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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03

among seferal hundred off der lead
ing business men off der Skinity, und
allow him to witness sooch doingS, ISIS
| awful Veil, Heine, vot ISIS der effect?
Idt ISIS diss. Meier haff I belonged
to der Chamber off Commerce, but
puy golly, now am I going to write to
der president Mitchell und see iff he
hasn't a secondhand honorary mem
bership card vot will gift to me so
also can choin.
Veil, Heine. Mamma ISIS knitting
for der soldchers. Eferypody ISIS knit
ting, und idt ISIS a grand sight to see
efen der vfmmens displaying SO
mooch patriatrics. Puy chiminety idt
touched me SO dot I wrotted a poem
apoudt idt here ISIS idt:
Der vimmins all ISIS knitting
For der soldchers now in France
Dey are making gloves und sweaters,
Some are efen making pants
Some are experienced knitters
Und DER needles carefully WELD,
Oders grasp dem in a strangle holt
Chust like pitch forks in der field.
But der vun idea predominates-
Der vimmins haff vun thought;
To make NIT hands und heart throbs
Der things Yot can't be bought.
But stop vunce, look und listen,
Hass der thought occurred to you,
| That der thing you now are knitting
be ldt scarlet, gray or blue
/! viii some time reach a soldcher poy,
In dot land so far away,
To be worm puy him so proudly
| AS he marches to der fray?
| Und den some cloudy morning
| Your knitting may be found,
Together nit dot soldcher poy,
All blood stained on der ground
So do nodt shame der tear-drops
Dot stain dose threacs off love
Dot are knitted for our soIdcher-poys
Nit der hellup off Him apove.
But do your bit nit reverence,
Und init idt send g prayer,
For are going to lick der Kaiser,
| hQll off adf
/ Off course, Heine, in der last verse
you will probably see dot der word
home" don't rhyme, but I couldn't
think off anything vot would rhyme
nit prayer" odervise idt ISIS a per-
fect1y goot poetry Anyway, Heine,
| idt ISIS der thought vot counts, und idt
chust makes me sad.
Hoping you are der same,
Your fader,
LOUIE SCHNITZ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03
PLAGUE FEAR
THRU WARNING
CITY PHYSICIAN
Many Pupils in City Schools
Are Unprotected.
Smallpox Is Prevalent in Many
Nearby Cities.
M nIApY IN A WARNING
DR.. CLARK IN A WARNING
He Advises That All Children
Be Vaccinated.
Less Than so Per Cent Protect
ed Against Disease.

Smallpox has come to the front in
other cities in this district, according
to DR.. c. H. Clark, city physician
Topeka will undoubtedly get its share
of the disease before long, he pre-
dicted this morning. From two to
five cases are now being reported
each day in Kansas City and the dis
ease is expected to spread to Topeka.
To stop any great spread of smallpox
DR. Clark this morning issued warn
ing to school children encouraging
vaccination.
Following is an extract of the warm
ing issued this morning by DR.. Clark:
Examinations of Topeka school
children which have been in progress
since the beginning of the school year
reveal the deplorable fact that more
than one-haIf of the school children
of Topeka never have been vaccinat-
ed Consequently, the schools at pres
ent are a very fruitful field Cor
possible epidemic of smallpox, should
the disease reach Topeka. One case
of mild and undetected smallpox
might infect the children of an en-
tire school, spreading the disease all
over the city.
Many Unprotected.
During the smallpox epidemic of
1912, when a number of deaths from
this disease occurred in Topeka. the
children then in school were all vac
cinated Now, however, the first four
or five grades in the schools are rom-
posed of children who entered school
since the strict enforcement of vac
cination in 1912, and few of these
younger children are vaccinated.
IF everyone in Topeka were vac
cinated there would be no smallpox
here, with no guarantees necessary
to control the disease, and the COM
munity would be free from the ex-
pense of handling these easily pre-
vented cases. But there is a large
unvaccinated population in Topeka,
and with many cases of the disease
may reach Topeka before long. Kan
sas unfortunately lacks a compulsory
vaccination law. But everyone can
make sure that he and his family will
not have smallpox by being vac
cinated. Ninety-five per cent of those
having smallpox never have been sue
cessfully vaccinated, which shows that
vaccination really does protect from
smallpox.
One School Well Vaccinated.
only one school in Topeka is well
vaccinated. This is Mckinley school,
the school for colored children in
North Topeka. Last April a small
boy went to school a day or two while
broken out with smallpox Two weeks
later eight children in this school de-
Teloped smallpox. Every child in the
the result that not another case de-
veloped in the school, But there have
been no general vaccinations in the
other schools since 1912"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03
Lonely Soldiers at Camp Cody
WilIYOuch for 1t.
Their Letter to State Journal
Brings Hundreds of Replies.
SAID THEY WERE LONESOME
Topeka Girls See to 1t That It'II
Never Happen Again.
Fighter Says He Isn't a Writer,
but He VIII Try.

