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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
CLOSER TO COAL
Shawnee County Is Now in
100000 of w. S. S. Quota.
Elliott Thinks Drive Will End
Victorious This Week.

Pledges reported today in the war
savings stamp campaign brought the
county total to within less than $780,
600 of the s1,396,0OO quota. Charles
Elliott this mo- '1g expressed the be-
lief that the campaign would close be-
fore the week is out with a report of
over the top" subscriptions in all
parts of the city and county.
According to Elliott's statement is
sued this afternoon the county total
subscription to date is $904.914.50. OF
this amount $S6S,275 had already been
$3.50.
In an interview this morning Elliott,
campaign manager and county chair
man of the war savings stamp cam
paign, said that the house to house
canvass in the city is progressing ia
vorab bly, and that nearly every person
who Is given one of the pledge cards
signs it and turns 1t in.
Card Supply Exhausted.
pledge cards continue to pour into
the war savings committee, almost
faster than the force is able to take
care of them he said, such was the
demand for bonds on Saturday that
the supply at the postoffice and war
savings office has exhausted. Frantic
appeals were made to Washington
and to the Reserve bank in Kansas
City. so that today an abundant sup
ply is on hand
The country districts still continue
to show remarkable results and the
surprising thing is how the small
property owners respond. On the
other hand. the lack of cooperation
from the nonresident land owners
was exceedingly noticeable. As the
quota was based on assessed valua-
ton. the resident farmers are MAX
ing note of the lack of cooperation
on the part of the city farmers"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02

Dance tonight-Kellam Halliday.
~The barber shops of the city will be
open until 10 o'clock Wednesday eve
ming and will be closed all day Thurs
day.
The banks of the city will close
Thursday, July 4, a legal holiday. II.
D. Wolf, manager of the Topeka Clear
ing house, announces today.
The St Johns Lutheran school will
hold its annual picnic July 4 at Chill
dren's park. A number of patriotic
speeches will be delivered and the
children will render a patriotic pro-
gram during the afternoon.
Twenty-four building permits were
issued in June. according to the fire
marshaIs report, 1.early all of the per-
mits icing for sleeping porches, rep
resenting an expenditure of S27.64S.
Last year in June the permits repre-
scented an expenditure of S70,s40-
Word has been received in Topeka
of the safe arrival overseas OF Pvt
R. B. Chalmers with the headquarters
company 35s infantry, seth division.
Private Chalmers is a brother of Mrs.
Ben Tartey, $40 East Eighth street.
He lived at this address in Topeka.
For years W. C. Stephenson, of the
real estate and insurance firm of
Stephenson & Webb, has been selling
motor car theft insurance in Topeka
Stephenson owns big six-cylinder
Buick touring car-or, rather, he
owned it until late Monday night
and by some oversight he neglected
to cover it with theft insurance.
Monday night at about 1o:45 o'clock
Stephenson's car was stolen from IN
, front of the Elks club. The police
have failed to locate it.
The Central Y NJ c. A. is launch
ing a new membership committee. AT
a me eating Monday the workers were
divided into two teams, the cavalry,
with j. E. Mcfarland as captain. and
the infantry. with S. A Maxwell as
chairman. Each team has fifteen
members, and the contest will close
at 10 o'clock the night of July 81 The
L ing team will serve supper to the
y inners. New leaders and teams will
be chosen for each succeeding month
A special effort will be made to inter-
est men above and below draft age
o. Il. White of Topeka has received
a cablegram stating that H. A May
nard. formerly of Topeka. will go into
I Persian relief work. He was formerly
| in mission work in the far east. and
| then took up Armenian relief work.
and has recently been in Japan.
Changing conditions owing to the war
have made 1t desirable that he be as
signed to relief work in Persia Mrs.
Maynard and her three sons. who were
in Yokohama with Mr.. Maynard have
| left for the CnIted States and will
| come to Topeka Ms Maynard is
| the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. o. H.
White
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
U. S. FREIGHT SEALS NOW
Intensive Drive Against Freight Car
Thieves in Kansas.

