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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17
WAS ONLY A JOKE?.
William hartley Green Arrested in
a C. on Grand Larceny Charge.

William Hartley Green son of Will
liam Green, former mayor of Topeka,
has been arrested in Kansas City
charged with grand larceny, accord
ing to information received here from
the clerk of the criminal court in Kan
sas City. Shortly after Green's arrest.
Charles B. Lindsay, who filed the
complaint, recommended that the
charge be withdrawn
in written recommendations pre-
sented to the court Lindsay stated that
he had become convinced that Green
was merely playing a practical joke on
him when he relieved him of diamonds
and other valuables. Then, too. Lind
say stated that his family and the
Green family were close friends and
that he and Green had been boyhood
chums
We had both been drinking" wrote
Lindsay
The clerk of the court could not
state today whether the court had
acted upon Lindsay's recommendation
or not. Neither could ex-Mayor
Green.
Il knew the boy had been arrested ;,
said the father. He is a wayUa I'd
boy, and 1 have done everything
could to straigkten him out. am
compelled to let him shift for himself
now and work out his own redemption
as l believe that will be the best thing
for the boy
Lindsay lives in wichita
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17
TROOPS CHEER TAFT
He Tells Them They'll Be Grateful
for Chance to Fight.

Camp Upton, Dec. 17-WiIliam
Howard Taft, former president of the
United States, was wildly cheerad hv
four thousand rockies Sunday when
he said:
You will be grateful for this on
portunity to stand up for your coun-
try and fight this vital fight for civil
izauon as true men and true Ameri-
cans"
In continuing Mr.. Taft praised
President Wilson and said:
Germany has carried on a war as
no barbarian would have carried II
on She is dominated by her kultur
and will dominate the world unless We
defeat her. Her very existence threat
ems the peace of the world The nur-
der of Armenians by the Turks urder
German commanders because II eI
were Christians is the result of kul-
tur"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17
BLAME THE "IN-LAW"
Couple Tried to Live With Relative
Divorce Is the Result.

A mother-in-law is responsible for
the third failure of Homer Shull's
ventures on the matrimonial sea Both
Shun, who has filed a petition for q
divorce. and his wife. who is demand
ing alimony, admit that the mother
in-law is the bone of contention. The
case is being tried before Judge Whit
comb today Shull is a clerk for the
Santa Fe and lives at 1921 West Sixth
street
The petition filed by Shuu and the
cross petition filed by his wife, Hilda
Shull, formerly Hilda Mosher, shows
that a pre-nuptiaI greement existed,
providing that they were to live with
ShulPS mother The mother. accord
ing to Shulrs testimony, is subject to
mental arrangements at times
Shull charges that his mother was
mistreated by his wife. In July this
year he states that his wife sent one
Of her relatives out to the house and
this relative gave Shull a good beat
ing. Shul1 asks for a divorce and
wants the court to issue an order re-
straining Mrs. Shull from visiting his
mothers house and from getting any
of his property.
Mrs Shu1 charges that shortly after
their marriage in July, 1916, her
mother-in-law began -nagging her,
wishing her bad luck and threatening
to bring about a divorce. Shull, she
stated, sided with his mother, became
morose, lived with his mother in an
other part of the house and finally
administered to Shull by a relative was
merely in retaliation to the beating
Shull had given her. Mrs Shull states
Mrs Shull is eager for a divorce
She wants suitable alimony and court
costs added.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17
SWEATERS TO SAILORS
Kansas ID. a. r. Makes Equipment for
Boys ON Battleship-

Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton in Kansas are to provide sweat
ers and wristIets for the men on the
battIeshiD Kansas. L a letter to Gov
ernor Capper today, Mrs. l. w. Blk
Ter, of Atchison, a regent of the D. A.
R., stated that the Atchison organiZa-
ton had completed eighteen sets of
sweaters and wristlets.
1t is the plan of the members of the
organization to provide wooden sweat
ers and wristlets for every member of
the battleship Kansas crew. A supply
of wooden sweaters sufficient for the
entire crew will soon be ready for
shipment, while the donation from the
Atchison D A R. will be sent at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17

