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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
u 8. Plans Bate increase.

Washington, Jan. li.-General read
justment Of the country's complicated
rate system to IL the new noncompetI-
tive situation win he one Of the early
outgrowths Of government railroad op-
GRAFTON. Il wus officially Indicated.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
ro,m.r riner captaIn DC.

San Antonio. Tex. Jan. 10.-Lieut
Walter Fouike. Kell- field. former cap
tain OF the Princeton football team,
died here at the base hospital
following a third attack OF penu
monia.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16

The worst thing about advice, OBJ
serves "a writer, Is that those who are
qualified to give it never do. and those
who insist upon serving you with
full. seven-course table d'hote meal Of
II. always prove 10 be the worst Of
chefs
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
M'Apoo CUTS OFF 400 TRAINS
Through Passenger Trains on Three
Roads East Of Pittsburgh
Affected

Washington Jan. Announcement
was made on Sunday at the office OF
Director General McAdoo that approx
lmateiy 800 passenger trains had been
taken Off the three principal ronds OPP
Grating east ot Pittsburgh since mid
night Saturday.
Locomotives relieved by the cutting
of Of these trains will be turned to the
hauling of coal and generally relieving
the freight congestion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16

London. Jan 10.-British aviators on
tho Northern Italian front during the
last week destroyed eight Austro-
German machines and forced two
others 10 the ground. the British war
office announced
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
shortsst.Llved peonIe.

The natives Of New Guinea are the
shortest lived people IN the world,
which is attributed to their diet Of
rhe larvae II certain beetles anG 'heir
practice OF drinking Sc. water.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16

Topeka. Kan, Jan. 9.-Teachlng Of
the German language In the public
schools here after the present term
was abolished by the board of educa-
ton
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
&c woman an oIrI; lie.

Jacksonville. H.. Jan. 11.-Miss
Helene Branstitter. twenty years old
was sfnothered to death at the Jack.
s,nviIle state hospital by two patients,
Marian Menika of Springfield and
stella Coppa OF Chicago.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16

To fasten the name labels on cans
and bottles containing foodstnTs. use n
picce Of adhesive plaster. THIS will
stick to any surface and the annoy
ance caused By labels falling of Will
be at an end.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16

VfolefS are natives 10 uenrly all
lands and thrive very generally every
where the greater number In the
shade. but some 10 the sun.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
Perpetual Motion.

"What will be he end Of the won.
an question:"
won't be any end They'll always
be asking EN-"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16

LAxATTvR BROMo QUlNINK, the World Famous
Cure for Colds and Grip, is now @c per box. on
account q the advance IN the price OF the six diff
ferent Medicinal, Concentrated Ertracte aud Chem
icals contained In LAXATIVE BROA0 QUINtNH,
10 was necessary Increase the price to the Drug
gisL II has stood the test for Quarter OF Cent
cry. II is used by every Civilized Nation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
f" BEST MEDICINE
FOR WOMEN"
What Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Did
For Ohio Woman.

Portsmouth, Ohio" suffered from
irregularities, pains in my side ard was
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
MAY NOT REVISE /
THE TAXATION BILL
CONGRESS PROBABLY WILL DE-
eide THE LABOR TOO GREAT
FOR THE FEW CHANGES.
MEMBERS ARE NOT EXEMPT?

Representative William r. Green Of
Iowa. Takes This Position and Asks
the Commissioner of Internal Rev.
enue to Rule Accordingly
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
National Press Clubs Officers

The National Press club, with an
active membership which includes
virtually every newspaper man. nu-
thor and magazine writer in this
town is marching on In the old
successful way despite the war. which
has deprived il of active members. and
despite prohibition which some an
unknowing person said would xiii the
club life in this city.
There never was much convlviality
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-06
TOpekan on Boat That Did This
= Here ON Visit.
EIwood Larkin Has Been Away
Many, Many Years.
AN ENGINEER ON MAGNOLIA
He Tells How Americans Sent
Down Hun U.Boat
No One Thought of Heading a
Rescue Party.

