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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-18
RAIDER CAUSES SHIPS TO
DELAY SAILING.

New York, Jan. t9-The fact
that German raid ship is 1T
large is causinr many changes in
shipping schedules. In many Am
crican ports the sailing Of British
freight shios hae tcen held up
temporarily. accordinr 10 telc-
rranls received here. Insurance
rates have eecn affected also.
II is believed tina. United States
patrols ships in southern waters
are keepinr a viciiant watch to
zee that the neutrality of this
county is respected.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-18
STANTON SELLS LA SALE
STORE TO new YORK MAN

The Stanton Speciality Store Of
La Sale, operated by the Stanton
Specially Co, has been sold to George
McLernon, Of New York City. The
sale was announced yesterday. but Mr..
McLernon stated the details would be
made known later.
The Stanton store has been in op-
GRAFTON in La Sale the past six years
and in its present location since ear
ly last year. W. f. Stanton, Jr..
stated today that he would devote
his entire time in the future to the
Ottawa store, which is to be enlarg.
ed.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-18
PREPARE ORDINANCE FOR
Vote ON HOSPITAL ANNEX

City Attorney Taylor Strawn Is
busy, preparing an ordinance for the
city council that will instruct them 70
hold a special election on the vote CT
q $4,000 bond issue for RybUrn Me
mortal Hospital
Mayor e. r. Bradford stated to
Free Trader.Journal reporter this ar
ternoon that the proposition would be
submitted to vote of the peop;e
either the last Of this month or the
first OF February
Members Of the hospital board, ana
people Interested IN the prunoscd arr
rex are already outlining the work
for the special elec ion.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-18
FREEDOM WOMAN SUES FOR
DIVORCES; BLAMES DRINK

Mrs, Bertha 4. Marquette, Of Hard
ing Freedom township, Is complain.
ant in divorce proceedings instituted
IN the circuit court aga nst Howard H.
Marquette, whom she charges with
irunhonncss The couple were mar.
r,cd March 13, OF, and separated on
the thirteenth of October, 1916,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-18
OTTAWA IN DARKNESS:
"cHORT CIRCUIT CAUSE

For seven minutes last evening o.
tawa, La Sale and Mar1eilloa were IN
darkness owing to a short circuit that
occurred some where on the l'nnG.
Traffic on electric lines was al tied
UP. A quick rega.r was made at the
local station
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-18
Eorn IN Germany.

Miss Glenn was born in Germany
January Is, 1917, and came to this
country when youAg girl She is
the last survivor of large family and
now has not living relative in this
country.
Saturday her spiritual advisor,
Rev. G. A. Briggs, Jr. pastor of the
FRS; Nj. L. and Epworth Methcdisi
churches, visited her and today he
viii again talk with her.
Her memory is fading and she
seems unable to recall the events OF
her childhood.
A birthday party is planned for her
this afternoon
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-18
". R. FOSTER TELLS
ABOUT TUITION LAW
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF
SCHOOLS SAYS DISTRICTS ARE
LIABLE FOR TUlTlONS NOW
DUE INSTITUTIONS OF LEARN.
ING.

: W. k. Foster, county superintendent
Of schools, has mailed out circula,
dealing with the tuition law. In part
he says:
The question, "Wha is to pay high
school tuition?' comes to this office
SO often that it seems desirable that
a general explanation of the status of
The tuition question be made; hence
this letter to school officers and pa.
irons.
The law of 1915 provided that the
nigh school tuition of certain classes
OF pupils should be paid by the coun-
ty superintendent out of the distribu.
tive funds received from the state.
Before these funds were received.
however, an injunction was issued. re.
straining him from paying out any
public funds for tuition that might
come into his possession, until the
constitutionality of tn 1915 law
should be determined.
AT the October session of the su.
preme court, this law of 1915 was de-
clared unconstitutional; hence it will
be impossible for the county superin-
tendent to pay the high school tuition
fer l9l5-1916 as was expected.
1918 Act is Operative.
II is the opinion of the state SUI
perintendent and many able attorneys
that this decision makes the high
school tuition act of 1913 operative
not only for the future, but also for
tho time it was believed that the law
Of 1915 was in force. i. e., for the
school year OF 1876.
The tuition law Of 1913 provides
that eighth grade graduates residine
in = district where no high school is
maintained shall have their tuition
paid in public high school maintain
ing a fourycar course. selected bv the
parents, and approved by the board
OF directors.
The supreme court has hid the tut
tion law Of 1913 constitutional in at
least three different cases, but there
are several questions concerning its
application that are frequently asked
1t is my opinion that the local dis
tricts are liable for the high school
tuition now due. In many instances,
Though, The high school board will
have to wait until taxes are collected
50 that these districts may meet this
unexpected obligation.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-18
GERARD OFFERS TO QUIT
POST lF Speech OFFENDED.