listers in the meeting who did not
raise their hand when 1 asked re-
Spouse as to the churches which had
solicited a Bible fund for the soldiers,
said the Rev. Mr.. Maggart. Since the
fund has been turned over to church
treasurers and will be sent to David
Bowie. treasurer of the fund. it is i'm
possible TO estimate the collections for
the city
Donations sent to the State Journal
or to local churches and marked sol
diers' Bible Fund" will be properly
credited if mailed before Wednesday.
Chanute Paper Collects 500.
Herbert Cavaness. publisher of the
Chanute Daily Tribune, and president
of the state editorial association, prob
ably broke the subscription record for
Kansas newspapers The Tribune, as
well as number of other leading
Kansas dailies. opened its columns
to the Bible fund campaign and &C
cepted subscriptions In letter to
the State Journal. Cavaness reported
subscriptions amounting to practically
800.
Scores Of churches which were I'M
able to provide Bible fund collections
December 9. made contributions at
ty per cent of the churches of the
state have solicited funds thru some
branch of the church organization.
The appeal for quarters seemed to
meet generous responses thruout Kan
Sas. When il was known that a quar-
ter would send a khaki clad New Tes-
lament to a soldier in the trenches in
France or to a mem Der of the ma
tioraI army in the environments. hun
dreds of men, women and children
fastened to subscribe. In every sec
ton of the state, tho, larger subscrip-
tons were reported and many men
and women volunteered to provide
Bibles for entire companies or bat
talions.
With another full day of the cam
paign remaining. Kansas churches
and religious followers will make a
final effort to pass the states quota.
In every campaign to support or en-
dorse the government in the present
war crisis-Red Cross. liberty bonds,
Y. NJ. c. A. food and fuel conserva-
tion-Kansas has gone beyond the
mark set by national organiza tons.
Tuesday is the last day in which to
pass the mark in the Bible campaign.
The $500 fund will be the Christ
mas greeting from Kansas Christian
churches to the men in the trenches.
And Tuesday is the last day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17
THEY DEFEND HIM
Topeka Ministers Resent Attack UDor
DR.. Arthur S. Henderson.

In defense of an attack upon DR..
Arthur S. Henderson, pastor of the
First Congregational church, in which
he was accused of being a Red Cross
Stacker because he refused to preach a
Red Cross sermon yesterday. the To-
peka Ministerial union, with about
thirty preachers present. this morning,
rose in indignation against the sing
ling out of the Topeka divine.
1t was brought out at the meeting
one delivered a strictly Red Cross ser
mon. The rest of the preachers made
announcements from the pulpit, as did
Doctor Henderson at his church Sun
day.
1T was an injustice attack
upon Doctor Henderson by a Topeka
morning newspaper" one of the min
listers said when he informed the State
Journal of the action taken by the
ministerial union. Doctor Henderson
has given most literally from his own
income and he has subscribed for Red
Cross memberships for his entire
family. He has done as much as any
minister in Topeka from the pulpit.
1 The Ministerial union resents this at
| tack upon him"
! brought out the statement that Doctor
| Henderson refused to preach a Red
| Cross sermon and headed it "A
| Preachers Bad Example"
Doctor Henderson and Topeka
I preachers generally have been speak
! ing of the Red Cross constantly in
their pulpits, regardless of their
/ special themes.
To the Public: a most grave in
! justice is done me in a news article
and in an editorial in a Topeka morn
! ing paper. 1t represents me as refus-
| ing to aid the Red Cross. That is alb
solutely untrue. I did not preach a
sermon on the Red Cross, but 1 did
make a strong and hearty announce
mert of the work and the great drive
! for membership.
urged a membership for every
J family.
1 urged wherever possible a mem
bership for each person in the family
said that my whole heart went
with my words for the work.
! l have already contributed.
l will take memberships for eacf
| member of my family.
have scarcely preached a sermon
| in many months that has not urged
support of the Red Cross and the
Y. M c. A
l object to the unjust misreDresen.
tation to which 1 have been subjected
by the morning paper.
REV. ARTHUR S. HENDERSON.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17
RED CROSS BANNERS
Huge Service Flags Float Over Kansas
Avenue Today.

