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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05
RAISE DISCOUNT RATES
Federal Reserve Board Issues Order
to the Twelve Reserve Banks.

Washington. Dec. 5.-To discourage
initiation and promote sound business
condition the federal reserve board
has approved a general increase in
discount rates of about one-half per
cent for most of the ~ federal re-
serve banks.
On 5 day paper including member
banks collateral notes the new rates
are per cent for all banks except
at New York where it is per cent
For 8 to 60 day paper the new rates
are AZ per cent for all banks except
New York which is per cent and
Chicago and Minneapolis which are
5 per cent Formerly rates on this
paper ranged between and Az per
cent
For agricultural and live stock pa
per over 80 days the new rates are 5
per cent except for Richmond which
is " per cent and Chicago. st. Louis
Minneapolis and San Francisco which
are 5 " per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05
ANDREW GIVES $50, 900
Many Cities Oversubscribe Quotas in
Soldier Entertainment Fund.

New York, Dec. 5.-The national
drive of the war camp community
service for $4,O0O,0OO fund to pro-
vide wholesome entertainment for SOL
diers and sailors on leave in cities
near camps and environments, was ad-
vanced today by contribution of
$4,000 from the Carnegie corpora
ton, it was announced. This brought
New York City's quota of approx
mately one million over the 100000
mark.
Reports from eastern and middle
western cities indicate that many
of them have oversu described their
quotas already. John d. Rockefeller,
jr., is one of the active organizers of
the work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05
LOCAL MENTION

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Sherman with
their little daughter, Pauline, left To-
peka Thanksgiving for New Mexico
Mrs. Sara HargraveS, Mrs. Sherman S
mother, has received a wire announce
ing their safe arrival at Pres Ripos,
where they will reside for some time.
The grand opening of the city fed
Grafton of colored women's clubs was
held Tuesday night at the clubrooms
in Garfield school. The opening pro-
gram was in charge of the Ne Plus
and Mrs. l. c. Clark sang vocal solos,
Mrs. Maybelle H. Bradshaw and Mrs.
A M. Booker gave readings. and an
instrumental solo was rendered by
Miss Ruby Mcknight. There will be
another program tonight in charge of
clubs.
The Bell Telephone Directory goes
to press December s. All those desir-
ing listings or changes call telephone
number 33.-Adv.
The Bell Telephone Directory goes
to press December s. All those desir-
ing Iistings or changes call telephone
number SS.-Adv.
Minerva MacFerran, 9-year-ofd
daughter of Sullivan MacFerran, re-
ceived $500 today in a friendly suit
against the Rock Island. The money
was paid to her father. The girl lost
a leg several months ago when a
freight train ran over the member.
decorating it to such an extent that an
operation was necessary
The Ladies Masonic unit of the Red
Cross will hold Business meeting and
election of officers at the Masonic
temple, Thursday evening at 7:30
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05

Jet
enthusiasm with a desire to initiate
consider lovely. 49,
;. The American woman is stern in
her belief that the so-called Italian
deeolletage is ruinous to her appear
ance. She is quite willing to concede
to the artistic element and to the ac-
tresses the kind of opening at the
neck which both these segments of
society adopted. For herself, if she
is a workaday, practical woman, or
if she has a conventional place in So
ciety, she insists that the decollette
of her frock should be a deep square
or a deep V.
That tradition is rooted in her An
glo-SaXon temperament. She is will
ing to subscribe to the slightly round
decolletaSe, and she has taken up the
slightly square Dutch neck with all
the impetuosity of her character when
she likes a novelty. 1t is difficult to
persuade her that the Dutch neck is
as unbecoming as the Italian kind,
for she looks upon the latter with a
bit of contempt born thru her spo-
radio contact with the artist element,
who adopt this in loose hanging
smocks and blouses which they pre-
fer above all other garments.
The Accepted DecoIlctage
Tradition is one thing and present
fact is another. and it is evident that
the majority of American women will
accept the deco 1etage that is cut
about three inches :JeloW the bend of
I. the neck and runs away to the end
of the shoulder
1t is seen on many of the French
gowns and the best American orig
nations. 1t is adopted for jumpers.
for informal dinner frocks. and it
prevails on the or-e-piece frock of
serge, worsted or satin that has come
dangerously near Usurping the place
of the tailored coat suit this fall.
There are ways of making this kind
of neck outline becoming and it is
well that a woman should learn them,
for she will have. difficulty in persuad-
| ing the dressmakers to give her an
! other kind of outline at the shoulders
and she will find that the majority of
| ready-to-wear frocks and waists have
adopted the decolletage that has been
taboo in this country for so long
If one brings the material about two
/ inches higher in the back than in the
front. and if there is a slight curve
upward at the shoulder line, a trans
| formation for the better will be in
I Simultaneous. It is just this bit of
practical work that the back of this
! kind of gown shall be three inches
/ lower than the f ont. and few of the
/ extra artistic French designers have
aided and abetted her in this sartorial
| weakness.
r 1t seems to be quite certain that as
the winter progresses, evening gowns
will be less and less decoIlete, and
that the Italian outline will be ac-
cepted as a compromise between the
C. che-nez collar and the girdle-bodice
As France DOCS 1t.
The gown which is sketched today
and which has been sent direct from
an atelier in Paris. is the best ex-
ample of this kind of frock which is
now accepted for theaters, restaurant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05
In DEAL WITH BRAZIL
France to Get 80 Former German
Ships in Exchange for Products.

