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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
SHIPPING MUCH CORN
More Cars Available, Mo-, and Okla.
Feed Shortage Is Remedied.

Springfield, Mo, Jan. 10.-After
several weeks of delay in obtaining
freight cars, corn in large quantities is
now moving from southern Missouri
points to western Oklahoma, where
there has been an acute feed shortage
F. L. Rounsevel, secretary of the
marketing commission of Oklahoma
said here today that the corn is being
consigned to districts where the need
is the greatest.
Six buyers under the direction of
Secretary Rounsevell have been in this
part of the state for some time con-
tracing for corn and having it de-
livered at shipping points. But the car
shortage has prevented loading. Sec
rotary Rounseven said that about
10000 bushels have been purchased.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
WEEKS FOOD PRICES
Restrictions on Flour and Sugar Con-
tinue in Force Here.

The following jobbers and retail
rices of articles of food in Topeka
were given out today by the local
food board:
Sagar-Jobber. $s.17; retail, cents.
Flour, 4S-lb.-Jobber, $3.50; retail.
$2.75 and $3.50: 24-ll., jobber. s1S2 Y :;
retail, s1.40 and s1.45.
Corn meal, 4-lb.-Jonber, zoe; re-
tail. Csc; s-1b.. jobber, 40c; retail. soc.
Rice, Blue Rose, 1b-Jobber, II c.;
retail, 9ls and 10c: head, h., jobber,
81 i; retail. IL ind IL kc.
Beans. Pinto, lb-Jobber, ~ o; re-
tail, 10 and lie; white, jobber, lac:
retail. 16 and lie; lima, jobber, 5 y c;
retail, II Y C.
Lard, pure, {lb-Jobber, 26 &c; re-
tail, so and sec; compound, jobber,
23A c: retail, 261a and PA
Milk. evaporated. can-Jobber.
6 C; retail. a c; 13c It'd 15c.
Potatoes Irish, lb-Jobber, &c: re-
tail, " c; Red River, jobber. 2 &c; re-
tail, Sc; homegrown sweet, jobber, 4c;
retail, SC: southern, jobber. SC; re-
tail, &C.
Butter, fancy creamery = Jobber
49c; retail, SIC and SAC; unwrapped
jobber. 46c and 4Sc; retail, soc and
53c: oleomargarine, jobber, 2615 and
Bic; retail. 80 and 35c.
|. The restrictions on sugar and flour
will continue in force here, the board
announced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Dancing tonight-School p. NJ
Social 9 p. m--Kellam Hall.-Adv
The Salvation Army will hold a
meeting tonight at o'clock at tbs
Third Presbyterian church
After attending the conference of
r. Elliott, college secretary of the
State Y. NJ. C. A. has returned to
Topeka.
Edwin Locke, former pastor of tn
Euclid NJ E. church is i'll with pneu-
monia at Bethany hospital He is not
in any serious danger according to Els
physician.
W. E. Brelsford was elected trustee
of the Topeka E.1ks lodge, No. 204, to
fill the unexpired term of j. E. Crock
EFT at a business meeting of the lodge
last night.
Tinkham Veale. a Topeka attorney,
left Topeka today for Los Angeles,
where he was called on business. He
will spend ten days in the city of
movie stars
The annual meeting of the Sons of
the Revolution will be held in Topeka
on January %. No place of meetin
has been definitely decided on. J. NJ
H. Bennett is vice president of the or
ganization.
F. c. Fox, general manager for the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway
here, has received a request from w.
G.. McAdoo, director general of rail-
roads, asking the former to assist in
a campaign to induce shippers and
consignees to unload freight more
| promptly.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hawk, 431
Holiday Place, have as thier guests
Lieut. Arthur Rowland of Camp Kear-
ney, California, and Mrs. Rowland
They are en- their way to MARYLAND te
visit lieutenant BotRiA.laia a4ptnef
Mrs. Rowland lis sister Of Mr.. Hawk
AT the annual meeting Of the stock
| Holders Of the Berryton State Bank
| w. r. Havekott, w. NJ. Hixon, Harry
| II. Olden, w. II. Coultis, P. E. Laugh.
lin. A. j. Renyer. and Sam Sage were
elected as directors for the year. Off.
GERS elected by the directors are
Harry H. O1den, president; w. F
, Havekott, vice president; F. A. Kee
foyer, cashier. The report Of the
cashier showed a surplus of 81, 900 fol
the year, with several hundred dollars
| of undivided profits remaining.
To be serving time i nthe county
| Jail for importing liquor into the state
and then be be made the defendant
| in a suit brought against him by the
firm selling him the liquor is the ex-
| perience John Hoffman is undergoing
| Hoffman recently was sentenced te
serve time in Jail for breaking the
filling & Importing company of Kan
sas City has filed a suit for $24 agaihs
him. Officers presume it is the sam ms
liquor Hoffman is charged with i'm
porting into Topeka. Hoffman denie.
| the bill was contracted in Missouri
where it might prove valid. He ha.
| demanded jury trial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
For Catarrhal Deafness
and Head Noises

