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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-24

which was one for every man, woman,
child and baby living in the township
That is what 1 call 100 per cent plus!
Four other townships in Lyon county
reported membership for every
adult resident.
Charles A. Wilson,. chairman at
Chanute, reports on a quota of $500,
5000 already secured and more COM
ing.
Mrs. w. K. Lutz, chairman at Be
lott, phones that every school child in
Beloit is a Christmas member of the
Red Cross. Every child in Simpson is
a Christmas member Half the school
children in the 4-ural districts of
Mitchell county are members and they
confidently expect to get all the
school children in rural schools to be-
come Christmas members. Among
the adults they have gone away over
their quota. Yesterday was a holiday
and all the children worked all day
for the Red Cross
w. S. Lower. district manager. Con-
/ cordia, said there would not be d coun-
ty in his district that would fall below
its quota, and that some of them
would go at least so per cent over.
To Preserve Booths.
All chapters in the district having
used the Red Cross booths in this
campaign are asked to preserve the
booths for use in the next one This
can be done very effectively and if
the booths are preserved a new de-
sign can be autographed for the fronts
ana pasted on to mark the slogan of
| the next campaign. These booths. tho
Inexpensive, represent a large amount
of money when the number of them is
considered, and the preservation of
the booths Will mean just that much
! more money for the use of the Red
cross in relief work. All chapter
chairmen are asked to personally see
to this detail
In a circular sent out by the Red
cross to its workers some Interesting
iISureS on the war are given which
! pear out the contention of the Red
cross that the people must give and
then give some more and keep on Civ
, ing If the cost of the war in men and
munitions is to be kept below a pro
! hibitive basis The bulletin saws that:
Every second of time three men
are either killed or permanently
Twenty-Five thousand men killed or
incapacitated every twenty-four
hoursl
Five and a half million men already
killed.
Six million men in prison camps!
Forty million men now under the
colors in war;
Cost of the war one hundred thou
sand dollars per minutei One hundred
and forty-four million dollars per day.
Cost of war for three days would
duplicate the cost of Panama canal!
Seventy-five billion dollars total
cost of war to datei
Two million women and children
starved to death in Poland during the
past two yearsi
| One million old men. women and
! children starved to death in past eigh-
! teen months!-
America must stay in the war to the
finish. The fate of our free institu-
tions and our nation is at stake.
The Red Cross is the most effective
medium for service support thru
which the American people as a
whole can act
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WAY OVER QUOTA
Red Cross District Campaign
To Close Tonight.
kNIanager Moore Makes Esti-
mate of OversubscriptiOn.
BIG PROGRAM At ST. MARYS
Reports From All Over State
Show Fine Results.
Interesting Figures About War
Help Mercy Cause.