Rio Janeiro. Dec. 5.-A decree auth
orizing the signing of an agreement
with the French government for the
use of thirty former Ger IN ships is
published by the newspapers.
A statement issued by the finance
minister places the total tonnage of
these ships at 249,5 France, it
adds, is to place at the disposal of
Brazil 100000 francs and will pur-
chase 100000 bags of coffee and
Brazilian agricultural products to the
value Of 100,000,00O francs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05

New York. Dec. -MONEY-Mercanti
paper, 5@@5A. Sterling 60 day bills
4T1A; commercial, GO day bills on banks
Al; commercial. GO day bills, 47OI5 Ge.
mand, 475A cables. 4.16 ZIG. Francs de
mand. 5.I315; cables. 5.71I5. Guilders de-
cables. s.04. Rubles. demand 121b: cables
-: Bar silver, S57sc: Mexican dollars
65%c- Government bonds, heavy: railroad
bonds, heavy. Time loans. firm; co DAYS
5G5H; 80 days, 5A asa; months. 5%G
81.
Call money. steady: high, I low. BIZ
ruling rate, 31s; closing bid BIZ Offered
at 4; last loan, 4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05
MADE SAW A RAZOR
Insane Man Then Ordered Wife to
Cut Off ChiId's Head.

Peoria, ILL.,. Dec. 5.-Having sharp
ened saw to razor edge, Warren j.
Holiday, wealthy insurance broker.
suddenly gone insane, ordered his
wife to cut off her baby's head, kill
herself, and then said he was going to
commit suicide.
Pretending she was going to mail
letters of farewell to relatives, Mrs.
Holiday notified the police. They
rushed to the house in time to over
power Holiday. He was committed
to an insane hospital
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05
HE'S GOT A BIG JOB
George n. Peek Heads Bureau to Mo-
billie Factories for War.

Washington, Dec George N
Peek, vice president of Deere &
Company. Moline, ILL.,. today was ap-
pointed industrial representative of
the war industries board to direct the
conversion of the country's manufac-
turing facilities to war work
His duties will be to meet with man
ufacturers,- who have facilities for
producing munitions or other gov
eminent materials and decide to whaf
extent such plants should be utilized
for this purpose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05

New York, Dec 3. American
women have always complained
against the Moyen-age decollete
They may like it exceedingly well in
the portraits of the fifteenth century
that one makes a trip to Italy to see,
but they do not combine their artistic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05
HOUSE SEES PERSHlNG
American Mission in France Are
Guests at U. s. Field HEADQUARTERS.

A m e + C n Field Headquarters.
France. Dec Accompanied by
Viscount Northcliffe, the America n
mission, including Colonel House
General Bliss, Admiral Benson and
Secre.e4y Colby, Win Am bassador
Sharpe were guests at headquarters
today.
General Pershing personally showed
them around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05
WOULD TAKE OVER R. R,
Resolution for 1v'f Control During
War, Introduced in House.

Washington, Dec. 5.-A resolution
authorizing the interstate commerce
commission to take over all railroads
and coal mines in the United States
ana to manage and operate them in
the name of the government for the
uration of the war was introduced
in the house toda- by Representative
SABBATH, Illinois.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05
BIG PLANT BLOWN UP
Aetna Powder Works, 10 Miles from
Pittsburg, Reported Destroyed.