Here in America there is much suffer
ing from catarrh and head noises Amer-
can people would do well to consider the
method employed by the English to com
bat this insidiOus disease Everyone
knows how damp the English climate is
and how dampness affects those suffering
from catarrh. In England they treat ca
tarrhai deafness and head noises as a con
stitut fonal disease and use an internal
remedy for it that is really very efficacious.
Sufferers who could scarcely hear have
had their hearing restored by this English
treatment to such an extent that the tick
of watch was plainly audible seven and
eight inches away from either ear.
Therefore, if you know someone who is
troubled with catarrh, catarrhal deafness
or head noises. cut out this formula andA
hand it to them and you may have been
the means of saving some poor sufferer
perhaps from total deafness. The pre-
scription can be easily prepared at home
for few cents and is made as follows.
From your druggist obtain 1 OF. of Par,
mint Double Strength. Take this home.
and add to it u pint of hot water and
ounces of granuiated sugar; stir until dis
solved. Take a tablespoonful four times
Il day.
Parmint is used in this way not only to
reduce by tonic acton the inflammation
and swelling in the Eustachian Tubes, and
thus to equaliZe the air pressure the
drum, but to correct any excess of secre
tions in the middle ear, and the results
it gives are usually quick and effective.
form should give this recipe triaL-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
RUN DOWN SPIES.
u. S. Detectives Break Up Plot
To Reorganize Sabotage.
80 Germans and Some Scandi-
nayians Put Under Arrest.

Washington, Jan. 10.-Thru inter-
cepted communications and evidence
found on : score or more OF arrested
aliens, government agents have dis
covered a concerted movement to
reorganize German .Sa botage and anti
war propaganda in this country.
The movement was broken up and
enemy activities now are believed TO
be confined to sporadic cases carried
on largely by pro-German sympa-
thiZers without guidance from CEN
tai headquarters.
1t is known that about thirty Ger
mans and a few Scandinavians have
been arrested on suspicion of COM
plicity in the new plot. The Germans
have been interned and the Scand1-
navians sent out of the country. Some
Americans are under suspicion ana
are being closely watched.
Sabotage was to be conducted SyS-
tematically and propaganda for peace
or dissemination of peSSimiStic war
reports WIS to be stimulated under
erection of recognized head. There
were indica lions also the headquarters
from all parts of the country and for
ward it to Germany thru a north
European neutral by code communi-
cations, carried by members of ship
crews or other means.
Hundreds of self-appointed spies
United States but officials disclaim
that they worry much about them.
May said ia he members ef the
Industrial Workers of the World.
Many spy suspects caught recently
have. been found to carry plans OF
Qualifications drawing Of airplafie or
truck parts, railroad maps, showing
plats of industrial centers and ship
building plans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
Kansas Railroads Put Solicitors
to Work Again.
Both Freight and Passenger
Men Resume Their Duties.
BUSINESS DEMANDS Their AID
KoOntz Explains Misunder-
standing of January 3 Order.
The Cost of Maintaining Force
Is Very Light.

Kansas railroads. which, January
8, discontinued solicitation of freight
and passenger traffic and suspended
advertising, today resumed both solicit
tation and advertising, it was an
nounced from the offices of Topeka
officials 1t was asserted that the dis
continuation was brought about by a
misunderstanding of the duties of the
''so-called commercial agencies of the
railroads by the authorities at Wash
ington."
Orders for all freight and passenger
solicitors on the Santa Fe to continue
work until further notice, were sent
from the offices of j. r. Koontz, gen
eral freight agent, and j. M. Council,
general passenger agent
The new order, ii was said, will not
interfere with the unification plan of
the roads but is simply a continuation
of the railroad policy for years to
serve the public and have representa-
tives for adjustment and handling 81
business In aiFaet. ssrsoHai touch with
6hippers.
Business Demands Solicitors.
AS a result of an apparent misufi4
Outstanding of just what are the du-
ties of so-called commercial agencies
of the railroads, the authorities at
Washington have, as evidenced by the
press, suggested the discontinuance of
solicitation" said Koontz in announc-
ing the resumption of work by the
commercial agencies of the Santa Fe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10