The factory force of the Rain shirt
factory was kept busy all day Sunday
making the four big Red Cross BAN
ners that the campaign workers order
ed to stretch across Kansas avenue
to boost the Christmas drive. The
banners are 22x2S feet in dimensions,
and in each there are enough stitches
to stretch the length of two city
blocks. The cloth for the banners cost
$96, and was donated by the Crosby
Brothers company.
1t and the work of making were
borne by individuals and will not come
out of the Red Cross fund The ban
ners are exact engagements of the
Red Cross design used on the front
page of the State Journal last Fri
day The banners are being hung
by the Hinkson-Crawford Advertis-
ing company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17
TELEPHONE DEVICE FINDS
BULLETS IN WAR WOUNDS

Washington, Dec. 17.-Detection
of metal in wounds by means of a
new telephone device is described
in dispatches to the department of
commerce. The instrument is
moved over the body of the pa
tient and emits a humming noise
when over a shrapnel ball or shell
splinter, and is further used in
guiding a probe toward the hidden
metal Whether the metal is mag
netic and can be withdrawn by an
eIectro-ma gnet without the use of
an incision, also can be told by the
instrument.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17
SENT To BOTTOM
Germans Duplicate Recent OAR
ing North Sea Raid.
OF Six Steamers in Lot, Five
Under Neutral Flags. -

London. Dec. 17.-One British and
five neutral merchantmen. a British
destroyer and four mine sweepers
have been sunk in the North sea by
German naval forces.
The losses were the result of an at
tack on a convoy bound from Scot
land to Norway, Sir Eric Geddes. first
lord of the admiralty, announced to-
day. The total tonnage of the lost
merchantmen was 5000
Two neutral merchant vessels and
trawler were sunk off the Tyne on
December , by German destroyers
Thomas J. Mcnamara, financial secre-
tary to the admiralty, announced 1T
the house OF commons today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17

The redingOte gown nous us OWL anu
often suggests a strong directoire
influence.
New York, Dec 14-Here and there
one sees a direct return to the Direc-
toire. 1t may be in a redingote that
has a high collar, long sleeves, bands
of braid about the waist and a curl
Gus Haistcoat effect in front 1t may
be in a street suit in which the jacket
has the hlgh-waisted Directoire effect
in front and a much longer line in
back.
There are position coats that are
finished with large buttons on the
edges of the narrow fronts which
show a wide waistcOat of striped vel
vet or colored satin that extends over
the waistline and is cut in points to-
ward the knees.
The extra high collar which fash
ion DEGREES and which the majority
of women have not yet adopted, is
suggested by the Directoire, altho the
battlefields of Flanders have put
new touch to it in suggesting the
cache-nez muffler and the high collar
that has floating end
The Graceful Redingote.
A few of the dressmakers insisted
upon redingotes OF kind all last
winter, but there has not been any
strong movement toward this garment
which is adopted from the French per-
iod before the Revolution in sturdier
materials than chiffon or Georgette-
This season, however. when the one
piece frock in every variety is trying
to usurp the place of the coat and
skirt, and when the dressmakers are
urging warm clothes with furs for win
ter days. instead of thin ones, the
cloth redingote has a promised sue
cess. Wooden fabrics are not particu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17
VICTORY IN SIGHT
Kansas Appears To Be Over
Top in Bible Drive.
y
Final Date To Make Subserip-
tiOns Is Tues, Dec. is.
HOEORS TO GHANUTE TRIBUNE
That Newspaper Collected 500
in Testament Funds.
In Final Effort Now To Go
Over the $500 Quota.
HOKORS TO CHANUTE TRIBUNE

Kansas seems to be nearly over the
top in the drive to put the church ne
hind the national army. While re-
turns from the entire state will not be
available for a week or ten days, the
states apportionment for the Bible
and New Testament fund for Sammies
IS believed to have been practically
s.acI The final campaign Will
Fclose tuesday night
With another day in which to make
certain the states full subscription of
81 500 to the fund, church leaders are
making certain that their community s
apportionment is reached or passed.
Practically every church in Topeka
has provided a special fund for the
cause. Local ministers who attended
a meeting of the Topeka Ministerial
Union this morning assured Rev. C.
w Maggart. president of the union.
they had done their bit.
There were but three or four min
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17
Mo. Educator Drops Dead.

