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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14
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evidence of regret shown by the de-
scendants of Attiia was that they had
not put the obstruction of the world
across Doctor Wolfe asserted that
in the peace proposal the Germans
have not said one word concerning the
six millions of men who have gone to
their deaths under the swinging
swords of the war gods nor have they
uttered one sentiment of sorrow for
the families bereft or country laid
waste.
with Doctor Wolfe on the liberty
loan special war exhibit train are vet
Grams of the war. Lieut.. e. E. I.
Ogier decorated with the French
Croix dc Guerre. and Sergt. Leon Au
bert of the French foreign legion are
with the exhibit. Russell Spar of
Kansas City, member of the Thirty
fifth division. is also with the exhibit.
Lieut.. A. d. Mudd of the aviation sec
ton of the United States signal corps.
is acting in the capacity of interpreter
for the exhibit in that he explains the
working of the guns in the exhibit.
Three Cars of Exhibits.
There are two flat cars and one box
car in the train with the special Pull
man for the housing of the men in
charge. ON one side of the cars
is the frame work of a German taube,
destroyed and shot down by an allied
plane near scissors less than seven
teen weeks ago The wings of the
plane are almost shot to pieces, tho
one of them is in condition to show
the edge of the black Maltese cross
which marks the enemy aircraft. Bull
let holes thru the fuselage of the plane
tell vivid story of the fate of the
pilot who had the temerity to face the
eagles of the allies in mortal combat
in the air.
on the other flat car are captured
German cannon, a French 20, ana
new American machine guns. The
German engines are squat and ugly.
vicious in appearance and apparently
designed with ruthless destruction the
only object in view. There is a Hun
flying pig" on the car-the weapon
being an aerial torpedo shot from
trench mortars.
But the big feature of this car is
the French IS. fully equipped. Even
the breech block of this gun is in
place-the breech block WHICH many
a French poilu has given his life to
destroy. 1t is said that in all the 75's
which have fallen into the hands of
the Germans not one piece has had
intact that breech block. 1t has al
ways been destroyed when the gun
had to be abandoned
Inside the box car there is a COM
prehensive display of the smaller
weapons. German sabres and a Ger
man rifle are among the war trophies,
and the car is full of American weap-
ons which are to be sent to the Yanks
overseas as soon as the trip of the
liberty loan special is finished. The
special left Topeka at 1880 o'clock
this morning.
Eyre Powell, formerly Camp Fun
ston correspondent for the Union Pa
cific Railway News bureau, is in
charge of the train for the war de-
partment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14
HIT A "GAS BUBBLE"
Thomas of Topeka Tells OF
First Accident in Air.

First Accident in Air.
Lieut.. Chester H. Thomas of the
United States air service, who is in
Topeka to visit his father. Frank s.
Thomas. recently met with his first
airplane accident near the Gerstner
field, Lake Charles, La.
Between Gerstner field and the Gulf
of Mexico there is ten or fifteen miles
of swamp land. where alligators and
mosquitoes abound Thomas was re-
turning. few days ago. from forty
five mile flight, part Of it over the
Gulf, when he encountered engine
trouble, at an altitude of about $500
feet. He began to look for a place to
light, and began a spiral descent with
his dead engine. He saw that he must
land either In a rice field or hay
field adjoining. In the hay field were
mounds of sand that had been placed
there as a part of the business OF re-
claiming the land from the swamp.
In his descent he struck one of thpse
sand piles, which are known locally
as gas bubbles" The machine turned
over and landed on its back, but
Thomas was unhurt except for some
bruises and cuts. The airplane was
wrecked.
Lieutenant Thomas has been flying
for about eight months, and was lately
transferred to Lake Charles, La, from
Fort Sill, Okla, where he was head of
the radio department of the air serv-
Louisiana Wednesday. and expects to
find orders for overseas service. His
wife is in Topeka with him. She was
formerly Miss Helen Stearns of Kan
sas City. a graduate of the College of
i the Sisters of Bethany. Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14
is ACTING CAPTAIN
Lieutenant Tfllotson Is Now at Head
of the HON Engineers.