This suggestion carried with it the
idea that the great numbers of rail-
road men, engaged in looking after
the business end of securing and
handling freight insofar as the public
is concerned, would no longer be re-
quired under the new order of things.
Most of the railroads on January !
sent out notice that until further ad-
Vised solicitation would be diScon-
tinued. AS a result of this notice the
business world had imme dia ~
brought home to them that a very
portation insofar as their business is
concerned was likely to be taken away
from them.
Matter Before McAdoo.
THE Chamber of Commerce of
Kansas City, Mo, was one of the first
associations to act. The matter was
promptly brought to the attention of
Director General McAdoo.
Similar action has been taken by
number of shippers organizations
turnout the country. AS result
Wednesday afternoon quite a number
of railroads withdrew their advice of
January g. and instructed their COM
mercial agencies to resume active So
lcitatiOn until further advised.
The cost of conducting traffic on
the railroads is less than per cent of
the total operating costs. One of the
SCSI WESTERN TdllIodQS SHOWS d per
centage ratio operating revenues to
gross revenues of IS per cent. The
ratio of the cost of conducting traf-
fic for this particular railroad for the
month referred to was lis per cent.
The cost of maintaining the CONNER
cial or the outside agencies, which are
involved in the controversy, is less
than one-half the total cost of con-
Quoting traffic.; or to reduce it to an
understandable figure, the cost of
maintaining the outside commercial
offices of the particular railroad re-
ferred to for the month mentioned
would be about eight-tenths of one
per cent of the total of sixty-five per
cent of the operating expenses of the
LAS both the president and director
general have indicated in the procla-
nation of the president and the bull
letihs that ordinary traffic Is to be
sumed that the marked disturbance
caused by the action of the railroads
apparently acting under the sugges-
lions received from the Washington
authorities relative to the discontinue
ance of their outside agencies was not
properly appreciated nor was it in
tended. The travelling freight agent,
the soliciting freight agent and the
general agents and division freight
agents, to whom these representatives
report. are Intermediates as between
the active management of the railroad
and the public. The operating and
general officials of the railroads, as a
rule. have so many details and respon-
sibilitieS confronting them and are so
located that they are inaccessible to a
very large per cent of the users of
transportation; but as these COM
mercial agencies and soliciting forces
are scattered all aver the country, con-
veniently located, it but rarely hap
pens that a shipper cannot get in
direct touch with these business rep
resentatives of the railroads within a
period of from twelve to tWenty-four
hours; and if located at the point
where the agency exists, the business
can be handled within a very few
moments"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
School Board Takes Over G. f.
Kimball Plant.
Plans To Teach Trade to High
School Students.
OFFICE WAS COMPLETE ONE
Much Material New and Modern
in the Plant.
Typographical Union May OPP
pose Boards Plans.

With the passing of a check of the
school board this noon. there was es
tablished IN the Topeka high school
full and complete printing plant
for teaching the students a trade
which they can use to advantage in
later life.
The plant was formerly the prop
erty of G. F. Kimball and was in
operation by him at 912 North Kan
sas avenue for over twenty years. Mr..
kimball died several months ago and
the plant was sold to the school board
by the five Kimban heirs. During
the last few years the plant was run
more as a pastime than for profit, as
himba1 only engaged in the running
of the establishment to keep from be-
ing idle. Within the last two years
much of the old type in the plant was
disposed of and replaced with new
fonts. Five presses were included in
the plant, Together with a modern
paper eufteF tbs tHa6fIRsfy 4ssa IA
making stereotypes, thousands of
standard cuts, and In fact everything
that goes to make up a complete
equipment for q modern printing efs
fee.
To BE Part OF Curriculum.
The new course in printing will
probably become a part of the high
SchooI curriculum at the beginning of
the spring term. The teaching force
will be claSsed with the manual train
ing force.
1t is understood that the Topeka
Typograp hical union is going to put
up a stiff fight to prevent the estab-
lishment of the plant in the high
school, the contention being that the
students will get only smattering of
the printing trade and will in no way
be qualified to take up the work
Some years ago there was talk of
establishing a printing plant in the
school and the union went on record
as opposing it at that time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
ARMY PNEUMONIA BAD