London, Jan. 18.--The American
Ambassador to Germany James
w. Gerard, has offered 10 resign if
his rccen. Cordial Relations
e3eech gave oj.ense, according to
an Exchange telegraph dispatch
from Rotterdam today. The in
formation was attributed to Co.
loene newspaper. The dispatch
said that Mr., Gerard, on Iearninr
Of the stir caused by his speech,
sent special message to Presi.
debt Wilson conveying not only
an explanation, but an offer to re.
tire.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-18

The infant son Of Ralph Carley and
Ruth Glover CAREY died Wednesday
morning at 4 O'Clock at their home IN
C'lceHurg Burial was made this af-
te"noon in Ottawa Avenue cemetery.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-18
REPORT NO LIVES LOST IN
RAIDS.

New York Jan $50 far as II is
known officially no lives were lost in
the destruction OF merchant shipping
by the German raider which is now
ravaging the seas Il IS unoflicially
reported, however, that All persons
are missing.
Among tho persons landed al Per.
rambuco from sunNon or captured
ships are l3 Americans.
Telegraphic reports from Pernam.
buco quote survivors as saying that
they were severely treated by the
Germans on the raider
London, ian. 1S-A powerful fleet OF
British warships are securing the At
lantic today for the new terror Of
the seas-a German raider that is
accredited with having sunk or cap
turcd mere than a score OF merchant
ships. Following the official announce.
ment of the Admiralty admitting the
loss Of dozen British and French
ships, it became known here today
that at least ten British warships are
taking part in the hunt
The search is being made up and
down the South American coast of
he southern part Of the United
States. AS the men OF war look for
their quarry they are sending out
wireless warnings to merchant ships
In addition to the raider a sub
marine has been reported in The At.
lantic 500 miles off the Virginia coast
British and French consular repre-.
contatives have gathered important
Information from the refugees OF lost
ships that were landed at Penambuco
from the Japanese ship Hudson Maru
The sea fugtives were unable to
rive the name of the raider, but from
their description it was supposed that
the ship formerly was the Vineta. She
is well armed with guns and torpedo
tubes and carries large and well
trained crew.
In the search for the commerce
raider the allied feet is attempting
TO locate her base, for It is supposed
that she is operating from some sup.
ply point on the south or central
American coast
Whether the raider will take fight
into some other part of the worlds
seven seas is not known, but even il
she flies into the Pacific, she will run
the risk OF oncountcring Japanese war
fleets that win be On the lookout for
her there.
The vessels known To have been
mlnk or captured aggregate about 55,-
600 tens.
The German snip began her depre-
daticns about December II and was
cc.iye az later as JGnuary y. In
stead of striking at the North At.
lantic steamer lane she went into the
South Atlantic and swooped down up
on the traffic highways between
South American ports and Europe,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-18

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THE DAILY.

Fair and colder tonight.
Friday fair; rising tenn
perature in afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-13
DROP FOUR TRAINS
Rock Island Asks Permission TO
AnnuI Passenger Service.


The Rock Island railway has asked
permission of the state public utiii-
ties commission for disconti-luance OF
four passenger trains in this state
Among the trains which the road
seeks to remove is the we'll known
Jersey between Belleville and Good
land.
Application for removal of the
trains has been filed with the com
mission by Paul E. Walker. attorney
for the railroad. Under the Rock
Islands application it seeks to remove
trains Nos. 361 and 1862 between
Belleville and Goodland During re-
cent years there has been much
trouble concerning the operation of
the we'll known Jersey" day train
over the Rock Islands western Kan
sas line. Another service which the
Rock Island seeks to remove in the
interest of operating economy in
! cluues trains Nos. $50 and 354 be-
tween Horton and Bern. The trains
are operated between Horton, county
seat of Brown county, and Bern, a
small town near the Nebraska state
line in Neria ha county.
Hearing dates on the two applica-
tons have not been set by the COM
/ mission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-13
A SECOND ABBEY
Euclid Avenue Nj. f. Church To
Erect 100000 Edifice.
Will Be Patterned After Great
Cathedrals of Europe.
ONE WING OF PURE MARBLE
Prominent of Church's Dead To
Be Buried in Corridors.
Beautiful Auditorium To Ac-
cOmmOdate 1000 Persons.

