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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27
WIFE OF JAS. A.
SULLIVAN ASKS
/, SEPARATE KEEP
RestrainingOrderI ssuedAgainst
Art Store Proprietor.
Order Forbade Him Transact.
ing Any Legal Business.
NEGLECT OF DUTY CHARGED
StepsOn of Mrs. Sullivan Is
"ThOrn in the Flesh"
That Is Assertion Made by Hel
Attorney Today.
NEGLECT OF DUTY CHARGED
StepSOn of Mrs. Sullivan Is
"ThOrn in the Flesh"

James A. Sullivan of the Sulliva n
art store, Eighth and jackson street,
woke up this morning to find himself
restrained from taking any part in
the management of his business He
also discovered that an order from the
Shawnee county district court re-
strained him from cashing checks on
money in the bank, from selling stocks
and bonds in his name and from
changing beneficiaries in his insurance
policies.
= Late the night before his wife.
Margaret A. Sullivan, had filed a pc
tition for. separate maintenance and
division of property in the office of
Mrs. Mary Chaplin, clerk of the dis
trict court. She also demanded the
restraining order, which kept Sulli-
van from doing almost everything ex-
cept breathe fresh air The restrain
ing order was granted. The order
did permit Sullivan to enter the store
in the same capacity as a customer.
The Order Modified.
E. D. McKeever and John J. Schenck
appeared at the court house at an
early hour demanding a modification
of the order, pending a final settle
ment of the Sullivan domestic troubles.
lure of Mrs Sullivan's attorney to
appear before Judge George H. Whit
comb until nearly IL o'clock.
Judge Whitcomb promptly modified
the order so Sullivan may continue
to do his share in the operation of the
store, the same as in the past. He
also approved restraining order
asked by Sullivan to keep all persons
from the Sullivan home. 1135 Garfield
avenue, excepting members of the
family. Sullivan complained that his
wife's brother had moved his trunk
out to his home.
The attorney for Mrs. Sullivan de-
manded that an order be issued ex-
Guiding Sullivan's son from the store.
He described this son as the thorn
in the flesh" and not only an en-
ploye of the store but a terrible trou-
BILE maker" The lad is Sullivan's son
by a previous marriage and is well
known at Washburn college. He is in
class 1 of the draft. Judge Whitcomb
denied the demand to exclude the son
from the store.
/ She Charges Neglect.
Gross neglect of duty is the only
allegation made by Mrs Sullivan in
her petition. She states that they were
married in Chicago May 3, 1898. The
we'll known art store is owned jointly
by them and has been managed chief
ly by Mrs. Sullivan, she declares. and
what success has marked the business
is due as much to her efforts as to
those of her husband, she alleges. In
fact, she takes equal credit for the
acquiring of all property in Sullivan's
possession and demands an equal di-
vision. Sullivan, she says. has money
in stocks and bonds. owns house and
lots on Garfield avenue and the art
store.
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Would ReyOlutiOniZe Plans of
Allies Entirely.
Possibility of Direct Invasion
of Germany Offered.
YANKS WOULD GO To HOLLAND
Germany Realizes Danger and
Is Just ''Bluffing."
The Dutch Are Right and Are
Obstinate, Too.


New York, April 27.-The entire
offensive plans of the allies may be
changed over night to the overwhelm-
ing disadvantage of Germany, if the
railitarist diplomats in Berlin compel
Holland to enter the war to defend
her sovereign rights.
With The Netherlands as an asso-
ciate in the war, the allies would be
confronted with the possibility of
con Quoting a direct invasion of Ger
many from the Dutch border, toward
Bremen and Hamburg. If the Dutch
army could hold the Germans along
the frontier until the arrival of heavy
allied reinforcements, Germany's mill
tary situation might soon become pre-
carious. Hindenburg might well be
forced TO shorten his line in France
to provide the necessary troops for
the defense of German territory.
Americans Would Go.
Should a situation such as this
arise, 1t is highly probable that
America would supply a large part if
not most of the troops for operations
along the Dutch frontier. The ferry
sea to Holland would present difficult
ties because of the length of the
journey, which would mean a run of
about 100 miles thru a submarine in
tested zone. Nevertheless the prob
lem of transportation could be solved
by the use of a sufficient number of
destroyers and patrol boats.
The danger to Germany if Holland
enters the war with the allies is well
understood at Berlin. The Hohenzol-
lern militariStS, however, are showing a
spirit of recklessness under the blind
spell of their successes along the west
front Their effort now is to secure a
(COntiuued on Page TWOl
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Springfield Rifle First Article
AuctiOned OF.
Sale Transferred to the City
Auditorium.
ANOTHER SALE NEXT THURSDAY
Many Articles Not Put Undex
Hammer. Today.
Hun Bugle One of Most Inter-
esting Offerings.

