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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-03
LIKE GOOD FAIRIES
Two American Women Rebuild
French Town and Vanish.
Every HOuse-Even City Hall
and FOuntain-Is Restored.
BY GEoRGE MARTIN.

Washington, Jan. 3-International
mystery surrounds two attractive wo-
men who picked the shell-ruined
French village of Vitremont out of it's
lorraine mud and rebuilt it completely.
Mrs. Crocker and Mrs Polk" is
the best Identification the womens
committee of the Council of National
Defense has of them. 1t would like to
know more
They scuttled up in the wake of the
German retreat, did Mrs. Croker
and Mrs. Polk rebuilt the village
with their own and a few assistants
peach basket hats.
The story-what the Lorrainers
know of it-leaked thru from France
to the women's committee here. There
is glory and pride for some Ameri-
can city town or village in the femin-
inc accomplishment.
They appeared as mysteriouSly at
Vitremont as those redoubtable globe
trotting old ladies, Mrs. Lecks and
Mrs. Aleshine," of fiction fame, de-
scended upon the deserted cottage.
Huns Left Only Ruins.
Before the war Vitremont was gay
and smiling little town. The Germans
the Teutonic hordes rolled back before
the French and British onslaught
there was no more left of Vitremont
than there is of a loose seashell when
the breaker laps it from the beach
Refugees came struggling back to
nothing. Mrs. Croker and Mrs.
Polk" appeared. With them came
building materials and workmen. Up
went new houses on the blackened
ruins, one by one. Then the church
re-appeared. The little school house
was re-incarnated next. The town
hall walked in and sat down on its
foundation in due time. Even the
fountain where the cattle came to
drink, arose in its old place. And by
the time all the villagers came back,
whoever would come back, cows were
in their stalls; under the sheds were
carts and in the barns hay, straw and
seed.
1t was a shining miracle in the
world of desolation. But the gay, busy,
feminine American miracle workers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-03
PIGS BETTER THAN OIL.

S25 Investment Brings Man at Jewell
City S325.23.
Jewell City, Kan, Jan. 3.-Jack
Wright's pig deal is better than oil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-03
LIKE BIC FIGURES
CamOnflaging an Old Practice
in the Major Leagues.
Price Paid for Stars Boosted To
Sound Good.
BY JACK VEIOCK.

New York, Jan. 3.-Camouflage is
not new wrinkle in baseball.
The merry magnates have been
using it for a number of years and
they are past masters in it., use.
The most recent example of the use
of camouflage by the moguls was the
Alexander illifer deal
When President Weeghman, of the
Cubs, announced the purchase of the
star Philly battery, he intimated that
the deal involved close to 100000 in
cold cash. in addition to two Cub play
ers. The hungry reporters grabbed
the bait md spread it across seven
columns i papers tnruout the coun-
try as the biggest deal ever thought
of.
$4,000 Actual Price.
Later it developed that the actual
cash consideration d. not amount to
more tina" $4,000
Why do the magnates camouflage
the facts in big deal? The answer
is comparatively simple.
In the first place, the players in
volved rarely know the inside of the
deals by Which they are bought or
traded. And when a big deal is made
the magnate boosts the cash consid-
Grafton in the belief that it will make
the player he has purchased a much
bigger drawing card.
Should Cub fans say:
'.Weeghman paid $4,000 for Alex
ander,' the Great Alex would natur-
ally be bigger attraction at the gate
than if Cub fans knew that he cost
but $4,000 or $4,000. Many a fan
would pay for a chance to get a good
look at an $4,000 ball player.
No Thought of Harm.
The merry mags do not camouflage
the prices they pay for players with
any thought of doing harm. They
naturally want the deals they make
to look as big as possible and they
figure the publicity worth the trouble
of camouflaging to the extent of $685.
900 or $4,000.
Harry Frazee, who, as a theatrical
man, is well aware of the value of
publicity, probably camouflaged to the
extent of $4,000 when he closed the
deal with Connie Mack for the last
three stars of the old Athletic ma
chine. If Mack got more than $4,000
in that deal he put something over, in
the opinion of majority of baseball
men.
But the old camouflage looks good
to the mags. They like it, and they
are going to stick to it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-03
TO BE BIG DAYS
More Than 1000 Coming to
War Council Meet.
Big Speakers on Program jan
uary IL and Is.
TO DISCUSS PRICE FIXING
Secretary Lane, British Official,
Allen and GOebel Speakers.
DIR. Carver Will Talk on Food
Problems.

