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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-15
Girl TELLS ALL
Ella VOgel Testifies Against
Degginger at Preliminary.
Aged Man Bound Over to the
District Court,

George Degginger, old and Grip
pie, was bound over to the district
court of Topeka today following a
hearing on thu charge of an attempted
assault on foUrteen-year-old Ella No-
gel. He was placed under a $1,000
bond.
The Vogel girl was on the stand for
an hour and repeated in detail the
story she told in the county attorneys
office before her parents and the par
ents of two other little girls six weeks
ago.
She denied that Degginger had pro-
ceeded farther than an attempt upon
her. She told how she first stopped
in at Degginger's house O. jackson
street at his invitation, listened to
records on his Victroia and how he
had invited her to visit him again
She stated that on other occasions she
was accompanied by Helen Gehrt and
Katie Gernand, two other school girls
about her age. On almost every oc-
casion, she said, Degginger gave them
nickels or dimes and amused them in
various ways.
On one occasion she said Degginger
gave them a book to read.
Dirty Stories.
What kind of a book was it?'' de-
manded the county attorney.
1T was book with stories he wrote
himself" she replied.
Were the stories what are called
! dirty stories %
Yes"
What became of the book?" was
asked.
1T was little day book and the
| stories We're written with a lead PEN
Gill; said the girl. Helen Gehrt read
/ them out loud to all of US and he kept
the book
The Vogel girl displayed a remark
able memory for the different days
upon which she visited the Degginger
place. the incidents that took place
there and who was in the company,
while she was being questioned by the
county attorney. But when under
cross examination by Ed Rooney and
Douglas Mote, attorneys for Deg
ginger, she was just ready with an
swers and they did not all agree with
: dates and incidents she told of on di-
rect examination.
Other Girls Testify.
The other two girls were placed or
the stand to corroborate the Vogel
girls story and they did to some ex-
tent. Bat they denied many of the
statements made by the VogeI CIR
while they were absent.
Attorneys for Deggineer lid not of.
fer anything in defense. Deggingel
sat thru the entire hearing unmoved
even when the court bound him ovel
to the district court where he will be
tried before jury on n felony charge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-15

racial characteristics, its manner of
making from India to Alaska, its daily
combat with pajamas in this age of
freedom for women, are each chapters
in themselves, that, blended together
would make an interesting story of
the women on this planet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-15
THE HOUSEHOLD
Edited by Anne Rittenhouse.
Wasted food.

The importance of an adequate food
supply if the world is to be saved from
famine is superlative. We all know
that. AS President Wilson said not
speeches, without abundant food,
alike for the armies and The peoples
now at war, the whole enterprise
upon which We have embarked will
break down and fall
Now as we very we'll know, we are
wasteful, especially in the matter of
food. Every woman who is respon-
sible for the running of house knows
that much waste goes on in the
kitchen. Heretofore we have, per
haps, rather prided ourselves on our
wastefulness. 1t indicated a certain
youthful freedom from care, a certain
young wealth of resources which we
as a nation, had.
But, rather suddenly, we have been
brought up against the hard facts OF
economy. We do not want 20 save
money; there is more need than ever
ton. But we cannot buy as much
as we once could in the markets, and
therefore, we must, to some extent
change our food habits.
So most of US find We must begin by
eliminating waste in our own houses
If all of Us were to cu+ down sharp
| ly on the waste that goes on within
the four walls of our homes, we wCuld
almost solve the whole food problem
/ A little while ago the department OF
| agriculture, in its campaign agains
/ wastefulness on the part of house
| keepers, said:
Good 1ood is wasted
, IF it gets into the garbage pail
! IF it is allowed to spoil in tbs
! home.
| IF it is ruined by careless cooking
| by careless pairing and trimming
| when too much is served at d
meal
| Now This would be an admira bl,
notice to post in your kitchen. L
would give definite suggestions tC
| those who work there. Most servant:
| don't like to waste just for the fun OF
wasting. They waste because they
are thoughtless, usually; sometime,
| because they are ignorant. And it i:
not very difficult, surely not an i'm
! possible, task for the mistress to make
| the thoughtless servant think and t.
give the ignorant servant a compre
hensive idea of the gravity of tn,
present Good situation, and SO ge
| their cooperation in tho fight agains
| food waste.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-15