He is a mess sergeant That SER
geant at Camp Cody, Deming, n. NJ,
to whom several hundred" Topeka
girls have written. He is responsieso
for mess" of two hundred and fifty
soldiers and hasn't time to answer all
the pile of letters that he received
last week from girls OF Kansas who
answered his appeal to femininity.
He is fighter, too. He isn't an
author nor is he so sentimental. He
deals in coffee, beans and rolls and is
chief mugs at the camp lunch office.
But he is popular-all thru IAN err
ror."
AS the story goes. letter published
in the State Journal more than G
week ago has painted romantic pic
lures of a sergeant to several hun
dred Topeka and Kansas girls. The
letter was addressed to Mayor Jay r.
House from Camp Cody asking that
Topeka girls be asked to write to two
sergeants, attached to 109th engineers
The letter was turned over to the
State Journal and the girls were en-
couraged to write.
A second letter was received this
week from the camp, this time sent
to the State Journal The real Ser
geant Arnold was the writer. He
claims that the first letter was a fake,
written by an unruly subject in fun.
He Writes to State Journal
anyway ne is happy ana glad to
know that the Topeka girls are SO re-
sponsive.
Following is the letter received to-
day:
The Topeka State Journal. Topeka, Kan.
Mr.. Editor: / am asking In this letter
your assistance and help in squaring little
error that happened a few days ago.
Some several hundred, true and patrf-
otto girls OF kansas-trying to do their bit
sincere to their country. the cause and
faithful to the boys that are preparing to
go across the pond in the fight for liberty.
have read letter and write-up in your
paper, entitled Write! GirlsI Write and
have answered the call. Surely every girl
| in Topeka has answered to the name and
address printed
Il am not the author of the letter nor
am in anyway responsible for the letter.
But anyway / was glad to hear from the
host of girls. would like to answer every
| one of the letters / have received. / don't
| like to disappoint any one Of the writers
/ and am very glad to get the letters. Any
one that is good enough to fight for Is
good enough to write to- IS
Il whipped the author of the letter and
| love the girls that answered, but
can't write and tell them all about Il.
| am responsible for the mess OF go that
are more often hungry than lonesome and
the cure is required three times a day. ft
| Yours respectfully,
"SERGT. RALPH ARNOLD - q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03

Ne@AA l. AAOAAO cCCO 6A0h' 0NPbsS AOA
Advertising Companies.
DIRECT ADVERTISING CO.,
412-414 Central National Bank Bldg.
Phone 1S45.
Bicycles and Motorcycles.
SHAWNEE CYCLE CO,
ia East It'll St
Phone 440o.
Business Colleges.
DOUGHERTY'S BUSINESS COLLEGE.
George E. Dougherty. Pres. us West sth
Phone 5G6.
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.
New England Building,
Phone 4173.
MARSHALL BROS,
135 Kansas Ave.
WARREN NJ. CROSBY CO,
613-1- Kansas Ave.
Phone 1860.
Electrical Fixtures, Repairs Supplies.
H b. HOWARD ELECTRIC a. ATH-
letic Supply. 716 Kansas Ave.
Phone 1877.
Eye Specialists.
DIR. D. Il. PAINE.
us Kansas Ave
Express Dray and Transfer.
TOPEKA TRANSFER CO., c Ii. White,
52S Adams st.
Phone 1856.
BAUGHMAN BROS,
2235 Lincoln st.
Phone 364o.
TOPEKA PURE MILK CO.,
4o0-02-04 Jackson st.
Phone 537
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03
War Declared
on Rats by u. S. Govt