The people of the Euclid avenue
Methodist church will soon commence
the construction of a new 100000
cathedral which will embody features
unique in church construction in the
middle west. In one wing OF this cath-
edraI will be built marble corridors to
nt7 used as an interment place Tor
those who desire burial there.
While new to Kansas this feature of
church architecture is in reality very
old In the great cathedrals OF france.
the burial place fOr bishops. kings ana
great dignitaries was in marble vaults
beneath the stone flags of the church
floor. In Westminster Abbey the
principIe Is exemplified. There celeb
rftfes lie buried. and there they are
nornred by the nation.
The distinctive feature of the Euclid
Avenue church will be that these cor
riTors will not be for the lnterment
of persons who have achieved fame.
The idea will he essentially demo-
cratic, and any person who so desires
may be inferred there. The Cathe-
DIAL itself will be constructed of Bed
ford stone Of quality ana , appeal af
ance strikingly similar to That or
which the great European churches
are built 80
In the marble corridors which will
be located in one wing of the struc-
ture. occupying about thirty five feet
l.
Baskets will be built into the walls
There will be probably four or five
tiers of alcOVes, each to rece We coli
I'm. This burial place VIII be separ-
ated from the rest of the church.
+ The same idea is embodied in this
Burial within a church, as in the
burial of Bishop Millspaugh recently
in Grace Cathedral. The essential
difference. members of the church
elnphasize lies in the democratic idea
Of the present plan.
VIII Hold 900.
The church auditorium will accom-
modate about one thousand people and
will be a beautifully finished interior.
II will be equipped with one Of the
finest pipe organs in the city. Ac-
cording to present plans the organ
will have chimes. The entire struc-
ture will embody the newest AMI the
oldest principles of cathedral con-
struction; it will be one of the finest
churches in Topeka. The corridors
of the oldest principles of church ar
chitecture, and the Sunday School
room will conform to the most pro-
gressive ideas in the modern trend
OF young peoples work.
The G. r. Bryan syndicate which
will erect the building, has made a
wide reputation for the designing and
building of beautiful churches Hugh
smith, Of Los Angeles, the company's
representative, has been in Topeka
oonferring with members of the
church for some time. If present
plans are adopted, the church will be
built on the corner of Euclid avenue
and Lane street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-13
HE WANTED IN ARMY
Was Examined Here and Accepted
But Didn't Escape Divorce Suit.

Louis n. Reinhardt of Chicago, a
travelling salesman, doesn't like Chi
cagO. He doesn't like Topeka either.
He wants to sail straight for Camp
Funston and stay there. He wants to
be a soldier and he wants to be one
soon too.
With all the CLEAN of patriotism in
his eyes and all the excitement of a
soldier-to-be, Reinhardt rushed into
the office of W. G. Tandy, of the local
exemption board No. 1 and demand
ed that he be examined, passed and
sent to camp at once. He was eager
to get in the service. He would en-
list if they turned him down.
His number had been called for ex-
animation, in Chicago where he regis
tered, and he wanted to get in. That
was his main purpose in life. He
wanted to shoot thru and he in camp
by Monday. He was examined, passed
for service.
He waived all claims for exemption!
He really did want in the army!
Later in the afternoon, after the
man had been approved for service,
it was learned that his wife now in
Chicago was on his trail with n di-
vcrce suit and alimony papers. He
wanted to get into service before the
papers were served on him and
wouldn't even wait to be assigned to
duty by the Chicago board, according
to Tandy.
Word was received this afternoon of
Remnants departure for Chicago,
where he will face the music of an
alimony orchestra, played lead by
his wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-13
PICK UP ANOTHER
Sheriff After Ohio Battles Finds n
Friend of His.

