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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02
OAKLAND NOTES
Notes and personals from. Oakland
ny Frances Jones. Telephone $500

The Good Samaritan class of the Oakland
Methodist church met Wednesday, even
| Mackenzie, $3.50 Chester avenue The Rev
Fred Sutton of the East Side Methodist
church will talk: special musical pro-
gram will be given. MFR. Karl HuinfneIl
will sing, also several numbers by a male
| quartette will be heard.
o,. After supper at G;3O o'clock Monday
! church the annual meeting of the church
was held. The reports of the various
societies showed that the church was in
lections totalled $312.49 the Willing Work
, ers S243-45 and the Missionary society
over $50. The climax to the meeting came
when the members realized that the debts
paid: Mrs. S. w. Mc(iarrah. president Of
while the audience stood: The following
officers were elected: Elders S. w. Nc
& "a mhi, N: W; Sloan and Charles Ash; Il.
Van SAINT deacons, and H. n. Oakley,
treasurer.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. X Bowers. formerly of
Wabash avenue but who now making
their home in Potwin. are the parents of
son, born April l.
work at Manhattan, after spending a short
time with his grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Cole, Oakland avenue.
The Oakland Forestry club will meet at
the school house Friday afternoon at 20
o'clock to- plant trees in honor of Oak
lands soldier boys. Four trees will be
planted, one to represent the boys who
have gone from each church in Oakland
Mr.. and Mrs. Dell Sanders and children
of Hall Summit, Kan. left Monday eve
ming after visiting Mr.. Sanders aunt. Mrs
Charles Cole and Mr.. Cole. Oakland avenue.
Miss Erie Bell has returned to her work
In the Oakland schools after several weeks
absence because of illness.
The " F. +. club was entertained with
an April First party Monday evening at
the home of Miss Faye Knox. The guests
of the evening included: Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Snider. Mrs. Marie Jones, Miss Flor
ence Kesselring, Miss Bessie Rice Miss
Mae Snider, Miss Lola Webb. Miss Mary
Way. Miss Norvel Bowers, Miss Vernon
Woods, Miss JOY Elliott, Miss Faye Knox
Mr.. Delbert Brunnemer. Mr.. Leo Mills,
Mr. Wendell Elliott, Mr.. Joe Durham, Mr..
ROLAND Neiswanger. Mr.. AL Mitchell Mr.
Paul Aeckley. Mr.. Edwin Benton and Mr..
George Miller.
A Eumber of friends of Mrs w L. Ham
mil were entertained recently at her home
on Wabash avenue at carpet rag sew
Ehe guests Included Mrs Philip Stachel-
beck. Mrs Homer Allison, Mrs. w. L. Hut
son, Mrs. Roy Helm. Mrs. c. w. Banks
Mrs. l. c. Gardner. Mrs. Bert Edwards
and Mrs. VIII Williams.
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headquarters goth field artillery complete;
base hospital No. IL; 10th infantry brf-
gade headquarters. 112th engineers; 18th
field artillery; both field artillery; S5th
division headquarters; 10Th infantry :;
'iiIth and 34Sth field artillery: casual com
panies 151. New York. and 75S. 160 and
161. scattered; 81 casual Officers and Brest
c0nvalescent detachments 136 to 147, in
elusive. General William Crivers. com
was also aboard
The TRANSPORT Ulua with 1916 aboard
was scheduled to arrive with the follow
ing organizations: 52Sth field artillery
field and staff headquarters and suppiy
companies. ordnance and medical detach-
Inents and Batteries A. r, c and F: base
hospital. No. II; casual company T5J and
10 casual Officers.
Newport News. April with mile after
mile of red, white and blue bunting this
city presented gay appearance when the
PRESIDENT Grant with more than 5000
troops locked here today Casual com
Tennessee and Missouri were among those
aboard: There were T6 casual officers and
6S2 sick and wounded.
In addition to the casual comDanies the
following units landed: 112th amIBuuf-
ton train for Camps Sherman and TAYLOR ::
ordnance and medical detachments of the
10th field artillery for Camp Sherman:
batteries G, ID, and f. 18th field ar
t1llery, which will be distributed among
Camps sherman, Taylor. Green and Grant !;
detaehments of the 145th Infantry for
Green. Lee, Taylor. Grant Custer and
Lewis; detachments of the 14Gth infantry
for Camps Grant and Lewis also were
aboard,
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SANTA FE NOTES
Notes and personals from Santa Fe
by Frances Jones. Telephone $780,