A Springfield rifle with bayonet
fixed was the first article to fall to a
successful bidder at the big Junior
Red Cross auction sale at the auditor
ium this afternoon. True. the rifle
was an old model Springfield such as
was used in the Spanish war. but for
the sake of an appropriate beginning
for a sale of war cariber it answered
every purpose.
Announcement was made just be-
fore the opening of the sale that the
Junior Red Cross had made its plans
to hold another sale next Thursday
on the state house grounds. The
original plans for the sale today called
for the auction on the state house
grounds but the rain spoiled these
plans.
Many of the donations given to the
Junior Red Cross were sold this at
ternoon and the sale Thursday will be
a greatly enhanced and bigger affair
than the one which was scheduled
for today.
I'VE nave everything on earth to
sell from an African monkey skin to
first class riding horse. asserted
Blby, and everything we have listed
is going to fall under the hammer"
Hun Bugle Is Feature.
One of the feature articles of the
sale was the German bugle sound
ed by Trooper Albert G.. Reiniger, Of
Prussia, at the time the kaiser made
his triumphal entry INTO Paris in
1870. But this time the bugle is to
fall under the hammer of the Red
Cross auctioneers on the principis
that by knocking down the bugle for
record price it knocks down the
kaiser by just that much.
The bugle was donated to the Red
| Cross for the purposes of the sale by
Mrs. Ida Hardy and Mrs June
Reinigsr Chapman. granddaughter of
the old German trooper. Reiniger.
| himself, came to this country because
he could not get along with the Ger
man government and had no use
whatever for it or its representatives :"
Eeiniger died in the United States.
| unable to speak a word of Eng
! lish. Rut even in his grave the
/ stauch old battler has given three
I sTandsons to the cause of democracy
! lined up in battle array against the
| frightfuiness of the Huns.
Housewives Urged to Attend.
! Housewives of Topeka were urged
to attend the auction for their Sunday
supplies instead of going to the stores
as usual The Red Cross has on its
list for sale this afternoon untold
quantities of fine home made pies
cakes, bread, country butter. dressed
and live chickens, fresh vegetables
and the dozen of other goodies that
are wont to grace the Sunday board
| of the average family.
Mementos of three wars, relics of
Americas greatest naval battles and
| hundreds of articles which are dear
| to the hearts of the true patriots were
to be offered to the highest bidder
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Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey
Growing Suspicious.
KaiSer'S Dreams of Conquest
Feared by His Allies.
TURKEY BEGINS To SEE LIGHT
Austria Worries Over Internal
ReStIeSSneSS.
Food Difficulties Begin To
Pinch Dual Monarchy.
BY ROBERT ]. BENDER.

BY ROBERT j.. BENDER.
Washington, April 27.-Thunder of
giant guns on the west front today is
drowning a Teutonic quarrel of grow
ing seriousness around Germany
back door.
Bulgaria, Austria-Hungary and the
Turks-with the Czechs, Jugo-Slav
and hunger as ever present stimulants
are rapidly making a situation in the
Balkans alarming to Germany's ILL
concealed imperialistic ambitions. Of
fetal diplomatic dispatches to Italian
Ambassador Cellere and thru French
and British channels disclose that Bull
garia and Turkey are fighting over
expected spoils, which German papers
now warn must go to neither-but, on
the contrary, must be taken by Ger
many.
Bulgaria demands the conquest of
Salonika for herself. according to
Italian cables. Turkey objects, fear
s lng any E addition to Bulgaria's
comes from Austria and Germany, who
need Salonika in their plans for a
Berlln-to-Bagdad route to Asia.
Kaiser Still Dreams.
That British successes in Palestine
and MeSopotamia have not deferred
the kaiser from this dream is evil
denced by German papers, which have
begun propaganda campaign de-
claring that the central empires can
nat give Salonika to Bulgaria. This
must be free port and a German
naval base for the German Mediter-
ranean fleet"
The suggestion of a Mediterranean
defeat indicates that Germany would
maintain such an organization to as
sist in the protection of her Asiatio
designs. ft
Turkey, it appears, is increasingly
dissatisfied with her German alliance
according to the Rome advices and
would be willing to concede much to
the British if she was guaranteed
against Teuton aggression from the
west 1t is declared that the young
Turks are beginning to realize that
Ottoman sovereignty will be respected
to no greater extent than was that OF
Belgium in event of a German victory
Bulgaria Is Suspicious.
Bulgaria is dissatisfied with the in
tention of the central powers to give
(Contfuued on Page Two)
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FOR AIR VICTORY
Allies Will Leap Boche Lines,
Says French General.
Air SquadrOnS of Entente Will
Gain Final Victory.