The sleeveless nightgOwn has won its
way to the front. and now il is TAX
ing OH such accessories as girdles
and sasheS in imitation of a tea
gown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-15
WILL NOT USE SEWER
Two Topekans to Be Arrested; Others
Will Be Rounded Up.

In issuing warrants for the arrest of
W. l. Jamison and John w. Newell
today, DIR. H. l.. Clark, city physician,
began a campaign to force property
owners living in old sewer districts to
connect with sewers. Jamison and
Newell have failed to connect property
at $50 Lawrence street and 1417 Jack
son street with the sewer, DIR. Clark
declared.
"Other arrests will follow unless
connections are made with the sew
ers'' said DIR. Clark. We are justified
in this action under rules laid down
in an ordinance adopted by the city
commissioners"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-15
Practical and Coquettish.

1t may be said that all nightgowns
are divided into two classes; the plain
ones for practical women, and the
frivolous ones for coquettiSh women.
And even this definition is far from
the truth and does not encompass the
entire situation.
There are women who have not a
trait of cOquetry in their composition
who would not consider for d moment
the plain, practical, buttoned night
gowns worn by some women; and
there are women who are excessively
vain and who would like to look their
best at any hour of the day or night,
who, for comforts sake. wear the old
fashioned, French nightgown that but
tons to the cOllarbone and has sleeves
nearly to the wrist.
One of the vainest women in mod
ern history wore this type of gown in
linen trimmed with ruffles of real
lace, thruout the long years of her
career and even died in one.
The French, strange to say, are the
women who gave just that kind of
nightgown it's impetus, and for two
or more centuries. the French resi-
dents of this country, especially in New
Orleans and in the Canadian provinces,
have kept to it as the type of night
gown that is most correct and COM
Portable. The majority of people as
sOciate the French with all the cob
webby absurdities in lingerie, and it is
constant surprise and even shock to
them to be told by the makers of such
lingerie that their work is supported
by Americans. / have frequently talk
ed to women VINO take enormous or
ders for exquisite underwear for the
American trade. and to the heads of
great shops that deal in thousands of
such wisps of material and lace and
| all of them have said that the Ameri-
cans are mainly responsible for the
| lingerie in fashion.
/ The French women still wear the
/ nightgown with the long, full sleeves
and the pearl buttons that run up to
/ the collarbOne. Not all the French
women, of course, but your sturdy
middle-c1asS woman in France. as well
as the reserved aristocrat. never fails
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-15
settle Street Car Strike

Springfield, Mo-, June 15.-The
strike of street car motormen and con-
ductors which has been in progress for
nine months was settled today, the
street railway and union officials an
nounced. The strikers will return to
work Immediately. The fight between
the union and operators has been a
bitter one and riots and dynamiting
has featured its course
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-15
Bonus by Pipe Line Compan,

Independence, Kan, June ia
quarterly dividend of SIS per share was
declared here today by the Prairie
Pine Line company A salary bonus
of 10 per cent to all employees earning
less than $4,000 a year also was de
cided, according to announcement the
action being similar to that taken b.
the Prairie Oil q Gas company yester
daV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-15
Launch Fight on Cafes.
Free Dental Clinic.