Thru the federaIizing of the rail-
roads, and war conditions as affecting
transportation of war materials, the
railroad agents, known as railroad
detective" has a new and important
mission in the plan to make the
freight car as safe a common carrier
as the mail car or any other federal
property. Uncle Sam has announced
that he intends to put his seal On
every freight car, and woe be to the
miscreants who violate it.
In order to acquaint themselves
with the new federal plans along this
line. the special agents of the railroads
of Kansas and Missouri met recent
ly in Kansas City and a Topeka man,
Emmett Gregg, was chosen as chair
commission. The meeting was under
the direction of Philip ]. Doherty,
manager of the property protection
division or the United States railway
administration.
The plan adopted is to launch an
intensive drive against freight car
thieves in Kansas City, to begin with.
1t is recognized that the freight car
thieves operate more extensively there
than elsewhere in this territory, due
largely to the immense yardage in
which they have to operate.
The commission of which Mr. Gregg
Is head will have jurisdiction of the
City is the center. 1t is the intention
to appoint a flying squadron" OF
seven men who will be furnished with
an automobile and will have head
quarters in the Kansas City yards.
They will be available on short notice
for action in running down criminals
in the yards and 10 obtain evidence
for their prosecution In fact, they
will constitute a yards police force
the yards being technically federal
property under the new custodianshfp
of the railroads.
The government considers interior
ence with war material in transit an
act against war activities. Special
agents have discovered a number Of
Instances of theft of pig iron. copper
cotton and bolts of cloth intended for
army uniforms-thefts that bore the
earmarks of pro-German interests
state and federal agencies of the law
will cooperate with the special agents
IN this new drive o. box car thieves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
BIC COTTON CROP
Prospective Yield Is Estimated
at 1926, 900 5OO-Tb Bales.
Would Be Third Largest Crop
in History of Country.

Washington, July "A huge cot
ton crop is in prospect this year, the
department of agriculture today fore
casting the production at 1926, 900
equivalent 500-pound bales A crop
that size would be the third largest
ever grown.
The condition of the crop on June
rs was s5.S per cent of a normal. or
3.5 per cent better than on May 70,
and 6 per cent higher than the ten
year average. The acreage this year
comes close to the record, being ex-
ceeded only by that of 1913.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
DIDN'T LIKE "JUNGLES"
So Former Farmers Wife Now Has
Chance for Divorce.

H. S. Outright, a sailor aboard the
U. S. S. Kearsarge, today in the
Shawnee county district court filed a
suit for divorce against Dollie Cut
right, to whom he was married in
1910.
Outright says he was farmer at
the time of the marriage but claims
the defendant objected to living with
him, saying "she did not want to live
in the jungles." He says he induced
her finally to come to the farm but
later she left him and wrote a letter
suggesting a divorce. He asks for a
divorce and custody of a minor child,
Mildred, s years old. whom he says he
has seen only once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
AUSTRIAN ATTACK FAILS
Italians Break Up Enemy Assaults on
ASiago Plateau.

Rome, July 1.-THE Austrians yes
terday delivered fresh attacks against
Italian positions on the Asiago
plateau, says today's war office re-
port. The enemy efforts were smash
ed by the Italian fire which caused
severe enemy losses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
JESS WILLARD HERE
Heavyweight Champion Makes Short
Visit to Topeka.

Jess Willard was in Topeka today
for a short time, waiting for his car
to be repaired. He spent the morn
ing at the Cole Motor Co. garage on
West Tenth street
Employees of the garage said that
the big fellow looked fit, and ex-
pressed the opinion that the boys at
the Riley base hospital who win go
against jess. Thursday, are in for
fine Nbattering at the hands of the
heavyweight champ.
Receiver for Kansas Interurban.
Wichita, Kan, July 2.-The Fidelity
Trust Company of Kansas City. in the
United States District Court here, has
asked for receivership for the
Southwestern Interurban Railway
Company of Winfield, Kan The trust
company asks that the property be
sold to pay money the Fidelity Trust
Co. claims is owing it as trustees. The
trust company alleges default was
made April / in the payment to the
amount OF $4,000 on bonds amount
ing to 100000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
SERVICE FLAG FOR
men WITH Y. M. C. A.

A new service flag has been add
ed to those existing-the emblem
announcing that a member of the
household is serving with the Y. NJ.
c. A. war work forces The latest
banner is a white rectangular flag
with a red border. on the white
field of which is placed a red tri-
angle for each person in the wal
work and a gold triangle on the red
border for each life lost in this
service
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
Give wilson a I,erree.

