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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23
Supply Here Today Not Enough
To Keep Burners Lit.
Many TOpekans Forced To Go
without Breakfast.
PURE AIR THRU THE METERS
Not Enough Gas in the Pipes
To Make EN- Smell.
DOherty Promised Enough for
Light and Cooking.

Topekans whose kitchens were not
equipped with cooking apparatus
other than gas went without break
fast this morning.
In the face of a coal crisis, the fuel
and cooking problem was made more
critical by the fact that gas CRATES
and burners refused to light. On the
East side the gas lights flickered and
went out early Monday night as the
temperature began to fall. This dis
trict is generally more blessed than
others insofar as it generally has, by
advantage of location near the main
source of supply, more gas than any
other part of the city North Topeka.
hope even before the East side was
plunged in darkness.
AT the gas company officials did
not even attempt to dig up new
aiibi. They told the same old story.
Doran's Statement.
I'VE told consumers last summer
not to burn gas for fuel this winter"
said T. f. Doran, attorney for the To-
that they are doing il and, of course
there is not enough gas 10 supply the
demand
Doran, however, failed to explain,
even if there was enough gas for
heating and cooking, why the burners
d
Il wrote a letter to II. L. Doherty,
owner of the Kansas Natural some
time ago" he said, asking him to
come and visit me some time this
| winter. 1 wanted him to see the ex-
hibition his gas puts up. He wrote
hack and said he would come and
there would be plenty of gas.
! Il think l had better write him
| again and let him know how much
gas we are really getting"
Last summer an Investigation of the
feasibility of reopening the artificial
! plant and supplementing the natural
supply with the manufactured product
was made by the gas company The
plant which would add half a million
cubic feet a day to the Topeka supply
was not opened, however, and indi-
cations are that it won't be this win
| ter.
At present the big artificial tank
at the plant is being used for "stor-
age
In the meantime consumers are
| paying 90 cents a thousand cubic feet
for the pure atmosphere that escapes
! from the burners when they are turn
ed on. Indications are that there may
be enough gas in this escaping atmos-
phere this winter to make II smell
like gas. but there wasn't this morn
ing in most Topeka districts. The
same condition will probably prevail
| tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23
PLANES TO RAID N. Y.
Will Drop Liberty Loan Bonds-One
Machine Carries Nine Men.

Mineola, L. /, Oct. 2S.-The big
Caproni war plane which flew here
from Newport News, will soar over
New York and Brooklyn tomorrow,
dropping liberty loan bonds. The
scout plane which accompanied it,
will also participate in the raid" Of
ficials at the government aviation
field said today.
Captain Resnati, piloted the Cap
roni. made the $50 miles in four hours
and 25 minutes, carrying nine men
an American record.
The scout plane, a Pomilio, piloted
b1, Lieutenant Baldioli, made the
flight in two hours and So minutes
with two men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23
BREAK CATTLE RECORD
Weeks Receipts at Chicago 1O2. .593,
Aside From 1850 Calves.

Chicago, Oct. 23.-Chicago broke
the worlds record for one weeks cat
tie receipts last week, according to
figures made public today by Clay
Robinson & Co.
In that period, the stock yards re-
ceived 102,593 cattle, exclusive of
1850 calves. This was 1909 in ex-
cess of Chicago's former yard record
and 2,0S9 more than Kansas City re-
ceived during the week ending Octo-
Der ! 8, when a record was made
Seven western points during the
first three weeks in October. it was
stated, receipted approximately 1.1OO,-
coo cattle, an advance of $50, 900 over
the same period last year.
Present high prices of corn and
other feed have caused cattle growers
to rush their animals to market to
avoid winter feeding. it was said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23
SOLDIER LOST OFF
TRANSPORT WAS ON
WAY HOME TO WED