The Kansas dental board will be in
session at the National hotel June IS
to %. Good dental work at mere cost
of material. No charge for extracting
or cleaning. Those desiring artificial
denture or bridge work should come
early in the session. All operators
are graduates of our reputable dental
colleges. Clinic begins at a. m
Tuesday.
G. f. AMBROSE, ID. D. S,
ADV. Secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-15

New York, June LIT has often
been said by analysts of women that
you could instantly tell their char
acteristics by the kind o. nightgowns
they wore. No one garment, they say,
so bespeaks the attitude toward life
that a woman actually takes. regard
less OF her conversation or superficial
markS of character
On the nightgown itself could be
written l interesting short book, and
it is a wonder that no expert has
thought of doing it. 1t has been a
garment of personality from the
source Its origin, its continuous u.s.
age thrurut the centuries, its peculiar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-15
Jimmy Ring.

Jimmy Ring, a Cincinnati Red
pitching recruit, who has had trials
with Brooklyn and with the New
York Yankees in seasons past, seems
all set for big league job at last
When Ring reported to the Reds this
spring, nothing great was expected
of him, but he has done far better
work than several other recruits who
were regarded as better prospects.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-10

M LEFT TO ITSELF.
flor if I had ever had the slightest
idea that what I felt for Malcolm
Stuart was love I would have told
you, little book, l almost felt that
he knew me better than I knew my
self. If he said 7 loved him it must
be that I did.
Can you imagine it, little book?
There we were, three people walking
up in the hot boardwalk in the pour
ing sunshine, surrounded by the mot
ley mass Of laughing, pleasUre-seek-
ing people that can always be found
there on a late August afternoon,
with tragedy stalking beside us. How
great the tragedy no one could pos
sibly have imagined at the time.
Evidently Dick and Malcolm were
quite interested in each others con-
veTsation, for neither of them looked
around to see if 1 were coming. l
looked out to the Saliva lying on the
still Atlantic so white and beautiful
and l wondered how I would feel
when saw it sailing away and knew
it was carrying Malcolm Stuart out
OF my ken forever.
Then again heard Malcolm Stu
arts voice: You have the courage
that can face facts, Margie, and you
will go with me because you love
me-"
Would gold I love him?" I
asked myself, and then I began to
tremble and, like the little old wom-
an in the nursery tale, to ask myself
IF l be p"
Would any right thinking woman
such a woman as I had always
thought Margie Waverly to be-fOr
one moment daily with a thought of
this kind? ooh, l wish l could get
away and think, " I said out loud, and
was surprised when Malcolm Stuart
said close at my ear, 'cYou don't need
to think-you know you are going
/ to come with me-"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-10

sions and reactions I experienced
while 1 was introducing Dick and
Malcolm and they were acknowledge
ing the introduction. It was in real
ity only a moment or two before
Dick said: 'Margie, I am going to
have a swim; don't you want to come
with me?"
"TIl be glad to-" l answered quick
Iy. I wanted to break up the TRAN
gle and get away where l could think.
Il think I'll come, too" said Nal
colin Stuart. Il was busy at bathing
time this morning"
I turned away from the men. eff
Malcolm Stuart wants to prOlOng the
uncomfortable situation he will have
to dc. it alone" I said to myself i'm
patiently, and all the while there was
ringing in my ears the voice Of Nal
colin Stuart saying, you love me,
MaTgie," and my insistent question,
do love him?"
Suddenly I turned into little
shop, Don't wait for me, ," 1 said, 81
want to buy a bathing cap"
The men walked on leisUrely. 1
bought the cap which I did not need
and then IOitered behind them. I
could not bear to walk ahead and
feel that each mans thoughts were
on me, each mans eyes full Of me.
Here" I said to myself, ''is one Of
those great situations which writers
put into novels" And then my life
with Dick opened like a book. 1
seemed to feel all the ecstasy of that
night when my heart leaped at the
thought of belonging to Dick. Again
I felt the charm of his little crooked
smile. again l trembled at the feel Of
Caress. He was my husband, my
man. Every nerve in my body had
responded to his slightest touch
and yet no man I had ever known
had appealed to my mind, my soul,
as had Malcolm Stuart.
The Detroit times., 1917-04-30