Reports from the Fifth Campaign
district on the Christmas membership
of the Red Cross:
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Paul Hudson, night yardmaster;. has
gone to Chicago to spend the holidays
with relatives. Mr. Ben Williams is doing
his work during his absence
George De Graft of Kansas City, formerly
of the paint shops. was recent visitor in
the paint department.
George Monohan. machinist at the round
house, has returned from a day spent in
MI. and Mrs. Isaiah Hale left Sunday
brother. Judge Hamilton and family, of
Fort Madison, Iowa
Mr. and Mrs. J. NJ. Harvey of Emporia
will be Christmas dinner guests of their
Roy Derby is spending Christmas with
his parents Mr. and Mrs. H. l. Derby.
Mr.. Derby comes from Mare Island, San
Francisco.
man avenue. are spending several days
visiting in Mitchell county.
Mrs. II G Davis has left to spend
Tuesday in Kansas City and little Hal
Davis will be the guest of his grandmother
at Guthrie Okla. Christmas day.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Horne left Sunday
their daughter, Mrs. Everett Clark at La
Junta. Colo.
Fred Red of the machine shops is
spending a short holiday with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. l. II. Ellenberger will en-
terrain as guests Tuesday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Reryl Spurlock and Mr.. Al Smith of North
Miss Ora Harlan of the freight auditors
office is absent from her work on account
The general claim department boasts
81 Red Cross memberships. This is one
of the best showings in any department
Of the G. O. in proportion to the number
of persons employed in the department.
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Telephone between and 10 a. IN, $3.50:
other hours, 4I51 k
Mrs. Ella Chaplin. Twiss avenue, will en-
terrain at dinner Tuesday for Mr.. and Mrs
Tom CheckfieId, Miss Bessie Illston, Miss
Lucille and Dorothy Jones and Mr. C. L.
Chaplin.
was burned Saturday afternoon as the re
suit of putting kerosene in the stove, is
Mr. and Mrs T. V Robertson will enter
tain Christmas day with a dinner for Mr..
and Mrs; John AlexandeTi MI and . MIS-.
ander and children and Miss Helen Alex
Mrs. Kate McNeaIy. 4o5 East Locust
street, is the guest of her daughter at In
dianapolis, Ind.
= Mr. and Mrs. NJ .;,I NJ UhEen Of Upton ers
the parents of a son, born three weeks
Miss iris Fritz of Salina, was a recent
guest of Miss Frances Jones, Grattan street.
Mrs. c. w. Paddock will entertain with
Christmas dinner Tuesday. at her home,
Long, Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Watts and
daughter Vivian, Mr.. and Mrs A; d.
Miss Winona and Miss Barbara Watts,
Miss Margaret Bayne, Mr.. Fred Cham
bers and Mr.; HILLARY Watts ron+,
the funeral of Mr.. Gus Schrader who died
last week in New Mexico.
The Christmas exercises at the THIRD
Presbyterian church will begin at sc
o'clock Tuesday evening
Mrs. w. +. Gillard and sons, Walter and
Ferney If Cedar Rapids, Iowa, are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Gillard, Leland
street and Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Gillard,
Highland avenue.
Mrs. William Barbee returned from
Davenport. Iowa, called there by the III
mss of her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Luthey will entertain
Tuesday noon at their home, AL Jefferson
street with a family dinner.
John Odds and brother Lloyd Olds have
returned to their home in Corning, Iowa
after visiting their aunt, Mrs. l. II. Fallen
berger, Lake street
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DOUBLE WHEAT CROP
Iowa Farmers Will Raise Still More
by Spring Planting if Needed.

Des Moines, Ia. Dec. 24.-If Iowa's
winter wheat crop-raised on 459,I56
acres-doesn't go far enough in its
help toward feeding the United States
and her allies. the Hawkeye farmers
next spring will displace oats with
wheat Nine thousand more acres are
planted in whea- this winter than last
and grain experts today said the crop
would be so per cent larger than that
harvested last year. So far weather
conditions have been favorable to the
grain and with a mild spring a record
crop is expected.
If the crop fails, or if the govern
ment experts. or the food administra-
ton says the word. little ground will
be planted in cats.
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Members of the college glee Club, the
St Marys Choral society Sand the
C oirs of the local churches will sing
in every store in st. Marys tonight,
and are expected to charm many
new membership dollar into the cof-
fers of the Red Cross.
Reports From Over State.
Reports from over the state indicate
that Kansas has again staged a sweep
ing victory for the Red Cross and has
lived up to her reputation of giving
and giving freely in good cause. Re
ports frCm various points in the state
by local county chairmen:
r. NJ. Cauthorn, secretary of Jewell
county chapter. reports that Jewell
county quota is full and more to fol-
low.
N X. Moody, district manager. In
dependence. says the district will
largely exceed its quota. Independence
itself now reports $500 on a quota
of 1000. At the mayors Christmas
tree on Christmas eve, they have ar
ranged to have the children carry Red
Cross flags and American flags, and
to lave Red Cross services almost en-
tirely.
c. E. Snyder, district manager,
Leavenworth, promises more than the
memberships secured among two
thousand inmates of the Old Soldiers
home, and says they expect to get at
least $50 more at the second call.
What a fine example of patriotism,
when these old people, with practical
give up their dollar in order to enlist
in this great volunteer army.
w. w Finney, district manager
Emporia, reported Sunday that in Dis
rruct No. 6. in Coffey county, they had
obtained eighty-one memberships
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The reports from the nine counties
comprising the Fifth Campaign dis
rrict for the Red Cross Christmas
membership drive are incomplete to-
day and only the approximate sub
scriptions are shown in the table. Ac-
cOrding t George Godfrey Moore,
chairman in charge of the drive for
the district, the total subscription is
expected to be oversIbscribed by at
least 5000 new members, when the
totals are all complete.
In Wabaunsee county the report of
$50 is not the county report but the
report from the city of Eskridge. No
reports have yet been received from
the rural districts of this county.
Pottawatomie county heads the list
of counties with an oversubscriptiOn
Of nearly ESQ per cent. This county
as org ,Cized in two parts under the
leadership o. f. c. Quigley and c. w.
Lord and The work in Pottawatomie
is not by any manner of means at an
end. nor will it he till the drive Off
cally closes at midnight tonight.
Great plans have been laid in St.
Narys. Quigley's home town, for the
biggest push of the drive tonight.
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Notes and personals from Oakland
by Frances Jones, 81 Grattan street.
other hours. 4751 K-2-
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Hutson and chill
querque, N Mex, will arrive Tuesday to
spend Christmas with Mr.. Illusions par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Hutson, Sumner
The Oakland W. c. T. Z. Will have an open
house New Years day to all friends in
terested in the work of the Union Mr.. and
Mrs. G. H. Ensign will be host and hostess.
The hours have been set from 2 until 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Cuttings, AFTER avenue
also to spend Christmas
The W. c. T. U: has made comfort kit
lived in Oakland. Twenty five have been
made, stocked with darning cotton, needles,
thread. buttons, etc.
nue., will entertain at dinner Tuesday for
DR.. and Mrs. r. E. Massey and children,
Webb of Williamstown, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Peters, Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Potter, Mr. Ted
North and son Edward Ernest all of High
land Park, Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Webb and
daughter Marguerite.
Scott Kelsey: jr., has come from Manhat
tan to spend the holidays with his parents
Miss Nell Shehi has been ill at her home,
Chester avenue, several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. E. Wingett have come
from Hoisington, Kan, to spend Christmas
with Mrs. Wingett's sister, Miss Carrie
Beeson and father. Mr.. W. Beeson. Mr..
Ralph Diehl will also come from Parsons
Mr. and Mrs w. o. Sherman 143 Oakland
avenue, will have as dinner guests Tues
day Mr.. and Mrs. J. A Lahman and family
of Van Buren, street.
Bert Ludington has returned home after
spending the past week in Fort Sill, with
his brother, Fred Ludington.
Miss Vivian Kuhn will come from Sc
dalia, No, to spend the holidays with her
aunt, Mrs. G. b. Dreisbach, 261 Winfield
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Neiswinter will enter
tain Tuesday noon with Christmas dinner
and will have guests Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
Neiswinter of Emporia and Mr.. and Mrs.
Alvin Messenger and children, Jack and
Evelyn Of Horton.
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EAST SIDE NOTES