Pittsburg, Dec. 5.-An explosion oc-
CURED this afternoon in the Heidel-
burg plant of the Aetna Explosives
Co., ten miles from here.
Reports which accompanied calls
sent to Carnegie for physicians and
undertakers, said the entire 1T n. To-
plant had been destroyed and a num-
Der of persons killed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05
CHEERS FOR WILSON
His Name Arouses Applause in House
of Commons.

London, Dec. 5.--Mention of Presi-
dent Wilson's name in the house of
commons debate was vigorously APP
plauded this afternoon.
Foreign Minister Balfour, replying
to question from a member, said he
was unaware that President Wilson
had in anywise retracted his sugges-
ton for a league of nations"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05
Question: How'll Jeanette Vote?

Washington, Dec. s. Jeanette
Rankin, the lady from Montana. was
non-committal today when asked if
she would desert the ranks of the
pacifists and vote for a declaration of
war against Austria Miss Rankin
voted against the German war declar-
alton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05
2 ARMY FLYERS FALL
Canadian Instructor and American
Student Aviators Down at Camp

Dallas, Tex, Dec. 5.-Lieuteant Nc
Farland of the Royal Flying corps,
stationed at Fort Worth. was serious
ly injured and a student aviator who
has not been identified, was probably
fatally hurt shortly before noon to-
day when their airplane fell two
hundred feet near Duncanville. sew
enteen miles southwest of Dallas. Nc
Farland has a chance to recover, ply
SicianS saw
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05

Wall St, New York. Dec. 5.-STOCKS-
Prospective federal control of the trans
pOrtation lines Of the country on a favor
able basis WAS the outstanding Develop
ment OF today's stock market Sales APP
proximated 100000 shares.
Rails and industrfals rebounded l to 4
points in the later dealings. deriving their
stimulus from the recommendations of the
interstate commerce commission. The clos
ing was strong Liberty Is sold at 9T.s
to 97.62 and the 3I1's at $3.50 to 9s.54
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05

The decolletage that belongs to the
fifteenth century is 50 successful
that it is accepted by every dress
maker as the correct way to cut
gown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05

All members Topeka Lodge No. IL,
A. O. U. w, are requested to attend
election of officers Thursday evening.
December 6, I yal Arcanum hall.
C. H. BERONIUS, Recorder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05
SUGAR CARGO ARRIVES
Million Pounds of Cuban Product
Unloaded at N. v.

New Y ork, Dec. 3.-Three million
pounds of Cuban sugar was unIoadeC
here today to be distributed imme-
diately.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

o FRANK w. BUTTERFIELD. 60 wears
old. died this morning in local hospital.
The body Will be taken to Kansas CITY for
burial. He was formerly a resident of
Topeka and was a well known Santa Fe
conductor He was on the board of direc-
tors Of the Santa Fe hospital
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05

With the skating season at hand
this pretty costume should interest
every girl who enjoys the outdoors
in winter. 1t is of Jersey cloth of a
greenish turquoise with bands Of
seal and bone buttons. The skirt Is
of black velvet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05

Lords Flowers Satisfy. Tel. s27.-
Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05

FURNISHED by 7. ]. Myers. 3o1 N. T. Bldg
New York, Dec ).
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05

sideration and under such supervision
of expenditure as may be determined
by appropriate authority.
AL..s.t Ilr.1.t1.l.t GIairan,cr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05

daintily clad as these. The frock
seen at the left is made of blue serge
and is most simple in style. The
skirt is pleated and the button and
braid effect on the waist is the only
trimming, yet the little frock has an
Enthusiastically refined touch. The
waist worn by the girl at +he right is
made of rose-col Ireo crepe de chine,
hand smoked with edging of baby
Irish cro~r IF a-o-nr TIE collar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05

The gown which is sketched today
and which has been sent direct from
an atelier in Paris. is the best ex-
ample of this kind of frock which is
now accepted for theaters, restaurant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-05

enthusiasm with a desire to initiate
the lines and movements that artists
The Irish standard., 1917-10-13