render a service which 7 believe that
my record entities me 20 say that
am able 20 render
asck 20 be allowed effectively
90 40 my part IN showing that the
Americans OF today are worthy 81
The great herita ge beQueathed 10
them hy their fathers who lived in
the days % Lincoln. and their fore
fathers who lived IA the dAys or
Washington that we are loyal Co
the spirit % the mighty men OF the
past. and that We. too. az freemen
who prise beyond measure our free
dom and who feel that the enjoy
ment u rights and the Observance
% duties so hand In hand. are eaker.
In our turn. 20 prove that those who
are ~ 20 live are not afraid 90 die
The Detroit times., 1917-04-30
To CALL FIRST
DRAFT SEPT. |
Five Hundred Thousand Citi-
zens VIII Be Summoned
To COlOrs

WASHINGTON. April 3o.--Th ?
first 100000 for citizens army 20
be raised under selecuvs conscrip.
ton will be called to the eolors
about Sept Of this year, Score
tsry OF War Baker has announced.
The nrst national registration day
win be within 30 DAYS from passage
OF the bill--in other words about
June /. It will probably be nom
mated by presidential proclamation
The government. Secretary Baker
said, will call upon all able-bodied
citizens TO come forward and reg
ister AZ voting booths. Slackers
will be gone after later.
II is expected 100000 men will
be registered. or these 100000 or
100000 viii be chosen by the jury
wheel system. After physical. ia
dustrial and other exemptions are
made OF these men. the hrst 500 000
will be placed in immediate train.
ing.
The exemption machinery. the
war department stated. will be con
Quoted as far as possible under the
guidance OF local authorities.
Governors OF states VIII be poten.
tial factors IN the selective plan.
The war department desires 10 Oh.
tain the benefit OF "neighborhood
opinion" as 10 whether a man shall
be called from his occupation aud
home TO serve the country IN ITS
military arm.
Each state In TO be assigned a
definite quota 10 al for America
greater army.
The Detroit times., 1917-04-30
2 KILLED,
TWO HURT
BY ENGINE
Collapse of Coal Pile
Throws Men In Path
of Locomotive
INJURED MEN
WILL RECOVER
Charles Clacke and Alb
bolt Hansel Are
Victims

Two msu we're killed and two IN.
mred early Monday when a svi ch
engine backed down upon a coal ca-
n The yards o. the Detroit cry css
company AZ The foot o, Meldruu
ave
The dead are Charles Clacke, So
No. 24T Beaufait-ave- and Abbott
Hansel, 40. No. ITO Fortst. cas-
Clacke wat killed outright while
Hansel. both legs crushed and IN.
Iured internally. died soon after.
wards In Receiving hospital
The injured are August Schoe-
koen a.. No 247 Besufait-ave ard
James Hoelks. 80. same address
Schoekoen, his RIGHT arm broken
= IN Receiving hospital Hoelke
was able 20 continue work.
The men were unloading car -
coal when the accident occurred In
he crash the false bottom OF The
car gave wsy. eng1Iifng them with
ne coal Clacke and Hansel were
deposited directly Ia the path cf
ths locomotive and the former wa
cot II two. The others were o.
iured IN rolling 10 safety
The Detroit times., 1917-04-30
5 ESCAPE FROM
MT.CLEMENS JAIL
Detroit Police Assist In Search
For Macomb County
Fugitives