Thomas SculIy local storekeeper. has
returned from a business trip to Chicago
A. c. Kemplin of Council Bluffs. Iowa,
is n new employe in the Inachine shops.
Thomas Pfout, local secretary at the
Railroad ''6S' spoke Wednesday at the
Industrial and Educational institute, east
of the city. Mr.. and Mrs. Prout will be
class of the school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Williams have sold
their home at 31S Branner street and will
move this week to their new home which
they have purchased at s12 Quincy street.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Whipple and chill
where they visited Mr.. WhippIes mother
who is seriously i'll.
Paul IIedstTom Of Emporia spent sew
eral days here recently with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hedstrom Of Green street
Fourteen members of the night school
gas engine cinss at the Railroad ~ took
their examinations last evening. the ques-
lions for which are sent out from the in
York.
William Horaceck. scale INSPECTOR. has
been in the company hospital several
months. Mr.. Horacek is slowly improving
but is not yet able to return To his home
Thomas Pr0ut. secretary at the Rail-
road Y. was surprised last evening at his
home in Highland Park by number of
helped commemorate WIS the finishing of
Mr.. Prouts twenty-fifth year IS Railroad
~ secretary Mr.. prout began his work
as secretary at Whitehall N ". April 1.
1891 where he served four years and n
half Then he came to Argentine where
ent included the committee Of Mana cement
from the Railroad ~" the state secre-
tarirs and representatives from the Central
y, all accompanied by their wives.
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YANKS HOME TODAY
Record OF Ships Bearing Soldiers
From Overseas,

New York, April 2.-The naval supply
ship Culgoa, carrying lO4 casualty troops,
southeast Of this port, arrived here today
from Brest after taking twenty eight days
in making the passage across. The Culgoa
reported by wireless on Marcel II. that she
was having difficulty with her pumps.
but was proceeding toward this port at a
rate of six knots an hour.
New York, April NEARLY twenty thou
sand troops were scheduled to arrive here
today from overseas The first transport
to reach port was the Orizaba with 1901
aboard, followed by the LiberatOr with
1,259 men of the 363rd infantry, headquar-
ters Third battalion and Companies E, d,
N, l. and NJ.
The giant steamer Leviathan was due to
dock shortly before noon with 12,0J9 on
board, to be followed by the Henderson
with I ,521. the majority of whom were
members of convaleseent detachments from
Bordeaux.
1S1st infantry brigade headquarters with
Brig. Gen. John Il. Mcdonald in command
oath base hospital for Camps Bowie,
Dodge and Funston: 617 and 623 special
casual companies; 10th and 21st ordnance
convoy detachments; 364th infantry head
quarters, First and Second battalion and
Companies e to H, inclusive; 34Sth ma
chine gun battalion headquarters medical
and ordnance detachments and Companies
mental headquarters, headquarters and
supply company; st. Nazaire convalescent
detachments 53 to 30, inclusive.
On the LiberatOr was the remainder of
the :,63rd infantry, the advance guard of
which arrived yesterday. composed of men
from from the Pacif ff, coast states. They were
panies f, ID, N. L and NJ. Also on board
were casual company COS Georgia. and
casual ordnance detachment 20.
The Her derson had aboard Bordeaux
convalescent detachment lis, $50, 1913 to
195, inclusive; 213, PA PIG to 219 inclusive
DID, and 223; casual company %. New
York. and casual company 81, Massa-
chusetts; detachments base hospital No.
.; special casual company 80 and a num-
Der of casual officers
On the Leviathan were the following or
CARNATIONS: 33Sth infantry complete
340th infantry complete; 331th infantry,
machine gun company and medical de
tachment: 160th field artillery brigade
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FORFEITS $500 BOND
James Moran of Dover Fails To APP
pear at Trial Here.

James Moran, of Dover, who was
arrested e few weeks ago on the
charge of transporting Mrs. Leila Blair
from Willard to Topeka for immoral
purposes, failed to appear for his pre-
liminary hearing in the court of To
peka this morning. His bond of $500,
signed by his mother and father, was
forfeited and he was bound over to
the district court
Moran's absence is unexplained, ac-
eording to the authorities. Mrs. Blair
appeared for the hearing but declared
she had no knowledge of Moran's
Whereabouts. The new bond under
which Moran may go free. pending his
trial, was fixed at $4,000. The pre-
liminary hearing was begun several
days ago, at which time the state in
troduced evidence to show that the
couple had lived together in a room
at 404 Van Buren, street for several
days. When arrested Moran was
staying at the house of Mrs. Blair's
father, A. w. Doty, a Wabaunsee
county farmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02
1T WAS JUST A JOKE
Automobile Accident TeIephoned to
Paper April 1 All Myth.