Atchison, Kan, Dec 17.-C l..
Buckmaster. of Columbia Mo, a re-
tired faculty member of Missouri uni
versity, and a prominent figure in Mis-
souri, education work for forty years.
dropped dead in church here last
night He was visiting a son here. He
was born in Virginia in 1S4S His
widow. son and daughter survive
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17

Iarly liked by American women on
account of our over heated houses,
but they are fashionable, and they
were made fashionable by France,
who cannot get any heat into her
houses.
If we are compelled to face a
scarcity of coal as the winter goes on,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17

Petrograd. Dec I7.-Railway union
headquarters today received a dis
patch from Tobolsk declaring former
Gar Nicholas had not escaped, as re-
ported
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17

able wooden tunics that are slashed
at the side, embroidered in colors and
belted with fur
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17

narrow skirt of mole colored vel
Vet Corslet effect at waist is of
braid.
we may take to these wooden garments
with avidity and be glad of the chance
to adopt something that our ances-
tors considered necessity for health.
1t is interesting to remember, don't
you think, that that sturdy race of
people who put our country where it
is and lived and died in as much
health as We have, knew nothing of
! the sound of the steam radiator and
the entirely heated house. We have
I luxuriated in so much that no other
/ people have enjoyed before in the his
/ tory of this planet that it may not
I be such a bad thing for US to drop
back bit into the sterner mode of
( living and see what was endured and
and overcome by the race from which
/ We sprang-
| If this comes about, and anything
can come about today then we will go
back to worsted clothes as the French
/ are doing, and our dressmakers will
have something new to. offer These
/ warm redingotes are featured among
/ the first fashions because they rep
resent new note in clothes; they
/ may become necessity
Combining Two CoIors.
The way these redingotes are made
/ gives them quite a swing of charm
and character. They are in light col
! ored woolens over dark colored skirts.
The sketch shows one of biege col
| ored wooden tricotine. with tricot COW
( cred buttons and braided with mole
{ cOlored wooden braid A high corslet
/ is marked out on the rediugote and
Z on the bodice to give the directoire
/ suggestion The skirt, which is mar
I row and short, is made of mole COW
/ cred velvet, and the deep cuffs and
/ extra high collar are built of sable
! The ordinary artist would have put
l moleskin at wrist and neck. but the
( sable is the ingenious and right touch.
There are other wooden redingotes
made in deep blue, lined with a con-
( traSting fabric. such as blue gray The
edges are worked out in creWeI en-
/ broidery of blue. gray and dull wine
! These are worn over whatever skirt
| one happens to find harmonizes in
( color
II is the day OF separate skirts That
/ in itself is q reversal to a fashion of
I twenty years ago. and it makes posi-
Bile the use Of redingotes and the fash
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17
STOCKS ON TOBOGGAN
Santa Fe Among Leading Rail Shares
to Slump on n. Y. Market.

New York Dec. 17.-Depression hit
the stock market with such a force in
the early afternoon trading that
scores of new low records for the
year were established.
Atchison. Norfolk & Western,
Southern Pacific and other leading
rail stocks were among the slumping
issues. Marine preferred and Atlantic
Gulf lost heavily Consolidated gas
made a new low record at 76 4.
A Texas federal judge said that il he
had his way he would shoot United States
senators who are accused of disloyalty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17

The redingote gown holds its own and
often suggests a strong directoIre
influence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17

Imagine having this beautiful Werner player in
your home Christmas morning. You have no doubt
longed good music in your home many times
We offer suggestion whereby you have
this Werner player in your home Christmas
ing. Instead of buying few gifts here and there
for different members of the family, why take
the amount you would spend in this way and invest
il in a present that will be appreciated by every
~~-t@~r - fhe famiiv. only this Christmas
but many years conner The Werner player at
$445 the best value in Kansas. be dupIi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17

Gated anywhere for than $3.50. Here is why you
hundred dollars in buying the Werner
For the holidays only, will give free with every
Werner player piano a handsome duet bench. and
selection of music rolls to the amount of
SIS. You may make this selection from library
which is the complete and date Topeka.
The Werner player piano carries the Guild guar
antee for ten years. also free tuning year.
This is opportunity for you buy player piano
at a big saving Place your order insure
Christmas delivery. Payments low $40 per
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-01-05
IDEA FOR THE HOME MILLINER
Really Effective Hat That Any Clever
Girl Might Fashion for her
Own Use.