More than 1000 representative
Kansans-men and women engaged IN
council of defense, Red Cross, food
and fuel administration, educational
and other forms of national service
are expected to attend the war confer
ence in Topeka, January II and Is.
This meeting which will be held
under the auspices of the Kansas
council of defense was called by Ar
thur Capper, governor of Kansas. 1t
is feature of a campaign for CO.
ordinating forces to carry out effect
lively the war program Six strateSlc
points in the country We're picked 1cT
council of defense.
Many Prominent Speakers.
Several prominent speakers for the
conference were announced today by
Walter Burr, director of the rural
service department of the extension
division in the agricultural college,
and secretary of the speakers bureau
of the Kansas council of defense.
Many prominent speakers will be
on the program. Franklin K. Lane,
secretary of the interior and Sir
Frederick Z. Smith, attorney general
of England, will be the most distin-
guished of those making addresses
January IT. The latter came to this
country to address the American Bar
association and will come to Kansas
thru special arrangement with the
British war mission.
Discuss Price Fixing.
DR. Thomas N. Carver, professor of
rural economics in Harvard uni
versity, and adviser for the bureau of
markets, United States department of
agriculture, will discuss problems re-
lating to price fixing. Doctor Carver
is a native of Iowa, grew up in the
west and is thoroly familiar with the
agricultural conditions in this section.
Henry Allen, of the Wichita Bea-
con, who recently returned from
Europe, will tell of the Red Cross work.
Z. w. Goebel, well known banker of
Kansas City Kan, will be another
speaker. Other Kansans will be on
the program.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-03
TO HELP DRAFT MEN.
Nferiden Merchant VIII Assist All in
Making Out Questionnaires.

from jefferson county, who lives at
Meriden, recently volunteered to as
sist any and all young men who need
ed counsel in making out the question
naires. In view of the fact that the
L. & T. railroad has quit running be-
tween Meriden and the county seat
at Oskaloosa this service is especially
valuable to many at this time.
1t is quite a load for busy mer-
chant to pile ON top of the holiday du-
ties of a large general merchandising
business, but as a member of the local
draft board Mr.. Moser is happy to be
able to perform this signal service at
this time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-03
SUED BY WIFE NO. 2
Hattie b. Jones Thought Husband Di-
yorced When They Married.

Hattie B. Jones, wife No 2 OF Fred
w. Jones, today filed a suit for a di-
vorce against him. In her petition,
Mrs. Jones No. . states that she pc
lieved at the time of marriage that
Jones had obtained a divorce from
wife No. 1. Since that time, she
states in her petition, she has learned
such was not the case.
JONES' according to officials, was
arrested at one time charged with big
amy following a petition for a di
vorce filed by wife No. l. Court rec
ords show he was bound over to the
district court for trial on $500 bond.
Mrs. Jones No. 2 lives at 206 East
Eighth street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-03
~ Up ITO the Minute
~ SPORTING NEWS
FROM EVERYWHERE.
BY-cLuG-
BASEBALL MAGNATES ARE
Confident DESPITE WAR

lied by the war as yet.
The outcome of the joint meeting
of National and American league
magnates at Chicago proved be-
yond a doubt that war times have
not squelched the spirit or conf
dence of the club owners.
The big money spent for play
ers, leaving camouflage out of it
entirely, shows that the owners are
not hanging on the ropes, calling
for somebody to toss sponge into
the ring. They are looking ahead,
with all the optimism possible, and
they feel much better, now that
they have gotten together and
talked things over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-03

National League threatens to abolish
freak pitching. But If freak base running
= had been abolished, think of all the fun
the worlds series fans would have missed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-03
CAN'T FIGHT WILLARD
Carpenter Says He Is Too Busy
Fighting the Kaiser just Now.

Paris. Jan. Georges Carpenter,
French heavyweight champion. is too
busy at his job at fighting the kaiser
to heed any challenges by Jess Will
lard, worlds heavyweight champion,
for as small thing as a mere fight
in the squared circle.
Just as soon as the kaiser is
knocked out" the famous French
fighter told a correspondent, today,
I'm willing to take up Wizards
challenge. Until that time, I'm going
to be too busy fighting him to enter
tain any other ideas about fighting"
Carpenter is now a pilot aviator in
the French flying corps. He was in
Paris today on a brief period of leave
from the front
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-03
Food for Fans
by GEO. E. PHAIR.
tCopyright.)
Civic Pride.
Civic Pride.
By Greenland's icy mountains
The billiards. fume and fuss,
But Greenland's icy mountains
Amt got thing on us.
tCopyright.)