Washington Jan. 10.-Measles cpl
denies are subsiding in both national
guard and national army divisions, but
pneumonia persists, according to the
detailed health report for the week
ending January 4, made public today
by the army medical corps. The ia
bIes show 109 deaths during the week
in the national guard. so due to pneu-
monia, and 1877 in the national army,
III being due to pneumonia.
The death totals for the previous
week were los for the national guard
and SO for the national army.
A sharp outbreak of meningitis oc-
Cured at Camp Beauregard, with
twenty-seven new cases against seven
the preceding week, and several
deaths Elsewhere in the national
guard meningitis is rapidly declining
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
SHARP TO FUNSTON
Man Accused of Trying to Escape
Draft Taken to Camp,

Bob Miller, undersheriff, today took
Pearl F. Sharr, of Nickerson, to Camp
Funston to face charges of running
away to Canada to evade the draft
His mother, Mrs. Agnes Lentz, went
into Mysteries in the adjutant generals
office a few days ago when her son
was refused exemption.
After taking Sharr and Miller to the
depot, Sheriff Hugh Larimer dropped
into the Baltimore hotel in North To-
peka and arrested Joe Jagars on
forgery charge. Jagars is accused of
purchasing 81 worth of goods from
Dave August, rendering a worthless
$40 check in payment and receiving
SIS in good cash in change Jagars
is a horse trader living at 1872 Grattan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
LOCAL MENTION

On account of the death of Will
liam A Dyal the Square and Com
pass club will not hold its regular
meeting Friday night
Having severed my connection with
the Farmers National bank. 1 can be
found until April / at the office of
James A Troutman. Mulvane Bldg
]. w. Thurston!-Adv.
The Orpheum theater is running a
slide showing the picture of the new
North American hotel to be built at
Ninth and Kansas avenue. This is
the revised design which covers four
lots instead of three as originally
planned.
safety razor blades sharpened bet
ter than new 25c-35c dog, Brunt-
Martin Drug Co-Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
MINI. FURNISHES BIT
Sixty Per Cent of U. S. Shells Made
From Mosabi Ore

Virginia, Mimi. Jan. 10.-Six out
of every ten shells hurled at the Ger
mans during the coming year will be
made from ore mined on the Mosaol
ore range in northern Minnesota.
Mine operators today estimated the
t9ta production of these mines at
45,36o.760 TONS but 10000 tons less
than in the past year.
With the exception of futile at.
tempt by the I. W. w. to incite a strike
the Minnesota mines have been free of
all industrial unrest since the United
States entered the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
CLERK INDISPENSABLE
McAdoo Insists His Secretary Be
Granted Draft Exemption.

Boston. Jan. lot was indicated
today that an appeal would be taken
to the district board against the deci-
sion of a local draft board which de-
MED deferred classification to Joseph
NJ. Shaffer,, personal stenographer to
William G. McAdoo, secretary of the
treasury and director general of rail-
roads. Mr.. McAdoo in a telegram
made public here today said:
II shall ask for Skaters exemption.
He is indispensable TO me in the diff
cult task now imposed upon me-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
GET PSI DYE RECIPES
Capture Most Important Economic
Event of War"

London, Jan. 10.-.The most i'm
portant event in the economic war;
is what the London Daily Mail today
called the capture from the Germans
of 257 secret recipes for German
dyes which had been offered the gov
ernflent. The formulate, it was stated
will "shatter the German dye mo-
nopoly."
According to the Mail, British agents
have been working for two years to
get the formulae.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
SHAWNEE DRAFT BOARD.

The following men have been
classified by the Shawnee county
board since Wednesday:
Glass 1.
H c. Van Week Rossville.
r. L. Campbell. $50 .Torest avenue, Topeka.
f. F. Zirkle, Route 20. Berryton.
r. NJ. Hadlock. Rossville.
G. Underwood, 100 Chestnut street, Topeka.
II. Whiteside, Dover
H. r. Moody, Wakarusa.
C. A. Sheets, Route s. Topeka.
2. F. Cazier, Wakarusa.
Lannie Hobbs. Valencia.
c. S. Goldsmith sos Fremont, Manhattan.
Benjamin Gait, Willard.
C. L. Emert, Rossville.
Merle c. Dean. Route 1. Topeka.
Levi Mex Hershey. Route 1, Topeka
Glass 2.
c. Underwood. Rochester, MINI.
Class 3.
H L. Laxon. Route =. Topeka.
II. c. Bryant. Route p. Topeka
Glass 4.
w u. Updegraff, Route g. Topeka,
Joseph H eq Kaicis Silver Lake.
G. c. Kesler, Rossville.
T. L. Harth Willard.
". W. Griffin. Route i, Topeka
W. b. Tevis. Route 20. Berryton-
F. NJ Shroyer. North Topeka.
D. Y. Herrick,. Richland.
F. T. Tibbs, Silver Lake.
o. l.. Herrick, Route 20, Berryton.
Il. b. Lillars. ROssyille.
B. +. Robertson. Rossville.
J. c. Sherretts, Willard.
J. c. Stone. SO Winfield, Oakland.
w. L. Tibbetts. Richland.
William Corbett, Route {. Topeka.
Horace G. Potter. Route 1. Topeka.
Roy w. Albright. Valencia.
Albert f. Chapman. 51J Scotland, Topeka.
Elmer c. Van Cleave, Silver Lake
Class 5.
Otis F. Snyder. Route G. Topeka.
u. Stearns, Wamego.
+. A. Alsop. Troy.
William l.. McLin. Howard
+. A. Hams, 314 Reynolds, Kansas City,
Kan.
r. f. Dutton. Dover.
A Kenchenmeister. Wichita
Paul Nuncio, Valencia
F. Il. Lamer Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
ALTER NAVAL POLICY
British Fleets To Be Controlled Under
Three Divisions Hereafter.