The government at Washington is pre-
pairing a campaign that should be effec-
tive in killing the rats that are so destruc-
tive both to lives and property. A con-
sentative estimate places the loss of food
stuffs from rats at over two hundred mill
lion dollars annually, and in the present
scarcity of food, this loss must be pre-
vented. The most efficient way to XIII
the Rat is by the use of Stearns' Paste
and thousands of dollars worth have been
bought by the government Every house,
keeper troubled with rats, mice, roaches
or waterbugs should buy a small box Of
this reliable exterminator and stop further
loss of food in her Observation-Disclosures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03

bureau of child welfare under DR..
VIM. P. Lucas is one of the liyeliest
departments of the Paris organization.
Nurses, doctors, ambulances, medi-
cines and other hospital supplies, toys
and children's clothing are sent out to
these refugees, and everything that
money can do the American Red Cross
is doing to make these refugees COM
Portable and attractive for the chill
dren.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03
He JES' FESSED UP
Man Named Verify Told Truth in
Regard to Liquor Holdings.

Sheriff Hugh Larimer says he
found a sack of whisky in a house
on lower Quincy street occupied by
Fred Verify. Larimer stopped at the
Verify home to ask for information
relative to another man. Verify means
truth and Verify had no more than
opened the door than he decided to
play George Washington.
I've just got a sack, Hugh" he
said
So Larimer confiscated the sack.
Three girls and two other men in the
house were arrested
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03
BUSINESS DIRECTORY

sses for your convenience in buy
e called on often for quick refer
day. If you are not represented
formation.
Insurance.
FALKIEER 4 WENTWORTH GEN
eral Insurance. 409-11 New England Bldg.
Phone GIL
R. H. MoREHo1sE.
AT Holiday.
Junk Dealers.
DSAL PROS; a co wHoIEsALE
Phone 266.
Loans, Mortgages, Financial Agents.
FARM MORTGAGE CO.,
Phone ssss.
PIONEER MORTGAGE CO.
4th Floor Mulvane Bldg.
Phone z1A 10
Mattress Factories.
MCINTYRE BROS SPRINGS, BEDS
Mattress Factory. 227-229 Quincy.
w ]. LEWIS, OO'''i"h'
800 Kansan Ave.
Phone 1872.
C. ]. BoEGER.
707 Kansas Ave.
Phone s9s9.
Real Estate Dealers. Loans. Insurance.
c. p. BoLMAR REAL ESTATE,
Collections. 80 Columbian Bldg.
Phone T25 Ring q
Sand Dealers.
TOPEKA SAND CO.,
Foot Of Topeka Ave.
PhDne 343a
Undertakers
II. W. BOMGARDNER,
62i Jackson st.
Phone ia
The Washington herald., 1917-12-20
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

District Of Columbia. Maryland and Virginia
OyerCah, with continued moderate temperature
Thursday and Friday, light variable winds.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-20
Southern Railway Company.