Notes and personals from East Side
by Frances Jones, 211 Grattan street
Telephone between s and 10 a. ~. $3.50:
other hours, 4I51 k-e.
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SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS
Knit.

Knit.
If you have knit a pair of socks,
Some fellow you've befriended,
But how you'd like to wear. one pair,
Until the war is ended?
-NpIa YinRle.
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CALLS HIM UPSTART
Ex-CoIIege President "Uneducated''-
The Lady Lands in Jail.

Oakland, Cal, Dec. 24.-Mrs. Va
larie Higgins, Viennese milliner. who
once startled society by her claims of
being the fourth daughter of the late
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria and
who alleged Archduke Francis Saliva
tor was her husband, is under arrest
here charged with seditious conduct.
president Wilson is an uneducated
upstart and the United States is fight
ing for the money there is in it, she
is alleged to have told neighbors.
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OAKLAND NOTES

Notes and personals from Oakland
by Frances Jones, 81 Grattan street.
Telephone between s and 10 a. m, 1880;
other hours. 4751 K-2.
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SANTA FE NOTES

Notes and personals from Santa Fe
bv Frances Jones. 21t Grattan street
Telephone between and 10 a. m, $3.50;
other hours. 4751 K-2-
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North Side News

Items for this column may be left at
Petros Drug Store, or phoned Dol
after p. m; other hours phone SoSo'
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Wrong Word Crept
Into Advertisement

typographical errors in newspapers
are not unusual. and pass without
comment except in such cases as hap
pened yesterday in the opening adver-
tisement Of the new E. C. Jones store.
The type states that Mr.. Jones
wrote" every women in Fairmont and
vicinity to come and inspect the
bright, shining new store on opening
day. In his advertisement, Mr.. Jones
did Invite, every woman in Fairmont
and vicinity to be present at the op-
ening of his new quarters. No special
invitations were issued and this notice
is intended to correct any wrong i'm
preston that may have arisen by rea.
son Of the erro
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Services in the Y. NJ. c. A.
4. G. StoetZer. D. D. Minlstnr-