Paris, July President Wilson
will oe the first Eersor to be henored
with the new degree OF Doctor Honoris
Causa from the University of Paris.
says lie Journal A governmental de-
cree authorizing French universities
to bestow the title of Doctor Honoris
Causa has lust been published in the
Journal officiei.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
Brakeman charged With Murder

Springfield. Mo-. July Chester
Crane. brakeman. was under arrest to-
day on a charge of killing Arthur +
Friend. general manager of the A. T
Friend Mining company at Mansfield
Mo- The men had been hitter enc
miles for years. Crane surrendered
after the shooting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
100000 CHEMICAL FIRE
Blaze of Mysterious Origin Destroys
Aetna Company's Plant.

Mount Union, Pa, July Fire of
undetermined origin destroyed four
buildings of the Aetna Chemical COM
panys plant mile and a half east of
here this afternoon. The loss is esti-
mated at 100000.
The fire broke out in the gun cot
ton department of the plant. More
than $4,000 pounds of the cotton was
consumed There were no explosions.
No casualties have been reuorted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
strike Off at Columbus.

Columbus. Ohio, July 2.-Street
car service was resumed here today
when more than 500 carmen returned
to work after a two-day strike. The
men and company officials agreed to
submit their differences to the war
labor board.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
Nurse Killed by Train.

Fort Sheridan, III, July Fort
Sheridan recorded a Red Cross cas-
ualty today in the death of Nurse
Mary Opauch. IS. of the post hospital
Miss Opauch was struck and instantly
killed late yesterday by an electric
train near the fort
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
McAdoo Gets Another Job.

Washington. July ALI sanitary
and public hotels activities of govern
ment carried as war measures are
placed under the public health service
of the treasury department by a pro-
clamation issued today by President
Wilson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
Appropriation for Housing.

Washington. July "a new urgent
deficiency bill. appropriating $685.
$4,000 additional for the military es-
Enlistment and s5o.ooO.000 for addi-
tional war labor housing was reported
to the house today by the appropria-
tons committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
RETURN SALlNA NORTHERN
Government Turns It Back to Its
Original Owners.

Washington, July 1.-THE Salina &
Northern railroad was one of the lines
turned back to private control last
Saturday byIthe railroad administra
ton. This became known today in adj
vance of the announcement expected
tomorrow of the roads relinquished,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
FOOD PRICES

FOR TOPEKA AND SHAWNEE COUNTY
as interpreted by the price Interpretation
Retailers must sell q
pound of the following
HA wheat substitutes with
ANA every pound OF wheat
M4H2&SA flour: Corn flour. meal.
tyvut1uuEH hominy Grits or flake.
MNIAES corn starch or BARI
flour, sweet potato
flour. huckwheat flour.
oatmeal or oat flakes. rice, rice flour. tapi-
oca flour. ferita nours and meals
Retailers must not sell more than q lbs
more than 81 lbs TO city customer -,
Consumers should NOT use more than III
lbs per week per person.
be sold with 60 per cent OF substitute
cereals Rye flour cannot be used as sub.
used as substitute cereal.
n hs s is printed by order OF fss
Prices approved By the Topeka board are
g Gn lN,'1Ts SUGAR.
Cost. SIC h. ESQ.,
eesntEz 4Ss Is f b. Limits for ptessrIins. lbs
Standard navy cost 12h -131sc h.; sell
Pinto. cost e,e%e h.: sell. 11.12Ae Ib:
oLEoMARGARINE-
Cost, -30lsc; sell. % Sc.
sell $3.50 ID; plain creamery, cost, 4sc
h., sell 46-47c.
cepp oGs .0 Cost 81 81 s1i sci. 2s2sMc
CHEs-Evaporated-
RAISINS-
Bulk seeded. cost 9H -1oc; sell. I21sc h.
No; - &C choice seeded. cost SIC pkg;
No; is fancy seeded. cost 1iHc pkg;
Tall cans Red Alaska. cost. 24Mc can !:
r., sell; 2s-soc can
800; q lbs. cost s1.s71s. sell si47al 81
suk b. fie se ssl e1s Rye ce cost &c
&c h.. sell 61a-Tc. Corn flour. cost 5A 81,
sell Ga -7c. Barley flour. cost Sic: sell 6i5-
&C Rice floar, cost 10hc; sell 12-12hc.
Cost. 4Ac h.: SELL 5ls &c Id.
hsh 6 head Bose COS. f0is e 81 eli H. G Ell
IF shf g rs b
50 CO size cost. liz l2e H. Sell. 14-l5c Id.
60 20 size cost. lie ID I: sell. lac lb
sell slsa9c ID No cost silm9ac. sell
10g1212c pkg; No. 5, 261z 3o-52c.
l+GI 55c.
No. 5. So o., cost, hjkc: sci, 2Sd31c.
ESApDRATED MILK
Small cans, cost SC; sell 6A-Tc.
Tall cans. cost lie; sell 12k-13c.
No one is permitted to have sugar OF
flour in excess OF thirty days supply Par
| ties having more will be considered hoard
ers, for which the penalty In very severe
Pinto beans are plentiful Use them In
place of the other kinds
| Eat potatoes, rice. and corn products
Save wheat flour for our niles Use sub
sfitutes and do -FOUR bit to help<win the war
Save wheat, meats. fats. sugar and serve
| the cause of freedom
Retailers should conform to me prices oil
| appeal to the local board for reimbursement
New York Stock Market
Wall St. New York. July 2.-STOCKS-
| Industrial metals and oil featured today.
extreme rallies of l to 2iz points but ths
movement was sluggish and entirely pro
fessional Sales appropriated 325, 0Of
| shares.
l Stocks reacted abruptly later on rumori
Of new financing BY one Of the prominent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
Receiver for Kansas Interurban.