Necessities of the Government in the
movement Of troops and supplies for
the conduct of the war have compelled
ice throughout the country, and has
particularly affected those lines upon
which military camps are located.
Substantial reduction has been made
by lines east of Washington in through,
sleeping car service operated in con-
nection with the Southern Railway and
is now confined to the New York-New
Orleans and New York-Birmingham
cars on No. s., and the New York
Memphis and New York-Nashviile cars
Sleeping car service will be operated
locally from Washington on the fol-
lowing Southern Railway. trains:
No. 37-Atlanta section. leaving
washington 1000 p. m: sleeping cars
No: S7-New Orleans section. leaving
Washington lO:S p. m; sleeping cars
to New Orleans.
M; sleeping cars to New orleans and
Birmingham. Coaches.
No; 2s-Birmingham Special, leaving
to Birmingham. Effective Sunday, De-
ton at AIS p. m. Coaches are handled
No. 81-Leaving Washington 100 p.
m; sleeping cars to Augusta, Ca;
aiken. s. e., and Asheville, N. Z.
No. n-Leaving Washington s:45 p.
M, sleeping cars TO Chattanooga.
Vicksburg and New Orleans. Coaches.
No. 25-Leaving Washington 4:25 a.
M; sleeping cars to Memphis and
Nashville. Coaches.
Delays contribute difficulties and
must, so far as humanity possible. be
avoided.
Therefore. the trains enumerated
above, with the exception of No. IS
and No. Is. which handle through
sleeping cars, will not be held at
Washington for connections. They will
depart on time scheduled and be lin
tied to their present capacity.
Parties travelling from points east
Of Washington to points south. in con-
ncction with any OF these trains, are
urged to regulate their movements in
to Washingto so as to insure con-
nectiUn and to satisfy themselves. be-
forehand, that accommodations south
of Washington will be available.
r. H. DeBUTTS.
Division Pass. Agt,
ADV. 705 18th st. N. w.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-20
DRAFT BOARDS
FIND TROUBLE
IN 7-DAY LAW
Members Claim They Cant
Complete QUESTIONABLE
in Time Specified.

When the questionnaires, contain
ing the information about registrants
for the national army are tabulated.
there will be thousands Of technical
deserters listed In the War Depart
ment files from present indications.
The majority Of these deserters are
men to whom the QUESTIONABLE has
been sent and returned to the local
exemption boards, unclaimed because
the Postoffice Department has been
unable to locate the registrants.
What attitude the War Department
will take upon the cases Of these
men has not yet been determined.
Under the law they are subject to
military service at once. and by a
strict Interpretation of the act they
can be treated as men deliberately
fleeing from service in the military
forces. The majority of the delin-
quents are men who have changed
their address since registration on
June 5. and have failed 70 give no.
tification of their change OF address.
The first of the questionnaires re-
turned to Washington board through
inability to locate the registrants were
those of Thomas Henry Bell. Of 1858
Bladensburg road. Lawrence Seas, Of
st. Elizabeth's Hospital; Eddie Lee
Jameson, of ll14 Montello avenue. and
william Andrew Dixon (colore0, OF
44l6 Washington court. Their ques-
tionnaires were mailed on December
Is and under the law should lie re-
turned answered within seven days
after mailing.
Exemption boards are finding 1t
impossible to list and classify the res
istrants within four days after the
receipt of the QUESTIONABLE and some
modification of this regulation Is x
pected. The boards claim that 1t Is a
physical impossibility to give the
proper investigation and hearing on
each case within the time limit PRE-
scribed.
In advising as to change Of ad-
dress Adjt. Gen. Donovan requests
registrants to notify the local board
of the division in which they regis
tered, not the one into which they
may have moved since registration
day. The original registration ad-
dress should always be given.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-20
LOCAL TEMPERATURES.

Midnight, 81 2 a. m. 81; ( q. m. y; a.
m. y; 8 a. m. Is; 10 a. M. IS: Il noon. 81
p. m, 3; p. IN, 81; = m, 81; y. IN.
IS; 10 p m. IS Highest, 10; lowest, 80
Relative humidity-s 4. H.. 81; 2 p. m, Is
p. m. 50.
Rainfall Is p m. TO 8 p. M. trace; hours Of
sunshine. o.; per cent Of possible sunshine, 0.
Observation-Disclosures deficiency Of tenn
psraturs since January l. lsl7 -s36; dehciencJ
Of temperature since December l. 1871. lei
accumulated deficiency Of precipitation since
January l. 1917. LOG; deficiency of precipitation
since December !, 1871. -0is.
Temperature same date last ytar-Highest
8; lowest, l6.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-20
CONTEST
FOR REDCROSS
WAKES WARM
Mrs. H. B. Soule's Auxiliary
Tops the List with 676
Members in Day.