one good-looking hat seen recently
in smart shop would be compare
lively easy to make at home. A small
band of about two or three inches fit
ted snugly around the head, and this
was made of folds of black satin. The
crown appeared to be extremely eccen-
trio ut first glance. but on closer in
Spection it was found TO be very simple
in construction. 1t was nothing more
than rather high, loose, full-gathered
crown of velvet. which had been tackled
down on either side near the rear. thus
making three high peaks of velvet, one
directly in the front and one In either
side of the hat. The effect was very
piquant, and any girl with a bit of dar-
Ing could copy this hat easily.
Before attempting 10 construct hat
at home Ii is IA good scheme TO visit
the shops and get some ideas.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-01-05
EASILY MADE BY ANYONE WHO
CAN CROCHET.
Little One Will BE Delighted With the
Adornment and the Mother Salts
fled Her Time Was
Well Spent.

The most charming little hats can
expense and trouble. The model we
illustrate here was made for child
of five TO seven years.
A mushroom shape In buckram is
covered with the crochet, the effect be-
ing surprisingly smart; 1t is trimmed
with ruche of ribbon. finished by a
bow nc side. Any mercerized cotton
can be used. Alilford's No. knitting
cotton and No. 3 steel hook were
used for the one shown here.
The following directions will be n
help, but the actual number of stitches
and increases will. OF course, be regu-
lated by the shape and size of the hat !;
anyone who crochets will. however.
know what increases and decreases
are necessary To make the work lie fiat
over the shape.
Nearly two balls of cotton will be
needed. Procure a shape the size re-
quired.
Make ring of chain and work
into IL as many double crochets as
will fill 1.-THE ring should be quite
small. so that there Is scarcely any
hole lest in the center.
Second rOw-Draw a loop through
the back thread of each of the two
nearest stitches of the previous row,
draw through all three loops at once
and make n chain stitch; =, draw a
loop through the chain just made, an
other through the back thread of the
last loop of the previous stitch, one
through the same stitch as the last
loop was drawn, and one through the
next stitch of the previous row draw
through all five loops at once and make
chain stitch. Repeat from all
round.
Third and fourth rows-Same as last,
taking care the work lies perfectly fiat
Fifth row., draw up the first three
loops as usual, then one through each
of the following two stitches of the
previous row; draw through the five
loops and make chain stitch; repeat
from eight times more, then work one
stitch like those in the previous row,
then repeat from the commencement
of the row. and continue working round
and round. making an increase at every
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-01-05
RIGHT TREATMENT FOR ROUP
Use Good Sharp AK and Then Bury
Carcasses Deeply or Burn Them
Several Forms OF AIment.

The best way TO cure roup among
poultry is TO use q good sharp AK and
then bury the carcasses deeply or burn
them. Roup may take several forms,
appearing at first like a severe cold.
Use enough permanganate of potash
in the drinking water TO give it a rich
wine color. Disinfect the yards and
houses with 8 per cent solution of
carbolic acid.
Individual treatment should be the
same as for colds or catarrh. Press
the nostrils together with the thumb
and forefinger and apply pressure be-
tween the nostrils and eyes to loosen
the discharge. Then plunge the head
into q two per cent solution of per-
manganate of potash for 20 TO 80 sec
onds. This treatment should be con-
tinued twice daily until all symptoms
disappear.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-01-05
BEGIN POULTRY LICE FIGHT
Effective Powder Can Be Made at
Home by Using Cresol, Carbolic
Acid and Gasoline.

very good lice powder for use on
poultry may be made at hcme from in
gradients that. when bought separate
~, will cost little as compared with
the expense OF commercial lice pow
der made of the same or similar mate
rails. One of the best OF these home
made powders is prepared by mixing
one pint of cresol, or the same quantity
of strong, crude carbolic acid. with
three pints of gasoline. To this is
added, while stirring. just enough plas-
ter of paris TO take up the liquid. IL
will take about ten pounds of plaster
for the amounts Of cresol and gasoline
given. Larger or small amounts may
be prepared by increasing or decreas-
ing the three ingredients proportion
ately. After making this powder it
should be kept in n well-covered recep-
tacle TO keep it from losing strength.
The best way to apply the powder ia
TO put it into sitting box made by
punching numerous small holes into a
tin can, and, holding the bird by the
feet. head downward, sift the powder
well into the fluff