Assemble at hall tonight at eigh
o'clock to visit home of Brother Bir-
mingham deceased.
P. ]. McALOON, G. K.
Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
New Orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans. July 2-COTTON-Spot.
quiet, 100 points off; low middling. 2125 I;
middling, 5000; good middling, 81. 10.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02

equipment companies but rallied moderate
iy at the end. Tie closing was firm LIB
erty avs sold at 9e.5s to 81 first 4A.s
at 81 n2 to 94.1s second As at 81 10 81 ~
and AIS at aG.1s to 903s.
New York Money Market
New York July ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
paper. months. g: months. g. Sferlfuz.
60 day bills. 4I2tz: commercial. GO day bills
on banke 4I2; commercial, GO day bf1la
471Z; demand 4.75; cables. Ara 7is. Beg
silver. 995<c; Mexican dollars. TIC. Gover1-
ment bonds. 5rm; railroad bonds. irre4-
ular. Time loans, steady: 60 days. ~
, 554 90 days. 5iIGI= months JZ al.
Call money. strong: high 6; low, 4.
New York Cotton Market.
New York. July z.-COTTON-spA
quiet; middling, 3l0c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
SNAP SHOTS

AT HOME NEWS

EXPENSIVE sWut.
I chased him round and round the room,
First with the dust rag. then with the
broom;
He lit upon q costly vase,
And there he posed with marvellous grace
But / got him!
Nell Scribbler.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02

Wall St. New York. July 2-STOCKs-
Industrial metals and oil featured today's
extreme rallies of l to 2iS points but the
movement was sluggish and entirely pro-
fessionaL Sales appropriated $4,000
shares.
Stocks reacted abruptly later on rumors
Of new financing BY one of the prominent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-21

THE statistics from the depart
ment of labor proved that labor did
not and is not receiving a living
wage. These statistics show that
during the period of the war 70
cents per hour is given upon which
a man could raise q family in COM
fort and that As cents was consid-
cred the least with which this re-
suit could be accomplished before
the war. The difference between
rates of pay paid to common lab
Orers before the war were made up
by public and private charities. The
workers Of the United States know
approximately what our govern
ment's part in feeding the people
has been during the war and any
one that suppOses the workers
of this country are going
to stand in the bread line
during this winter are making a
sad mistake. If people in this
country who control the things that
the workers need for subsistence
expect to keep down a turmoil in
this country and retain control they
must recognize our human rights.
We do believe the workers of this
country are too intelligent to create
. condition such as exists in Russia
but they will take charge and op-
crate the government for the mass
Of producers.
For the period of the war the
government had control of four of
the essential things for living in
happiness namely, food, fuel, trans
portation and building material,
and realizing that the government
keeps control during the period of
reconstruction by controlling the
things necessary for our subsist-
ence and also realizing that the
general public will and are anxious
TO cooperate with the government
in getting US happily through this
period we can't understand the
presidents logic IN the speech he
made to congress when he says that
business interests Will take care of
this situation. We expect to CO.
operate with them IN handling IN
dustrial situations and happily we
do not wish to let this group of
Americans work out our destiny
for US,
I'VE wish to point out some of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-21

Greater Davenport Committee VIII
i 60 to Congress in Attempt TO
/ Provide Needed Work.

