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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-09
Linens and DOmestics

$500 Table Cloths the 72x12- inch of bleached q
damask in choice patterns-on sale. .SsS
1s-nch Napkins; of bleached mercerzed
damask; hemmed ready for use-per dozen. Lei
Turkish Towels; the 20x40-i inch bleached, a.
extra heavy and very absorbent. ............A ~
35c Printed Madras and plain white checked 81
Madras. for pajamas, etc.-yard. Il
35c Dress Gnghams in a great variety of 81
striped checked and plaid patterns. .........S -
$3.50 Spreads; the standard bed size. extra q s
weight crochet; they launder perfectly. ks<
25c Pillow Cases; the 42x36-inch size hemmed
ready Tor use l.
Linens and Domestics-Maih Floor-Pelleticr's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-09
Leather Goods

LCdCUCT UOOUS
Up o Goods; Knitting Bags, Handbags
Flat Purses, Patent Leather Purses-your n0~
choice Bargain Friday. VO(
Fancy Leather Belts " price; both wide and narrow,
soc Belts S1.00 Belts -
$1.OO Fancy Vanities; and very At 40
tractve-on sale Bargain Friday H ~
Regular soc Bag Tops; choice of several styles 40.
and fnishes-on sale Bargain Friday 4 ~
Leather Goods-Main FIoor-PeIletier's IN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-09
Housewares and China

SOC Combination; of Sterifoam and a long09(.
handle closet brush for. ocS
SEC Gray Enamelware Set; 4-qt deep Pudding Pan
and Pot Tipped Sauce Pan Csc
the SIT. 8 for 43c
$500 Folding Clothes Bars; when open has 1876
ming of drying space-Frfday .$1S9
Heavy Galvanized Pals; the 14qt. .43c
$1,000 Liberty Beil'' Electric Washer 50
16-nch Lawn Mowers; good ones. $500
Water Pals; 12-qt. blue-and white SIC
Tumblers, set of six CSC
J. and s-inch Dinner Plates of decorated American
China-$1.00 sets of. six for 6sc
75c sets of six for SOC
Housewares and China4th Floor-PelIetier's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-09
Draperies and Curtains

DraperleS and Curtains
SOC Colored Border Scrim; the 36-inch 1917
and with muti-colored border. 1AZ2C
soc small sI's pas and
SOC snd sc to 40
SiIkolines; the &C. inch in 10 yard lengths, )C
mostly-per yard. -.........................A <C
Fsa9 pen Of
s lne %hlts yard. with CSC
Curved end Brass Extension for ordinary n.
size windows-each ...-.-...................C ~
Regular $500 Pillows the 19x25-fnch of curled
hen feathers covered with fancy striped ticking;
for sleeping porches, etc.-on sale on
Bargain Friday, yard. ....................1 LOG
Rugs and Draperies-4th FIoor-PeIleter's
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Underwear

Women's Soc Union Suts the Summer weight on,
of fine ribbed cotton-Friday Bargain price. - -
Chdren's 35c Union Suts the closed style with 00n
lace trimmed wide knees. kf6&
White Petticoats with lace embroidery trimmed
f1Ounces:
$1.75 Petticoats. ..........&I31 -;
$3.50 Petticoats. $3.50 Petticoats. sac
59c Brassieres the back fastening style trimmed Q
with lace embroidery. Observation-Disclosures. u -
Underwear-3rd FIoor-Pelletier's
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Handkerchiefs- Neckwear

Women's 121xc Handkerchief; pure linen with o.
Inch hems-Bargain Friday. IL
Mems Handkerchief; the full size, pure Efh~,
linen with u Inch hens. IS for OV>x
Women's up to Neckwear; Collars vestees Ok,
and Dress Sets in White and colors 6O&
$100 Pearl Necklaces 24-inch strands of grad Co,
uated pearl beads-Friday for. VOC
$3.50 to $500 Cauze Fans with carved ivory q ~
sticks; hand painted and spangled-choice,. .AsVQ
Neckwear, etc.-Main FIoor-Pelletiers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-09

$5.95 to $3.50 Skirts
on sale-S4.45
A special Skirts suitable for right now and
Summer only sixty, early. There
plaid plain silk there light
color a Silks featuring the shir
rings and the fancy pockets that fashionable
this season-reguar $685. to $3.50 Ak
Skirts sale Bargain Friday. tstO
$14.75-$19.5O Dresses-$12.85
special lot of Silk Dresses for Summer wear plain
colors, paids, stripes and bingham Checks taffetas
Georgettes, Summer silks-choose from a lot of
ular $1475 $3.50 Silk 10 OK
Bargain Friday 1A>OO
Girls Coats-two lots
Coats for girls of II years; snappy, girsh
models in plaid. checks mixtures and plain colors;
latest style features big collars pockets, high
waist effects, etc.-Coats worth up TO Xxx e 1S
81. so sale in two lots fsOO-
Apparel Section-3rd Floor-Pelletier's
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Remnants price

