayer. who received
more than seventy kilograms Tuesday
asking for relief measures. Many of
the towns have been compelled to shut
down city electric plants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
ENROLL EVERY STUDENT
Eanporia Normal school Gets Into Red
Cross Drive.

Emporia, Kan. Dec. ia drive
for Christmas memberships to the
Red Cross was started at the Kansas
State Normal school when William
Allen White addressed the student
body explaining the Red Gross work.
Every student and faculty member
present pledged his membership.
The workers plan 90 enroll every
one in the State Normal school as a
Red Cross member. A committee will
wait on any who neglect to voluntarily
join before Tuesday night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
BIG BALTIMORE FIRE
Down Town Fire Creates 100000
Loss-S1OO.OOO N. j. Club Burns.

Baltimore, Dec. 19.-Revised esti-
mates of the losses caused by the fire
last night which destroyed the four
story building at 319 west Baltimore
street in the business center of the
city and damaged two adjoining build
ings, placed the total amount at
100000.
Morris Brothers company, Inc,
clothiers, and the Southern Commits
sion company. were the principal suf-
ferers Five firemen were slightly in
jured.
Country Club House Burns.
Lakewood, n. J., Dec. 19.-The
Lakewood country club was destroyed
by fire today. The property loss is
estimated at 100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
DECLINES SUBPOENA
Ohio Governor Tcrsely Refuses to Tes-
tify at Sugar-Coal Probe.

Columbus, o., Dec. 1s.-Governor
Cox, of Ohio. has wired Chairman
Reed, of the senate sugar-coal probe
committee that he will not come to
Washington as a witness, because he
has no evidence which would support
the theory that the plan of conserv-
ing our supply of fuel and sugar by
government control was sound, either
in theory or practice"
Cox furthermore declared he had
no testimony to offer which might be
used to "obstruct an arm of the ma
tiou"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
VOTE ON WAGE RAISE
$4,000 r. II. F1rcmen Ballot on Offer
of 10 to 40 Per Cent Increases.

Chicago. Dec 19-Wage increases
of from 10 to 40 per cent today were
submitted to seventy-five thousand
locomotive firemen on railroads in the
United States for a vote.
The demands were drawn up yester-
day by committees of the trainmen's
brotherhoods. Instructions sent to the
firemen say that the vote is not on
the question of strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
MUSIC IN GUARD HOUSE
st. Paul Women Include Prison Phon-
ograph in Presents TO Fort.

St. Paul Mimi, Dec. 19.-Members
of the fourth district Woman's club
nave voted to include among Christ
mas presents for soldiers at. Fort
Smelling, a photograph to be placed
in the guard house
Mr.. H. T. Quinlan. chairman of the
Christmas committee, read a letter
from a soldier serving a term in which
he wrote he hoped the eighty inmates
of the guard house would not be over
looked in the distribution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19

Hundreds of otherwise pretty girls
have a regular stomach face. Little
pimples break out. Then bigger ones,
all the result of undigested food in a
weak digestive system. If these girls
would take a Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
let after meals the pimples would go
away, the skin would be clearer and
the pinched. haggard expression
v~uld give way to smiles. 1t isn't
what you eat nor the quantity. it is
the abilit-- of the digestive organs to
turn food into pure blood. When food
LIS in the stomach and sours, fer
ments, becomes gassy, causes rum
bhnGs and belching, there is trouble
ahead unless Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
let's are relied upon. Get a 5O-cent
I OK today at any druggist and avoid
spelling ycEr complexion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
SAVED TWO AMERICANS
U-Boat That Sunk U. S. Destroyer
Picked Up Two of Crew.

Amsterdam, Dec. 19.-Two sailors
were saved by the Germans from the
American destroyer Jacob Jones, ac-
cording to an official German an
nouncement here today.
The Jacob Jones was torpedoed and
sunk in the war zone on December 8
and sixty-five men on board were list
ed as missing. Survivors reported
that one American, who spoke Ger
man was taken away a prisoner on
the submarine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
MANY STUDENTS IN KHAKI.
Military Drill Increasingly Popular
in Virginia Institutions.
1 Dispatch to The Star