mands 1t met. I recall that on the 18th
Of May. 1899. at 9 p. m. 171 Irish girls
were brought to the Home from the
landing depot. What q change since,
due to better landing facilities. to
more protective immigration laws. and
Of course to decreased immigration.
But while comparatively few come
to the Mission now, there Is no change
in its attitude towards the immigrant.
The priests Of the Mission make fire.
quent visits to the landing piers and
to the immigrant hospitals and are. at
all times ready to render any assist
ance in their power. The Mission con-
tinues to employ representative at
Ellis Island to look out for the Irish
immigrants interest. It uses Its In,
fluence to protect Irish girls on ship
board and examines the claims and
fitness of the relatives or friends who
call Tor the immigrants discharged to
the Home. It receives, free Of charge,
such girls as are discharged to the
Mission by the immigration authori-
ties. It tries to locate relatives of
those who bring indefinite addresses.
1t secures positions in good families
for those ready to go to work. And,
in keeping with q rule observed since
the founding Of the Mission, the SER
vice in whatever form is gratuitous.
In these days of prying investiga-
tors charity experts, and uplift cult, It
may not be amiss to restate how the
Mission is supported. It has never
ought or accepted one cent of federal,
tatesor municipal funds. When there
were upwards of four thousand girls a
year to be cared for at the Home
there was no charge; there is no
charge now, and there will be none.
Expenses are met by the kind and gen.
erous people Of the parish, by dona-
tions from few friends outside the
parish, and by the Rosary Society. The
individual dues in this society, payable
in October, are twenty-five cents a
year, and, in pious return, for the
glory of God and the benefit Of the
members living and dead, three
Masses are celebrated weeklyssat the
Mission.
The Irish standard., 1917-10-13

owing to the lack Of an ineligible
policy and the fatal result Of tha hnn.
cor .+r,k. &, -. At. :,
s,...-...-. :, 80 e-','- ''o .oe 'A4e
e1tust .'''u 4sllcate again. Inc new
rules are presumably intended to ease
q difficult position. but will be at
tackled nv Slim Fafnara a. a a,or =,
w..rna.s 80 :. ....-...s =.
v,er rrsv.i,s t,,at +ta. -, w. sa,s. .ns
th.t t,,.t - , - ~. .,e ~. :. 80 a s.u
vhici fo,lovad ths ssrn r s .,a.s :.
Iawas oo.i - Est IT, s..,, ,1o ..- ~
drastic ect;or a. uou,.so,, . 81 o.e
The Irish standard., 1917-10-13
among many which could be men

among many which could be men
toned.
The Northern Wing. endeavorins 30
convey an idea Of how abortive tho
Sim Fein meeting at Newry had beeu.
said: only one priest was noticeable.
Arthur Griffith, it may be noted, u nov
described BY the press as the Sim
Fein leader. q position It has given
successively to Count Plunkett, aftae
the Roscommon election, to De Valera.
after the East Glare election and 10
John O'Neill and Countess Marciviex.
The latest American revelations "A "a
the part played by Germany in back
Ing up the Easter week insurrectton
are regarded by Sim Fein's opponents
as damaging to the Sim Fein cause.
which continues. however, its insistent
demand for a seat at the peace con
ference.
The Irish standard., 1917-10-13

in Washington, the guest Of the oblate
Fathers of Mary Immaculate. at the
Catholic University. During his stay
in the national capital he paid sew.
eral visits to the ONCE Of the Knights
Of Columbus Committee on War &C
tivities and made q close examination
Of the work which is being done.
The Irish standard., 1917-10-13
AMERICAN DISCLOSURES
OF GERMAN ACTIVITIES
HURTFUL TO SINN FEM.
Frequest Changes Of Leadership Also
Weakens Party Prestige.
Work Of Convention Proceeds Steadily
Despite the Various Disturbances
Castle Tactics Criticized.