1t is a big. good looking bachelor
who is back to his native town after
wears of wandering all over the face
of the earth where a ship can travel
Elwood Larkin, who was born in To-
peka in what is now one OF the busi-
ness buildings on Kansas avenue, is
home to visit his sister, Mrs Mabel
Hopkins, of 832 Monroe street, and his
father, who makes his home with Mrs
Hopkins.
Larkin is a marine engineer, and
until about six weeks ago was assist
ant engineer on the Magnolia. the ia
nous American merchant boat which
fired the first shot after Americas
declaration of war, and sank the first
U-boat sent down by American gun
ners. He was in service on the ship
at the time. and his description OF the
sinking is brief but vivid.
How Americans Did It.
"It was in April of last year. Just a
few days after the United States got
into the war. and our boat was the
first one to leave on the transatlantic
trip. A submarine showed up, al least
we thought we saw the periscope. The
first shot from our guns did the BUSH
ness. The periscope disappeared, and
oil was seen on the water. A few days
later the demolished U-boat was found
and the Magnolia was credited with its
destruction.
Did you save the crew." Larkin
was asked
well, no, rather. not" he replied
with whimsical smile, I'VE didn't Just
consider ourselves a rescue party.
And anyhow. We didn't see the boat
again and were not at that time GER
tain that we had hit it"
Adventure in His Blood.
Larkin was with the merchant boat
! the Magnolia, for some time before
| the war. when she was shipping be-
| tween San Francisco. and Hong-Kong
After the demand for shipping facili-
| ties to Europe became urgent, the
| boat was taken to New York and sent
| on trips to England.
Larkin was one of the young lads
| consumed with desire for adventure
| in his youthful days in Topeka, and
| so, true to the traditions of those who
seek thrills on the high seas, he rar
away from home, made his way tc
| San Francisco. and got a job in the
| ship yards. He soon found work a:
| fireman on a boat and thus he finally
| became an assistant engineer in the
| merchant service. He also served
four years in the navy. He is now en-
| at the Great Lakes, which is to pl.
| bly-as a troop boat. ,-es <s-ss-s $50 { Z
| AS one who has had a view OF thu
international situation from ports al
! over the world in two hemispheres
lLarkin considers that we are in for !
long. hard fight, "tho,"s he add
| modestly, my opinion is worth proba
hJv No mora than anvoue'Sn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-06
Bronze Memorial to Soldiers
From Grace Cathedral.
Fifty Names of Men in Service
April 6, 1917, to 1918.
GIVEN BY MRS. ]. A. CAMPBELL
With Children She Gives 1t to
Memory of Husband.
Names Will Be Added as Men
Join the COlOrS.

A memorial tablet of bronze to be
placed in Grace cathedral soon. will
bear the names of all the Cathedral
service between April s, 1917, and
April 6, 1918 The tablet will be given
by Mrs. ]. A. Campbell and her chill
dren, Mrs. Edwin c. Davis of Leav-
enworth, E. A. Campbell and j. A.
Campbell. Jr.. in memory of the late
]. A. Campbell, who was a member
of a Scotch family of distinction W hich
has lost a number of it's members in
the war since the beginning of the
struggle in 1914.
If any of the names of young men
from Grace cathedral who enlisted
during the period of the first year of
Americas participation in the war,
have been omitted from the list, such
names will be added if relatives or
friends of the boys will telephone Dean
Rays of Mrs. Campbell. Also any
be made before the list is submitted
for inscription on the tablet inasmuch
as no changes can be made after the
tablet is cast.
Names on Tablet.
The men whose>names will appear
on the tablet, are:
Claude It. Akers, sergeant,
ldyIOE felcner, captain
Edwin L. Bell, sergeant
Robert Floyd Bfene, sergeant major.
John Black, sapper.
Herbert Douglass Bowman.
Willard W. Bowman, sergeant
Forest Hughes Boone, twas refused fol
enlistment-now drafted:)
Howard William Blevins
Richard Hoag Browne.
w. E. Clifton, lieutenant.
William G. Carswell. Jr., lieutenant.
Ernest Rogers Chamberlain.
John T. Davies.
Arthur Rowland Dehn, second lieuten
ant.
| Henry W. Firner. sergeant.
Walter c. Gilchrist second lieutenant
DIR. Wilson h. Hobart, lieutenant.
Charles II. Hobart, first class sergeant
Dwight Thacher Harris, lieutenant.
Harlow Hurley, second lieutenant.
Joseph E Hanlon, yeoman, navy.
Edwin R. Jones. (honorably discharged
Louis Brazier Jones.
| Thomas Edwin Jones.
| John Dawson Long.
! Lakfn Meade.
| Arthur NJ Mills, captain.
| William P. MCLEAN, captain.
William Penn Montgomery. captain.
| Robert Clarkson Millspaugh, secont
| Morris Dale Milan.
| Ernest Z. Often, sergeant.
| Harlow r. Price, second lieutenant
| James Lester Perry, corporal
| Thomas H. Parry, corporal.
Harold c. Quinton, first to enlist,
| Dick Ritehie Reed. first lieutenant
| Harold G. Spielman, second lieutenant
James f. Smith, sergeant major.
| Arthur r. Shakeshaft.
| Marion A. Smith.
| Philip Hopkins Sproat, sergeant major
| Floyd W. Stevens, sergeant.
Roger w. Savage.
| Alfred e. Sutton.
| Chester HolliSter Thomas, lieutenant
| Elmer Webster Wagner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-06
Every Citizen Must Devote
Every Energy to War Now.
That Is What Mrs. MOssart
Told TOpekans Today.
SPOKE BEFORE ROTARIANS
Fred A. Derby Elected Presi-
dent of the Club.
Cecil HoweS Renamed Secre-
tary by Acclamati0n.