The quarantine has been lifted, and
all children can come to the Sabbath
school, classes for all ages. Mr.. J. Wal.
ter Barnes, superintendent
The Business Mems Bible Glass
meets in the X. OF p. Hall, Fleming
Building.
Morning service 1O:45 o'clock. Ser.
mon by the Pastor of the church on
this text: The Lord OF Hosts is With
U.s. The subject will be of interest
TO all. particularly to the soldier boys
and their families.
Christian Endeavor Society $50 p.
NJ. Leader. Mr.. II. E. Engle. Topic.
THE Christians Power" Acts 1:1.S.
Evening service 1880. Sermon by
the Pastor. on a practical subject OF
interest to all students and teachers
about to resume their work next Mon.
day. The text will be: Stir up the
Gift Of God that is in Thee"
Midweek service Wednesday 1880 p.
NJ.
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
W.. Eddy, Pastor,

The quarantine is off. All the church
and school are expected to be present
Sunday at $3.50. We hope to have a
large attendance for this first ser
vice.
1915 morning service. "Denomina-
tional Vitals aud Needs" Junior Con
grcgation sermon Lakes
2:OO-Junior b Y. 2. I.
2:OO-Sunday school Virginia ave.
nue. and Riyesville.
G:3O-Senior and Intermediate B
Y. 2. U.
7:S0-Evening service, subject
christianity and Revolution. Personal
Religion and Trouble" Good music
by the choir.
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M. p. TEMPLE.

= J. c. Bloomfield, D. D., Pastor.
Because OF the orders received to
delay our departure for Montgomery,
until further orders, / will be in my
pulpit again at both services tomor.
row. How much longer I will be here
] have no way of knowing. Soldier
like we are subject to orders.
Z We begin our church year tomor.
row.. consequently l am DESTROYS to
have . good attendance OF the mem.
bers and friends of the congregation.
The quarantine has been lifted from
the little folks and no doubt they will
be glad to be at Sunday school at $3.50
tomorrow.
Preaching service at 1O:45, subject
OF sermon "Christ's Advice for Today"
Christian EndeaYor at $3.50 o'clock.
Evening worship at 1880. with ser
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Sunday In
The Churches
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH.


Corner Third St., and CASTOR Avenue.
$3.50. Sunday School, as usual chill.
dren now admitted. Supt. Shafferman
desires full turnout. Let all return
at once, it will seem good to be to-.
gether again.
10:45, Morning worship. The coun-
Gil desires to have a large majority Of
the congregation present to hear Rev.
d. S. Weimer OF Kimberton. Pa, who
comes here as an applicant for the
pastorate.
1880, Evening service led by Rev.
Weimer. Rev. Weimer comes highly
recommended and it is certain to give
prayer meeting led by Rev. ]. S Rob.
inson, acting pastor. Let this meeting
become better appreciated
A cordial welcome is extended to
all the general public. ANY strangers
and particularly Lutherans are urged
to come and share with us our church
home.
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FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH.
Claude E. Goodwin, Pastor.
3d., s,,-,,... - Esff-