When three of the sherifrs depu.
ties went over to Ohio Battles's home
in North Topeka to get Battles, thew
round Warren S. Highly of Silver Lake.
another man they had been endeayor
ihS TO locate. Battles and Highly were
poth taken to the sheriff's office.
"A nquor case against Battles has
Deen heId in allegiance with the UNDER
Standing that the one-leGGed man
would leave Topeka. Word was re-
celVed today that Battles was back in
town and so Re was taken into ems
tody by the sheriffs force.
Two other men were in the Battles
nome. one was called Warren.
warren WHAT" asked Oscar Carl.
son, deputy
warren Hlgby.' he replied.
Letters. received from GreenIaaf
IND. complained that a wife and two
cnlldren of Higbys were in straitanD
eo circumstances in the Indiana
town; He at first denied he was
married. Finally he admitted II de-
cIarlng that his wife had Ieft him
ne was taken to the sheriff's office
out as there were no formal charges
against him, was released. Highly
works for the J. Thomas Iumber
company at Silver Lake.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-13
NOT CONSCRIPT LABOR
That's What Gompers Says-It's Re
Election on WORKERS. Patriotism.

Washington, oct. 10. - Samuel
Gompers. president OF the American
r ederatIon of LaLor said point blank
today with some heat. there will be
no conscript-on o. labor" for navy
yards and lnunItion plants.
The men are all working. What
more do you want? W hat more can
there be-" he added. He apparently
regarded the idea of CONSUMPTION as a
reflection on the patriotism of Ameri-
can labor.
Other labor leaders were non-com-
initial on the question.
What is regarded as possible pre-
liminary to further official discussion
of labor concription such as prac-
ticed in England is a trip beginning
next week by four members of the
British mission in this country. Nine
of the principal cities in the east ana
middle west will be visited by the Eng
lishmen, to hold informal conferences
with nunition workers and employers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-13
Hateful HOUR"
Won Tirpitz, of Ruthlessness
Fame, Says "It's Here"
However, He Says U-BOats, the
Power of Might, Will Win.

Amsterdam. Oct lat is Ger
many's fateful hour; she cannot main
tain her position as world power
against England, if she is not based
on the power of might" declared Ad-
miral Won Tirpitz in an interview in
the Brunswick Landezeitang received
today.
The final defeat of England is alb
soluteiy certain" declared the father
of submarine .rightfulness, as long as
our sinkings exceed the possible new
construction.
Success cannot be expected forth
with, but if we pursue our aim firm
ly our position some months hence will
be quite different. England wants to
negotiate now while her military po-
sition is comparatively favorable"
The man who invented the sub
marine warfare was very much more
confident of Immediately bringing
England to terms last winter, so that
the interview quoted above may be
consider ed very significant. Just
what is meant by Won Tirpitz state
ment that England wants to nego-
tiate now" is not clear, since all Brit
ish statements have been emphatic in
rejecting any present peace. Nor is
the former grand admirars admission
that England's military position is
comparatively favorable, without sig
nificance as being one of the few ad-
missions so far recorded that the al
lies have gained any advantage at all
in the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-13

| Girls suit of American blue velour
and velvet The collar, cuffs and
| skirt are of the velvet, and the coat
is of velour, with a coachman's col
lar of fur
! not touch a chair, a wall or a bureau
| without seeming to mark velour and
| duvetyn in an irritating manner. Both
! these materials were easier to rub into
/ bald spot than velvet or serge.
| Therefore. altho their beauty was I'M
questioned. their equal lack of service
gave them enemies on every side
IF it is true that both these weaves
are now sturdy and solid and that they
| present them with the same degree of
enthusiasm shown by the designers
who offer them.
American EIue and Deep Red.
1t is difficult for the amateur to tell
the difference between the two weaves,
and such knowledge is not necessary
to the purchase of a fTock or suit. The
main thing is to see that the material
| is supple, that il falls into lines like
velvet and that is well dyed.
Everyone has a feeling of timidity
| about coloring these days. We know
that there is a scarcity of dye on this
continent at least, ard that much that
has been offered to US as good has
quickly proven bad. However there
is such a surplus in the market of
what is known as American blue and
also wine color. that it seems to be
entirely wise to risk ones money on
either color when it is put into a good
material
The woman who cannot wear a
| coat suit in any shade of red that has
| a flame to it, can find herself well at
| tired and comfortable in a deep wine
red that borders on garnet and is
often called Bordeaux. She can get
| this tone in velour, velvet and duve-
| tyn, and the tailors think that a
greater number of these suits than
usual will be seen on the streets this
fall.
The Extra High Collar.
Bernard. Premet, Chanel. and sew
eral others of the great coat suit
makers of Paris have decided on
| Jackets that fasten to the neck and
are extended into high collars, al
| though there are many modifica tons
| of this primary treatment
There is a struggle between the coat
| that drops to the knees and the one
that covers the hips. There are plenty
| of women to wear both of them with
| out a quarrel Now that the skirts
are attenuated, there is no strong OBJ
| lection to a knee-Iength coat, but
when full skirts were in fashion and
| the long coat was offered as an ad-
| junct. the effect was quite too old
i and dowdy for the average American
woman to submit to without protest
The sketch today shows new suit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-13
MRS. RANDALL DEAD
Typhoid Fever Fatal to Wife of Rock
Island Agent.