Chicago. oct. 23.-Ernest de Egert.
the Chicago soldier who was killed
when the transport Antilles was sub
marined was en- route home to be
married. it was learned today. His
arrival was to have been a surprise
to his fiancee. Miss Edna Burnett.
Miss Burnett explained that De
Egert had enlisted to avenge hts
father. who was killed on the doorstep
of his home when the Germans in
vaded Belgium. Two of his brothers
afterward were killed in the trenches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23


degrees below normal. The wind was
blowing 10 miles an hour from the
north at > o'clock this afternoon.
Warmer weather is on the way, and
is scheduled to arrive in Topeka
Wednesday morning. according to the
prediction made today The cold snap
has about ended for Topeka this time,
the forecaster states.
J Monday night was the coolest night
of October % ever recorded at the
weather station in Topeka. The mer-
curry sank to 80 at s O'Clock. which is
one point below the previous low tenn
Derature record in 1904. A hard
freeze was recorded over the entire
state Monday night
The mercury fell to IA in Dodge
City and to s in northwestern Kansas.
Snow was reported from Cincinnati
this morning and low temperatures
still prevailed in the east. The cold
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23
GERMANS RECOVER POSITION.
Regain New British Post in South
Part of HouthouIst Wood.

London. Oct. 23.-German troops
made successful counter blow
against one new british post in the
southern portion of Houthoulst wood,
forcing the British to fall back a
short distance. Field Marshal Haig
reported today
The German assault came early last
night, the British commander-in-
chief reported
The counter blow is the first which
the enemy has made in the last two
British drives
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23
GOMPERs BOOSTS THE BONDS.
Bonds for Christmas Gifts Conserve
Our Dollars, Says Labor Leader.
BY SAMUEL GOMPERS,
President OF the American FederatiOn
nF

HreSlOent OF the American teOefaJlO
of Labor.
Liberty bonds for Christmas pres
ents is a splendid idea. 1t combines
the spirit of Christmas and the spirit
Of American patriotism as nothing
else could.
In my estimation there could be no
more fitting gift between friends and
families this year
1t is not only a present from the
giver to the recipient but it is also an
urgently needed loan to the govern
ment and an earnest of ones faith and
interest in the fighting success of
every America boy in this war. Nor
do its advantages end there.
A liberty bond given this Christmas
is many Christmas presents in one for
it will multiply itself into other cash
Christmas presents for many Christ
masses to come.
This plan will also keep many of
our badly needed American dollars
from disappearing in the form of use
less fripperies. It is as genuinely
conservation of our national wealth
as kitchen economy is conservation of
our food supply.
1 cannot too strongly endorse lib
erty bonds for Christmas presents
Buy at least one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23
GUARD COWS CHILDREN
Crank Writes ''Win SIay Them Be-
fore Mothers Eyes"

ing letters saying your children will
be killed before your eyes" were re-
ceived by Mrs G. A. Burnquist, wife
of the governor of Minnesota, today.
The letters are believed to have been
written by a crank incensed at Gov
ernor Burnquist's attempts to prevent
disloyal activity.
Two soldiers guard the governor s
home night and day. Every precau-
ton is being taken to guard the three
Youngsters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23
MAY RESCUE CABINET
French Premier Switches RibOt's
Position and Restores Calm.

hours confusion, Premier Painleve
had apparently readjusted his cabinet
this afternoon by switching former
Premier Ribot from foreign minister
to minister of state and member of
war council. Ribot will succeed NJ.
Barthou. Choice of the foreign min
lister was not announced but it was
reported otherwise the cabinet would
remain intact
The ministers attempted twice to
resign in a body In making a place
for a new foreign minister it was be-
lieved PainleVe would manage to sur
vive the shake up altho several OF
Paris's newspapers this afternoon
thought he would be forced to make
room for Socialist representation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23
Bar Halls Against League.

Detroit, MINI. Oct. 23.-Standing
'on the prairie in a biting snowstorm
with the temperature below freezing
several hundred farmers listened more
than an hour TO President Townley of
the Non-Partisan league, after they
had been, ousted from halls here
When the farmers found doors barred
to them, they marched nearly two
miles past the city limits and held
their meeting despite the blizzard.
President ToWnley advocated pur-
chase of liberty bonds in his speech.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23
Optimism on Reaching ) Bill
lion Mark on the Rocks.
Only Half That Amount Sub
scribed, Says Treasury.
GOMPERS BOOSTS BOND SALE
Could Be No More Fitting Gifts
for Christmas, He Says.
New York District Is-$472, ,OOO,-
900 Behind It's Schedule.

