The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04
TO LOSE CREDIT?
Railroad Bond Subscriptions
May Be Taken From Topeka.
Another City May Get Local
Purchases, Officials Say.

Reports circulated in railway cir
cles today to the effect that employees
will be expected to purchase their
Thru liberty loan bonds thru the
roads, the latter in turn buying the
bonds from their home federal re-
serve district headquarters, thereby
eliminating credit to the city or COM
munity in which the employees are
located, stirred local liberty loan Of
ficialS into action today. J. r. Bur-
row, chairman of the Shawnee county
committee, stated that altho he does
not take much stock in the idea that
subscriptions of Topeka railway en-
ployes will not go toward this city's
credit, he would take the matter up
| with Kansas City federal reserve Of
| ficials and protest strenuously if the
| report was found to be true.
F. W. Freeman, chairman of the
First Kansas district committee, as
serted that he would take the mat
ter up with officials at Kansas City
at once. He left for Kansas City this
afternoon.
AS Road Officials Sec 1t.
Railroad officials here today stated
| that it was true that employees will be
| asked to subscribe thru the railroads,
| the roads to report subscriptions on
their lines direct to their home fed
| eEdI reserve IRREGULARITIES Inere is a
| probability tho. railroad heads believe,
! that the roads will be allowed to make
the actual purchase of the bonds any
where on their lines that they choose.
| If this be true, the Topeka railroads
could probably purchase the bonds for
Topeka employees from Topeka banks
| and Topeka would apparently get
| credit for the purchas es on it's quota.
If cities where employees are located
are not allowed credit for such pur-
| chases, several cities in Kansas, in
Guiding Topeka, where a great num-
| Der of the wage earners are railroad
employees, will be hard hit. In To-
peka more than 5000 wage earners
are railroad men and women.
Altho details of the Third loan issue
are still lacking from Washington
work of organizing Shawnee county
for the drive is going steadily on. J. r
| Burrow today announced complete
| list of the chairmen of the differen,
committees who will work in the cam
pa1gn. The list shows all classes OF
professions and business men lined III
to put the community over the top.
The men who will head the work here
are set out in the list as follows
i Shawnee Committee
Chairman. r. Burrow
Secretary-John T. Morrisey.
Banks and Banking. B. Alter
Roy L. Bone. F. NJ. Bonebrake, s. E
| (ODp, Il . GIInOFe, sims V. lreStOne
]. D. Gossett. Geo. A. Guild, H F
Guthrie, C. E. dresser. Miss Alta NJ
Joy, f c. Kaths, D. A Kendall. Albert
Neese, H. H. Olden, H. NJ. Phillips
Geo. w. Snyder, NJ. F. Southwick, and
H. G.. West
Wholesalers and Jobbers-S. ]
Hodgins
Retailers-E. H. Crosby.
Miscellaneous Committee
Religious-Dr. E. ]. ku1p.
| Railroads-E. l.. Copeland.
| Fraternal OrderS-L. M. PenweIl.
Publicity-A. J. Carruth. jr, W. A
johnson and Phil Eastman
Farm Mortgage Companies-C B
| Merriam.
Building and Loan Associations
Chas. s. Elliott.
Cooperative Club-W. E. Brelsford
Life Underwriters Associa tion-O. T
Chopper.
Boy Sccuts-A. A. Graham.
United Commercial Travellers =
Bert Lazelle.
I.abor-M. J. Drury and j. Viii
Kelley.
Physicians-Dr. C. A. Mcclure
Druggists-Geo. w. Stansfield
State Capitol Building-walter L
Payne.
Public Utilities-AIbert Patten.
Attorneys-Z. T. Hazen.
Automobile Dealers-N V Wood.
Dentists-Dr. C. B. Reed.
Barbers-C. B. Hypes.
Cafes and Restaurants. G. Vogt
Fuel Dealers-Robert Billiard.
Farmers and Gardeners-C. B. Mer
riam, J. Will Kelley. Chas. Mitchell
VIM. A. Biby and H. w McAfee-
Social Committee-Mrs. D. W. Null
vane, Miss MEdna Corbet, W. A
Johnson. Chas. Mitchell and W. A
Biby.