But Greenlands icy mountains
Amt got thing on us.
George H Paskert of the Phillies and
Fred Williams of the Cubs exchanged
uniforms yesterday" That is what an
expert says Cy must have shrunk con-
siderably since last summer.
The Philadelphia National League ball
club now consists of Pat Morgan.
Ball scribes have reviewed the contro-
versy over the Intentional pass. Some
consider it strategy and some consider it
passing of Alex and Killifer is considered
atrocity.
President Baker evidently made a resolu-
pay roll.
Pat Moran knows how it feels to be
Swiss admiral.
Happy New Year, said friend, slap
ping Mr.. Moran on the back.
= What are you tryin' to do?" replied
Mr. Moran. "Tryin' to kid somebody"
Strategy.
The boy stood on the burning deck.
But showed sign of fear.
ION days like this he said, by heck!
It's comfortable here"
National League threatens to abolish
freak pitching. But if freak base running
lad been abolished, think of all the fun
the worlds series fans would have missed.
The wild. wild Magnates.
cannot understand the ways
Of baseball magnates these Wild days.
Zach day a new and strange surprise
springs up to greet the startled eyes
ntil the rooter sore perplexed.
wakes at morn and says. What next?"
{ scarce would cause a single throb
# Connie Mack bought Tyrus Cobb
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-03
10 MILLION FOR JEWS
Chicago Already Has Raised $SOO,O0
One Man Pledges 100000.

Chicago, Jan. .'3.-Jews of Chicago
today have subscribed 100000 in adj
dition to the s1,0OO,0O0 which julius
Rosenwald expects to pay toward the
$1O,OO0,00O war relief fund.
Should the final figure show less
than $1O,00O,0OO, Rosenwald, who
gave $4,000 independent of his
pledge, will contribute in proportion
to the final amount. The fund is to be
used for the relief of suffering mem
bers of the Jewish faith in the var
stricken countries of Europe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-03
FUNSTON WINS AGAIN
Karl Hodge Star in Game With Camp
Doniphan Quintet.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. Camp
Funston's basketball five scored an
otner victory Wednesday night. de-
feating the team from Camp Doni-
phan, SO to 10. in a stubbornly fought
contest at Convention hall. The game
appeared even for the first few min
utes, but the Funston men gradually
forged ahead and held the lead.
The first half ended, IT to II. in
favor of Funston.
Karl Hodge, of the winning team,
was the individual star, scoring 81 of
his teams points.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-03
SEND PLAYERS CONTRACTS.
Giants VIII Pay Same Salaries Men
Received Last Season.

New York, Jan. 3.-The New York
National league baseball club an
nounces that contracts for the coming
season have been sent to all players
with the exception Of Captain Charles
Herzog. whose contract has another
year to run.
According to club officials, the con-
tracts call for relatively the same sal
aries as in former years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-03
Miller Higgins in n. Y.

New York. Jan. 3.-Miller Higgins.
former manager of the Cardinals and
now in charge of the New York Yam
KEGS. was to arrive in New York to-
day to tell all about his plans for the
coming baseball season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-03

stock Last June Jack paid $25 for
SOW December he sold the SOW
and seven pigs for sS24.23 and kept
one of the pigs. which he says is worth
$50. Looks like this would figure out
pretty good interest on the investment.
The border vidette., 1918-01-05
ONE HUNDRED PER CENT AMERICAN CLUB.

Continual activity of German through Nogas
  Club,
  membership, me new club, G. Bowman, vii headquarters building along O s. Army Intelligence Bureau.
 Club has harmony with concerning suspected
  investigated
 It known that there of living and NOgales of value the but do know what official club providing they shall join thus be able actions Germans without publicly bearing or being connected with any investigation in nc  application whose application should fill
  Hund Per
The border vidette., 1918-01-05
THE NoeALEs B. & LA.