Todavs subscriptions. $15.OOO,OOO;
Previously reported, $11OOO,OOO.
Quota. 81 800. .000.0
CLEVELAND. OHIO
Today's subscriptions. S3.415,O00.
Previously reported, $4O,OOO,OOO.
Quota. $60,000 600
COLUMBUS. OHIO
Today's subscriptions $1l3.39O-
Ouota. $4,000. 600
INDIA ANAPOLIS. IND
Today's subscriptions, S9l0,4OO.
Previously reported, $IuVo'VOV.
Quota S14.0O0,000.
DIES MONIES, IOWA
Today's subscriptions $o3'ooO- mo cam
PrPeniously PHlism,sl subscribed, $s,sO7, 1000. (Four
days campa1gn)
Quota, $,lOU,OOO
washington. Oct. 2S.-The liberty
loan drive entered the second day of
the home stretch with treasury depart
ment officials far from sanguine that
the $1,000, 1000 goal will be reach
ed Their lack of optimism is due to
the fact that estimates based on latest
official reports of sales and fragmen-
tary unofficial reports lndlcate total
subscriptions of more than $2,0OO,OOO,-
900, and possibly $4,000, 100000. The
official report, up to the close of busi-
ness on October 20, showed subscrlp-
tions of $1,33S. .9O4, 900
For the final squirt in the five billion
dollar campaign, the. treasury depart
ment today urged all patriotic Amerl-
cans to buy liberty bonds for Christ
mas presents.
And to buy them now. for only five
/ days remain.
! do your Christmas shopping early
! by buying bonds" is the official slo-
gan.
/ In the few remaining days the coun-
/ try must raise about $2,750,0 ,0OO,0 900
more to make the second liberty loan
a success.
Secretary McAdoo. Samuel Comp
ers, labor leader, and other high Of
/ ficials, today heartily endorsed the
! liberty bond for Christmas presents
movement.
Members of the National Society
for the Prevention of Useless Giving
are enthusiastically supporting the
new movement.
Financial experts explained today
that it is perfectly feasible for a per-
son to buy a bond as a gift. If it is
registered it should be made out in
the receivers name The coupon
bond can be delivered like so much
cash.
New York District Lags Behind.
New York, Oct 23.-With liberty
loan subscriptions in the New York
reserve district $472, 100000 behind
schedule, feverish activities marked
the campaign here today to raise the
quota of $500, 100000 before the
books close Saturday. Total subscrip-
tions at the close of business yester-
day amounted to $715, 100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23
Indiana Notable Will Speak at
Auditorium Tonight.
Public Invited To Hear Ad-
dress of National Speaker.
OFFICERS ELECTED TODAY
A. p. Langtry of Massachusetts,
Heads the Organization.
Next Convention VIII Be Held
in Washington.

When a, man buys an automobile
from which the engine number has
been chiselled. possession of the car
will become prima facie evidence of
possession of stolen property. That
may become the basis for nationwide
state laws under recommendations to-
day by the American Secretaries of
State in session in Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23
IN WINTERS Grip
GasIess and Nearly COal-less
Kansas City Shivers.
Miners and Operators Haven't
Yet Struck Agreement.

Kansas City, Mo, Oct, 23.-With
the coldest weather of the season be-
ing driven into Kansas homes by
strong wind today, relief from the
deadlock between coal miners and
operators which has virtually tied up
Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Ar
kansas mines for two weeks was be-
lieved in sight. Operators will hold
a special meeting at 10 o'clock this
morning and at o'clock this after
noon will meet with the miners in a
final attempt to arbitrate differences.
Meanwhile suffering is acute in
many points in Kansas and Oklahoma.
Soldiers at Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill,
Okla, have been forced to resort to
wood for fuel and conica1 wood stoves
have been issued for tents. according
to adyices here.
Pass Gas Conserving Bill
Gasless Kansas City hoped for re-
lief today following passage by the
board of aldermen last night of a bill
restricting the use of gas for small
stoves. and for lighting and cooking.
Furnaces and boilers are barred. The
board is considering an ordinance to
forbid the use of boosters and
pumps installed by large consumers
to suck the gas from the mains.
Many stores and homes have resort
ed to the coal oil stove for heat, others
are burning wood. when il is obtain
able, and others are doing without
letting occupants wear their over
coats.
Arkansas Miners Still Out.
The deadlock between miners and
operators is causing a loss to consum-
ers of more than $4,000 tons of coal
daily. w. A L. johnson, attorney for
the Southwest Interstate Operators as
sociation, declared today. More than
so per cent of the mines in Arkansas
are idle, Johnson said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23
MAID, MONEY, MAN!