Three counties are being combed
by police for some trace OF the FIVE
men who broke out OF the Macomb
county Jail at Mt. Clemens few
minutes after o'clock Monday
morning
A turnkey discovered the escape
an hour after II occurred. Detroit
police were notified immediately and
q watch posted at all the incoming
routes to the city. ST. Clair county
authorities also are aiding the Ma
comb county sheriff in the search.
According 10 information received
by Detroit police. the men. occu-
pants OF adjoining cells. cut their
way 70 freedom with saws which.
1; is believed were Struggled into
them hy friends
The names Of the men az FUR
nished by Macomb county author
flies are Frank Boston. aged 81
George Crews. 10. William Justin.
%; Georgo miller, "a. and Frank
Ross. rs. % was not iearned on
what charges they were being held.
One OF the men, believed % be
Boston. was reported as having left
Mt Clemens on a Detroit interur-
ban Detectives met the car upon
it's arrival only 70 And the quarry
had slipped of outside the city lin.
its.
The Detroit times., 1917-04-30
MANSLAUGHTER
CHARGE FADES;
VICTIM is ALIVE

Albert NeHke, whose auto struck
and injured Frank Hawson several
DAYS ago. and who was being held
BY The police on a charge OF man
slaughter. was greately relieved Sat.
urday when he learned that his vic
um was nor dead as be had been
informed Detective smith had be.
sun sumuoniUg Witnesses FOR an IN
quest when he learned that Rawson.
instead ~ being dead YVES rapidly
improving Hs is now in he vest
branch OF Grace hospital having
been moved there from Receiving
hospital
The Detroit times., 1917-04-30
DRAFT BILL VOTE
CHEERS BRITONS

LONDON. Aprfl 30 Enthusiastic
approval OF the Endorsement Of con
scrtption by the American congress
was universally voiced By The Lon
don newspapers today they De.
clared belief that The draft would
enable The United States 70 avoid
many OF the mistakes made BY
Great Britain
Comment OF he Pail Mail Gazette
vas typical II said
Passage Of the conscrip tlon 81 leg.
lslat.on by congress shows an in
fenuon 20 profit by our mistakes
our new ally viii not non see The
time whom its wasted efforts vll DO
blocked hy pos'poncment of The
evta5ie
The Detroit times., 1917-04-30

Seeking relief from an exceeding
'y nigh TAX burden during their final
y~ar 10 Michigan representative
~ The Detroit brewers appealed 20
me board ~ review Saturday morn.
ing inasmuch ~ tho brew cries VIII
be operating but ~ months % fbe
next ascal year. and many ~ them
rot that ma1T months. 81 is consid.
cred likely thar the board will rec
1nmend 20 ffe stare tax commits.
sion thar fheir personal property
assessments Do lowered
The Detroit times., 1917-04-30

Washington IN his nrst sampaign
foaEht against Frrnehmen. The
Americans who followed him A.
Trenton fought against Germans
~ Princeton and Yorktown fought
against Eng shuen. Ills followers
Included men ~ English descent
rkr. L.chtlarsr HaFfN Lee and
MuhIrrbcrg 90 irish descent Ike
Sullivan Rut they were all Ameri-
cans and nothing wore'
Thrr treated ore another each on
hIs worth as Wun without regard
tu fhnf maue creed or blood When
they were. pired asainst an enemy
lErt t.H u.t ask ns % his national
origin. tut only AS 20 whether ne
MAS sr rn UF M fhfIr common cUyn-
Or, and IN .rst countys fax
Twice nav" fousn ~ OF. ~
britain and I'm 60 eh case fhe im-
mtns- wu .nrIfV ~ our rf Hens ~
British origin were undlyldcdly loyal
20 fNe United states
Vow when we HEhf Germany
know utter the sent ments o. the
-iffteus ~ German or'sin. when
saw chat fheir untif ded allegiance
I- given Orr fha stare and Stripes
and te rte nation for which me ban
ner stands
appeal espe- ATTY % the descend
ants ~ those htr US - herty the
Germans - fs Wr Battle now for
freedom and .tsf.r- tu exactly fhn
Frfrtf Of tho ren NO 'ts who SO vail
iunfIt stood aEsiust tyranny
have asked leave Or be- allow "a
90 raise "a division fo take 20 thr
front fn fhr Hrsf sKpeditiCrary
fur-e under fne rn MIRA udrr - that
frreH NfN - ---- AFR two or
three ~trs preliminary tratn'rs
here -tn 81 taken for Intensive
d Oh.
The Detroit times., 1917-04-30
YANKEES WIN
AIR BATTLE
Two Fliers Rout German Bird
Men In Spirited
Action