Special dispatch to The Star
RICHMOND. Va, October 6.-Students
in Richmond College and In Randolph
Macon College, Baptist and Methodiet
institutions, respectively. are appearing
on the streets clad in khaki. They have
been formally organized into companies
and the drilling is part of the cur
riculum. Practically all OF the men talk
ing the ministerial course are to he
found in tho ranks. They arc drilled by
graduates OF other schools. In which
military training was a feature.
The students in the Medical College OF
Virginia also have been organized and
are to drill several days week. An Of
ficer from one OF the older military or
PLANTATIONS will instruct them. In tho
John Marshall High School the cadet
corps is being increased by the addition
of several new companies, with the
chances that there will be about q resf-
ment OF them before the session 10 end
ed. Attendance at the schools and COL
ieges in Virginia has been reduced con-
siderably because tho students have
been called to the colors in large num-
bers. The colleges for girls show an in
creased attendance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
TEUTON U-B0ATS FE|GN
DISASTER WHEN CAUGHT
Report Of Action by U. s. Warship
Accompanied by Statement Of
Doubt as to Result.

In making public yesterday an ac-
count of an action between an Ameri-
can destroyer in European waters and
German submarine. the Navy De-
partment avoided any claim that the
U-boat had been destroyed, although
all indications pointed to that result.
The report on which the department.
statement was founded was made by
Vice Admiral Sims. in command of
American destroyers in the war zone,
indicating his belief that a victory had
been scored. but Admiral Benson. chief
of naval operations, pointed. out that
the experience of Great Britain and
France in similar cases made it I'M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07

chapter one delegate to this meeting
for each hundred members, or fraction
thereof, and of making the meeting an
occasion for general conference and dis
cussion has become impracticable be-
cause of the tremendous growth in
mem bershfp and number of chapters.
Under the new plan, each chapter has
been requested to meet between October
and is for elections, amendments of
chapter bylaws and such business as
may properly come before the meetings.
Arrangements for the group confer
ences are being worked out by the seve-
raj division managers. There never was
a time when more weighty or more per-
picking questions have engaged the at
tention of the Red Cross. and full dis
cussion of them in group conferences
should be both interesting and valuable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
Theater Speakers Schedule.

The schedule of speakers for the vari-
Gus theaters last night was as follows: Ma
tional. Col. John G. Capers. matinee; NJ.
B. Rosenberg. evening; Belasco. ]. b.
Torbert, matinee, and Judge W. l. Nc
Coy. evening; Keith's. Col John q.
Capers, matinee. and Commissioner
Louis Brownlow. evening; Polls. c. A.
Aspinwall. matinee. and c. +. Roberts.
evening; Apollo, Leo c. Rover: Avenue
Grand. W. II. MILAN; Casino. John
Brewer; Crandall's, +. NJ. Savage: Gar
den. Charles w. Darr. Loew's Columbia
G. Z. Dunkum: Masonic Temple, c. T.
Roberts; Olympic, c. F. Consaul: Pal
ace, W. Nick. Stowell; Penn Gardens,
DR.. Abram Simon: Savoy, w. T. Gal
liner; Strand. Henry P. Blair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
SERMON TONIGHT ON THE WAR.
First of Series at Calvary M. Z
Church bv DR., Montgomery.

Some OF the Decisive Battles of the
World is the subject of series OF
sermon-lectures which Rev. DIR. James
Shera Montgomery is to give at Cal
vary NJ L. Church Sunday evenings
beginning tonight. The sermon-lec-
lures are to have special bearing upon
the present world war. and with inter
pretations which viii be suggestive OF
how the world has been made better
by these military conflicts and up
heavals.
Men in the service of the United
states will be guests OF honor al
either the evening or morning service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
Mrs. Funk to Speak.

Mrs. Antoinette Funk, member of the
women's liberty loan committee will
speak on the part women are to take in
the second liberty loan bond issue at
the first meeting of the season of the
Sisterhood of the Washington Hebrew
Congregation tomorrow afternoon at :: 80
o'clock at the temple. Rev. Abram
Simon also will speak.
Carter B. Keane will be the principal
speaker at meeting to be held Tues
day afternoon at the temple.
In response to a plea made by Mrs.
Abram Simon, who is a member of the
advisory board Of the women's liberty
loan committee, representing the Jew
fsh women of the District, the sister
hood pledged itself to subscribe TO
$1,000 worth of liberty bonds at a re-
cent executive meeting of the organize
ton.
The Merchants Bank announces that
Gus Buckholz has bought $4,000 worth
of the liberty loan bonds through the
bank
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
MEETING OF RED CROSS
LIMITED TO BUSINESS
Assemblage Here December 12 Will
Be Strictly Formal-Group
Conferences Planned.