Kansas City, Mo, Oct. 23.-Miss
Mary E. Wilhelm. telephone operator
in a local hotel. is missing this morn
ing. So is SS75 of the hotels funds
The police are searching for the
woman and a man whom they believe
was with her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23
DESERT GERMAN ARMY
IL, 900 of Kaiser's Soldiers Have Taken
Refuge in Switzerland.
Washington. Oct.

Washington. Oct. 23.-More than
u 900 German deSerters have found
refuge in Switzerland. according to the
Swiss Paper Bund, official Rome ca
bIes today asserted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23
RIBBONS FOR WOUNDS
Military Distinction to Be Awarded
Battle Scars.

Washington, Oct 3-Distinctive-
ribbons to be worn by American SOL
diers wounded in action were author
lied today by an army general order
Where man is wounded more than
once on the same day. he will be en-
titled to wear only one ribbon, but for
each date upon which wounds are re-
ceived additional ribbons may be
worn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23
Arkansas Miners Still Out.
KANSAN is SLAIN
r. r. Rogers. of Greensburg. on the
Canadian Casualty List

Ottawa, Ont, Oct 23.-The name
of R. r. Rogers, of Greensburg. Kan,
is mentioaea n the Canadian cas5ssi y
list as having been killed in action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23
WARM UP WEDNESDAY
Monday Night Was Coidest October
% on Record in Topeka.

Hourly temperature readings for
the day reported by the local office of
the United States weather bureau:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23

EGSUBscribe TO. SUBdue the SUBma
rlne" should be your motto to
day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-23

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Fair and warmer tonight and
Wednesday
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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-29
MoLDs THAT FIT THE FEET
Invention of Shoemaker Expert En-
ables Even the Badly Afflicted
to Walk With Ease.

Work of truly remarkable character
is being done by shoemaker-an or
thopedic expert-of New York, in the
fitting of shoes to those who find diff
ficulty in walking in ordinary footgear,
says Popular Mechanics Magazine. For
ordinary cases a series Of Inner foot
molds" has been prepared, in sizes to
fit various feet. These resemble or
binary insOles in general appearance,
but the upper surfaces are uneven,
having indentations and projections
that insure contact anatomically per-
feet for the soles of the feet. The
edges are curved slightly upward.
When molds are found in which the
feet rest in comfort, supporting the
weight of the body in perfect balance,
these molds are worn inside shoes of
suitable size. The feet then rest on
sort of cup-shaped cushion and are
kept from pressing unevenly against
hard, fiat surfaces such as are found
in ordinary shoes: In footwear thus
fitted, the weight of the body is equally
distributed to the parts of the feet
best able to sustain it, all of the foot
surface being used. A normal condi-
ton for the feet is thus made pos
sible, and the bones, muscles and liga-
ments are permitted to move natural
ly. Some extraordinary cases have also
been successfully fitted with footwear
after walking had become burden
or a seeming impossibility.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-29