SOOA"llf FdSNOF.
Services tomorrow as follows:
Sunday school at nine thirty. The
quarantine has been lifted. The chill
dren are at liberty to attend the
school, Parents are asked to help in
securing good attendance. There will
be good music and some inspiring
singing. Glasses for all ages.
Public worship and sermon at ten.
forty-five. Subject of sermon, Second
Mile Religion"
Epworth League devotional meeting
at six thirty. Topic-"League Study
Courses. Leader. Miss May Hawkins.
Vacation days are about done. The
young people are urged to get busy
with the work OF the autumn season.
Public worship and sermon at seven
thirty. Subject of sermon The Test
OF Spiritual Life" Visitors and stray
gers will find a hearty welcome at all
these services.
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tee to which he was several months
ago assigned
We want Congressman Cooper for
our governor" says Samuel solins. a
lawyer and politician OF Mcdowell
county. THE people in our part Of
the state would support Mr.. Cooper
for the United States Senate by a big
majority most enthusiastically" de.
clares Judge Frank Maynard OF Blue
neld. And other southern West vir-
ginians are for another term in the
House for the Bramwell man whose de
yotion TO his duty here, and his salts
factory discharge OF them, has Great
ed such a wide spread favorable i'm.
preston. AS for Mr.. Cooper, II he had
only his own wishes to consult, he
would probably sidestep all politics in
the future and go back to his extern
sive business interests. But It fire.
quently happens that a man gets 10
that point in a political career when
being in the hands Of ones friends is
no mere figure OF speech. He must
go forward with his friends, or he
must desert them. That may not APP
f%- ~ SS-6A N9oAAAnA SObpGAF I'll Ntl-
tain 1t is said that should he qutt me
game and return to private life he
would disappoint a host OF friends
who have pinned their faith and hops
to his star. In all Of this admiring
group, the least concerned and the
calmest, and apparently the most dis
interested, is the congressional repre-.
sentative and Republican leader from
Mercer county. What plans he has OF
a political nature for the future, II he
has any, he is keeping strictly to him.
self. He is commended for senator
and he is boosted for governor, and II
he wants a third term in the House
1t is agreed that he will get it without
any opposition for the nomination. He
appears, any way it is looked at, as
being more favorably stationed in the
political field than any other West Vir.
ginia politician. Furthermore, he.
seems to be satisfied to let It remain
so-for the time, at least. There are
probably a lot OF ambitious men who
envy both his poise and the place he
is occupying in relation to the party.
There are several moves open to him
on the Republican chess board, and
all OF them look good.
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Within the week Westinghouse
have rejoiced to discover that they
have in a new member of the District
affairs committee of the House u
staunch friends for representation in
the government. The new member is
none other than Congressman Stuart
F. Reed. of the Clarksburg district,
and they were helped to discover him
by local newspaper which interview
ed him on local issues and illuminated
1t With picture OF the handsome and
eloquent representative. Washington
is making fight for the same thing
that George Washington and the Colo
nists fought for a century and n half
ago and MISREPRESENTATION in the
government TO which they pay taxes.
Congressman Reed is in favor OF Civ
ing them a voice in the government,
and when he said so, mighty cheer
went up from the "downtrodden" in
the form Of an S.point, double column
editorials. Mr.. Reed pointed out that
our insular possessions and territories
have a voice in the government thru
their delegates in Congress, but the
District of Columbia hasn't voice in
anything, and never has had. He
thinks this wrong and said so, and
declared his willingness to help right
that wrong. He also stated his views
on other municipal problems which it
is the business Of the important com.
mittee Of which he is a member to
solve, and there again he scored a
hit with the local gallery. Washing
tonians TO the number of about $50, 900
like the way this new man from West
Virginia expresses himself, and they
are not backward in saying so. The
interview shows one thing pretty
clearly: that is, that having been as
signed his duties the Clarksburg
statesman proceeded at once to give
them his best thought, to make up his
mind on various very live problems in
this great Capital City. And when he
had decided what was best, to state
his convictions with emphasis and
clarity. The signs are that Stuart +.
Reed is going to be an influential and
active factor on the powerful commit
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NJ. p. CHURCH

e. G. Lawson, Pastor.
Sunday school at nine thirty, Supt..
J. A. Swiger.
Preaching at 1890, subject The
Value OF Your Life"
$50, Christian Endeavor
1850, preaching, subject THE Com.
ing Day
Prayer meeting each Wednesday ev-
ening at 1870.
All will find n welcome here.
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J. II. Oatley, OF Parkersburg, score.
tary OF the y. NJ. c. \. in that city, is
in Washington, coming here to confer
with Food Administrator Hoover on
the food conservation in West Virgin
ia.
Mrs. Anna NJ. Pratt OF Shirley. Ty.
Ter county, has been notified by Con.
gresham woodward that a pension OF
$50 month had been allowed to her.
The Post Office department has or
dered inspectors TO visit the following
post offices where vacancies exist and
TO recommend for appointments: Blue
Sulphur Springs in Greenbrier county;
Avon in Doddridge county; Frost in
Pocahontas county; Legc in Raleigh
county; and Nicollett in Wood coun.
ty.
Mr.. and Mrs Wade Coberley, OF Ell.
kins, newly weds, are in Washington
on their honeymoon. They received
the congratulations and personal cour.
tesies Of Senator Sutherland when
they called on him yesterday.
c. NJ. Reed has been designated as
acting postmaster at Young, w. Va.
The following OF the fourth class have
been commissioned: James X. Arnett
at Altman, a new Office in Boone coun.
ty, Gipson Lease at Champwood, Min
eral county; Jonathan Sole at Endicott
and Charles Z. Given at Willis.
Additional evidence was filed at the
Pension Bureau today by Senator
Sutherland in support of the claims OF
Dora Broom OF Parkersburg, helpless
child Of soldier, and John NJ. Jones
OF Morgantown.
John B. Finley, formerly OF Parkers-
burg, but now secretary of the farm
loan bank at Baltimore, is in the city
on business with officials of the Treas.
ury department