All the remnants of Silks, Dress Goods and WASH
Goods; lots of waist and skirt lengths and few
dress engths-all on sale Friday at exactly. II
Silks and Dress Goods-Main FIoor-Pelletier's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-09

Notions
CSC to $1.O Fancy Buttons great variety of styles
and colors-a big lot of odds and ends to be Eo
closed out Bargain Friday, per dozen ~
25c Shears good sharp ones. too .19c
&C SpooIs OF SILK Unread Tor sc
loo Sewing Machine Oil excellent quality. &c
SC Elastic Hair Nets-Bargain Friday for lie
NotionsNMain Floor-Pelleter's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-09

Hosiery
Women's Dark Isle Thread Hose; all sizes OEo
'irreguars" of SOC Friday for. AOO
Women's Cotton Hose; white and black-sight tx
"irregufars" of 25c Friday for. LIN
Samples of Chdren's up O soc Stockings; 90
white and black in sizes SE and g.. AON
Hosiery-Main Floor-Peletier's
The sun., 1918-07-21
BARNES ACTION DROPPED.
Settlement Made In the Famous
Roosevelt Libel Suit.
Special Despatch TO Tgr Sun.

Special Despatch TO TIE Sun.
SYRACUSE, July 20.--The appeal
taken to the Appellate Court by Will
lam Barnes from the judgment returned
by Syracuse jury in May 1915,
against him and in favor OF Theodore
Roosevelt will not be argued. The
case has not been dropped from the
calendar. because 1t never was placed
there, but the bill of costs has been
settled, both parties paying their share.
Oliver d. Burden. who was one of the
local counsel for Col. Roosevelt in the
libel case. said to-day that the costs Of
the suit had been paid and that an
been made by agreement between the
lawyers. each side paying a part The
costs amounted to sl,442. and the Col
onel would have been entitled to $4,000
more. as the law allows : per cent.
OF the original amount OF damages
claimed when the defendant Is the Vic
tor in prolonged legal action.
Bills OF costs are never paid until
after all appeals are decided by the
higher courts.
When the libel caseswas tried one lone
juror. John Burns. held up his fellow
jurors for forty-eight hours by insisting
on voting for the plaintiff because his
colea CUES would not recommend that
the two parties should divide the costs.
After more than three years Mr.. Burns s
desire has come to pass.
The sun., 1918-07-21
MAYFAIR ASKS FOR CLOTHES
Garments for Invalids Coming Out
of French Hospitals.

Mrs. John H. Holden president of the
Mayfair War Relief, says that the
French Government has made request
of the association. through its bureau of
distribution at ~ Rue de la Boetie.
Paris, for civilian garments for soldiers
coming out OF hospitals. The request is
coupled with the condition that said gar
ments shall be in good condition.
on August / the Mayfair War Relief
viii move into its new building at 1873
East Fifty-fourth street. and in the
meantime it Is sending out to its men,
hers and associates hurry calls for this
-eeded relief The Mayfair has a motor
service in France and in this city the
latter commanded by Miss Kathryn
Rache. On notification by telephone.
Plaza s719 Miss Bache will send a car
70 collect packages of mems clothing.
The shipments of the Mayfair are
made in care of and at the expense OF
the French Government. Mrs. Holden is
,ustifably proud OF the record that not
a single case has been lost TO date.
The sun., 1918-07-21
JUDGE KEoGH's SON WOUNDED.
Youths Brother In Air Service
Has Returned to France.

Jack keosh, ~ years old. son of Su-
rreme Court Justice and Mrs. Martin j
keogh or New Rochelle and who Is an
ambulance driver with the American
ENpeditlonary Force In France. has
written home that no was wounded by
shrapnel in the fighting about three
weeks ago.
Young keogh has been driving an
ambulance for fourteen months His
brother Lieut.. Grenville Keogh OF the
French Aviation Corps, who had been
home on furlough, returned to France
this week.
The sun., 1918-07-21
MAY RETREAT TO THE AIsNE
German Army Clearly in a Critica
situation.