Word was brought to Topeka by one
OF the men on the liberty loan special
that First Lieut.. Luther Tillotson, of
the ITO engineers, is now acting cap
tain of the company.
The ITO engineers unit was formed
in Topeka shortly after the declaration
of war. Its personnel was statewide
In its scope and it was claimed that
its makeup represents the highest
educated body Of men the state has
sent to the wars in one organization.
The company was the first Kansas
organization to be ordered into fed
eral service. 1t was sent to Fort Riley
at the time the first officers training
camp was being conducted and was
used in surveying the present site of
Camp Funston and in building pontoon
bridges over the river between Riley
and Junction City.
The company was sent to Camp
Doniphan late in the fall and went
overseas with the Thirty fifth division
last spring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14
MRS. IF. WHITNEY DEAD
Takes Own Life Following Illness of
Several Months,

Mrs. May Whitney. wife of L. F.
Whitney. ended her life with a re-
volver at the Whitney home, 1880 Lin
coin street, some time Saturday eve
ming. The body was found by the hus-
band when he returned home from his
office at $3.50 o'clock Saturday night.
DR.. F. E. Vest was called and gave
as his opinion that Mrs. Whitney had
been dead several hours. She had
entered small closed room from
which the report of the shot could not
be heard.
Mrs. Whitney had been suffering
from impaired hearing and vision for
several months. She went to Roches .
ter n. Y. during the summers where
she was given special treatment, and
returned only to enter the hospital
here. undergoing an operation with
the hope of improving the failing con-
dition. Even while suffering from
the serious nervous impairment. Mrs.
Whitney displayed an optimistic.
cheerful disposition which won her
many friends. Mr.. Whitney, accom-
panied by Fred Stewart, left last night
for Rochester with the body, where
burial will take place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14
SHE SAW HIS STAR
Gypsy Woman Then Lost Interest in
Sheriff Larimer's Fortune.

Three automobiles of gypsies were
sent hurrying toward the Wabaunsee
county border early Sunday afternoon
when Sheriff Hugh Larimer respond
ed to a complaint made by Jim Will
son, superintendent of the knights &
Ladies' farm west of Gage park, near
Martins Hin Wilson phoned in and
stated that the gypsies were stopping
motor cars passing that way and dis
turbing the peace of the. community.
He had been stopped by them, he
stated, only short time before.
Hugh Fisher, county attorney. and
Sheriff Larimer hurried to the scene.
The sheriff instructed Fisher to drive
past the gypsies while he followed at
a distance, SO that if Fisher was
stopped the sheriff would have the
dope on them" But, as luck would
have it, the county attorney passed by
unmolested and Sheriff Larimer was
the one who was halted.
A comely gypsy woman at once be-
gan to tell his fortune, the sheriff said,
asked him the time and induced him
to show her in what pockets his
money and other valuables were To-
Gated. Larimer played the game
well until the woman asked a second
time to see his watch. when the little
silver star inside his coat caught her
eye.
1T was all off then" said the sheriff.
81 told them to gather up their stuff
and lose no time in getting out of the
county 1 failed to catch them in the
act of robbing anyone, but the county
is rid of them. at least"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14
TOPEkAN A CASUALTY
William r. Drennon, 423 Larch St.
Severely Wounded in France.


On liberty's honor roll appears
the name of a Topeka boy. William
Roy Drennon, who has been seriously
wounded on a French battlefield.
His parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
E. Drennon of 423 Larch street, re-
ceived the word of their sons condi-
ton last Saturday. He was wounded,
the message said, September b3, and
his wound is serious. The family has
received no further news concerning
him.
Young Drennon entered the army
April 2S, and was sent to Camp Fun
sten for few weeks. From there he
was transferred to an eastern camp,
and in a short time sailed for France.
He has been in the battle line for
some months.
Before coming to Topeka a few
years ago. William Roy Drennon made
his home with his grandmother in Ed
wardsville. Kan. About three years
ago he and his grandmother came to
Topeka and lived with the young
mans parents. He was employed in
the Santa Fe shops before joining the
army
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14

denial and sacrifice.
The mere putting on of uniform
mere wearing of a liberty loan button
make a good citizen. a good soldier will
carry on until the enemy Is routed. tho
from Hun bullets torture his body. When
Il soldier has suffered a wound which
knocks him out and sends him TO the hos
pital wound stripe Is sewed on the
sleeve of his blouse. 1t is badge of
honor A soldier who drops out when he
gets his first scratch from flying shrap-
mel and who claims the right for that to
wear a wound stripe is Stacker, and Is
held in contempt.
Are you wearing d liberty loan button
because you bought a bong which didn't
cfipple you at Az: If that is your case.
then you are a Stacker, you are mot doing
your duty in the service Don't drop
out because you have been scratched! Stay
in the fight until the enemy Is routed |;
Do your duty lin the service. Get real
wound before you claim the right to wear
tbe badge, Buy bonds until it hurts!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14