PARIS April a1 American sria
tors aealn have emerged vctoriol
from % battle n the clouds win
German si-meu. II was learned here
Sunday The lerot of the cn
counter lwore Willis Havilsnd O
Minneapolis and Charles O. Jotu.
son. n s. Louis. who 8re under the
command ~ Lieut. William Thaw
Flying together iu separate ma.
chimes. tho two Amer.chns encouu.
tered q group % Gorman airplaney
davnapd forced one enemy craft o.
on altitude % 5000 frel where &c.
engaged SO iu combat After a sp.r-
Hed fght fhe German machine.
r.ddled hy machine sun Gro.
iapsed and fcll
Almost 20 the same tire Johnson
bad desperate battle With another
German machine which he par ,o
hisht evidently In distress.
The Detroit times., 1917-04-30
Sweep Out The

POisons! The large in,
testine is the seat Of many
IDuessing ailments. the
prolific producer of poisons
that impair all functions of
the body. Keep it clean and
healthy by eating the right
kind of foods. Cut out the
drug laxatives. No need Of
pills, oils or bran cakes when
you eat Shredded Wheat
Biscuit, a food that contains
ali the material needed for
building healthy tissue and
at the same time supplies
enough bran to gently slim
ulate peristalsis, thus keep
ing the bowels healthy and
active. Try it for break
fast with hot milk, stewed
prunes, or sliced bananas.
Made at Niagara Falls, NY.
The Detroit times., 1917-04-30

Coy, Whitman OF New York. has
issued proclamation setting aside
The week beginning today for Tho
observance OF statewide Clean
ND Week"
The Detroit times., 1917-04-30
MOTT EXPECTED
HERE FOR BELGIAN
RELIEF DINNER

DIT. John r Mott. Of New York. it.
expected 10 be n guest at The dinner
20 be held In the interest Of Belgian
relief at Hotel Pontchartraln Monday
evening. President Wilson has said
that Dr. Mott is the best informed
man in the country on conditions
IN Europe. He has visited the var
infested countries twice as tho pres
ident's personal representative and
was ia Belgium, when n was over.
run by the German legions
Madame Leon Dupriez will tell
the story OF the despoillng of her
home city. Louvaiu, and q her es.
cape 20 the United States.
The Detroit times., 1917-04-30

asking Is not In any way as a sub
stitute for. but az a supplement %.
the plan for a great army 20 he
raised on tho principle Of universal
obligatory military service. plan
which 7 favor with All my heart
DO not Rskffor men In the class
- which would be taken under the
administratfonS plan for an army
raised under the obligatory system.
ask for men who would not other
wise pc allowed 20 so.
p The force I propose 70 raise would
represent an absolute addition TO the
nations military strength an add
ton which could be used at once
which would serve 20 put the rag
and keep the haR on the nring line
during the time that the great army
was itself being raised and while
our haR would otherwise not Be on
tho firing line. The favor I ask IS
the great favor ~ being allowed 20
The Detroit times., 1917-04-30
Death Beats Fast Train.

John J. Costigan. formerly OF De
troit. now a thester owner OF Flag
stan. Ariz.. returned 20 this CITY
last week. just too late TO see his
1ve-yearold daughter. Marie be
fore the little one died The child
was buried Saturday. services being
held IN the home OF her grandmoth.
or. Mrs. c. Costigan. No. ss6 Jefter-
son-ave. Costigan was on q train.
racing back from Flagstaff. when
he received telegram notifying
him OF the death OF his daughter.
The Detroit times., 1917-04-30

PrinttnG-the plain aeat ktna-tAst
"a rtEht-riurs Joh Dept.--Nain tzaa