LONDON, July 2o.-There is deep and
solid satisfaction expressed everywhere
In London over the second victory OF the
Marine. The German retreat across the
river is regarded as the turning point
OF the Central Powers defeat, eQualled
only by the Austrian disaster at the
Piave River
The Germans are in an embarra ssing
pocket north of the Marine. and II the
French and Americans are able to keen
up their pressure or even to hold their
present positions and make the most OF
their artillery. the German army may
f'nd Il necessary to fall back to the line
between Rheims and Scissors. or even
further.
The sun., 1918-07-21
BRISTOL WAR PLANE
is NOT SATISFACTORY.
Curtiss Company Ordered to
Discontinue Manu-
facture.

BUFFALO, July 20.-The Liberty motor
cannot be fitted to alrplanes OF the Bris-
tol type and for this reason orders were
issued this afternoon to the Curtiss Air
plane and Motor Corporation to discon-
tinue manufacture OF the Bristol planes.
The order was given by Archer A. Lam
don. chief OF the production board of
the United States Aircraft Board.
Immediately after the order was is
sued Mr.. Landon stated that recent fly
ing tests had shown the machine is
overpowered and not OF military value,
that II Is lacking in mannuvrabllit
and that 1t does not have sufficient speed
for war purposes. The failure to COM
bine the Liberty motor with the Bristol
plane. which Is OF British design. Mr.
Landon explained. does not. however, in
any way indicate that the Liberty motor
Is a failure.
The tremendous speed a nd curious sound
made by the new alrpiane tried. out yes
terday afternoon at the Mineola field
has caused II to be dubbed "Whistling
Bill" AS told In THE Sun two weeks
ago. the ''Wh!stling Bilf' was designed
by Glenn Curt.ss and c. b. Kirkham, an
airpiane engine expert. Its tests have
shown that II possesses climbing
power exceeding 800 feet a minute and
speed far in excess Of any known be
In the possession OF the Germans.
The new machine is a tr.plane and a
composite of the battle ard scout type.
When 1t took the air at Mlneola yester-
day Its speed was 80 great In compari.
son to the other American and foreign
machines then In the air that II attract ed
the admlra ton of the army officers who
witnessed tho flight.
The sun., 1918-07-21
TRUCK MAKERS TO GET STEEL
Hut Permission Rests on Conser-
yation Of Material.
Special Despatch 10 The ST,


WASHINGTON. July 20.-Manufacturers
OF automobile trucks obtained a prefer
ence to-day from the War Industries
Board in the distribution of steel and
fuel when intended for use in making
trucks for direct and indirect war pur-
poses. The board announced, however.
that IL will not undertake to guarantee
any proportion OF steel requirements, and
suggested that all materials be con-
served by strict supervision.
The manufacturers agreed to the pro-
posal of the War Industries Board that
instead of selling through solicitation
they Will use every effort to persuade
truck owners to repair old ones and use
them as long as possible. A campaign
TO insure full loading OF trucks and
their use through shifts OF drivers for
as many hours a day as possible will be
inaugurated.
The sun., 1918-07-21
SHELLS KILL Y. M. c. A. PASTOR.
The Rev. walter Murray of East
Orange Was Serving in Cnnteen.

PARIS, July 2e.-The Rev. Walter
Murray of East Orange, n. j., attached
to the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton. was killed In the Chateau Thierry
sector while serving soldiers from a
canteen near the front line. Two shells
railing on either side OF him killed him
by conclusion. He was buried with full
military honors.
Ben Hilbert of 237 West Forty-third
street. New York city. another Y. NJ. {.
A. worker after constant exposure to
shell fire and gas has been ordered to
the rear exhausted.
Richard e. Shreve OF Rochester. y. V,
also Y. NJ c. \. man, went out after
forty wounded Americans in German
hands. With the aid OF eleven Ameri-
cans he rounded up ten Germans and
brought in the entire forty wounded
The sun., 1918-07-21
Accused SnIesmen Held.

William Strauss, 80, Of ITO Simpson
street. and George Rosenthal. As. OF 514
West 176th street, cigar store statesmen.
were held in $4,000 bail each on ar
raignment in the Tombs Court yesterday,
charged with receiving sto.en Liberty
bonds valued at $4,000. The bonds are
said to be part OF lot OF $4,000 in
bonds which were stolen by a messenger
boy employed by Strong. Sturgis & Co.
80 Broad street.
The sun., 1918-07-21
Po1NCARE SEES VICTORY NEAR.
Tells King Albert Marine Successes
Are Omens of the Future.

PARIS. July 20.-Replyng to a tele-
gram OF congratulation from King Al
bert of the Belgians on the success OF
the French army. President Po!ncare
wrote these successes were favorable
omen for the near future. He added
on the Marine. as we'll as on the User.
the liberty OF peoples ever will be de-
Tended By the allied armies"
The sun., 1918-07-21
ARGENTINE BATTLEsHIP HERE.
RiSadavia Arrives in North River
From Buenos Ayres.