Due to railroad congestion, the
crowded condition of Washington ho-
tells and wartime pressure, the annual
meeting of the American Red Cross in
Washington December II is to be limit
ed strictly to formal business.
Group conferences in various parts of
the United States, to which chapters
will be invited to send delegates. are
being arranged to take the place of a
large general conference of Red Cross
delegates in Washington.
The previous custom of allowing each
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
Statement by Mr.. Poole.

In most respects We are two or three
times as far advanced this time as we
were at the end of the first week when
the first liberty bonds were put on the
market" said John Poole. chairman Of
the liberty loan committee, last night.
The people have been educated as to
what r good investment a government
bond is and are more ready to buy. Bonds
of larger denomination also are being
sold. and the purchasers represent wider
class Of people.
We expect the mass meeting tomor-
row to help the campaign great deal.
When man whose duties are as press
ing as those of the Secretary Of War
leaves his Office to address a public
meeting it means he has something i'm
portant to say. l believe Mr.. Baker s
address will be of interest to every man
and woman in Washington. and it may
be long time before we have another
opportunity to hear him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07

Of the number Of German submarines
or tho rate of construction. Conclu-
sions are arrived at from various fac
tors and estimates based on these, he
said, but there is nothing to indicate
clearly what Germany is doing to in
crease her undersea fleet. Reports to
all admiralties. however, agree that
Germany has larger U-beats than those
now in use. either already afioat or
coming forward. He gave no figures
as to the size indicated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
Reports From Europe.

The activities of the District chapter
OF the Red Cross. and especially of the
women's organizations and the sixty
auXiliaries, and the reports of what is
being done by the American Red Cross
in Europe, are a constant reminder of
! the needs of war service fund
Other contributions announced last
night We're: ". III. Sholes. $40; Mrs.
". II. Sholes, $40; Annabel a. Oil, 50
Mrs. II. A. Morrison. 81: Miss Rene "
Barr. So: colored employees. Field Sup
ply Depot, L. "A, 500; Mabel C.
Halves. So: in memory Of Sarah A.
Cray. $40: McNeale's School for Boys
50: Israel Z. Stolberg. 81: James T.
Power. 81: Warren NJ. Mitchell. So.
In memory of Sarah A. Gray. 80: Dr.
a. B. Evarts, IS; Warren NJ. Mitchell.
s.: A. L. Craig. 81: James r. Power,
81: Israel f. Stolberg. 81: McNeale's
School for Boys. S. John l.. Weaver. s15:
Mrs. John L. Weaver. So: colored en-
ployes, field supply depot. United States
Army, $50: Mabel c. Halves, So: Charles
A. Conrad. So: I'm memory of Sarah A.
Cray" sic: DR.. A. e. Evarts. So: Warren
" Mitchell: SO; A. J.. Craig. 81: James
r. Power, 81; Israel T. Stolberg, 81; Me-
Neale's School for Boys. S..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
HEADS THE NEW D. C.. BRANCH,
CATHOLIC ALUMNAE FEDERATION
Miss Mary Agnes 0'Brien Ap-
pointed by President of In
ternationaI Body.
Organization Expected to Take
Leading Part in War
Relief Work.

Miss Mary Agnes O'Brien, a native OF
Washington and graduate OF Holy
Cross Academy, has been appointed
governor OF the new District of Co
lumbia branch of the International
Federation of Catholic Alumnac. Miss
O'Brien, a charter member of the fed
Grafton, is the first to hold this of
fee. the alumnae associations of this
city having heretofore been affiliated
with the Maryland federation. She re-
ceived her appointment from Miss
Glare I. Cogan the founder and presi-
dent of the international body.
Tho new governor has already formu-
lated plans which she feels confident
will produce excellent results for the
advancement of the federations pur-
poses. She expects her organization.
with other activities, to take a lead
ing part in Catholic war relief work
Object of the Federation.
The object of the federation is to
unite the alumnae of all Catholic col
leges and academies for the purpose of
constituting a moral religious and So
cia1 force. and to destroy bigotry and
prejudice. The members plan to serve
the schools by making possible an
interchange of ideas: to compile com
plete descriptive catalogue of Catholic
schools; to establish an eligible list
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
Subscribed at War Department.