Close races have developed among
the seventy-five women's auxiliaries
working In the Red Cross Christmas
membership campaign. Results an
nounced last evening for Tuesday
show that the auxiliary headed by
Mrs. Fl. B. Soulo, who is vice chair
man OF the general committee, topped
the list with SIC memberships for
that day. in addition to the 46S re-
ported for Monday.
Second on the Tuesday report for
women workers Is the auxiliary of
Mrs. William c. Gorgas, wife Of the
Surgeon General Of the army. with
3O5 memberships. Mrs. G. A. win
slows workers at Union Station re-
ported 142: Mrs. Adolph Weyl's team,
a05 and Miss stella Osborne, log. The
total memberships reported by the
! womefl's auxiliaries alone on Tues
day were 3,027.
But there was every indication last
night that yesterdays effort. for
women's day, would place the women
campaigners far past the Tuesday
total
A new phase of the membership
campaign yesterday were cash dona-
tons by Victor Kaufman. OF a 800
liberty bond; Harry Wheaton How
ard, OF $50 in cash. and an unknown
friend" who gave 500 and took only
81 membership certificate in return.
Since the campaign is not a financial
one there was some discussion about
what was to be done with the excess
| contributions after the donors had
been recorded as members. 1t was
4 decided to expend the sum for men,
/ = - -
workers as Christmas presents, espe-
cially to the many young women in
department stores who have helped
the volunteers stationed there
The management of the Congress
Hall Hotel has invited women work.
ers there to luncheon and dinner,
and has set aside q rest and a bath
room for them. Many other hotels
and business houses have shown the
uniformed workers every courtesy.
A deaf and dumb man approached
one booth and laid down two nickels.
He indicated that he could not AFFORD
81 membership fee. but desired to
make some contribution to the Red
Cross.
Washington firemen. after taking 500
buttons, each representing a member
ship, sent for SO more. Not only are
the firemen joining. but they are can
vassing on their own account.
The age limit represented among
members joining this week so far has
been extended. Formerly the 'high''
limit was 30 years. that OF German
born woman who was the mother of a
civil war veteran. But yesterday Mrs.
J. B. Campbell sent in a signed MEM
bership blank. stating she is SO years
old, and that she wanted a 81 men,
could not do with
out the Red Cross Magazine, includ'
ed in that membership class. Her sub
scription was recorded by Mrs. ]. C.
Kelton.
Firms which yesterday reported all
their members enrolled were Harris
and Ewing; Cosmos Theater, anC
Williams and Allen.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-20
SOUPY SLUSH DUE
FOR LONG D. c. STAY

S-l-lush,
Unpleasant. soupy, slushy slush.
Washington is getting much too
much of it,
And it's going to get warmer. ac-
cording to the weather seer. Today
the populace may expect to wade
through two inches of half-melted
snow. Sorta tough, isn't it?
No Christmas coasting for the kid
dies. either, unless an old-fashioned
snowfall and a cold snap come within
the next few days.
During the past week boys and
girls have been enjoying some regu-
lar coasting. the hill adjoining Cen
trail High School being especially IA
vored. But now. skinny. you nights
well put that old sled back down
cellar.
But there's one good point to the
change in the weather: That halle
bushel of black diamonds in your
cellar won't vanish so rapidly.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-20
District Men Less Moral
Than Women, Say Records
Divorce ReturnssFfor 1917 Show aS7 Suits
s. Filed-2r2 by Women : :.
IS by Men,