Some prankish youngster who re-
membered that Tuesday was April
Fool day slipped one over on one or
the state Journal reporters by tele-
phoning in an item just before the
paper went to press, to the effect that
RAYMOND Beers had been the victim
of an automobile accident.
As it was too late to verify the re-
port before the paper went to press,
the story was published as given over
the telephone by the youthful joker
Earlier in the day, similar reports of
accidents, principally about high
school boys. had been phoned in, IN
vestigated and labelled for what they
were thereby not reaching the public
thru the columns of the State Journal.
Had the April fooler given time for
investigation in the matter of the Ray
mond Beers story, it would have gone
the way of the rest, to the waste
basket.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02

Liberty EOnds bough: and sold.
shawnee Investment Co.. 534 Kan. av.
ADV.
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Register of Deeds Layton Won't
Take Advantage of Law.
VIII Not Accept Fee Money AL
lowed Him by Court.
knew WHAT OFFICE PAID
He VIII Be Satisfied With Sal
airy of His Office.
S535.35 Now Legally Due Him
in Fee "Drag."

AItho the supreme court has ruled
that he is legally entitled to the money,
Oran Layton, register of deeds, de-
clares he will not accept one-half the
excess fees collected by him each
quarter in excess of his salary and
clerk hire and turned over to the
county treasurer For the quarter just
passed these excess fees to which Lay
ton is entitled amount to S535.35.
The controversy in this matter
which ended in the supreme court be-
gan in Cowley county when the regis
ter of deeds there demanded one-half
the excess fees collected by him in ex-
cess of his salary and clerk hire. The
district court of Cowley county rem
dered judgment against him and the
case was appealed to the supreme
court, where the ruling of the lower
court was reversed. The first case in
this county began last January when
Ralph Squires, former register of
deeds presented a bill to the county
commissioners for $2,22S.97. The mat
ter was referred to the district court
and on view of the ruling of the SUI
preme court, Judge George A. Whit
comb ruled that Squres was legally
entitled to S1,716, his claim for the
fees prior to March 1, 1917. being in
valid as the law did not take effect
until that date.
Matter of Conscience.
'I don't care how the courts ruled"
Layton said today. IT'S simply a
plain matter of conscience with me-
I know that I'm not morally entitled
to that money and I don't propose to
take it merely because / can. 1 have
studied the statute carefully and am
convinced that the legislators who
passed the law intended that it pro-
vide fund for extra clerk hire in the
registers of deeds offices when that
clerk hire is needed. They did not
mean, in my opinion, that the register
of deeds should pocket the money
himself 1 knew what salary 1 was
going to get when 1 became a candi-
date for this office and I'm going to
be satisfied to live on that, and not dig
into the public pocketbOok just be-
cause the supreme court has ruled
that I may. AS a matter of fact. it
will be remembered that there were
two dissenting judges when the Cow
ley county case came up in the SUI
preme court"
How the Law Reads.
Chapter 1. of section 1913, of the
laws of 1917, which became effective
March 1, 1917. provides the amount
of salary to be paid the register of
deeds in each county, according to
population. and continues:
provided, that whenever the fees
collected by the register of deeds and
paid over to the county treasurer for
any one quarter exceed the amount
of salary and clerk hire paid to such
register of deeds for the quarter, such
register of deeds shall receive as clerk
hire in addition to the clerk hire here
tofore provided, an amount equal to
one-Ealf of such excess"
The statute provides that when. in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02
EAST SIDE NOTES
Notes and personals from East Side
by Frances Jones' Teievaone aEi0.