There will be a special meet ing of the stock of the Nogales Building and Loan As sociation on Tuesday, January 18th, at 4 o'clock p. m. The main purpose of the meeting will be to take action on the proposition to increase the capital stock of the association from $500, 900 to $1 100000. The matter has been
 pretty we'll discussed among the stockholders and there seems no doubt but that the increase will be made. Other matters taken up at the meeting will be some other changes in the arti- cles of incorporation. The asso- citation is in a splendid financial condition and prosperous, and has been one of the substantial fuancial institutions of the city and county for nearly 25 years.
The border vidette., 1918-01-05
NO GALL BEFORE FEBRUARY Is

The following telegram has been sent by the Provost Mar shal General to the governors of all states:
 It has been decided that there will be no more formal calls for deferred percentages of the pre- sent quota before February 18th. While boards should, until they have enough men finally classifi ed in class 1,send forward prompt " men selected under the old re- gulations to make up deficiencies in calls already made, the result of this decision will be that we shall be able to give the benefit of the new classified tion system to all men whose order numbers are so late as to place them within deferred percentages of the present call.
 Calls will, however, be made very shortly under the provi- sions of Section 149 for the special class of men there mentioned. For the sake of com. posing the public mind and for convenience of registrants this information ought to be given wide dissemination.
The border vidette., 1918-01-05

ed to hold an inquest. The ar- chaeological verdict was to the effect that the man had fallen over precipice into a cave where the body remained all these years without proper off cial attention. As death result ed, so the verdict states, from @ crushed skull, the presumption is that death was instantaneous, if not sooner. The archaeologist failed to discover the mans name or the location of his re latives, but the professor must be accorded praise for his dili- gence and subtle insight into important matters of civic eco- nomy.
 Tucson is proverbially slow but she generally gets there with the goodS-sometime
The border vidette., 1918-01-05
AFTER MANY YEARS.

A little more than two hun dred years ago a man who was no doubt prospecting for tung- sten in the Santa Catalina noun tains north of Tucson, myste- riously disappeared and all eff
 forts to find him proved unavail- ing until Tuesday-Christmas day-of last week. Prof. Byron Cummings, archaeologist at the State University found the re- mains and without waiting for the slow going officials, proceed
Evening star., 1918-06-15
TRADE CONDITIONS.

NEW YORK. June 15.-Dun's re-
view of trade conditions says:
Great fundamental changes. affect
ing both domestic and foreign COM
merce, are of frequent occurrence and
cause considerable hesitation, but less
unsettlement and confusion than
might have been expected. Co-opera-
tion between private interests and
representatives of the government
promptly effected wherever the oc-
casion requires 1t, renders the many
economic adjustments easier of ac-
complishment, and the absence of con-
|spicuous disturbance in any quarter
continues a gratifying and reassuring
feature. That the centering of ener-
giles in the vigorous prosecution of
the war implies still tighter restric-
tions on ordinary operations shere
has been clear recognition, and
scarcely a week passes without the
development of some action having a
large bearing on the future course OF
business.
Weekly bank clearings. $5.311,25s,-
917
Evening star., 1918-06-15
MILLION Troops ABROAD
JULY !, Mr.. KIRBY SAYS
Senator Addresses Mississippi Val
ley Men Who Seek Barge
Facilities.

More than million American troops
will be in France by July 1, Senator
Kirby of Arkansas told delegates of
the Mississippi Valley Waterways AS
sociation. meeting here today to out
line arguments to be presented to
the railroad administration Monday
for the governments expending $s.-
O00, 900 to build barges for use on the
lower Mississippi. ....
'I have just come from meeting
of the war council. and can say we
now have many more than Ioo,ooo
troops in France" declared Senator
Kirby, arguing that the delegates
present the barge line proposal as
war measure. "There will be more
than n million Americans in France
by July l."
Senators Reed of Missouri. New o.
Indiana and Mcke1lar of tennessee.
supporting the proposal. impressed
the necessity of the delegates show
ing that the barge line will relieve
the transportation situation.
bad as last year confronts the coun-
try" asserted Senator Reed. THE
war is largely a question of trans
portation, and If we had had trans
portation the last ninety or 120 days
the battle line would not be twenty
miles from Paris, but nearer the river
Rhine"
Delegates today rounded up sena-
tors and representatives to accompany
them Monday when they will present
their case before Judge Prouty of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
representing Director General Nc
Adoo,
Evening star., 1918-06-15
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.