Titus is a Y. M. c. A. worker who
has just returned to the United States
after a year overseas. He was seven
months with what is known as fight
ing division-a division which actually
takes part in the fighting action. He
was divisional secretary for the Y. NJ.
c. A. for the second division which in
cludes the corps of marines which
stopped and turned the Hun at Cha
teau Thierry. The other three months
of Titus's stay overseas was spent in
England as organization secretary.
Many Troops In England.
Titus said that there are more
Americans in England today than any
one in the United States realizes. But
he said that 1t is up to the government
to tell just how many. He told of the
cooperation of the allied officials in
promoting the work of the Y. NJ. CA.
in the camps both in France and in
there are Y. NJ. c. A. workers perma-
nently assigned to the various trans
port vessels, and that their work is
much appreciated by the naval off,
GERS.
Nobody in England is heard crab
bling about the deeds of the Americans
either now or before the war" said
Titus. There is no rancor in the Brit
ish heart for anything we have done
or have not done at other periods in
history. 1t is all for this war. and
nothing but this war lies either be-
hind or before
Help 7-in-1 Drive
Titus came back to the United States
at the. request of John r. Mott to take
part in the fourth liberty loan cam
palgn and in the seven in one drive
which is to come in November. Titus
reached this country little more than
a week ago, he said, after voyage in
which no submarines or raiders were
even seen. -,-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14
WOMEN ON TRUCKS"
Topeka Red Cross Workers To Haul
Supplies to Flu Hospitals.


new branch of the Red Cross serv-
formed in Topeka today. A meeting
of some of the Red Cross women was
held this afternoon at the home of
Mrs A. T. Lucas.
The purpose of the corps is to as
sist the Red Cross in every way pos
sible in it's transportation service. The
women use their own cars. and their
work is such that can be performed
with an ordinary automobile. Thus
far they have no truck service, but
they expect to put in such a depart
ment If the demands seem to justify 1t.
They will then be able to do drayage
work for the Red Cross. as well as the
kind of work they are taking up i'm
mediately.
Among the tasks they have already
assisted in was that of carrying sup
plies to emergency hospitals for the
influenza patients.
The organization will work with the
canteen committee when it can be of
to it.
A feature of the work that the corps
expects to do little later is to trans
port soldiers returning disabled from
the war. Wherever the corps Is or
ganized, its members will meet trains
bearing returning soldiers, and will
take them to their homes. to hospitals,
or wherever they wish to be taken.
The corps will have its headquar-
tiers at Crosby Brothers store. where
it's members will serve at regular duty
to be available when needed. The
plan is to appoint certain days IN
which the women will be expected to
serve. each person in the corps giving.
perhaps, one day out of a fortnight.
The roll of officers and members is
being made up this afternoon at the
business session held at Mrs. Lucas
homo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14
HE'S ENEMY ALIEN
Agent for Emergency Hospital Prop
crty Never Registered, Officials Say.