The Rustler's class of the Third Chris
tian church gave a party Tuesday evening
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. voigt.
the evening included Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
Treadwell Mr.. and Mrs. William Hogbin,
Wiilinm Brizendine. Mr. and Mrs ii' ]. Z.
Kerns and daughter Dorothy. Mr.. and Mrs
II. T. Mabry. Mr.: and Mrs Charles Sheafor
and son ROLAND, Mrs Earl Lowe. Mrs.
Florence Sanford. Mrs. 10 Hayek and son
Helen. Kenneth and Leons. Mr. and Mrs
A. w. Harper and little Maxine Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs; J. p Glenn. Mr.: and Mrs
voigt and children and Mrs Charles Laird
The Ladies' Aid society of the Seward
Avenue Methodist church will have meet
ard Beech. Scotland avenue.
Mrs. Mary Brown, Emmett street, has
returned home after spending the past four
accompanied home by her sister. Mrs. c.
W. Paddock who had also been in Indiana
fnfe the first Of the sing Mrs
visit Mrs. Virginia Paddock.
Mrs; A. Lavey. Reno avenue. has re-
turned to her home after spending two
Mr. and Mrs, NJ. t. Lobach have gone to
their home in Wichita after visiting Mrs.
Lobach's sister. Mrs. Frank Sawyer and
family. scotland avenue.
F. r. Driesbach of Grand Island. Neb.,
Dreisbach is a brother Of Mrs .l'" Frank q
Martin of 400 jefferson street
Mrs; Rose Lemley: 1923 Lime street. re-
turned home from Kansas City, where she
spent several DAYS with friends
Mrs. J. II. Weaver Of Tecumseh is re-
covering after weeks illness. Mrs.
Weaver had an attack of influenza.
Miss Emma Snyder and Miss Marie
Whiteomb entertained Tuesday evening at
Miss Whitcombs home. 521 Madison street
with surprise party in honor of Miss
Mildred Whitcomb. it being her eighteenth
birthday anniversary. About fifteen guests
were present.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Mulvihill have returned
home. They were called to Kansas City
last week by the serious illness of Mrs.
Muivihills sisters husband. Mr.. J. C. Cum
bingham. Mr.. Cunningham is much i'm
proved.
Elsie Dawdy. the little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. F. F. Dawdy, Chandler street is
Ill.
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SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS
The Lay of the Day.
Now Henrietta Leghorn.
From her nest of hay,
At six cents for a couple
Sings her Easter lay.
-Gussie MOrr


The annual congregational meeting of
the Second United Presbyterian church,
Iuntoon and Fillmore, will be held this
evening at o'clock Reception, for the
men of the church at 6 80 O'Clock.
A total of 2.5O1 cases of influenza in the
state for the week of April 1928 is re-
ported by the office OF Dr. S. j. Crumbine,
secretary of the state board of health.
Physicians in Hamilton and Gray counties
where the epidemic was the most agitated
reported that the wave there is more viru-
lent than usual.
]. A Goldhammer, who was arrested a
few days ago in Louisiana and brought to
Topeka, where he was wanted on a charge
of embezZling S1G0 from the Emahizer-
Spielnian Furniture company, today waived
peka and was bound over to the district
court for trial. He was committed to the
county Jail in default of bond.
A house belonging to w. A. Eaton. a
burned to the ground Tuesday night and
was n total loss. 1t had been occupied
by the family. of c. f. Summers who had
stored goods. in the second story prepare
tory to moving out No one was in the
house at the time it caught fire. The loss
is estimated to be about $1,000.
Thomas f. Prout, who has just completed
twenty five years of service rs railroad
Y. NJ. c. A secretary, was given recep-
ton Tuesday night at his home. Twentieth
PLANNED as surprise pr to ne him p and the
guests were the member of the commit
tee of management of the Railroad Y. NJ.
c. A. the board of directors of the Cen
trail Y. NJ. C. A. and the state secretaries,
and their wives.
The Lowman W. c. IT. U. will meet
Thursday afternoon, April ?, at 80
O'Clock at the Methodist Home for the
Aged, Eleventh and MunsOn streets This
will be reception for new members, and
plans for the coming campaign for mem
berships and money. 1t is the plan of the
w c. T. l.. to reach the million mark In
members and money within a short time.
The quota for the eight unions of Shaw
nee county Is $500.
According to word received by the state
highway commission the suit to block the
building of ard-surfaced highways in the
Reno county courts has been decided in
favor of the good roads advocates. Judge
F. f. Prigg denied application for re-
straining order made by a number of citi-
zens who styled themselves the taxpayers
league. The restraining order was aimei
at the Reno county commissioners-or
would have been if granted.
Miss Lima Rresette, secretary of the state
welfare commission and also of the nation
cials. is mailing out notices of the annual
meeting of the latter association at Madi
son. Wis, June 2. Members of the as
ISOLATION have to do with the enforcement
of labor and welfare laws. Tuesday af-
ternoon Miss Bresette received a telegram
asking her to report to the victory loan
committee of New York April n to be one
New York, Connecticut and New Jersey.
During the third loan Miss Bresette spoke
in Indiana. Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan
and West Virginia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02
MEN NOT LOCKED OUT
Union Worl5mcn just Walked Out
Saws Henry Bennett