Paris, April 27.-"Tf the allies can
not break the German lines they can
leap them, and victory will come to
the entente thru the air." General
Verraux declared today.
In reviewing the possibility of two
practically evenly balanced armies be-
ing able to break the others line by
force of arms, General Verraux de-
clared that supremacy must come
thru the air.
Modern armies must place their
hopes in their airmen," he stated.
The victory, which Germany be-
lieved always lay just beyond her
grasp, has been snatched away by the
French, British, Italian and American
airmen.
with our air squadrons we have
shattered traditions of former wars
we have broken the military formulas
of yesteryear-when strategy won
battles.
If we cannot break thru the enemy
lines-we can leap them, as proved
in recent battles"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27
HOlLAND-cERMAN
SITUATION CROWS
MORE DESPERATE
German Demands Imperil
Neutrality of Dutch.
Dutch Told They Must Choose
Between Belligerents.
SWITZERLAND To BE next?
One Verbal and -Four Written
German Demands.
Dutch Are Already Taking Mill
tary Steps.
SWITZERLAND TO Be next?
BY ED L. KEEN.

London, April 27.-Diplomatic in
formation from Holland emphasizes
the extreme gravity of the German
Holland situation.
Germany has made demands which
mean the abandonment of Hollands
neutrality if she yields.
Between the devil and the deep sea.
trality. T e questions here are will
she yield?'' And What will Germany
do if she does not yield"
The aggressive tone of the German
press indicates Ger many will not
recede from the course by which she
seems to be deliberately picking a
quarrel with Holland. The newspaper
Germania shows Germany's hand,
saying:
Must Choose Now.
This is Hollands chance for re-
dress and to balance her concessions
to the entente. Sooner or later, both
Holland and Switzerland must enter
one or the other camps. May they
understand the signs of the times and
choose that side which will have the
deciding voice at the peace conference
by right of success and victory.
Diplomatic officials hear that Ger
many sent four demands to Holland,
and that the fifth-verbal and more
drastic-has been delivered.
Hold Important Meeting.
The Hague, April 27.-The premier
and foreign minister held long con-
-(Continued on Page Two.)
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URGES A|RPLANES
Britain Must Speed Up on Air
Program, Says Paper.
Collapse of Russia Gives More
Factories to Germany.

London, April 27.-In urging the
British nation to an increased output
c: airpianes the Daily Mail, in an
editorial, dwells on the Importance
for, Germany of Russia's detection as
affecting supremacy in the air. Rus
sian airpianes, it says, had great repu-
tations in Germany and some of them
had been used as models by German
manufacturers.
THE collapse of Russia it adds,
enables Germany to exploit and turn
to its own use all factories and air.
dromes in Russia and as many more
as Russian labor now looking around
hungrily for 4 job can be induced to
construct. Factories for the manu-
facture Of certain types of machines
are springing up from Petrograd to
Moscow, not to mention those already
II. existence which are or soon will
be German"
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HAVE MANY HOSPITALS
America Will Have $4,000 Beds Avail
able Soon.