crty Never Registered, Officials Say.
Louis Hazelbart agent for Mary
Hazelbart, owner of the Reid hotel. IS
an enemy alien, according to informa-
ton in the hands of the United States
marshal. His father took out his nat
uralization papers in 1859. when Louis
was 26 years old, it is said.
When he was called into the office
of the United States marshal Friday
afternoon for investigation. following
his alleged objection to the hotel be-
ing used for an emergency hospital,
Hazelbart admitted that he was born
in Germany and that he had come to-
America with his father when 6 years
old. He said then that ne thought
his father had taken out his papers
before he-Louis-had reached his
majority. He was gwen a reasonable
length of time to find out about the
matter, but the information he re-
ceived today indicated that he had
been mistaken.
1t was stated in the marsha1's office
that 1t has not yet been decided what
action will be taken in regard = to
Hazelbart, but that II he is an enemy
alien, his wife also is classed as an
enemy alien and that her property can
be confiscated If the government au-
thorities so choose. This would prob
ably indicate that the safety of the
emergency hospital is assured. 1t was
also stated tnat 1aZelDdrt mas no right
to bring an action in the courts, which
he has attempted to do to force the
payment of rent from the Reds, who
are the proprietors of the hotel. Reid
stated that the rent was ready for
Hazelbart whenever he would make
certain repairs on the building which
were said to be provided for in the
lease and which it Is alleged he has
failed to do.
Government authorities stated today
that Hazelbart will probably have to
register as an enemy alien.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14
WAS GREEN DRIVER?
Man in a Ford Narrowly Escaped Sc
rious Accident on Kansas Ave.

What narrowly missed being a seri-
Gus accident occurred at o'clock Sat
urday afternoon at Fifth and Kansas
avenues when a Ford touring car
crashed into another Ford, damaging
it slightly.
Witnesses say that the man in the
first Ford was evidently just learning
to drives for. when he reached the in
terSection, he became excited and In
his efforts to avoid running over some
of the pedestrians he took the wrong
side of Fifth street when he turned
west off the avenue. While he was
looking back at the pedestrians he had
narrowly missed, he crashed into the
other car. they said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14
EMPLOYE IS GONE
McEntire Company Looking I
Driver Charged With Theft,

City and county authorities are on
the lookout for Eugene D. Wolfe, a
former employe of McEntire Brothers,
who is said to have stolen articles from
the mattress factory and sold them.
according to the police. A complaint
charging Wolfe with stealing a COM
fort was sworn to in the court of To-
peka late Saturday afternoon by r. N.
McEntire. one of the proprietors of
the factory. Wolfe is alleged to have
left the city despite the fact that there
is said to be some money coming to
him from McEntire Brothers for his
services while employed there. His
whereabouts is unknown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14
WORK NEAR COMPLETION
Rock Island Second Track Excavat:oD
Progressing Rapidly.

Work of tearing down the blur Just
west of the brick plant" wagon bridge
across the river. to make room for the
Rock Islands second track between
Topeka and Bishop is about two thirds
completed. From the bluff, west to
Bishop. distance of about two miles.
the additional embankment is about
all completed.
Workmen are now engaged IN wild
ening the embankment at the bin
curve. north of the state hospital
buildings. Train loads of earth ana
rock from the bluff are brought down
and dumped at that place. Between
Wards creek. north of Potwin. ana
the icing plant. about one-eighth of .
mile west Of the creek, the fill is to be
wide enough to contain from five to
seven tracks. Indications are that
most of the work between Topeka and
Bishop will be finished before cold
weather arrives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14
NO NORTH SIDE FREIGHT
Santa Fe Would Abandon Use OF Fa-
cilities in North Topeka.

The Santa Fee filed an application
with the public utilities commission
today to abandon the North Topeka
station as a freight station for the
dispatch and receipt of small lots of
freight The sale of tickets and the
handling of baggage will be continued
there and the station will still be
used in checking carload shipments
and handling the industries switching
in North Topeka. In the application.
F. c. Fox. general manager. says that
the business in less than carloads from
North Topeka is SO small and the
manpower proposition so hard that it
is Improbable and almost imprac-
ticable to maintain the freight station
except for industries business. The
commission set the matter for hear
ing October %.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14
c. C. TITUS HOME
Topeka "Y Fighter" Has Been
Overseas for q Year.
He Says Spirit of American
Soldiers Is Wonderful.
IN CHATEAU THIERRY FIGHT
He Says Wounded Suffer Most
From Humiliation.
More Yanks in England Than
People Here Realize. !,

THE spirit and morale of our men
in France is splendid" This is the
proud assertion of Charles G. Titus of
Topeka, in an interview today. The
spirit is best evidenced in the hospitals
where our lads lie wounded. There
is not one word of complaint in the
wards. The men worst wounded seem
to be more Inundated than anything
else-they feel ashamed that they got
in the way of a. Hun bullet and are
no longer able to assist the Germans
in the rapid strides they are taking
RhineWards."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14