The Greater Davenport commit
tee held a special meeting yester-
day, at which a committee of ar
senal workers was present to ask
the cooperation of the committee in
the movement to keep the arsenal
shops open and secure the largest
amount of work for the plant here
that can be secured.
They were assured that the Great
er Davenport committee was heart
lily for that kind of q program and
would do all that it could to secure
its endorsement by congress.
President Frank B. Yetter, a. j.
Faerber, A. F. Dawson, L. p. Adler
and ]. Clark Hall were appointed a
committee of the greater Davenport
committee to secure the necessary
data and take it to Washington, if
necessary. in taking care OF the in
terests of the arsenal. Secretary
Mccarthy, who is now in Washing
ton, and Congressman Hull, will be
communicated with at once and
urged to support the program which
calls for ali the work which can be
conferred at what is the best located
and best equipped of all Of Uncle
Sans big manufacturing plans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-21
KILLED IN LATE
FIGHTING SAID
TO Be MISSING
Sergeant Clarence Irwin Makes SUE
preme Sacrifice Overseas HHf-
ing Recent Battle.

Sergeant Clarence Irwin, son Of
Mr.. ana Mrs. Thomas =. Irwin. 10
Fourth avenue. was killed ~ action
on Oct. 10. according TO @ telegram
received from the war dep8Efl sat
in->Wa1hington by tho parents on
Wednesday. Irwin was reported
as missing ia action on oct. %. the
parents having received word 20
that effect on Nov. p.
For the last several weeks rela-
tives and friends Of Sergeant Irwin
have hoped 60 learn soon tha DE-
was either In n German prison
camp or had returned to his COM
pany.
Irwin was In his first battle July
J. He arrived overseas "a month
previously. The last letter received
from him in Rock Island was writ
ten on Oct. 3. Il stated that he
hoped to be back in the fighting
again which indicates that his conn
pany was probably resting a. that
time.
He enlisted I'm tho army fin Sep
tember, 1917. and was trained az
Camp Dodge and later at Camp
Logan, Texas. He was a member
OF the One Hundred Thirty-hrat in-
fautrV
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-21

the many obligations that have
been assumed by the Rock Island
arsenal workers because they have
been given to understand that the
work at Rock Island arsenal was
of a permanent nature and that
hundreds of workers have homes
partly paid for, owe for Liberty
bonds, and raised families, eStab-
lished themselves among friends
and now the government which is
asking private manufacturer 20
co everything they can to ameI-
tOrate conditions of reconstru elton
is going to close some of the shops,
minimize production in some OF the
others thereby forcing the workers
that have established themselves in
this community to be torn from
homes and friends and compelled to
seek other homes. These homes in
practically all cases, represent the
savings of a lifetime which they
will be compelled to uquidate their
interests in to obtain means to es-
tablish themselves in some other
community. This will cause prop
erty to depTeciate in value by q
CO4AOAAACA csbAC ACoS W IitC 4hOA OA4c44bA9
in the money that has been for
merly spent in this community.
This is the thing that interests
the whole community from a bus
mess standpoint and we are glad
that they are interested and will
ing to cooperate with US in bring
ing the matter before the proper
officials in Washington and keep
the island running at It's present ca
pacity on work for other depart
ments. To illustrate the POSSIBLE
tiles Of such q course we call your
attention to the postofIlce depart
ment. The call boxes, which are
ordinarily used in the postaflice,
could be manufactured with the
equipment which we have in the
equipment shop. The wooden office
fixtures which are ordered for each
building according to It's need
could be gotten out in the mill
room at the carpenter shop. The
mail bags and pouches could be
manufactured at the carpenter
shop. We wish to call the atten-
ton OF tho general public to the
fact that there is approximately
$8,000,000 worth of leather in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-21

"R. L. CORNICK,
81. L. FOREMAN,
&C. Z. WILLIAMS. "