Washington. April 27--When hos
pital construction now under way Is
COMPLETED. more than 5000 beds VIII
be available for army purposes. ec-
cordfng to statistics compiled in the
office of Surgeon General Gorgas-
The normal capacity of the national
army and national guard base hos
pitfalls. the United States army hospf-
tails and the general hospitals was
62.959 This is being increased by IS
per cent and in case of emergency a
further extension would be possible
without additional construction. The
sixteen base hospitals at national
army environments are each to have q
capacity of 1900 beds. those at the
national guard camps will range from
LOO at Camp Sheridan to 2.1O0 At
Camp Wadsworth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27
z BILLION PASSED
Liberty Day Raised Total About
200 Millions.
Kansas Goes Over the Top as
an Honor State.

Washington, April 27.-Partial re-
ports on Liberty day sales in the third
liberty loan campaign today raised the
subscription total for the country to
$2,113,99S,35
This represented an addition of
5000, 900. and only partial reports
from yesterdays intensive canvass.
Committees turnout the country
dissatisfied with the national showing
thus far" said the headquarters re-
view today. settled down to the hard
grind of the last seven days cam
paign. Hope was expressed that as
many subscriptions may be taken
within the next seven days as have
been taken in the last twenty-one. If
such a result is not achieved, little
more than the s3.000.0O0,000, mini
mum sought by Secretary McAdoo will
be subscribed and the result of the
campaign will be a great disappoint-
ment.
Kansas Over the Top.
Kansas, New Mexico, Mississippi.
Idaho and southern California were
added today to the honor roll of states
and districts which have exceeded
their quotas. San Francisco reached
the 100 per cent mark. The celebra-
ton in Cincinnati yesterday resolved
itself into a great Qualification over the
city becoming the second in the United
States of more than 100000 to win
the honor flag. The first was Detroit.
In the New York district Liberty
day celebrations gave such an impe-
tus to the campaign that the district
managers awarded forty-nine honor
flags.
A Boy Scouts army of about 400. 900
took the field turnout the country to-
day to CLEAN pledges in the final days
of the campaign period.
Hawaii Far Over Quota
Hawaii has subscribed s4.350.00O
exceeding its quota by II per cent
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A UNIVERSAL CHURCH

Boston, April 27.-The collegiate
church of all nations erected here for
the use of all creeds and races for
religious services according to their
own beliefs and in their own tongues
will be dedicated with a series of
ceremonies to begin Sunday, May H.
The church will be given over
particularly to the twenty or more
races to be found within a short
radius from the center at which the
Morgan memorial conducts its social
industrial and religious service for
the cosmopolitan south end district
of this city The building was erected
under the direction of the Morgan
memorial with funds provided by per-
sons interested in that Institutions
work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27
IN SEA BATTLE
Two British Destroyers De-
feated Five Austrians.
French Joined in Fight in
Mediterranean.

London. April 27.-Two British de-
stroyers defeated five Austrian de-
stroyers in the Adriatic, the British
admiralty announced today.
1.-TWO of our destroyers in the
Adriatic engaged five Austrians,' the
report said. THE enemy fled to Du-
razzo for shelter.
Five more British and two French
destroyers joined in the pursuit to-
ward Durazzo. which continued until
after midnight on Monday. Our cas-
ualties were seven killed and nineteen
wounded.
British air forces raided the sea-
plane base at Durazzo Tuesday and
apparently were successful"
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Urahu total. -.---.-.....-..-. SI,TSO,SOO
Liaison troops went into action this
morning in the Shawnee county third
liberty loan drive to consolidate the
trenches which have already been
gained.
At meeting at the Chamber of
Commerce Friday night ]. r. Burrow.
chairman of the liberty loan commit
tee. gave final instructions to the
regiment of Boy Scouts who formed
the liaison party. Burrow explained
tc the scouts that the duties of the
llaison squads were to go over the
ground already covered by the as
Sault troops in the first flush of vic
tory and to clean up the numberless
subscriptions to the loan which had
thru the hurry been careleSsly passed
by.
One subscription of $4,000 which
had been passed in the charge by
the shock troops which began the
drive was taken in by the scouts this
morning. 1t is reported that the
dugouts of the people are taking
many subscriptions to swell the total
today.
Will Continue Work.
The 'iaison troops of the scouts
will continue their drive until the
close of the campaign May 4, when it
is the belief of J. R. Burrow that
Shawnee county will have oversub-
scribed the 100000 maximum
quota.
Sunday May 5 will see one of the
biggest religious celebrations in the
history of the city. All of the
churches of the city are asked 20 join
in holding a joint Thanksgiving serv-
ice at Grace cathedral on that day
and numbers of the preachers of the
different denominations have already
expressed their willingness to join in
the celebration.
The program for the celebration as
so far announced includes features
which will be used for the first time in
the history of patriotic and religious
celebrations in the United States. The
lCnntinued on PAGE Two Z
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GAS PRESSURE LOW
L. G. TrcIcaven Blames Consumer.
Who Use II for Heating Purposes