1.-THE closing of the theaters in Topeka
necessitated the adjournment of the 4
minute speake who have been instru-
mental in boosting the liberty loan
These men will conduct their campaign
thru the local daily newspapers under
the above heading until the theaters
reopen.I
We hear every day of some friend
who has gone s"in the service" The use
of this term in referring to soldiers and
sailors is proper. Those who shoulder the
guns are in the service" in n way that
we who remain at home can never equal
or approach. Yet we who do not shoulder
the guns if be loyal. patriotic citizens,
are also lin the service" in way that
carries with it duties and obligations to
our country that are just as clear and Just
as inescapable as are the duties and obli-
cations Of a soldier. The particular one
of these duties and obligations of citf-
zens who are "in the service" which calls
us Just now is the duty and obligation to
buy liberty bonds to the point of real self
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14
INTEREST IN TRAIN
Liberty Loan War Exhibit
Pays Flying Visit to Topeka.
Three Cars of Trophies-Many
Captured From Huns.
WRECKED PLANE A FEATURE
German Taube Shot Down Only
Seventeen Weeks Ago.
French and Yank Heroes Ac.
company Big Display.
WRECKED PLANE A FEATURE

Hardly able to snatch their eyes
away from the remnants of the great
black crossed Hun bird which was
shot down near scissors when the al
lied armies turned at bay and thrust
the Germans back towards Berlin.
big crowd of Topeka citizens. stood in
the chilly shadow this morning lille
DIR. II. E. Wolfe of Kansas City urged
immediate oversubscription for the
fourth liberty loan.
In his talk Doctor Wolfe declared
that even in the most recent Hun cry
of kamerad. the peace note, the only
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14
If You Get the Flu
How To Prevent Flu.

Avoid needless crowding. ", Z.
Smother your cough and sneezes
Remember the three Cs-a clean
mouth, clean skin. and clean clothes.
Open the windows-always at home
at night: at work when practicable. :.
Choose and chew your food we'll >
Your fate may be in your own hands
wash your hands before eating. =
Drink glass or two of water on :
getting up.
Don't use a napkin, towel, spoon.
fork. glass, or cup which has been
used by another and not washed
Avoid tight clothes, tight shoes
tight gloves.
Breathe pure air and breathe deem.
lY-thru Your nnse
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14
SIX TO GO TO X. U.
TOpekans Will Entrain for Special
Army Instruction Tomorrow.

The following men will be entrained to-
morrow by local board No. 2 for Lawrence
where they will take special training at the
university:
Frank L. Palmer, R. r. Y. NC A.
Charles II. Clark, r. r. Y. NJ c. A.
George II. Flynn, 431 Lime
Arthur B. Boone, 321 Harrison.
Frederick J. Stolpe, Chicago, Ill.
Ray 9. Becker. 615 Lincoln.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14
Forty-two Fire victims.

Aitkin, Mimi, Oct 1.-THE bodies of
forty-two fire victims found in and
near Aitkin are in local morgues and
official reports from searchers indi-
cate that score or more bodies would
be brought here,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

CELIA DCMARS, died Saturday morning
at her home, 1I10 Kansas avenue. The
funeral was held this afternoon at O'Clock
from Penwelfs chapel. Burial in Topeka
cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14

FRED w. CRAMER died Saturday at
Clovis, N. NJ. He is survived by Mrs.
Edith Hughes Cramer, widow, his two
sons, Charles and Howard; his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Cramer. sister. Jose
phone Cramer, and a. brother, Clayton
Cramer. Funeral announcement later
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14

"victory means more to those who earn
their bread in the sweat of their brow than
any other class."-Lloyd George.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14

JOHN DONNIE. age IS, ia Chandler
street. died Sunday at local hospital
Funeral announcement later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14

RUBY MILLIGAN. age %, died Sunday
In a local hospital. The body will be sent
to her home. Fayette. Ark, for burial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-14
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued today in
the probate court to the following:
Clarence F. Day. Lancaster, Wis. Is
Marie Irwin. Lancaster .....-........... is
George r. RynderS. Milwaukee ........ 2S
Ida N. Frederick. St George, Kan. 81