1.-THE sole business of the United
States today is to make war" This
was the declaration of Mrs. Mossart,
head of the retail stores division of
the United States food administration,
at the meeting of the Rotary club at
the Chamber of Commerce this noon.
In her speech Mrs. Mossart> said
that the war will end when every
man and woman in America Tops off
every non-essential and bends every
effort to the prosecution of the war"
George won't do it," said Mrs. Mos
sart. This is your war and you have
to do it. The military depends on you
folks at home to see to the food sup
ply, and you individually who will
have to save if shortage of supplies
is to be permanently averted in
Europe"
Do Not Become Lax.
1.-The coming of the harvest should
be no occasion for a relaxation of
conservation methods in food con-
sumption" asserted Mrs. Mossart- ION
the contrary it should be considered
as the golden opportunity to fortify our
allies against all chances of a wheat
famine for a period of at least nine
months.
And Americans must conserve
without grumbling and whining about
the hardships of the course" con-
tinued the speaker. "On one occa
sion Herbert Hoover sent 10000 tons
of sugar to France. At the same time
Americans were bowling over the
shortage of sugar because they could
have only one lump of sugar in their
morning coffee instead of two. The
whines reached The ears of the
French administrator of food and
this is the telegram he sent to Amer
lea asking permission to reconsign
the sugar to America: France does
not want America to suffer for her.
McManus Made Talk
tt H. McManus, head of the re-
tail stores division Of the food admin
istration for Kansas, supplemented the
talk of Mrs. Mossart by a. direct ap.
peal to the retail merchants of Kan
| sas to aid the food administrator
| thru the spread of conservation prop
uganda in their advertisements and by
| their clerks.
The meeting Of the Rotary club
at the Chamber of Commerce thi.
noon was the annual business meet
| ing of the club. The reports of the
auditing committee and the nominal
| ing committee were read and ac-
| cepted. The report of the auditing
committee showed that the Topeka
| Rotary is in sound financial condi.
ton, with all bills paid and sun
| of money in the bank.
Derby Is President.
| Officers elected at the meetins
this noon on the recommendation OF
| the nominating committee are
Fred A. Derby. president; Frank c
| Beck, vice president; Ferdinand ]
| Funk, treasurer; Robert Fullerton
sergeant at arms; Charles P. Adams
Robert B. Austin, E. C. Winters, H
w. Yoder, and G. L. Hooper, di
rectors.
The nominating committee made nj
recommendations on the place of sec
| rotary and Cecil c. Howes was re
elected by reclamation. 1t was votet
that Howes be given the services of al
assistant secretary during the rusl
season in the winter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-06
That's Charge Wife Makes
Against r. r.. Taylor.
She Files Answer to His Petit
ton for Divorce.
KEPT A WOMAN. IN HOME
That Also Is Accusation in
Wife's Cross Petition.
Says Husband Sent Her So to
Pay Fare From Colorado.