will be dismissed. according to what
past records show. The balance will
doubtless be settled in favor Of the
complaining parties.
Men are twelve times more cruel
than women. The records show that
nearly twelve times as many women
charge. cruelty as do men. Nearly
all suits in which a divorce is asked
because of cruelty are limited /di-
vorce. Most OF the maintenance suits
charge cruelty, but are intended to
show nonsupport or desertion. Prac-
tically every degree Of cruelty is prac-
ticedS II We are to believe the petit
TONS Some of them are funny and
others are pathetic. Very few men
ever complain Of their wives being
cruel. g. 1885,. ,.-s
Women are so often dubbed the
weaker SEX" that very few men
ever have the temerity to insist that
the charge Of cruelty go into their
petitions for limited divorce.
Many nonsupport cases find their
way either into the Juvenile Court
or else go as far as the Criminal
Court. Many a divorce suit is started
here and finished in the Equity
Courts.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-20
r. D. MacLean Stars
Before Readers Club

r. D. MacLean. the eminent actor,
was the chief attraction at the De-
cember meeting of the Washington
Readers Club in the Hickman Studio.
Maurice Jarvis. vice president Of the
association. presided in the absence
OF Miss Kate Curry, president In
cluded in his repertoir were inter
pretations from THE Seven Ages OF
Man" Julius Caesar" The Mer-
chant OF Venice" and Gunga Din"
The Washington herald., 1917-12-20

Men of the National Capital still
persist In being more wicked than
their wives. Divorce statistics for
1917 show that more than three times
as many women file suits for d.
vorce as men. Whether the men
are more willing to forgive and for
get. the records do not say.
To date. 81 divorce suits have been
filed. OF these. PIP are, women and
the rest. IS. are men. But more
men have asked absolute divorces
than have asked for limited divorces.
which goes to show that when a
man wants to be separated from
his wife. he wants it complete.
Since January /. 1917, 81 men have
applied for absolute divorces and Il
women applied for the same thing
a difference of II. Only nine men
applied for limited divorces and IS
women asked limited divorces, a diff
ference of &c.
Fifteen women asked annulments,
and only nine men applied-a differ
ence of six. Forty women were
SNAAR~4ASN ~ ~ me NAACi huSDdIIuS
court for separate maintenance.
Records Vary Little.
The record for 1917 is very little
different from that of 1916. During
that year, ZIG divorce suits were filed.
OF these. lH were for absolute di-
voree. Sc filed by wives and IS by
husbands. There were IL more suits
hled this year than last year.
SeVenty-three suits for limited d.
vorce were filed by women during
1915. This is only two more than this
year. Only five such suits were filed
by men, making four less than this
year.
For a period of three years, sos
divorce applications have been filed.
or these, nearly half-I0l-were for
absolute divorce.
The rest of the substituted, sep
arate maintenance and annulment
suits-come about by cruelty, drunk
enness. deceiving each other before
marriage, uch-mother-in-law on
both sides. staying out late at night,
gambling. desertion. nonsupport, rel
ativeS interfering, step-children, I'M
natural treatment, bigamy, incompat-
ibility Of temper. stinginess, lack Of
interest in the home. the high cost
Of living which prompts desertion.
temper. alimony-hunters, the bright
lights of the big cities and a thou
sand-and-one other causes.
The year 1915 saw the husbands
and wives of Washington practicing
little better behavior. In that year
only go divorce suits were flied, 1872
Tor absolute divorce-75 OF these filed
by women and 81 by men.
Settlements rare.
This does not take into account the
number Of squabbles that occur be-
tween many couples will will not or
! dare not come into court with them
, Many women withhold action be-
cause of their children and the pub
licity that follows. Men act the
same for the same reasons.
Only about Is per cent of all the
suits filed during the three years
have been settled. About 10 per cent
The Washington herald., 1917-12-20
LOCAL MENTION.

is lbs. white potatoes, 35e, yellow
onions, &c lb.: sugar corn. 12kc;
mammoth herring. 4 for 25c; Is ozs.
sardines, l5c; pure pepper, 40c;
Knox gelatine, 15c; cocoanuts, SC
and 10c; macaroni, 12hc; 20 oZs.
baking powder. 15c; our best tea,
59c; Wonder coffee, zoe: Star cocoa,
25c. 926 Pa. Ave. and all the J. T.
D. Pyles stores.