With cold, chilly weather again, the
gas pressure in Topeka followed
precedent and became law, according
to reports. l. G. Treleaven of the
Consumers Light, Heat & Power
company stated that people continued
using the commodity for heating and
thus made others suffer for lack of
gas.
However, we have received no
complaints of the pressure being en-
tierly shut off today" said Treleaven
In one district on the West side it
was reported this morning that the
ga was entirely shut off this morning.
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TO WAIT ON UKRAINE
Reichstag Decides Present situation
Demands No Action on Food.

London, April 27.-Referring to a
meeting of the reichstag food council
in Berlin on Friday, at which the
question of reducing the bread ration
was discussed German official state
ment received today says:
1T was decided that the present
position was not critical enough for
the taking of such imp ortant meas
ures at this time. The authorities will
therefore wait and see how fast grain
is imported from the Ukraine. Some
transports have already arrived
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RAIN ALL OVER KANSAS
Temperatures Near Freezing Tonight
Sunday Fair and Warmer.

March has fingered a long time
in the lap of April, and it is even
making moves toward the skirts of
May asserted Meteorologist Flora in
a sad tone of voice this morning
On top of this it rained the first thing
this morning very much to the dis
gust and disappointment of the many
persons who were hoping for a fine
day for the Red Cross auction sale.
Rains were general over the state
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JAPAN TO GIVE SHIPS
Twcnty-three Vessels to Be Turned
Over to Allies Soon.

Toxic. April 27.-Japan has decided
officially to assist the allies by supply
ing as much as possible of their ship
tonnage requirements.
Within six months there will be
placed at the disposal of the United
States twenty-three vessels, aggregat-
ing ISL, 1855 tons
Japan will pay the ship owners the
difference between the American price
and the higher japanese charter rates.
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Five Inches Fell Last Night-Was
General Over West.

Denver. Colo, April 27.-Five inches
of snow fell in Denver last night. Ac-
cording to the Denver weather bu-
reau snow and rain extended over
Colorado. western Nebraska, South
Dakota and part of Wyoming. While
the precipitation will be beneficial to
many crops, it will seriously retard
planting il was said.
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London, April 26, Friday.-Reports
that Baron Rhondda had resigned as
British food controller, because of i'll
health was confirmed tonight. 1t is
stated, however, that his resignation
has not been accepted.
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HOLLAND YIELDS?
Report Says Use of Railway Across
Province Is Granted

: London. April 27.-Special dis
patches from Dutch sources today de-
clared that Holland has yielded TO one
of Germany's demands-that of use
of the railway across the province of
Limburg-but has stipulated that IL
shall not be used for military traffic.
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WAGGENER Is DYING
Physicians Say Atchison Man Has
Only Few Hours More.

Atchison, Kan, April BIB. P.
waggener is dying. His physicians
say he cannot possibly live more than
q few hours.
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WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Colder tonight: fair west portion,
rain east. Sunday, fair and warmer.
Near freezing tonight.
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BOY SCOUTS Get
BIG RESULTS IN
The LOAN DRIVE
One Subscription for $4,000
Turned In by Them.
They Cover Ground Missed by
the Adult Workers.
CHURCH CELEBRATION PLANS
All Denominations Will Give
Thanks Tomorrow Week.
BurrOw Believes County Will
Go Over S2,OOO,OOO.
LIBERTY LOAN TOTALS.
vs. sinh
CHURCH CELEBRATION PLANS
All Denominations Will Give
Thanks Tomorrow Week.
BurrOw Believes County Will
Go Over S2,OOO,OOO.
LIBERTY LOAN TOTALS

Today's subscriptions. .........S 471OO
Previously reported. ............ 1,673,8OO
Grand total 81 100 900
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BIG SNOW IN DENVER

Continued on Page Twol
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-25

Thousands Of railroad shop men
have been lured by high shipyard pay.