London Jan. 10.-England's long
expected admiralty shakeup was to be
announced in full detail today. Pre-
liminary statements declared the
whole naval policy hereafter will be
administered by general staff, di-
vided into three general divisions
governing home waters, overseas and
trade protection. Each department
will be headed, it was stated, by naval
officers of proven qualifications. The
change is a revolutionary one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
NUNS RESCUE SICK
OF 15S in Hospital Only Child Strapped
to Bed Burned to Death.

Ottawa, Ont. Jan. 10.-Heroic
efforts by nuns and nurses saved all
but one of 1853 patients in the Water
street general hospital here today
when fire broke out and destroyed a
part of the building. A child who
was strapped to a bed with weights
fastened to an injured leg was burned
to death
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
DEATH CAUSES STRIKE
Is First Since Govt Took Over Con-
troll of Railroads.

Mobridge, S. D. Jan. 10.-What is
believed to be the first railroad strike
in the United States since the gov
eminent assumed control occurred
here today when the shop workers of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
walked out They demanded con-
struction either of a viaduct or an I'M
derground passage, so they could
reach their work without crawling
under cars, following the death of one
of their fellow Workmen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
SENT WRONG BODY
Parents of Soldier Find Unknown Man
in Sons Coffin.

Hannibal, Mo-, Jan. 10.-When the
parents of Private Troy Jones. who
died at Camp Doniphan. Okla, opened
the coffin here, which was supposed to
contain the body of their son, they
discovered a mistake had been made
and that the body was that of an un-
known young man.
So far the authorities have been I'M
able to rectify the mistake made by an
undertaken at Doniphan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
CLASH WITH YAQUIS
Q. S. Cavalry Detachment Discover.
Bandits and Captures Ten.

Douglas, Ariz.. Jan. 10.-A detach-
ment of American cavalry sent into
Bear valley, twenty-five miles west of
Nogales yesterday to observe trails,
clashed with band of Yaqui Indians,
capturing ten. one of whom died in a
hospital at Nogales of wounds. accord
ing to telegram today from the COM
mandant at Nogales.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
DYNAMITE IN COAL
Locomotive Blows Up as Result
Several May Die.

Memphis. Tenn, Jan. 10.-Dyna-
mite in coal shoveled into the engines
boiler this afternoon exploded a
freight locomotive at Harahan bridge.
spanning the Mississippi river here
fatally injuring several persons. AT
least two men are reported to be dy-
ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
Seed Corn Hoarded Tight.

Des Moines, Iowa. Jan. 10.-The
seed corn situation in Iowa is critical
but not hopeless, according to R. K.
Bliss, of the extension department of
the Iowa State college at Ames, who
is comforting with Director Metcalf
of the state defense council. this after
noon. Bliss says there is enough good
seed corn in thu state to fill all spring
wants, but that expert and organized
efforts will be required to secure it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
BLOW POWDER Mill
Plant Near Patterson, Okla, Wrecked
Only One Reported Killed.

Wilburton, Okla, Jan. 10.-James
Garvin, superintendent of the glazing
department of the Patterson Powde.'
Co., at Patterson, Okla. near here,
was killed today when a terrific eX-
pIosion wrecked the plant. AS far as
has been learned only one man was
killed, altho the property damage is
large.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
CARRIED ROLE TOO FAR
Stage William Becomes Real William
According to White Slave Charge.

Chicago, Jan. 1O.-Harry Dumont,
william in a drama at the Playhouse,
was cast for a similar role before fed
eral authorities today. when he was
Jewel Rockefeller, New York. to come
to Chicago.