his wild-eyed way of practicing law
won't matter"
"All very nice and reasonable" he
conceded, 'but somehow the notion Of
Rodney Aldrich trying to marry a
rich widow is one I'm not equal to-"
He looked at his watch again. by the
way. didn't you say he was coming
early?"r
She nodded. They heard, just then,
faint and far away. the ring of the
| doorbell.
"Wait second" he said. Lets
see If it's Roddy."
There was no mistaking the voice
they heard speaking the moment the
door opened--a voice with a crisp ring
to it that sounded always younger than
his years. What they heard the but
| Ter say to him was disconcerting.
you're terribly wet, sir p
Frederick turned on her husband a
look of despair. He's walked through
that rain! Do run down and send
him up to me. can imagine how he'll
look"
| She was mistaken about that,
though. For once Frederick had over
estimated her powers, stimulated
though they were by the way she heard
her husband say:
praise heaven you can wear my
clothes. Run along upstairs and break
yourself gently to Freddy"
She heard him come squudging up
the stairs and along the hall, and
then in her doorway she saw him. His
baggy gray tweed suit was dark with
water and toned down by liberal
stipple of mud spatters. Both his side
pockets had been, apparently, strained
to the utmost to accommodate what
looked like a bunch of pasteboard-
bound notebooks, now far on the way
to their original pulp. and Topped de-
spondently outward. A melancholy
pool had already begun forming about
his feet. His face, above the dis
NAL wreck, beamed good-humored, in
| nOcent affection at her. 1t was a
big-featured, strong. rosy face, and the
unmistakable intellectual power of it,
which became apparent the moment
he got his faculties into action, had
trick of hiding, at other times, behind
mere robust simplicity.
"Good gracious !" he said. 81 didn't
know you were going to have party.
1 thought it would just be the family.
So instead of dressing, thought I'd
walk. And then it came on to rain,
SO l took a street car--and got put
off And here am"
Eyes, here you are" said Frederick.
Don't be impossible, Rod. Don't you
even know whose birthday party this
isl"
He looked at her, frowned then
laughed. He had a great, big laugh.
81 thought it was one of the kids"
he said.
"Well, it isn't" she told him. "It's
yours. And the people we're having
were asked to meet you. And you've
got just about seven minutes to get
into Martins other dress suit. I'll
send Walters to lay it OUT
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-29
(To BE CONTINUED
AGENT GOOD BUSINESS MAN
lndianian Credited With Deal That for
Its Shrewdness Would Be
Hard to Beat.

Last summer in q suburban town,
when circus was billed for the city,
the billposters came, to cover the dead
walls with the faring announcements.
Near the railway station was a build
ing that had it's walls annually deco
rated. The station agent, who was in
no way related to the owner of the
rated, near the station, and thus ac-
costed the billposter:
Does pa know you're putting up
them bills here?"
why, no, 1 didn't think there'd be
any trouble"
Il know" the agent replied, "but
don't think pad like this
The Snowman handed him g ticket
for the circus.
swell. don't know about. this" said
the agent. eff you didn't ask pa, !
don't know whether you'd better do
this or not"
The billposter gave him another
ticket.
won't that fix it?"
swell" replied the agent, "pa's awful
particular, but 1 guess j can fix it."
The owner of the building later
heard the story, and going to the agent
demanded the tickets, explaining that
the building belonged to him. The
agent declared that ''if the building
does belong 10 you, it was my idea.
wasn't it?' This apparently settled
the matter, as the agents little giri
ate peanuts at that circus and watched
with wondering eyes the different acts,
and she was accompanied by her ia
her-Indianapolis News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-29
Glass and Razor as Diet.

Were it not for the fact that glass
and hardware have taken such leaps
in prices Charles Cooper, big col
ored fellow of Spokane, Wash, would
have the high cost of living eliminated
from life's worries, says the Spokane
Chronicle.
Cooper was arrested for larceny and
while confined In Jail heard that his
sweetheart had gone back on him. He
thereupon smashed up jelly glass
and ate Ii. The county doctor set
the date for his death as the glass
slowly ground into him. But Charles
only had bad stomachache. Later
he ate a hatpin, some safety pins and
other pieces of metal, according to the
disclosures of the X-ray.
Now he is out of Jail and on his
honeymoon trip.
After it seemed that Cooper had be-
come reeonciled TO a diet of bread and
potatoes he suddenly became rave
nous one day and ate safety razor
blade, broken in small pieces. The
doctor told the coroner to be ready.
but Cooper fooled him again and was
reduced once more TO meat and spuds
ana bareback.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-29
THE BIG STEP

Most romantic fiction ends
with the hero and heroine about
to marry and Tive happy ever
after" The author of this I'M
usual serial begins his story
with marriage and carries the
romance for a period of several
years into the realm of double
harness" Taking a couple from
the well-tO-do scale of the
Middle West social scheme, Mr..
Webster uses them to bring out
some of the important problems
confronting a great many young
men and women who enter the
bonds Of matrimony in these
days of equal suffrage, OF wom-
en- who'd rather work down.
town than stay at home, and Of
new complications in the busi-
ness of raising a family. 1.-THE
Real Adventure" Is thoroughly
alive with action. You will en-
joy the story not only for its ro-
nance but for the element in it
that will make you think-and
ponder the intimate happenings
in your own family and in the
families of your neighbors.
THE EDITOR.