There is n rumor in circulation to-
day that the union workmen in the
building crafts have been locked out.
That is not the fact" said Henry
Bennett. one of the contractors. THE
facts are that the men walked out be-
cause the master builders refused to
pay the 81 day extra demanded over
last years scale"
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counties having a certain population
the fees collected exceed certain
amount " - then in any of
such counties the register of deeds is
hereby authorized by and with the
consent of the county commissioners
to expend as additional clerk hire so
much of the money actually received
by him in excess of the sums herein
set forth may be necessary to
properly transact the business of his
office in such county,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02
HAYWOOD GIVEN BAIL
He and 81 Other I. w. w. in Lcav-
enworth Pen Are To Be Free.

Chicago. April 2.-Thirty- eight con-
victed members of the 1. w. w. now
imprisoned at Leavenworth, Kan, for
violation of the espionage act, were
ordered admitted to bail today by the
United States circuit court of appeals,
pending a review of their case by that
tribunal. Big Bill" Haywood is the
most prominent of those affected.
Fifty-five others convicted in the same
case, did not seek bail.
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A. NJ. Harvey has moved his law Of
flee to room 213. New England Build
ing. Phone 265.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02
SALIVA RE-NAMES MAYOR
Woman in the Racc Polls Only 100
Votes Out of $500 Cast.

Salina, Kan, April mayor Edd
Matthews was reelected in yesterday
apathetic election by a substantial ma
jority over his nearest opponent, P. A.
Brown. Mrs. NJ. B. Curtis. woman as
pirant polled but a bare LOG votes out
of $500 cast.
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OFFICIAL VOTE IN CITY ELECTION
Board of Education.

TON
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-19
FEW FAILURES REPORTED AMONG ADVER
TTSERS.

According to figures compiled by Bradstreet
and Dun only 16 per cent of bushes failures are
among advertisers, while "a per cent of all busl
ness failures are among firms who do not adj
vertise.
Now this covers the whole country and the
truth of it applies to the smallest merchant a;
we'll as the largest 1t ought to teach great les
son, because by far the greatest percentage o
all bushes failures is among small town merch
ants, which plainly proves that the small tow
Let us hope that the merchant, the publish
er and the banker everywhere will take this fac
home to himself, talk it over and solve the prot
lem by making the advertising expenditures TO
this year very much larger than ever, says west
ern exchange.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-19

ITO Keep Their Memory Green is the mott
of the Mississippi Memorial Association, who
with the aid of the people, will enect half-mlo.
dollar Memorial to Mississippis fighters.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-19
MISSISSIPPI BOY BOOSTS SALVATION ARMY


Sergeant Henderson, VINO resides at Jackson
the strongest boosters that the Salvation Army
member of the 5Oth Infantry, Machine Gun
company, wounded in the Argonne Forest and
is recuperating at Fort McI>se-soIl, in Allan
ia, Georgia. AS soon Sergeant Henderson
heard of the coming drive for the Salvation Army
he sent letter to the campaign headquarters in
which he enlisted his services for the coming
drive.
every boy who is member Of the American
Gxpeditionary Forces will never forget the work
f the Salvation Army said Sergeant Henderson.
The Salvation Army lassies with in bat
lie and peace and at all times by their courage
us manner, left an indelbe imprint upon our
ainds which made all better men and boosted
our morale.
After the signing of the arn1istice, the boys ov-
there pretty downhearted: We could not
,leep after the shell fire ceased to ring in our
ars and though we did not have the Hun as en-
my, the Salvation Army workers kept up their
with humanity and placed the American sol
Ter on firm footing and helped him to live up
moral standards that America expected of him.
eve were lonesome and homesick and the Sal
alton Army swarmed in the camp like angels OF
1ercy and drove away desoation and content
eve know who to go to for know who gave
us. The American Expeditiorary Forces are
idly behind the Salvation Army and the worth
our American soldier will be further exempli-
ed by the assistance they render the Salvation
rmy Home Service campaign, which will be held
he week of May 10 to 26.''
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-19

Civilian organizations, who "held the line
home" will be honored in the Memorial building
be erected in this state by popular subscription.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-19

Some guys glibly planning to spend million
could not pay cash for square meal.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-19

It's an open question whether the people want
soldier President.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-19

Calling it the peace Congress is taking ;
chance-better wait bit and let it name itself.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-19

Anyway, the American Legion made level
eaded start
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-19

Oh, we'll, maybe the lost key to the norma
times door will yet be found.