Thomas ]. Bailey of Tennessee was
sworn in as associate justice of the
Supreme Court Of the District of Co
Ilumbia. The Washington, Baltimore
and Annapolis railroad applied to the
Interstate Commerce Commission for
permission to increase passenger rates
to 3 cents a mile. Secretary Baker
received the Blue Devils District
Food Administrator Wilson made uni
form the price of bread in the Dis
trict. The half-and-half plan was put
back in the District appropriation
bill. District subscriptions to the
Red Cross fund totaled $1,27S,770.S4.
more than 100000 persons contribut-
ing, giving Washington the lead over
the states of the Union. Washing
toms water supply was reported as
inadequate. Commissioner Brownlow
proposed elimination of German from
the schools. High school boys started
Ia fund for an ambulance for use in
France. Casualty lists showed the
names of four Washington men; Col.
Albertus w. Catlin of 2540 14th
street, Lieut.. Shaler Ladd, Chevy
Chase. and Sergt. Charles Schoen-
thaler, 704 F street southwest, were
seriously wounded, and Lieut.. Jesse
Morse Robinson of 1914 Newark street
died Of disease.
Evening star., 1918-06-15
FAIR PRICES TO PREVAIL
OR GROCER WILL SUFFER
Food Administration Has Six Deal
ers on Carpet for Flour
overcharges.

In the future the District food admin
istration will deal more severely with
retail grocers charged with failure to
observe prices quoted on the weekly fair
price list. particularly with reference to
wheat flour and substitute flours.
Announcement to this effect was made
at the local administration today. This
came as result Of a continued tendency
on the part of some grocers to charge
more than cents a pound for flour. the
amount prescribed by food regulations
Six grocers, ell conducting good
sized stores, located in what the trade
terms good neighborhoods." were
given chances yesterday by Mr.. Will
son to explain why they were charg-
ing more for flour than the price al
lowed. Each of the accused pro-
fessed ignorance-at least they said
their apparent offense was due to
misunderstanding of the regulations.
They were lectured, warned and given
another chance.
The food administration announced
that this excuse will not be accepted
in the future. The regulations have
been furnished to every dealer in the
city. Administrator Wilson declares
that the dealers must acquaint them
selves with its provisions.
Evening star., 1918-06-15
Will Feel Income Payments.
G.P. 0. WAGE RAISES
FAVORED IN COMMITTEE

The Senate committee on printing
today authorized a favorable report
on a bill to increase the wages OF
many of the employees of the govern
ment printing Office. The bill will be
reparted by Senator Mark Smith of
Arizona. chairman of the committee.
Linotype operators. monotype key
board operators, makers-up, proof
readers and pressmen are to receive
65 cents an hour under the new bill
At present they are receiving so and
GO cents an hour.
Compositors, bookbinders and book
binding machine operators will re-
ceive go cents an hour. They have
been receiving so and SIS cents an
hour.
To Receive Flat Increase Also.
The committee also provided that
these employees should receive the $12O
year fiat increase which other gov
ernment employees are to receive. 1t
is estimated that the S120 q year in
crease will amount to about cents an
hour.
The committee decided not to place
in the bill any provision for time and
half pay for overtime work which
lad been requested BY employees The
employees also asked for an increase
to IS cents an hour.
a provision has been placed in the
bill limiting its operations to the
period of the war and six months
thereafter.
Representatives of the government
printing office and the employees were
In conference with the committee to-
day.
Evening star., 1918-06-15
Grain, Produce,
Cotton Markets.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO, June 15.-Corn ascended
rapidly in value today owing to re-
port Of hot winds in the west. Anxiety
over the possibility of crop damage
resulting from excessive heat was
evident Government advices said the
temperature was considerably above
the normal, and in Kansas had risen
higher than 100 degrees. Opening
prices, which showed from y to y
advance. with July at 1:42H to 1.43 y
and August Lac to As n, We're fol-
lowed by a decided additional upturn.
Oats displayed independent strength
Complaints of dryness in Montana
and Canada had bullish effect. After
opening u to u higher, with. July
69A to 7O1s, the market scored ma
terial further gains.
Provisions reflected the advance OF
cereals Besides. large shipments of
meats were reported.
NEW YORK. June 15.-Lard-Weak
middle west, 23.90a24.0o. Other articles
unchanged.