Mrs. Save Randall. wife of C. A.
Randall Rock Island ticket agent in
Topeka, is the third person to die of
typhoid fever following the drinking
Of water from a well at Herington.
Mrs. Randall died today in a local hos
pital The family lives at 2O2 To-
Deka avenue Funeral services will be
held at S:45 O'Clock Monday morning
from the ShelIabarger chapel. Burial
in Herington.
Mrs. Randall recently visited rela-
tives at Harrington. While there she
drank from a we'll near the place
she was visiting. Typhoid fever and
death followed. Two other persons
who drank from the we'll have died of
the same disease and two others,
who used the we'll, are in serious con-
ditiOQ.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-13
BROTHER SAVED COIN
Burglar at Wolfe Residence Gets Some
Loot But Misses Money Bag.

The arrival of a member of the
household saved ]. F. Wolfe, 426 To-
peka avenue. from losing the entire
proceeds of his days business at the
Wolfe Merca ntile company, 41S West
Sixth avenue. A burglar had ran
sacked two rooms and had gathered
up a straw suitcase, a cameo pin, two
gold chains, a pair of ladies' shoes, a
pair of ear screws. a raincoat and a
Gillette safety razor
A money bag was in the third bed
room. Just at this point a brother of
Wolfe's entered the house. He heard
a strange noise in a bedroom and in
vestigated. The burglar had escaped
thru a window. The robbery occurred
between 8 and Sis o'clock Friday
night. The Wolfe family left for a
theater at o'clock. Wolfe's brother
entered the house at 8:15 o'clock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-13

First printed in the Boston Transcript,
Nov %, 1S61.l

First printed in the Boston Transcript,
Nov. %, 1S61.l
KNITTING SOCKS.
Click, click click. how the needles go
Thru the busy fingers, to and fro
With no bright eolors of Berlin wool,
Delicate hanus today are full;
Only II yarn of deep, dull blue,
Socks for the feet of the brave and true.
Yet click, click, how the needles go.
lis power within that nerves them so.
In the sunny hours of the bright spring
day
And still in the nighttime far away.
Maiden, mother and grandanie sit
Earnest ana thoughtfuI whine they knit
Many the silent prayer they pray,
Many the tear-urops brushed away,
While busy on the reedlcs go.
Widen anu harrow, heel anu toe.
The Grandame thinks with thrill of pride
How her mother KNIT and spun beside
For that patriot band in olden days
VINO dleG the Stars and Stripes" to
ralse-
Now she in turn knits for the brave
Who'd lie that glorious fig to save.
She is glad, she says, the boys have
gone,
It's just as their grandfathers would have
done;
start.
For the boys" were the pride of Gran
danes heart.
The mother look is calm and high,
God only hears her souls deep cry
In Freedoms name. at Freedoms call
She gave her sons-in them her all.
The maiden's cheek wears a paler shade,
But the light in her eye is undismayed
Faith and hope give strength to her sight
She red dawn after the night
Oh. soldiers brave. will it brighten the day,
And shorten the march on the weary way.
To know that at home the loving and true
Are knitting and hoping and praying for
you?
Soft are their voices when speaking your
Proud are their glories when hearing your
fame,
And the gladdest hour in their lives will be
When they greet you after the victory.