Dublin, Ireland-Mr. H. e. Duke,
Chief Secretary for Ireland, was In
Dublin last week end and the situa.
tion, as complicated by the hunger
strike developments at Mountjoy pri-
son, is recognized as requiring the
exercise of skillful craftsmanship.
There is general regret, among those
who base their hopes on the CONVEX
ton, that these complications should
have come to disturb the more hope
ful atmosphere which the convention
has engendered. There is also con,
siderable criticism from more than one
quarter Of the methods Of the Castle.
The action Of the Government in pro-
claiming the July amnesty had, at any
rate, the effect of preventing any spoil
ing of the healthy atmosphere created
by the convention and of the hope to-
which it gives rise by the feeling that
the leaders Of a large section Of the.
country were forcibly prevented from
expressing their views.
The convention has gone ahead,
while released prisoners have spoken
freely and perhaps immod erately Of an
Irish republic, hurled abuse on the
Irish party, swept the Nationalist
strongholds in Roscommon. Longford,
Glare and Kilkenney into the limbo Of
things that were, laid plans for a large
scheme Of passive resistance and gem
orally said all 1t was possible to say.
Since despite this the convention has
done so well, there is criticism which
is Endorsed by London periodicals as
widely apart as the Daily Express, the
Weekly Nation and The Times, in their
Dublin correspondence of the "Cat and
Mouse Policy" now being pursued by
the Castle.
The Lord Mayor Of Dublin lately
warned the Castle that the atmosphere
likely to be created was one Of hatred,
which would seriously affect the con-
vention. While not proposing that
infammatory speeches or violent &C
tons should be ignored, he protested
against the methods Of proclamation
Of all meetings. prevention Of carry
ing hockey sticks or hurleys. arrest
Of Slim Fein speakers for lapses Of
tongue not nearly 80 forcible as those
which had been in use In the Clare
election, and other misdemeanors.
Il is understood that thu new rules
drawn up at a meeting Of the Privy
Council held at Dublin Castle on Sat
urday afternoon. attended BY Sir Bryan
Nahon, the chief secretary. Sir Thomas
Russell and the Attorney General.
permit Sim Fein prisoners to be
treated as political offenders.
It was the Lord Mayor who con-
veyed to Mountjoy prison the news of
the new order of things, and the pris-
oners decided to abandon their hum
ger strike. Two Of them. Griney and
Barry, were conveyed Immediately to
q hospital. and as they are ordered to
report themselves to the authorities
on Dec. 1. they have apparently been
released under the terms Of the "Cat
and Mouse Act"
Some close students Of Irish Affairs
have stated their conviction that Slim
Fein was beginning to lose ground,
The Irish standard., 1917-10-13
Good Thing.

Good Thing. rs.
tits a good thing everybody doeaa1
think that war u wrong"
'Wh5T ~
Germany would y running -
Roeld By now.
The Irish standard., 1917-10-13

lie Opposite Qualities.
"A candle combines direct contr6.
dictions in ITSELF"
slow SOP
matter"
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
In Society
Storms-Duval.

The marriage of Miss Margaret Du-
val of Henderson, KY, to Peter J.
Storms, formerly of Seeley, and one
of the earliest pioneers of the lmpe-
rial Valley, took place in San Diego
or Saturday. Miss Duval is a trained
nurse of some prominence in San Die
so, first receiving mention at the
tine of the Bennington disaster IN
San Diego, at which she performed
numerous services. The groom is l
pioneer of the Valley, being one OF
tie first settlers at Seeley, in 1900,
when there were fewer than dozen
PEOPLE living in the central part OF
the desert, and has done great deal
in the development of the Seeley sec
tiun. Mr.. and Mrs. Storms left for
ton. Mr.. and Mrs. Storms left for :
three months trip through Kentucky
iting relatives and friends. They will
rome in October at 1928 Campus ave
nue., San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
The Simple Matter Of Farming.

1t is so easy to say that we will IN
crease our acreage in all important
crops this year and we will put or
the market a WELD of food that the
enthusiasm Of the nation has been
aroused to a high pitch over the pos
sibility Of accepting from old Mother
Earth all she is willing to give US.
In this enthusiasm, however, many
unskiIled farmers all over the nation,
many townspeople who are not at all
familiar with the requisites for good
crops, are being induced to try their
fortunes on the land, and are going
into it with their eyes only partly
opened to what is before them,
In the first place, let it be said that
the land will yield abundantly if 1t
Is properly treated and that no part
Of the preparedness movement IS
more necessary than this increased
crop factor.
But when it comes to a case Of 4
zen man trying to wrestle with the
of the temperate zone and make
,oduce granaries full Of wheat,
s,rncribs full of corn and cellars
stocked to overflowing with potatoes
and roots, then in justice to the coun-
try and to the amateur farmer, there
should be some means Of pointing out
and obviating the difficulties in the
way.
Unless the new farmers in many
sections of the country happen to get
a very fertile piece of soil to till. the!
are up against the fertilization prob
lem at once, ana the sad part e it
is that they will probably not re.lize
it until it is too late to save II eli
first years crop. There is an alarm
ing shortage and consequent high
price of commercial fertilizer this
year, and there has been a practical
suggestion made that the state use
fart of the five million dolalrs an
rropriated for war purposes to buy
immense quantities of this material
ard sell it at half price, especially to
these ''first year farmers" By this
n.eans much can be done to make the
sear's good production great, and 10
prevent its diminution next year
through Encouragement Of the agri-
culturists.