With pennants, signal flags and other
bunting flying and her band playing THE
Star Spangled Banner" the Argentine
battleship Rivadavia steamed up through
the Narrows yesterday and made her
way to an anchorage in the Hudson
River.
The big Argentine man o. war brought
Dr. Romulo Naon, the Argentine Am
bassador to Annapolis from Buenos
Ayres. and then steamed on up the
coast TO this port. Consul General Err
nesto Perez left the Battery in a launch
flying the Argentine flag to pay his re-
spects to the commander OF the ship.
The sun., 1918-07-21
W. &. Fits Resigns Law Post.

william c. Fits. Assistant Attorney
General OF the United States and for
merry Attorney General OF the State of
Alabama. has resigned HIS office and
viii become a member OF the firm of
BIandy, Mooney & Shipman, 81 Wall
street. The other members of the firm
are Edmund l.. Mooney and Charles
T r. Rowe. Mr.. Fitts's resignation
becomes effective August l.
The sun., 1918-07-21
Cuba Detnins Rum Laden Vessel

HAVANA. July 2O.-The schooner
Georgins Roop. which has on board
10000 gallons OF Cuban rum. destined
apparently for Uruguay, is under de-
tention here by Cuban treasury officials
The vessel was seized late yesterday
after it was learned that when about
to sail she had suddenly changed her
name.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-18
GERMANY'S HAND SEEN
IN CHINA SPHERE

PICKING, Sept. 31.-(CorrespOn-
.encet-The hand of Germany,
working to lower French prestige
in China is seen by the French lega-
ton here in the recent attempt 10
open diplomatic relations between
China and the Vatican. The lega-
ton says it has collected evidence
TO support the charge.
When it was announced, several
weeks ago, that the Chinese govern
ment had appointed a minister TO
the Vatican and that the papal 10
the Philippines. MOsignor Petrelli.
had been appointed papal nucio 10
Chira.sthe French minister immedi-
ately lodged a protest. The protest
was based on the claim that the
appointments were made in contra
vention Of the TientsiE treaty OF
1855, which recognized French pro-
lection OF Roman Catholic Mission
aries in China. and that they were
against the spirit OF thealliance be-
tween China and the entente ma
tons
While negotiations were under
under way. China communicated 10
the pope that Monsignor Petrelh
was persona non grata in Peking
for the reason that he is a personal
friend OF Admiral Hintz. late Car
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-18
INDIANA IN EIGHTH
FEDERAL DISTRICT
GOES OVER LOAN QUOTA

ST LOUIS. oct 1S-Total sub
scription in the eighth federal re-
serve district 20 the fourth Liberty
loan announced 81 noon were $780,
900,500 50 per cent Of the quota Of
S26O.0O0.O0O.
The report showed Arkansas S19.-
S75.350.S3 per cent. Illinois. $50
1880. - per cent; Indiana. s1s.-
2lI.850, 102 per cent. Kentucky.
$56,o30.150. 9s per cent; Missouri.
toutside St Louis and ST. Louis
county,. S26.2s0.s0O. 20 per cent;
Mississippi. sl1,545.8O0. So per cent;
Tennessee, $13.144.8O0. - per cent.
city OF ST. Louis. s62,o2s, $50. 50 per
cent. ST. Louis q ounty $500 $50.
1O1 per cent.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-18

The result of all this wars ire
mendous wastage of munitions and
machinery has been instead of fac
tories shutting down and mines
closing and trade stagnating and
operatives being thrown out of en-
plOyment an enormous stimulation
of manufacturing activity along a
very large mum Der of lines. Not
merely the men who have remained
at home, but the women and older
children have been fairly Hooded
with work at wages beyond even
their widest dreams before the war.
Many a soldiers family contain
ing one or more children of working
age. has two 10 three breadwinners
now. instead Of one as before the
war, and often each one Of them
earning more money per week than
their father did, so that with the
liberal separation allowance from
the government they not infre-
quently have from two or three.
times the income that they had in
the days of peace. The result is that
the great majority OF the working
classes, including agricultural labor
ers. who form in England about
50 percent of the total population.
are spending money as they never
did in their lives before, and while
naturally some Of it goes for feath-
ers and cheap jewelry and taxicab
rides and dollhouse luxuries and
gaudy silks and satins and scream
ing plush furniture, the bulk of it
is going for richer and more varied
meals. larger cottages in better
neighborhoods, pianos and organs,
furniture and carpets, yes. even
pictures and china and furs and real
diamonds, and as they begin to
sober down from their first delirium
of gold fever war bonds and saw
ings bank and building and loan
companies.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-18
INTERURBAN CAR
LEAVES TRACK
Crashes Into Trench Digger at
Niles - No One
Injured.
- -Time. sneciaI service /:

News Times Special Service:
NILES. Mich, oct 1S.-No in
juries resulted from the accident
which occurred in Niles Thursday
morning at 1880 o'clock when the
interurban car 30. 304. Of the Chi
cago. South Bend and Northern IN
diana Railway CO., crashed into a
trench digging machine owned by
the Staples and Alderman company
OF South Bend. Considerable dam
age was done TO both the machine
and the car.
The accident occurred on Michi-
gan St. just within the city limits.
where the machine was about TO be-
gin work on a water main. A short
turn on a down grade prevented
the motorman, NJ. Utter, from stop
ping the car in time II. Z. Hart
man was conductor on the car.
The pilot on the car was struck,
which necessitated removing it. and
the glass in the vestibule windows
was shattered. The engine Of the
machine which is valued at $4,000,
was not damaged. but the machine
was sprung so that it will have to be
rebuilt at an estimated cost Of
$4,000 or more.
For three hours, during which
time the wrecking crew was remov-
ing the machine from the track, it
was necessary to transfer passengers
from one car TO another.
IL was the car in charge OF the
same mctOrman which left the track
and crashed into the side Of the
tunnel under the Michigan Central
tracks in Niles on Wednesday of last
week.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-18
How the Machinery of War Keeps
Up the Health of Stay -at-HomeS
By WOODS HUTCHINSON. NJ. d.

dalizing TO the outraged eye of the
moralists and preachers Of economy
of the upper and middle classes.
had something pathetic about il.
One woman munition worker when
her first pay day came, promptly
blew in" two-thirds of her earn
ings for a pair of pheasants with
dollhouse grapes. mushrooms and
guava jelly for her wide-eyed brood.
Another. as soon as she actually
saw three whole golden sovereigns
lying in her palm at once 70 spend
just as she liked, without fear of
remonstrance even from her hus-
band. hailed the largest and most
symptuous public automobile that
she could find and piled in her
whole tousel-h headed. shabbily dress
ed family for ride round the parks.
Another one marched into a fash
ionable department store and
bought herself a blazing and gorge
Of sly embroidered Japanese kimono.
and insisted upon putting it on over
her soiled and shabby working dress
and wearing it home.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-18

When the company Of distin-
guished scientists and physicians ap-
pointed by the English government
10 safeguard the health of workers
i'm munition plants. came to study
the food problem, they decided 10
test out the self-chosen diets Of the
workers Of both sexes and various
ages and see whether they were over
or under the amount required for
their condition and the work that
they were doing. and whether they
We're reasonably balanced. The tests
were made on quite an extensive
scale in a number Of different fac
tories. so as to include all classes of
workers and conditions of work In
some Of them "A watch was kept
upon the amount and kinds of food
that the operatives ordered in the
cafeterias. in others. the consent OF
a certain number of workers was
obtained TO allowing a visiting nurse
TO go to their homes and 10, take a
list OF the family food purchases for
"a certain number of days or a week.
But the method which was regarded
as freest from any possibilities Of
outside influence or abnormal con-
ditions or embarrassment OF any
sort, was the simple but ingenious
one of stationing a man at the mems
and boys entrance 20 the factory.
and "A woman inspector at the wom-
en- and girls entrance. and having
them offer every NTH or tenth work
err at random. "a dollar for their
dinner pail and its contents. prom
Using 10 return the pail. Then the
contents Of the dinner pail were
taken 10 one of the laboratories Of
the committee and carefully exam
ined.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-18
..*t* s..*ea% ee@s
NO PERMIT NEEDED TO
START FIRE IN SEATTLE

SEATTLE, oct. IS. - The
: mornings are growing chilly now
and a little fire is needed, ac-
cording TO a woman who re-
fused to give her name 20 the
fuel administration Office when
she called on the telephone
But have no permit 10
start a fire" said the anxious
. housewife.
Permit. what do YOU mean"
was asked.
Why. a permit from the fuel
administration 10 start burning
coal we have 10 have one.
A" don't we2" Z
. She was officially assured that
nc permit was necessary and
she could starr her fire at once.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-18

Wladek Zbyszko. former heavy
weight champion wrestler. who is an
athletic instructor az Camp Dix, was
hailed TO New York court recently
on the charge Of disorderly conduct.
Lewis Mayer sport promoter.
charged that Zvbszko had struck
him. As Mayer could not
show any evidence Of the allesed
assault. the magistrate discharged
Zbyszko. Later the wrestler told his
version az tie affair Is follows. We