To- all appearances. r. R. Taylor
started trouble for himself when he
filed a petition in the office of the
Shawnee county district court few
days ago asking for a divorce from
Alma Taylor.
In an answer and cross petition
filed today by Mrs. Taylor, all the
plaintiffs allegations are absolutely
denied, the defendant declaring that
she had always conducted herself as
faithful and loving wife and that
Taylor had been guilty of extreme
cruelty and gross neglect of duty.
She says he has a violent temper
and that he has abused and mis-
treated her ever since their marriage
in November, 1912.
Mrs. Taylor declares that her hus-
band often stayed away from home all
night and refused to tell her where he
had been when he returned home in
the morning. She also insists that he
has failed to furnish her with proper
support, or with sufficient or proper
clothing, altho h. makes five dollars a
day and is amply able to do so. Dur
ing the winter of 1917-'18 she was
compelled to leave him. she says. be-
cause there was no coal in the house
to- keep her warm.
Says He Was Unfaithful.
one also charges HeT husband WIN
having improper relations with other
women, and states that during the last
year he frequently kept company with
them.
About June IS, 1917, she says, by
their mutual consent, she went to
western Kansas and Colorado to visit
relatives and that, altho they cores
ponded, Taylor never once asked her
to return. After about three months,
she says, she wrote for money to
come home on and Taylor sent her
two dollars. A further request, the
petition continues, brought her money
enough to buy a ticket and upon
arriving home she learned that Tay-
| lor had been living in their house
on Seward avenue with another
woman and having improper rela-
lions with her.
Says She Is in Poor Health.
Mrs. Taylor says she is in poor
health as the result of the abuse she
has suffered at her husbands hands
| and prays the court that the divorce
be denied him and that she be granted
a judgment against him for separate
maintenance and that the court order
him to pay her such monthly sums for
| her support as may seem proper.
. A motion has been filed by her at
torneys for temporary alimony and at
| torney's fees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-06
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

w. G. Magaw, principal OF Lincoln
school, has been chosen as school CEN
sus taker, and will begin work at once.
Word has been received in Topeka
that the 10 field signal battalion has
arrived safely in France. The bat
TALON was recruited in Topeka.
The board of directors of the Provi-
dent association will have it's regular
monthly meeting Friday. June z, at
1915 O'Clock, at the Elks' hall.
Mrs. I. G. Fletcher. 1925 Garfield.
has received notice of the safe arrival
overseas of her nephew. John w. Fer
ris, with the ITO field signal corps.
: w. L. Porter, city commissioner. is
placing green boxes planted with
comfort station, Eighth and Kansas
avenue.
H B. Wilson and w. w. Bowman
are spending the day in Elmdale, Wis
iting the Y. M. C. A. camp, and ad-
dressing the ISL boys who are spend
ing their vacation there.
The West Side w. C. T. q. will OBJ
serve Fower Mission day at the home
of Mrs. S. H. Butcher. 306 Woodlawn,
Friday afternoon at 2:30. All who at
tend are urged to bring flowers.
John D. Zimmerman, Mrs. Eda T.
Moore, David H. Owen and George E.
Lyons expect to attend q convention of
Christian churches in the Sixth dis
trict, to be held at Belleville, June
1912.
Tomorrow will be ladies' day at the
Chamber of Commerce. A special
potato luncheon uncontaminated with
wheat will be served. Hoopers Or
pheum orchestra will furnish the
music for the luncheon.
]. ]. Dynes left today for Marshall,
Mo, where he has accepted a position
| i 3 - i
of the Mississippi Valley college. He
has been connected with the Topeka
high school for the last few months
The Ladies' Catholic Benevolent
association will hold its regular meet
ing this evening, 7:45 (and hereafter
on the first and third Thursday OF
each month"; in the new Knights of
Columbus hall, in the Aetna building
on West Seventh street.
George Dougherty- holds the record
for having attended every district
convention of the Epworth~ League
since the districts organization,
twenty-nine years ago. Mr.. Dough-
erty is a charter member. He is the
I only man in the United States Known
to have attended all the sessions of
any of tn Epworth League district
| conventions. He is secretary of the
| Baldwin Institute which will be held
this summer August 10 and 20.
Miss M'Edna Corbet, Shawnee
county chairman of tine state woman's
! committee, council of defense. an
nounces two new township chairmen:
| place of Mrs. w. NJ. Lyle, of Dover,
| who resigned because of illness. and
Mrs. Eva Mitchell. to take the place
of Mrs. nellie Mcdonald of Tecumseh
| township, who also was obliged to re-
sign on account of ill-ess
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-06
$4,000 new men
That Is Estimate for Kansas on
New Registration.
Reports Have Been Received
From Thirty Counties.
SO Per CENT ARE ELIGIBLE
Few of the "Twenty-Ones" Not
Subject to. Call.
Topeka One of Cities With
Light Registration.