Subscriptions to the liberty loan by the
officials and employees of the War Depart
ment to date aggregate $4,000, con-
tributed by bureaus and offices as follows :
Quartermaster general. $4,000; Score
tary Of War. $4,000; surgeon general,
$4,000; War College. $4,000: judge ad-
vocate general. $4,000: the adjutant gen.
eral. $500: militia, s2.450: insular af-
fairs, $4,000: inspector general, s1,40C /:
Coast Artillery $3.50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
First of Series of Meetings.

This will be the first of series of
meetings to be addressed by men high
in the government councils, but be-
cause of the press Of his duties, Secrc-
tary Baker may not be able to appear
before a Washington public again in a
long time. All seats are to be free and
it is expected that the big auditorium
will be filed from orchestra pit to the
last row of the gallery.
Another feature to arouse interest IN
the sale of liberty bonds will be inaugu-
rated this week. when buglers will sound
military calls from all of tho principal
street corners. These musicians will be
borrowed from the Army and will be
heard from IL noon to II 80 pm. daily.
The committee has arranged to carry the
buglers about the city SO that their call
to the colors" may be heard by every
one.
The greater part Of the week Just ended
has been given over to organizing the
campaign, preparing subscription blanks,
distributing posters and arranging for
speakers. and the full effect of what has
been done will not be felt until later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
.HAWA||'S FORMER QUEEN
AGAIN AIDS RED CROSS
Sends Her Second Check for 500 as
Monthly Contribution to Work
Of Organization.

Former Queen Liluokalani of Hawaii
has sent second check for 500 to the
Red Cross war service fund, through
Secretary Lane. This was one of the
important announcements made last
night by Henry s. F. Mcfarland.
chairman of the finance committee for
the district chapter.
The former Queen of Hawaii has
promised to send 500 month to help
finance the varied and widespread hu-
manitarian work of the Red Cross and
expressed a deep interest in the pa
triotic endeavors.
Another gift was the second contri-
button of the Women's Tennis League
Of the District of Columbia, St,
being the proceeds of a tennis tourna-
ment played for the benefit of the Red
Cross. with the statement by the sec
retary treasurer, Mrs. Rose Dent Healy,
| that the league expects to add to this
| amount in the near future. The Wom-
ans Club of 18th Street Highlands
sent So. which is in addition to gifts
which they have already made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
OVER HALF MILLION
IS RECORD EACH DAY
Districts Subscription to Sec.
ond Liberty Loan Since the
Campaign Opened.
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

Subscriptions amounting to fully
$3.5oo.ooo, or moro than half a million
dollars a day, is the record made by
the District of Columbia for tho first
six days of the second liberty loan
campaign.
Encouraged by this showing. which is
an Improvement over the initial week of
the first loan, tho District liberty loan
committee is planning TO arouse greater
enthusiasm in war finances this week,
and will begin the new drive with q
noon hour mass meeting tomorrow at
Ketth's Theater, where Newton d. Bak-
er. Secretary of War, will be the
speaker.
The entire Marine Band also will play
at the theater and the program Will
start at 1910 pm. sharp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
Use Oil to Divert Attention.

The allied powers have found by ex-
perience that the German submarine
commanders attempt to create the i'm
preston on tho surface that their craft
have been destroyed and thus ter
inmate the pursuit. There have been
cases where destroyers have dropped
depth bombs and oil has come up, in
dicating a hit. The assumption is that
the oil was released to divert attention
while the U-boat crept away.
There are other cases where subma-
rines have dropped to the bottom in
shallow water and rested there for a
day or two, waiting for their micro
phones to show that no destroyer
lurked in the vicinity before they came up.
Bigger Submarines Expected.
Admiral Benson made it clear that
no government has definite knowledge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
Departures.

Accumulated deficiency of tempera-
ture since January /. 1917. lag: de-
dciency of temperature since october
1, 1917, 10.
Accumulated deficiency of precipita-
Sion since January l. 1917. -246; de-
nciency of precipitation since October
1. 1917. OILS
Temperature same date last year
Highest. 81: lowest, 60