Kansas will probably furnish a list
of not less than $4,000 new men Tor
army service under Wednesdays reg
istration. Scattering reports received
today in the office of Charles S. HUH
man, adjutant general, indicated that
the new registration would net not less
than 10 per cent Of the total enroll
ment of last year when all men De-
tween the ages of 81 and 81 years were
enrolled Last years registration
listed 151.134 Kansans.
Many localities are showing wac
differences in the percentage OF ne"
registrations as compared with tne
records of a year ago. In some OF the
counties the number of men registered
Wednesday were but or per cent
of the 1917 registration. Other coun-
ties and districts are running as hlgn
asr14 to IS per cent. An average OF
little better than 10 per cent is ex-
nected for the state, with a probable
minimum of $4,000 and a maximum
of 5000.
Few VIII Be Deferred.
While classification of the new men
will not be complete for several weeks,
the new resistrants are expected TO
provide a high rate of men Tor class
IA service. A smaller percentage OF
the new men are married or ensioIe
for deferred classifications or physical
exemption Some authorities estimate
the number of class l men from the
new registration at so per cent. Should
this rule prevail, Kansas would pro-
vide $500 to 5000 men for immediate
service call under the new registration.
Late this afternoon reports had been
received from nearly thirty counties
and districts concerning the Wednes-
day registration records. The record
for the state may be complete late
Friday.
Topeka was one of the cities In
which the registration fell, below the
estimate. In other cities and counties
however, the registration was larger
than expected. 1t was announced late
today that several localities had regis
tered as high as fifteen per cent OF
the total registration of last year wher
men of all draft ages were enrolled.
The wide difference in registration
returns is largely due to volunteer en-
1istments. In many counties the vol
unteer enlistments have been compar-
atively light. In some of the large
cities and counties large numbers OF
men entering the selective draft age
have enrolled for volunteer service ii
the army or navy.
No reports have come to Topeka
registration work. The task of en-
rolling the new men was we'll organ
lied and handled with much less fric-
ton than in the first draft registra-
ton in 1917.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-06
TO DELAY RAIL RATE hike
State Commissions Intercede With
McAdoo to Protect Shippers.

Washington, June e.-Postponement
OF the new freight and passenger
rates, or modification to remove in
justices and Determinations which
threaten many shippers and industries
withs commercial humiliation" was
urged upon Director General McAdoo
today by a. delegation of the National
association of Railway and Utilities
commissioners.
To put the new rates into effect
without revisions would imperil and
endanger. the national economic solid
arity and bring additional hazards in
the conduct of the war, said a petit
ton presented by the delegation. Mr..
McAdoo was asked either to make
state commissions his agents in bring
about readjustments in rates or to re-
qulre railroads to submit to the
authority exercised by state commits
sions before government operation
started in matters of rate and police
regulations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-06
LOSE WHISKY TAX
Government Believes That Supply and
3OO,OOO,OOO Will BE Gone Soon.

Washington, June -6--Whisky is
disappearing from the market SO rap
idly as result of the prohibition Of
its manufacture during the war that
it promises to furnish a serious. prob
lem to congress in framing the new
war tax program.
Under existing law it is estimated
the treasury department is collecting
revenue from distilled spirit at the
rate of more than 100000 a
year. Prediction was made by the
treasury department experts today
that the entire supply of taxable
whisky would be exhausted by the
end of the next fiscal year.
This means that congress must look
about for new sources of revenue to
make up the $300,000,o00 or more
deficit when the hard liquor" is all
consumed or cached safely against
further taxation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-06
MURDER CASE APPEAL
Mrs. LuelIa Moncravie Seeks Exoner-
alton From Supreme Court.

Mrs. Luella Moncravie has appealed
to the supreme court in an effort to
set aside the verdict of a Cowley
county jury, which found her guilty
of the killing of her husband, Henry
Moncravie, an Indian. The woman
shot and killed her husband June /.
1917.
A jury which heard the evidence
found the wife guilty of third degree
manslaughter and recommended court
leniency. 1t was the judgment of the
jury that the woman shot her hus-
band without intention to commit
murder. In an effort to secure COM
plete exoneration for the shooting,
Mrs. Moncravie has appealed to the
state supreme court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-06
BERT DUMRS FILES
He Will Run for State Printer on
"Frec Books" Platform.

Bert Dumars today filed his declara-
ton to become a candidate for the
Republican nomination for state print
er. Dumars announced his candidacy
for this office last January on the
platform of free school books. Since
his announcement he asserts he has
made a survey of many states for
data about free publication for text
books and has gotten considerable in
formation.
Dumars is the first candidate to file
his declaration for the state printer
race. For two Years he was an adj
vertising solicitor for the Topeka
State Journal.